Zhen Guo Princess GL

Chapter 285 Hot Pot

It wasn't until the banquet at the Lichun Terrace the next day that I really felt the meaning of A Huan's sentence yesterday, "You should be glad that you still have a chance to please His Majesty".

Although it was a banquet hosted by me in the name of A Huan's birthday, once mother heard about it, the banquet was completely different.First, the mother said that she had nothing to do recently, so she could invite one or two relatives by the way, so Princess Anding's family and those who were close to the Wu family, such as Wu Chengsi, Wu Shensi, Wu Zaisi, Wu Sansi, and the female family members of the family all went to visit her. Among the invitations, Princess Anding then said that she was only a nephew, which seemed to be partial, and then called the princess among her mother's aunts, cousins, and cousins. These princesses all brought their husbands-in-law and children , and then the mother seemed embarrassed, saying that Li Dan and Li De were rare to come out, and then called Li De and his brothers, Li Wei and his younger brother Li Xin, and Shouli.Among these people, Li De and others have married wives, so their wives are naturally included.In the end, I don't know who was talking too much, so I mentioned a few more from the Yang family, so seven or eight relatives from my mother's natal family came, and then there were princesses and concubines who were close and favored, and A Huan. She acted coquettishly with me, and brought in a few princesses from the Wu family.In the final calculation, there were six to seventy people attending the "Xiaoxiao" banquet. Together with the entourage, Shangfu, and imperial neighbors brought by the mother, there were always more than a hundred people.It had to be divided into three groups: mother, the four kings of the Wu family and Princess Anding, A Huan, Li Dan and I were in the pavilion, the rest of us were sitting in the courtyard, and the rest were sitting in the outer hall—this is just the beginning of the banquet. , The beginning of the mother's future.

As soon as mother arrived, the people at Lichun Terrace, like sparrows whose nest had exploded, paid attention to her mother one by one: as soon as Princess Anding saw her mother, she held her hand, looked at her face carefully, and praised her for her "color" Excellent, did you use new powder?" Wu Sansi said, "Recite "Chen Gui" at home, and I deeply feel the virtuousness of the saint. A random sentence is beyond the reach of the ministers in their lives. It is the name of a sage's virtue", and he recited two of them on the spot to prove that his words were true. Wu Chengsi gave many gifts, each of which could be related to "holy virtue", and said Mother's Wenzhi and martial arts are unheard of before, please inscribe a stone tablet as a souvenir. Li Dan is young and tender, and can't speak big sentences, but he can't stop praising his mother. Li De himself doesn't speak, but his princess goes straight to his mother. ... My master and A Huan, the birthday star, were squeezed aside by them, and there was almost no communication.

It was my mother who caught sight of me and beckoned, "Come here from Taiping." Fang made a way for me from the crowd, and took me into the pavilion to sit down. The kings of the Wu clan are on the other side, but my mother doesn't care about the order I set in advance, and ordered Li Dan to sit on one side with Zhu Wu, Princess Anding, the princesses of the Wu clan and me on the other side, and A Huan to sit with the emperors. Sun Junwang's son-in-law sat outside - this is not what disturbs me the most.

What disturbed me the most was that I seemed to have lost my presence at the banquet.It's not that I have lost my mother's attention, not that she took my hand from all the nephews and nephews as soon as she came, nor that she mentioned me several times during the conversation, and looked at me several times when I was not speaking, Occasionally ask a few words, "What do you think of Taiping?" There is always a feeling of "family" in the conversation. No matter where I stand or how far behind I am, I know that I am different from the people in front of me. They are not my mother's family, but I am.

But today, I don't feel this special.Everyone in the Wu family called their mother "Da Ge", and more intimately called "Ge Ge". This is what they call their uncle's father. The mother is "A Niang", and her daughter calls her mother "Aniang", and she will talk coquettishly when she comes forward to speak; Thinking twice is a bit like the way a father treated his son before, only more kindly.

Everything reminds me all the time that this is my mother's world.The center of the world is only mother, only her surname is the clan surname, her relatives are the royal family, and her words and deeds are the imperial decree of Deyin. An experience that is impossible to be a queen and queen mother-power is such a thing, and just one of the titles is enough to overturn the world of many people.

Because I only thought about it the day before, there were more people than expected, and they couldn't eat meat, so I spent a lot of time on the dishes.My idea is to serve forty dim sum and small dishes that are always available in the palace as a supporting scene, and then set up a few large ovens in the courtyard, and set up a large table next to the furnace, which is piled up with flowers, pickles, dried and fresh fruits, various There are [-] exquisite small grills besides the oven, and there is also a large table with various barbecue utensils. There is also a chef next to the table. , you can send someone to order some, or you can do it yourself-the taste of these things is second, the first is to look good, so the stalwart husbands chosen by the chefs, each wearing blue or black embroidered robes, hair The turban is wrapped on the top, the black leather boots are worn on the feet, and the embroidered belt is worn on the waist. Not all of them are found in the kitchen, and many of them are imperial soldiers and close servants.

In addition to the oven and grill, we also prepare hot pot.At that time, there was a small stove like the hot pot in the previous life for banquets. Two layers were set up with metal utensils. The soup and vegetables were placed on the top, and the fire was set on the bottom. Eat more food, but don't add vegetables while eating.Today, because many people came here temporarily, I changed these stoves into hot pots. After forty dishes were served, people entered the hot pot after the first course of the main course.

Mother saw those ovens and grills, and thought it was interesting. She was still talking with people, and didn't pay much attention to the new small stove. It was raw, but there was nothing in the soup, so I couldn't help being startled, I held up my chopsticks and scooped it inside a few times, and when I saw that there was nothing, Fang raised his eyes and smiled at me: "Your sister-in-law's birthday, that's how you celebrate her birthday ? Serve us with this soup?"

I smiled and went forward, selected a few vegetables and put them into the hot pot, then turned around and took various raw materials from the small case I carried up, and mixed a bowl of sauce for my mother: "I think it's cold, so I must serve some Warm soup. But pure soup is boring, and there are too many dishes on the table. If you want to eat it for a while, you have to ask someone to ask for it again. Why don't you just bring a pot and cook what you want? Let’s do it casually—may try it?”

Mother picked up a slice of wax gourd, took a bite and put the chopsticks down: "It's salty."

After hearing what she said, I turned around and made another bowl of sauce, and asked her to try again. When my mother smiled and said, "It's really random", I took advantage of the situation and put courgettes, eggplants, scallions, husks, lotus roots and other things for her. After tasting a chopstick each, he pointed to the oven and said, "What is that for?"

Hearing me say "to order and bake now", I was so happy that I went to the oven to "serve all the same". From the pavilion, I saw the embroidered clothes Jianer making arrangements, and I nodded first. The fairy winked, and she went to the grill to give orders, and added grilled eggplant, grilled spinach, grilled steamed cakes, baked milk cakes, etc., and filled the imperial table with bright colors.

After the left and right self-demonstrations, I realized that some did it by themselves, and some ordered others to do it. After each tasted it, they went to watch the plate again. This time there were forty snacks, including fried taro, radish slices, courgettes, and pepper. melon, honey, cumin, spiced melon seeds, cherries, lychees, pears, grape cheese with dried fruit - these are rare dishes, the people in the outer temple do not have them, and the people in the courtyard have melon seeds, cheese and deep-fried Each person can only have one taste of the dishes, and there are only twelve dishes for each person in the pavilion, and only the mother has them in front of him; there are sweet or salty dots baked in flour oil wrapped in crisp cheese, various dried fruits grilled on skewers, and honey taro paste. , Preserved fruit soup, roasted old tofu sprinkled with pepper, wine stewed Sydney, cress stewed lotus root slices, sweet, salty and spicy soup cakes, all of which are available.

There are also many snacks that have never existed in this era. They are mainly for freshness. The use of milk, cheese and other things is actually more or less forbidden, but the current ban on slaughter is really in name only, and even my mother started to eat it under the persuasion of the imperial doctor. The chicken and fish are here, so it's not a big deal. The last time I saw the plate was different from the previous one. Just now, it was mostly for people to see, not to eat. This time, it was reserved for mother to make snacks when chatting. He ordered the royal chef to carefully Cooking, taste the taste before coming in, the mother likes it very much, while eating, watching people perform all kinds of dramas in the open space of the courtyard, and listening to the flattery of the nephew and nephew.

Before I left, I supported my mother's hand and sent it out of the palace gate. When I was waiting for my father to come, my mother suddenly shook my hand and asked, "Yesterday's hair bun was pretty, why didn't you comb it today?"

After a moment of reaction, I realized that she was referring to the "hanging bun" that A Huan had done for me, and said awkwardly, "I'm so old, and I still wear a boy's hair style, wouldn't it be a joke for people to see it."

She stared at me, smiled softly: "Don't say you are only twenty, you are fifty, sixty, seventy, in your mother's eyes, aren't you still a child?" Looking at Wan'er, shaking Deng Yu, and turning my head to look at me when I set off, I lowered my head unconsciously, with a lot of thoughts and a sense of loss.

The author has something to say: I forgot to add. The previous chapter used "Da Da". Women in the early Tang Dynasty could call their mother-in-law "Da Da". There was also an example of Li Shimin calling Li Yuan "Da Da". Zhaijia", the princess is "Zhaijiazi" and "Achazi". I made a mistake in the early stage of this article, because I was too lazy and didn't change it...cough...

In addition, Tang Dynasty steamed cakes are similar to steamed buns and steamed buns, and soup cakes can be called all noodle products with soup, including noodles (so this chapter is about baked steamed buns and noodles)...