107, Jinjiang Literature City debut
The Rongdi missions were originally only in Chang'an for ten days, but it happened to the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th. In addition, the leg of the Rongdi prince was inconvenient. Emperor Zhaokang specially kept them for a few more days, saying that it was not too late to leave after the Mid-Autumn Festival in Chang'an.
Qiongqi kept thinking about finding an opportunity to see Tao Ti again, so she happily agreed.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a good festival that means a perfect reunion. The six palaces and twenty-four corpses of the imperial palace were prepared half a month ago. Two days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the whole palace was completely renewed, and the lanterns hanging on the corridors were also changed to the Mid-Autumn Festival style, such as the moon rabbit pounding medicine, Chang'e flying to the moon, and Wu Gang cutting osmanthus, which are both beautiful and add to the festive atmosphere.
Early this morning, the female official from the inner bureau came to Yaoguang Hall with eight sets of newly made clothes, shoes, socks, waist seals, purse pendants and other items. This is the Mid-Autumn Festival and the season changes, so she naturally has to wear new clothes.
Looking at the soft but gorgeous clothes, Tao Ti gently stroked the exquisite patterns embroidered on her head, and praised the female official in a kind manner, and asked Linglong to take the golden melon seeds to give it to the reward.
She has always been polite and generous to the East Palace. Whether it is a rank of an internal official or a low-class eunuch and a palace maid, she has more or less benefited from her. Moreover, Tao Ti has never tried to get married to the East Palace for half a year, and she has never even had a harsh scolding. Such a gentle and generous female protagonist, who is a slave, is naturally satisfied with one thousand, one hundred.
I didn't know if it was a simple and humble person or someone else was bribed. I was so sarcastic about Tao Ti's marriage to the East Palace. Later, I was harshly criticized by the palace servants on duty several times, and I didn't dare to say anything anymore, so I was so boring to myself.
Tao Ti originally wanted to be lazy, but she didn't want to try clothes one by one, but Linglong advised, "There will be a palace banquet tomorrow night. The crown princess can try new clothes and choose one that suits her wishes to go to the banquet. If the size is wrong, I will take it to the inner bureau and let the embroiderer change it as soon as possible, so as not to make it too late to change it."
After Linglong said this, Tao Ti also remembered the palace banquet tomorrow, so she tried it one by one.
Compared to summer skirts, autumn clothes are much more complicated. It has been half an hour since Tao Ti tried these eight sets of dresses.
She was a little impatient after trying it, but Linglong kept praising her with a smile. No matter which outfit she wore, she could praise her.
The warm eyes made Tao Ti once wonder whether Linglong was playing the live dress-up game "Miracle Taotao".
Finally, Tao Ti picked up an apricot-red silk-picked double-necked Yunyan skirt. She asked Linglong to pick up the matching beaded hairpin jewelry from the dressing box, and put her hands in her arms and drilled into the kitchen.
It’s Mid-Autumn Festival, so you have to make some holiday food.
There is no mooncake at the moment in Dayuanchao, but there is a small cake filled with sesame and malt sugar, which is somewhat similar to mooncakes. Most of the people here eat osmanthus cakes, drink osmanthus wine, eat hairy crabs, and play with mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Speaking of playing with moon soup, Tao Ti got up this morning and drank a bowl.
The name sounds a bit elegant, but it is actually a sweet soup made of lotus seeds, longans, lotus root powder, etc. It tastes sweet and soft, with a strong aroma. It is a sticky bowl that makes it warm and comfortable to drink it into your stomach.
Let’s talk about Taoti’s people asking the palace people to take out the molds for making mooncakes. These were done by the manufacturing bureau half a month ago. When the craftsmen saw that it was a errand sent by the Crown Princess, they did not dare to neglect at all, so they delivered them in three days. The workmanship was fine, such as the characters Fulu and Shou, magpies and peonies, gold and jade, dragons and phoenixes, and the patterns were carved vividly every year.
Taking advantage of the cool autumn weather, Tao Ti asked someone to move a long table in the backyard and pull six little palace maids to make mooncakes. She just needs to make a demonstration, and the remaining palace maids will learn to make others in a good manner.
The freshly baked mooncakes are much more delicious than the ones sold in supermarkets, especially fresh meat mooncakes. The freshly baked mooncakes are full of aromas, layer by layer, crispy, and the crispy crust is so crispy that it is so crumbly that it is full of gravy when you bite it, and it is so delicious.
I happily made moon cakes for the whole morning, including fresh meat, five-nuts, jujube paste, bean paste, egg yolk, sesame, ham, egg yolk and lotus paste... The sweet fragrance of Yaoguang Palace lasted for the whole morning.
Pieces of golden and brilliant mooncakes were freshly baked, and boxes were sent to the hands of all the families inside and outside the palace and had friends with Tao Ti.
Her relatives and friends gave it to her, so naturally she didn't forget Pei Yan's side.
She thought that during the holidays, the East Palace would have to give her some holiday benefits to her subordinates, so she prepared more than a dozen boxes of mooncakes and asked the palace servants to send them to Zixiao Palace, and asked Pei Yan to reward them to the officials of the East Palace on his own.
Zixiao Palace.
Pei Yan opened the box and found out that it was Tao Ti's ingenuity again.
He was unhappy to share her cooking skills with others. What is others' worth and how can he be qualified to taste the food she made?
Fu Xirui, who was standing beside him, saw that the prince's expression was complicated and difficult to tell, and vaguely guessed a few points in his heart. He quickly presented a box of particularly exquisite mooncakes, lowered his eyebrows and said with a pleasing look, "Your Highness, this box of mooncakes was specially instructed by the Crown Princess, saying that she made it by herself."
Upon hearing this, Pei Yan's face cleared a little and he opened the food box.
I saw six small cakes like slap in the square pieces inside, each of which was golden in color and small and exquisite.
Pei Yan narrowed his black eyes and asked lightly, "Why is this box of crispy cakes much smaller than the other boxes?"
Fu Xirui replied, "The Crown Princess said that eating too much mooncakes is not easy to melt, but she also wants your highness to taste every taste, so she made it a little smaller."
After saying that, he secretly raised his eyes and looked at the prince. Sure enough, the prince's eyebrows stretched out, his expression relaxed and calm.
Fu Xirui couldn't help but like the Crown Princess in her heart: The Crown Princess is really considerate! He not only cares about His Highness's appetite and His Highness's mood, such a good Crown Princess is really hard to find even with a lantern!
Pei Yan looked at six mooncakes of different kinds, but he didn't know which one tasted, so he picked up one based on his feelings.
As soon as the small mooncake was put into his mouth, the tip of his eyebrows slightly raised. The layer of cake crust outside was soft and delicate, with a faint sweet fragrance, but the filling inside was unique. The first thing that the teeth touched was delicate and soft bean paste, which was sweet but not greasy. After biting it, I tasted a salty and rustling texture, which just neutralized the sweetness of bean paste.
He took a bite and chewed it slowly. He looked down and found that it was filled with bean paste and egg yolk. "Salty and sweet, crispy and delicious, very good."
"The Crown Princess is clever and can make so many tricks with a pancake. She is so smart." Fu Xirui smiled and praised.
Pei Yan's lips slightly raised a curve, and then looked at the mooncakes that were about to be given to others. Thinking that the left and right were not roasted by Atti himself, Fu Xirui asked him to distribute these mooncakes and festive gifts to all the officials of the East Palace according to their official positions.
Finally, he also rewarded Fu Xirui with a box, wiped Fu Xirui's tears with joy, and was grateful.
That night, the moon was shining brightly, and many palaces and mansions ate moon cakes from the East Palace—
In Zichen Palace, Emperor Zhaokang tasted a five-nut flavor and thought it was good. He took the remaining mooncakes to Fengyi Palace and distributed half of them to Queen Gu's tablet. He ate the mooncakes and osmanthus wine by himself, got drunk again and said crazy words.
In the Mingyue Palace, Concubine Xu and the Fifth Prince argued about who the last fresh meat mooncake belonged to. In the end, Concubine Xu took out a feather duster, and the Fifth Prince gave up the fresh meat mooncake in tears, staged a touching scene of "mother, kindness, filial piety".
In the Sixth Princess Palace, she looked at the bright moon, gnawed the lotus paste and egg yolk mooncakes with thick crust and crispy stuffing, remembering her early mother's death, and secretly wiped her tears.
In Yuming Palace, the Lord of Qinghe County was nestled in Princess Jingyang's arms like a kitten, eating mooncakes. Princess Jingyang was shaking a lotus leaf and lotus fan, while talking about her cool and cool posture when she was young.
As for outside the palace, in the Yongwei Hou mansion, Zhang was eating mooncakes alone. He didn't know what he remembered. Although the mooncakes were tempting, she felt that the mooncakes in her hand were as chewing wax, and it was hard to get into the mouth. After that, she put down the mooncakes and returned to the boudoir before her daughter left the house. She sat withered for a long time and shed tears in her heart.
Compared to Zhang's loneliness, Dingbei Hou Mansion was very lively. His family had a large population, and Taoti gave him nine boxes of mooncakes.
There was a table full of people. Whoever likes to eat particularly can eat more, which complement each other and is very harmonious. Everyone talks and laughs, and the festive atmosphere is full.
Xu Wenchan was gnawing mooncakes while placing abacus in her mind, thinking that if this kind of pastry cake was sold in the store, wouldn’t it be possible to make a lot of money? Thinking of the shining snowflakes, she was so happy that she was like a little mouse.
Next to her, Xu Guangji, wearing a blue shirt, held a moon cake with the "Flower and Full Moon" printed on it, thinking about something.
The wife of Dingbei Hou, who was at the seat, glanced at the dining table and saw the other six sons' beautiful wives in their arms. The couple was beautiful, but the two at the end of the table, one was a fool who was happy in the eyes of money, and the other was absent-minded and ignorant.
Mrs. Dingbeihou sighed: Oh, I’m so worried, when will she sell these two unsold goods?
………
The second day was the Mid-Autumn Festival. From the middle of the oath, the palace became lively. The princes and wife of various prefectures and the wife of the imperial decrees came to the palace to pay their respects.
Tao Ti also got up early, took a shower and changed her clothes, sat in front of the dressing mirror and carefully dressed up, went to Ganlu Palace to receive these favors with Queen Zhou.
She spent most of this busy life until the light turned dark in the afternoon that she took a breath and left the Ganlu Palace first.
Sitting in the sedan chair back to Yaoguang Hall, Tao Ti thought that she would change her clothes and dress up later and go to Yanfang Hall for dinner in an hour. She couldn't help but raise her hand and rub her cheeks that were about to be laughing.
The job of the Crown Princess is sometimes quite difficult to do.
She was about to take a nap for a while, and she looked up telepathically and looked forward inadvertently.
When I saw this, I saw Qiongqi's burly body, which was 1.9 meters tall, appeared in the palace gate on the right.
She held a crutch and looked around, clearly waiting for Taotie.
Tao Ti was shocked and immediately woke up. She hadn't seen Qiongqi for several days, so she hurriedly asked the palace servant to stop the sedan chair.
As soon as Linglong saw the Rongdi prince, she immediately changed her face and stepped forward to try to dissuade the crown princess.
Tao Ti understood what she meant and comforted her, "Don't worry, when I encounter her business today, I will confess to Your Highness when I go back. I will say a few words to her, and I will have a clear conscience."
The Crown Princess said this, and Linglong didn't have much to say, so she just lowered her head and retreated to one side.
Tao Ti lifted up her skirt and walked quickly towards Qiongqi.
This place is relatively deserted, and the sedan chair is stopped at a distance. Tao Ti and Qiongqi don’t have to put a pretext on talking, and said directly, “Aqi, how are your legs? I asked someone to give you two boxes of mooncakes yesterday. Have you eaten it?”
"My legs are not bad. I have eaten mooncakes, but you still understand me. All you give me is fresh meat. If you want to give me five kernels, I will definitely beat you up!"
"Actually, Wuren's is quite delicious."
"Don't, Wuren is the devil's cuisine!" Qiongqi said without hesitation.
Taoti was so amused that she didn't waste her time on the taste of mooncakes. She asked directly, "Is there anything wrong with you waiting for me?"
Qiongqi's smile calmed down her face and nodded, "Ati, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the delegation will be back, and I will leave too."
Tao Ti frowned, and there was a bit of sadness in Shui Lingling's eyes, "Are you leaving? Should you go back to Rongdi for two years, or should you be reincarnated directly back to modern times?"
Qiongqi shrugged, "Let's go back to Rongdi to play for a year or two. It's not good that I've just left Chang'an and I've gotten rid of my hair. I can't let those who are interested conspiracy theory and cause disputes between the two countries, which would be a sin."
"You're still thinking carefully."
"Then I must be, I'm not as stupid as you, at least I'm living three hundred years faster than you."
The two of them joked a few more times, and Qiongqi looked at Tao Ti calmly, "Ati, do you really plan to spend your whole life here?"
Tao Ti was stunned for a moment, and there was a certainty in Yingrun's eyes, "Yeah."
The people she likes are here, she has made many friends, and her life is enjoyable now, and she is quite satisfied at the moment.
Although Qiongqi had long guessed her decision, she still felt a little emotional when she heard it with her own ears, "Beautiful beauty is a mess!"
Tao Ti's face turned red and tried to defend herself, "Actually, I'm not the one who looks at her face completely..."
"I don't know you yet." Qiongqi smiled narrowly, without delaying much, and said the serious matter, "By the way, when I came over, your thirteenth uncle asked me to bring you something."
Chapter completed!