Qiao Yi

The Palace of the Ming Dynasty is not like those big families in the capital. Every New Year's Day, several families celebrate the New Year together, and there are a lot of rules.Except for King Ming who is the biggest in this palace, she is Princess Ming, and there are no elders on top to shut the gate of the palace. They can live this year as they want, no one can control them anyway.

In the past, Xie Yin was not here in the capital. He only came back from outside the year before last. In those years, the emperor could not remember that he still had a son outside.It's just that when the eldest son came back to the capital in the past two years, when the emperor asked people to give gifts to some other royal clansmen and officials, he just thought of asking the people below to send a copy to Ming Palace by the way.

In fact, there are not many members of the royal family surnamed Xie who are still in the capital.

After each emperor came to the throne, he would attack his own brothers first. Those who died died, those who went to the fiefs went to the fiefs, and few stayed in the capital.Those who can stay here in the capital are some people from the side branches, not close by blood, and have no real power in their hands.The one who stays in the capital has a relatively high status is the third princess Xie Rong, born of the emperor's mother and compatriots. However, Xie Rong has already married as a woman, and now lives in the son-in-law's mansion with the son-in-law Zhang Zhuo, and will not come to the palace during the Chinese New Year. to go.

Every year during the New Year, Zhang Yan would take the princess and his son back to Zhang's house for the New Year. It has been rumored in the capital that the third princess Xie Rong has a good relationship with her mother-in-law.

But this point is true, Xie Rong is strong externally, but this woman is smart, knowing that her husband's family is also her reliance and backing.Therefore, Xie Rong would let go of her airs as a princess to the members of the Zhang family and the mother-in-law above, and would follow her mother-in-law's wishes, so the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has always been good, and there have been no major conflicts.

According to the previous New Year's management, the emperor in the palace had a meal with the concubines, princes and princesses in the harem, and then went back to their respective palaces.However, it is said that every year during the Chinese New Year, Concubine Xiao Gui and the two princes Xie An and Xie Ning stayed with the emperor at the end. This also proves from the side that Concubine Xiao Gui and King An and King Ning have different positions in the emperor's heart.

Moreover, King An's mansion is only a wall away from the imperial palace, and King An can enter the palace anytime he wants.

The prince didn't leave the palace to build a mansion until he was 15 years old. King Ning was under 15 years old, so he still lived in the palace before he left the palace to build a mansion.However, Xie Ning and his elder brother Xie An had a good relationship, so they often ran out of the palace and lived in Prince An's Mansion.

Xie Yin naturally knew about these things in the palace. In his previous life, he felt unjust in his heart, but after reliving his life, he has already taken these things lightly.There is no father and son in the Tian family, and he will no longer ask for these things that should not be there.

Since the palace didn't invite him into the palace, he naturally wouldn't go out of his way to make people hate him.

On the contrary, in this palace, there were no such intrigues, so he was quite relaxed.But this year there was one more person in the palace, looking at the busy young man, he seemed to feel that this year was a little different from the past.

The place of their palace is huge, and there is a large open space just in front of it. As early as two days ago, Qiao Yi had someone build a simple shed here, which was propped up with a few bamboos and covered with a large piece of cloth.

There are a lot of mouths to eat in the palace, and there are enough people to work at critical times. This group of people built the shed for him in less than half a day.

There are more than a dozen tables placed under the shed, and Qiao Yi plans to arrange the New Year's Eve dinner here.He knew that there were quite a few people in the palace, some of whom he had never seen before. These people squatted on the beams of the house or hid behind the rockery all day long. They were obviously in their own homes, and they acted like thieves all day long. Yes, he didn't want to talk about these people.

If he really wants to catch people, it's not that he can't catch them, but he just thinks that since they like this, he can just let them hide.

During festivals in the past, they would barbecue and drink in the small courtyard, and many people could only hide in the dark to smell the smell, so Qiao Yi felt that this group of people was very pitiful.So this time it's the Chinese New Year, and after asking Xie Yin what he meant, and seeing that Xie Yin had no objection to it, he planned to have the New Year's Eve dinner outside, so that everyone can eat outside together.

The kitchen has been preparing dishes since yesterday, and several large pots have been stewed with meat.

"Put the pot holder here, yes, just put it on it."

The weather is cold, in order to prevent the freshly cooked dishes from getting cold before eating, Qiao Yi asked someone to put a few charcoal stoves here, with the red charcoal underneath, and put the pot on the top. Just come and scoop up the meat.

Chicken, duck and fish are indispensable during the Chinese New Year. There are not many fresh fruits and vegetables to eat at this time, and even if there are, they have been stored in the cellar for several months.Spoon a large spoonful of braised meat soup into the Chinese cabbage and stew it on the stove. It is soft and delicious.

They have a lot of people eating today, Qiao Yi's request to the chef is that the taste is good and the quantity is enough.

Several large pots of dishes were brought over and placed on top of the red-hot charcoal stove. The heat was still bubbling out, and the aroma was overflowing.

"Where did everyone go? It's almost time to eat." Seeing that it was getting late, Qiao Yi shouted.Seeing Zhang Jiu craned his neck to look into the pot, Qiao Yi raised his chin to Zhang Jiu, and said, "All the food is here, and there are bowls and chopsticks on the table. If you want to eat, you can use the bowls to fill it yourself. Pack as much as you want, today Late meat is enough."

"Hey, this is good, this is good." Zhang Jiu was very satisfied with the meat pipe.

"Then you guys eat first, I'll call Xie Yin over here." Seeing that it was almost done here, Qiao Yi went forward to look for someone, and when he looked up, he saw a man standing there looking at him, and shouted: "Hey , What are you still standing there for? Come over to eat, it’s going to be a while, I’m afraid that group of people will eat up all the food.”

Behind Zhang Jiu was shouting: "Eat well, eat well, those who come late will be gone."

But at this moment, everyone hasn't gone there, and their master hasn't gone yet, so how dare they go to eat first?

"Come here." Hearing the young man calling him, Xie Yin flashed a smile in his eyes, walked towards the young man, and raised his hand to make a gesture, which meant that everyone should come out for dinner.After receiving the order, those who were standing or hiding, all ran out from all directions.

The dishes for their seat have already been served, and they are the same as the dishes on other tables.

"This chicken has just been roasted, and it's still hot, so it should taste good." Qiao Yi removed the lotus leaf that wrapped the chicken. Today, he made lotus leaf chicken, and steamed it with herbs. Yes, as soon as you open it, there is a smell of medicine mixed with chicken, which is not unpleasant, and even the soup inside is very nutritious.

The chicken was still whole and hadn't been cut open.

"I'll do it." Seeing that Qiao Yi was about to make a move, Zhang Jiu quickly stood up, picked up the small knife placed on the side of the plate, cut the chicken open in two or three strokes, and put the two chicken legs into their prince's hands. In the bowl of the little princess and the little princess, the rest was divided into large pieces.

They only sat four people in this one, and all the tables behind were full.

Those who ran fast were already sitting there with their bowls in hand to eat, and those who ran slowly were still grabbing spoons around the pot to scoop up vegetables. However, today they prepared a lot of food, and there were several big pots of meat and vegetables, even if they had a lot of people , is certainly enough.

So soon everyone served the food, found a seat and sat down to eat.

I saw that everyone was buried in hard work, and no one spoke.

"I think when we were at the border, everyone could have a meal of meat at this time of the year." Seeing everyone eating meat with bowls in their hands, Zhang Jiu mentioned their old days at the border with some emotion.

The days at the border are difficult, they follow their masters, come and go in the wind and rain, and no one has complained of suffering and tiredness for so many years.This is especially the case with their masters. When they were with them before, whatever they ate, the master followed them.

What.

If it is said why they are willing to follow their master wholeheartedly, it is not only because of the old general Dugu, but the bigger reason is that their master is a person worthy of their followers.

"Come on, let's have a toast. May we have meat and wine to drink in the days to come." Qiao Yi picked up the wine glass on the table, toasted the people at the same table, and turned to the people behind him to toast.

"Hey, this is good, there is wine to drink and meat to eat." Zhang Jiu laughed.

A smile flashed across Xie Yin's eyes, and he picked up his own wine glass as well, and touched the young man's glass.The rest of the tables were filled with big bowls. Hearing what their little princess said, everyone raised the big bowls and toasted their master and little princess.

Hearing what their little princess said, everyone agreed and shouted to drink and eat meat.

"Do you want to say a few words to everyone?" Qiao Yi asked the man beside him with a smile on his face.Xie Yin shook his head, the corners of his mouth curved slightly, and said, "There's nothing to say, as long as they have meat to eat and wine to drink, don't worry about them."

Steward Cui did not sit with everyone, but went back to his own room, probably because he was old and he didn't like to join in the fun.But he has all the dishes outside here, the meat in the small pot is stewing on the small stove, and there is a jug of good wine on the table, so he doesn't have to fight for it when he eats here.

The chopsticks in his hand picked up a piece and put it in his mouth. The stewed meat was fragrant and soft, and the taste was excellent.

At the big table outside, a large group of people ate with open arms, gorging on meat and drinking.

Spoonfuls of meat were scooped up, and the meat in the pot was decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

There was only a little soup left in the pot at the back. Seeing that there was no meat, the man with rice in his hand scooped a large spoonful of soup onto the rice, returned to his seat, sat down, and stirred it with chopsticks. In this way, you can also eat three bowls of rice.

At this moment, the sky has gradually darkened, and the lanterns hanging around are lit up, and they can still sit here and continue to eat.There is a shed above, and the snow does not fall on the table, which does not affect their meal.

When the meat in the pot is finished, the big pot is taken away, and the skewered meat skewers are put on the table.

An iron net was placed on top of the stove. The iron net was laid by Qiao Yi years ago. It was going to be used for barbecue tonight, and it happened to be ready for use right now.

Qiao Yi shouted over there: "Everyone wants to bake what you want to eat, and do it yourself to have enough food and clothing."

"That's right, that's the truth."

There was a lot of noise over there. Everyone didn't expect that after eating the big pot of meat, there would be kebabs. This is good, this is good.So everyone found a stove nearby, and a group of big men gathered around a stove to grill skewers, and there were still people behind who couldn't get in.

"This group of bastards don't know how to let me in!" Wei Yi, the captain, couldn't squeeze in, and no one was willing to let him in yet.

Pissed him off.Over there Zhang Jiu saw Wei Yi squeezing in and jumping outside, almost laughing on the table, "Hahahaha...

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"..." Qiao Yi.

Do you want to laugh like this?Do you know that if you laugh at your companions like this, you will look very unloved by friends?

They just happened to be close, Wei Yi heard Zhang Jiu's laughter, and almost couldn't hold back and kicked him under the table.Seeing Wei Yi looking towards them, Qiao Yi waved and shouted: "We still have room here, do you want a few people to come over and help with the barbecue?"

"I'll come, I'll come, my grilled meat is delicious." Wei Yi recommended himself and ran over.

Wei Shishi, who just couldn't get in outside, ran to the table of their master and the little princess. In name, they were helping the master to barbecue, but in fact they could serve some after the roast was finished. Went outside to eat.

Usually, Xie Yin doesn't restrain the group of people under his hand, but the people below will do their own best.But he found that ever since his little concubine came to the Ming Palace, did this group of people become more and more out of touch?

"Haha, look at how happy they are, let's eat like this for the New Year's Eve dinner in the future?" Qiao Yi turned to look at the man beside him and said.The two sat close, Xie Yin saw the smile on the young man's face, and nodded without thinking much.

But the New Year's Eve dinner in their palace was lively.

During the Chinese New Year this year, the emperor in the palace also ate the New Year's Eve dinner with the concubines, princes and princesses in the harem, and Concubine Xiao also sat beside the emperor.It's just that after the New Year's Eve dinner this year, apart from Concubine Xiao, the emperor also kept Concubine Gu and several other favored concubines.

In the past, the emperor was only with her and her two sons. Seeing that the emperor left the others behind, Concubine Xiao was almost so angry that her nose turned crooked.

But even so, Concubine Xiao still had to keep a smile on her face.