HLnovel Chapter 131: Step on 1 and Praise 1
Chapter 131: Step on 1 and Praise 1
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, He Zhun Yierha returned to the palace and brought "late mooncakes" to the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, the Emperor, the Crown Prince Yinreng, Concubine Ning Que, and even Su Malagu.
Molten salted egg yolk, lotus seed paste, red bean paste, chocolate, and fresh meat.
Five novel fillings were made into bite-sized pieces, ten pieces per person, wrapped in fine boxes and oil paper with auspicious patterns, and delivered by Su Malagu.
The big guys eat something new for good luck and to show their appreciation.
These are all "handmade" and packaged as He Junyi'erha emphasized.
The novel taste and the filial piety of the granddaughters make the mooncakes, which are already delicious, even more so with a sense of mission.
"This taste is quite novel."
Kangxi smacked his lips, but he did not forget to take a few small bites and let Liang Jiugong clean up his 'leftovers' with a toothpick.
"Compared to the ones sold in that new shop in the capital, how do you think it is?"
Liang Jiugong naturally knew what Kangxi was referring to, and answered honestly,
"That 'Zhiweixuan' is not worth mentioning. It can't be compared with the craftsmanship handed down from Dong'e Mansion."
Zhiweixuan is a new dim sum shop that opened in the past six months.
Around the Mid-Autumn Festival, the name of the so-called "original mooncake" became a hot topic and everyone in Beijing knew about it.
Even Emperor Kangxi came here because of its reputation and sent Liang Jiugong to buy two boxes to taste it.
I thought it was pretty good when I ate it, at least it lived up to the hype of being "original" and "most delicious", but now I'll let the arrow fly for a while and taste the mooncakes that Dong E Gege brought me...
After Kangxi came to his senses, he immediately started to praise one and criticize the other.
With some dissatisfaction, he complained to Liang Jiugong,
"Yes, the Guarjia clan has not been in the capital in recent years. They have been in Jiangnan. They must be about to be assimilated by the Han people and have forgotten who their ancestors were."
Zhiweixuan is another shop owned by the second princess of Guwaljia.
There was no need to ask, everyone knew it because she had spread it.
Kangxi originally thought that there was nothing wrong with the Manchu princesses being high-profile, but when compared with the introverted and humble yet proud Dong'e Princess, the difference in their cultivation was immediately apparent.
The second Princess Guaerjia has been in turmoil over the years. First she was a talented woman, then she owned various shops, and later she was even known as a kind-hearted female doctor.
From the perspective of a superior, it is a good thing that the second princess of Guaerjia knows how to manage herself and makes herself noble and different from others in every way.
But there happened to be a Princess Dong E in the palace.
Comparing the two, it is simply impossible to look directly at the jumping up and down Second Princess of Guaerjia.
Dong E Gege never boasted about anything, but even when the Empress Dowager mentioned it, she couldn't help but praise her in front of him, saying "Born smart, born noble, and born to be raised in the royal family."
She was well-read, had excellent literary talent, and was so smart that she could even arm wrestle with Yinreng, whom he personally taught, but she never mentioned a word.
She was clever and could even embroider double-sided Suzhou embroidery, but when she presented gifts to the Empress Dowager or the Empress Dowager, her first priority was always to make the items grand, beautiful, practical and comfortable.
If she hadn't taken the time to embroider a handkerchief for the Empress Dowager to amuse her during the Qiqiao Festival this year, no one would have known that she had such a talent.
The whipping skills that won constant praise from the Empress Dowager could be called a heroine. The Manchu princesses who led troops into battle at that time were no more majestic and heroic than this.
Oh yeah, she can even draw a quadruple force bow!
This was secret information Kangxi found out through his secret guards after hearing from the Empress Dowager that she would take her to the autumn hunt after the Mid-Autumn Festival to broaden her horizons.
Moreover, Dong E Gege was diligent. She would exercise and practice martial arts on time every morning after getting up, never delay in paying her respects every day, and practice calligraphy and recite texts after meals without fail... She never slacked off day after day.
All these reasons were the reason why Kangxi tacitly agreed that she could call herself "you" and "I" with Crown Prince Yinreng in private, which was extremely disrespectful.
Her value is engraved in her bones. Even if she says nothing, no one in the Forbidden City dares to look down on her.
The Queen Mother even intended to issue an imperial decree to confer the title of Duoluo Gege on her so that she would not have to call herself a "slave" every day.
Kangxi already had a scale in his mind. He knew very well which noble ladies in the capital were worthy of his attention and which ones were valuable because of their self-respect.
The name of the Second Princess of Guaerjia had long disappeared from the list of Crown Princesses.
Because of this ostentatious Guaerjia clan has lost her greatest advantage, that is, the sense of stability and steadiness brought by the "unique" power of her mother's family.
In fact, even Emperor Kangxi didn't want to give her the title of Crown Princess.
But she is Shi Wenbing's daughter after all. If she continues to be unrestrained, the worst that can happen is that she will be married off to a member of the royal family.
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In the box of mooncakes given to Yinreng, He Junyi'erha left a small token of his love.
The pattern painted on the oil paper was the one that Huang Baocheng had painted that day.
Yinreng naturally remembered and discovered it.
He enjoyed eating this box of mooncakes very much, but he didn't show it off to anyone else, and no one else got a bite.
There are five flavors of mooncakes, each with a different taste, but to Yinreng, they all taste the same.
It's all the taste of Dong E Gege's love for him.
Although he knew that this little girl's 'love' must be different from his 'love' at the moment.
But it doesn’t matter, he can wait slowly and take care of it slowly.
Dong E Gege can only be and must be his.
He will be the best to her in the world. Who else can Dong Egege love if she doesn't love him?
……
A week before the autumn hunt, news came back from Jiangnan.
Wang is dead.
Wang was kept under extremely strict surveillance at home and was absolutely kept in captivity, not allowed to go out of the main door or the second door.
So he had no choice but to resort to the worst possible strategy. He took advantage of the noisy and busy Mid-Autumn Festival to run away from home. On the next day, he left a suicide note and hanged himself on the beam in a desolate place in the suburbs.
Although the famous words in the suicide note still stated that she was still chaste, she had no words to say to her parents, so she used this to prove her innocence and not let her family be implicated.
Wang's behavior was soon praised by the local county as a chaste and heroic woman, and she was even reported to the prefect and a memorial arch was erected for her.
……
For the female members of the family, especially He Junyi'erha who accompanied the empress dowager in a low-key manner, the autumn hunt was no different from a trip to Rehe Shangying.
Change the place, change the scene, same house, same cramped dwelling.
After all, she was still young, and she had to ride slowly even when riding a pony, otherwise the Queen Mother would be frightened, which would be a sin.
Therefore, staying in the tent and eating barbecued wild game with the Queen Mother is the greatest significance of this trip.
The hunting was in full swing, and the wives of the nobles also started small-scale social activities with their ladies.
After reporting to the Queen Mother, He Zhun Yierha also followed Fucha.
Because this autumn hunt included not only Irgen Jueluo Gengen, but also Tonggya Namuchoko, Tonggya Nerji and Niuhulu Nichuhe.