food queen

Chapter 431 A Hundred Birds Facing the Phoenix (1)
After a false alarm, Princess Yan and Mrs. Prince Cheng, who were waiting to see a good show, didn't see the good show, so they each smiled and continued to eat snacks and drink tea.However, Princess Jialan and Princess Heng, who were also worried, exchanged glances and chose to remain silent.

A court lady came in and reported: The banquet has been prepared, please show me the empress, where is the banquet?

Han Qian thought for a while and said, "The weather is hot, and I can't use ice in this palace. This room is extremely stuffy. Why don't you go to the gazebo in the small garden behind Fengzhang Hall, where you can still enjoy some fresh air."

So the maids hurriedly went to set up the banquet, and all the concubines and wives here also got up, surrounded the empress and went to the gazebo behind.

The long corridor that was originally inlaid with long glass windows is now fully opened, the pomegranate flowers have withered, and have been moved out long ago, and replaced with vats of water lilies. The entire backyard of Fengzhang Hall is a lotus pond, emerald green The leaves are like green leaves, the flowers bloom like emeralds, the breeze blows, and the yard is full of lotus fragrance.

"This water lily is so well-raised! This small garden is comparable to the fairy palace in Yaochi." Princess Heng sighed.

The water lily feet in this yard are kept in hundreds of large glazed vats, which is worth more than a thousand dollars. How can the scenery piled up with the silver in the garden be not good?Princess Jialan silently calculated an account in her heart, and Fang smiled and agreed: "The empress's small garden is naturally good, and it is nothing more than a fairy."

"That's right, I don't know what's wrong this year. Other flowers and bonsai are fine, but this water lily is extremely expensive. Just such a glazed vat doesn't cost more than 200 taels of silver?" Princess Heng turned her head and asked Princess Yan.

"Maybe, I really don't know about that." Yan Wangfei laughed, "Our prince only loves azaleas, and there are azaleas everywhere in the house. Only the pool in the back garden can't grow azaleas. I call it a human species." I bought some white lotus roots, the flowers are very ordinary, but the lotus root is not bad. I can eat it in a few days, and I will ask someone to send some to the princess?"

After hearing this, Concubine Heng couldn't help but roll her eyes in her heart—the majestic palace, how much do you care about her lotus root?This Prince Yan's mansion is really poor and crazy!

While everyone was seated while speaking, Princess Jialan pretended to be unintentional and asked, "Why isn't Your Majesty coming? Today is our princess's full moon. Even if you are busy, you should take some time to come and see his precious daughter." ?”

Han Qian hadn't spoken yet, Xiang Cheng next to him had already stepped down, and replied loudly: "Go back to your mother, Your Majesty just sent someone to say that I have something important to go to the Nanyuan Palace today, and I will make up for the princess's full moon banquet tonight. "

Han Qian nodded and smiled: "Understood, step back."

Xiangcheng Fu stepped back, and Han Qian ordered the left and right: "Have a feast."

Sun Defu stood at the entrance of the pavilion and waved his hands to the row of court ladies. Twelve court ladies came in with food boxes and put dishes on the table one by one.

Everyone has never seen this fresh, green, white and eye-catching dish. Some of the ingredients are not familiar at all, but they just think it looks good. The exotic vegetables, vegetables, fruits and stewed soup are carved and spliced ​​together. All kinds of birds, the snow-white swan facing each other in the lotus pond, spreads its wings Flying geese, parrots with red beaks and green jade, purple swallows shining among green willows, egrets looking at themselves among hibiscus flowers, all kinds of birds, vegetarian or meat, are vivid...

"I have eaten for so many years, and I have seen many carved plates, but I have never seen such an exquisite one!" Han Rui laughed.

"Yeah, how can we be willing to do this!" Princess Heng also praised.

"What is this hibiscus flower made of? Red radish? It's so beautiful!" Princess Jialan stared at the hibiscus next to the egret in amazement.

"This hibiscus flower is pretty good, but isn't this egret even more magical?" Princess Yan asked with a smile.

"Oh, the workmanship! It's amazing!"

Everyone was full of praise for the dishes, but Han Qian smiled and said nothing.A palace lady next to him poured wine for everyone with a silver enamel jug. The amber wine exuded a sweet fragrance in the exquisite glass wine glass, which aroused everyone's admiration.

The last dish is a phoenix flying high. The whole phoenix is ​​carved from watermelon, with a red belly and green feathers. The crown feathers carved from ingredients, and the nine red, white and green phoenix feathers spread out gorgeously, and each phoenix feather owes a yellow cherry at the end.

"This table of dishes has a name called Bainiao Chaofeng." Han Qian picked up the wine glass with a smile, "Come on, I will offer you a glass first, thank you for coming into the palace today to celebrate the full moon for us. "

Princess Tianxin is a phoenix, there is no doubt about it, the people next to her, whether they are princesses or wives, are all birds who come to pay homage to the phoenix.

"By the way, where's our little phoenix? Can I hold it out to bask in the sun after the full moon?" Princess Heng asked with a smile.

Han Qian glanced at Pingguo'er, and Pingguo'er hurriedly smiled and said, "I just wanted to take the princess out, but unfortunately, the nanny just fed her and fell asleep right now."

"Yo, fell asleep?" Concubine Heng shook her head regretfully, "That's all I have to do."

"Okay, her children's family, except to eat and sleep." Han Qian picked up the chopsticks with a smile, and said with a smile: "Let's eat."

Everyone responded, waiting for the empress to move the chopsticks first and then move the chopsticks later.

Gu Ningshuang sat at the last table, helping Mrs. Cheng Wang Shizi and Wei Tiantian on both sides from time to time.Mrs. Cheng Wang Shizi is fine, but Wei Tiantian smiled when Gu Ningshuang was picking up vegetables for herself: "I'm not considered an outsider, you eat yours, don't worry about me."

"Ma'am is right." With a smile on her lips, Gu Ningshuang gave Wei Tiantian some soup while agreeing.

Seeing this, Han Qian who was sitting in the main seat sighed silently and did not speak.

Although it is delicacies from mountains and seas, but because of the heavy royal etiquette rules, a meal can be regarded as tasteless.

After the meal, Concubine Yan wanted to get up and leave on the pretext that King Yan had no reliable person to take care of her.Han Qian told Pingguoer: "Go and get the return gift for the princess."

Concubine Yan hurriedly bowed her body and said: "I dare not take it, I didn't prepare a decent gift for the princess, how dare I ask my mother to return it."

"It's also my wish, it's nothing, it's just a few supplements, take it back and give Lord Yan a boost." Han Qian said with a smile.

"Since this is the case, the concubine dare not take away the reward from the empress, and the concubine will thank the empress for her kindness on behalf of our prince."

"It's time for us to go back. The empress is just out of confinement and she is still weak. She needs to take good care of her. We have been bothering her for a long time, and she must be tired." Princess Heng also stood up.

So several concubines, as well as Princess Cheng and Princess Jialan retired together.

Han Qian asked Pingguoer to give everyone a return gift that was neither light nor heavy, and sent them out politely.

(End of this chapter)