After Xingzhe came out of Huaiwang's Mansion, he immediately returned to the hotel, he knew that Xi Yao would definitely worry about him, so he went back early, wanting to report Xi Yao's safety.

But he didn't know that Xi Yao followed Xingzhe all the way to Huaiwangfu, and she relied on her superb light skills to enter and exit Huaiwangfu as if she was in a no-man's land.

As soon as Xi Yao returned to the hotel with his front foot, Xingzhe followed with his back foot, and the two of them almost collided together.

Xingzhe pushed open the door, Xi Yao was already waiting for Xingzhe inside, because he was a little nervous, so Xi Yao was a little overwhelmed, and kept playing with the hem of his skirt with one hand.

"Xianggong, you are finally back, King Huai Qin Qiong invited you to the banquet, did you have any ghost ideas? He didn't do anything to you, did he? ”

Pretending not to know anything, Xi Yao didn't want Xingzhe to know that she secretly followed Xingzhe to the mansion of King Huai Qin Qiong, pretending that she didn't know anything was the best way.

"We're both big men, what can he do to me, hey, maybe he's GAY, but I'm not GAY, even if he beats my idea, I won't obey him."

Xingzhe patted his chest, with an expression that Lao Tzu dared to falg like this.

Xi Yao was a little nervous, so she didn't understand Xingzhe's words, but she was too embarrassed to ask, so she could only nod her head and pretend to understand.

"But I rejected the invitation of King Huai Qin Qiong today, he will definitely not give up, maybe he will use some despicable method to force us, so we have to be careful recently, if it's okay, don't go out shopping, although your martial arts are good, but you can't prevent plotting."

Xingzhe had already guessed what King Huai Qin Qiong's plan would be, although they didn't know what King Huai Qin Qiong's specific plan was, but as long as they were as prepared as possible, no matter what the plan was, they would be able to take a little precautions.

Huaiwang Qin Qiong had already begun to make a plan to persecute Xingzhe at this time, although Ganluo persuaded Huaiwang Qin Qiong several times, but he ignored it. still went his own way, so angry that Ganluo gritted his teeth.

But there is no way, Gan Luo can only formulate a corresponding defense strategy according to the plan of King Huai Qin Qiong, so as not to be really seen through by Xingzhe, and then fight back fiercely.

Huaiwang Qin Qiong has never seen Xingzhe's ability, but Gan Luo has experienced it personally. Xingzhe is commendable in terms of strategy and logic, and such an opponent, even if it is Ganluo, cannot guarantee that he will be able to defeat Xingzhe, so he can only prepare everything carefully.

Be careful to sail the boat for 10,000 years, if there is an overturn, there will naturally be a capsized, if the boat capsizes, it will be too embarrassing.

However, Xingzhe said to be cautious, but he and Xi Yao ordered a hot pot. Of course, there is no hot pot in Datang, this hot pot was made by Xingzhe himself, and he plans to sell it with barbecue.

Xi Yao saw such a thing as hot pot for the first time, and in addition to being curious, she was also worried about whether it was delicious or not.

When Xingzhe poured the sauce he had made according to Du Niang into the pot, the rich fragrance filled the whole room, a fragrance that Xi Yao had never smelled.

"Wow, it's so fragrant, what is this, why is it so fragrant when you put it in the pot?"

In front of the fragrant fragrance, Xi Yao became interested in this pot that she couldn't tell what it was, and the name was hot pot.

"This is called hot pot base, which is made of salt, sugar, star anise, Sichuan pepper, cinnamon, cumin, white pepper, orange peel, sand kernel, bay leaf, withered tea, angelica, ginger, lily, shallot, garlic, yam, galangal, coix seed, lotus seed, gourd, cloves, longan, nutmeg, jujube, ginkgo seeds, black sesame seeds, coriander, hawthorn, wolfberry, licorice, etc., a variety of materials are mixed together, through special proportions, it is the most important thing in hot pot. If there is no hot pot base, then the hot pot is not called hot pot. ”

Xingzhe said the hot pot base material that he memorized from Du Niang in order to make hot pot at that time, of course, this is just what he remembers, and he doesn't remember a lot more.

"Wow, this hot pot is so complicated just because of the base, ordinary people must not be able to afford it, right?"

Xi Yao was a little confused when she heard it, Xingzhe said so many things in one breath, it was quite difficult to hear it clearly, let alone memorize it.

"Of course, hot pot is only affordable for emperors, and ordinary people have never even seen it."

Xingzhe patted his chest proudly, as if to say: We are the emperor now.

"Emperor? Are you sure? Do our emperors of the Tang Dynasty also eat hot pot? ”

Xi Yao is still very curious about new things, and she is even more curious about eating.

"Of course, I'll tell you a few stories about the emperor and the hot pot, and you will know that the hot pot has fire in the end."

Xingzhe cleared his throat and held his head high, making himself look like a storyteller.

"There was an emperor named Kublai Khan, everyone called him Yuan Shizu, and he was very fond of eating hot pot. One winter, when the troops were suddenly about to be pulled out, and he was hungry and determined to eat mutton, the clever cook was in a hurry to cut the mutton into thin slices, put it in a pot of boiling water, and add spices, chopped green onions, etc., Kublai Khan was full of praise after eating. Later, he made this dish that the emperor still did not forget, and gave it the name of mutton shabu. ”

Xi Yao had never heard of Xingzhe's story, and she was very interested in Xingzhe's world, so when she listened to the story, she was like a child.

Xingzhe saw that Xi Yao hadn't heard enough, so he continued to tell Xi Yao about the indissoluble love between the hot pot and the emperor while pouring ingredients into the hot pot.

"According to legend, there was a literary scholar named Yang Shen, who accompanied his father Yang Tinghe when he was a child to the banquet set up by Emperor Hongzhi in the imperial garden. There is a hot pot of mutton shabu at the banquet, and charcoal is burned in the fire, and Emperor Hongzhi takes this opportunity to get a link, and the cloud is connected: "The carbon black fire is red and gray like snow", and the ministers asked the ministers to be right, and the ministers suddenly looked at each other. At this time, the young Yang Shen quietly chanted the following couplet to his father: "Gu Huang rice and white rice are like frost." His father then read his son's couplet to the emperor, and the emperor was so happy that he immediately rewarded him with a glass of wine. There is also a person named Emperor Qianlong, who also loves to eat hot pot, he has traveled to the south of the Yangtze River many times, and every place he goes, there is hot pot. ”

The story is almost over, and the hot pot is ready unconsciously, and Xingzhe lifts the lid of the pot.

In an instant, the fragrance overflowed, and Xi Yao had never smelled such a strong and unique fragrance. A variety of ingredients are mixed together, mixed with the original taste of the hot pot base, and just smelling the taste makes you have an appetite.

"Are you ready to eat already?"

Xi Yao made her eyes wide, with a expression.

"It's okay to eat, be careful of the burn."

Xi Yao picked up a piece of mutton, blew it gently, and put it in her mouth after it was cool.

"Wow, it's delicious, the soup tastes great."