Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Jia Ling's Double Rebirth, Creates a Great Success

The sound of autumn quietly fills my sleeves, the moon is full, and the crabs are fat.

Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, each palace was given a basket of three or two full-flavored female crabs. This is a seasonal delicacy and naturally the most tempting.

Lu Muping knew the most about food, so Jin Yuyan, Wei Yanwan and E Yinzhu all sent their own portions to Chengqian Palace. When the others found out, they followed suit and sent their portions as well.

Mu Ping placed a few large vats in the corner of the palace and kept all the fish there. She then sat at the stone table in the yard thinking about the recipe.

Yihuan has a light diet, but can't eat anything too cold, so I made her steamed hairy crab with authentic flavor, put plenty of ginger slices on the crab belly, and then made a ginger vinegar sauce, which was paired with warm wine. It was just right.

She and Yanwan have strong tastes, so they made spicy fried crab, sautéed green onions, ginger and dried chilies, seasoned it with the red oil sauce she made, and added fried crispy potato strips. It goes perfectly with rice.

Concubine Jia loves rice cakes and kimchi, so I made her a spicy cabbage rice cake with swimming crab. It was sweet and spicy, just like Concubine Jia’s personality, spicy yet a little sweet.

Concubine Chun is from Jiangnan. She cuts the hairy crab in half, coats it with starch, and makes delicious fried crab with scallions and ginger that retains the original flavor of the ingredients.

Concubine Hui likes salted egg yolk flavor, so I made her a dish of fried crab with salted egg yolk made with Gaoyou salted duck eggs. It is very fresh and delicious.

Little Eyinzhu, we don’t eat much crabs on the grassland, so we want to try all flavors.

Just make her a crab and chicken feet pot, put some fried shrimps in it, and make some garlic crabs, which will definitely conquer Eyinzhu's stomach.

Mu Ping was also thinking that she should make more of each dish and send some to the Empress Dowager, the Empress, and the Emperor in the Qianqing Palace.

After all, they are all very nice to me. Without them, I wouldn't have such a good little Twelve.

After preparing the crab feast for the adults, Mu Ping started to prepare pastries for the children.

She had thought it through. Since children wouldn't understand how to eat hairy crabs, she might as well make some delicious mooncakes.

Use pastry dough to make the puff pastry crust, grind walnut kernels, melon seeds, peanut kernels, pine nuts, and sesame seeds into fine powder, mix with sugar and lard, and make mooncakes with five-nut fillings.

Make a few more plates of those with date paste, glutinous rice and candied fruit fillings.

In order to give the children a sense of ceremony, Lu Muping specially made molds with small animal patterns, including rabbits, squirrels, fish, cats and dogs.

Yongyan specifically requested a pattern of Fugui'er. Concubine Wan, Chen Wanyin, doted on Yongyan the most, so she personally drew the portraits of Fugui'er's family to make the mold.

Of course, Lu Muping doted on our little ones Jingsi and Jingxuan who were not yet able to eat crabs and mooncakes, and made a golden crab dish with eggs and vinegar for them.

On the Mid-Autumn Festival, after a small banquet in the whole palace, everyone gathered in Chengqian Palace.

Under the osmanthus tree, the ground was golden and the air was filled with fragrance. Yihuan had someone move a long food table under the tree. When looking up, one could see the round, white moon.

Gao Xiyue brought two jars of the finest Xiangxue wine, which had a bright color and a refreshing aroma. This was specially found by Lord Gao Bin for his daughter.

She said that tonight, the Queen is responsible for dealing with the Emperor, and the sisters must not go home until they are drunk.

The dishes came up one after another, and no one started eating first. Everyone filled their glasses with wine, waiting for their beautiful cook to sit at the head seat.

After Mu Ping finished cooking the last dish, she changed into an orange dress, looking bright and generous.

But she didn't have time to comb her hair up, so a fringe was left behind.

As soon as Lu Muping sat down, Jin Yuyan burst into laughter, and everyone was curious about what she was laughing at.

Jin Yuyan picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

"As for me, I remember when Mu Ping first entered the palace, I couldn't help looking at her thick bangs, so I called her to Qixiang Palace and cut her hair with two scissors."

Mu Ping hummed twice in embarrassment:

"My mother said that I was blessed with a big forehead, and she gave me big bangs to hide my ugly appearance."

Everyone laughed. It turned out that Mu Ping's survival wisdom was passed down from generation to generation.

Concubine Hui picked up a piece of crab with salted egg yolk and sucked the crab meat, sighing that it tasted delicious and fragrant. She also smiled and said:

"Isn't it? That time Mu Ping almost emptied Qixiang Palace, and the next day, Yuyan came to my Xianfu Palace and took away many more goodies."

After Xiyue finished speaking, she picked up another piece and added:

"But, Mu Ping's cooking is so delicious, let alone emptying out the Qixiang Palace, we can even empty out the Qianqing Palace."

Everyone took a bite of Mu Ping's crab feast.

Yihuan's slender hands gently broke open the crab shell, and the golden crab roe and the fine white crab meat set off each other. When the crab meat gently slid across the tip of the tongue, it was uniquely delicious.

Mu Ping loves to peel crab legs, peel off the distinct fibers, and put the whole thing in her mouth, tasting its sweetness.

Yanwan picked up the spicy crab that Mu Ping had specially made and sipped the juice on the crab meat. It was indeed delicious and she couldn't stop eating it.

Jin Yuyan ate the rice cake with relish. The soft rice cake absorbed the freshness of the crab and the sweetness of the kimchi, and was soft and sticky.

The moonlight is like water, and its clear light spreads all over the ground.

The ladies were so excited after drinking that they even rolled up their sleeves, revealing their snow-white arms, which looked even more charming against the bright red crab shells on the table.

In the end, the ladies were so drunk that their eyes were sleepy and their cheeks were red. The cups and plates on the table had long been cleared away.

Yanwan fell drunk in Jin Yuyan's arms, while Xiyue fell asleep with her head supported by her arms.

Su Lujun was still quite reserved, but Meipin was drunk and punched Lujun's chest with her little fist and said:

"Woo woo woo, you are the one who cannot talk about ice."

Mu Ping's face was red and her eyes were blurred. She raised the wine glass and poured it on Yihuan's shoulder.

Yihuan picked up Mu Ping's wine glass, raised it high to the ground, and sang:

"When will the bright moon come? I'll ask the blue sky for my wine. I don't know what year it is in the palace in the sky."

E Yinzhu had a good alcohol tolerance and was eating chicken feet from the crab pot. He smiled and replied:

"This year is Qianlong...How many years has Qianlong been here?"

Yi Huan shook his head, shaking off the drunken air, and replied with a smile:

“It’s our best years.”

In the Cining Palace, after Longyue finished dealing with the affairs of the Ministry of Rites and the Department of Diplomacy today, she hurriedly handed in a sign and entered the palace to accompany the Empress Dowager.

At this moment, the mother and daughter set up a small square table in the garden of the Cining Palace and were tasting the food brought by Concubine Qing.

Longyue ate with relish and kept praising Concubine Qing, saying that she liked her personality and that they could get along well together.

The empress dowager's expression was deep and gentle. She remembered that many, many years ago, there was also a lovely Chun'er who ate until her belly was round every day just like Lu Muping.

At that time, she was having her first child.

Chun'er said that when the child is born, he should call her aunt, and she would take the child to eat lots of delicious food and play with the child.

Later, Chun'er left and her child also left.

After so many twists and turns over the years, it seems that everything has returned to her.

The Queen Mother had a broad mind. She thought that everything should be looked forward to.

Long Yue picked up the wine bowl and said to the Queen Mother:

"Empress Dowager, may we all be reunited, safe and healthy in the future."

The Queen Mother smiled and replied, "The bright moon rises over the sea, and we are all together at this moment. Having you and Roushu by my side is the greatest reunion."

In Changchun Palace, the moonlight was charming. Fucha Langya accompanied the emperor, each with a recliner, to enjoy the moon in the courtyard.

Yonglian's wife gave birth to the eldest son, and the emperor named him Mianheng, and both of them became his biological grandparents.

The emperor turned around and looked at Langya's profile, which was as gentle and dignified as it was more than 20 years ago.

He murmured: "Langya, Langya"

Langya really sounds like the name of a queen. It is because of the queen that he has a peaceful harem and can enjoy the happiness of having many wives.

The queen was thinking, wondering what kind of laughter and joy there was in Chengqian Palace, drinking and chatting, and she really wanted to have fun with her sisters.

The crabs cooked by Mu Ping were so delicious that Lang Ya swallowed unconsciously and almost shed tears.

The emperor asked from the side: "Queen, what are you thinking about?"

Fu Cha Langya couldn't betray her sisters. She thought for a moment and said:

"I was thinking that the wind is about to blow, and I'm afraid that Your Majesty will catch a cold. It would be better for you to go in and rest."

The emperor felt warm in his heart. He held Langya's hand and they returned to the palace together.

Outside the palace, there is a house.

Rong Pei prepared a table full of delicious food, including wine and meat, but without Xiao Lingzi. She sang a little song from her hometown to the moon, and said with a smile:

"Happy Mid-Autumn Festival."