Dreaming Back to Chang'an City 124 The Birthday Banquet at Duke Lu's Mansion
"Mr. Chen, please, please, please, please!"
"Madam Liu, go here. Mrs. Wang and the others have arrived just now. I am enjoying the flowers with my wife in the yard!"
Today is the birthday of Cheng Zhijie's wife, Mrs. Sun, but Duke Lu's mansion, but it was not a big deal. It was mainly because of Cheng Zhijie's few close colleagues, their Cheng family and the Sun family's relatives.
Although Cheng Zhijie was so poor when he was young in the Romance, he also had a blind old mother, so he sold private salt.
But in fact, that's not the case at all.
Cheng Zhijie's great-grandfather and grandfather were high-ranking officials from Northern Qi, one was Sima of Yanzhou and the other was Sima of Jinzhou.
By the time his father was already in the Sui Dynasty, but his father was still Jeju Dazhong.
So it can be said that it is a complete family of officials.
The Sun family may be slightly worse, but the Sun family's father was also a county magistrate, and he was also a lady from the government.
"Today, it is also my sister's birthday. My brother-in-law is Duke Lu, so he never gave me a big show."
The person who spoke was a cousin of Sun's family. She married a branch of the Lu family in Fanyang. She looked down on her sister and thought she had married a martial artist.
But I didn't expect that this martial artist would conquer Chang'an with Li Shimin, and his identity also increased, becoming Duke Lu of the Tang Dynasty.
Although on the surface, Duke Lu seems not as good as the Lu family among the five surnames and seven hopes, he is many times stronger than her side branch.
It happened to be her birthday last month, and her family organized a big show, so she couldn't help but feel a little proud.
"Sister was joking. Actually, there is no need to celebrate the birthday. I was just to invite my family and friends to come and have a meal together."
"My sister can't say that. We women are so young that we will be one year older in this year. We can't make achievements like their men. In this life, wouldn't we just point to our husband's children?"
As he said that, he raised his fingers and said, "Hey, during the birthday of last month, my Cheng'er went to Dongyue to buy me a ring. I said no, no, he still had to go. You said that we mothers can't help but filial piety!"
"What my sister is saying!" Sun said with some envy: "Your Cheng'er entered the state governor's office at a young age to work with the governor. I think it's a good future. Unlike our gangster, it's better if you can't be beaten by his father for three days."
The other Sun sisters were laughing. Cheng Chumo and his brothers had a lot of trouble in Chang'an, but today was Sun's birthday, so they just said some good things to say that they were young and happy to coax her.
Seeing that she had the upper hand, Sun's cousin became even more proud and spoke more arrogantly.
However, among the female relatives of the Sun family, except for Sun, her husband's family has the highest status. If Sun doesn't speak, the other female relatives have no choice but to deal with her.
"Dear ladies and ladies, you can attend the seat!"
As we chatted, servants came to invite him.
"Hey, everything is good in Chang'an, but there is less food. Sisters have the opportunity to go to our Fanyang. I will definitely invite you to taste the delicious food there. Now there are many Dongyue people in Fanyang that have opened restaurants, and the dishes are even more numerous. It is definitely something you haven't eaten before."
Everyone sat in the table, and then the first dish came up, and most of them were stunned.
"What's this?"
"I haven't seen it before..."
"It's so crystal clear, it's really beautiful."
Cheng Zhijie also had a gleam on his face. Today's dishes were made by Li Shimin, Li Jiancheng and the chefs at Li Yuanji's mansion.
I don’t know where His Majesty’s Imperial Chef and the two princes’ chefs learned the craftsmanship, but the dishes were all very beautiful and delicious.
Look, the first crystal slurry shocked many visitors.
"Sister, this dish..."
Sun's cousin sat next to her and asked in confusion.
"I heard it is called crystal skin jelly, which is favored by the emperor. Today I call the chef in the palace to make it."
As she said that, she picked up a piece of it. The transparent skin jelly also had peanuts and petals of flowers. In terms of appearance, it was definitely a top snack.
Dip it with the prepared dipping sauce, it tastes great!
Just this dish is like a slap in the face. No matter how proud Sun's cousin is, he will never feel that he can compare with these dishes made by the imperial chef.
Fortunately, she shut up, and the dishes at the last few dishes were more amazing.
These chefs learned how to cook, and Tang Ping once went back and brought a few good pots to give them.
Nowadays, this group of imperial chefs trained by Xiaoluo has one or two specialties.
After all, intra-rolls are everywhere. If you cook for the emperor and the prince, you can't make a little chef. Where will you put your face in the future?
The visitor can also see His Majesty the Tang Dynasty's favor to Cheng Zhijie, the Duke of Lu.
After the meal, everyone moved to the backyard again. In the afternoon, a opera troupe was invited to sing operas and could also play Leaf operas.
But first of all, Sun's sons surrounded him.
First, the youngest son Cheng Chubi gave him a handkerchief. The little guy was only five years old and didn't know where he found a colorful handkerchief.
He smiled and a group of sisters, and Sun touched his youngest son's head: "Chubi, thank you!"
Then the second son Cheng Chumo gave him a bead flower, which was quite normal. The Cheng family's children were almost the same, and the monthly payment was only a little bit, so the gifts were naturally not expensive.
But Sun was of course very satisfied and thanked his second son with a smile.
The last one came up was naturally the boss Cheng Chumo. As a result, Cheng Chumo did not take out the gift first, but pulled his two younger brothers over and sang a happy birthday song to Sun.
At this time, people had never heard such funny songs, but when they saw the three brothers singing seriously, they were also moved by their filial piety, they nodded repeatedly.
Sun even had tears in his eyes and said repeatedly: "Okay, okay, happy mom, happy birthday, as long as you are good, mom, happy every day."
"Mom, this is what I gave you!" Cheng Chumo took out the box from his sleeve, but he was still careful: "Mom, wait until she returns to the room before opening it."
Sun knew that the eldest son was the most naughty and wanted the most face. He thought that this gift was just an ordinary object. He was afraid that he would lose face, so he asked himself to go back to his room to see it.
Just as he was about to nod, the cousin next to him said, "Chumo, you are really. Everyone sees your filial piety. Even if you give me a stone, your mother is so happy. What's there to hide? Or is there a rare treasure in it? Or should I open it to us and open it to everyone!"
After saying that, the person who was involved in the matter wanted to take the box from Sun's hand. Sun wanted to hide, but the lid of the box was originally given.
Chapter completed!