Chapter 78: It's not as delicious as dumplings
Jiang Sheng didn't know where to go, but the emperor couldn't harm him, so he followed Xiaohuangmen into the palace. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Emperor Ling summoned Jiang Sheng in the imperial study.
"Weichen Jiang Sheng knocks to see the emperor!"
"Zicheng, I heard what kind of Spring Festival couplets you made? Can you open my eyes? "Spirit Emperor Dao.
Jiang Sheng's heart finally let go, it turned out that Emperor Ling was interested in this Spring Festival couplet.
"Back to the emperor, this is a strange thing made by Weichen, and it is difficult to get into the hall of elegance."
"I just love these kitsch things, and you can show them. Come on, the four treasures of the study! ”
Xiao Huangmen hurriedly presented the four treasures of the study, and cut the red paper according to Jiang Sheng's request.
Jiang Sheng said: "Then Weichen will be ugly!" After speaking, he dipped himself in ink and wrote on the red paper: "The wind and rain are smooth" and "The country is peaceful and the people are safe".
Emperor Ling looked at it, and his face was happy, "Good words!" Good words! You inscribe Spring Festival couplets for the queen, the prince, and the princess's bedroom, and I also let them see new things. ”
Jiang Sheng wrote Spring Festival couplets according to the characteristics of different characters, which was commonplace in later generations, but it was a new thing in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
After Jiang Sheng finished writing, Emperor Ling asked people to post it in the palace.
Emperor Ling said to Jiang Sheng: "I am also good at resignation, can Zicheng polish my "Huangxi Chapter"?" ”
Jiang Sheng said: "The emperor's masterpiece, Weichen really doesn't dare to get an axe, please forgive the emperor!" ”
"Haha—how about you just transcribe it for me?"
Emperor Ling was originally a person who liked to write calligraphy, and when he saw Jiang Sheng's solemn penmanship and the appropriate words of the Spring Festival couplets, he had already become interested.
Jiang Sheng said: "Weichen obeys the order!" ”
Xiaohuangmen took a larger piece of red paper, Jiang Sheng dipped it in ink, and copied the "Huangxi Chapter" made by Emperor Ling in regular script, and wrote the other three articles of Emperor Ling's "Chasing Virtue Fu", "Ode to Lingyi" and "Merchants Song", but it was late at night.
The Lingdi Imperial Study was brightly lit, and the Lingdi was holding the words written by Jiang Sheng and looking at it.
"Your word is horizontal and vertical, square, well, good!"
"Emperor Xie praises!"
"Emperor Qiyu, the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner has been prepared." The eunuch in the imperial dining room came to report.
"Okay, bring it in."
"It's getting late, Weichen is leaving!" Jiang Sheng saw that it was not too early, so he got up and said goodbye.
"Come, Zicheng, have a Chinese New Year's Eve meal with Shu! Come on, go and call Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong to come over! ”
Xiao Huangmen hurriedly went to invite these two gods, Zhang Ran and Zhao Zhong came happily.
Jiang Sheng got up to salute the two lieutenants, and Zhang Rang was puzzled, how could Jiang Sheng be in the emperor's bedroom on this Chinese New Year's Eve?
"Let's take a look at these paintings." Emperor Ling pointed to a few words written by Jiang Sheng on the table.
"The emperor's pen is getting more and more effortful, such a square word, the old slave has never seen it, but the emperor's originality?" Zhang said.
"This is the emperor's "Huangxi Chapter", the old slave has read it. Is this a new penmanship created by the emperor? Zhao Zhong said.
"Zhang Rang is wrong, Zhao Zhong still recognizes that this is my resignation, but this word is not my handwriting, but Zicheng's handwriting."
Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong's eyes suddenly had a look of vigilance, Jiang Sheng This is what Emperor Touling likes, he must have other plans, it seems that he has to guard against Jiang Sheng.
"Zicheng is both civil and military, it is really the blessing of the emperor, please forgive the old slave for being stupid. Looking at the font, the words at the entrance of the palace everywhere are also from Zicheng's hand, right? Zhang said.
"This time you're right, the words at the gate of the palace are called Spring Festival couplets, which are things that Zicheng made up, I heard that he wrote the Spring Festival couplets in the restaurant, and someone actually stole them away, do you say it's fun? Ha ha! "Emperor Ling is as happy as a child.
Jiang Sheng secretly glanced at Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong's expressions, these two people's faces are not faces, noses are not noses, Jiang Sheng secretly shouted that it is not good, the eyes of the ten permanent servants are the size of a needle's eye, looking at the appearance of Emperor Ling, Jiang Sheng will definitely be favored in the future, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong are like meeting rivals in love, Jiang Sheng has a plan in his heart, but he can't overturn in the gutter and let these two be yin.
"Okay, the Chinese New Year's Eve meal has been presented, you accompany the meal, come, give a seat!" Emperor Ling sat at the top, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong accompanied each other on the left and right, and Jiang Sheng sat at the bottom.
Emperor Ling's Chinese New Year's Eve meal is very rich and varied, and there is an appetite at a glance, but there is one thing missing: dumplings.
Jiang Sheng said secretly, this emperor is good, if you want a woman to go anywhere, if you want to eat good things, you can really enjoy it.
In fact, dumplings were first invented by the medical saint Zhang Zhongjing, and Zhang Zhongjing was a person in this period, but dumplings have not yet been invented.
Saying that it is not as delicious as dumplings, Jiang Sheng was quick to eat for a while, and said: "You should eat dumplings on Chinese New Year's Eve." ”
"Dumplings? What are dumplings? Emperor Ling, Zhang Rang, and Zhao Zhong spoke in unison.
"Aren't there dumplings in this era?"
"This era? Why did Zicheng say this? "The Spirit Emperor heard this word relatively freshly.
Jiang Sheng compared the shape of the dumplings, and then explained the dumplings to Emperor Ling.
"Your Majesty, you will eat dumplings every festival, the shape of dumplings is like ingots, and eating dumplings during the festival is to be auspicious and attract wealth and treasure."
"Well, that makes sense. Come on, let the imperial dining room do what Zicheng said. Didn't Zicheng say that he would eat dumplings last? Then eat the dumplings first, and then eat the dumplings last. ”
"Your Majesty, Weichen will go to the imperial dining room, if you don't demonstrate it yourself, I'm afraid the imperial dining room won't be able to make pure dumplings."
"Oh? Zicheng still knows how to cook? "The Spirit Emperor is interested.
"I understand a little!"
"I'm going to see how I can't do such a fun thing." The Spirit Emperor plays with his heart,
"Your Majesty, how can you surrender your identity?" Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong hurriedly dissuaded.
"Your Majesty, Weichen will go up for the emperor, and he will report in detail when he comes back." Jiang Sheng said.
"Okay, then you can go back quickly."
Jiang Sheng went to the imperial dining room under the leadership of Xiao Huangmen, and saw that the imperial chefs were hurriedly preparing.
"Who are you? What to do here? The guards spotted Jiang Sheng coming in.
"I'm here to demonstrate how to make dumplings." Jiang Sheng said.
"How can outsiders come to the imperial dining room? Get out of here! ”
"I came by the emperor's order." Jiang Sheng showed the token that Zhang Rang gave a few days ago.
"This token is used to enter and exit the palace gate, and it is not allowed to enter the imperial dining room." The guards checked the token, but still wouldn't let it go.
"My lord, you're here, we really don't know how to make dumplings, if we can't make them, we won't have a way to live." This eunuch was the one who sent the Chinese New Year's Eve meal to the imperial study, and he knew Jiang Sheng.
When Jiang Sheng heard this, his heart was also moved, why did the minister make everyone disgusted, it was because his words would directly affect the emperor, and as soon as the emperor's golden mouth was opened, someone would definitely suffer.
This dumpling is a living example, the emperor is interested, he has to make this imperial dining room, and the imperial dining room has never touched this thing, of course it can't be made, and the emperor will blame the imperial dining room if he can't eat it. Although Jiang Sheng didn't want to harm the people in the imperial dining room, the people in the imperial dining room might have died because of Jiang Sheng.