Chapter 10: Another feat
When Princess Xiangyang came to the gate of the palace with her pair of children, she happened to meet her sister Princess Changguang and her son.
Princess Changguang is Li Yuan's fifth daughter. During the Sui Dynasty, he married Zhao Cijing, and at the beginning of Tang Wude, he remarried Yang Shidao.
Yang Shidao was born in the Hongnong Yang family's Guan Wang Fang, and after the death of the Sui, he defected to the Tang Dynasty, worshiped Yitong and the concubine Duwei, married the princess of Guiyang, and later served as the governor of Lingzhou, and repelled the Turkic invasions many times. He successively served as a waiter in the Ministry of Officials, Taichang Qing, and was named the Duke of Ande County.
The marriages of these two princesses are happy, and their husbands are also valued by His Majesty Li Er, so they are usually guests in the palace.
The two sisters looked at each other and smiled bitterly, and Princess Changguang said to Princess Xiangyang: "Sister, you were also pestered by this little guy Chen Er before you entered the palace, right?" β
"yes, this kid just knows how to play."
"The same is true of my family's Yuzhi, and children are like this by nature."
It is a princess like them who can take their sons into the palace because they are worried about the toys in the palace, and for those officials in Chang'an, I am afraid that almost no one will bring their children into the palace because of this.
When the two imperial sisters entered the palace, the people below would naturally inform His Majesty Li Er in advance.
Li Er and his wife stood outside the East Palace and watched the two princesses come over with their children, Li Er smiled and said, "Are the two imperial sisters discussing entering the palace together today?" β
Now he didn't know that the person who started it all was his son, who made him laugh and cry.
It wasn't until Princess Xiangyang told the reason that Li Er smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't expect this kid to toss Chang'an City in peace." β
"Pheasant slave, you bring it to me." Li Er took out the majesty of his father and shouted at Li Zhi, who was playing hotly.
Li Zhi wiped the sweat from his head, ran over and said, "What is the father called his son?" Erchen is busy. β
Seeing Li Er's tiger eyes, Li Zhi became honest.
"I haven't seen your two imperial aunts yet."
"Oh, Erchen knows."
Li Zhi bowed to the two princesses and said, "The little nephew has seen the two imperial aunts. β
The eldest grandson introduced Li Zhi: "They are the children of your two imperial aunts, this is β’β’β’β’β’β’"
Li Zhi didn't care, anyway, one sheep was also released, and a few more sheep were also released, which was not a problem.
After listening to the queen mother's words, Li Zhi patted his chest to Dou Xiaochen and Yang Yuzhi and promised: "You can rest assured, follow me, I promise to let you eat and drink spicy food and play with the best toys." β
These words made the adults on the side laugh, and Li Er scolded with a smile: "How does this little guy look like a bastard on the street." β
Li Zhicai didn't care what his father said, and took his two new little brothers into the playground he had built, introducing these two little playmates to everyone.
Most of these toys are played by boys, Li Lizhi walked over to her brother and said, "Pheasant slave, these things are played by boys, where do you have any toys for girls." β
As soon as Li Li finished speaking, all kinds of plush toys fell from the sky one after another, and there were classic toys such as dolls that fascinated thousands of girls.
It wasn't until nightfall that everyone walked out of the East Palace playground step by step under the orders of His Majesty Li Er.
Lin De Hall, which is the place where the emperor held banquets, watched acrobatic dance and music and did Buddhist deeds, is located on the high ground directly west of Taiye Pond, 90 meters away from the west wall of the palace city. The pedestal is built by rammed earth, there are brick walls around it, it is rectangular, it is more than 130 meters long from north to south, about 77 meters wide from east to west, two floors up and down, the hall, the corridor is built on the upper pedestal, the Linde Hall is composed of the front hall, the nave, the apse, the nave is the main hall, the east and west are 9 rooms wide (except for one of the two gables), the north and south are 5 rooms deep, there are two partition walls in the hall, the hall is divided into three parts, the middle is 5 rooms, 2 rooms on each side, the ground is paved with 0.2 meters thick stone slab. The east and west width of the front hall is also 9 rooms, the two mountains and the middle hall are together, there is no wall before and after, the two rooms at both ends are 4 rooms deep, of which 7 rooms are 3 rooms deep, and the ground is also paved with stone slabs. The apse and the nave are separated by only one wall, the two mountains are aligned with the two mountains of the nave, enter the depth of 3 rooms, the ground is paved with square bricks, and the hall is surrounded by a corridor. The east side of the back side of the hall is the Yuyi Building, the west side is the adjacent building, and the front of the two floors is the East Pavilion and the West Pavilion. The building and pavilion are all built on the rammed earth platform, and the pavilion corridor sets off the three halls, forming a group of large-scale architectural combinations with the characteristics of the Tang Dynasty.
It is rare for so many people to get together today, and the eldest grandson, who usually pays great attention to frugality, has prepared a sumptuous dinner here tonight.
The children sat bustling behind their desks, and Li Zhi felt that this kneeling posture was really uncomfortable, but he could only do this when others were like this.
"Looks like I'm going to have to figure out how to improve it."
At this time, Li Er thought of the pots and pans that Li Zhi had made, and said to Li Zhi in a cloudy mood: "Pheasant slave, your master has given you so many furniture for eating, should you provide everyone with some special diet tonight?" β
Looking at his father's dangerous gaze, Li Zhi felt that if he didn't toss something today, he was afraid that his ass would suffer.
For the sake of his poor ass, Li Zhi ran out as soon as he slipped away and headed for the imperial dining room.
The poor imperial chef was busy under the command of Li Zhi, and finally made a few dishes with the furniture provided by His Royal Highness Li Zhi, which made the imperial chef wonder if it was made by himself.
Although the dish looks delicious, the chef is not blessed to taste it.
When the palace maids were serving, Li Zhi followed them back to the Lin De Palace.
The eldest grandson said curiously: "Pheasant slave, what have you come up with for so long?" β
Li Zhi motioned to the palace maid to put her three dishes on the table in front of Li Er and his wife, shook off his hairstyle that had not been messy, and then "coughed", and then began to introduce.
"This is shredded potatoes with sharp peppers, potatoes are an ingredient that we don't have in Datang, I don't know where it comes from, and it doesn't seem to be our Datang's, but this is not a detail, the details are just a taste of you will know."
Under Li Zhiji's irresponsible introduction, shredded potatoes with sharp peppers, braised lion's head, and fish-flavored eggplant appeared on the dining table of Datang for the first time, and it was also the dining table of His Majesty Li Er, which is of great significance, which means that His Majesty Datang has a good mouth tonightβ’β’β’β’β’β’
Li Er tasted it with a skeptical attitude, the shredded potatoes with sharp peppers, the slightly spicy feeling made Li Er really want to hug the shredded potatoes and cry bitterly, such a delicate dish was the first time he had eaten it.
After tasting the deliciousness, Li Er said with a dissatisfied face: "How can these three dishes be enough for many of us to eat, pheasant slave, you go and bring me three plates of each for everyone to taste." β
Li Zhi had already prepared for this, and he made the imperial chef quarrel for five portions, and it was no problem for one person to eat a few bites.
A dinner heralds the culmination of another feat that our Royal Highness Li Zhi has accomplished after conquering the pleasures of the children of the Tang Dynasty, conquering the taste buds of His Majesty, the Empress, the Princess, the Imperial Concubine and others.
After eating these three delicacies, they thought about the things they had eaten before, and they felt that half of their lives had been in vain, but they had only tasted such delicious food until today.