127. Family Banquet Yuan Ri Wine

Pei Nianyu suspected that his ears had misheard.

"No... what do you mean the imperial dining room is empty?"

Pei Niancheng frowned while looking at the clean and empty tableware on the table:

"You heard me right, they are so audacious and dare to do things, I sent them all off first... Don't mention these annoying things, brother, give me something to eat first!!"

Pei Nianyu: "..."

He had no choice but to restrain his heart of gossip first, and ordered his servants to quickly bring up the prepared New Year's Eve dinner.

Although he cooked the New Year's Eve dinner with his own hands, it was only for him and Lou Yefeng.But after all, there are many kinds of New Year's Eve dinners, at least ten dishes or more.Therefore, adding Pei Niancheng and Li Han will not be enough to eat.

... No matter how bad it is, there is still a big pot of rice in the mansion.

In the middle of the hall of the main hall of Hanqiu Pavilion, there is a round table for Pei Nianyu to eat on weekdays.The maids arranged the dishes one by one like flowing water. Pei Niancheng sat still, his eyes shining.

After Pei Nianyu also took his seat, Lou Yefeng turned around and prepared to leave quietly.Pei Nianyu grabbed him:

"where did you go?"

Because there were other people around, Lou Yefeng followed the courtesy of his subordinates, respectfully nodded and said:

"Master, it is inconvenient for you and your majesty to have a family banquet..."

Pei Nianyu frowned:

"It's a family banquet, but you, Lou Yefeng, are my concubine, why can't you join this family banquet?"

After saying that, he couldn't help but pull Lou Yefeng to the seat beside him.

Now that the master has already spoken, Lou Yefeng will no longer refuse.As usual, he sat down very naturally.

Beside Pei Niancheng, Li Han's expression moved slightly when he saw this scene, and his eyes hidden in the shadows flashed with envy for a moment.

Of course, he didn't envy the prince for calling Lou Yefeng Wangfei, on the contrary, he somewhat despised this irregular title.What he envies is...

Lou Yefeng, as a shadow guard leader who has left office, is still recognized by his master as a family member.He has also recognized the Lord for ten years, and he, Li Han, can only stand by the Master's side to serve.

Although he is happy, but...

There is no doubt that the word "family banquet" more or less poked Li Han's heart.In the past, he and Lou Yefeng had the same trusting position with their master, so they couldn't detect the difference, but now they are somewhat different.

Li Han's thought was fleeting in his mind, and he didn't dare to think deeply about such a disrespectful delusional thought.It's just that he just managed to hide some strange feelings in his heart, when he suddenly heard Wang Ye's voice:

"Hey, Li Han, what are you doing there? You're like a door god, come over for dinner."

"Subordinates..."

Without raising his head, Pei Niancheng gave the instruction very concisely:

"sit!"

"...Yes, my subordinate, this subordinate will test the poison for you."

Li Han found a plausible reason and quietly sat beside Pei Niancheng.But Pei Niancheng was obviously not very happy about this reason - it was so hard to get his brother a New Year's Eve dinner, you put a hammer to test the poison.

Pei Nianyu couldn't see Li Han's duplicity, so he deliberately made fun of him:

"Pfft, Li Han, you can eat generously if you want to eat. Hurry up and try the poison, eat before your master, and grab his!"

Pei Niancheng: "..."

……………………

He listened to his brother's jokes in his ear, and he didn't intend to pay attention to it at all, but silently picked up the dishes in front of him with his chopsticks.

The dish was nothing but a fruit dish - sweet and sour pineapple shrimp balls.

Of course, the Dajing Dynasty didn't have pineapples, and Pei Niancheng knew that just like the strawberries before, his brother must have exchanged them from the system for his precious food value.

The pineapple shrimp balls are composed of pineapple chunks and shrimp balls.Shrimp balls are coated with batter and deep-fried until golden brown, while the back balls are coated with black pepper and salt and pepper.On top of the shrimp balls and pineapple, there is a thick layer of orange-red sweet and sour sauce.

Pei Niancheng took a bite of the shrimp balls, the golden shell was extremely light and crispy, full of salty fragrance.Then the shrimps that bit into it were crisp and fresh, plus the sweet and sour sauce outside and the occasional pineapple that was added to mouth...

Such a sweet and sour dish almost hit Pei Niancheng's fancy.

I can't find other sources of pineapple for the time being, and can't eat such a dish even if want to eat it on weekdays.And he didn't come to the palace much for a whole month at the end of this year, seeing the long-lost pineapple shrimp balls was almost like a hungry tiger, his eyes were shining, how could he care about his brother bullying his family Li Han with great interest?

After Pei Niancheng swept away more than half of it with his explosive hand speed, Pei Nianyu realized belatedly, and turned his head to see that there were only three yuan left in the plate.

Two pieces of shrimp balls and one piece of pineapple.

Pei Nianyu was angry:

"Small—Cheng—!"

Pei Niancheng stretched out his chopsticks like lightning.

There was one shrimp ball and one pineapple left on the plate.

"You, you, you... you should leave me a piece of shrimp ball!"

Pei Niancheng threw the shrimp ball into his mouth wholeheartedly, before he could even eat it, he stretched out his chopsticks again.

There was only one piece of pineapple left on the plate.

Pei Nianyu scolded in his heart, thinking that his younger brother really deserves to be a politician——

The face is thick and the heart is still dark!

When Pei Niancheng stretched his chopsticks towards the only remaining piece of pineapple for the last time, Lou Yefeng finally couldn't stand it anymore.

With a twist of his wrist, he bent his fingers and tapped on the table lightly, using his internal force to shake the chopsticks in his hand, intending to knock Pei Niancheng's chopsticks aside.

Li Han looked at Lou Yefeng in surprise—his internal strength recovered so quickly?Moreover, this method of shaking hidden weapons with internal force is by no means his full strength at present, and the internal force he has recovered must be much more than this.

Before he had time to think about it, he raised his hand reflexively, and used his own chopsticks to casually push aside the hidden weapon of the chopsticks.

...Although Lou Yefeng's recovery speed exceeded his expectations, he is still far behind him.

Pei Niancheng paused for a moment, then looked at Li Han next to him:

"Hey, it's rare that you also came to grab food? Why, do you like this?"

Pei Niancheng looked at the last piece of pineapple on the plate with reluctance, and unceremoniously took the plate into his arms and handed it to Li Han:

"The last piece...you eat it!"

Li Han:????

I'm not, I don't, how dare I rob the master!

Pei Nianyu: "..."

Lou Yefeng: "..."

Pei Nianyu looked at the plate gloomyly. His younger brother snatched it all away. He is a man of culture, so it's not easy to grab it back without looking.He had no choice but to say sullenly:

"Li Han, you just eat it."

Pei Nianyu was a little depressed at first, but then he thought that the value of the food was with him, and although it was more expensive, he could exchange it again.

And when he saw Pei Niancheng's hunger and hunger, he couldn't help feeling a little distressed when he thought that he hadn't eaten any delicious food for so long.

They chatted while eating, and Pei Nianyu listened to Pei Niancheng complaining about the troubles of the court and the old ailments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs...

"I mean, is this year's New Year's Day banquet really a joke?"

The New Year's Day Banquet and the Winter Solstice Banquet are almost the same...Political status, every year the palace has a big banquet for the officials, which is one of the indispensable rituals.However, it was directly canceled because no one was available in the Imperial Dining Room of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This will be recorded in the annals of history.

"The Seven Departments and the Three Courts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are in charge of a lot of money and food in the internal treasury. Almost all the institutions in charge of power are the relatives and relatives of the previous generation, and they are also tm hereditary..."

"I've wanted to clean them up for a long time. The imperial dining room is just a pretext, and I deliberately dragged it out. Then, the cook, see if all the problems have been dealt with, and keep the remaining usable ones, and make up a new batch.Come in. Then I have to trouble my brother..."

Pei Nianyu is helpless, this errand cannot be answered, the previous system task is still owed.

"By the way, brother, you still remember that good-for-nothing little Marquis in Cheng Enhou's mansion."

"……Who?"

"The youngest son of Marquis Chengen, the one who robbed your maid when you went shopping last time."

Pei Nianyu frowned:

"Why did you bring him up? It's reasonable to rob civilian women. Isn't it handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for interrogation?"

"Hmm... well... I have to tell you, he was supposed to be imprisoned for a few years according to the law. It's just that Marquis Chengen came to the palace to find me..."

"plead?"

"...No, it's a surrender. Although the Marquis of Cheng'en's mansion has fallen, it still has a solid foundation. His family holds several important lines in the House of Internal Affairs. I..."

Pei Niancheng's tone was rather guilty.

"So... Marquis Chengen traded his family's old bottom for his beloved youngest son to escape from prison, and I agreed."

Pei Nianyu couldn't do anything about it. The times were like this, so he wouldn't have to insist on getting that little Marquis to serve his sentence for several years.

"Okay, I got it, you, you can figure it out..."

"But that little Marquis is not a good thing. Of course I won't let him out completely. What I asked Marquis Chengen is that he must be placed under house arrest in their house for three years to reflect on his past, and don't come out to harm others. IThey also sent people to watch.”

Pei Nianyu thought it was okay, so he nodded.

"Thank you brother for your understanding. Another thing is, he surrendered this time... Well, he didn't dare to cling to King Yu Palace before, and he might come to curry favor with you after the Chinese New Year. If he shows you his favor, you can just say yesThat's it."

"Understood... No, can you not mention him, what is the purpose of discussing this during the New Year's Eve."

"Okay, okay."

…………………

After midnight on New Year's Eve, they also ate their New Year's Eve dinner.According to etiquette and customs, it is time to go to the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors on the occasion of the New Year in Zishi.

Pei Nianyu changed into auspicious clothes here, but he didn't expect Pei Niancheng to sit there motionless.

He was a little surprised: "...you're not going?"

Pei Niancheng thought for a moment: "Let's go, I'll be with you."

Manager Gao of the mansion naturally arranged everything and led them to the ancestral hall in the back hall of Yin'an Hall.

In the ancestral worship ceremony of the Dajing Dynasty, only the masters of the mansion could enter the ancestral hall, even the princesses, concubines and the like were not allowed to participate.Therefore, Pei Nianyu was the only one who worshiped the ancestors in previous years. As the emperor, Pei Niancheng's ancestor worship ceremony was usually connected with the New Year's Day banquet in the palace.

Since this year's New Year's Day banquet was cancelled, Pei Niancheng only said that the ancestor worship was done alone, and he no longer let the officials watch, so he gave it to the pigeons.

Pei Nianyu thought that he was planning to worship the ancestors in the mansion together with him. After all, the two of them were brothers, and they both worshiped the same ancestor.

Unexpectedly, after arriving at the ancestral hall in the back hall of Yin'an Palace, Pei Nianyu realized what it meant that his younger brother had to come with him.

Pei Nianyu was the elder brother, he first stepped forward to offer incense to the previous emperors, and said a word in his mouth to bless the weather and the weather.

After finishing the work, he turned his head and saw Pei Niancheng standing aside with folded arms, with a rather amused expression on the corner of his mouth:

"Brother, you really are... I wanted to see what you can do to worship your ancestors this year."

Pei Nianyu: "???"