Shangshi female official

Chapter 57 Longevity Vegetables 1
Wang Yifu turned around and asked Mo Xi for another fifty. Mo Xi had tasted the zongzi she made, and there was nothing wrong with presenting them to the masters, so she gave her all fifty zongzi as she wished.

On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather was fine, and it was a good day for dragon boat racing. Madam Chen also deliberately changed Wang Yifu to serve meals on this day, so she could go to Xiyuan with Madam Chen to watch the dragon boat race.

Although the dragon boat race is outside the palace city, it is still inside the imperial city.

The Internal Affairs Supervisor set up a pergola in front of the Zhaohe Hall in Xiyuan, arranged tables and chairs according to the ranks, and put fruit and sweets on them. On the steps in front of the hall, the emperor and several concubines sat quietly.

Under the stairs, not far from the shore, there are ministers of the Ministry of Rites and several important ministers of the Ministry of War, as well as the dragon boat instructors of the imperial army, the capital guard army, the Gyeonggi Dragon and Tiger Army, and other troops inside and outside the capital.

At Chenshi, the Ministry of Rites led the ceremony in the Hall of Zhaohe, three animals were killed in the bronze tripod to sacrifice to the heaven, the praise officials sang praises, and the emperor offered incense.

After the sacrificial ceremony, the emperor took his seat, the female family members of the harem waiting outside the palace took their seats, and finally the courtiers took their seats.

This was the first time Wang Yifu saw the appearance of several concubines.

Empress Empress and Empress Li sat on both sides of the emperor. What was outrageous was that the internal affairs supervisor arranged them evenly and evenly.

The empress is not very old, she looks dignified and generous, her body is gentle, she wears a green phoenix crown dotted with three-winged pearls on her head, and wears a peony embroidered dress with red and blue borders. She sits firmly like a pine tree, and the tassels on her head don't shake much .

Li Niangniang has a pointed face, and her pair of slender peach blossom eyes are still rippling. Although she is a bit old and the wrinkles can no longer be hidden at the corners of her eyes, her skin is smooth and tender, which must be well maintained. She is wearing red clothes, embroidered ...It is also a peony.

According to the rules, the embroidered pattern on the concubine's body is not allowed to collide with the empress. In such a scene, she dared to collide with the empress openly, which shows how domineering she is.

There is also a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl beside her. Li Niangniang's eldest daughter has left the court in her early years. This should be Li Niangniang's second daughter, who was conceived and born at the same time as her mother.

Li Niangniang tried her best to fight for the position of the eldest son, but she couldn't get what she wanted, and she didn't know if she would die if she committed many injustices, and then she had no children.

From the clothes on the left and right tables, she could only guess that they were concubines above Zhaoyi. As for which one, she was not sure, and for the next two tables, she didn't even know who it was.

After everyone was seated, Eunuch Chou bowed to the emperor and asked, "Long live, can the dragon boat race start?"

The emperor said: "Yes."

Eunuch Chou Yin Kang shouted loudly: "Pass the decree, the Dragon Boat Festival will be held at the Dragon Boat Festival, and the race will begin."

The dragon boat warriors under the steps shouted in unison: "Observe the order."

Wang Yifu, who was by Nanny Chen's side, saw this big scene for the first time. Eight dragon boats painted red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and white were placed on the Taiye Pond. With the sound of firecrackers, the sound of drums on the dragon boat Qiming, going upstream against the current, it's so lively.

A few dragon boats rowed not far away, there were some vying for the lead, and some lagging behind, the few boats in the middle rowed enthusiastically, the blue one rowed to the front, and although the two on the side were working hard, they were already more than half behind. a hull.

In the second half of the row, the speed of the leading boats slowed down a bit, and the boats in the middle row caught up head-on, and the leader was changed to the dragon boat with a yellow hull.

In the last section, the white water splashed by the dragon boat seemed to be more enthusiastic. The yellow dragon boat was the first to break through the red line set in advance, pulling out the head of the dragon boat hanging in the air.

On the opposite side of Taiye Pool, the brothers rowing dragon boats all stood up to celebrate. The emperor had already picked up the binoculars to watch, and when he saw the result, he ordered to Eunuch Qiu: "Yellow dragon boat, reward."

Chou Gonggong immediately shouted loudly: "The Holy Spirit has a decree, a yellow dragon boat, reward."

When a coach at the next step heard the reward, he immediately kowtowed and said, "Thank you Lord Long En."

Near noon, Eunuch Qiu asked if there would be a meal, the emperor uploaded the meal, and the Shangshi Bureau presented all the special dishes for the Dragon Boat Festival.

As long as you don't go to the suburbs, the dishes in the imperial city cannot be reduced, and there must be 64 dishes.

In addition to those abalone and shark's fins that I am used to seeing on weekdays, this Dragon Boat Festival, I specially made some sweet and sour, or spicy and sour things that can appetize.

Appetizers include old vinegar radish, hot and sour squid shreds, frozen water chestnuts, meat dishes include fish-flavored shredded pork, pagoda meat, stuffed meat eggs, hydrangea balls, ginseng and turtle chicken soup, blooming rich fish, fried pigeon, and spicy lamb balls , emerald shrimp, etc., vegetarian ones include grilled zucchini with mushrooms, black and white vegetables, etc., as well as cold garlic noodles, mahjong shredded chicken cold skin and other rations.

Of course, there are also Zongzi made by Moxie.

The zongzi was served last to welcome the festive atmosphere. There were four zongzi piled up on a plate, and every master on the steps had a copy.

When it was served, Eunuch Chou saw the zongzi still holding the skin tied with colored thread, and asked, "What's the matter? Why did you bring it up without peeling the skin?"

Nanny Chen immediately lowered her head and explained: "The old minister thinks that the Dragon Boat Festival tastes like the Dragon Boat Festival if you have to spread them layer by layer on the table. The Holy Majesty and the ladies can also see the appearance of these rice dumplings."

The Empress raised Chen Nanny's hand first, and said: "Chen Shangshi is thoughtful, this rice dumpling is exquisitely made, why did you think of using colorful thread to tie it?"

"It's the idea of ​​a female historian in the imperial dining room. She also made this zongzi. Let the ladies try something new."

The maids of cloth and vegetables next to the master and nobles cut the string and pushed aside the reed leaves, and the rice dumplings inside had five colors.

The empress under the empress exclaimed, "It's really ingenious. I have never seen these five-color rice dumplings before."

Li Niangniang, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly sneered, and said, "I haven't seen it before, it's because I haven't lived in the palace for a long time, and I'm used to everything after a long time, it's nothing new."

The empress was told that it was boring, so she had to shut up and taste the zongzi carefully.

The five kinds of rice in the zongzi have five flavors, each bite has no smell, each has a rice fragrance, and the filling in the middle is sweet-scented osmanthus red beans, which are soft and sweet, followed by a burst of sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance.

After eating, I felt like I had eaten a bowl of rice, but I still wanted to have another bowl. The lady asked the maid to open another one for her. The second one was filled with bacon and had a different flavor.

Li Niangniang glanced at the rice dumplings, then asked someone to take them away, and turned to persuade the emperor, "Your Majesty has a bad spleen and stomach, you should eat less of these sticky things."

The emperor just took a sip, then pushed the zongzi aside, and said: "My concubine is right."

"Put a bowl of soup for the emperor. It's not good to eat on a hot day. The emperor is ninety-five years old, and he has to make up for it."

The empress next to Empress Li, who looked older than the Empress Empress, seriously persuaded: "It's hot and the body is weak, and the deficiency cannot be replenished. It is better for the emperor to buy some refreshing vegetarian food."

Li Niangniang glanced sideways, and said: "De Concubine comes from a family of generals, how does she know so much about medicine?"

(End of this chapter)