Zhen Guo Princess GL

This new year is still as happy and peaceful as ever.The drought in Chang'an and the ravages of the Tubo people in the border areas did not affect the mood of the people in the court to play. The father and mother reduced their meals a little because of these, but they still entertained the ministers and clans and gave wine and meat to the people.The trend of banquets among clan relatives and noble relatives is more popular than in previous years. The banquets last from Yuan Day to Ren Day, Zhong Yuan, Hui Day, and then to Li Chun.I am happy to use these things to forget my little thoughts about Wei Huan. Whenever there is an invitation, I will definitely go to the banquet.My father and mother are not restrained because I am getting older.

In the past, I preferred to go out alone. Even when I had to bring my servants, I only brought a few close ones with me. But in recent months, I have become fond of grand pomp. Readers together, and even their entourage are spread out, and once they lose the protection of such a ostentation surrounded by hundreds of people, they feel lonely and helpless like a naked fish waiting to be slaughtered on the chopping board .

Others probably noticed my problem, and they gradually included my accompanying readers when sending invitations. Of course, it is also possible that they really wanted to invite my accompanying readers, but they had to take me with them. inside.

On the day of the beginning of spring, the decree was only to give colorful flowers, but not to hold a palace banquet, so Dugu Shao made something early and invited us to the shore of Luoshui to enjoy the spring.She is an aristocratic lady, I thought the banquet would be full of seats, so Dai Chunsheng and Pei Langpan dressed up and took the crowd away, but when I arrived at the meeting place, I saw Dugu Shao and Dugu Min greeted her When he came out, Dugu Shao wore a pointed top on his head, a multicolored narrow-sleeved and short-breasted Hu suit, a gold belt, a jade belt hook, a dagger in a gold sheath, and a cloud brocade on his head. Underneath is a pure black horse.This horse has a healthy body and long legs, and its whole body is pitch black, except for the tip of its eyebrows, its left front hoof, and its right hind hoof, there are three strands of snow-white hair.Dugu Min was dressed in the same way as Dugu Shao, except that she was dressed in red gold. She was riding a red horse, resting her chin in one hand, while staring at Luoshui in a daze.

When Dugu Shao saw me, he cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Erniang to be so punctual, I thought I would have to wait a little longer."

I wondered: "The appointment was at noon, I didn't come out until after noon, at least it's not the beginning of the day, how can I still be punctual?"

Dugu Shao came over on horseback, looked behind me, and said with a smile: "Er Niang doesn't know, it's the busy season, many people rush from one end to the other, so busy that no one can be seen, the afternoon appointment, can you Thank you God for Shen's first arrival, I think it's an hour early, so why not be punctual!"

Hearing her tone, I also looked back unconsciously, only to see Cui Mingde who was half a horse behind on the right side, who was enlightened and smiled without saying a word.

Cui Mingde was still telling me the allusions of Luoshui just now, everyone was talking and laughing all the way, but in the blink of an eye they closed their mouths again, just looked up and looked around for swallows.

Dugu Shao didn't say anything, he led us down the Luoshui at ease, and after walking for about half a mile, he saw a shed was erected and dozens of servants were waiting outside. Leading the horses away, there were maids in bearded dresses and high shoes waiting at the entrance of the shed, holding exquisitely cut golden and red flowers in their hands. When we passed by, they put hairpins on our heads one by one, and waited for us to sit. Serve the plate again, and serve fresh fruit.

There are more banquets than in the past, and I am tired of seeing all kinds of delicacies. I didn't pay much attention to it, but Dugu Shao's banquet is different from other places. There are only four kinds of fruits, but all of them are strange: a plate of cherries has 25, the top is the biggest one, the bottom layer is three, the bottom is five, and the bottom is increased, a total of five layers, to the bottom nine, this is not counted, all the cherries are evenly distributed Cut into six petals, open each one, and a core in the middle stands tremblingly, like a flower; a plate of crisp green peaches, soaked in honey water, frozen, and formed into fruits like candied haws, each crystal clear, Like cherries, 25 small green peaches are piled into a plate; a coconut is placed on the plate, the shell is cut off and the top half is cut off, and a glass bowl is embedded in it, and the coconut juice is placed in the bowl. In the sunlight, the glaze and the colored glaze complement each other, shining brightly; a plate of plums looks unremarkable, I think the others are so rare, this plate may have some kind of mechanism, and I picked up a flower to look at it, there is nothing special about it, I put it in my mouth and bit it, only to realize that all the cores in the plum were gone. This plum must have been opened by someone, so I picked up another one and looked at it carefully, and found two very small knife marks. When I opened it, I saw that the small space inside was full of fine horses. If I counted carefully, there were as many as eight horses.

Seeing my surprised expression, several accompanying readers peeled the plums one after another, and then their faces changed. Even Cui Shunde showed the plums in his hand to her sister, and whispered something in her ear.

Cui Mingde picked up a plum and put it near his mouth, bit it lightly, then frowned, threw the plum on the plate, and said: "No matter how good the carver is, it's still a sour plum, you can't eat it."

Dugu Shao smiled and said: "It's sour, it goes well with this spring drink." As he clapped his hands, another pair of maids with high hats came in a file, each holding a bottle of wine and a luminous cup in their hands.

The wine was still invisible in the bottle, but when it was poured out, it turned dark red in the luminous glass, so I knew it was wine. I hurriedly said, "I'm not good at drinking, so serve me some tea soup, or iced drinks are fine."

Dugu Shao said with a smile: "It's the season of drinking spring, why don't you drink?" He came to let me, even my companions and nurses laughed and said: "It's not a problem to have a few drinks in spring." As a trick, I held the cup in my hand, but it was inconvenient to drink. Who knew that Dugu Shao waited for the wine to be poured, held the cup in one hand, and wished spring. It is very thick, and the entrance is extremely sweet, and it is not a hindrance to take a sip.

They are all ten-year-old daughters, and they all like this sweet fruit wine. Du Cui Mingde picked up a plum and threw it into the cup. When he lifted it up, the plum was soaked in it like a gem. It looks very pleasing.Cui Mingde held up the wine glass and sipped it by himself. I was curious and threw a plum into it. I tasted it for a while, but felt that the sweetness was slightly sour, and it tasted better than before, so I smiled at Cui Mingde and said: "This I have never seen a way to drink alcohol, did you come up with it?"

Cui Mingde lowered his head and took a sip, and said: "This is not my method." I was still waiting for her to say who it was, but she raised the cup to her eyes, and with her right thumb, she slowly turned the cup back and forth, as if she had immersed herself in this The beauty of the luminous cup is mediocre, so I didn't even open my mouth to talk about it.