Expensive marriage: The concubine is begging for peace again today

Chapter 94 Dumplings (Part [-])
Seeing that Jiang Changning has been unable to afford it, King Jin became curious and asked, "Princess, what card are you holding? Why can't you afford it?"

"I won't tell you." Jiang Changning clenched the cards in his hand.

The cards were too bad, so bad that Jiang Changning played two single cards, and he had no chance to play any more cards, so he lost as a matter of course.

"Princess, please tell me a joke." King Jin laughed.

Jiang Changning first served a cup of tea to the concubine, "Concubine mother, if what my daughter-in-law said is not funny, I'll trouble you to smile."

"It's funny, the concubine mother has a red envelope." The concubine laughed.

Jiang Changning thought for a while, and picked a joke that could be told: "Once upon a time, there was a stingy man who invited his friends to dinner, and the servant asked him if he would serve wine, but he was embarrassed to say it directly: there are mountains and mountains outside the door, and you are by the water. He said: One stroke, one stroke, night and night. The consciousness is that there are many people, and there is no drinking.”

Her cards are good and bad, and she wins and loses. This simple game is also a bit of fun to play.

At midnight, the bell rings, and the new year is here.

The maid brought in the dumplings, and Qiao graciously put the bowl in front of the concubine, "Concubine mother, this is made of vegetarian stuffing."

"It's Chinese New Year, who is a vegetarian?" The concubine said displeased.

Qiao was dumbfounded. Last year the concubine said to eat meat fillings, greasy ones, and vegetarian fillings, but this year she thinks vegetarian fillings are not good. Why is this old lady so hard to serve?
Just at this moment, Fu Cui came in with a food box.

Jiang Changning didn't like vegetarian dumplings. Knowing that Mrs. Qiao asked Dashanfang to prepare vegetarian dumplings, she asked Mrs. Cui to prepare meat and shrimp dumplings.

"Mother Concubine, two of the same meat dumplings and shrimp dumplings, taste it." Jiang Changning scooped the dumplings from the big bowl into a small bowl and placed them in front of the concubine.

The dumplings are not big, small, and crystal clear. You can see the fillings inside. The meat filling is okay. The shrimps are faintly visible, and they feel delicious when you look at them.

The appearance is so good, the concubine gained appetite, took a sip, the gravy was full of juice, and the taste was excellent, "These dumplings are really delicately made, which chef made them?"

"This was made by a cook brought in by my daughter-in-law. She is best at cooking some home-cooked dishes." Jiang Changning smiled.

"Home-cooked food is rare." The concubine ate another shrimp dumpling, "Give her a big red envelope."

"I'll thank my concubine for her reward." Jiang Changning bowed and said.

King Jin didn't touch the plain stuffed dumplings either. He scooped up four meat filled dumplings and two shrimp dumplings from a small bowl and ate them.

The only ones who ate vegetarian dumplings were Qiao's mother and daughter.

Princess Kangren ate the dumplings quietly, and Mrs. Qiao glared at Jiang Changning several times with resentful eyes.

Jiang Changning didn't care, and ate the dumplings calmly.

King Jin's brows were furrowed and then loosened, and then furrowed.

After eating the dumplings, I rinsed my mouth.

Chang Youzhong came in and reported: "My lord, the world table has been set."

The maidservant brought the cloak and waited for the masters to put it on.

Walking into the courtyard, King Jin followed the rules and started the ceremony of receiving the gods.

Burning pine and cypress branches creaked.

After receiving the god stepping on the New Year, a firework was set off.

The concubine said: "Everyone go back to the yard and have a good rest. You will be entering the palace tomorrow morning."

"Mother and Concubine, your daughter-in-law and I will take you back to the yard." King Jin smiled.

"No need, so many servants are not enough? Hurry up and take your wife back to the yard. She yawned several times in a sneaky way. I think she has never stayed up like this before, and she can't bear it anymore."

When Toffee decides to treat people well, she is still very considerate.

And there is another reason for the concubine to be like this.

It was Qiao Shi's actions today that disgusted her. She intentionally raised Jiang Changning and slapped Qiao Shi in the face.

Seeing that Jiang Changning was struggling, the King of Jin obeyed the concubine's words, and when the concubine got on the sedan chair, he half embraced Jiang Changning and sat on the sedan chair, "Steady, don't disturb the concubine."

Seeing the couple leave so intimately, the jealousy in Qiao's eyes almost turned into substance.

"Mother, concubine mother." Princess Kangren looked at Qiao Shi who was exuding hostility, and called out timidly.

Qiao Shi glanced at her, "What are you shouting for, go back to the yard."

The mother and daughter got into their sedan chairs and went back to their respective courtyards.

I got up so early in the morning, didn't take a nap at noon, and stayed on New Year's Eve at night.

Jiang Changning was so sleepy that she could fall asleep while walking, and she had already fallen asleep in King Jin's arms before she arrived at Ruyiyuan.

"Ning Ning." King Jin called softly.

Jiang Changning slept soundly, his little face was flushed and powdery, his air was less cold and more charming.

King Jin couldn't bear it, so he picked him up and carried him into the room, carefully placed him on the bed, ordered the maid to pour warm water, wiped Jiang Changning's face with his own hands, and loosened his hair.

After serving the little princess, King Jin came out to wash up.

On the first day of the new year, you have to go to the palace to congratulate.

After sleeping for more than an hour, the couple were awakened.

Jiang Changning rested her head on one hand, half-closed her eyes. Fortunately, it was only two days during the Chinese New Year. If she did this every day, she would really collapse.

As the concubine of Jin, she is not only wearing the phoenix crown yesterday, Jiang Changning is wearing another phoenix crown today.

This is made of fine gold wire pinched into a pattern and welded on a gold sheet to form a circle to make a crown. The pinched pattern is inlaid with precious stones, and the periphery of the base is decorated with fine and dense small gold beads.

Although there is no dragon and phoenix on this phoenix crown, it is as exquisite as yesterday's phoenix crown, and the weight is also the same.

When we went out, it was snowing in the sky.

"The person who promised to take you to step on the snow to find plum blossoms never went, Ningning, are you angry?" King Jin asked.

Jiang Changning took the oil-paper umbrella with red plums painted on the white background from the handmaid, under the umbrella hung a white jade plaque engraved with safe entry and exit.

"It's not too late to snow this winter, there's nothing to be angry about." Jiang Changning had long forgotten what he said about walking in the snow to find plums.

King Jin smiled, "Well, we will have a long time to come."

At Yimen, Mrs. Qiao and Princess Kangren have arrived.

"Happy New Year, Kang Ren." Jiang Changning said with a smile.

"Happy New Year to Uncle and Happy New Year to Aunt. My niece and daughter wish Uncle and Aunt a Happy New Year. I wish you good luck and peace every year." Princess Kangren bowed her knees.

"Good boy." Jiang Changning gave her a red envelope, "I also wish you peace and happiness."

"Thank you, Auntie."

After a few words, the concubine arrived.

The family got into the carriage and went to the palace.

Snowflakes fluttered and fell from the sky, and the snow on the road became deeper.

"It's the beginning of spring on the eighth day of the lunar new year, and it's still snowing so much." Jiang Changning opened a corner of the curtain and looked out.

"Winter snow continues with spring snow, and there are fewer mosquitoes in summer." King Jin laughed.

"Is there another theory?" Jiang Changning heard it for the first time.

"Yes, this is an agricultural proverb." King Jin coaxed his little princess without the slightest guilt.

After a few gossips, I arrived at the gate of the palace, got out of the carriage, and changed my pace.

When you arrive at Fushou Palace, please let the guard inside the gate inform you.

The emperor and empress took the eldest prince and sat beside the empress dowager.

A concubine is not qualified to accept congratulations from courtiers and wives.

(End of this chapter)