Antique food: The general dotes on his lucky wife

Regarding the looks in the eyes of everyone present, Chen Xi just pretended not to see them.

Although she has not been interacting with these people for a long time, she also understands one thing, that is, in such an occasion, whoever is thick-skinned will have the last laugh.

After Mrs. Zhongyonghou said these words, there was a brief silence in the hall.

What she fears most is that the air will suddenly become quiet, as if Mrs. Zhongyonghou has suddenly become a stand-in player, causing her originally somewhat arrogant mood to suddenly become embarrassed, and then she will become angry from embarrassment!

In fact, Mrs. Zhongyonghou has been informed by the second princess today that it is very likely that the emperor will marry County Master Huaishan and Lin Changqing at today's palace banquet. Therefore, Mrs. Zhongyonghou is very happy in her heart. She is happy that Lin Changqing finally married someone who has no problem. The basic civilian county owner.

She had already begun to lay out her mother-in-law's profile in front of Chen Xi. The words she just said were intentional, and she wanted to test whether Chen Xi really dared to ignore her like before.

She guessed that Chen Xi wanted to worry about Lin Changqing's face and the Zhongyong Hou's face, so he would not let her words fall to the ground and support her. Who knew that she would really ignore her, as if she just said that It’s like the person talking has nothing to do with her!

In front of the Queen, the Crown Princess, the Second Prince, and other concubines and ladies, Mrs. Zhongyong Hou lost face for a time. Her face turned red and white, and then she stopped speaking. Even the Second Prince and Concubine When it comes to her, Mrs. Chai can say one word and never say two.

Everyone can see that Mrs. Zhongyonghou is angry, and sooner or later, this anger will be found in the "daughter-in-law" County Lord Huaishan!

Everyone is now looking forward to it

Afterwards, there was gossip in the Zhongyong Hou Mansion!

Because the palace banquet was held at noon, everyone did not sit in the back of the palace for too long, which made Chen Xi and Mrs. Zhongyong Hou heave a sigh of relief.

Returning to the main hall, Chen Xi sat in his seat. The other concubines and ladies also took their seats one by one. The princes and courtiers on the other side of the main hall had basically arrived. Next, they only had to wait for the emperor and the queen mother to come together. Come and have a banquet.

Soon the auspicious moment arrived, and the eunuch shouted "The emperor has arrived, the queen mother has arrived", and everyone stood up and knelt to welcome the emperor and the queen mother.

When the emperor walked to the seat, he helped the queen up, and then he and the queen helped the queen mother to sit at the top.

"My dear friends, all of you are safe. Today is New Year's Eve. We, the monarchs and our ministers, will have a reunion dinner together. Just like in previous years, don't be restrained and let's have a banquet."

Following the emperor's order, dancers and musicians soon came out from both sides of the hall and began to play in the hall.

After the opening dance, various artists will perform.

It was an eye-opener for Chen Xi, because in addition to playing, playing, singing, playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting, there were also people performing magic and shadow puppetry.

It can be said to be the ancient version of the "Spring Festival Gala"!

And I have to say that every program is exciting enough. Chen Xi secretly thought that she had to rely on her status as the county leader to see such exciting programs.

During the program breaks, as long as the eunuch raises his hand, it means that the emperor has something to say. At this time, Silk Road will stop, and everyone will take the initiative to look at the emperor. Sometimes the emperor will comment on the program and give a reward, sometimes with Which minister or prince spoke to show his closeness.

Chen Xi didn't seem to care, but in fact, every time the emperor spoke, her heart

They all mentioned it suddenly!

Because she was curious about when the emperor would announce the decree?

Chen Xi has been looking for Lin Changqing, but unfortunately, she has never seen it.

By the time the banquet came to an end, to be honest, Chen Xi was already a Buddha.

This time, the eunuch signaled again, the music stopped, and the emperor suddenly spoke: "Come forward, Lord Huaishan County."

As soon as Chen Xi took a bite of roast goose, his name was suddenly called. He quickly stood up, chewed and swallowed, and then saluted.

"The servant girl is here."

At this time, several eunuchs carried a bunch of things to the main hall, which instantly attracted everyone's attention.

Everyone was curious about what this thing was. It looked like wheat, saplings, etc. What did the emperor mean by lifting these things up?

Chen Xi was originally a little confused as to why the emperor called her, but when she saw the emperor carrying out the gift she had given her, she immediately understood.

When everyone entered the palace to attend the palace banquet, they all brought gifts, but naturally it was impossible to show the gifts to the emperor one by one. They were all directly recorded by the eunuch and stored in the treasury, and then the emperor could see them whenever he wanted.

But now the emperor specially brought up the gift she sent, and seeing that the emperor's face did not look angry, Chen Xi knew that the emperor not only wanted to see it for himself, but also for everyone present to see it.

"Chen Xi, did you bring these things into the palace?"

Chen Xi saluted: "Reporting to the Emperor, these are the New Year gifts given to the Emperor by my ministers. I wish our Dai Viet Dynasty good weather and prosperity in the coming year!"

"Very well, I accept your blessing, but can you explain to everyone what these things you gave me are?"

At this time, everyone already understood that the original

These wheat saplings and vegetables turned out to be Chen Xi's New Year's gift to the emperor.

For a while, many people couldn't help laughing.

As worthy of being a civilian county head, she was just named the county head this year and sent gifts to the emperor. Did she think that she would give a handful of grain and two vegetables like she did when she visited the house during the New Year in her hometown?

This must be the first time for the Emperor to see him, and he is afraid that he deliberately brought the gift from Chen Xi to the palace for everyone to laugh at!

Chen Xi clearly saw the ridicule on the faces of many people around her. She just withdrew her eyes, calmed down, and then began to introduce what the gifts she gave were.

Of course, the explanation this time was not like the one she gave to Lin Changqing at home, where she only mentioned names. This time Chen Xi naturally wanted to talk about her farm as well, and she also wanted to explain clearly the hard work and difficulty of scientific researchers developing these things. .

"...My daughter's farm is far away in Changzhou. When I came to the capital, I brought nothing but these treasures! I presented these treasures to His Majesty, hoping that His Majesty would like them."

After Chen Xi finished speaking, there was a silence in the hall.

Some people looked mocking, but some looked excited, and some even had heavy expressions, staring at Chen Xi with dark eyes.

It wasn't until they changed their hands and clapped their hands three times that everyone looked up at the high seat.

"Okay! Okay! Okay! I like it very much! Lord Huaishan, you are very good. This is my favorite gift I have received this year. I understand what you mean. Come and announce the decree!"

Chen Xi suddenly thought of the word "declaration" when he heard it, and heard the eunuch under the emperor's seat saying loudly.

"By God's will, the emperor decreed that Chen Xi, the lord of Huaishan County, cares about the common people and has great righteousness in his heart.

Qingshui County, Mengping County, and Linshui County in Changzhou were given as the fiefdom of Huaishan County. "