Win the Ding 1617

That night, in the general's mansion, in order to celebrate the Shou Han's return from victory, a grand and sumptuous family banquet was held.

It is not very accurate to say that it is a family banquet.

For the whole family sitting around a table, there is a pile of dishes in front of everyone's eyes, and the cups and plates are messed up.This kind of thing is seriously inconsistent with Shou Han's current status, and it also conflicts with his own interests and hobbies.

In comparison, Shou Han still likes a small table in front of everyone, and everyone toasts and drinks together in a hall. In this way, it not only conforms to the hygienic principle of sharing meals, but also has the spirit of a princely family.Rather than simply crowding together because of the principle of intimacy proposed by a certain theorist.

In the hall transformed from the old palace of Lord Ruan, more than a dozen desks were lined up, and in the center was a larger desk, which used the Longshu desk from the Ruan family's small imperial court to serve as the dining table for guards.

In the hall, dozens of red lamps that were as tall as a person were lit. The lamps were all made of bronze, and each lamp weighed dozens of kilograms.The lamp post is hollow, and the wick made of huge twisted cotton is soaked in lamp oil. The lamp base is a large oil pot that can hold ten catties of lamp oil. Ten?Even if a needle is dropped in the entire hall, it can be found!

Because it was a family banquet, those female music troupes and the like were not summoned. They just waited in the side room on the side of the hall with musical instruments and outfits. As long as the hosts in the hall have ideas and ideas If you are interested, you have to go in to sing and dance as soon as possible.

Amidst a burst of laughter, Shou Han was wearing a robe made of brand-new linen.There is a white jade belt with a dragon pattern across his waist, a pair of civil and military soap boots under his feet, and a golden crown on his head to tie his hair.Holding Huamei's little hand with his left hand, and Uncle Fu with his right hand, accompanied by Pei Lin, he led a group of wives and concubines, and behind him a group of maidservants with younger children appeared bustlingly at the entrance of the hall.

Entering the hall, Shou Han naturally sits in the middle, because he is a monarch, minister, master and servant who has been with him for many years.Yan Meier and the others don't have to shy away from Uncle Fu and Pei Lin.The two sat down on the guest seats.

The next thing to do is to arrange the seats of the women guarding the Han Dynasty. After they are settled, the maids holding the children will serve the children at the small table behind them.

However, this is where the turmoil started.

Since Li Muhua gave birth to Li Shouhan's second son, Li Huayu.The body has become plump.Compared with before, it has become more and more feminine.She glanced at the seats in the hall, and called out to Ruan Ma, the woman beside her.

"Mother Ruan, Mother Ruan. Carry the young master to the table next to the master. It is closer to the master so that the master can see the young master clearly. My poor son, since he was born, his father has been there Busy outside."

"Okay, princess."

That Mama Ruan was also an old person who came out of Shenglong Palace. In her mouth, Li Muhua was still Li Shenzong's favorite jewel, his princess, not Li Shouhan's fifth concubine.

While holding the child and walking up to the left hand side of Shou Han, Ruan's mother murmured to herself, "Okay, my young master, don't cry anymore, just stay closer to daddy, daddy Isn't it all for you to earn this property?!"

Seemingly unintentionally coaxing Li Huayu who was babbling in his arms, but the others couldn't listen anymore.

"Wait!"

"and many more!"

"stop!"

"and many more!"

Several women stopped Mama Ruan's further actions with one voice, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became strange and awkward:

Ruan's mother walked to the center of the hall with the child in her arms, and the women behind her watched her covetously.

"Mother Ruan, Hua Yu has just been vaccinated, and his body is weak. Don't let the master's mighty power overwhelm you. It's better to sit in the back! Father and son are natural, so why bother to fight for distance at this moment?"

Right now, the two sisters Meishan, as Yanmeier's helpers, are in charge of the expenses of the house in the mansion, and with the arrangement of the maid, they have been advancing and retreating with Yanmeier, and have contributed to the peace of the northern border with the self-proclaimed defenders of the Han Dynasty. Li Muhua, who brought a large dowry, was at odds with each other.

But they are still on good terms with each other, and when they meet, they are all called sisters and sisters. If Li Muhua didn't take this opportunity to test everyone's bottom line today, it is estimated that this kind of harmony will continue to flutter in the inner house.

Ever since Dalang died of acne that day, sister Meishan and Li Muhua have formed a relationship, and today she is trying to determine her status in this way, how can this be accepted by the two sisters?

In terms of when she entered the mansion, sister Meishan was earlier than Li Muhua. Speaking of what she did for Shou Han, Meishan’s father is now conscientiously running a large plantation of teardrop trees (rubber trees) for his son-in-law and himself in the Chao Phraya River. Incidentally selling wrought iron, refined salt, sugar, porcelain, cotton cloth, etc. to Siam, the two thought that they were much better than Li Muhua in any point of comparison!

"A woman whose country was ruined and whose family was ruined, Baihuxing is one! Ke's country is ruined, my father is dead, and my son died when I got here! If the master didn't want to use your dead ghost daddy as a signboard, you might have died sooner or later." You were sent to a farm to match the settlers! All you rely on is nothing more than a son! Don’t get complacent too early, your son may not be the master of the family business in the future! We have seeds too! Our sisters also have the lord's flesh and blood in their stomachs! Whose son owns this property may not be right!"

Seeing the ever-changing brightness and darkness on Li Muhua's face as the lights danced, Shi Lin felt indescribably happy.

"Fifth Concubine," Yan Mei'er's confidant, Granny Cai, who is now the housekeeper of the mansion, also comforted me gently, "Young master is weak, so you must drink a few glasses of wine at the master's place. Once the young master can't bear it and starts crying, wouldn't it be Disturb the master's interest? Make the master feel unhappy, but it is not good for the young master. "

Mrs. Cai's words were soft but hard, and both inside and outside of her words were threatening, but she couldn't find any faults.

Looking at the attitudes of the women around her, it was hard to see the anger.Involuntarily, Li Muhua motioned for Mother Ruan to carry Li Huayu back, and stood behind him, waiting for Granny Cai to arrange the banquet seats.

"Madam, please." Mrs. Cai played the role of the banquet officer very competently, and first invited Yan Meier to take a seat. After Yan Meier sat down under Shou Han's hands, she called Mei Shan and Shi Lin to their seats. After that was the fourth wife, Xiuzhu (the maid who flew with Shouhan and Xiuxiu. After Xiuxiu passed away, Shouhan took her into his room. It was a bit of a thought).When the former four wives and their children.After the maids around her had already taken their seats, Mrs. Cai picked up her handkerchief, wiped the sweat on her forehead and cheeks slowly, and took a short rest.Only then did she nod her hand to call Ruan's mother.

"It's from the Ruan family. You sit here with Fifth Aunt."

Mrs. Cai consciously bit the words Fifth Aunt too heavily.The arrangement for Li Muhua was exactly the fifth place according to the order of the room.However, this position not only made Ruan's mother angry.It also made Li Muhua's willow eyebrows stand on end.

Opposite the Fifth Aunt's table, there are several Tianzhu orchids.These women are the women who Shou Han enjoyed in his spare time, and their status in the mansion has always been rather embarrassing and subtle. In the eyes of the maid, they are the master's women. The room was confiscated in one day.In the eyes of several aunts and wives, they are similar to the status of maidservants and concubines.They also attended this family banquet, but it was just a few people at the same table.

And placing Li Muhua with them clearly meant to belittle and despise them.

Seeing that everyone was already seated, Mrs. Cai nodded her head.A woman in charge of her subordinates stood at the door of the hall, and sang out in a drawn out voice: "Let's open---! Serve the food---!"

Following the drawn-out yelling, the lights in the yard soon flickered, and bursts of rich aroma wafted in.The children in the teasing room and the few Tianzhu orchids couldn't help twitching and sucking their little noses, greedily inhaling the aroma of food.

As the cooks approached the steps of serving dishes, a group of Xiyue also began to play the musical instruments. Amidst the melodious sound of silk and bamboo, the dinner officially began.

According to the habit of large-scale banquets handed down from the mainland, the big dish is served first, which is a dish called Dagafan. (It is often mentioned in works such as Water Margin and Jin Pinmei that there are good rice dishes, and they are talking about these big dishes or housekeeping dishes in hotels.) According to the serving process, the so-called five cuts and three soups are carried out, alternately Serving five dishes and three soups, accompanied by music, will create a warm and joyful atmosphere as soon as the feast begins.

The first dish is roast goose, followed by roast pork and duck.Braised hoof, roasted deer, brocade wrapped sheep and other big dishes.Each roasted poultry is whole to show its grandeur.In particular, a fat deer, a large member of the government, is even more imposing.After several servants picked up the prepared deer, the audience fell silent.The cook wields a sharp knife and cuts the five dishes on the spot to make it easier for everyone to eat, so it is called five cuts.Afterwards, the chef puts the cut parts on the plates, and the maids distribute them to the tables. Everyone orders the people around them to take them according to their own preferences and eat them with various condiments.

Next is three soups. After five cuts and three soups, the first wave of the banquet has arrived.Then everyone can drink and taste calmly.At this time, the nuclei are mixed in.Land and water delicacies, all kinds of desserts come one after another, as many as dozens of items.Those Tianzhu orchids who have recently entered the mansion are dazzled and amazed.

A chef served a piece of roasted fat venison on a wooden plate, walked quickly to the guard, bowed to salute, and raised the wooden plate above his head, and the soldiers on the side took the wooden plate and handed it to the guard. On the Han table, "Please taste the master!"

Using a knife to pierce the fat venison in front of him, and dipping it in the spices on the plate, Shou Han seems to have returned to the days of eating barbecue before crossing in a trance.

"Brother Zong, how does it taste?"

Holding the knife in his hand, Shou Han cut the fat and tender venison, and put small pieces of venison into his mouth from time to time.

"This deer is delicious in the world!"

Li Peilin also raised the knife in his hand high in his seat, and ate it.

"Daze Dragon Fangzhe, Central Plains Deer Zhengfei. What does Brother Zong think? Does it rhyme?"

"this?!"

Rao Li Peilin and Li Shouhan have known each other for many years, and they know each other very well. After hearing this sentence, which is extremely vulgar, but there is a lot of connotation in it, their tongue was almost cut off by the knife in their hand.

What are dragons and deer?In Chinese characters, even a young schoolboy knows that dragon and deer both represent the highest power and the world!Could it be that Shou Han felt that the sound of spring thunder had already been heard in the great swamp of Nanzhong.A flood dragon is about to follow the trend? !Go north to the Central Plains to hunt with the heroes?

"Although the words and sentences are not very neat, they are similar to the great wind song of the Han Emperor Gaozu in the past, and the "three oh calls out the Fusang day, sweeping away the remaining stars and the crumbling moon" of the Taizu of this dynasty, and the momentum is similar!"

Peilin praised Shou Han very tactfully, and by the way, tested whether he meant to go north to the Central Plains to compete for that chair in Beijing, and consciously compared this line with the poems of Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang. Look at Shou Han's What a reaction.

As a descendant of the Li family in Liaodong, from the bottom of my heart.Pei Lin didn't have that strong intention of being loyal to the Ming Dynasty.Wasn't his Li family a feudal town when he was in Liaodong?

"How can I be compared with the Taizu of this dynasty and the Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty? It's just a momentary feeling, and I'm talking nonsense! However, if there is a chance one day, I can follow the tail of my ancestors. It's not too bad!"

now it's right!

Pei Lin put her heart back into her stomach.He has been worried that Shou Han will be dazzled by the victory in the past few years.Becoming the second Yang Yinglong, although the current Ming Dynasty is no longer that of Emperor Wanli.After all, more is worse than less.Focus on development is the first!

"Father!"

Li Huamei, who was sitting behind Yan Mei'er, ran up to Shou Han, hopping up and down, pulling Shou Han's robe and looking at Shou Han expectantly, regardless of the greasy corners of her mouth and hands.

"Are you going to hunt deer? I'm going too! Can you take Erya with you?"

"Okay! Next time Dad goes out, he must take Erya with him!"

Shou Han looked at his precious daughter with love in his eyes, "However, going out is hard work, there is not such a soft bed for you to sleep on, and there is not so much delicious food for you to eat, you can only sleep Can you bear a hard bed and the same food as everyone else?"

Li Huamei blinked her small eyes, and suddenly smiled slyly, "Daddy is lying to me! I'm not afraid! Then I will have dinner with Daddy! Then I will ask Mommy to bring me a few more mattresses." !"

Dressed in a fluttering red dress, Yan Meier got up and left her seat to come to Shou Han, and gently held Hua Mei, "Daughter, don't bully daddy, daddy has been working hard these days, let daddy take a break .”

Looking at Yanmeier's slightly bulging belly wearing a golden crown and a red silk dress, the guard ordered the man to pour a glass of chrysanthemum wine, raised it in his hand, and signaled to Yanmeier.

"Meier, I thank you for your hard work when I'm not at home."

As soon as these words were uttered, Yanmei'er was like a bowl of vinegar spilled on the charcoal fire, and her heart felt hot and sour at the same time.

The husband often goes out for several months, either on expeditions or on inspections. How did he know that the inner house is also full of treacherous things?The same fight between women?

If it wasn't for her husband's overt and covert support, Uncle Uncle Fu was sitting in the mansion, I'm afraid that the woman of the Li family would be turned upside down!

She had listened to the gossip more than once from the fifth concubine. This woman intentionally or unintentionally let out rumors: a maid who was born can actually be in charge of housekeeping?The two women who were defeated by the master and sent by Qiuhe can actually make trouble in the mansion. There are really no rules in this mansion!

Even during the period when Shouhan went to Ryukyu, Ruan's mother went to Mrs. Cai's several times to ask for this and that, all of which were beyond the rules and regulations of the mansion.

At first, Mrs. Cai followed Yan Meier's wishes and gave some small things without saying anything. Unexpectedly, this aroused Wufang's momentum, and she went to Yan Meier to ask for an increase in the monthly allowance!And the increased number must be equal to that of Yan Meier!

"The princess now has a young master, and the expenses in various places have increased. I also hope that the housekeeper's wife will give money for expenses, so that the young master will not be wronged, and the master will not be able to explain it when he comes back!"

Ruan's mother's words were very harsh and harsh, she clearly relied on Li Muhua to give birth to her son, and she used her slaves to deceive the master.

"The amount of money is determined when the master is here! I don't dare to decide which one to add and which one to subtract! Besides, since the young master was born, he has added [-]% to the monthly money that is the same as the young lady and others. There is also the reward money from the nanny, the reward money from the nanny, these few moneys are not enough for a nursing child?!"

"Madam, you can't say that. The young master is young now, but my princess..."

"Bold minions!"

Listening to Ruan's mother, she said one princess and one princess, no matter how good the self-cultivation Yan Meier cultivated every day.I can't hold back my anger anymore!

"This is the official residence of the South China Army President! It's not the palace of Commander Annan! What kind of princess is she? In this inner house, there is only the daughter-in-law of the Li family!"

When Ruan's mother saw Yan Meier slapping the table, she couldn't help being startled, secretly thinking that she still underestimated this woman who was born as a maid, but she was still rotten.

"Ma'am, it's just that the maidservant yelled smoothly and didn't change it for a while. It's just that the young master really has a lot of temporary expenses that are hard to handle. My family... what the fifth aunt means. Let's see if we can compare Come in the appearance of the second wife or the third wife?"

The second wife and third wife she mentioned are sisters Meishan and Shilin. These two sisters are not what they used to be, far from the sadness and sadness they had when they were given to the Shouhan by the Siamese royal family in Ayutthaya. look like.It is the father of the two of them, who has been reclaiming wasteland on the Chao Phraya River by relying on Shou Han in the past few years.It is also planting teardrop trees and cinchona trees.It is also selling all kinds of Nanzhong industrial products to the mainland of Siam.He has long been a wealthy man, and he donated as many as four or five pure gold full-body statues of Sakyamuni to Buddhist temples, praying for the longevity of his daughters and son-in-law.Love lasts forever.

With such an old man earning money outside, naturally the two daughters live very well in the mansion and spend a lot of money.Compared with these two, Li Muhua's standard of living is not even as good as the fourth wife Xiuzhu.

"Nonsense! The sisters are paid by their natal family!"

In a word, Li Muhua not only hated Yanmeier, but also hated Meishan and Shilin even more.

Looking at Yan Meier who was standing next to Shou Han's shoulder, Yan Meier who was smiling and smiling, seeing the golden crown on her head, and the red dress on her body, the corners of Li Muhua's eyes twitched involuntarily, and his eyes swept over The nanny next to her nodded slightly to show her understanding.

"The concubine would like to offer a cup to the lord on Huayu's behalf!"

Li Muhua held up the gold cup in his hand, followed closely by the nanny holding Shouhan's son Li Huayu behind him.

"It's true that Shou Han is hard, but he is a man, so he has to do the work of raising his wife and children. You guys should toast to his wife. She is doing housework, no less than Shou Han fighting for his life outside!"

When a bird enters the forest, a hundred birds are silent.Uncle Fu's words immediately made Li Muhua lose interest. Seeing this visitor whose white hair was already sparsely visible, he was still sitting in his seat, drinking and eating meat, but Li Muhua had nothing to say when he was ready. Useful.

"Thank Uncle Fu, you are always right! We want to offer a toast to my wife!" The tall and tall Meishan sisters had a tacit understanding with each other, and walked to the position next to Li Muhua in unison. Holding the flagon, he followed closely.

The fourth wife, Xiu Zhu, took the initiative even more, holding the jug and wine glass to Yan Meier's table, and filled the glass for Yan Meier.Turning around and returning to the queue, standing on the side of Sister Shilin, she turned her head and yelled at the group of Tianzhu orchids, "What are you doing sitting there stupidly? Why don't you come here to toast your wife?! A bunch of little hooves! Be careful when you go back to me. Pack you!"

The group of Tianzhu orchids hurriedly came behind the four women, waiting for orders from their wives.

Seeing that he was alone and alone, Li Muhua stood in the queue a little resentfully, holding his wine glass, smiling happily, but he couldn't help cursing in his heart, "Two Siamese vixens! I hope you don't have a son this time." Come on, the one that is born is still a money-losing product like you! Even if it is born, it will not grow up! Don’t dream of robbing my Huayu!"

"Fix bamboo."

Shou Han, who put his arms around Yan Mei'er's shoulders, clearly felt his wife's body trembling slightly, and he didn't know whether it was excitement or fatigue.However, looking at the waists and abdomens of the women in front of him, he still wanted to speak.

"It is also your intention to respect your wife's wine. I am also touched by this. It shows your respect and filial piety to your wife. (Oh, this word is a bit too much!) But, each of you bowed your head to give I take a good look, my wife, Mei Shan, and Shi Lin are all pregnant, so stop drinking the chrysanthemum wine and replace it with sugar cane wine! Don’t hurt my son!"

The servants serving the banquet hurried over to exchange sugar cane wine for the pregnant wives. This wine has a low alcohol content and drinking it is not harmful to the body.

"I will wait for my wife to wish her a long life and a long life with the master."

As everyone drank the wine in their glasses, Li Muhua looked down at his dress, and then looked up at Yan Meier, who was hugging Li Huamei with Shou Han, and could not help but secretly swear.

"Sooner or later, I will wear a red dress and sit on that seat. I am a princess, and I cannot be a concubine for others!" (To be continued...)