On New Year's Eve, there was a banquet in the palace.

Early in the morning, Chen Quan led his wife, two princes and a princess to make offerings to ancestors, burn incense and worship Buddha, and pray for the blessings of the gods...

At noon, a banquet began in the palace.

Although it was said to be a luncheon, it was already late when the banquet actually started, and it was almost close to the Shen hour.

On this day, in addition to the concubines, princes, princesses, and royal relatives, such as princes, princes, and princes, those who can attend the banquet are also present. Then there are also the emperor's specially appointed ministers and family members.

Chen Quan was nostalgic. In the years before he ascended the throne, he spent the New Year with his sworn brothers.

Now that I'm in Dabao, I still don't forget the brotherhood from back then.

The Tang family and the Song family naturally had a place at the palace banquet on New Year's Eve, and they were just below the emperor and empress.

In order to win over the ministers, Chen Quan wanted to invite capable ministers and wise men to the banquet to build up their relationship. You know, being invited by the emperor to attend the New Year's Eve banquet in the palace is a supreme honor, and it can only be done by His Majesty.

Only those who have weight in their hearts have this honor.

It would be great to be able to have dinner and chat with His Majesty.

If it were someone with a slightly inferior background, he would be able to brag about it for a lifetime.

Chen Quan played this skill beautifully, which made many of the courtiers who received the palace banquet burst into tears of gratitude, wishing they could bow down and die exhausted.

It was said to be a palace banquet, and there were only a few hot and cold dishes, fruits and snacks. Because there were so many people and so many things to do, by the time the hot dishes and cold dishes arrived at the banquet, most of them had already cooled down.

You can still eat it, but no one is devouring it at the palace banquet and losing their identity.

Everyone was just holding their drinks reservedly, whispering a few words to the people around them, and occasionally eating some side dishes or snacks. By the time the banquet was over, the table was still basically full.

Chen Quan was born in a rural area, so naturally there were no such rules.

When he gave a banquet, all he wanted was for everyone to eat well, drink well and have fun. Only in this way could he show the uniqueness of his generation of emperors.

During the song and dance banquet scene, Song Yunfei led several young generals to light a fire and roast a whole lamb in front of the Jiying Palace. Even the third prince stepped forward and rolled up his sleeves to help. When the roasted whole lambs were cut into slices, the three princes

The prince took matters into his own hands and gave each of the emperor and empress a plate of the best roast mutton and delivered it to the table.

The rest will be sliced ​​by Song Yunfei and several young men and divided up one by one. If you want to do it yourself, you can slice it yourself and eat as much as you like.

At this palace banquet, everyone actually enjoyed the excitement that was rarely seen in banquets in the past.

Song Yunfei was not favored by the Song family, and his personality was a bit out of touch, but he was very loved by the current emperor.

After grilling the remaining bones of the mutton slices, Song Yunfei continued to grill. This method was taught to him by Lu Shege.

Hearing that he was going to roast a whole lamb at the palace banquet, Lu Shege taught him how to roast the remaining lamb bones with cumin.

Unexpectedly, the head of the household actually liked the lamb bones that had a cumin flavor.

Although Chen Quan was the emperor, he still carried on the customs of his early days. For example, he ate mutton, drank mutton soup, and gnawed mutton bones in front of the ministers.

A pair of big hands were washed and gnawed on the sheep bones. Even Concubine Zhou frowned when she saw it, but Chen Quan didn't care.

When Queen Shen picked up the mutton soup and tasted it carefully, the third prince who was sitting down drank half a plate of mutton and a bowl of mutton soup in succession. Even if the people below were being reserved, they still wanted to eat a few more dishes from the womb.

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"How about it? Yunfei's roasted mutton is pretty good, isn't it?"

After Chen Quan finished chewing the mutton bones, he washed his hands and noodles, and grinned at the people below, "The roasted mutton bones are really good. I have never tasted this taste before. I... I haven't been so happy in many years." .Hahaha……"

Queen Shen put down the porcelain spoon in her hand and asked with a smile: "Your Majesty, do you still like the mutton soup today?"

"I like it." Chen Quan held up the empty bowl in front of him and showed it to the queen, "I drank a whole bowl. If there weren't too many dishes today, I would definitely drink two more bowls."

"Your Majesty thinks it tastes best."

Empress Shen's bright eyes were slightly narrowed, and her tone was gentle, "Today's mutton soup was made by the Queen Mother, who taught me how to make it. Over the years, Your Majesty has been fighting in the north and south, and I haven't made it for many years, so my hands are a little raw."

Because something happened to Chen Quan, the Queen Mother's two grandsons were missing. Her eyes were broken from crying, her vision was blurred, and she was not in good health.

When the palace banquet began, the Queen Mother sat down and then went back to rest.

When the Queen mentioned the mutton soup that the Queen Mother mentioned, Chen Quan couldn't help but be reminded of it.

When I was young, my family background was only average. I had enough food and clothing, but things like mutton soup were not something I could eat whenever I wanted.

His mother had a pair of skillful hands and often bought bits and pieces of cheap haggis and sheep heads to make soup for their brothers.

Later, he married his wife Shen, and life became better and better. Shen's dowry was rich, and the family lived a good life. In winter, they no longer ate cheap haggis and sheep heads, but bought mutton and stewed it.

Shen didn't touch Yang Chunsui before she left the court. Later she married him and learned good cooking skills from her mother, especially her mutton soup, which was even better than her mother's.

Looking at the dignified and beautiful Shen in front of him, Chen Quan couldn't help but think of the first time he met Queen Shen. At that time, he had not yet grown up, and he was wandering around the market with several brothers all day long, doing nothing.

The first time he saw Mrs. Shen, he was astonished as a heavenly being. He felt that this girl should only exist in heaven, how could it be seen by ordinary people like him.

Later, he married the Shen family, and his father-in-law asked the head of the Shen family to recommend him as the head of the pavilion, so that his life could be considered stable.

When he got into trouble, it was Shen who took care of him. When he was injured, it was Shen who bandaged him. The grain collected at home was sent to Qingfeng Village by him. There was no surplus food in the famine years, so Shen borrowed it from his sister's house.

He went out to work privately and ran away, and it was Shen who went to jail for him. Even during the years when he was away from home, Shen was the one who took care of his parents and son. Especially his third son Jianye, who was pregnant with Shen at the time. At that time, he injured the county magistrate's brother-in-law and was almost beaten to death. Shen was so angry and anxious that she gave birth to Jianye prematurely.

Jianye has been frail and sick since he was a child, and it was only thanks to the care of Mr. Shen and his mother that he grew up to this age. During this period, he also had to thank the Lu family for sending him many nourishing medicines and food.

Thinking of his brother-in-law, the Lu family, Chen Quan couldn't help but feel slightly guilty towards Mr. Shen.

At the beginning, in order to save Qingfeng Village, he led the Song brothers to ask Lu Yuanshan to borrow grain. But it was okay to borrow grain once or twice. He borrowed it year after year and failed to repay it year after year. Even his brother-in-law did not want to be taken advantage of.

It happened that Yunfei was born, and due to a difficult childbirth, his body was weak. If Yunfei was raised in Qingfeng Village, he would not be able to survive. He hid it from Shen, and lied to him that he had picked up the child himself. At that time, Shen had just given birth to his third son, Jianye. , unable to raise another frail child, he sent Yunfei to the Lu family to raise him with He Bei of the Lu family.

Song Yunfei had been raised by the Lu family for several years and was strong. The life in Qingfeng Village became more and more difficult year by year. Boss Song came up with an idea and said that he wanted Yunfei back. On the pretext of asking the Lu family to raise Yunfei, he asked every year The Lu family needs food and money to support Yunfei.

Yunfei is just a young boy. He can eat as much rice as he needs and spend as much money as he can. The money and food given by the Lu family is not enough to support the brothers in the village.
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