I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 250 The Mid-Autumn Family Banquet
Looking eagerly at the queen's belly, he murmured to himself, "When will my own seeds come out!"

Although he had already removed all of them as heirs to the throne in his heart, but in front of so many people, he couldn't behave too much.

Smiling and waving to his three sons,

"Let's all go and sit down. It's all our own people, so there's no need for such trouble."

When he said this, he seemed easy-going, but he was blocked. The people behind had prepared for a long time, and wanted to go forward to greet his son.

This made the faces of the other sons look a little ugly.

Li Tian didn't care too much, and made it to the queen's side with a big stab.

He smiled and said to everyone,

"Today is a family feast, don't be too cautious, eat what you want, don't worry about me."

Originally, during such a major festival, as the head of the family, Zhu Gaochi, who is also His Majesty today, had to say a few words of hard work to his sons.

But recently, Li Tian has been so busy that his feet don't touch the ground. How could he be willing to try his best to find some nice words to appease these cheap sons when he finally had two days to relax and rest.

At this time, the youngest son, Zhu Zhanyan, seemed to see the grapes in front of Li Tian, ​​babbling and waving his hands as if he really wanted to eat them.

His mother and concubine Guo quickly carried him over,
"Your Majesty, Yan'er probably misses you..."

It was delivered to the hand, and it seemed too unreasonable to hug it lazily.

Li Tian had no choice but to smile, and hugged the youngest son who was only two years old and hadn't learned to speak for a long time.

He casually took out a rattle bought on the side of the road from his arms, and handed it to his chubby little hand.

"Look at what good things Father has prepared for you, do you like it or not!"

In ancient times, when life expectancy was generally not very long, it was unknown whether even a prince could grow up safely.

Compared with the emperors of other dynasties, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were not very good at giving birth.

It is not easy for Zhu Gaochi to give birth to ten children at once.

Although Li Tian didn't have much affection for the other sons who were about to grow up and had their own insights, he didn't dislike such babies who were still in their infancy.

After giving Zhu Zhanyan a rattle, he picked one of the grapes in front of him and sent it to his mouth.

Although a two-year-old child has just teethed and can't eat hard things, there is no problem eating two grapes, which are softer fruits.

With Zhu Zhanyan's chubby little hands, he was playing with a rattle with one hand, and with the other he was randomly grabbing Grape King's own mouth and feeding it.

Three or two strokes made my mouth full of brown juice.

At this time, the queen thoughtfully handed over a square handkerchief and wiped it for him.

For the queen's move, Mrs. Guo, who was standing aside, gave her a very grateful look.

It is said that the royal family relationship is cold, and Li Tian can see his other sons and daughters only a limited number of times throughout the year.

Being able to be held in Li Tian's arms and fed something is a rare experience for the prince.

After teasing the youngest son casually for a while, Li Tian returned him to Mrs. Guo.

Several other concubines who had sons, seeing that Li Tian gave Zhu Zhanyan a gift, also began to encourage their sons, wanting to ask Li Tian for it.

Seeing this, Li Tian was still willing to let them rush forward one by one.

Hastily waved to Wang Fu and said,

"I went out of the palace today and bought a few gadgets at random, so let's treat them as gifts for you guys."

Wang Fu was very discerning, and quickly took out a lot of candy figurines, jade pendants, tooth tags and other small things from the package, and distributed some of them one by one according to their age.

Even Zhu Zhanji and the others got something.

Zhu Zhanji looked at the pair of bone tooth cards in his hand and smiled wryly.

In fact, I can't blame Li Tian for this. He doesn't know what the children of the Ming Dynasty like to play, and entertainment items are very limited in this era. Even if he wants to buy interesting things, he has nowhere to buy them.

On the street, how can everyone be satisfied with random shopping.

However, except for a few half-children, the few children who received the gift were still very happy.

Under the suggestion of his mother and concubine, Qi Qi knelt on the ground and thanked Li Tian for his gift.

"Thank you, father, for the reward!"

The small gadgets I bought at random probably didn't cost a tael of silver, but they still received such grand thanks from them, which made Li Tian blush a little.

Almost feel ashamed.

"Get up, they're all gadgets, don't worry about them."

He said it was easy, but how could other people really dare to treat the things bestowed by the emperor as ordinary objects.

Those little gadgets were put away by their mothers and concubines before they played with them a few times in the hands of the children, and ordered them to be kept safe.

Li Tian didn't pay much attention to these small private actions.

After all, the royal family is not an ordinary family. No matter what it is, once it rises to the height of the royal family, it will be completely different.

It was originally a random gadget, but in other words, it is a gift from the emperor. Children may not be able to see it again for a long time after seeing it this time.

Li Tian actually doesn't like this kind of cautious, grand and serious manner.

But although he is the emperor, he can control himself, but he cannot control everyone underground.

Once this state is formed, it cannot be changed by just saying a few words.

He wanted to experience the real family joy, and he probably had no hope in a short time.

After distributing the gifts, the formal banquet will begin.

Although it is the Mid-Autumn Festival, moon cakes are the main meal, but there are many other pastries, side dishes, and soups.

As the eunuchs and maids kept coming in and out, the table was quickly filled with all kinds of dishes.

Li Tian couldn't help moving his index finger after seeing it.

Just pick up a moon cake that looks very beautiful.

Bite lightly, the surface is soft and soft, and the inside is sweet and delicious. It is actually not much better than the mooncakes of later generations.

In fact, moon cakes first appeared in the Han Dynasty.

Zhang Qian went on a mission to the Western Regions and introduced sesame seeds and walnuts to the Central Plains. Some people put these two things into the early moon cakes, which became the earliest five-nut moon cakes.

Of course, this thing was not called moon cake at that time, because there were things like walnut kernels in it, and most of the time, it was called Hubing.

It was not until the Tang Xuanzong period that the term moon cake became popular.

However, at that time, moon cakes were not a standard item for Mid-Autumn Festival, but were only regarded as a special dessert.

Later, it passed through the Song Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty until the early Ming Dynasty.

Moon cakes have gradually become the main offerings of Mid-Autumn Festival.

Yes, you heard it right, moon cakes at that time were just sacrifices.

(End of this chapter)