[Qing] Tuan's favorite gluttonous little prince

When Yinqi woke up in the afternoon, he found that Aunt Su Ma had come. He called out politely and asked, "Does Ukuma like Zai Zai's marinated eggs?"

Aunt Su Ma smiled: "The Empress Dowager liked it very much, and even said that she would treat you to dinner."

Yin Qi was very happy when he heard that, "Then let's go!"

This is the first time someone used the phrase 'invite him to dinner'.

For dinner this day, the Empress Dowager not only invited Yinqi, the Empress and the Prince, but also the Empress Dowager and Kangxi.

Originally, because of being affected by the rumors, everyone's heart could not help but cast a layer of gloom.But for the sake of Yinqi, everyone whitewashed the peace, with smiles on their faces.

The empress dowager smiled kindly, "Tomorrow the emperor will entertain all the ministers, and the empress will also entertain the court wives. They must be busy. Let's have a reunion dinner in advance today."

Yinqi didn't understand, so he asked: "What is the reunion dinner? Is it rice made into round balls?"

Everyone laughed, and Yinhu explained: "It means that the family eats together during the Chinese New Year?"

"What is Chinese New Year?"

"Just after tomorrow, everyone will be one year older, and you will be four years old."

Yin Qi counted on his fingers, "Zai Zai is no longer a three-year-old child?"

"That's right!" The Empress Dowager laughed when she heard the child's words, "From now on, you should say 'I', and don't call yourself 'Zai Zai'."

Yinqi blinked his eyes, and looked taught, "Oh, I'm not a cub anymore, I'm an older kid."

Kangxi also teased him: "Yes, boys have to sleep by themselves when they grow up, and they can't sleep with Erniang anymore."

Yinqi was not happy: "Khan Ama is lying, you are so old, why don't you want many women to sleep with you!"

"Ahem..." He shouldn't have mentioned this!

Too embarrassed to look into the eyes of the elders, Kangxi rubbed the bear's head vigorously, "Let's eat, you're the one who talks too much!"

Yinqi heard that it was ready to eat, so he immediately asked the maid to serve Ukuma Mama with marinated tofu, "Ukuma Mama, this is soft, I'll eat it for you!"

On the table are several kinds of stewed vegetables prepared by Yinqi, including pork trotters, chicken legs, pork belly, tofu, dried bean curd, and the most delicious boiled eggs.

Not to mention, this lo mei is really fragrant, with various layers of taste, which whets people's appetite. Everyone temporarily put aside their worries and moved their chopsticks one after another.

Nothing can't be solved by a good meal, if there is, it must be that the food is not delicious enough!

The Empress Dowager is 65 years old,

It is considered a long life in this era.

The imperial doctor advised her to eat a light diet ten years ago, but because her sense of taste and smell deteriorated with age, she couldn't even taste the taste if she didn't eat a bit heavy.

On weekdays, she eats to fill her stomach.

But the marinated eggs that Yinqi sent yesterday made her experience the double enjoyment of taste and smell that she hadn't experienced in more than ten years. She immediately fell in love with the rich braised meat.

What's even more amazing is that she no longer has a sensitive sense of taste, but she can actually taste some subtle aromas, sweetness, and freshness in it.

Her tongue seemed to come to life again!

Today's stewed tofu is also very good. Once you bite lightly, the sweet soup will fill your mouth, which will whet your appetite.

It's just that she only ate two mouthfuls of each kind of lo mei, and Lagu Su Ma didn't let her eat more, after all, the imperial physician had told her.

The Empress Dowager hummed twice, she was rarely childishly unhappy.

Xiu Min smiled and said: "Qi'er, let the dining room prepare some light and delicious food for Aunt Ukuma some other day, okay?"

Yinqi responded immediately: "Okay!"

Last month, although Ukumama's illness was eaten by him, the aging and wear and tear of the body were not something he could solve.

But even if the Empress Dowager can't eat too much heavy food, she still eats half a bowl more than usual, and the usual tasteless green vegetables just neutralize the greasy taste of stewed meat, so she is willing to eat two more bites.

Kangxi also ate with relish, and even asked Yinqi for the recipe. This kind of cooked dish is not afraid that the dining room will change if it is prepared early.

When the Empress Dowager heard that Yin Qi had bought the Queen's Lapsang Souchong, she also disliked that it was not as good as Qimen black tea, so she asked Lagu Su Ma to give him all the Qimen black tea she had in stock.

He also asked Kangxi to help him book new tea for next year.

A reunion dinner was full of laughter, and after the meal, the family drank tea and refreshments together.

Yinqi expressed emotion like a little adult: "Cub...I like Chinese New Year and reunion dinner."

It made everyone laugh again.

Yinqi also laughed, he has so many family members, the beast uncles know it, aren't they jealous?

The next day, after Yinqi got up, Mother Xu put on new clothes for him.

He is actually not afraid of the cold, but he is always dressed like a ball by the nuns, with three layers inside and three layers outside, which seriously affects the balance of his movements.

But today, the clothes he was wearing inside were so light and light, they were soft and breathy when pressed down, very red and festive.

Mother Xu said: "This is the empress's special

The duck down jacket developed by Yirang Manufacturing Office is light and warm. If the little master feels hot, remember to tell the servants. "

"Okay!" Yin Qi likes the new clothes, they are as light as feathers, and the whole body is still warm.Most importantly, with this, he can save three layers of clothing.

It didn't take long for him to see his brother wearing exactly the same clothes as him. He didn't know why, but felt very happy.

In the afternoon of this day, I was going to worship the ancestors in the Fengxian Temple. After lunch, the queen went to take a bath and change clothes.

Today she didn't pretend to be sick anymore, but dressed up.

Yinqi saw that her clothes were very gorgeous, embroidered with complicated and gorgeous phoenix patterns, he blinked, and then blinked again, this pattern was more beautiful than Uncle Suzaku's real body!

But what attracted his attention the most, and made him stare intently, was the queen's crown with shiny gemstones!

"Er Niang, your hat is so beautiful, when Zai Zai grows up, can you give it to Zai Zai?"

Seeing his expression, Xiu Min was overjoyed, "This is not allowed, this is only for queens."

"Then when you are no longer the queen, can you give it to Zai Zai?"

"Unless I die, I will always be the queen."

"Then when you die, can you give it to Zai Zai?"

"..."

If it wasn't for the palace maid dressing her up so that she couldn't move around, Xiu Min would have grabbed the brat and beat her up.

Unable to do anything, she could only bicker with him: "If I die, you will have no mother-in-law. Do you want you, Ama, to find you a bride?"

"No, baby!" Yin Qi hugged Erniang's leg, "Don't want Erniang to die, woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Grandma Cao came in just in time, and when she heard it sounded like a catastrophe was imminent, "My ancestors, the Queen Mother, the Ninth Prince, who are celebrating Chinese New Year, can't say that word!"

Yinqi: "Which word?"

Granny Cao: "..."

Xiumin: "Can't say 'si...'"

"Oh. Why?"

"You know what animal likes to ask why?"

"I know!"

"Eh?"

"It's gluttonous!"

"what?"

The two were having an inappropriate conversation, Xiu Min had put on his queen's crown, and the maid was about to put makeup on her, but she hurriedly called a stop.

"I will do it myself."

Xiu Min asked the maid to step back, took out the special cosmetics in her dowry, and carefully put on a bright and heroic makeup for herself.

After the makeup is completed, Yinqi is dumbfounded again.

"Uh, my mother?"

"What?" Xiu Min's eyes curled up in an indescribably romantic way.

胤祁

Xing Xingyan: "My mother is so beautiful!"

"You brat, you have eyes."

Xiu Min stretched out her hand to pinch his cheek, and said to Cao Mama, "Help me put on the armor."

Yinqi watched Cao Mama take out a box of long, pointed, and extremely gorgeous cones, some of which were shining with gold, and some were inlaid with sparkling gems, which really suited him. Aesthetic!

He watched Er Niang choose a few matching 'armor sets' to wear on his fingers, and he was also eager to try: "Er Niang, Zai Zai wants it too!"

"Boys can't have it."

Yinqi: "Woo~"

The queen put on the armor, collar and court beads, and Yinqi's mouth got higher and higher. It turned out that Eniang was so rich and had so many beautiful jewels, but she couldn't give them to him!

Yinqi thought for a while and asked again: "Why is Erniang wearing such a beautiful dress today?"

Xiu Min explained to him the matter of worshiping the ancestors, and Yin Qi quickly grasped the key point: "So Khan Ama also dresses up?"

"Yes."

Hope lit up in Yinqi's eyes, he is a boy, he can't ask for Erniang's things, then he can ask for Khan Ama's!

For the first time, he was looking forward to seeing Khan Ama so much!

But when he saw Kangxi approaching from a distance, he was disappointed.Khan Ama only has gold and pearls on the crown and a string of court beads, the rest are so ugly!

Even the clothes are ugly!

Hey, it's okay for Khan Ama to be ugly, and she doesn't know how to dress up.

Yinqi couldn't help worrying about Khan Ama: "Khan Ama, let Er Niang put on makeup for you, Er Niang is very tired!"

Kangxi laughed loudly and bent down to hug him.

However, the next second, when he saw Xiu Min dressed up, his expression froze.

The queen is a full-faced Manchurian beauty, with three-dimensional facial features and a slender figure. She deliberately conceals her appearance on weekdays, and is lazy and dull.

But today she drew a pair of handsome and deep eyebrows, the tails of her eyes are lightly slanted, grand and bright, her tall nose, cherry red lips, and graceful figure all give people a strong visual impact.

Standing there, she looked like a red rose in full bloom, reminding Kangxi of the moment when she lifted her hijab when she was married many years ago.

The immature face was covered with deep and heavy makeup, and she could vaguely glimpse the unparalleled beauty of the future at a young age, but at that time, her eyes were timid, and she looked at him full of curiosity and admiration.

But now, she is like a well-kept spirit, full-bodied but not gaudy.It's like a beauty coming out of a western oil painting

, thick and colorful.

Kangxi stared blankly, until the two walked to the front of Fengxian Hall, he still peeked at her frequently with complicated emotions.

"Concentrate, Your Majesty." Hesheli Xiumin curled her red lips, dignified yet charming.

The empress and the crown prince brought their relatives to worship their ancestors, and the queen's palace note was released again, but this time it was to sing praises to Kangxi, inform the ancestors, and announce the world.

Seeing that the Empress not only looked good, but also had the majesty of a matriarch, they couldn't help being surprised.

After the ancestor worship was completed, the emperor and the prince took their clansmen to Zhaoren Hall to eat dumplings.

The female elders gathered around the queen one after another, some caring and gossiping.

Xiumin smiled generously, coping with it freely.

Kangxi didn't take a few mouthfuls, so he called the prince and Prince An to go to Qinzheng Hall.

After entering the Palace of Qinzheng, Kangxi went straight to the point and said, "Uncle Emperor, I have decided with Empress Mama to clean up the House of Internal Affairs and restructure it on the fourth day of the lunar new year. This may violate the precepts of our ancestors, so please read it carefully, Uncle Emperor." .”

"Huh?" Prince An was puzzled, "Why did you do this so suddenly?"

Kangxi smiled and looked at Yinhu, "Let the prince clear up the confusion for the uncle on this point."

Yinhu took out the account book that he had prepared a long time ago. He looked like a young man with a high-spirited fighting spirit. How could he still have the dejected look of the previous two days?

Prince An took the account book, quickly flipped through it, and was furious: "These bastards! My Baqi disciples are fighting outside, and the bones are returned to Beijing. These useless dog slaves are here to be moths of my Qing Dynasty!"

……

The New Year's Eve palace banquet is held in the vestibule of Qianqing Palace, starting at three o'clock in the unitary hour.

The court officials and wives who were lucky enough to be invited to the table usually arrived one after another at the end of the Shen Dynasty.

Only ladies above the rank of concubine in the palace are eligible to attend this palace banquet, and they will be seated at the beginning of the unitary hour, and the lower the rank, the earlier they will come.

But this year there is an exception, the imperial concubine Tong Jia was the first to come.

Everyone knows that she was severely punished by the queen's palace note a while ago, and she has not left Chengqian Palace for a long time, but no one dared to despise her.

After all, Tong's family is deeply rooted in the court, so it should not be underestimated, and she can also participate in the palace banquet during the confinement, and she is well-dressed and looks good, which seems to be a signal.

——If the queen is still sick like in previous years, then her status tonight may be the same as Niu Gulu's last year, as a deputy queen.

Therefore, as soon as Tong Jiashi appeared, she was immediately flattered and flattered by the wives, but she was extremely cold-tempered, and she just nodded lightly.

Do not strike up a conversation with others.

A few unfavored concubines came, and she only glanced at them with the corners of her eyes.

Not long after, Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong came together, they were quite early, they were startled when they saw the imperial concubine, then they looked at each other and went forward to salute.

Tong Jiashi snorted coldly: "I heard that the two younger sisters are currently in charge of the Sixth Palace. It's very exciting."

She entered the palace later than the two, and younger than the two, so she was very spiritual when she called sister.

Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong were very embarrassed, "Concubine concubine is stupid, she is not as capable as empress."

Tong Jiashi: "Hmph, that's right! If I were here, how could there be such chaos in the palace?"

Everyone knew that she was referring to the rumors that had had an extremely bad influence in the past few days. Hui Rong and the two felt that she really dared to speak, but did not dare to answer.

Tong Jia's sleeve was also pulled by her mother-in-law, signaling her not to talk nonsense.

At this moment, Wu Yashi came.

She was wearing a moon-white flag dress, with light makeup and a soft and graceful temperament, like a gentle breeze blowing from the misty and rainy south of the Yangtze River.

Tong Jiashi immediately turned black, "How dare you come?"

Wu Ya's attitude is humble: "If you go back to the imperial concubine, it is the emperor who specially allows concubines to participate in the banquet."

Tong Jiashi was even more depressed.

Immediately afterwards, Yipin also came.

She was dressed in a bright peach-pink flag dress, and when she walked, there was wind on her feet, and she had a sassy appearance, which made everyone's eyes shine when she appeared.

The wives were all dressed in court clothes, Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong deliberately dressed well, Tong Jia also chose a dignified imperial concubine court dress...

This made Wu Yashi and Yipin look like a spot of red in a green bush, especially eye-catching.

Tong Jiashi twisted the handkerchief, gritted her silver teeth secretly, before Yipin came to her, she cursed in a low voice: "Fox!"

The voice was not too low, and everyone could only pretend that they didn't hear it.

When Concubine Yi came to salute her, Tong Jia directly challenged her: "Why does my younger sister have the face to dress up so gorgeously?"

Yipin raised her eyebrows: "What's wrong?"

"If it weren't for you looking for trouble for nothing, and finding a wolf dog from Shengjing to have fun, how could the royal family fall into today's calamity of rumors?"

Yipin didn't panic at all, "Isn't there still a lot of things done against the chaotic party and slandering the royal family with nonsense? It's obviously their nonsense, sister won't believe it?"

"You!" Tong Jiashi pointed at her and scolded angrily, "You will never repent!"

"The concubine is right!"

Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong hurriedly excused the time to be seated, and separated the two people who were about to quarrel.

Concubine Xi arrived late.

Compared with Wu Yashi and Yipin, she is even more beautifully dressed,

But she is young and looks average, so she didn't attract too much attention from everyone.

Except Yinqi.

Yinqi was supposed to follow Erniang, but when he came out to breathe, he happened to see Concubine Xi who was full of brilliance, and he couldn't help being attracted by her, so he followed her to the banquet.

The person serving Concubine Xi also found Yinqi not long after, and told Concubine Xi to stop.

Concubine Xi turned around and met Shang Yinqi's warm eyes.

She helped Zhu Chai who was loose, and asked, "Ninth Prince, why are you following me?"

Yin Qi saw the jewels reflecting the colorful light from a close distance, and said obsessively, "It's beautiful!"

Concubine Xi thought she was praising her, and felt that the child was really discerning, so she replied triumphantly, "Thank you for the compliment."

"How much do those treasures on your head cost?"

"Why do you ask this?"

"I want Erniang to help me buy it."

"Ah?" Concubine Xi was stunned, "This is not for sale."

Yinqi looked up at her, and tilted his head in confusion, "You are so ugly, wearing these jewels is a waste, it's better to sell them for money."

Concubine Xi thought she had heard wrong, so she put her hands on her hips and asked loudly, "Who are you calling ugly? Huh?!"

Tong Jiashi came over, "Concubine Xi, what's the point of yelling?"

Concubine Xi was so angry that she went to the doctor in a hurry and pulled Tong Jiashi to judge her, "He actually said I was ugly, I was ugly? Did you say I was ugly?"

Tong Jiashi didn't like the two of them, but in terms of dislike, of course the queen's son hated it even more, so Tong Jiashi said coldly: "It's not ugly, it's beautiful."

Concubine Xi raised her chin arrogantly: "Look!"

Yinqi said innocently: "Of course she said you look good, because she is uglier than you!"

In fact, the ugliness of the two is on the same level for Yinqi, but Concubine Xi has a jewelry bonus, so she still looks a little bit better.

Tong Jiashi: "...?"