food queen

Chapter 332 Dominate! (2)
Gu Shi shook her head with a smile, and said, "It's okay. Let's sit down too."

"Today, I'll be next to my sister-in-law." Wei Tiantian whispered to Feng Shi.

Feng Shi knew that Wei Tiantian was worried about Gu Shi's pregnancy, so she had to be careful with food and food, and Wei Tiantian knew medicine and could take care of her, so she nodded and said, "Okay."

Just as he was talking, Mrs. Dingbeihou came in from outside, walked up to Feng Shi and said with a smile: "I called my sister outside, but my sister didn't hear me."

Mrs. Dingbei Hou's natal family is the Feng family, and Mrs. Gao's mother is also a daughter of the Feng family. Gao and Feng are cousins.At this moment, it is reasonable for Mrs. Gao, the Marquis of Dingbei, to talk to Feng.Gu Shi and Wei Tiantian smiled at the two of them, and left first to take their seats.

People who came to the New Year's banquet were seated one after another.

Women who enter the palace to worship: eldest princesses who have their own families, princesses, and imperial wives above the fifth rank.In addition, there was General Mulan, who arrived late, and girls of the younger generation such as Yao Pingting, Xiao Lianqing, Wei Xiyue, Han Jin, Su Lan, and Gu Ningshuang, the niece of Gu's natal family.

Of course, according to the rules, Gu Ningshuang is not eligible to enter the palace, but Han Qian had heard that the niece of Gu's family had come to the capital, so she asked someone to go back and spread the word, saying that the girl from the Gu family would come to the palace with Han Jin for the New Year's banquet. I want to meet this girl from Jiangnan.

The emperor took the queen's hand and came belatedly, followed by Wu Miao's high-pitched voice: "The emperor is here! The empress is here!" All the ministers, wives, princesses, princesses, and girls got up in unison, left their seats, and knelt down.

Yun Shuo took Han Qian's hand and walked through the deep and wide hall to the main seat. After taking his seats, he glanced at the kneeling people with satisfaction, and then raised his hand and said, "Get up. Today is the first day of the new year." God, let's drink to our heart's content when we are together."

"Thank you Your Majesty, thank you Queen!" Everyone thanked in unison, then stood up together and returned to their seats.

The banquet began, and a stream of handsome court ladies filed in and offered Lanxue tea to everyone.

Then there are four dried fruits: honey peanuts, strange cashews, sticky walnuts, and apple jelly.

Everyone drank a sip of fragrant tea with the emperor and the empress, and then each picked up the dried fruit they liked and tasted it casually.Then, another court lady lined up to offer four candied products: candied ginkgo, candied cherry, candied melon strips, and candied golden jujube.

Looking at these sweet things, Wei Tiantian couldn't help smiling and said to Mrs. Gu: "From these things, the empress should be very happy in the palace."

Gu Shi whispered: "Your Majesty should be very happy to spoil her so much."

"Yes." Wei Tiantian felt a little emotion in his heart, and he quietly raised his head to glance at the empress and empress, who just happened to see what the emperor added to Han Qian with the chopsticks, and whispered something, Han Qian bowed his head and smiled Filled with happiness and contentment.

Then came the four pastries: Jade Bean Cake, Chestnut Cake, Two-color Bean Cake, Red Bean Paste Roll, and four pickles: Sweet Sauce Radish, Spiced Cooked Mustard, Sweet Sour Milkmelon, and Sweet Brocade.

At this point, a court lady came up to the jug and poured wine for the princes, ministers and wives.

The emperor raised his wine glass and said with a light smile: "This is the first glass of wine in the new year. I want to respect the heavens. I hope that the weather will be good this year, and the country will be prosperous and the people will be healthy."

"I wish you good weather and good weather in the new year, peace and prosperity for the country and the people!" Everyone in the room raised their glasses, congratulated loudly toward the top of their heads, and then drank a full glass.

Gu Shi took a sip only to realize that what was in his glass was not wine, but sweet honey water.For a moment, he was full of gratitude to Han Qian for his thoughtfulness and care.

The emperor toasted the world with three glasses of wine, and then all the ministers drank together. The ministers began to toast the emperor and the queen, and the atmosphere gradually became warmer.

"Sing and dance." Han Qian ordered with a faint smile.

Therefore, the musicians who had been waiting in the corner of the hall began to play and play. The musicians were made like iron tongs, pierced through the iron wire, and between the teeth, they used their fingers to pull the wire to make a sound. rhyme.

The stringed leather hand pricks the reed and blows the reed, and the qin on the mouth is made of iron. It is like a palace merchant with two leaves, which can also grab a single silk.

With the sound of music, the dancers stepped onto the stage enchantingly and charmingly in gorgeous dance clothes, with pearls and gold strands, and fragrant jade all around their waists, jade hairpins with slanted green sleeves, floating like snow at the beginning wind.

Along with the singing and dancing, the wine between the emperor and his ministers also respected each other frequently, and the dishes were served on the banquet one by one.

After the seven appetizers, magpie climbing plum, butterfly shrimp roll, ginger fish fillet, spiced pigeon, sweet and sour lotus root, pickled green cauliflower, and spicy cabbage roll, there is a soup: Yipin Gongyan.

Princess Laocheng and Princess Heng took the lead in toasting the empress.

Although Han Qian had been prepared for a long time and had taken the rescue pills, she couldn't stand too many people. Even if everyone came up to toast and she only drank a small sip, there would still be three or four sips in her stomach after this round.

At this time, the imperial dining room has delivered the five imperial dishes: simmered deer tendon in casserole, shredded chicken and white fungus, osmanthus fish sticks, eight-treasure rabbit diced, jade shoots and bracken.

Everyone looked at the exquisite dishes and praised them one after another, picking up chopsticks to taste them one after another.

Wu Miao came forward to fill the emperor with deer tendons, and Apple came forward to pick fishbone for Han Qian.

"Well, it's so hot." Han Qian touched his slightly hot cheek and sighed softly.

"You serve the empress to wash your face." Yun Shuo ordered Pingguoer and others.In fact, washing her face was just an excuse, that is, to let her go to the back to rest for a while, to get some air, to avoid being lazy and drink a few drinks.

Pingguo hurriedly got up and agreed, and reached out to help Han Qian get up and go upstairs to have a rest.

"Mother, slow down." The stairs are a bit narrow, and Apple can't help Han Qian to walk along, so she has to follow behind her and remind her in a low voice.

"It's okay." Han Qian shook his head lightly. Although he was a little dizzy, he didn't just fall down like that.

"I want to wash my face with ice water." Han Qian told Apple while going upstairs.

Pingguo hurriedly persuaded: "The ice water is too cold, the servant girl is afraid that the mother will catch the cold."

"It's okay, wash your face with ice water, and most of the wine will be removed. The banquet is less than half at the moment, and I have to go down later."

Pingguoer persuaded: "Your Majesty, why bother to force yourself to tell them to replace the jug with water?"

Han Qian shook her head, and said with a light smile, "Actually, I want to try to see how much wine I can drink, so that I can have a count in my heart when I wait for the state banquet on Yuan Ye."

"Even if it's the state banquet at Yuan Ye, it doesn't matter if your mother has a few drinks. The people who come here are all foreign countries, so they can still pick your mother?" Xiangcheng twisted a hot handkerchief and went forward to wipe it for Han Qian Face.

"You can't say that. As the host, we must at least have a clear conscience. Besides, Siam, Uyghur, and Northern Mongolia are vassal states, but there are also Earl Ozel and Princess Daixiang from Feilengcui. It is said that Feilengcui It is a powerful country in the Western Regions, so it should not be underestimated." After Han Qian applied a hot kerchief to his face for a while, Apple replaced it with a cold kerchief.

(End of this chapter)