Chapter 107：

The Rongdi delegation only stayed in Chang'an for 10 days, which coincided with the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15. In addition to the inconvenience of Prince Rong Di's broken leg, Emperor Zhaokang specially stayed with them for a few more days, saying that he would spend the Mid-Autumn Festival in Chang'an. It's never too late to leave.

Qiong Qi had been thinking about finding an opportunity to see Tao Ti again, and she readily agreed.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a good holiday for family reunion and consummation, and the Twenty-Four Division of the Sixth Palace of the Imperial Palace prepared it half a month ago. Two days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the palace was completely renewed, and the lanterns on the corridor were also changed to the Mid-Autumn Festival style, such as the moon rabbit pounding medicine, Chang'e flying to the moon, Wu Gang cutting gui, etc., which are beautiful and add festive atmosphere.

In the early morning of this day, the female officials of the internal straight bureau came to the Yaoguang Hall with eight sets of newly made clothes and socks, girdle kerchiefs, purse pendants and other things. This is the Mid-Autumn Festival and the change of seasons. I want to wear new clothes.

Looking at the soft but gorgeous clothes, Tao Ti gently rubbed the exquisite patterns embroidered on her head, and kindly praised the female officer, and let Linglong take the golden melon seeds to give her a reward.

She has always treated the East Palace to be polite and generous. Whether it is a high-ranking internal officer or a low-level **** lady, she has more or less benefited from her, and Tao Ti has never been a court lady in the six months since she married into the East Palace. , Not even a stern scolding. Such a gentle and generous female master, these slaves are naturally satisfied with one thousand and one hundred.

There were some broken mouths before, and I didn’t know if it was a simple mouth, or was bought by someone. The fact that Tao Ti just married into the East Palace was grotesque. Later, after being stunned by the palace man on duty a few times, I didn’t dare to say it anymore. , The province's self-declaration is boring.

Tao Ti originally wanted to be lazy and didn't want to try clothes one by one, but Linglong persuaded, "There will be a palace banquet tomorrow and night. The princess will try new clothes, and she can also pick one that suits her heart. If the size is wrong, the slave and maid will go to the internal straight bureau to change the embroiderer, and he can also change it as soon as possible, lest it is too late to change."

When Linglong said this, Tao Ti also thought of tomorrow's palace banquet, and tried one by one.

Compared with summer dresses, autumn clothes are much more complicated. After Tao Ti tried these eight sets of dresses, half an hour has passed.

After she tried it, she became a little impatient, but Linglong kept boasting with a smile, no matter which set she wore, she could boast of flowers.

The warm eyes made Tao Ti wonder if Linglong was playing the live-action dress-up game "Miracle Tao Tao".

In the end, Tao Ti chose an apricot-red silk-punched Yunyan dress. She let Linglong pick the matching pearl jewelry from the dressing box by herself, and drilled it into the small kitchen by herself.

It's Mid-Autumn Festival, so I have to make some festive food to eat.

There is no moon cake in the Da Yuan Dynasty, but there is a small shortbread with sesame sugar filling, which is somewhat similar to moon cakes. People here mostly eat sweet-scented osmanthus cakes, drink sweet-scented osmanthus wine, eat hairy crabs, and drink Wanyue Geng during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Speaking of playing Yue Geng, Tao Ti got up this morning and drank a bowl.

The name sounds a bit elegant and interesting, but it is actually a sweet soup made with lotus seeds, longan, lotus root flour, etc. It tastes sweet and soft, has a strong fragrance, and a slimy bowl. It is warm and comfortable to drink in the stomach.

Let’s say Tao Ti asked the palace people to take out the molds for making moon cakes. These were made by the Manufacturing Bureau half a month ago. The craftsmen saw that they were errands sent by the princess. Come here, and the workmanship is exquisite, such as the characters "Fu, Lu and Shou", magpies and peony, full of gold and jade, dragons and phoenixes, more than every year, these patterns are all carved to life.

Taking advantage of the freshness of the autumn, Tao Ti had a large long table in the backyard, pulling six little palace ladies who helped cook mooncakes. She only needs to be a demonstration, and the rest of the palace ladies will learn, and behave like others.

The freshly baked mooncakes are much better than those sold in the supermarket, especially the fresh meat mooncakes. The freshly baked mooncakes are full of aroma, crispy layers, and the puff pastry is crispy to the point of scumming, and it is full of gravy after a bite. It's so delicious.

Just like that, I happily made a morning mooncake, with fresh meat, five kernels, jujube puree, bean paste and egg yolk, sesame, ham, egg yolk and lotus paste... the sweetness of Yaoguang Temple for the whole morning. fragrance.

Pieces of golden moon cakes were freshly baked, and boxes of them were sent to the families in and outside the palace that Tao Ti had made friends with.

Her relatives and friends here gave it to her, and naturally she didn't forget Pei Yan's.

She wondered how the East Palace had to give out some holiday benefits during the holidays, so she prepared a dozen boxes of moon cakes and asked the palace people to send them to the Purple Heaven Hall, so that Pei Yan would reward them to the East Palace officials.

Zixiao Palace.

Pei Yan opened the box and saw that it was Tao Ti's ingenuity again.

In his heart, he was unwilling to share her cooking skills with others. How could others be qualified to taste the food she cooked.

Fu Xirui saw that the prince’s expression was complicated and difficult to discern, and he vaguely guessed what it was. He hurriedly offered a box of exceptionally delicate moon cakes, lowered his eyebrows and said, "His Royal Highness, this box of moon cakes was specially ordered by the prince, and said She made it herself."

Hearing this, Pei Yan's face turned a little dark, and he opened the food box.

I saw six small baby slap-like shortbread cookies arranged in separate grids, all of them golden in color and small and exquisite.

Pei Yan narrowed his black eyes and asked faintly, "Why is this box of shortbread smaller than other boxes?"

Fu Xirui replied, "The princess said that too much moon cakes are not good for digestion, but she wants you to taste every taste, so she made them smaller."

After speaking, he secretly raised his eyes and took a look at the prince. As expected, the prince's eyebrows stretched out, his expression relaxed and happy.

Fu Xirui couldn't help but praise the princess in his heart: the princess is really sweet! Concerned about His Royal Highness's appetite and His Highness's mood, such a good princess is really hard to find with a lantern!

Pei Yan looked over six mooncakes of different patterns. He didn't know which one was and picked up one based on his feelings.

As soon as the small moon cake was put into his mouth, his eyebrows were raised slightly, the outer layer of the cake was soft and delicate, with a slight sweet fragrance, but the filling inside was ingenious, and the first thing the teeth touched was the delicate and soft bean paste. It is sweet but not greasy. If you bite it down, you will taste a salty slushy texture, which just neutralizes the sweetness of red bean paste.

He took a bite and chewed slowly, and looked down. It turned out that it was made with bean paste and egg yolk filling. "The salty and sweetness is moderate, crispy and delicious, very good."

"The crown princess is very clever, and she can make so many tricks on a shortbread. She is really clever." Fu Xirui smiled and flattered.

Pei Yan’s lips curled up slightly, and he looked at the mooncakes he was going to give away. Thinking that Ati didn’t bake it himself, Fu Xirui asked Fu Xirui to distribute these mooncakes along with the festival gift to the East Palace officials according to the official position.

In the end, he also rewarded Fu Xirui with a box, wiped her tears with joy and thanked Dade.

This night, the full moon was clear, and many palaces and mansions had eaten moon cakes from the East Palace——

In the Zichen Palace, Emperor Zhaokang tasted a five-benefit flavor, and thought it tasted good. He took the remaining moon cakes to Fengyi Palace and divided half of them to Queen Gu’s tablet. He ate the moon cakes with sweet-scented osmanthus wine. , Got drunk again and talked crazy.

In Mingyue Palace, Concubine Xu and the Fifth Prince argued over who belonged to the last fresh meat mooncake. Finally, Concubine Xu took out a feather duster, and the five princes cried and cried out the fresh meat mooncakes, and staged a moving "mother's kindness and filial piety". One scene.

In the Palace of the Six Princesses, she looked at the bright moon, nibbling on the thickly stuffed lotus seed and egg yolk mooncakes, remembering her mother and concubine who died young, and secretly wiped away her tears.

In the Yuming Palace, the lord of Qinghe County nestled like a cat in the arms of Princess Jingyang, eating moon cakes, while Princess Jingyang shook a lotus leaf lotus light Luo group fan, while talking about her childhood Savory style.

As for the outside of the palace, in Yongweihou's mansion, Zhang was eating mooncakes alone. She didn't know what she remembered. The mooncakes had an attractive flavor, but she felt that the mooncakes in her hand had the same taste as chewing wax, and it was difficult to eat. After that, she put down the moon cakes and returned to her daughter's boudoir before leaving the pavilion. She sat in a daze for a long time, and wept to herself.

Compared with Zhang's loneliness, Dingbei Hou Mansion is quite lively. His family has a large population, and Tao Ti has given away nine boxes of mooncakes.

There was a table full of dangdang. Whoever has a favorite taste, can eat a few more, complement each other, and it is very harmonious. Everyone was talking and laughing, and the festive atmosphere was directly filled.

Xu Wenchan was nibbling on moon cakes, thinking about the abacus in his heart, wondering if this kind of shortbread was sold in the store, wouldn't it be possible to make a lot of money again? Thinking of the shiny silver snowflakes, she was as happy as a mouse.

Beside her, Xu Guangji, dressed in a green shirt, held a mooncake with "Flowers and Full Moon", thoughtfully.

Mrs. Ding Beihou, who was sitting here, glanced at the dining table and saw the other six sons and wives in her arms. The husband and wife were beautiful, except for the two at the end of the table. One was a cheerful idiot in Qian's eyes, and an absent-minded idiot.

Mrs. Dingbeihou sighed: Oh, worry, when can she sell these two unsalable goods!

………

The second day was the Mid-Autumn Festival. From the mid-autumn hour, the palace became lively, and the princes and family members of the palaces and the imperial wives all entered the palace to greet them.

Tao Ti also got up early, took a bath and changed her clothes, sat in front of the vanity mirror and squeezed her hair for a while, then went to Ganlu Palace to receive these friendships with Queen Zhou.

She was busy with this for most of the day, and it was not until the light turned dark in the afternoon that she took a breath and retired from the Ganlu Palace first.

Sitting on the sedan chair back to Yaoguang Hall, Tao Ti thought about changing clothes and dressing again later, and going to Yanfang Hall for a dinner in an hour, so he couldn't help but raised his hand and rubbed his cheek that was about to laugh.

The job of the princess is sometimes difficult.

She just wanted to take a nap, telepathically, inadvertently raised her head, and glanced to the front right.

At this glance, Qiong Qi's burly body of 1.9 meters appeared in the palace gate on the right.

Holding a cane, she looked around, making it clear that she was waiting for the food.

Tao Ti was so excited that she immediately woke up. She hadn't seen Qiong Qi for several days, so she hurriedly asked the palace people to stop the sedan chair.

When Linglong saw Prince Na Rongdi, her expression instantly changed, and she stepped forward to dissuade the prince.

Tao Ti understood what she meant, and said soothingly, "Don't worry, I will confess to your Highness when I go back about what happened to her today. I will say a few words to her, all eyes are full and I have a clear conscience."

The prince said so, and Linglong didn't say much, she just lowered her head and withdrew to one side.

Tao Ti lifted the skirt and walked quickly towards Qiong Qi.

This place was relatively deserted, and the sedan chair stopped at a distance. Tao Ti and Qiong Qi didn’t need to use a guise to speak, she said directly, "Aqi, how are your legs? I asked someone to give you two boxes yesterday. Have you eaten moon cakes?"

"My legs are okay. I have eaten moon cakes too, but you know me, and all you give me are fresh meat. If you want to give me five ren, I will definitely beat you!"

"Actually, the five-ren's is quite delicious."

"Don't, Wuren is the devil's food!" Qiong Qi said unceremoniously.

Tao Ti couldn't laugh or cry, and didn't waste time on the taste of mooncakes, and asked directly, "You waited for me specially, what's the matter?"

The smile on Qiong Qi's face narrowed, and she nodded, "Ati, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the mission will go back, and I will also go."

Tao Ti frowned, Shui Lingling's eyes were a little sad, "Are you leaving? Are you going back to Rong Di to play for two years, or just reincarnate back to modern times?"

Qiong Qi shrugged, "Let's go back to Rong Di for a year or two. It's not easy that I just left Chang'an and I got my hair up. If you don't have to let the conspiracy theories of the conspiracy theories cause disputes between the two countries, that would be a crime."

"It's still your thorough consideration."

"That's for sure, I'm not as stupid as you, anyhow I'm three hundred years faster than you."

The two joked again, Qiong Qi fixedly looked at Tao Ti, "Ati, are you really planning to spend your whole life here?"

Tao Ti was stunned for a moment, her eyes filled with affirmation, "Yeah."

The people she likes are here, she has also made many friends, and she is having a good time now, and she is quite satisfied at the moment.

Although Qiong Qi had guessed her decision a long time ago, she still sighed with emotion when she heard it in person, "The beauty is wrong!"

Tao Ti blushed and tried to explain, "Actually, I am not a person who looks at my face completely..."

"I don't know you yet." Qiong Qi smiled narrowly, without delay, talking about business, "By the way, when I walked through, your thirteenth uncle asked me to bring you something."

Tao Ti was taken aback for a moment, and she saw Qiong Qi pull out a delicate jade bell from her sleeve with her backhand.