Palace Full of Delicacies

After the ceremony is over, officials can go home to reunite with their families. The noble sons of the royal family will go to the pagoda to worship heaven, and the female family members of the royal family will go to Ci'an Palace.

The queen mother hosted a banquet for all the concubines and wives of the clan.

Because Su Yu was busy with matters of offering sacrifices to heaven, De Zhaoyi and Shu Zhaoyi were responsible for arranging the banquet. They were born in great families, so they did not make any mistakes in arranging the banquet.The Queen Mother nodded with satisfaction, and rarely praised the two of them.

The Daan royal family, except for the noble sons of the emperor and the prince, the rest of the sons belong to the clan, and the titles of the clan are inherited from generation to generation. Even the county kings generally have no titles after five generations, so women who can come to the palace banquet , the family and the royal family are close relatives.

At this banquet, everyone's eyes were basically focused on Li Wang's family.The king has just had a noble son recently, and it has been proclaimed to the world that he is the eldest son of the emperor, and the three concubines whose mother is noble by virtue of the son have become the prince's concubine. Now she is wearing the imperial concubine's imperial clothes and sits under the empress dowager.

The prince's concubine's rank is comparable to that of a noble concubine, and Su Yu, who has the highest status in the palace, is not present, so Li Wangzhengfei will naturally sit at the top.

At the beginning of the banquet, the Empress Dowager said a few words casually, and let everyone eat without restraint. The women of the clan in the capital had long been accustomed to the Empress Dowager's kindness, and they all laughed and chatted in low voices while eating.

"Are you still used to living in Beijing these few days?" The queen mother turned her head and asked Princess Li with a smile.

"Everything is fine in Beijing, but I miss the child a little." Princess Li smiled, with a complicated look in her eyes. The prince is not at home every day, and she can't ask about the child's situation. The life in the palace suddenly became extremely comfortable, which made her feel very happy.

"If you want to have a child, just pass the sign into the palace, and come to Ai's house to see it." The queen mother naturally understood Princess Li's mood, and pointed to a dish in front of her as a reward for her. You often come to chat with Aijia, and if you have anything you don’t understand, you can talk to Aijia.”

Seeing the dishes brought by Aunt Lin, Princess Li got up flattered and thanked her. She grew up in the South China Sea and had never been to the capital. She was a little apprehensive when she saw the Queen Mother. Seeing the kindness of the Queen Mother now, she was determined. Thinking that the Empress Dowager's sons are also cats, and there are only two of them, she suddenly felt much closer, thinking about going to the palace to chat with the Empress Dowager in the past two days.

Li Wang's two side concubines were also at the palace banquet with their children, but they were side concubines. Although they were not as humble as concubines, they were far from the main concubines after all, and could only sit with a group of clan wives. Together.

"Look at her proud look." The eldest concubine angrily tore the handkerchief in her hand. She was the first to enter the mansion and the first to give birth to a son. Why would she let someone who has just passed the family for a year be the main concubine!

"I've lived up to my expectations and gave birth to a precious son." The second concubine said with a sneer.

"Mother, I want to eat that." Li Wang's eldest son tugged at his mother's sleeve and pointed to the pastry in the distance.

"Eat, eat, eat, you know how to eat. I told you to behave well in front of the national teacher. Why are you so unbelievable!" the concubine gritted her teeth.

Underneath Yan Xiaoyan's palace banquet is the jealousy and intrigue of the women.However, none of this had anything to do with Su Yu who was supposed to be here, and he was busy preparing sacrifices at the moment.

The national teacher returned to the Anguo Pagoda, and after explaining to Su Yu how to prepare the sacrifices, he went directly to the sixth floor.

His Majesty the Emperor and the princes waved away all the officials and gathered on the second floor of the Anguo Tower.As the setting sun sank into the west mountain, the heavy gate of the Anguo Pagoda also slammed shut, and the sacrifice to heaven began from the mid-heaven on the moon, and lasted until sunrise.During this period, the noble sons of the royal family will not step out of the Anguo Tower, and the idlers are naturally not allowed to approach.

"This is the new tea I brought from the South China Sea. Let's make a bucket first." Li Wang took out an oiled paper bag from the sleeve of his gorgeous sacrificial clothes. He wanted to bring a jar, but the clothes were too thin to fit , only one pack can be installed.

"Let's soak in the water, we'll have to stay up late at night." Thinking of the second half of the sacrifice, Ling Wang couldn't help but grimaced, and ordered the servants on the first floor to boil the water.

"Give me a cup first." King Su felt thirsty just thinking about the dried fish on the table, so he asked the waiter to brew a pot first.

Su Yu looked at the appearances of the princes and didn't understand why, so he whispered to An Hongche: "Your Majesty, I'm going to the fourth floor to prepare sacrifices."

His Majesty the Emperor looked at the listless uncle and brother, then at the gentle and fair Su Yu, decisively took out the eldest son from his sleeve and threw it to King Li, and followed the stupid slave upstairs.Although he can't help much, it's interesting to watch Su Yu cook.

Now a separate stone room has been set up on the fourth floor for Su Yu to handle the sacrifices. Inside, there are all kinds of stove knives, pots and pans, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.

Spicy dried fish is ready-made, you only need to cut it into shreds, and the fish balls need to be eaten and made immediately. The national teacher has already explained the process to him, so you can put them away first.The thawed smoked fish should be plated and sprinkled with seasoning.These are very simple, and do not need to do much.Only the few fish that were just killed this morning were to be made into dishes. After thinking about the time to offer sacrifices to heaven, they marinated the mackerel slices, and the fish meat was broken and put aside.

His Majesty the Emperor walked around Su Yu with great interest, and then stuck to his back, resting his chin on Su Yu's shoulder, watching him shred and slice neatly.

"Are you hungry?" Su Yu picked up a small piece of smoked fish, removed the fishbone, and stuffed it into the emperor's mouth.

His Majesty the Emperor opened his mouth to eat it. The delicious fish was slightly sweet and sour. Although he didn't like sweet food, he could just accept this level of sweetness and sourness. After eating one piece, he wanted to eat another piece.

"This is a bit cold, eat less." Su Yu had no choice but to cut another piece for him.

His Majesty the Emperor happily took a large piece of smoked fish and gnawed it slowly. Seeing that Su Yu took out the soaked fish fins and began to shred them, he couldn't help frowning, "Isn't this for me to eat? Why don't you take it?" Come to sacrifice to heaven?"

"The national teacher said that the fish for offering sacrifices to heaven should be whole, but you can't throw away any edible parts." Su Yu scratched his head. He originally wanted to save all these fish fins for his own sauce, but after listening to the national teacher If he said that, he wouldn't dare to mess around. If the world was in chaos because he hid food for the emperor, it would be terrible.

His Majesty the Emperor snorted, why hasn't he heard that a whole fish must be used for offering sacrifices to heaven?When I was a child, my younger brother ate half of the dried fish, but the uncle still took it to sacrifice to heaven without changing his face.

After putting the shark's fin into the pot and stewing it over low heat, Su Yu clapped his hands, and the things that the national teacher explained were basically ready.

When the two of them returned to the second floor, the princes who had been sitting upright had long since disappeared. The black silk clothes were scattered all over the floor, and a few big cats were on the cushion, playing around the kittens happily.

On the table was a one-foot-square white porcelain water jug, which was filled with tea.

The chubby yellow and white cat crawled out from under the table, tried hard to swallow the last piece of spicy fish shreds, and grabbed the water tank trying to climb up to drink.

His Majesty the Emperor stretched out his hand to pick up his younger brother who was about to fall into the water tank, "Stealing food again?"

The little chubby cat blinked and opened its mouth to indicate that it didn't eat anything.In the gap formed by the lost tooth, there was just a small half of fish shreds embedded in it, and as the cat's mouth opened, it fell out with a snap.

Su Yu smiled, and put some water on a plate for his brother-in-law to drink, "Your Majesty, what are you doing with so much tea?"

His Majesty the Emperor raised his eyebrows, "After offering sacrifices to the heavens, all offerings that have not been collected by the ancestors must be eaten before sunrise."

Eat, finished?Su Yu couldn't help but widen his eyes.

In his opinion, offering sacrifices to the heavens should be a sacred ceremony, no different from the usual ancestor worship. It was just out of the idea of ​​not wanting to waste precious ingredients, so he proposed to the national teacher to make fish into other things. It can be used to eat later, but I never thought that it is necessary to eat the sacrifice after offering sacrifices to the sky!

"Do you think the country is so easy to defend?" His Majesty the Emperor snorted coldly.

Eating dried fish is very hard work, at first they thought it was delicious, but after eating it, they couldn't stand it, and the national teacher forced them to finish it.

When the moon was in the middle of the sky, when it was near Zi, the national teacher called everyone to climb to the top.

Su Yu only went up to the fifth floor, and he still didn't know anything about the upper two floors of Anguo Pagoda.

The princes put on their sacrificial attires again, Prince Li picked up the big vat full of tea, and His Majesty the Emperor put his son on Su Yu's arms, and leaped up layer by layer with agility.

The national teacher would often leave the guests and go up to the sixth floor. Su Yu has always been very curious about the sixth floor. Since it is the place where the national teacher often goes, it must be a place to deduce the star map or hone his divine power.

Passing through the empty five-story practice room is the mysterious sixth floor. The hollow hole in the middle of Anguo Tower stops abruptly at this floor, and the national teacher is waiting for everyone here.

Snow white, snow white everywhere!The white plush blanket covers the entire six floors, which looks very soft and warm!In the center of this soft blanket, there is a large bed measuring one foot square, with a dome with low feet, covered with thick cushions and plain brocade quilt, it is very soft and comfortable at first glance.

In addition to this big bed, there are also two soft couches of different shapes, a hammock, and a rocking chair...

The incomparably handsome national teacher just stood quietly on the plush carpet, making this palace room that makes people sleepy at a glance look like a fairy.

"Let's go." The national teacher changed the overly long gorgeous robe, and put on a more normal-length shirt, which is still snow-colored silk, but the gold thread embroidered on it is not a cloud pattern, but a more complicated one. The graphic looks like some kind of charm.Gently raising your hand, the mechanism on the six-story dome creaked, and the circular hole appeared again, and the clear moonlight poured down instantly.

The author has something to say: Little Theater:

"Why is my brother so favored"

Meow Gong: It’s unpalatable, this dried fish tastes the same every year, bah bah

National Teacher: (stares coldly)

Uncle Thirteen: (raises paw) I have already eaten ten sticks, drink saliva

National Teacher: (raise paw, beat!)

Uncle Seventeen: (raise paw) 21, I can’t eat anymore, hit me _(:з)∠)_

National Teacher: (raise paw, beat!)

Brother: (raise paw) Uncle Emperor, are there any more?I want to eat another one (⊙ω⊙)

National Teacher: (raises paw, touches head)