Abandoned Concubine's Promotion

Chapter 283 Emperor Jing's Will

Seeing that Su Qingyan wanted to remind, Emperor Jing thought about it carefully, and then said again, "Before, I was thinking about what to give to my mother as a birthday present, but I thought about it, but I didn't think of anything. Later, I found out. Qing's thoughts gave me some hints."

For so many years, when the Queen Mother celebrates her birthday, Emperor Jing has always given things to her. This year, he also wants to change the pattern to show his filial piety.

Hearing what Emperor Jing said, Su Qingyan thought about it carefully, and probably had an idea in her heart. It seemed that the Emperor also planned to follow her own example and make something for the Empress Dowager herself.

However, for the emperor, I don't know what to do?
Without asking, Su Qingyan wanted to leave some suspense, after all, everything will be known by tomorrow.

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Because the next day was the Empress Dowager's birthday, the Empress led the crowd to the Empress Dowager's Shoukang Palace after greeting her at Qifeng Palace early in the morning.

After talking with the queen mother for a while, everyone dispersed. The birthday banquet was held at noon, and they needed some time to go back and prepare.

After returning to Guanju Palace, Su Qingyan immediately started to prepare, because it was noon, so she needed to calculate the time well, neither too early nor too late.

If it's too early, the food will be cold when it's served, and it won't taste good. If it's too late, the queen mother might not be able to taste the food she prepared.

I've been busy all the time, and when the food is ready, it's time for the birthday party to start.

Jin Nanny and Zitan were responsible for holding the food box, Su Qingyan went back to the main hall to freshen up, and after the packing was done, Su Qingyan led people to the Chengqing Hall.

When they arrived at the Chengqing Hall, the birthday banquet was about to begin. Su Qingyan had just sat down when the eunuch's chanting sounded outside the hall, "The Emperor is here! The Empress Dowager is here! The Empress is here!"

Because it is the Empress Dowager's birthday, no matter whether Emperor Jing wants to or not, he has to appear with the empress. At this time, everyone's eyes are on the gate of the Chengqing Hall. The two emperors and empress entered the Chengqing Hall together with the Empress Dowager. .

Seeing the three highest-ranking people in the palace, everyone immediately saluted them, and they didn't stand up until Emperor Jing's voice came.

Although it was a birthday banquet, the opening ceremony was not singing and dancing, but a gift. What the queen gave to the queen mother was a painting. It is said that it was painted by an eminent monk and had been consecrated. The queen mother believes in Buddhism. Naturally, for such a gift I like it.

What Concubine Rong gave was similar to that of the Empress, but what she gave was ornaments instead of calligraphy and paintings.

On such an occasion today, even Concubine Hui, who never likes to go out, came here. What she prepared for the Empress Dowager was Buddhist beads blessed by eminent monks. It happened that the Empress Dowager's Buddhist beads were given to Su Qingyan, so after receiving the gift from Concubine Hui, The Queen Mother wore it directly on her wrist.

Concubine Xian's gift was the Buddhist scriptures she had copied by herself. After she presented the gift, it was Su Qingyan's turn.

Standing up from their seats, Su Qingyan saluted the empress dowager at the head, and said a lot of auspicious words before preparing to present the empress dowager.

Everyone's eyes fell on Su Qingyan, they really wanted to know what Chen Zhaoyi gave him.

"My concubine is stupid, not as good as the presents prepared by my sisters. I heard that the queen mother grew up in southern Hunan, so I specially found a person from southern Hunan who can cook Hunan dishes, and learned how to cook Hunan dishes from her. This is a gift prepared by my concubine for the queen mother." , is the southern Hunan cuisine cooked by my concubine."

As soon as Su Qingyan's words came out, the concubines present immediately showed disdain. After all, in their eyes, cooking is not on the table.

"Speaking of which, Ai's family hasn't eaten Hunan cuisine for a long time. Mother Lu, bring over the Hunan cuisine prepared by Chen Zhaoyi." Others thought they were dismissive, but the Queen Mother didn't think so. She turned to look at Lu Mammy, opened her mouth to order.

In response, Nanny Lu came down from the upper place, took the food boxes in the hands of Nanny Jin and Zitan, and after returning to the first place, under the gesture of the Queen Mother, Nanny Lu brought out all the dishes and placed them on the table. on the table.

After the poison test, Nanny Lu served the Queen Mother and tasted every dish. Looking at the Queen Mother's expression, Nanny Lu knew that the Queen Mother was very satisfied.

"Chen Zhaoyi is interested. The Ai family has not tasted this taste for a long time. It is very authentic. Thank you for your hard work." After tasting, the queen mother looked at Su Qingyan and said with a smile.

"It's a concubine's blessing to make the Queen Mother like it." Seeing that the Queen Mother liked it, Su Qingyan was very happy, and she saluted again with a smile on her face.

"The Ai family likes it very much. Your gift is the most thoughtful gift the Ai family has ever seen. Get up quickly." When she was tasting the taste just now, Nanny Lu specially made the gift that she was invited to Guanju Palace a few days ago. Things said again.

The reason for doing this is firstly to prove that this table of Hunan dishes was indeed made by Chen Zhaoyi himself, and secondly to let the Queen Mother know what Chen Zhaoyi wanted.

Originally, the Queen Mother was very satisfied with this table of Hunan dishes, but after listening to Madam Lu, she became even more satisfied with Su Qingyan in her heart.

After responding, Su Qingyan stood up and returned to her seat. The constant jealous eyes from all around made Su Qingyan's face look normal all the time.

Gifts were brought up one after another, because there were Su Qingyan's gifts first, and even though there were things made by her own hands behind, they couldn't compare with Su Qingyan's intentions.

After all the concubines' presents were delivered, Emperor Jing got up, and after whispering a few words to the Queen Mother, he stepped back for the time being.

Everyone was very surprised by Emperor Jing's sudden departure. About a quarter of an hour later, Emperor Jing returned with Kang Ninghai. In Kang Ninghai's hands, there was an extra tray with a very delicate bowl on it.

"Mother, Chen Zhaoyi personally cooked a table of Hunan cuisine for you. My son thought about it for a long time, and specially learned how to make longevity noodles. My son respectfully wished my mother a blessing like the long flowing water of the East Sea, and a life that is not as old as Nanshan."

Taking the tray from Kang Ninghai, Emperor Jing brought it in front of the Empress Dowager himself, and saluted the Empress Dowager.

As soon as Emperor Jing's words came out of his mouth, everyone in the hall was very surprised. After all, this was made by the emperor himself.

"Okay, okay, the Ai family accepts the emperor's wishes!" After hearing Emperor Jing's words, the queen mother immediately smiled and said, she was very concerned about Emperor Jing's act of making longevity noodles.

No child born in the royal family grew up with rich clothes and fine food, not to mention cooking and cooking, and even the daily washing is served by the palace servants. Therefore, this bowl of longevity noodles from Emperor Jing is really rare. extreme.

After the Longevity Noodles were placed on the table, the Empress Dowager immediately picked up the chopsticks and savored Emperor Jing's handicraft carefully. Because Emperor Jing's mind was inspired by Chen Zhaoyi, in the Empress Dowager's heart, she loved Su Qingyan more and more. up.

(End of this chapter)