food queen

Chapter 429 Full Moon Banquet (2)
"Speaking of not being afraid of the empress's anger, this birthday gift was made by our old concubine as soon as the empress was pregnant. Originally, she was expecting that the empress would give birth to a prince, so she prepared this. But the princess also Well, it is also the blood of my Dayun royal family, the old prince said, I hope our eldest princess will make a difference in the future, and not lose to those men's families." Madam Cheng Wang Shizi laughed.

"Go back and thank the old prince and the old concubine for me. I like this set of jade ornaments very much. When Xin'er grows up in the future, I will tell her what the old prince said." Han Qian turned to her Several other people laughed and said: "Thank you for your trouble, it cost everyone a lot."

Princess Jialan smiled and said, "Look at what your mother said, what's the expense. Isn't everything we have given by His Majesty?"

"There are no outsiders here today, so we will hold a banquet in Fengzhang Palace. I invite you to try a few new dishes. It is a little thank you from my palace." Han Qian said, and told Pingguoer, "Go tell Wen Zhen and tell her to take her The specialty dishes are cooked with heart.”

Apple agreed to go out.

Princess Jialan asked: "Your Majesty said 'Wenzhen', but is it the granddaughter of the former owner of Jiahe Tower?"

"It's her." Han Qian smiled lightly, "You know her too?"

"Hey, the city was full of trouble at the time, who didn't know? I heard that the young master of Hushi General's family was very sick because of her." Princess Jialan said, turning her head and asking Han Rui , "I also heard about it, is this true?"

"What's the matter, listen to those people's nonsense." Han Rui laughed.

"Yo, it's not true?" Princess Jialan smiled, "Then I can rest assured that Mrs. Liu's wife from the Ministry of Industry has asked me to find a matchmaker with the princess. Their lord is determined to promise their daughter to Shao. You have told me several times that the young master is your wife. I thought that young master Shao wanted to marry that little cook, so I didn't want to run into trouble, but I didn't expect it to be a rumor."

"The eldest princess is so enthusiastic about being a matchmaker all day long, and she has won a lot of money from the matchmaker, right?" Han Rui gave the eldest princess Jialan a nail that was neither soft nor hard.

Princess Jialan's face turned red and then turned white, but she couldn't show Han Rui's face in front of Han Qian, so she turned cold and said with a smile: "I just want to say hello to everyone. I'm fine with everything, why don't you thank the matchmaker for money, and I still want that?"

"Oh, the empress's tea is really good!" Concubine Heng interrupted Jialan and Han Rui with a smile, clicked her tongue again, and asked with a smile: "I have never drank such a good tea, how can I invite the empress to drink it?" Empress enlighten me."

"The tea picked from the wild tea trees on the Lianhua Mountain in Lianzhou, South Zhili, was transported to the palace overnight. Wen Zhen checked the ancient tea making method and tried to fry it. Since you like to drink, bring some when you go back— — It’s not that I’m stingy, because the wild tea trees are limited, and the annual tea leaves are only about ten catties, and His Majesty also likes this tea, but he can’t give more.”

Princess Heng laughed quickly and said: "Oh, my concubine doesn't drink tea very often, any good tea here is like chewing peonies. Since it is a good tea that His Majesty can't live without, it's fine for me to try it again today. , don’t dare to be greedy anymore.”

Han Qian smiled again: "I have another kind of tea here. It's not picked from the tea tree. It's a wild medicinal herb called Gynostemma. I asked someone to take it to the National Medical Center for testing. The taste is second to none. For us girls Health preservation is an excellent thing, and when you go back later, each of you will bring a box."

"Thank you, Empress Dowager." Everyone thanked each other with blessings.

Han Qian got up from the low couch and said to everyone, "Let's go, let's go to the flower hall to talk, where it's cooler. This hot June day is really suffocating for you. Unfortunately, I can't go to escape the summer heat this year."

"It's important for your mother to be in confinement. Your majesty is afraid that your mother's body will not be able to take it because of the heavy travel and transportation." Princess Jialan laughed.

"What this means is that our Majesty is really kind to the empress." Concubine Heng said with a smile.

This sentence made some people feel uncomfortable.

Mrs. Gu sighed silently first, then staggered away from the crowd and fell behind.

Princess Jialan also had something on her mind, so she deliberately took a step slower and walked shoulder to shoulder with Mrs. Gu.

"Madam seems to be worried. Are you worried about your niece?" Princess Jialan asked in a low voice.

Mrs. Gu glanced at Princess Jialan and said nothing. She was indeed worried about Gu Ningshuang. She had already asked someone to tell her to pretend to be sick and take her out of the palace first. However, Gu Ningshuang refused and insisted. to stay in the palace.

In fact, Gu Ningshuang was right, as long as she went out, she would never have a chance to come back.Since you want to be prosperous and rich, you must stay in the palace and wait for the opportunity.Although this opportunity is not necessarily what she wants, there is a saying, "wealth and wealth are sought in danger".

Seeing that Mrs. Gu was silent, Princess Jialan sighed again: "I don't know if the empress will be unhappy one day and will give the few people in Fanghua Xuan to whoever she wants."

"Who is the eldest princess worried about? Is it Miss Zhao, the concubine's sister-in-law?" Gu asked in a low voice.

"Ma'am is a smart person. You can understand some things without saying anything. The Empress and Ben can't tolerate the few people in Fanghuaxuan. If they wait like this, the best result for them is to spend their entire lives in vain. As for whether they will fall ill and die , or who will be given as the side wife, or directly sent to the king of Fanbang as a gift, it’s really hard to say.” Princess Jialan saw that other people had entered the flower hall of Fengzhang Palace, but she stopped under the eaves He stepped forward and raised his hand to tease the white parrot under the eaves of the corridor.The parrot spread its wings flutteringly, murmuring something.

Mrs. Gu also stopped, looked at the snow-white bird on the parrot stand, and sighed: "What can the eldest princess do? I wanted to take her back, but... alas!" Mrs. Gu sighed heavily. .

"If you are elected in a fair manner, how can you get out secretly? You can't afford to lose face. What happens after you get out? Do you want another marriage? Or wait for the imperial decree to enter the palace again?"

If he is taken out due to illness, naturally he can't be engaged in another marriage, waiting for the imperial decree to enter the palace?How is that possible? !
Gu sighed again: "Both of these are impossible. If you take it back, you can only die alone."

"Yes!" Princess Jialan snorted coldly, "Why? Your Gu family is not an ordinary small family, and the Zhao family is even a family of officials. A good girl will die alone at home, which makes the family What about the other girls here?"

"Then what does the eldest princess mean?" Gu asked helplessly.

"Just wait and see." Princess Jialan sneered lightly.

At this time, a court lady came from the other end of the corridor with various snacks. Jialan and Gu couldn't stand any longer, so they turned around and entered the flower hall.

In the flower hall, several concubines, the Feng family, and Wei Tiantian were all chatting and laughing around Han Qian. Seeing the two of them coming in, Wei Tiantian smiled and said, "What are you two talking about outside?"

(End of this chapter)