Chapter 797: The Banquet Begins (Part 1)
Huamian took this opportunity to find a lot of ingredients that were rare on weekdays, so he naturally had some selfishness. He also thought that although she could not go to Hejing Palace this time, Concubine Jing would definitely come to attend the flower viewing banquet. It would be better to make some dishes that could express her gratitude to her.
Thinking of this, Hua Mian looked at the ingredients piled up in the kitchen and had an idea. If it were this time, Concubine Jing would definitely be silly.
In the blink of an eye, it was the day of the flower viewing banquet. The weather was beautiful. It had not rained for more than ten days. The flowers in the garden bloomed in the most beautiful posture. The sky was as clear as if it was a classic computer boot wallpaper.
Under such a sky, Dexian Palace was busy from top to bottom. Although the banquet was set in the afternoon, Huamian was still dragged out of the bed by Hengzhi when it was bright. She was sleepy and was helping to wash and change clothes while half-sleeping. When Huamian woke up, she found that she was already standing in front of the stove.
The chefs in the imperial kitchen rushed over to process the ingredients before dawn, washed and cut. Before Huamian gave instructions, they had already prepared according to what she said two days ago.
Huamian was happy and asked someone to take out all the porcelain bottles that were iced in the water well the day before. The white porcelain bottles that were tied with thin ropes and sealed with wax were carried out from the well. The fruit wine that was popular in the palace was stored inside.
Huamian doesn't have time to brew something like wine by herself, and she doesn't think she will be better than the chefs in the palace when making wine. What's more, she has had experience of failure before, and the wine she brewed has a vinegar smell, which shows that the success rate is not 100%.
The garden was bustling, and the guests were arriving one after another. However, although these voices were too many, they would not seem messy at all. The maids of the palace responded in a staggered manner. Huamian listened from a distance in the kitchen, as if listening to a chorus.
Huamian hid behind a small door in a remote corner of the garden before the banquet, quietly looked at the banquet a few times. As for whom there were other people attending the banquet, how many people were there, among which there were concubines of different classes, how many princesses, how many female officials, and how many ministers and wives who were named in the court. These data were all told by Hengzhi one day in advance.
Looking at the women competing for beauty in the garden, Huamian tried hard to find which one of the queen mothers from their clothes. After watching it for a while, she gave up. She held a banquet in the garden, and it was already gorgeous enough with flowers. Now, the people participating in the banquet seemed to compare which side was more beautiful with flowers.
The area in the center of the crowd is the Queen Mother? Hua Mian tried hard to find her body and wanted to see the target. The Queen Mother was in the position of the wind as if it was the eye of a tornado, and the other guests were sitting radially around.
This wind eye is in the center of the garden surrounded by two semicircular flower beds, and is empty in the middle. When Huamian was setting up a banquet two days ago, she was wondering that in such a suitable area, did Concubine De consider the future of holding a flower-watching banquet here?
Chapter completed!