Jing Zetian also smelled the fragrance, and he was already hungry, so he beckoned: "Qiu Xiang, you go and invite the mother concubine over, father, you can sit down first." Jing Zetian said.

"Hmm."

Jing Kaige immediately sat down on the chair, naturally leaned his back on the backrest, couldn't help but feel really comfortable, and then began to look carefully at the dishes on the table.

When Jing Zetian saw this, he began to explain: "Father, we don't eat many dishes today, one meat and one vegetable, but the amount is sufficient, this one is fennel mutton, and that one is cold courgette (cucumber). Lamb has a strong smell, so grill radish and lamb together to remove the smell. Then fennel (cumin, originally introduced to China by the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty in ancient times, and courgette was also introduced through the Silk Road after the Han Dynasty. It is stir-fried with salt, peppercorns, soybean oil and other seasonings. This salad courgette must have been eaten by my father. ”

"Stir-fried? What does it mean to fry," Jing Kaige asked suspiciously. Cooking in this era was mainly based on boiling, roasting, and earning, and because of the fat, stir-fried vegetables did not rise.

"Hehe, it's just to grind soybeans into oil and stir-fry them in a hot pan, because soybean oil is not easy to make, it's rarely used to enjoy it on weekdays, and today my father is here, so I'll treat you well" Jing Zetian said with a smile.

"Hmph, even if you still have a little filial piety, what did you do earlier." Speaking of this, Jing Kaige was very dissatisfied in his heart, ignoring his father too much.

Concubine Zhen also changed into regular clothes to eat, and Jing Zetian also hurriedly served her to sit down.

"Let's start eating." Jing Kaige, who has endured it for a long time, said. He first picked up a piece of mutton with chopsticks and put it in Concubine Zhen's bowl, today's staple food is corn (millet) rice, because it is lunch, so it is thicker.

Jing Zetian was a little surprised to see his father take the initiative to pick up vegetables for his concubine, it seems that his father should be good to his concubine on weekdays.

Jing Kaige then began to eat by himself, chewing slowly and carefully at the beginning, and then getting faster and faster, and after a while, he was the first to eat up the corn in the bowl. Then I looked at Concubine Zhen and Jing Zetian who still hadn't eaten half a bowl, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed: "The main thing is that this fennel mutton is too delicious, so I ate it faster." ”

"It's okay father, there is no imperial history here to supervise you, my people here are strict-mouthed, and they don't dare to talk nonsense, my father just enjoy the food today." Jing Zetian said nonchalantly.

"Zetian is right, we don't have to worry about so much etiquette when we have a meal as a family. Here, bring me another bowl. Jing Kaige said magnificently.

“。。。” Jing Zetian was a little surprised, his father was like this on weekdays, which was different from the emperor in history. Those emperors are not very face-loving, pay attention to etiquette or something.

But thinking about it, Jing Zetian still hurriedly served a bowl of corn in person, the bowl at this time was not big, Jing Zetian usually eats two bowls of corn for his children.

Today is a rare time for the three of them to have a meal alone, Jing Zetian thought at this time, whether to attract the emperor's attention more in the future and let him come a few more times, because he saw that his mother concubine was very happy at the moment, and he couldn't help but have this idea in his heart.

Fengming Palace

"You said that the emperor is dining in Zhengyang Palace at the moment?" Empress Zhao Liwan asked the eunuch in front of her.

"Yes, the queen mother, the emperor has gone to the Zhengyang Palace since the next dynasty, and soon there will be smoke in the Zhengyang Palace, just to receive the emperor." The eunuch bowed and replied.

"Well, it seems that the emperor is very satisfied with the peace of the six princes this time, so let's go, Wu Shun, you go down first, I will pick out some gifts later, and you go and send them to Concubine Zhen." Zhao Liwan said to the eunuch.

"Whoa." The eunuch Wu Shun replied.

After the eunuch left, the maid beside the queen asked, "Niangniang, it seems that the six princes are going to get His Majesty's attention, does it have any impact on the crown prince?" ”

"Pear Blossom, as my personal maidservant, you can't just look at the present, even if his sixth prince is reused by His Majesty, so what, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has not only been at fault over the years, but also showed his ability, didn't this counterinsurgency end in the hands of the prince? You have to understand one thing, the crown prince is the eldest son, and he must not be jealous of his younger brothers and sisters, and must have the demeanor of being an elder brother. Just like me, the master of the harem, I have to have a good mentality, I never compete with other concubines for favor, but the emperor tells me everything, don't you know these things? Zhao Liwan said magnificently. As a country, Zhao Liwan is not a brainless woman. His family, the Zhao family, is also one of the families, but he has been following Huaguo at the earliest, and he Zhao Liwan is the daughter of the Zhao family, and she also married Jing Kaige, the emperor of Huaguo, and became the queen, which makes the current Zhao family have more influence in Huaguo.

"The slave is awake." Zhao Liwan's personal maid Lihua said clearly.

"Well, you can pick out some good things for me and give them to Wu Shun." Zhao Liwan commanded.

Zhengyang Palace

"Ze Tian, you have to quickly learn these cooking skills to the imperial chef, or I will have to come to you every day to eat." After eating, Jing Kaige said jokingly.

"I wish my father would come to me every day." Jing Zetian also said in passing.

"Okay, now that I'm full, I have something serious to ask you." Jing Kaige leaned comfortably back in his chair and said.

"Just ask the father, the son will know everything."

"I heard Li Yuanshang's detailed report on your negotiations with Wusi Khan yesterday, and I feel that you have your own thoughts on the affairs of the Youth League, so I want to ask you today." Jing Kaige said the main purpose of his visit this time.

"Uh, this..."

"Hurry up, rub something."

"That's the case, the father of the Youth League should also know the situation, but maybe he didn't pay attention to it because of the civil strife before. The Youth League is an organization formed after the alliance of the grassland tribes, this kind of organization has no national concept, in fact, the purpose is that those big tribes divide the resources of the entire grassland, to strengthen their own alliance. Jing Zetian said what he thought.

"Well, what you said is right, I also learned a good about the information of the Youth League last night, and it is true. You go on to say, "

"At the beginning of any organization, it is beneficial to the members of the organization, and the same is true of the Youth League, at the beginning, those small tribes that cannot survive have received a lot of support from the Youth League. But with the development of time, those big tribes of the Youth League are not satisfied with this, they are not short of people, they are not short of grassland, and they think that the existence of these small tribes is completely unnecessary. Therefore, the Youth League after that was a situation where the big ate the small, and many small tribes were annexed by the big tribes, and those who did not accept it were destroyed, resulting in the current tribal strength of the Youth League is not too weak. Jing Zetian will talk in detail about the information he obtained in Wenyuan Pavilion.

Jing Kaige couldn't help nodding in agreement as he listened, he had read the information that had been put into Wenyuan Pavilion before, and he also had an impression in his heart.