Eating with the emperor does not mean sharing the table with the emperor - although the Ming Dynasty has already entered the era of the meal system, for example, Gao Pragmatic has always eaten with Gao Gong and his wife in Gao Gong's mansion, but this is a status requirement, and Gao Gong's concubine cannot eat at the same table with the three of them.

In the same way, Gao Pragmatic is not qualified to share a table with the emperor, the crown prince, and the concubine, but "don't give a table" to dine. The dish is the four dishes and three soups just mentioned. Four dishes, roasted bamboo shoots and goose, Panlong vegetables, lychee pork, steamed fresh fish, three soups, pork dragon pine soup, agate cake soup, meat stuffed money soup.

Although the others were exquisite, Gao Pragmatic didn't care, and he looked at the panlong dish with curiosity. This Panlong dish is the imperial cuisine that appeared in the Ming court after Jiajing succeeded to the throne, and was first created in the palace of Xingxian in Luzhou, Huguang'an - it is Jiajing's hidden residence.

It is said that before Zhu Houxi's departure, the famous chef of Yingzhong used lean pork and fresh fish to chop the meat filling, mixed with fat shreds, plus high-quality starch, egg white, green onion and ginger, salt, etc. to mix into a filling and wrap the hard-boiled egg skin to make a flat roll shape, put it in the steamer and steam, and then cut it into thin slices, put it into a dragon shape and steam it in the middle of the plate, and it became a first-class dish with good color, taste, fragrance and shape, so it is called Panlong dish. It is characterized by bright color, fat but not greasy, smooth and oily meat, and long fragrance. Zhu Houxi loved this dish very much when he was young, and he was full of praise, and after ascending the throne as the emperor, he listed Panlong cuisine as a palace imperial dish.

However, Gao Shishi's attention to food does not seem to be enough, and he tasted a piece, although he felt that the taste was good, but it was not so exaggerated that he was full of praise, and he said: Jiajing was only afraid that he was very lonely back then, and he always felt that the dishes in his hometown were the most pleasant.

However, the word Panlong itself has another meaning, which refers to the dragon that has not flown in the ground, and Jiajing gave this dish the name of Panlong, probably to metaphorize that he has the life of the true dragon Son of Heaven.

Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but think with some wicked taste: I ate Panlong cuisine the first time I ate court food, if I wasn't just a child, I'm afraid I would have to wonder if His Majesty the Emperor suspected that I had different intentions.

At this time, he didn't know that hundreds of years later, there would still be people who would use this incident as a legend and secret.

After lunch, Longqing naturally had other things to be "busy", and Concubine Li Guifei said that she would take the prince to see the queen and explain today's events to the queen - she still did a good job in these etiquette things, and since the queen was sick, she would take the prince to visit every day.

Zhu Yijun actually wants to play alone with Gao Pragmatic for a while - it's not that he is close to Gao Pragmatic now, it's just that children like to have a companion to play with, and Gao Pragmatic is close to his age, not to mention, his father and so many powerful gentlemen also praise him for his knowledge, so Zhu Yijun also wants to play with him more.

It's just that he is a child who grew up in the palace and the court after all, although he is still young, he also knows that his identity is different, and some responsibilities must be borne, so he has to reluctantly go with his mother. However, before leaving, he still instructed Gao Shishi and said: "Gao Shixuan, you are now my companion, it is estimated that tomorrow the inner court will take your self-defense and waist cards and other things from Mr. Gao's mansion, and you can enter the palace to see me at any time." ”

It seems that this is just for fear that Gao Pragmatic will not know the rules of the palace process and inform him, but of course Gao Pragmatic can hear what he said, which is nothing more than saying: I am very lonely in the palace, you will come over to play with me tomorrow when you get the pass!

smiled at the moment and said: "The prince understands what the minister meant, and after the minister got the things, he came to visit the prince, by the way, ......" He paused as he spoke.

"By the way, what?" Zhu Yijun's eyes showed a hint of hope.

"By the way, a little gift for the prince." Gao Shishi said with a smile: "That gift is the minister who came up with nothing to do, and then sent someone to try it, but it is also interesting, the minister thinks that not only the prince will like it, maybe the prince will take it to the emperor, the queen and the concubine, most of them will also like it." ”

"Oh?" Zhu Yijun clapped his hands and smiled: "So fun? Okay, okay, then you have to come early tomorrow, we don't have much time...... We'll be talking about it in a little while. ”

Well, it means that it is still winter vacation, and after a while, the curriculum of the "Education Bureau" will be set, and school will start.

"Yes, yes, I understand."

When Zhu Yijun followed Li Guifei away, the Wenhua Hall was basically empty, Meng Chong naturally followed the emperor a long time ago, and Feng Bao also followed Li Guifei's mother and son. ”

It was also a coincidence, it turned out that it was none other than Gao Pragmatic's "old acquaintance" Chen Ju who was responsible for sending Gao Pragmatic out of the palace and back home.

"Don't torture the slave and maid, if you keep calling Chen Ju, you can afford to look at the slave and maid, or you can call Xiao Chenzi, which looks kind." Chen Ju's voice is still like that, and he always feels a little hoarse when he listens to it, but the smile on his face is real.

In fact, he can't say that he is too humble, after all, Gao Pragmatic has a hat called "Fake Bachelor" on his head at the moment, this Ming Dynasty, but all the officials who have been touched with the word "Bachelor" are basically extremely noble, and most of the future prospects are also very optimistic, although Gao Pragmatic, the so-called bachelor, has not even been examined, but as the prince's companion, and Gao Ge Lao's nephew, it is estimated that few fools will treat him as an ordinary reader.

And Chen Ju, although Gao Pragmatic knows his future development, but at the moment there are so many officials in the palace, a large number of favored and powerful people, from Chengtianmen to Di'anmen, it is not his turn to stand, so he really doesn't feel that he has any qualifications to be called "Chen Gong" by Gao Pragmatic.

What's more, he still owes Gao Pragmatic a favor - last time Gao Pragmatic really sent a letter to his "senior brother" who was a county respecter, and later Chen Ju's brother wrote to say that the county government paid for the repair of the county school, and some of the meals owed before were also made up one by one.

For Gao Pragmatism, this matter is just a letter of less than 300 words, which can basically be regarded as a gesture, but for Chen Ju, it is a great grace to solve a big problem for him, so he is sincerely grateful to Gao Pragmatism.

Gao pragmatic said with a smile: "Is it Gong Chen who sent me home today?" ”

Chen Ju bowed slightly and said, "It was the slave who was fortunate enough to get this errand." ”

"I'm going to bother Gong Chen again, I'm really sorry." Gao Shi said politely, and then asked, "But there are others?" ”

Chen Ju was stunned and said, "No...... No, what's the matter, but is there something that someone needs to do on his behalf? If you have something to convey to the elder Gaoge, the slave can send someone to run. ”

Although Chen Ju's status is not very high, he is also a middle-level leader in the inner court, and it is not a problem to find someone to send a letter, especially today Gao Gong is estimated to be still in the cabinet at this time, not in the ministry, close to it, it is impossible to make mistakes, so there is such a saying.

"Not really." Gao pragmatically smiled, blinked again, and asked, "Is Chen Gong interested in being transferred to the prince's side to do things?" ”