Chapter 119: 封后？

Sealing the Queen?

In modern times, this flower bun is a national intangible cultural heritage.

In the older generation, it was essential and ranged from marriage and funeral— important family occasions, childbearing, birthday celebrations, the four seasons and eight festivals, sacrifices to heavens and condolences for the dead.

[Four seasons and eight periods—throughout the year (the eight periods here referring to the eight solar periods, i.e. Beginning of Spring (立春),Beginning of Summer (立夏), Beginning of Autumn (立秋), Beginning of Winter (立冬), Spring Equinox (春分), Autumn Equinox (秋分), Summer Solstice (夏至), and Winter Solstice (冬至))]

When there was no cake yet, flower buns were used instead of cakes to celebrate birthdays.

Unfortunately, in modern times, more and more young people have never heard of flower buns, and our own cultural heritage is gradually being forgotten.

“Such good weather, the country is prosperous and the people are at peace!” The Empress Dowager rose, seeming slightly excited.

This is the best birthday gift she has ever received today!

Food is the primary need of people!    

The meaning behind this birthday gift was incomparable to any other birthday gift.

In the Dong Lan Kingdom, where food varieties were scarce, this flower bun was a symbol of the people’s desire for food!

At the same time, she had a look of surprise on her face, not realizing that with just that white powder could be transformed in a thousand different ways and make such amazing food.

The more she looked at this flower bun, the more she liked it.

“Jue Er, what do you think? How should I reward her?” The Empress Dowager seemed to find it difficult, “If I only reward her with some gold, silver and jewelry it would be too tacky, but apart from gold, silver and jewelry, I really can’t think of anything else.”

Hearing the Empress Dowager’s words, there were some people whose gazes subconsciously looked towards Noble Consort Yao.

The Empress Dowager had just rewarded Noble Consort Yao with a bunch of gold, silver and jewelry, was this meant to say that the reward given to Noble Consort Yao was also a bunch of tacky (poor taste) things?

Noble Consort Yao smiled blandly and picked up the water cup, seemingly not to take it too seriously.

However, the Empress Dowager’s next words made her almost splash out the water in her teacup.

 “I see this Yunluo is very happy. Why don’t you have the Queen Seal Ceremony as soon as possible, which is also considered to be a reward for Yunluo on behalf of me?” The Empress Dowager looked at Lu Yunluo with a smile on her face.

That look in her eyes seemed to be telling everyone that the position of Empress must be Lu Yunluo. 

Lu Yunluo hurriedly knelt down.

How did they suddenly mention about the sealing of the Empress after they argue?

Ji Wu Jue’s eyes swept back and forth over Lu Yunluo’s body, and finally said, “Empress Mother, this matter is a bit too hasty, the matter of sealing the empress will be discussed later.”

The empress dowager sighs, however she did not continue to say anything, giving Lu Yunluo, rewarded her a bunch of things, in the end, she also gave Lu Yunluo the phoenix hairpin directly from her head.

Before the banquet ended, the nine-storey high flower buns were handed out one by one to all the guests.

When they were taken into their hands, they still had a slight warmth as well as a faint smell of wheat.

Apart from the few ministers who had eaten buns and steamed bread in the Emperor’s imperial study before, the vast majority of the people present had never eaten this kind of food before.

After taking it into their hands, everyone’s reaction was not to eat it directly, but to examine it carefully.

For your information, nowadays this wheat is still rare and only available in the palace.

If she ate the one in her hand then it’s gone, no more

Some people get the fairy peaches, some get the bottle gourds and some get the golden ingots. 

Not only are the shapes different, but each shape is made to be lifelike.

Gently bite a mouthful, the wheat aroma went into the nose, inside the sweet bean paste with the outside of the fluffy texture, it was indeed delicious!

“Hey, the filling inside is meat!”

“Mine is sweetened bean paste.”

“Mine is the vegetable one!”

Whether it’s fairy peaches, golden ingots or bottle gourds with many varieties of flavors inside.

It was another unexpected surprise for everybody. 

After it was over, the crowd was discussing this flower bun made from wheat.

When wheat became widely spread in the future, when they celebrated their birthdays, they would definitely make a flower bun like this to celebrate it.