Big businessman and little fisherman

Chapter 364 Dumplings
Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of May.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter.

There are no banquets in the Dragon Boat Festival. The queen mother said that the queen is happy, and three months have passed safely. The emperor is in good health. This is a happy event, so it must be lively.

On this day, the empress dowager specially summoned the wives of several families, saying that she wanted everyone to come to the palace to make zongzi.

These noble ladies haven't made zongzi for many years.

It's just that the queen mother summoned him, even if he can't, he still has to force himself to learn how to wrap himself up.

The dexterity at that meeting was even more exhilarating, and I wanted to express myself.

Concubine Minjun wrapped up a four-face, and wrapped another four-face, she dropped her hand in frustration, looked around for a long time and asked: "Why don't you see the two princesses?"

There were already seven or eight small and exquisitely wrapped zongzi piled up in front of the Queen Mother. Hearing this, she didn't lift her eyelids, and said indifferently: "Changle said that he was going to build a school dormitory. It has been several days since he left Beijing. I don't know where he is now. Anle yesterday One caught a cold and coughed a little, so the Ai family didn't let her out."

This is because the two princesses are not here!

Princess Minjun was a little disappointed, she came today with a purpose.

Her natal brother had just reached the crown, if he could marry Princess Changle, wouldn't it be better to get closer.

It's just that Princess Minjun didn't discuss this matter with King Minjun, but only discussed it with her parents at her natal home.

She knows her little brother, if he can't be successful, it's very difficult for him to stand out, he might as well be a princess.

This princess Changle is good-looking, and she is very much loved by the queen mother and the emperor. If her youngest brother becomes the princess, she will have much more confidence in speaking in front of the sisters-in-law in Prince Qing's residence.

Concubine Minjun became more thoughtful, and she didn't want to make zongzi even more.

Seeing that everyone was busy, she found an excuse to go out and wander around the palace where the queen mother lived.

The Empress Dowager is calm by nature, even the flowers and trees planted in the yard are more elegant than ordinary yards, the only gorgeous one is the pomegranate tree in the corner.

Seeing that the pomegranate tree was in full bloom, Princess Minjun wanted to pick a hairpin, when she heard footsteps.

"The Emperor is here."

The emperor is here?

Princess Minjun looked up, and saw the emperor in dragon robes, surrounded by eunuchs, walking in.

"The concubine has seen the emperor."

Concubine Minjun panicked and walked up the Qingshiban road in three steps and two steps, and knelt down with her skirt raised.

The emperor walked in front of Concubine Minjun, and stopped. Princess Minjun was covered with emerald jewels, and her dazzling golden steps dangled in the sun, making people dizzy.

Princess Minjun lowered her head, and she could only see the square-toed boots worn by the emperor, with thick black edgings and grass dragon patterns embroidered on them.

For some reason, Concubine Minjun always felt that the emperor's court boots were a little different from those worn by her men, with thicker soles.

But she didn't worry too much about it, the emperor's court boots are naturally different from the county king's, not to mention thick or not, even the patterns on them are completely different.

The emperor's court boots flashed in front of Princess Minjun, and there was a faint fragrance.

When Concubine Minjun stood up with the help of her maid, the emperor had already entered the queen mother's palace, and the voices of the wives saluting and talking could be vaguely heard inside.

"Why is the emperor free to come here today?"

Seeing the emperor coming up, the queen mother showed the emperor the little zongzi wrapped in front of her, "Look, these are all made by Ai's family. Your favorite red date stuffing will be cooked by Ai's family and delivered to you later."

The emperor took a few steps to the empress dowager's side and picked up the zongzi made by the empress dowager: "It's been a long time since I have eaten the zongzi made by the empress herself. Father-in-law, I took it and cooked it. Today I will try the zongzi filled with red dates made by the empress mother."

"And my emperor with red bean stuffing, do you want to try it?" Mrs. Zhen Guogong handed a few zongzi in front of her to the emperor and the queen mother, "I remember that the emperor likes red date stuffing, and the queen mother likes red bean stuffing. Haven't you cooked it all?"

With a smile on his face, the emperor accepted Mrs. Zhen Guo's kindness: "Okay, then cook it all. I will also try Mrs. Zhen Guo's red bean stuffing."

Hearing what the emperor said, the other wives looked at the zongzi in their hands and hesitated for a moment.

This emperor seems to have a very good temper and is easy to talk to.

Although they seldom see the emperor on weekdays, but seeing the emperor this time, they always feel that the emperor is much more cordial than before.

Should this zongzi be sent up to please the emperor, or should it be done as it should?

Everyone hesitated for a while, but they were relieved immediately when they saw that no one came forward.This is food, if the emperor feels uncomfortable after eating, something will go wrong.

Seeing that everyone was not moving, Princess Minjun felt a little moved, but the zongzi she made was really unattractive.On the other hand, the seeds wrapped by Princess Ruijun are small in size and look very pretty.

Seeing Princess Minjun reach out to take the tray of rice dumplings in front of her, Princess Ruijun hurriedly raised her hand to hold it down, and shook her head slightly.

"Stingy." Princess Minjun snorted softly.

You know shit.

Princess Rui gave her a blank look, and snorted coldly in her heart, the emperor's face was pale and flushed, as if he had just recovered from a serious illness.

Zongzi, is that something that people who are just sick can eat?
Everyone knows that it is not good for the emperor to make his body smaller, so he has to ask the imperial physician every now and then.The empress dowager said this, just to let the emperor feel the excitement of the festival, if he really wants to let the emperor eat two or three zongzi in a row.

Not to mention the medical emergency, the queen mother may be the first to turn her face.

With bad brains and blind eyes, Princess Rui sighed how unlucky she was to have such a mindless sister-in-law!

Others didn't see the eyebrows and eyes between the two sisters-in-law in Prince Qing's mansion, and they didn't care if the emperor and the queen mother were talking.

When Cheng Fangyuan was holding a plate of cooked zongzi, the emperor actually peeled a red date stuffed one and ate it.

The zongzi made by the Empress Dowager are extremely small, and it is only three or four bites if you chew them carefully.

The emperor ate one and wanted to eat it, but the queen mother slapped his outstretched hand. The queen mother refused to let the emperor eat any more, saying that it would be difficult to digest food after eating too much.

As for the red bean stuffing wrapped by Mrs. Zhen Guogong's wife, they were all kept by the queen mother, let alone tasted, the emperor didn't even see it.

When the emperor came, he just sat down for a while, and said a few words with the queen mother, and left before the rice dumplings were cooked.

Seeing the emperor coming and going in a hurry, the empress dowager's interest in making zongzi seemed to have been taken away. She put down the zongzi leaves in her hand, sighed lowly and said to the wife of Zhen Guo who was beside her, "Look, how can your majesty always be so strong?" Is it going to get better? I don’t know how many panaceas he took, but you can see that he is so thin that he can run away when the wind blows.”

"The emperor has been thin since he was a child. I think he is much healthier than before."

Mrs. Zhen Guogong answered the words with a smile, her hands kept moving.She knew that the Queen Mother was just complaining to her, not asking her to persuade her.

The other ladies scooped up the glutinous rice, and those who took the zong leaves took the zong leaves, as if they didn't hear it.

Only Concubine Minjun pricked up her ears, wishing she could listen more.

When everyone went home with a bunch of zongzi, closed the door and talked carefully, no one figured out what the empress dowager meant by this?
Is it simply to ask everyone to make zongzi?
(End of this chapter)