Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king
Chapter 236 The killer weapon for New Year’s Eve dinner, spicy hot pot!
Chapter 236 The killer weapon for New Year’s Eve dinner, spicy hot pot!
"Bai Gui, do you know why this dish of yours is so popular?" Zhu Qiyu asked with a smile.
"Return to Your Majesty, I don't know."
Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "You will succeed the old master and become the Minister of Rites, which is what everyone expects!"
That jade sculpture, he favored Geng Jiuchou.
Naturally, Bai Gui's resentment must be eliminated.
"The tortoise is a symbol of longevity. I hope that you can live a long life, assist me, and lead the Ming Dynasty to create glory together!"
Zhu Qiyu raised his glass and drank it down.
Bai Gui secretly wiped his tears, and the atmosphere reached a climax.
Yue Zheng pointed to the plate in front of him and said, "Weichen's plate is called Gourmet Utensils."
"Weichen's dish stands out."
"Weichen's name is Heming Jiugao."
"..."
Every dish is supervised by Wynn and carefully prepared by Shangshi Bureau.
The riddles and answers of the dishes also need to be consistent with the officials themselves, so they put a lot of thought into it.
Not only does it take a lot of thought, but the food prepared must also be delicious.
The wine used is also the collection of the imperial wine room.
According to the custom of officials, highly distilled spirits, low-alcohol rice wine, fruit wine, wine, tea wine, medicinal wine, etc. were prepared.
For example, the wine in front of Hu Hui is medicinal wine called Yinjiu wine.
It is formulated with high-quality Daqu wine brewed from red sorghum with sticky seeds as the base, and added with more than ten kinds of medicines such as yam, bergamot, tangerine peel, and safflower.
The wine soup is apricot yellow, fragrant and mellow, sweet and refreshing. It has the functions of strengthening the spleen and stomach, treating wind diseases, relaxing muscles and activating blood circulation and strengthening the body.
There is also tea wine, and the wine soup exudes the fragrance of tea leaves.
For this New Year's Eve meal, Shangshi Bureau put all their efforts into it.
Zhu Qiyu had a smile on his face, chatting and laughing with the ministers, and recited poems.
Gather together and have great joy.
"My lords, you all guessed the dish correctly and guessed the answer to the riddle. Of course I want to reward you!"
Zhu Qiyu was in a good mood: "My lords, I will not reward you for your official position. It is up to you to fight for it."
"You have no shortage of money, so I rewarded you to flatter everyone."
"I don't need to reward you with fame and fortune. You can get it easily with your ability."
"The one I want to reward is your daughter!"
Zhu Qiyu pointed to the palace maids serving beside the tables.
They are all the daughters and granddaughters of the officials present.
The courtiers were surprised.
"Your Majesty, please stop showing off." Bai Gui smiled bitterly.
"Hahaha!"
Zhu Qiyu laughed and said, "I won't tell you yet. Wait until three years later, when they leave the palace, and you will see how outstanding our daughters are!"
"I not only let them marry high, but also let them live well and comfortably in their husband's family!"
"Who says women are inferior to men?"
"I will show you how bright the future will be for the daughter trained in the palace!"
The maids waiting in front of the case burst into tears.
We are all young ladies, so it is really aggrieved to be in the palace.
The emperor's words actually made him feel less aggrieved.
Their fathers and grandfathers couldn't help but shed tears.
They were unwilling to be forced into the palace by the emperor.
"Your Majesty, Yonghe Palace has come to announce the good news!"
A young eunuch hurried in, knelt in the middle of the hall, and said loudly: "Attendant Mao Xuan is pregnant. Your Majesty, double happiness is coming to our door!"
The palace was very noisy, and the ministers were chatting with each other.
The little eunuch's voice was suppressed.
He said it three times before Zhu Qiyu heard it clearly and waved his hand: "Is Mao Xuan happy? Reward! Big reward!"
"Today, all the silver rewards in the palace will be increased by one tael. If you are lucky, you will be rewarded with six taels of silver!"
During the Chinese New Year in the palace, the emperor wanted to give a red envelope.
Put some money in and reward the slaves.
A normal reward of two or six is already a lot.
This year Zhu Qiyu was unusually generous. He rewarded each person with five taels of silver, plus one more tael to make six taels, which was an auspicious number.
Six taels of silver is a huge sum of money.
Enough for a family of five or six people to live on for a year.
"I am waiting to congratulate Your Majesty!"
This is the fifth concubine to become pregnant this year.
Zhu Qiyu was in a better mood. He drank two more sips of medicinal wine and became a little drunk.
It was time to eat and drink.
When meal time came, the eunuch of the Bell and Drum Department rang the bell.
"Masters."
Zhu Qiyu was helped to stand up: "I just pretended that I would give your rewards to my daughters."
"Well, I can clearly see how your daughters and granddaughters have suffered while serving in the palace."
"I am also a father and know the pain of lovesickness."
The maids who were serving the ministers were kneeling on the ground with tears streaming down their cheeks.
Being mentioned repeatedly by the emperor, I didn't feel bitter at all, but rather a little excited.
This is what encouragement does.
"Let's all go to the side hall, say a few words about ourselves, and then leave the palace."
Zhu Qiyu sighed and said: "If the children want anything, you should try your best to satisfy it. If you can't satisfy it, just tell me and go ahead."
"I'd like to thank Your Majesty for your understanding!" The courtier knelt on the ground, tears glistening in his eyes.
This year the emperor's main theme is warmth.
buy hearts.
Zhu Qiyu was helped down the steps and went to the back hall to rest: "Feng Xiao, ask the Shang Food Bureau to prepare some good meals for the palace ladies."
"We are all ladies. Our fathers and ancestors served in the previous dynasty, and our daughters serve in the palace. We must not neglect them."
"I don't need them to serve you tonight."
"Also allow them to write letters to their families and tell them that they will be allowed to meet their families when they come to Beijing."
Zhu Qiyu must treat the palace people well: "On New Year's Eve, let the eunuchs take care of you. On the first day of the new year, let the eunuchs rest and let the palace ladies take care of them."
"On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I give a banquet to the eunuchs. They have worked hard for a year and they all have something good to eat."
"Note that the two must be separated."
"Remember, don't let those eunuchs do anything shameful."
"The palace maids today are not the same as before. If they cause trouble, their lives will be at risk, and I will be embarrassed as well."
It is absolutely not possible to deal with food.
After these maids have served in the palace for three years, they will get married. They will marry high-ranking nobles and they must not lose their ugliness.
The point is, these people will become Zhu Qiyu's seeds, sow them out, and those who instill Zhu Qiyu's thoughts will also be sown among the people.
"Next year the imperial concubine will give birth to a dragon heir, and her body and bones will be well nourished."
"Open a women's school in the palace and let Gong'e study there."
"I personally serve as the wine sacrificer, and it will be called the Forbidden Women's School."
"After the New Year, you will send people to look for female gentlemen all over the country. Female gentlemen like Li Qingzhao, regardless of their origin, can enter the palace to teach."
Zhu Qiyu recruited the daughters of officials from all over the world to enter the palace.
There is another layer of meaning.
Control their thoughts.
A child is always most influenced by his mother.
Therefore, if you control women, you will control their future children. If you educate their mothers well, they will instill Zhu Qiyu's thoughts into their children.
A group of people leave the palace every three years, and those who are old enough leave the palace to get married.
After 20 years of such benign operation, it is time to bear fruit.
Zhu Qiyu subtly changed the Ming Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, please take a rest. It's New Year's Eve today, and there's a New Year's Eve banquet tonight. You should get some sleep first."
Feng Xiao and several eunuchs served the emperor on his pillow.
Zhu Qiyu half-squinted his eyes: "I told the Shangshi Bureau that there must be no mistakes in the dishes given in the evening. Those who are not in Beijing must be given. The whole family cannot be lacking, and not a single dish is missing."
"The rewards from the palace must be prepared and wrapped in red paper..."
The emperor is like a housekeeper.
"All slaves know this, please go to bed quickly." Feng Xiao smiled bitterly, the emperor is tired.
Tonight's banquet is very important.
One is to eat something new, and the other is to win people's hearts.
Politically significant.
Zhu Qiyu drank more than a dozen glasses of medicinal wine, which made him feel hot and wanted to open the window to cool off.
"Your Majesty, this is the effect of the medicine. You must not catch the wind." Feng Xiao asked someone to find a fan and use it to fan himself.
"Forget it, wouldn't it be bad luck if you get sick during the Chinese New Year?"
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "I'll just bear with it."
"By the way, the Imperial College will give you books, and the Tianxia Academy will give you books. Don't forget it."
The supervisors are scolding you, but you are still thinking about them.
Feng Xiao all left the hall and let the emperor rest in peace.
Slept until Xu hour.
Zhu Qiyu just sat up. He was too tired today. He worshiped in the morning, gave a banquet in the afternoon, drank wine, and slept for an hour and a half.
Hearing the sound inside, Feng Xiao pushed the door open and came in: "Your Majesty, did the sound of firecrackers outside disturb you?"
"Who is setting off the firecrackers?"
The palace attendants came in with toiletries. Zhu Qiyu washed himself and felt refreshed.
"Marquis Yangwu (Xue Xia) is making a fuss outside the palace. The servants have sent him away several times, but he still runs this way." Feng Xiao did not dare to say more.
After all, the emperor and Princess Changde were inseparable.
"It's Chinese New Year. If a kid sets off firecrackers, don't worry about it."
Zhu Qiyu flexed his body: "Tonight is special. I won't send you an imperial edict to see the Japanese prince. I will give you a banquet with the clan tomorrow."
Originally, according to the custom of previous years, fireworks were set off in front of the Qianqing Palace from New Year's Eve to the seventeenth day of the first lunar month.
But this year it was changed by the emperor.
It takes time to burn a cup of tea every day until the sixth day of the lunar month.
First, gunpowder was expensive and the Ordnance Bureau was very nervous about using it.
Secondly, Zhu Qiyu was not interested in fireworks. He gave the extra fireworks to the officials and asked them to go home and set them off.
Everyone is lively and lively, but the palace itself is lively.
In previous years, one day's supply was enough for the entire first month of this year.
"Your Majesty, when will the fireworks be lit?" Feng Xiao asked.
According to the etiquette of previous years, the fireworks started as soon as it got dark and continued until late at night.
"Before the night banquet, let everyone in the palace come over and watch the excitement before going back."
"All the concubines and concubines must also go into the courtyard of Qianqing Palace to see it."
"Keep warm, Long Si is the most important thing."
Now that it is released, it would be too luxurious for the emperor to watch alone.
In fact, the emperor does not need to worry about these.
There are special eunuchs and female officials in charge.
"Your Majesty, the time has come. The Shangshi Bureau is going to hold a banquet." He Zhien trotted in.
"Pass it on."
Zhu Qiyu was bored and did not deal with official duties, but he was at a loss what to do.
I don't know what to do.
"How is Mao's health?"
Zhu Qiyu wanted to take a look, but if he went to the harem, he might be in trouble again. He saw him at the night banquet later, so he asked again.
"Back to the emperor, the imperial doctor said that the fetus is stable and there is no serious problem."
"Passing the decree, the Mao family should be named... Feng Xiao, do you think the Song family should also be named a concubine?"
Song Shuqing is old and may not be able to conceive.
But his two brothers both worked for the court, and his nephew was also capable. If he didn't make her a concubine, I'm afraid the Song family would have other ideas.
"Your Majesty, you have always given birth to an heir and become a concubine. Song Xuan is a prominent member of the family, but I'm afraid..." Feng Xiao also thought that Song Shuqing could not get pregnant.
"That's all. The Jin Dynasty granted the Mao family the title of Concubine Hui and lived in the Zhongcui Palace; the Jin Dynasty granted the Song family the title of De Concubine and lived in the Qixiang Palace."
For her brother's sake, she deserves a promotion.
Even if she doesn't have children, she still needs to be named a concubine.
"The slaves obey the orders!"
"By the way, the palace will be using new dishes these days, so no one will eat the leftovers."
Zhu Qiyu said: "Don't waste it. Take it out to the palace tomorrow and give it to the people to eat. You are not allowed to throw it away. No one is allowed to be greedy. Feeding pigs and dogs is not allowed."
"Your Majesty, why don't you give these meals to the slaves of the Huanyi Bureau?" Feng Xiaodao said.
"This year, the Huanyi Bureau also gave money and clothes. We also made a new meal and gave it to them. It's the Chinese New Year, so don't eat the leftovers."
Zhu Qiyu is rare and generous.
The Shangshi Bureau's carriage left the palace through the corner gate, escorted by guards, and more than 30 carriages went their separate ways.
Yu Qian is still studying at home.
Yu Kang was waiting on the pen and ink.
The eldest prince also had to be filial to his parents at home, and his newly married daughter-in-law served the elders in the backyard. Fortunately, there were no elders in the family, so she could just take care of the housework.
Yu Mian is not at home, and he is the only one who fulfills his filial piety.
The butler trotted in: "Master, the palace carriage for the banquet has arrived."
"Hurry up!"
Yu Qian put down the book.
He was also curious. The emperor's secret gift of a banquet whetted people's appetites. What exactly was he gifted?
The cook from Shangshi Bureau got out of the car and kowtowed.
I saw only one cook holding a copper pot, and more than 30 cooks holding food boxes, filing in.
"Hot pot?" Yu Kang was a little disappointed.
The emperor was trying to be mysterious. What he was gifting was hot pot?
In the Xia Dynasty, they ate hot pot.
Although Yu Qian's family is not a wealthy family, they often eat this food.
This thing is not delicious at all. It is just water-boiled meat. It tastes fishy and spicy. It is not delicious at all.
Place the copper pot in the middle of the round table, take out a few pieces of fire coal and put them in the copper pot.
Then pour water.
"Huh? This pot seems different, huh?" Yu Kang's newlywed wife, Mrs. Fan, looked surprised.
Fan is married as a wife and has to manage the housework. As a eldest lady, she can naturally see outsiders.
She is Fan Guang's youngest daughter. Fan Guang's eldest daughter married Chen Rui, the son of Pingjiang Bo Chen Yu.
They are all married by the emperor.
She said this.
Yu Qian and Yu Kang also discovered that the copper pot had been modified and made into a mandarin duck pot.
After adding water, there is no communication between them.
The cook opened a food box. There was a plate in the food box, which contained crabs, shrimps and other seafood, as well as sauerkraut.
Pour in together.
Suddenly, a smell of seafood mixed with the taste of sauerkraut came out, and it was delicious.
On the other side of the copper pot, the cook took out a piece of fried base and put it in.
A spicy aroma came out.
"May I ask this gentleman, what is this?"
Fan choked on the spicy taste, but when she smelled it carefully, she felt her appetite was whetted and she wanted to take a bite.
"Go back to Mrs. Huai'an Hou."
"I don't dare to say that I'm sir, I'm just a kitchen servant at the Food Bureau."
He kowtows: "This thing was invented by the Emperor. It's called chili base. It's made by frying chili peppers, peanuts, red oil and various medicinal materials."
"Your Majesty said, here is the spicy pot base, and here is the seafood and sauerkraut pot base."
"Dong Guo Xing, Marquis Huai'an, and Mrs. Marquis Huai'an."
"Please see, there are eight kinds of meat on this table, thick-cut lamb leg, fat and lean beef slices, lamb backbone, thick-cut beef, fat and lean beef slices, and beef ribs. These are pork slices and chicken slices."
"There are also four kinds of seafood, prawns, crabs, clams and scallops."
"There are four kinds of offal, haggis, beef, pig and chicken."
"Four kinds of meatballs, mutton meatballs, beef meatballs, chicken meatballs and fish meatballs."
"There are also eight kinds of vegetables, including Chinese cabbage, carrots, frozen tofu, mushrooms, winter mushrooms, fungus, yam and taro."
“A total of 28 dishes!”
"There are also staple foods, dumplings with three kinds of fillings, beef and radish filling, mutton and celery filling and pork and green onion filling, as well as longevity noodles and rice cakes."
"Your Majesty said, after finishing the hot pot, it would be nice to top it with dumplings, noodles, and rice cakes."
Yu Qian's family was dazzled.
The aroma coming from the Yuanyang Pot has already made people salivate.
"When you eat hot pot, you need a dipping saucer. Your Majesty has already prepared it for you."
The cook waved his hand and opened the last food box. The food box contained various ingredients, including a large bowl of sesame sauce, a bowl of fermented fermented bean curd, a bowl of chive flowers, a bowl of pepper oil, a dish of pepper, and a bowl of chive flowers. Chopped green onions, a bowl of minced garlic.
Yu Qian and others opened their eyes.
This dish actually needs so many seasonings.
Sichuan peppercorns and pepper are very precious, and the emperor was really willing to give them such a big bowl.
Winter seafood is not new in Beijing, and dignitaries often eat it.
After the cold weather, the north was able to preserve seafood, and tributes were sent to the capital every year.
Sauerkraut and Chinese cabbage have been eaten for thousands of years.
Mountain products, beef and mutton are not uncommon.
It's strange to just eat like this.
There are also two pots of drinks, sour plum soup and a pot of warm wine.
And the copper pot was already boiling.
The cook puts in the mutton and beef bones and cooks them to get the aroma and marrow.
Then skim off the scum and clean it.
There were several pieces of chili pepper floating in the copper pot, and I was immediately surprised: "What is this?"
"Xing Guogong, this is chili pepper!"
The cook said: "The emperor said that this thing is extremely precious, but it is refreshing and appetizing, so he kept the pepper seeds and planted them next year. The pepper shells were dried and used to make the hot pot feast on New Year's Eve!"
"Your Majesty said, you can drink the soup from the pickled cabbage pot here, and then use it after drinking the soup."
"The staple food is dumplings and noodles, which can be eaten in the hot pot."
"I won't disturb Mr. Xing Guo's New Year's Eve banquet. I'll resign!"
Yu Qian thanked the Forbidden City and gave him a reward.
The family sits around the hot pot.
Before the cook left, he told Yu Qian and others how to prepare the dipping sauce and how to prepare the hot pot.
Because beef and mutton are cut very thinly, as thin as cicada wings, they cannot be cooked in a pot as before, otherwise the meat will be ruined.
The best time to cook is three seconds, but not more than ten seconds. After ten seconds, the meat will become old.
After taking it out, use the residual heat from the meat slices to cook the inside, then wrap it with dipping sauce, and you'll have a satisfying bite.
"good to eat!"
Yu Kang was not satisfied with eating a piece of meat, so he took a piece of mutton and put it into the pot with his chopsticks.
Mrs. Fan glared at him. Are my family's generals ignorant of elegance, or your family's? Are they so unruly?
She gently picked up a piece of mutton, put it in the pot and rinsed it, then took it out and put it in the air, watching the steam rising up and making it beautiful.
She dipped the saucepan lightly and put it in her mouth.
hiss!
The slightly spicy taste, wrapped in the heavy sesame sauce aroma, fills the mouth, and the meat is fat and thin, chewing and chewing.
"Father, it's really delicious!" Fan couldn't wait to eat more, but took a careful look at Yu Qian.
According to etiquette, she was not allowed to serve.
Today is the Chinese New Year, and Yu Qian makes an exception and lets her come to the table for dinner.It also shows that Yu Qian is extremely satisfied with her as his daughter-in-law, and leaves all the family affairs to her to handle.
Yu Kang took a sip and put a big mouthful of meat into his mouth to chew. It was so delicious.
Seeing his wife drooling, he quickly took a piece, rinsed it and put it into his wife's bowl. Fan's eyes widened.
"Taste it for your father."
Yu Qian ate a piece of beef.
The beef was captured by him. It was originally raised in the pasture, slowly domesticated, and used to give birth to young and reproduce.
During the Chinese New Year, the emperor granted permission to bring fifty cows into the capital and gave them to the ministers.
"Delicious, delicious!" Yu Qian was full of praise.
Such delicious food deserves a poem.
As a result, when he started eating again, his stupid son had already eaten both plates of thin slices of meat.
His poetry suddenly disappeared, and he was competing with wild dogs for food. How could I, Yu Qian, have such a son?
"Father, put the meatballs in first and cook them."
Yu Kang divided the meatballs into two groups and cooked them in two pots.
Just when Yu Qian was about to scold him, he noticed a satisfied smile on his daughter-in-law's lips, so he endured it, picked up a thick piece of beef, and cooked it in the spicy pot.
“It tastes delicious.”
Yu Qian nodded repeatedly: "When your Majesty first got the pepper tree, you said it was a treasure. Now I know that your Majesty's words were true."
I took a sip of the iced sour plum soup, which was particularly appetizing and refreshing.
Bald, Bald!
Yu Kang ignored him at all and swallowed two plates of thickly sliced meat.
Then I drank the sour plum soup in big gulps. The hot pot with sour plum soup was really amazing.
It's warm wine, but no one likes it.
Because Yu Qian doesn't drink, Yu Kang is not allowed to drink either.
"Kang'er." Yu Qian coughed lightly.
Mrs. Fan, who was eating deliciously, widened her eyes like a squirrel, quickly put down her chopsticks, swallowed the food in her mouth, and took a sip of sour plum soup.
Sitting upright, his eyes were staring into the pot.
She picked up the serving chopsticks, picked up a meatball for her father-in-law, and put it into his bowl.
"Dad." Yu Kang put down the cow bone.
All the dipping sauce in the bowl was gone, and he was going to mix some more.
"Daughter-in-law, use it."
Yu Qian was very satisfied with Fan and said to Kang, "What does it look like to clean your hands?"
The servant immediately handed over a towel to wipe his hands and mouth.
"Dad, this pot is very delicious. My son doesn't like mutton or pork, but he felt very comfortable eating this meal."
Yu Kang had another refreshing sour plum soup: "It turns out that hot pot tastes so good when paired with this sour plum soup."
The sheep of this year have not been repeatedly improved, and the meat is very smelly.
As for pigs, although they are already being raised, their level of raising pigs is still average. As a result, some pork is delicious, and some pork is very fishy and difficult to swallow.
Just know to eat!
Yu Qian shook his head helplessly: "Your Majesty has given me such a favor. Kang'er must know how to be grateful to Your Majesty."
"My son knows."
Yu Kang's mind was not on talking at all.
He tilted his head and glanced at his wife. Mrs. Fan was breaking open the backbone of the sheep and chewing on it, looking very imageless.
"Save some for your husband." Yu Kang lowered his voice.
Mrs. Fan cracked the lamb spine and placed it in Yu Kang's bowl. Then she washed her hands and started to pick the shrimps like a lady.
Peel the first shrimp and put it in Yu Qian's bowl.
Yu Qian nodded, wrapped it in dipping sauce and put it in his mouth: "My father never likes seafood, but if you eat it like this, it tastes good."
But no one picked up the fight.
These two people are eating and drinking.
Yu Qian is tired.
Each mansion is similar, and the palace provides ingredients and dishes according to the number of people in the mansion.
Because of the scarcity of chili peppers, only about thirty families received chili pots for banquets, such as Yu Qian, Hu Hui, Fan Guang, Wang Wen, Zhang Feng, Ye Sheng, Li Xian, Lin Cong, Wang Hong, Wang Fu, Geng Jiuchou, and Bai Gui , Xiang Wenyao, Zhu Ying, Han Yong, Nian Fu, Kou Shen, Xiang Zhong, Li Bing, Yuan Jie, Wang Yue, Fang Ying, Liang Jue, Song Jie, Song Wei, Li Jin, Yang Xin, Chen Shao, Chen You, Ren Li, Mao Sheng, etc.
The rest of the people gave a banquet, which was also a mandarin duck pot without the chili base.
Several others were also given chili pots, Wang Cheng, Zhang Yong, Feng Xiao, Xu Gan and Cao Jixiang.
Shu Liang and Jin Zhong were not in the capital, so no additional gifts were given.
In the palace, a little was left aside, and this dish was also served in the evening.
Feng Xiao should have stayed in Qianqing Palace to serve.
But he was given hot pot and had to eat it in advance.
He also has 28 dishes, but he only uses them for one person, and they are all in small quantities.
The important thing is that she is from the south, so she was given rice cakes and a few dumplings with various meat fillings.
Every bite is a lump of meat, fragrant and oily.
Today was the first time that he had a meal earlier than the emperor, and he used a hot pot that even the emperor had never eaten before. This meal brought tears to his eyes.
But I have to say, this chili tastes really good.
"Delicious, really delicious!"
Feng Xiao was eating in his room. Many eunuchs, Gong'e, smelled the aroma and drooled at the door.
Zhang Yong ate in the ceremonial hall, while Liang Fang beat her legs to serve.
"Your Majesty is thinking about our family. His Majesty himself is reluctant to eat such delicious food, but he gives it to our family. What does it mean?"
Zhang Yong bragged while eating.
He didn't get the gold medal and jade pendant, which made him feel uncomfortable.
But this hot pot meal dissipated a lot of the resentment in his heart.
He had one more dish of coriander than the officials outside.
In the Ming Dynasty, it was not called coriander, but coriander. It was brought back by Zhang Qian as an envoy to the Western Regions. Coriander can also be grown indoors.
These were cultivated in the palace. Because they were small in number and of high value, they were only given to a few eunuchs.
"Godfather, the emperor trusts you the most." Liang Fang kept drooling.
Zhang Yong eats well.
Mouth full of oil.
Even if you eat beef dry, it will be delicious.
What's more, if it's cooked in a spicy pot and supplemented with so many seasonings, can it taste any worse?
"Hahaha, I'll reward you and I for using it together!"
Liang Fang didn't dare to add beef and mutton slices, because Zhang Yong was eating deliciously, but the seafood was not touched, so he put in a few shrimps.
Peel the shrimps, wrap them in dipping sauce and eat them.
He wanted to swallow it with his tongue: "Daddy, isn't this food so delicious?"
"That is a gift from the Emperor. How can it be bad?"
Wang Cheng also used hot pot in the check-in room. He was sweating after eating, and drank warm wine, which made him feel comfortable. Finally, he ordered dumplings, noodles and rice cakes.
Haishi is almost over, and it is close to Zishi.
Zhu Qiyu stood outside Qianqing Palace.
Fireworks were set off in Qianqing Palace.
The sky is open for countless months, and auspicious clouds of five colors surround Jiangtai.
There are many types of fireworks in the Ming Dynasty. The development of gunpowder promoted the development of fireworks.
Outside the Qianqing Palace, fireworks were used, and all kinds of fireworks were placed on the two-foot-high ladder. There were crackling sounds, shooting stars flying, bright bombs bursting, lightning and thunder, and the ceiling was filled with fireworks.
The palace people gathered outside the gate of Qianqing Palace, watching the fireworks show, and they were all fascinated.
Zhu Qiyu showed his face outside the palace and then entered the palace.
Concubine Tang and others were sitting on Fenghu, looking at the beautiful and brilliant fireworks, clasping their hands together and making wishes.
The palace was also busy, because Feng Xiao went to eat hot pot, and Huaien and He Zhien were busy.
Child hour just passed.
The empress dowagers of the two palaces entered the palace, the concubines of the harem entered the palace, Changde and Gu'an entered the palace, and Xue Xia and Xue Xian also followed behind Changde.
Now there are six concubines in the harem, five of which are pregnant.
It was also the first time they met each other since they were pregnant.
"Today is a family banquet to celebrate the old and welcome the new. We are all members of the same family. No gifts are required. Please take your seats." Zhu Qiyu sat on the main seat.
Queen Mother Sun also showed up for the first time after the stalemate.
I have been ill in Renshou Palace for a long time, and today, New Year's Eve, I see a visitor for the first time.
Empress Dowager Wu looked frivolous and wanted to sit in the first seat on the left, which was Empress Dowager Sun's seat. After being looked at by the emperor, she honestly went to her seat.
There is no sharing of food today.
Instead, six imperial tables were put together to form a huge square table, and everyone sat together.
"Your Majesty, can the Prince of Japan give me a banquet?" Empress Dowager Sun's first words were full of thorns.
"The Queen Mother is relieved, it has been given."
There is no spicy hot pot or seafood hot pot in Zhuqizhen.
"Tomorrow, during the day, the courtiers will come to the palace to express their gratitude, and in the evening they will entertain the royal family. The Japanese princes should also come to the palace to gather together."
Queen Mother Sun nodded lightly.
"Today is a New Year's Eve banquet to get rid of the old and welcome the new. We won't talk about government affairs or anything else. We will just talk about family ties."
Zhu Qiyu looked at Mao: "Is your body reaction still strong?"
"Return to Your Majesty..."
Mao was about to stand up.
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "Just say it on the table, no courtesy today."
"Your Majesty, there was some reaction, but not much." Mao said with a smile.
"Well, I will place it in Zhongcui Palace for you. We will move there on the seventh day of the lunar month. It will be the best for use. You can just rest assured and raise your baby."
Zhu Qiyu looked at Song Shuqing with a smile: "I will place you in Qixiang Palace, closer to the Queen Mother. It will also be convenient for you to visit her every day and save you from traveling back and forth."
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty." Song Shuqing felt unhappy.
The six concubines are all pregnant.
She is the only one who cannot lay eggs.
It happened that the five pregnant women all lived in the East Sixth Palace, while she lived in the West Sixth Palace. Could it be that the emperor was worried that she would harm them?
"The Sixth Palace in the West has never been inhabited. I use it as a warehouse."
"You have moved in and become more popular, so don't think too much about it."
"The reason why it is placed in Qixiang Palace is that the Empress Dowager of Yongshou Palace lived there, so it is inconvenient for you to live there. This Qixiang Palace has become the master of the Sixth Palace in the West."
Zhu Qiyu meant to let Song Shuqing suppress the Sixth Palace in the West.
When Song Shuqing heard this, she was elated and immediately thanked him.
Zhu Qiyu looked at Concubine Tang: "You have been trapped in the palace these days, and you are somewhat depressed. Let's take a walk today."
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty." Concubine Tang, Tan Yunxian and others said.
The hot pot on the table kept bubbling.
"Your Majesty, is this hot pot?" Lin Yu pointed at the hot pot, his mouth overflowing with saliva.
"Yes, this is spicy hot pot, made with chili peppers."
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Seafood is cold and cold. You are pregnant and cannot eat it randomly, but the imperial doctor has said that you can eat spicy food in small amounts."
Lin Yu thought, but his eyes were slightly gloomy: "Your Majesty, I don't like spicy food, I like sour food."
Sour girl.
If you like to eat sour food, you must have a son in your belly.
"Both the prince and the princess like it."
Zhu Qiyu looked at Gu'an: "Gu'an, come here, my father will give you a sauce plate, you can try it first."
It should have been transferred to the Queen Mother of the two palaces first, after all, this is filial piety.
But Zhu Qiyu and Empress Dowager Sun were angry, so naturally they couldn't be adjusted by Empress Dowager Wu alone, so they both stopped.
"Thank you, Father!"
"Your Majesty, my concubine can eat first." Changde was sitting at the end of the table, but he was not at all restrained.
Only Queen Mother Wu looked at her with disgust.
"Eat."
Zhu Qiyu gave Gu'an a sauce plate, and the concubines also followed his example and learned how to mix it: "This is the tofu milk. How much you put in it depends on your own taste."
"There are also these chive flowers. You can put them in or not. I don't like the smell."
"So I won't let it go. If anyone likes it, let it go."
"There is no fixed ratio for these seasonings. Just add more depending on what flavor you like."
After mixing it, ask the eunuch to bring it to Gu'an.
"Yeah, this smell?"
Chang De was quick to speak. He ate a piece of mutton slices first and exclaimed: "Your Majesty, the mutton slices don't have any fishy smell at all. They are full of sesame sauce aroma and the slight spiciness. It's just right."
“Changde knows food.”
Zhu Qiyu gently rinsed a piece and put it in sesame sauce. It will be fragrant only when it is covered with sesame sauce.
It's just that the spiciness is very low.
If you have too much chili, try a spicy hot pot.
"Father, it's so delicious." Gu'an glared at Changde.
“Try all the dishes, they all taste good.”
Zhu Qiyu smiled and winked at He Zhien: "Give some soup to the Queen Mothers of the two palaces to have a taste."
Empress Dowager Sun and Empress Dowager Wu were both unwilling to season the food themselves.
Let the eunuch adjust it.
Two soup bowls were placed in front of him. The eunuch picked up some chopped coriander with serving chopsticks and put them into the soup bowls.
Queen Mother Sun took a sip and her eyes lit up.
"Empress Dowager, if you eat too much of this meat, it will be difficult to digest it, but this pickled cabbage soup is appetizing and relieves greasiness, and will not cause discomfort."
When Zhu Qiyu saw the concubines in the harem, they all ate a piece. They all wanted to eat it, but they were pregnant and they abstained from eating fishy and spicy food.
"Bring it up."
A little eunuch was holding a new hot pot. The soup base was red and exuded a sour smell.
"Your Majesty, what is this?" Tang Guifei smelled the sour smell and became greedy.
She didn't know that she liked eating sour food.
I still ate sour food on purpose, which led me to want to eat sour food now.
"This is persimmon hot pot, also called tomato hot pot."
"Try everything I prepared specially for you."
The persimmon tree bore fruit for the second time. The seeds were taken out and planted next year, and the skins were stirred on ice to make a tomato soup base.
Among the crops Liu Zhenhai sent for the second time, there were several persimmon trees, so he made such a pot of tomato hot pot.
He was not willing to give it to outside the palace, so he kept it for his concubines.
"Take a spoon and taste the soup."
Concubine Tang took a sip gently, with a happy face on her face: "I still like to eat sour food."
"I also like to eat sour food." Lin Yu showed no sign of weakness.
Hu Guiju, on the other hand, didn't fight or grab. He rinsed a piece of meat first, wrapped it in dipping sauce and took a bite. He found that it tasted really good.
Changde asked the eunuch to boil some slices for him to taste.
Several women were unwilling to show weakness and disliked each other.
Fortunately, they were not allowed to see each other, otherwise they would have killed each other long ago, and probably not a single child would have been lost.
"Meat is not easy to digest, so eat some vegetables."
Zhu Qiyu picked up a bunch of coriander and put it in the pot.
You should use serving chopsticks at this time.
But who can take care of this when eating hot pot?
Added some mushrooms, Chinese cabbage and frozen tofu.
"Your Majesty, this hot pot is quite fresh."
Queen Mother Sun also ate the spicy pot. After finishing the spicy pot, the pickled cabbage pot suddenly lost its aroma: "This is the first time the Ai family has heard of making dipping sauce like this."
"As long as the Queen Mother likes it."
"When there are more peppers next year, I will make more delicious spicy hotpot for the Queen Mother."
As soon as Zhu Qiyu finished speaking, Empress Dowager Wu became unhappy.
Aijia is your biological mother!
Queen Mother Sun glanced at her and put a piece of frozen tofu into her mouth. The frozen tofu was soaked in soup and tasted particularly delicious.
Zhu Qiyu smiled and raised his cup: "Toast, this sour plum soup goes perfectly with hot pot, even children can drink it."
The concubines put down their chopsticks and picked up the warm sour plum soup.
Others' sour plum soup was iced. They were pregnant and could not drink it cold.
Queen Mother Sun took a sip and felt that the sour plum soup was just right for appetizing. It blended well with the spicy hot pot and complemented each other.
There are also three kinds of fillings: dumplings, noodles and rice cakes.
They are all boiled dumplings, and there are also raw dumplings that can be cooked in a hot pot with money wrapped inside.
But everyone is eating meat, and they are not interested in dumplings.
“I ate too much meat at night and it’s hard to digest it.”
"Eat some dumplings."
Zhu Qiyu noticed it and didn't want to eat the cooked dumplings, so he asked the eunuch to put in the raw dumplings, noodles and rice cakes.
"Can these be taken down too?" Tang Guifei was surprised.
“You can rinse anything, dip everything, and it’s delicious no matter how you eat it.”
Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Today is the New Year's Eve. After midnight, it will be the ninth year of Jingtai. I will join hands with you to enter the new year."
"He Zhien, give out all the rewards to each palace!"
"Give me all the dumplings, noodles, and rice cakes from each palace!"
"Whoever eats copper coins will be rewarded with a tael of silver!"
"The same goes for everyone here. Anyone who eats Bao'er will be rewarded by me!"
This meal was very awkward.
It was an obviously lively New Year's Eve dinner, but it was very awkward.
"Your Majesty, what should you dip this dumpling in?" Tan Yunxian asked in a low voice.
"If you like dipping, eat dipping. If you like soy sauce and vinegar, eat soy sauce and vinegar. If you want to eat garlic, eat garlic."
Garlic is not allowed to be eaten in the palace because onions and garlic have a smell.
It is very rude to point at others.
Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "To celebrate the New Year, let's be more relaxed. You can eat whatever you like and do whatever you like. Don't be too restrictive."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
At this time, Feng Xiao opened the door and came in to wait.
"Didn't I tell you to rest? Don't come over."
Feng Xiao knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, if I'm not in front of you, I feel unwell. You'd better let me take care of you."
"Okay, get up."
"It's almost past time. Share the dumplings with everyone in the palace."
"It's Chinese New Year. You're waiting in front of me and you haven't even eaten any dumplings."
"What's that like?"
The dumplings were cooked. Zhu Qiyu took out a dumpling, wrapped it in dipping sauce and put it in his mouth.
It tastes just right.
Feng Xiao divided the cooked dumplings among everyone and took one bite first to deal with it. When the table was cleared, it was naturally time for them to eat.
He is keeping the spicy hot pot given to him. He will have another meal tomorrow. It tastes so good.
"Have all the armies sent dumplings?"
This is a big deal.
The soldiers in the capital could not go home during the Chinese New Year. Although the court gave them rewards, they were alone during the Chinese New Year, and it was inevitable that they would not feel resentful in their hearts.
Therefore, the New Year’s Eve dinner requires a big reward.
During the few days of the New Year, there was meat every meal, and the soldiers were full.
"Fu Yuan is in charge, please don't worry, Your Majesty," Feng Xiaodao said.
Zhu Qiyu turned around and said, "Let's all eat dumplings. When they are cooked, I will reward anyone who eats Bao'er. Eat a few more."
His mind was on the military camp.
When winter comes, training in the military camp is reduced, and everyone gets together to play cards and gamble. This trend is rampant and the combat effectiveness plummets.
How to rectify the morale of the military?
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"Bai Gui, do you know why this dish of yours is so popular?" Zhu Qiyu asked with a smile.
"Return to Your Majesty, I don't know."
Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "You will succeed the old master and become the Minister of Rites, which is what everyone expects!"
That jade sculpture, he favored Geng Jiuchou.
Naturally, Bai Gui's resentment must be eliminated.
"The tortoise is a symbol of longevity. I hope that you can live a long life, assist me, and lead the Ming Dynasty to create glory together!"
Zhu Qiyu raised his glass and drank it down.
Bai Gui secretly wiped his tears, and the atmosphere reached a climax.
Yue Zheng pointed to the plate in front of him and said, "Weichen's plate is called Gourmet Utensils."
"Weichen's dish stands out."
"Weichen's name is Heming Jiugao."
"..."
Every dish is supervised by Wynn and carefully prepared by Shangshi Bureau.
The riddles and answers of the dishes also need to be consistent with the officials themselves, so they put a lot of thought into it.
Not only does it take a lot of thought, but the food prepared must also be delicious.
The wine used is also the collection of the imperial wine room.
According to the custom of officials, highly distilled spirits, low-alcohol rice wine, fruit wine, wine, tea wine, medicinal wine, etc. were prepared.
For example, the wine in front of Hu Hui is medicinal wine called Yinjiu wine.
It is formulated with high-quality Daqu wine brewed from red sorghum with sticky seeds as the base, and added with more than ten kinds of medicines such as yam, bergamot, tangerine peel, and safflower.
The wine soup is apricot yellow, fragrant and mellow, sweet and refreshing. It has the functions of strengthening the spleen and stomach, treating wind diseases, relaxing muscles and activating blood circulation and strengthening the body.
There is also tea wine, and the wine soup exudes the fragrance of tea leaves.
For this New Year's Eve meal, Shangshi Bureau put all their efforts into it.
Zhu Qiyu had a smile on his face, chatting and laughing with the ministers, and recited poems.
Gather together and have great joy.
"My lords, you all guessed the dish correctly and guessed the answer to the riddle. Of course I want to reward you!"
Zhu Qiyu was in a good mood: "My lords, I will not reward you for your official position. It is up to you to fight for it."
"You have no shortage of money, so I rewarded you to flatter everyone."
"I don't need to reward you with fame and fortune. You can get it easily with your ability."
"The one I want to reward is your daughter!"
Zhu Qiyu pointed to the palace maids serving beside the tables.
They are all the daughters and granddaughters of the officials present.
The courtiers were surprised.
"Your Majesty, please stop showing off." Bai Gui smiled bitterly.
"Hahaha!"
Zhu Qiyu laughed and said, "I won't tell you yet. Wait until three years later, when they leave the palace, and you will see how outstanding our daughters are!"
"I not only let them marry high, but also let them live well and comfortably in their husband's family!"
"Who says women are inferior to men?"
"I will show you how bright the future will be for the daughter trained in the palace!"
The maids waiting in front of the case burst into tears.
We are all young ladies, so it is really aggrieved to be in the palace.
The emperor's words actually made him feel less aggrieved.
Their fathers and grandfathers couldn't help but shed tears.
They were unwilling to be forced into the palace by the emperor.
"Your Majesty, Yonghe Palace has come to announce the good news!"
A young eunuch hurried in, knelt in the middle of the hall, and said loudly: "Attendant Mao Xuan is pregnant. Your Majesty, double happiness is coming to our door!"
The palace was very noisy, and the ministers were chatting with each other.
The little eunuch's voice was suppressed.
He said it three times before Zhu Qiyu heard it clearly and waved his hand: "Is Mao Xuan happy? Reward! Big reward!"
"Today, all the silver rewards in the palace will be increased by one tael. If you are lucky, you will be rewarded with six taels of silver!"
During the Chinese New Year in the palace, the emperor wanted to give a red envelope.
Put some money in and reward the slaves.
A normal reward of two or six is already a lot.
This year Zhu Qiyu was unusually generous. He rewarded each person with five taels of silver, plus one more tael to make six taels, which was an auspicious number.
Six taels of silver is a huge sum of money.
Enough for a family of five or six people to live on for a year.
"I am waiting to congratulate Your Majesty!"
This is the fifth concubine to become pregnant this year.
Zhu Qiyu was in a better mood. He drank two more sips of medicinal wine and became a little drunk.
It was time to eat and drink.
When meal time came, the eunuch of the Bell and Drum Department rang the bell.
"Masters."
Zhu Qiyu was helped to stand up: "I just pretended that I would give your rewards to my daughters."
"Well, I can clearly see how your daughters and granddaughters have suffered while serving in the palace."
"I am also a father and know the pain of lovesickness."
The maids who were serving the ministers were kneeling on the ground with tears streaming down their cheeks.
Being mentioned repeatedly by the emperor, I didn't feel bitter at all, but rather a little excited.
This is what encouragement does.
"Let's all go to the side hall, say a few words about ourselves, and then leave the palace."
Zhu Qiyu sighed and said: "If the children want anything, you should try your best to satisfy it. If you can't satisfy it, just tell me and go ahead."
"I'd like to thank Your Majesty for your understanding!" The courtier knelt on the ground, tears glistening in his eyes.
This year the emperor's main theme is warmth.
buy hearts.
Zhu Qiyu was helped down the steps and went to the back hall to rest: "Feng Xiao, ask the Shang Food Bureau to prepare some good meals for the palace ladies."
"We are all ladies. Our fathers and ancestors served in the previous dynasty, and our daughters serve in the palace. We must not neglect them."
"I don't need them to serve you tonight."
"Also allow them to write letters to their families and tell them that they will be allowed to meet their families when they come to Beijing."
Zhu Qiyu must treat the palace people well: "On New Year's Eve, let the eunuchs take care of you. On the first day of the new year, let the eunuchs rest and let the palace ladies take care of them."
"On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I give a banquet to the eunuchs. They have worked hard for a year and they all have something good to eat."
"Note that the two must be separated."
"Remember, don't let those eunuchs do anything shameful."
"The palace maids today are not the same as before. If they cause trouble, their lives will be at risk, and I will be embarrassed as well."
It is absolutely not possible to deal with food.
After these maids have served in the palace for three years, they will get married. They will marry high-ranking nobles and they must not lose their ugliness.
The point is, these people will become Zhu Qiyu's seeds, sow them out, and those who instill Zhu Qiyu's thoughts will also be sown among the people.
"Next year the imperial concubine will give birth to a dragon heir, and her body and bones will be well nourished."
"Open a women's school in the palace and let Gong'e study there."
"I personally serve as the wine sacrificer, and it will be called the Forbidden Women's School."
"After the New Year, you will send people to look for female gentlemen all over the country. Female gentlemen like Li Qingzhao, regardless of their origin, can enter the palace to teach."
Zhu Qiyu recruited the daughters of officials from all over the world to enter the palace.
There is another layer of meaning.
Control their thoughts.
A child is always most influenced by his mother.
Therefore, if you control women, you will control their future children. If you educate their mothers well, they will instill Zhu Qiyu's thoughts into their children.
A group of people leave the palace every three years, and those who are old enough leave the palace to get married.
After 20 years of such benign operation, it is time to bear fruit.
Zhu Qiyu subtly changed the Ming Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, please take a rest. It's New Year's Eve today, and there's a New Year's Eve banquet tonight. You should get some sleep first."
Feng Xiao and several eunuchs served the emperor on his pillow.
Zhu Qiyu half-squinted his eyes: "I told the Shangshi Bureau that there must be no mistakes in the dishes given in the evening. Those who are not in Beijing must be given. The whole family cannot be lacking, and not a single dish is missing."
"The rewards from the palace must be prepared and wrapped in red paper..."
The emperor is like a housekeeper.
"All slaves know this, please go to bed quickly." Feng Xiao smiled bitterly, the emperor is tired.
Tonight's banquet is very important.
One is to eat something new, and the other is to win people's hearts.
Politically significant.
Zhu Qiyu drank more than a dozen glasses of medicinal wine, which made him feel hot and wanted to open the window to cool off.
"Your Majesty, this is the effect of the medicine. You must not catch the wind." Feng Xiao asked someone to find a fan and use it to fan himself.
"Forget it, wouldn't it be bad luck if you get sick during the Chinese New Year?"
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "I'll just bear with it."
"By the way, the Imperial College will give you books, and the Tianxia Academy will give you books. Don't forget it."
The supervisors are scolding you, but you are still thinking about them.
Feng Xiao all left the hall and let the emperor rest in peace.
Slept until Xu hour.
Zhu Qiyu just sat up. He was too tired today. He worshiped in the morning, gave a banquet in the afternoon, drank wine, and slept for an hour and a half.
Hearing the sound inside, Feng Xiao pushed the door open and came in: "Your Majesty, did the sound of firecrackers outside disturb you?"
"Who is setting off the firecrackers?"
The palace attendants came in with toiletries. Zhu Qiyu washed himself and felt refreshed.
"Marquis Yangwu (Xue Xia) is making a fuss outside the palace. The servants have sent him away several times, but he still runs this way." Feng Xiao did not dare to say more.
After all, the emperor and Princess Changde were inseparable.
"It's Chinese New Year. If a kid sets off firecrackers, don't worry about it."
Zhu Qiyu flexed his body: "Tonight is special. I won't send you an imperial edict to see the Japanese prince. I will give you a banquet with the clan tomorrow."
Originally, according to the custom of previous years, fireworks were set off in front of the Qianqing Palace from New Year's Eve to the seventeenth day of the first lunar month.
But this year it was changed by the emperor.
It takes time to burn a cup of tea every day until the sixth day of the lunar month.
First, gunpowder was expensive and the Ordnance Bureau was very nervous about using it.
Secondly, Zhu Qiyu was not interested in fireworks. He gave the extra fireworks to the officials and asked them to go home and set them off.
Everyone is lively and lively, but the palace itself is lively.
In previous years, one day's supply was enough for the entire first month of this year.
"Your Majesty, when will the fireworks be lit?" Feng Xiao asked.
According to the etiquette of previous years, the fireworks started as soon as it got dark and continued until late at night.
"Before the night banquet, let everyone in the palace come over and watch the excitement before going back."
"All the concubines and concubines must also go into the courtyard of Qianqing Palace to see it."
"Keep warm, Long Si is the most important thing."
Now that it is released, it would be too luxurious for the emperor to watch alone.
In fact, the emperor does not need to worry about these.
There are special eunuchs and female officials in charge.
"Your Majesty, the time has come. The Shangshi Bureau is going to hold a banquet." He Zhien trotted in.
"Pass it on."
Zhu Qiyu was bored and did not deal with official duties, but he was at a loss what to do.
I don't know what to do.
"How is Mao's health?"
Zhu Qiyu wanted to take a look, but if he went to the harem, he might be in trouble again. He saw him at the night banquet later, so he asked again.
"Back to the emperor, the imperial doctor said that the fetus is stable and there is no serious problem."
"Passing the decree, the Mao family should be named... Feng Xiao, do you think the Song family should also be named a concubine?"
Song Shuqing is old and may not be able to conceive.
But his two brothers both worked for the court, and his nephew was also capable. If he didn't make her a concubine, I'm afraid the Song family would have other ideas.
"Your Majesty, you have always given birth to an heir and become a concubine. Song Xuan is a prominent member of the family, but I'm afraid..." Feng Xiao also thought that Song Shuqing could not get pregnant.
"That's all. The Jin Dynasty granted the Mao family the title of Concubine Hui and lived in the Zhongcui Palace; the Jin Dynasty granted the Song family the title of De Concubine and lived in the Qixiang Palace."
For her brother's sake, she deserves a promotion.
Even if she doesn't have children, she still needs to be named a concubine.
"The slaves obey the orders!"
"By the way, the palace will be using new dishes these days, so no one will eat the leftovers."
Zhu Qiyu said: "Don't waste it. Take it out to the palace tomorrow and give it to the people to eat. You are not allowed to throw it away. No one is allowed to be greedy. Feeding pigs and dogs is not allowed."
"Your Majesty, why don't you give these meals to the slaves of the Huanyi Bureau?" Feng Xiaodao said.
"This year, the Huanyi Bureau also gave money and clothes. We also made a new meal and gave it to them. It's the Chinese New Year, so don't eat the leftovers."
Zhu Qiyu is rare and generous.
The Shangshi Bureau's carriage left the palace through the corner gate, escorted by guards, and more than 30 carriages went their separate ways.
Yu Qian is still studying at home.
Yu Kang was waiting on the pen and ink.
The eldest prince also had to be filial to his parents at home, and his newly married daughter-in-law served the elders in the backyard. Fortunately, there were no elders in the family, so she could just take care of the housework.
Yu Mian is not at home, and he is the only one who fulfills his filial piety.
The butler trotted in: "Master, the palace carriage for the banquet has arrived."
"Hurry up!"
Yu Qian put down the book.
He was also curious. The emperor's secret gift of a banquet whetted people's appetites. What exactly was he gifted?
The cook from Shangshi Bureau got out of the car and kowtowed.
I saw only one cook holding a copper pot, and more than 30 cooks holding food boxes, filing in.
"Hot pot?" Yu Kang was a little disappointed.
The emperor was trying to be mysterious. What he was gifting was hot pot?
In the Xia Dynasty, they ate hot pot.
Although Yu Qian's family is not a wealthy family, they often eat this food.
This thing is not delicious at all. It is just water-boiled meat. It tastes fishy and spicy. It is not delicious at all.
Place the copper pot in the middle of the round table, take out a few pieces of fire coal and put them in the copper pot.
Then pour water.
"Huh? This pot seems different, huh?" Yu Kang's newlywed wife, Mrs. Fan, looked surprised.
Fan is married as a wife and has to manage the housework. As a eldest lady, she can naturally see outsiders.
She is Fan Guang's youngest daughter. Fan Guang's eldest daughter married Chen Rui, the son of Pingjiang Bo Chen Yu.
They are all married by the emperor.
She said this.
Yu Qian and Yu Kang also discovered that the copper pot had been modified and made into a mandarin duck pot.
After adding water, there is no communication between them.
The cook opened a food box. There was a plate in the food box, which contained crabs, shrimps and other seafood, as well as sauerkraut.
Pour in together.
Suddenly, a smell of seafood mixed with the taste of sauerkraut came out, and it was delicious.
On the other side of the copper pot, the cook took out a piece of fried base and put it in.
A spicy aroma came out.
"May I ask this gentleman, what is this?"
Fan choked on the spicy taste, but when she smelled it carefully, she felt her appetite was whetted and she wanted to take a bite.
"Go back to Mrs. Huai'an Hou."
"I don't dare to say that I'm sir, I'm just a kitchen servant at the Food Bureau."
He kowtows: "This thing was invented by the Emperor. It's called chili base. It's made by frying chili peppers, peanuts, red oil and various medicinal materials."
"Your Majesty said, here is the spicy pot base, and here is the seafood and sauerkraut pot base."
"Dong Guo Xing, Marquis Huai'an, and Mrs. Marquis Huai'an."
"Please see, there are eight kinds of meat on this table, thick-cut lamb leg, fat and lean beef slices, lamb backbone, thick-cut beef, fat and lean beef slices, and beef ribs. These are pork slices and chicken slices."
"There are also four kinds of seafood, prawns, crabs, clams and scallops."
"There are four kinds of offal, haggis, beef, pig and chicken."
"Four kinds of meatballs, mutton meatballs, beef meatballs, chicken meatballs and fish meatballs."
"There are also eight kinds of vegetables, including Chinese cabbage, carrots, frozen tofu, mushrooms, winter mushrooms, fungus, yam and taro."
“A total of 28 dishes!”
"There are also staple foods, dumplings with three kinds of fillings, beef and radish filling, mutton and celery filling and pork and green onion filling, as well as longevity noodles and rice cakes."
"Your Majesty said, after finishing the hot pot, it would be nice to top it with dumplings, noodles, and rice cakes."
Yu Qian's family was dazzled.
The aroma coming from the Yuanyang Pot has already made people salivate.
"When you eat hot pot, you need a dipping saucer. Your Majesty has already prepared it for you."
The cook waved his hand and opened the last food box. The food box contained various ingredients, including a large bowl of sesame sauce, a bowl of fermented fermented bean curd, a bowl of chive flowers, a bowl of pepper oil, a dish of pepper, and a bowl of chive flowers. Chopped green onions, a bowl of minced garlic.
Yu Qian and others opened their eyes.
This dish actually needs so many seasonings.
Sichuan peppercorns and pepper are very precious, and the emperor was really willing to give them such a big bowl.
Winter seafood is not new in Beijing, and dignitaries often eat it.
After the cold weather, the north was able to preserve seafood, and tributes were sent to the capital every year.
Sauerkraut and Chinese cabbage have been eaten for thousands of years.
Mountain products, beef and mutton are not uncommon.
It's strange to just eat like this.
There are also two pots of drinks, sour plum soup and a pot of warm wine.
And the copper pot was already boiling.
The cook puts in the mutton and beef bones and cooks them to get the aroma and marrow.
Then skim off the scum and clean it.
There were several pieces of chili pepper floating in the copper pot, and I was immediately surprised: "What is this?"
"Xing Guogong, this is chili pepper!"
The cook said: "The emperor said that this thing is extremely precious, but it is refreshing and appetizing, so he kept the pepper seeds and planted them next year. The pepper shells were dried and used to make the hot pot feast on New Year's Eve!"
"Your Majesty said, you can drink the soup from the pickled cabbage pot here, and then use it after drinking the soup."
"The staple food is dumplings and noodles, which can be eaten in the hot pot."
"I won't disturb Mr. Xing Guo's New Year's Eve banquet. I'll resign!"
Yu Qian thanked the Forbidden City and gave him a reward.
The family sits around the hot pot.
Before the cook left, he told Yu Qian and others how to prepare the dipping sauce and how to prepare the hot pot.
Because beef and mutton are cut very thinly, as thin as cicada wings, they cannot be cooked in a pot as before, otherwise the meat will be ruined.
The best time to cook is three seconds, but not more than ten seconds. After ten seconds, the meat will become old.
After taking it out, use the residual heat from the meat slices to cook the inside, then wrap it with dipping sauce, and you'll have a satisfying bite.
"good to eat!"
Yu Kang was not satisfied with eating a piece of meat, so he took a piece of mutton and put it into the pot with his chopsticks.
Mrs. Fan glared at him. Are my family's generals ignorant of elegance, or your family's? Are they so unruly?
She gently picked up a piece of mutton, put it in the pot and rinsed it, then took it out and put it in the air, watching the steam rising up and making it beautiful.
She dipped the saucepan lightly and put it in her mouth.
hiss!
The slightly spicy taste, wrapped in the heavy sesame sauce aroma, fills the mouth, and the meat is fat and thin, chewing and chewing.
"Father, it's really delicious!" Fan couldn't wait to eat more, but took a careful look at Yu Qian.
According to etiquette, she was not allowed to serve.
Today is the Chinese New Year, and Yu Qian makes an exception and lets her come to the table for dinner.It also shows that Yu Qian is extremely satisfied with her as his daughter-in-law, and leaves all the family affairs to her to handle.
Yu Kang took a sip and put a big mouthful of meat into his mouth to chew. It was so delicious.
Seeing his wife drooling, he quickly took a piece, rinsed it and put it into his wife's bowl. Fan's eyes widened.
"Taste it for your father."
Yu Qian ate a piece of beef.
The beef was captured by him. It was originally raised in the pasture, slowly domesticated, and used to give birth to young and reproduce.
During the Chinese New Year, the emperor granted permission to bring fifty cows into the capital and gave them to the ministers.
"Delicious, delicious!" Yu Qian was full of praise.
Such delicious food deserves a poem.
As a result, when he started eating again, his stupid son had already eaten both plates of thin slices of meat.
His poetry suddenly disappeared, and he was competing with wild dogs for food. How could I, Yu Qian, have such a son?
"Father, put the meatballs in first and cook them."
Yu Kang divided the meatballs into two groups and cooked them in two pots.
Just when Yu Qian was about to scold him, he noticed a satisfied smile on his daughter-in-law's lips, so he endured it, picked up a thick piece of beef, and cooked it in the spicy pot.
“It tastes delicious.”
Yu Qian nodded repeatedly: "When your Majesty first got the pepper tree, you said it was a treasure. Now I know that your Majesty's words were true."
I took a sip of the iced sour plum soup, which was particularly appetizing and refreshing.
Bald, Bald!
Yu Kang ignored him at all and swallowed two plates of thickly sliced meat.
Then I drank the sour plum soup in big gulps. The hot pot with sour plum soup was really amazing.
It's warm wine, but no one likes it.
Because Yu Qian doesn't drink, Yu Kang is not allowed to drink either.
"Kang'er." Yu Qian coughed lightly.
Mrs. Fan, who was eating deliciously, widened her eyes like a squirrel, quickly put down her chopsticks, swallowed the food in her mouth, and took a sip of sour plum soup.
Sitting upright, his eyes were staring into the pot.
She picked up the serving chopsticks, picked up a meatball for her father-in-law, and put it into his bowl.
"Dad." Yu Kang put down the cow bone.
All the dipping sauce in the bowl was gone, and he was going to mix some more.
"Daughter-in-law, use it."
Yu Qian was very satisfied with Fan and said to Kang, "What does it look like to clean your hands?"
The servant immediately handed over a towel to wipe his hands and mouth.
"Dad, this pot is very delicious. My son doesn't like mutton or pork, but he felt very comfortable eating this meal."
Yu Kang had another refreshing sour plum soup: "It turns out that hot pot tastes so good when paired with this sour plum soup."
The sheep of this year have not been repeatedly improved, and the meat is very smelly.
As for pigs, although they are already being raised, their level of raising pigs is still average. As a result, some pork is delicious, and some pork is very fishy and difficult to swallow.
Just know to eat!
Yu Qian shook his head helplessly: "Your Majesty has given me such a favor. Kang'er must know how to be grateful to Your Majesty."
"My son knows."
Yu Kang's mind was not on talking at all.
He tilted his head and glanced at his wife. Mrs. Fan was breaking open the backbone of the sheep and chewing on it, looking very imageless.
"Save some for your husband." Yu Kang lowered his voice.
Mrs. Fan cracked the lamb spine and placed it in Yu Kang's bowl. Then she washed her hands and started to pick the shrimps like a lady.
Peel the first shrimp and put it in Yu Qian's bowl.
Yu Qian nodded, wrapped it in dipping sauce and put it in his mouth: "My father never likes seafood, but if you eat it like this, it tastes good."
But no one picked up the fight.
These two people are eating and drinking.
Yu Qian is tired.
Each mansion is similar, and the palace provides ingredients and dishes according to the number of people in the mansion.
Because of the scarcity of chili peppers, only about thirty families received chili pots for banquets, such as Yu Qian, Hu Hui, Fan Guang, Wang Wen, Zhang Feng, Ye Sheng, Li Xian, Lin Cong, Wang Hong, Wang Fu, Geng Jiuchou, and Bai Gui , Xiang Wenyao, Zhu Ying, Han Yong, Nian Fu, Kou Shen, Xiang Zhong, Li Bing, Yuan Jie, Wang Yue, Fang Ying, Liang Jue, Song Jie, Song Wei, Li Jin, Yang Xin, Chen Shao, Chen You, Ren Li, Mao Sheng, etc.
The rest of the people gave a banquet, which was also a mandarin duck pot without the chili base.
Several others were also given chili pots, Wang Cheng, Zhang Yong, Feng Xiao, Xu Gan and Cao Jixiang.
Shu Liang and Jin Zhong were not in the capital, so no additional gifts were given.
In the palace, a little was left aside, and this dish was also served in the evening.
Feng Xiao should have stayed in Qianqing Palace to serve.
But he was given hot pot and had to eat it in advance.
He also has 28 dishes, but he only uses them for one person, and they are all in small quantities.
The important thing is that she is from the south, so she was given rice cakes and a few dumplings with various meat fillings.
Every bite is a lump of meat, fragrant and oily.
Today was the first time that he had a meal earlier than the emperor, and he used a hot pot that even the emperor had never eaten before. This meal brought tears to his eyes.
But I have to say, this chili tastes really good.
"Delicious, really delicious!"
Feng Xiao was eating in his room. Many eunuchs, Gong'e, smelled the aroma and drooled at the door.
Zhang Yong ate in the ceremonial hall, while Liang Fang beat her legs to serve.
"Your Majesty is thinking about our family. His Majesty himself is reluctant to eat such delicious food, but he gives it to our family. What does it mean?"
Zhang Yong bragged while eating.
He didn't get the gold medal and jade pendant, which made him feel uncomfortable.
But this hot pot meal dissipated a lot of the resentment in his heart.
He had one more dish of coriander than the officials outside.
In the Ming Dynasty, it was not called coriander, but coriander. It was brought back by Zhang Qian as an envoy to the Western Regions. Coriander can also be grown indoors.
These were cultivated in the palace. Because they were small in number and of high value, they were only given to a few eunuchs.
"Godfather, the emperor trusts you the most." Liang Fang kept drooling.
Zhang Yong eats well.
Mouth full of oil.
Even if you eat beef dry, it will be delicious.
What's more, if it's cooked in a spicy pot and supplemented with so many seasonings, can it taste any worse?
"Hahaha, I'll reward you and I for using it together!"
Liang Fang didn't dare to add beef and mutton slices, because Zhang Yong was eating deliciously, but the seafood was not touched, so he put in a few shrimps.
Peel the shrimps, wrap them in dipping sauce and eat them.
He wanted to swallow it with his tongue: "Daddy, isn't this food so delicious?"
"That is a gift from the Emperor. How can it be bad?"
Wang Cheng also used hot pot in the check-in room. He was sweating after eating, and drank warm wine, which made him feel comfortable. Finally, he ordered dumplings, noodles and rice cakes.
Haishi is almost over, and it is close to Zishi.
Zhu Qiyu stood outside Qianqing Palace.
Fireworks were set off in Qianqing Palace.
The sky is open for countless months, and auspicious clouds of five colors surround Jiangtai.
There are many types of fireworks in the Ming Dynasty. The development of gunpowder promoted the development of fireworks.
Outside the Qianqing Palace, fireworks were used, and all kinds of fireworks were placed on the two-foot-high ladder. There were crackling sounds, shooting stars flying, bright bombs bursting, lightning and thunder, and the ceiling was filled with fireworks.
The palace people gathered outside the gate of Qianqing Palace, watching the fireworks show, and they were all fascinated.
Zhu Qiyu showed his face outside the palace and then entered the palace.
Concubine Tang and others were sitting on Fenghu, looking at the beautiful and brilliant fireworks, clasping their hands together and making wishes.
The palace was also busy, because Feng Xiao went to eat hot pot, and Huaien and He Zhien were busy.
Child hour just passed.
The empress dowagers of the two palaces entered the palace, the concubines of the harem entered the palace, Changde and Gu'an entered the palace, and Xue Xia and Xue Xian also followed behind Changde.
Now there are six concubines in the harem, five of which are pregnant.
It was also the first time they met each other since they were pregnant.
"Today is a family banquet to celebrate the old and welcome the new. We are all members of the same family. No gifts are required. Please take your seats." Zhu Qiyu sat on the main seat.
Queen Mother Sun also showed up for the first time after the stalemate.
I have been ill in Renshou Palace for a long time, and today, New Year's Eve, I see a visitor for the first time.
Empress Dowager Wu looked frivolous and wanted to sit in the first seat on the left, which was Empress Dowager Sun's seat. After being looked at by the emperor, she honestly went to her seat.
There is no sharing of food today.
Instead, six imperial tables were put together to form a huge square table, and everyone sat together.
"Your Majesty, can the Prince of Japan give me a banquet?" Empress Dowager Sun's first words were full of thorns.
"The Queen Mother is relieved, it has been given."
There is no spicy hot pot or seafood hot pot in Zhuqizhen.
"Tomorrow, during the day, the courtiers will come to the palace to express their gratitude, and in the evening they will entertain the royal family. The Japanese princes should also come to the palace to gather together."
Queen Mother Sun nodded lightly.
"Today is a New Year's Eve banquet to get rid of the old and welcome the new. We won't talk about government affairs or anything else. We will just talk about family ties."
Zhu Qiyu looked at Mao: "Is your body reaction still strong?"
"Return to Your Majesty..."
Mao was about to stand up.
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "Just say it on the table, no courtesy today."
"Your Majesty, there was some reaction, but not much." Mao said with a smile.
"Well, I will place it in Zhongcui Palace for you. We will move there on the seventh day of the lunar month. It will be the best for use. You can just rest assured and raise your baby."
Zhu Qiyu looked at Song Shuqing with a smile: "I will place you in Qixiang Palace, closer to the Queen Mother. It will also be convenient for you to visit her every day and save you from traveling back and forth."
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty." Song Shuqing felt unhappy.
The six concubines are all pregnant.
She is the only one who cannot lay eggs.
It happened that the five pregnant women all lived in the East Sixth Palace, while she lived in the West Sixth Palace. Could it be that the emperor was worried that she would harm them?
"The Sixth Palace in the West has never been inhabited. I use it as a warehouse."
"You have moved in and become more popular, so don't think too much about it."
"The reason why it is placed in Qixiang Palace is that the Empress Dowager of Yongshou Palace lived there, so it is inconvenient for you to live there. This Qixiang Palace has become the master of the Sixth Palace in the West."
Zhu Qiyu meant to let Song Shuqing suppress the Sixth Palace in the West.
When Song Shuqing heard this, she was elated and immediately thanked him.
Zhu Qiyu looked at Concubine Tang: "You have been trapped in the palace these days, and you are somewhat depressed. Let's take a walk today."
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty." Concubine Tang, Tan Yunxian and others said.
The hot pot on the table kept bubbling.
"Your Majesty, is this hot pot?" Lin Yu pointed at the hot pot, his mouth overflowing with saliva.
"Yes, this is spicy hot pot, made with chili peppers."
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Seafood is cold and cold. You are pregnant and cannot eat it randomly, but the imperial doctor has said that you can eat spicy food in small amounts."
Lin Yu thought, but his eyes were slightly gloomy: "Your Majesty, I don't like spicy food, I like sour food."
Sour girl.
If you like to eat sour food, you must have a son in your belly.
"Both the prince and the princess like it."
Zhu Qiyu looked at Gu'an: "Gu'an, come here, my father will give you a sauce plate, you can try it first."
It should have been transferred to the Queen Mother of the two palaces first, after all, this is filial piety.
But Zhu Qiyu and Empress Dowager Sun were angry, so naturally they couldn't be adjusted by Empress Dowager Wu alone, so they both stopped.
"Thank you, Father!"
"Your Majesty, my concubine can eat first." Changde was sitting at the end of the table, but he was not at all restrained.
Only Queen Mother Wu looked at her with disgust.
"Eat."
Zhu Qiyu gave Gu'an a sauce plate, and the concubines also followed his example and learned how to mix it: "This is the tofu milk. How much you put in it depends on your own taste."
"There are also these chive flowers. You can put them in or not. I don't like the smell."
"So I won't let it go. If anyone likes it, let it go."
"There is no fixed ratio for these seasonings. Just add more depending on what flavor you like."
After mixing it, ask the eunuch to bring it to Gu'an.
"Yeah, this smell?"
Chang De was quick to speak. He ate a piece of mutton slices first and exclaimed: "Your Majesty, the mutton slices don't have any fishy smell at all. They are full of sesame sauce aroma and the slight spiciness. It's just right."
“Changde knows food.”
Zhu Qiyu gently rinsed a piece and put it in sesame sauce. It will be fragrant only when it is covered with sesame sauce.
It's just that the spiciness is very low.
If you have too much chili, try a spicy hot pot.
"Father, it's so delicious." Gu'an glared at Changde.
“Try all the dishes, they all taste good.”
Zhu Qiyu smiled and winked at He Zhien: "Give some soup to the Queen Mothers of the two palaces to have a taste."
Empress Dowager Sun and Empress Dowager Wu were both unwilling to season the food themselves.
Let the eunuch adjust it.
Two soup bowls were placed in front of him. The eunuch picked up some chopped coriander with serving chopsticks and put them into the soup bowls.
Queen Mother Sun took a sip and her eyes lit up.
"Empress Dowager, if you eat too much of this meat, it will be difficult to digest it, but this pickled cabbage soup is appetizing and relieves greasiness, and will not cause discomfort."
When Zhu Qiyu saw the concubines in the harem, they all ate a piece. They all wanted to eat it, but they were pregnant and they abstained from eating fishy and spicy food.
"Bring it up."
A little eunuch was holding a new hot pot. The soup base was red and exuded a sour smell.
"Your Majesty, what is this?" Tang Guifei smelled the sour smell and became greedy.
She didn't know that she liked eating sour food.
I still ate sour food on purpose, which led me to want to eat sour food now.
"This is persimmon hot pot, also called tomato hot pot."
"Try everything I prepared specially for you."
The persimmon tree bore fruit for the second time. The seeds were taken out and planted next year, and the skins were stirred on ice to make a tomato soup base.
Among the crops Liu Zhenhai sent for the second time, there were several persimmon trees, so he made such a pot of tomato hot pot.
He was not willing to give it to outside the palace, so he kept it for his concubines.
"Take a spoon and taste the soup."
Concubine Tang took a sip gently, with a happy face on her face: "I still like to eat sour food."
"I also like to eat sour food." Lin Yu showed no sign of weakness.
Hu Guiju, on the other hand, didn't fight or grab. He rinsed a piece of meat first, wrapped it in dipping sauce and took a bite. He found that it tasted really good.
Changde asked the eunuch to boil some slices for him to taste.
Several women were unwilling to show weakness and disliked each other.
Fortunately, they were not allowed to see each other, otherwise they would have killed each other long ago, and probably not a single child would have been lost.
"Meat is not easy to digest, so eat some vegetables."
Zhu Qiyu picked up a bunch of coriander and put it in the pot.
You should use serving chopsticks at this time.
But who can take care of this when eating hot pot?
Added some mushrooms, Chinese cabbage and frozen tofu.
"Your Majesty, this hot pot is quite fresh."
Queen Mother Sun also ate the spicy pot. After finishing the spicy pot, the pickled cabbage pot suddenly lost its aroma: "This is the first time the Ai family has heard of making dipping sauce like this."
"As long as the Queen Mother likes it."
"When there are more peppers next year, I will make more delicious spicy hotpot for the Queen Mother."
As soon as Zhu Qiyu finished speaking, Empress Dowager Wu became unhappy.
Aijia is your biological mother!
Queen Mother Sun glanced at her and put a piece of frozen tofu into her mouth. The frozen tofu was soaked in soup and tasted particularly delicious.
Zhu Qiyu smiled and raised his cup: "Toast, this sour plum soup goes perfectly with hot pot, even children can drink it."
The concubines put down their chopsticks and picked up the warm sour plum soup.
Others' sour plum soup was iced. They were pregnant and could not drink it cold.
Queen Mother Sun took a sip and felt that the sour plum soup was just right for appetizing. It blended well with the spicy hot pot and complemented each other.
There are also three kinds of fillings: dumplings, noodles and rice cakes.
They are all boiled dumplings, and there are also raw dumplings that can be cooked in a hot pot with money wrapped inside.
But everyone is eating meat, and they are not interested in dumplings.
“I ate too much meat at night and it’s hard to digest it.”
"Eat some dumplings."
Zhu Qiyu noticed it and didn't want to eat the cooked dumplings, so he asked the eunuch to put in the raw dumplings, noodles and rice cakes.
"Can these be taken down too?" Tang Guifei was surprised.
“You can rinse anything, dip everything, and it’s delicious no matter how you eat it.”
Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Today is the New Year's Eve. After midnight, it will be the ninth year of Jingtai. I will join hands with you to enter the new year."
"He Zhien, give out all the rewards to each palace!"
"Give me all the dumplings, noodles, and rice cakes from each palace!"
"Whoever eats copper coins will be rewarded with a tael of silver!"
"The same goes for everyone here. Anyone who eats Bao'er will be rewarded by me!"
This meal was very awkward.
It was an obviously lively New Year's Eve dinner, but it was very awkward.
"Your Majesty, what should you dip this dumpling in?" Tan Yunxian asked in a low voice.
"If you like dipping, eat dipping. If you like soy sauce and vinegar, eat soy sauce and vinegar. If you want to eat garlic, eat garlic."
Garlic is not allowed to be eaten in the palace because onions and garlic have a smell.
It is very rude to point at others.
Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "To celebrate the New Year, let's be more relaxed. You can eat whatever you like and do whatever you like. Don't be too restrictive."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
At this time, Feng Xiao opened the door and came in to wait.
"Didn't I tell you to rest? Don't come over."
Feng Xiao knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, if I'm not in front of you, I feel unwell. You'd better let me take care of you."
"Okay, get up."
"It's almost past time. Share the dumplings with everyone in the palace."
"It's Chinese New Year. You're waiting in front of me and you haven't even eaten any dumplings."
"What's that like?"
The dumplings were cooked. Zhu Qiyu took out a dumpling, wrapped it in dipping sauce and put it in his mouth.
It tastes just right.
Feng Xiao divided the cooked dumplings among everyone and took one bite first to deal with it. When the table was cleared, it was naturally time for them to eat.
He is keeping the spicy hot pot given to him. He will have another meal tomorrow. It tastes so good.
"Have all the armies sent dumplings?"
This is a big deal.
The soldiers in the capital could not go home during the Chinese New Year. Although the court gave them rewards, they were alone during the Chinese New Year, and it was inevitable that they would not feel resentful in their hearts.
Therefore, the New Year’s Eve dinner requires a big reward.
During the few days of the New Year, there was meat every meal, and the soldiers were full.
"Fu Yuan is in charge, please don't worry, Your Majesty," Feng Xiaodao said.
Zhu Qiyu turned around and said, "Let's all eat dumplings. When they are cooked, I will reward anyone who eats Bao'er. Eat a few more."
His mind was on the military camp.
When winter comes, training in the military camp is reduced, and everyone gets together to play cards and gamble. This trend is rampant and the combat effectiveness plummets.
How to rectify the morale of the military?
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