food queen

Chapter 74
Everyone knows that the emperor loves plum blossoms. That's because almost everyone in the royal family of the Dayun Dynasty loves plum blossoms. Counting up, from the founding emperor Shengzu to the late emperor and Princess Xianninghua, they all like plum blossoms, so the harem loves plum blossoms. It is the palace of the princess of the royal family. There are plum gardens, big and small. The nobles of the Dayun Dynasty are even more proud of collecting exotic varieties of plum trees.It is also because of this that the plum blossom is regarded as the national flower by the people of Dayun, and the common people are also loved by everyone. Every family planted plum blossoms with respect.

However, few people know that His Majesty Emperor Jinglong actually prefers Lan.

Speaking of which, Emperor Jinglong is gentle and refined on the surface, but in fact he is very scheming. He never reveals his preferences. No one in the harem knows about his liking for orchids, but it is the eldest princess who has been careful since she was a child and discovered his preferences. But she remained calm and only told Concubine Zhuang Yi quietly a while ago that Concubine Zhuang Yi quietly asked someone to set up this flower house in order to pave the way for her son, naturally to please the emperor.

To please this kind of thing, the most important thing is to remain calm, as if carelessly.It is the best to make the word "intentional" into the realm of "unintentional".Concubine Zhuang Yi and the eldest princess are naturally well versed in this.Just like now, when Concubine Zhuang Yi watched the emperor staring at the pot of 'Lu Ying', she walked over with a smile, and asked in surprise: "Your Majesty also likes this pot of orchids? The concubine also likes it very much. Every day Let's take a look."

"It is said that orchids of this variety are rare, how did you get them?" The emperor looked at the orchids carefully, and gently brushed the green and slender leaves with his fingers.

"It was sent by the crown prince a few years ago. He said that when he went to the south, he saw a flower farmer pushing a cart to sell flowers. He didn't know who he offended and his stall was smashed. He bought this pot of flowers for only 20 taels of silver. But at that time, the orchid was broken and its roots were already dying. He and the gardener invited him home and raised them carefully for a while. It is really gratifying to be able to bloom now. A while ago The concubine was sick, so the prince sent this orchid to me, saying that it would relieve my boredom. He also said that the flower root can be raised and bloomed well if the root is broken, and that it’s okay for people to be a little sick occasionally. , as long as you take care of yourself, you will get better."

"The prince is a filial child. This is also true." The emperor nodded in satisfaction.

The emperor praised the prince, and the imperial concubine felt bad, but at this time she did not dare to touch the emperor's bad luck, so she had to change the subject and ask Concubine Zhuang Yi: "Sister, I don't know how the banquet is arranged today? How can I do it today?" There are no wives and courtiers, but today is a family banquet for our family, so you don't have to be so cautious, right?"

"Sister said so." Concubine Zhuang Yi turned around with a smile, and nodded to the nanny who was serving close by, "Order, let's start the banquet."

Concubine Zhuang Yi supported the emperor to sit down on the throne, and the imperial concubine sat next to the emperor on the left side.She is an imperial concubine, so she should be like this according to her status, but she is sitting so naturally, she more or less wants to demonstrate to Concubine Zhuang Yi.However, Concubine Zhuang Yi didn't care, she still stood there and arranged for the dishes to be served.

Apart from the concubines, there were only the eldest princess, the three princesses and Han Qian, the only princess in this room.According to the rules of arranging seats, Han Qian naturally sat at the bottom, but she was young, Concubine Zhuang Yi did not arrange a separate table for her, and only asked her to sit next to the eldest princess.

As a result, Princess Jiaying, who sat at the bottom, was very upset, because the eldest princess was the emperor's younger sister, so she naturally wanted to take the seat. Han Qian sat next to the eldest princess, and immediately compared all the princesses.

"Royal father." Princess Jiaying flattened her mouth and called out coquettishly.

The emperor looked up and saw his little daughter, and smiled gently: "Why?"

"I want to sit next to you." Princess Jiaying smiled coquettishly.

"Come." The emperor waved to her with a gentle smile.

Princess Jiaying immediately stood up in high spirits, and knelt down on the footsteps in front of the emperor.The emperor touched his little daughter's head, and asked kindly: "Didn't you say yesterday that you were going out of the palace to play today? Why didn't you go?"

"Mother and concubine won't let me go." Princess Jiaying glanced at the imperial concubine aggrievedly.

The imperial concubine glared at her daughter reproachfully: "Young lady's family fights every day, why do you always run outside? It's time to learn the rules, otherwise you won't be able to marry in the future."

"Haha...what a joke." The emperor smiled and shook his head, "Why can't the emperor's daughter not get married?"

"It's the concubine who said the wrong thing." The imperial concubine laughed hurriedly.

"You're right." The emperor closed his smile, then shook his head lightly and said, "Royal daughters are naturally extremely noble, but they must not forget their duty as women. When they get married in the future, if they don't know how to care for their husbands and raise their children, they will just blindly If you are extravagant and self-willed, it will be difficult for you to be happy, and you will also lose the face of the royal family."

When the emperor said this, besides the eldest princess, Princess Jialan, Princess Jiarou, Concubine Hui and others all stood up.

"Sit down, I don't intend to teach you a lesson." The emperor waved his hand.

After everyone said yes, they took their seats.

Exquisite palace dishes were served one after another.Because this family banquet was carefully prepared long ago, everyone's favorite meals were on the table.On the side of the eldest princess, because Han Qian likes to eat everything, and the eldest princess has no special preference, Concubine Zhuang Yi prepares the most common desserts and dishes that imperial chefs have been cooking for decades.

The emperor's seat is higher than everyone else's, so he can see the dishes on everyone's table with a casual glance, and asked Concubine Zhuang Yi with a smile: "Why are there some ordinary dishes on Liumei's table? Even the latest palace dishes No?"

"Brother, I don't know, I have been away from the palace for more than 20 years, but what I really want to try the most are these old-style dishes."

"Oh... yes, yes!" The emperor suddenly smiled, nodded and sighed, "I forgot about that. I always feel tired of eating these meals for decades, but my sister is just the opposite."

For a while, everyone understood Concubine Zhuang Yi's intentions, and they all praised her for being as careful as a hair, and for being able to understand the princess's mind.

Some said that when the eldest princess came back to the palace, she was returning to her mother's house, and naturally she wanted to taste the meals in the palace in the early years.

Some said that the eldest princess must have been beautiful when she was young, some said that the eldest princess was really blessed, some said that the little princess was really well-behaved, and I heard that she was very close to Mrs. Ninghou, and so on.

For a while, the topic revolved around the eldest princess, and even Han Qian stole the limelight together.

Princess Jiaying became jealous again, so she turned around and presented a bowl of sea cucumber porridge to the emperor, saying softly, "Father, please drink some porridge to warm your stomach first, it's good for your health."

It is naturally a good thing for a daughter to be considerate and filial, and the emperor was naturally happy, so he nodded in agreement: "Okay."

Princess Jiaying came forward with a smile and fed the emperor with porridge.For a moment, everyone's topic turned to Jiaying again, and the concubines who usually looked at the imperial concubine were even more flattering.

(End of this chapter)