[Qing Chuan] Gongdou system of black lotus

At noon, the sun hangs high in the sky, and the cicadas sing one after another, which makes people feel restless.

Du Juan and others are making ice bowls in the house.

In fact, they could have asked the people in the dining room to make ice bowls and deliver them, but Gu Qianqian felt that this was a bit boring, so she asked people to prepare something to make ice bowls, and a group of people gathered together to make them.

Xiaotuanzi also held a small bowl in his hand. He was still young, and Gu Qianqian forbade him to eat too much ice, so there were only a few pieces of crushed ice in the bowl, "Emiang, what do you want to put first?"

The ice bowl is a summer food for old Beijingers to cool off. The main ingredients are fruit root, cored fresh lotus seeds, fresh water chestnut and Gorgon fruit, but if you want to add other things, it is not impossible.

Gu Qianqian asked people to prepare a lot of materials, in addition to the necessary honey syrup, there are also walnut kernels, raisins, peanuts, melon seeds, fresh fruits and so on.

"You can put anything first, it depends on what you like to eat." Gu Qianqian said, because she ate it in private, so she didn't pay attention to the rules.

Xiaotuanzi nodded, and his round eyes scanned the various things in the white porcelain basin on the table. He picked out lotus root and gorgon, added a lot of walnut kernels, and poured a bowl full of honey syrup.

Gu Qianqian didn't stop him, and let him toss about. The grandma next to her seemed hesitant to speak. The seventh brother added too much honey and syrup. It's so sweet, it tastes delicious ?

They looked at Gu Qianqian, and saw that the mother was looking at Seventh Brother with a smile, obviously wanting to see her son make fun of her.

The nannies fell silent for a moment, how could they have forgotten the temper of Concubine Xian, the one who cheated Brother Qi the most was her own mother.The nannies couldn't help but look sympathetically at Seventh Brother who was still excitedly adding raisins. This Seventh Brother might suffer the consequences later on.

"Er Niang, look!" After finishing the ice bowl, Xiaotuanzi held the ice bowl in front of Gu Qianqian as if offering a treasure.

Gu Qianqian admired it seriously, and applauded: "Brother Qi is really good at cooking, this bowl of ice must be delicious at first glance."

"Really?" Seventh Brother's face was flushed with excitement, he blushed, and said shyly, "Then Seventh Brother gave this bowl of ice to Emiang."

no? ?

Ah, this?

The smile on Gu Qianqian's face froze for an instant, she cleared her throat, and said hypocritically: "Seventh Brother's filial piety is appreciated, but this is the first ice bowl that Seventh Brother made, and it was Seventh Brother himself Let's eat."

"It's okay, Er Niang, you don't have to be polite with Erchen." Seventh Brother said childishly, and he put the ice bowl in front of Gu Qianqian, "As long as you like it, Erchen will be satisfied. You can make a second bowl."

Gu Qianqian wanted to laugh, but she couldn't.

I can only accept the ice bowl with emotion, pick up a spoon and taste it under the eager eyes of Xiaotuanzi. This honey syrup has been boiled and cooled, and the taste is not to mention sweet. Everyone else adds a spoonful as seasoning. Seventh brother was really generous in his actions, the bowl was full of amber syrup, Gu Qianqian took a bite, and felt that she was about to faint from sweetness.

"Is it delicious? Er Niang." Xiaotuanzi looked at Gu Qianqian eagerly.

Gu Qianqian nodded with tears in her eyes, "It's so delicious, Er Niang likes it very much."

"As long as Er Niang likes it." Xiaotuanzi said happily, "Then Er Niang, don't waste it, she must eat it all."

Gu Qianqian looked at Xiaotuanzi, if she didn't know that her son was pure and kind, she would have wondered if his son was messing with her.

Du Juan and the others next to him couldn't help laughing, but for the sake of their mother's face, they didn't dare to laugh out loud.

That night, Qianlong burst out laughing unceremoniously.

"Hahaha, you also have today." Qianlong slapped his thigh with a smile, and almost knocked over the things on the small table.

Gu Qianqian raised her face, "Your Majesty!"

"Ahem." Qianlong held back his smile and cleared his throat, "This is actually Seventh Brother's filial piety to you. My ice bowl doesn't have so much honey syrup."

It's cheap and good-looking, Gu Qianqian's teeth are itching, if she didn't stop Seventh brother from adding more sugar water, Qianlong's bowl would not be much better.

She folded her hands, snorted, and turned her face away, unwilling to look at Qianlong.

Qianlong took a look, well, he was very popular, he glanced at the table, picked up an orange, peeled it and handed it to Gu Qianqian, "This orange is really sweet, try it."

Gu Qianqian picked up the orange, slowly picked off a piece of orange and put it into her mouth. The orange was indeed very sweet, so she turned around and said solemnly: "Thank you, Long Live, for the reward."

Qianlong sighed in his heart, why did he annoy people? He glanced at Li Yu and said, "Go and get the things."

Gu Qianqian showed a curious look, but she didn't ask any more questions and lost her temper.

Yanbo Zhishuangzhai is not far away, Li Yu came back after a while, and when he came back, he had an extra box in his hand, Qianlong took it and handed it to Gu Qianqian.

"This is?" Gu Qianqian raised her eyebrows in surprise and asked in puzzlement.

"Open it and have a look." Qianlong said.

Gu Qianqian hooked the button of the box lightly with her fingers, and the box opened slowly. Inside was a bow inlaid with gemstones, and there was an arrow case beside it.

"What a beautiful bow." Gu Qianqian took out the bow and tried to draw it.

This bow is very light, unlike ordinary bows, at least it weighs four or five catties, and the pulling force is relatively low, about one stone or so. Gu Qianqian learned about the general requirements of archers in the army when reading military books. It is necessary to be able to draw a two-stone bow. Converted into a modern unit of measurement, one stone weighs about 60 catties, and two stones weigh 120 catties. It is not easy to pull such a bow.

Therefore, Gu Qianqian was surprised when she heard that Qianlong could draw a four-stone bow.

"I will give you this bow. You will have a good performance when you go to the Mulan paddock after a while, and you must not disappoint this good bow." Qianlong said with a smile.

A smile appeared on Gu Qianqian's face, "How can it be regarded as living up to it? If it is according to the standards of the Long Live Lord, then the concubine may only be wronged by this bow."

Qianlong's preference for riding, shooting and hunting is well known in the civil and military courts. He also hunted many tigers. In order to shoot tigers, he also prepared three kinds of bows and arrows, which are tiger shooting, tiger shooting and tiger shooting. For the arrow, every time he hunted, he won a complete victory.

"I don't ask you to hit too many, but you have to hit one or two rabbits anyway." Qianlong touched his chin and said thoughtfully.

rabbit? !Gu Qianqian frowned, she was looking down on someone.

"Long live lord, if the concubine does it, what reward will there be?" Gu Qianqian held the bow, leaned forward slightly, and raised the tails of her eyes slightly, revealing a natural aura.

"I can open a private treasury and let you pick anything at will." Qianlong said without thinking.

The smile on Gu Qianqian's lips deepened, she nodded and said: "Okay, my concubine will remember."

Going to the Mulan paddock to hunt has been a royal practice for many years. When Emperor Kangxi was in power, he would bring his elder brother and ministers to the Mulan siege for autumn hunting almost every year, in order to prevent the younger generations from forgetting that the Manchus were captured on horseback. world.Qianlong was brought up by Lord Kangxi since he was a child, so his hobbies are somewhat similar to those of Lord Kangxi. He also likes hunting and pays attention to riding and shooting.

At the end of August, everyone went to Mulan Paddock.

Arrived in early September.

This morning, when everyone got up early, Gu Qianqian changed into her riding clothes early, and also put on Xiao Tuanzi's riding clothes of a similar color. Xiao Tuanzi looked enviously at the bow and arrow Du Juan held in her hand, "Er Niang, I also want to go hunting."

"Er Niang also wants you to go." Gu Qianqian bent down, stretched out her hand and touched Xiaotuanzi's head, "But, look, you are too young, let alone hunting, it is very difficult to get on a horse."

The three-year-old children wanted to hunt one by one, which almost made Gu Qianqian laugh to death.

Xiaotuanzi looked down at his slender arms and legs, his mouth was flattened, but he didn't play tricks, "Er Niang, I'm going to eat a lot of glutinous rice balls on New Year's Eve this year."

Gu Qianqian was looking at herself in the mirror, and when she heard this, she asked doubtfully, "Oh, why is that?"

"In this way, I will be many years older in one year, and I will be older than my elder brother, and I will be able to ride a horse and hunt next year." Xiaotuanzi said excitedly, as if he had mastered some wealth code.

The people next to him couldn't help laughing.

Gu Qianqian pursed her lips. Raising a child is really fun, especially a child like Seventh Brother who is full of weird ideas. You will never know what ideas he can come up with in his mind. She nodded solemnly and patted Putting down Xiaotuanzi's shoulders, "Seventh brother, that's a good idea, but Seventh brother can't eat too much, otherwise you will be older than Er Niang soon."

"No." With a little pride, Seventh Brother raised his milky face and said, "Seventh Brother knows how to count, so just eat, eight, eight is enough."

Man, that's really smart.

Gu Qianqian praised Seventh Brother: "Seventh Brother is really thoughtful."

The nurses next to him looked helpless and desperate. Seventh brother was originally a child with many ideas, and if the imperial concubine was so funny, it would be fine.Their seventh brother is about to be limped by the imperial concubine.

Because he came up with a good idea, Brother Seven was very excited along the way, and when he arrived at the Mulan paddock, he even sat obediently under the colorful shed that someone had already set up. It is comparable to the back needle of a poisonous scorpion. If it is not covered, the skin will be peeled off in the sun.

September is the golden autumn season. The grass and trees on the Mulan paddock are growing wildly, and the golden weeds are boundless. The sky is blue, the ground is golden and golden, and the air exudes the fragrance of wildness and freedom.

Even the empress dowager, who always had a sullen face, rarely showed a smile.

Qianlong was dressed in black and yellow riding clothes, holding a bow in his hand, and sat high on the back of a black steed. Smooth as silk.

He said to Yonghuang and Yongzhang: "You guys have to perform well in riding and shooting today, whoever performs well will be rewarded heavily."

"Yes! Huang Ama!" In such an atmosphere, the two elder brothers answered with extra confidence.

Only then did Qianlong show a satisfied smile on his face. He tightened the reins, and flicked the whip in the air. There was a crisp sound, and the whip slammed on the horse's back. keep up.

The horseshoes flew, and the dust followed.

The concubines were also eager to try, Gu Qianqian told Du Juan and Mammy Cai to look at Seventh Brother, and rode out with the guards.

The riding and archery specialization skills she acquired several years ago can finally come in handy.