After the fake daughter of the Hou Mansion returned to the village, she made a lot of money

Chapter 52 The Chrysanthemum Appreciation Banquet (2)
The banquet was held in a small square on the south side of the palace. The place is large and the view is wide, and the concubines don't have to worry about bumping into foreigners.

The emperor was busy with political affairs and did not come to attend such a banquet in person.

Mr. Cong is the chief assistant of the cabinet, and he is knowledgeable. The men headed by Zhao Qinghan and Feng Jingyun went to see him first.

The women, headed by Feng Jingxi, went to the Empress Dowager's Shoukang Palace.

But at this time in Shoukang Palace, Princess Anning couldn't sit still anymore, she walked around, and when she heard the noise outside, she immediately flew out like a swallow, and accurately found Yun Qingyin among the charming crowd. .

The noble ladies from all the prefectures were about to salute, "Participate in the princess..."

"no."

Princess An Ning ran to Yun Qingyin's side, "You came very late."

"There was a delay on the way."

Feng Qianxue said, "In the Empress Dowager's palace, the princess should be quiet."

An Ning turned back directly, "You also know that this is the Empress Dowager's palace, why did you go overboard and manage the rules for her old man?"

Feng Qianxue held back her anger and said, "I'm just trying to persuade you, why should the princess give me such a big hat."

Madam Cui appeared at the right time, "The queen mother is happy to be quiet, ladies, please be quiet."

Feng Qianxue saluted, "Thank you Mama for teaching me, it's Qianxue who doesn't understand the rules."

Nanny Cui nodded with a smile, "The Empress Dowager has prepared fruit tea in the side hall, ladies, please follow me there."

Princess An Ning led Yun Qingyin to the end, "After they went in, they would have to talk about the clothes and jewelry for half an hour. This is the most annoying thing. I have already told the emperor's grandmother that we don't need to go to say hello, why don't we go?" Sit over by the gazebo."

Those ladies had met her before, and Yun Qingyin didn't want to go in and meet them face to face, so she simply nodded.

Aunt Lan supported Feng Jingxi, seeing Yun Qingyin and Princess Anning beside Feng Anan in the crowd felt relieved, and accompanied Feng Jingxi into the Shoukang Palace.

Princess Anning led the way, glanced at Feng An'an, "Why didn't he follow the man?"

Yun Qingyin lowered his head and let him answer by himself.

Feng An'an said sensiblely, "Brother Shizi still needs to take care of himself, not me."

Yun Qingyin let out a laugh, "Didn't you say that you are a little man a few days ago and don't need adults to take care of you?"

"That's because I think I can take care of myself, but my mother always says no, and I'm also very sad."

His deep sigh caused Yun Qingyin and Princess Anning to laugh again.

In the gazebo, Princess An Ning also sent melons and fruit desserts, and then waved away all the maidservants, "Taste it quickly, I specially prepared it for you, and I have eaten yours so many times, I can also let you eat it this time." Try something from the palace."

There are four or five dishes, each of which is exquisite, looking more like a work of art than a dish of food.

Yun Qingyin tasted one and found that the taste was not bad, so she gave some to Feng An'an.

Princess An Ning ate a fruit, "Competition is the first to compare talent, have you prepared anything?"

"I know how to draw."

Seeing that Feng An'an's mouth was full of food, Yun Qingyin wiped the corners of his mouth for him.

"Several of those people are good at painting just now. This talent is not unique. If you want to stand out, you must be good at painting. But you are good at poetry. I don't think those ladies are as good as you. Well done, poetry is listed separately for the competition, you will definitely have the upper hand in this round."

Princess An Ning really broke her heart for Yun Qingyin. Since Yun Qingyin wanted to pass the competition, she tried various methods to ask questions from the queen mother for her, but the effect was minimal. Princess An Ning was also very depressed about this.

Unable to help Yun Qingyin realistically, Princess Anning was very nervous as if suffering from pre-exam anxiety syndrome.

Yun Qingyin seemed very calm, but she was surprised when she heard Princess Anning's words, "Do you know all the poems I wrote?"

Yun Qingyin wanted to ask her if she had ever composed poetry, but in order not to arouse suspicion, she changed the way of asking, but she didn't have the slightest memory of this matter in her mind.

"Yes." Princess Anning said, "I even had someone frame it and put it in my palace. Speaking of this, I remembered something. Before I came out of Shoukang Palace, I saw Xuan Pinghou Lin Shuangshuang from the mansion, she has also been known as a talented woman since she was a child. Ever since you wrote that poem, which caused a lot of discussion among the people in Beijing, she has hated you. You have not participated in the chrysanthemum appreciation banquet a few years ago. I don't know how much resentment she has held back."

Yun Qingyin took this matter down in her heart.

But when Cao Cao arrived, she and Princess Anning just talked about Lin Shuangshuang, and she came over there.

"Yun Qingyin, you haven't attended the Chrysanthemum Appreciation Banquet for several years, did you do something wrong and avoid me on purpose?"

Lin Shuangshuang stepped into the pavilion and stared at Yun Qingyin domineeringly.

"I'm just bored, not because you're not coming."

Lin Shuangshuang said, "Really, but I'm waiting for you today, I'm afraid you won't come, just wait, today is the time when you will be ruined."

Princess An Ning stood up, "Lin Shuangshuang, your brother was reprimanded by the Queen Mother because of the banquet. Are you sure you want to make troubles at this time to annoy the Queen Mother?"

"I'm just trying to set things right. The Empress Dowager hates impostors the most. She must be happy to see me do this."

Yun Qingyin couldn't help but wondered when she saw her words with certainty, "You keep saying that you want to set things right, what did I do to make you so resentful?"

"Hmph, you know what you did in your own mind."

Lin Shuangshuang said to the maid beside her, "Let's go!"

"I think she is going to hold on to your poetry writing." Princess Anning complained.

"Let's see the trick and break the trick."

Yun Qingyin sat down again.

……

At the gate of the palace, Xiaohu was walking back and forth. He looked at the heavily guarded palace, and couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

"Brother Xiaohu, the location given by this customer is wrong, how can it be the palace?"

Not long ago, a person who ordered dessert came to Yun's Restaurant, and he asked for a large amount. After the back kitchen was ready, Xiaohu brought someone to deliver it to the customer, but the person who led the way actually brought them to the palace, and The person who led the way said to go in and ask the mother for instructions, but he disappeared.

"Don't worry." Xiaohu managed to calm down. At this moment, he saw a eunuch coming out of the side door.

The eunuch's voice was very thin, "Are you from Yun's restaurant?"

"Yes." Xiaohu said, "I don't know which nobleman in the palace ordered the dessert."

The eunuch said, "Some of the cooks in the palace suddenly had a stomachache, and the desserts for the banquet were not served in time. We have someone to point out. I know that your restaurant's desserts are good. Come in with me."

……

After meeting the Queen Mother, the women went to the banquet together. At this moment, the men were still listening to Mr. Cong's lecture, so there were only some maidservants walking around the banquet.

The ladies of the aristocratic families who had been friends with each other sat together.

Aunt Lan and Feng Jingxi walked to Yun Qingyin's place, Feng Qianxue and Shen Nanyun also came over, after they sat down, the palace servants filed in one after another, and served the dessert of the banquet, whoever exclaimed, "This The dessert is unique, it doesn't look like the style in the palace."

Her exclamation drew the attention of others.

When Feng Qianxue saw it, she said, "Isn't this the dessert sold in Miss Yun's restaurant? I usually only heard that Miss Yun opened a restaurant by herself after she left the Zhongyonghou Mansion, and her life was pretty good. Unexpectedly, she was able to do it." Serving desserts for palace banquets."

Although her words were praises, they revealed two facts. One is that Yun Qingyin's identity is no longer the lady of Zhongyonghou's Mansion. Although Zhongyonghou's Mansion didn't specifically hide this matter, it wouldn't be a big deal. Xuanyang, some people didn't know about it until this time.

And the second thing is that Yun Qingyin runs a restaurant.

It sounds nice to open a restaurant, but she is just a business woman, so she is still looked down upon.

So after Feng Qianxue's "kind explanation", many aristocratic women immediately covered their lips and laughed. When they laughed, they were not laughing face to face, but there was always a bit of mockery in their laughter.

Many people just picked up the uniquely shaped dessert and wanted to taste it. After hearing that it was something outside the palace, they threw it out in disgust. They quickly wiped their hands with a handkerchief, as if they were stained with something disgusting. .

Among these people, Lin Shuangshuang disliked Yun Qingyin the most, she threw the glutinous rice cake in her hand on the ground, and said sharply, "I think it's something good, but it's something made in a small workshop, so I'm sorry Put it here to make up for it!"

Her words sounded like insinuations, and the meaning was directed at Yun Qingyin, implying that the people who came here today are all noble women, no matter how bad they are, they are also clean and good women. Yun Qingyin, who once occupied other people's identities, has no dignity sit here.

Princess Anning couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to stand up to reason with her, Feng Jingxi also stood up, Yun Qingyin signaled them to sit down, she stood up by herself, walked to the banquet space, wrapped the piece of glutinous rice cake I picked it up in a bag.

"There is no distinction between high and low food. It doesn't matter if the cook is good or not. You just don't want to eat something that doesn't suit Ms. Lin's taste. There's no need to throw it on the ground."

Lin Shuangshuang raised her chin, "What can you do if I lose you, your restaurant is not on the table, who knows if it will spoil your stomach."

"Every production procedure of our restaurant is strictly processed, and the selected ingredients are absolutely guaranteed to be fresh. At least from the opening of the restaurant to now, there has not been a single case of a customer eating bad stomachs. Ms. Lin opened her mouth and said it was groundless. Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to stand up?"

"Oh, Shuangshuang, why are you talking so much to her?" Another noble lady came out, who should be someone close to Lin Shuangshuang, and took Lin Shuangshuang's hand, "She must have agreed on her restaurant, but these commoners It’s a bit inappropriate for the food that the people eat to enter the palace and put it on the banquet.”

(End of this chapter)