Leader Lan Palace

Chapter 837 Volume Two 357 Kun Ning (7 More)
It's the Chinese New Year, and the emperor is busier than usual. Wanxi slept for a long time for many days, and was suddenly woken up by his kiss.In the morning of the next day, she always vowed to wake up earlier, at least she could change his clothes with her own hands...but she couldn't wake up.

In the end, he could only lie in bed, stretch out his sore hands and feet, and listen to the sound of firecrackers outside to tell which direction he was going.

——During the Chinese New Year, the old rule in the palace is that wherever the emperor goes, there will be a wave of firecrackers.

Wanxi also asked the emperor for some firecrackers to play with. Naturally, she didn't dare to crackle them in the palace. , Saltpeter, and charcoal powder are pulled apart.After they were gathered into a small pile, they were lit in the palace, but they didn't make a sound, they were only seen as blooming flowers.

After watching the flowers, Wanxi asked Mao Tuan'er to clean up the sulfur and saltpeter separately.

She went back to her bedroom to copy scriptures by herself.
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The big gifts from the previous dynasty were finally finished, and the empress also hosted a banquet in her own palace that day. The empress dowager, the emperor, the lords of the palaces, princes, and princesses all gathered in Kunning Palace, surrounded by the north and south kangs. Go up, have a family dinner on the Kang table.

The queen even took charge of the spoon herself, standing on the stove next to the kang, cooking blessing meat for the family.

Sitting like this, it seems to be the old custom of Manchu when they were outside the pass.The whole family celebrated the New Year affectionately, but temporarily put aside the gifts of the monarch and ministers.

All the palaces gave gifts to each other, and even gave the princes and princesses new year's gold and silver zippers.

All of a sudden, there was laughter and laughter in Kunning Palace, and the smell of meat was tangy.

It's just that the queen has been a lady since she was a child, and she has never held a spoon.What's more, this is a big stove connected to a kang, and those big pots are not something that anyone can easily handle well.Then some smoke and smoke poured in from the chimney outside, choking the queen's face with black ash, she covered her mouth and coughed.

Concubine Xian saw it, and walked over with a snort: "It's really embarrassing to be a queen, not to mention that this big stove can't be cooked well, but to eat the smoke and dust. Give it to me. Anyway, I have done these things myself since I was a child." .”

The queen's complexion changed slightly.

In terms of etiquette, it has always been the responsibility of the emperor's wife to be in charge of the big stove in Kunning Palace.This is the old rule of the Manchus outside the customs, although Fujin, an official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, mostly came to actually operate it, and the queen did not need to do it herself.But this rule cannot be faked by others after all.

The queen snorted softly: "I know Concubine Xian has always been capable, but at this moment, Concubine Xian should go back and sit down. Otherwise, when the Empress Dowager runs out of cigarettes, no one will light her."

The queen slightly raised her eyes, and glanced in the direction of the empress dowager: "Oh, that's right, there is Shu Concubine. Although Shu Concubine is also a lady of the family, after all, she was chosen by the Empress Dowager herself. Did you learn smoke specially? Even if Concubine Xian is not nearby, there will naturally be Concubine Shu serving the Empress Dowager properly."

As expected, Concubine Xian's complexion changed.
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When Concubine Xian was unwilling but had no choice but to walk back to the Empress Dowager, Wanxi who had been sitting on the top of the kang coaxing the fourth princess couldn't help but quietly raised her eyes.

But she didn't look at Concubine Xian, but at the queen who was coughing in a low voice, who was smoked by the stove.

Wanxi's face was as calm as water.

Later, the blessed meat was finally served, and the Kunning Palace banquet officially began.

All the palaces came forward to toast the empress dowager, the emperor, and the empress, and sent their own congratulatory gifts.The gold and jade are dazzling, scorching the eyes.

Wanxi stepped forward and started her own congratulatory gift.

　Let’s stop here today, see you tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)