Chapter 30: The Gluttonous Cat
Princess Jinyang doesn't have such a high concentration, children, greed is a matter of course.
She looked at Xu Hui with blank eyes and pleaded: "Xu Chongrong, I am going to Xu Mansion as a guest tonight, I want to eat eggplant boxes." ”
"This-" Xu Hui frowned, very embarrassed.
Princess, or His Majesty Li Er's favorite princess, can she be as light and simple as an ordinary person? Honor guards, guards, car drivers, princess travel, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is mighty.
What's more, just to eat, not to mention His Majesty Li Er, you can't get through here in Xu Hui.
"Xu Chongrong, if you can't be the master, I'll go and tell my father?" Princess Jinyang didn't get a positive answer, and remembered a bigger backer.
Xu Hui smiled helplessly and said, "Your Royal Highness, Your Majesty has a lot of opportunities and is busy with government affairs, so don't bother because of trivial matters!" It's better to let Xiao Zhao go back early today, let the chef of the Xu Mansion cook a few dishes, and then send them to the palace. ”
Princess Jinyang thought about it, smiled, nodded her little head vigorously, and then turned to Xiao Zhao and said, "In addition to the eggplant box, I also want to eat fried mutton and fried fish with green onions." ”
Xiao Zhao smiled and agreed, "Okay." I'll go back early and tell the cook to do well. You know how delicious it is when you taste it. ”
"The prepared dishes will be sent to my Bingxia Palace first." Xu Hui is still very cautious, he has to see it with his own eyes, and even taste it with his own mouth, and then decide whether to give it to the little princess, "When Xiao Zhao leaves, I will send palace people to follow me." ”
Princess Jinyang was satisfied, pushed the bowl, and said with a smile: "I'm full." ”
Xu Hui was helpless, waved his hand to ask the palace people to remove the food table, and said: "Rest for a while, and then continue to talk about "Women's Rules". ”
That's right, Xu Hui is now responsible for educating the young Princess Jinyang, and even called her little sister to listen to classes and study every day.
It can be seen that Xu Hui's talent is second to none in the palace.
It is no wonder that her "Autumn Wind Hangu Ying Edict" was later compiled into the imperial enlightenment textbook, teaching the princes and princes of the Tang Dynasty how to write poems and compositions.
The "Female Rule" is a thirty-volume book compiled by Empress Changsun during her lifetime to collect the affairs of the palace concubines and strange women in the past dynasties, so that future generations can understand the truth.
In other words, "The Female Rules" and "The Female Commandment" are two books with completely different central ideas.
Therefore, the "Female Commandment", which was praised by His Majesty Li Er as "enough to set an example for a hundred generations", has been lost, but the "Female Commandment", which educates women with three virtues and four virtues, and is full of small feet, has been handed down.
In order to satisfy the little princess's desire to eat, Xiao Zhao will leave school early today. His own vehicle, the accompanying palace people, quickly returned home.
When he got home, Xiao Zhao was busy looking for Xu Qilin and told him what Princess Jinyang was salivating and waiting for in the palace.
Xu Qilin is working, very busy, I heard that the little son wants to eat, but it is Her Royal Highness the princess, and the food sent to the palace looks like it.
Braised mutton, fried lamb with green onions, cucumber with shredded ears, mixed with wild vegetables, fried eggplant box, cold lotus root, and then a bowl of mutton balls and radish shredded soup, three hot and three cool soup. Xu Qilin instructed the kitchen to cook six dishes, then stuff the rice, serve a few bowls of assorted fried rice, and work together.
After explaining the kitchen, Xu Qilin and the palace people said a few more words, and then plunged into the studio to continue to work, and did not take the children's gluttony too seriously.
I didn't take it too seriously here, but the little son was eager to return to Jinyang Palace.
I didn't eat too much at noon, so I waited for the evening to eat what eggplant box, mutton, and fried fish!
Sitting on the small wooden horse and rocking around, the little princess kept looking at the sky, thinking about how delicious the food would be.
Ay! With delicious food, how can you forget your father and brother? The little son suddenly felt that he was enjoying the food alone, as if he was very selfish!
Thinking of this, the little son jumped off the wooden horse and rushed to the Taiji Palace.
When it was almost time for dinner, the palace people returned to Bingxia Palace with the food box.
Xu Hui ordered someone to put the food on the table, and looked at this unfamiliar dish and was stunned.
I really haven't eaten it, I haven't even seen it, but it smells so good. Xu Huiming Palace people took a little from each dish, put it in a small plate, took chopsticks by himself, and tasted it carefully.
The palace meal has its own rules and anti-drug measures; This food from outside the palace was originally easy to eat. But Xu Hui firmly believes in his brother, and there will be nothing wrong with it.
Well, that's pretty good! Xu Hui put the mutton in his mouth and chewed it carefully, the smooth and fresh fragrance immediately overflowed his mouth, and the juice was still not thick, so he couldn't help nodding lightly.
A sound of footsteps came, and only His Majesty Li Er and Princess Jinyang were the only ones who entered the Bingxia Palace without being informed by the palace people, and it was they who came.
His Majesty Li Er carried his little son, and beside him was the eleven-year-old King of Jin, Li Zhi, and entered the palace with a happy expression.
Xu Hui hurriedly put down the chopsticks and went up to collect his clothes and bow down.
"No courtesy." His Majesty Li Er stretched out his hand to help him up, smiled brightly, and teased: "Concubine Ai is stealing food, but let me catch it!" ”
"The concubine is rude, and she is willing to be punished by His Majesty." Xu Hui smiled suddenly, got up and hurriedly, and the little grease on his lips hadn't been wiped yet!
Hahahaha. His Majesty Li Er couldn't help laughing when he saw that the usually gentle and upright concubine showed a different appearance.
He naturally knew that Xu Hui was not stealing food, but tasting it, and he also showed care and love in his caution.
Princess Jinyang smelled the fragrance, couldn't wait to run to the table, stared at the dishes and sighed, stretched out her little finger and said, "It smells so good, what kind of dish is this, what kind of dish is this, I haven't seen it!" ”
His Majesty Li Er and Xu Hui also approached and summoned the palace people to introduce the name of the dish.
"The name of the dish is unfamiliar, I don't know what it tastes like?" After listening to the introduction of the name of the dish, His Majesty Li Er stroked his beard and smiled: "Let's pass the meal!" Looking at the little son, he was in a hurry. ”
Xu Hui hurriedly ordered the palace people to put the food table, and the palace maids and eunuchs who came with His Majesty Li Er also presented the imperial meals one by one.
At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the food system was still divided, and everyone sat on a food table, not around a table. At that time, the royal food was far less luxurious than that of later dynasties, with one hundred and eighty dishes at every turn.
Everyone sits in their seats, and their own palace people shuttle, adding vegetables and food.
Princess Jinyang is the most lively, and her crisp voice sounds from time to time.
"Add eggplant box, add mutton...... Father, you taste this dish, it's delicious! Brother Pheasant, you eat another eggplant box. ”
His Majesty Li Er saw that his beloved daughter was eating happily, and his young son also added vegetables frequently, and his heart was also joyful.
His Majesty Li Er ate a crispy eggplant box and tender inside, picked up a chopstick to mix wild vegetables, carefully looked at it and put it in his mouth, chewed a few times and gently bowed his head, "It's fragrant and refreshing, not bad." ”
Xu Hui accompanied him, he didn't eat much, but he preferred the refreshing side dishes with cold salad, and said with a smile: "I don't know where the chef was invited, the taste of such a dish, the concubine has never tasted it before." ”