Chapter 81 Is this motherly love?
The more Zhao Yuanxi thought about it, the more she felt it made sense. Besides, she also shared the profits with Ying Zheng, so what could he be dissatisfied with?
"Really? I thought the Queen Mother had already disowned me."
Zhao Yuanxi held his forehead with his hand and frowned, "Your Majesty, why bring up these sad things again? I don't want to remember you, but I don't want to recall those things. Everything is in the past. Bringing up the past will only hurt the relationship between us as mother and son."
Seeing that she was trying to get away with it, Ying Zheng sneered, "Are you unwilling to recall the past, or do you simply not remember it?"
Seeing him so aggressive, Zhao Yuanxi knew he was not easy to fool, so he immediately gave another reason, "Your Majesty is right, I really didn't remember you before, that's because I lost my memory. It wasn't until I saw you walking out of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests just now, wearing your crown and robes, that I remembered everything."
"Amnesia?"
That is indeed a reason.
Seeing that she still refused to tell the truth, Ying Zheng sneered, "It's better this way."
Seeing him smirking at her, Zhao Yuanxi couldn't help but curl her lips. What are you talking about? If she really told him that her mother didn't want her anymore, she'd probably make her even angrier.
The sound of ritual music reached his ears again, and Zhao Yuanxi noticed that they had arrived.
The hall was paved with golden bricks, and an imperial desk was placed on the nine jade steps. Under the throne, there was a slightly smaller desk on the right side, which was Zhao Yuanxi's seat.
Rows of long tables were neatly placed on the east and west sides, and civil and military officials sat in order according to their rank.
On the long table, there are all kinds of wine vessels and dishes, which are dazzling to the eyes.
Eighty-one black bird palace lanterns on the roof illuminate the entire hall, and human-shaped palace lanterns are neatly placed around the hall to serve as additional light sources.
The musicians on both sides played the harp and the flute, making the scene very lively.
What is arrogance? This is arrogance!
Zhao Yuanxi felt that the banquets he had hosted before were just like children playing house compared to this one.
However, this is a national sacrificial banquet, so she naturally cannot compare. If she could host such a grand banquet one day, she would probably have become the richest person in the world by then.
Whether he could become the richest man in the world, Zhao Yuanxi glanced at Ying Zheng beside her. It all depended on whether her eldest son was willing to continue to be her big golden pig.
Zhao Yuanxi is still very self-aware, and she naturally would not let her big golden pig go so easily.
The Minister of Rites read out a bunch of ceremonial words that Zhao Yuanxi didn't quite understand. The main content was about thanking the heaven, thanking the earth, thanking the gods, thanking the ancestors, and thanking the king.
Everyone's expression was very serious, making Zhao Yuanxi feel a little out of place.
Fortunately, this situation did not last too long. After the ceremony, Ying Zheng announced the start of the banquet. Everyone thanked him in unison, and the meal could begin!
Zhao Yuanxi couldn't wait to taste the imperial chef's cooking, but the moment she took a bite, the light in her eyes suddenly disappeared!
She looked in disbelief at the steamed fish that she had just picked up with her chopsticks. How could there be fish in the world that was cooked so unpalatable?
Perhaps it was because it was cooked for too long, the steamed fish not only lacked the freshness that fish should have, but was fishy and woody, with a lingering earthy smell.
She couldn't help but pick up the drink next to her and took a big sip to suppress the strange taste.
Looking at the fish in the bowl, Zhao Yuanxi's gaze fell on its white eyeballs, and he inexplicably felt that it died with its eyes open.
Ying Zheng had been paying attention to Zhao Yuanxi's expression. When he saw her take a bite of fish, it was as if she had eaten some poison. Not knowing why, he also picked up a piece of fish with chopsticks.
The moment he entered the entrance, he seemed to understand the reason.
Although the fish tasted average, it wasn't so delicious that it made him turn green! Hadn't he been eating it like this for years?
Although Ying Zheng admitted that the Queen Mother had good craftsmanship, not everyone could have her skills.
Her expression obviously caused Ying Zheng's dissatisfaction.
He could eat unpalatable food, but the prerequisite was that he had never eaten delicious food. He could not bring the Queen Mother back to Yongcheng, but it was not impossible to bring the maidservant beside the Queen Mother back.
She’s just a palace maid, the Queen Mother shouldn’t refuse to give it to her!
Li Si also had similar ideas.
Li Si had eaten fish at the Queen Mother's place before, and he still remembered the delicious taste. How come the taste was so different when they had the same meal in Yongcheng?
Otherwise, why don't he send some people over to learn from the cook who is with the Queen Mother?
During one meal, Zhao Yuanxi nearly lost her reliable You twice.
Zhao Yuanxi didn't touch the dish of fish that was unwilling to close its eyes. He took a few bites of the side dishes. Although the taste was average, it was still edible. The most delicious thing was the bowl of thick soup. He didn't know what good things the chef put in it.
After drinking one bowl, she still wanted to drink a second bowl.
When the breeze blew, Zhao Yuanxi felt that the drunkenness was taking effect, and the copper lamp above his head seemed to be shaking.
shake?
Zhao Yuanxi rubbed his eyes to make sure he was not seeing things; the eighty-one black bird gilded bronze lamp was indeed shaking.
At this moment, the music just stopped.
When Zhao Yuanxi heard the friction between metal and wood, it was like thunder, which sobered her up instantly!
Crunch—crunch—
As the sound grew louder, the candle flame began to flicker.
Zhao Yuanxi was just trying to identify the lamp when the music started again and she could only see the lamp flickering.
Originally, Zhao Yuanxi would not take this little commotion too seriously, but she had just experienced the incident in the main hall of the Qinian Palace, and now the little radar started working again.
Before, all their attention was focused on the main hall, and they didn't pay much attention to the side hall.
Zhao Yuanxi wanted to call Wang Ben over and ask him to check the situation in the side hall again.
But just as she was about to stand up, the black bird lamp on the top could no longer hold on. The copper nails and copper rings suddenly fell off, dropping down with the wood chips!
Zhao Yuanxi subconsciously tried to pull the people around her, but the copper lamp fell much faster than her, and she couldn't dodge it. Amid the exclamations of the crowd, she relied entirely on her own hands to withstand the weight.
A copper lamp weighing several hundred kilograms suddenly fell from a height of more than ten meters. Even Zhao Yuanxi could not hold it up.
She felt her arm was broken, and there was a piercing pain in her wrist, and her face turned pale.
If it were just this, Zhao Yuanxi could still manage his expression, but the oil in the copper lamp also spilled out.
Zhao Yuanxi not only felt pain in her arms, but now all over her body was in pain. The hot oil was at least a hundred degrees Celsius, and when it splashed on her body, blisters formed in a short while. She grimaced in pain.
Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment, then shouted angrily, "Why don't you come to rescue me!"
Everyone stepped forward and worked together to move the bronze lamp away. The moment they picked it up, they were shocked by its weight. They couldn't help but wonder how the Queen Mother managed to lift the bronze lamp. Is this maternal love?
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