After the New Year, we will have wine together, I don’t want to miss anyone.”

Everyone was secretly moved when they heard what the prince said.

Li Kui bargained in an awkward manner: "My body is stronger than that of an ox. How about I eat half a catty every day?"

Chao Yong glared at Li Kui and said, "Eat half a catty every other day, or four taels a day, it's your choice. If you can't control yourself, I'll send someone to keep an eye on you."

When Li Kui heard this, he waved his hands and said, "Don't stare at me. I only eat four taels a day. Without wine, the food will not taste good."

After Chao Gai arrived, he casually said a few words and announced the start of the banquet, and exquisite palace dishes were served one after another.

There are also some Mid-Autumn specialties, such as orange-stuffed crabs, also called crab-stuffed oranges. Cut off the tops of large ripe oranges with branches and remove the flesh, leaving only a little juice. Then put the crab roe, crab oil and crab meat in the

In the orange, still use the cut off orange top with branches to cover the original cut, put it in a small steamer, steam it with wine, vinegar and water, then mix it with vinegar and salt and eat it.

Oranges and new wine are just available during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and crabs are at their most plump. Orange-stuffed crab is a fusion of the three. In one dish, you can taste all the flavors of new wine, oranges, and crabs.

After the banquet in the palace was over, Chao Gai took all the officials to Jinmingchi in the west of the city.

Jinmingchi has also been decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, creating an auspicious atmosphere.

The emperor took the officials to Linshui Palace to continue the banquet and prepare to play with the moon.

This time, there was no big fish or meat. Those who still had an appetite would eat palace cakes.

At this time, palace cakes are eaten in the palace, but among the people they are called small cakes and moon cakes. These special cakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival are also called "lotus leaf", "golden flower", "hibiscus", etc. The production method is very exquisite.

In fact, it is also the mooncake of later generations.

Su Dongpo praised it in a poem: "Small cakes are like chewing the moon, with crispy and sweet fillings in the middle."

The pastry is pastry, and the glutinous rice paste is sugar, which is basically the same as the mooncake fillings in later generations.

People at that time not only paid attention to the taste when making mooncakes, but also designed various patterns related to the legend of the Moon Palace. The patterns on the cakes were first drawn on paper and then pasted on the cakes. Later, they were directly pressed on the cakes with molds.

On the moon cake.

The palace cakes are carefully made by the royal chef. Not only are they delicious, but the patterns on them are also vivid. The patterns drawn by everyone are perfectly presented on the palace cakes through the molds made by skilled craftsmen and the royal chefs who are familiar with the fire.

The drink is Wan Yue Geng, which is carefully cooked with longan, lotus seeds, lotus root starch and other raw materials.

When it gets dark, thousands of lanterns in the Jinming Pool light up together, illuminating the Jinming Pool.

As soon as the lanterns were turned on, singing and dancing began on the platform in the center of the pool.

The east bank of Jinming Pond is already crowded with people. The main purpose of people coming out of the city to Jinming Pond is to watch the palace singing, and admiring the moon is secondary.
Chapter completed!