Zhu Ao then remembered that with the knowledge level of the ancient people, it seems that they did not recognize the proposition of the best reproductive age, they have always encouraged more children and grandchildren, and they can have more children and more children, and they can give birth early, as for the woman's physical problems, they are not particularly concerned, stroking the hair of their beloved wife, and said with a smile: "Okay, good, good, then we will try to give birth to the prince as soon as possible, but the queen must take care of her body." ”

It's a pity that there was no effective contraceptive in ancient times, and it was impossible for Zhu Ao to endure Sun Yunqi until he was twenty-four years old before touching her, so he would have to hold back for nearly ten years, so it was better to kill him and be happy, so he could only ask the queen to take good care of her body, and the child's affairs would be up to fate.

Zhu Ao likes to be lively, and is willing to call a family to gather together for dinner at dinner. Zhu Ao in later generations is also a senior foodie, who pays attention to not getting tired of eating, but it is a pity that his income at that time was low, his pocket was shy, and many delicacies could only be seen and could not be enjoyed.

Now Zhu Aogui is the prince, originally thought that he could take this opportunity to make up for the regrets of his previous life and satisfy his appetite to the fullest, but after coming to the Ming Dynasty, he found that things were not as good as he imagined, because although the food culture in the early years of the Ming Dynasty had a certain development, it was far from reaching the level of later generations, and many dishes could not be made at all, and even the most commonly eaten kung pao chicken in later generations was only carried forward at the end of the Qing Dynasty.

When Zhu Ao was in the capital, he also accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang to eat, although Zhu Yuanzhang was born in a poor family, he has always advocated frugality, but after all, he is an emperor, no matter how thrifty he is, it is impossible to wronged his stomach, and he is still more particular about the food.

Let's take a look at Zhu Yuanzhang's daily menu first. First of all, breakfast: fried mutton, pork fried yellow cabbage, steamed pork trotters, fried fresh fish, fragrant rice, bean soup, and tea.

It can be seen that his breakfast is still relatively rich, which is very in line with the health tips of later generations to eat well in the morning.

As for Lao Zhu's lunch, it is even more abundant, namely: pepper and vinegar shrimp, roast goose, braised sheep's head and feet, goose meat, salty drum mustard lamb tripe plate, garlic vinegar white blood soup, five-flavor steamed chicken, original sauce lamb bones, paste and spicy vinegar kidney, steamed fresh fish, mutton crystal horns, minced pepper mutton, fragrant rice, garlic cheese, three fresh soup, bean soup, and tea.

It should be noted that in the Ming Dynasty, it was not the imperial dining room that cooked for the emperor, but the imperial dining room was an institution only in the Qing Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, it was Guanglu Temple that was in charge of the emperor's diet.

Therefore, although Guanglu Siqing is only an official in charge of food, his level is not low, from the third grade, he is called "Little Jiuqing".

It's just that in the late Ming Dynasty, the emperors gradually disliked eating the food of Guanglu Temple, and the reason was very simple, it was two words: unpalatable.

Xie Zhaoqian, a man from the Ming Dynasty, once said that the "imperial meal" made by Guanglu Temple for the emperor is actually nothing new such as delicacies and seafood, but it is just a big fish and meat put together and boiled and stewed and then seasoned.

According to the record of "Wanli Ye Shu Ed.", the popular proverb in Beijing at that time was "the four unreliable in Beijing": the article of the Hanlin Academy, the sword and gun of the Wukusi, the tea soup of the Guanglu Temple, and the prescription of the Tai Hospital.

In fact, the reason for this phenomenon is likely to be that the imperial power fell in the late Ming Dynasty and the civil official group rose strongly, so they were more perfunctory to the emperor. I believe that in Zhu Yuanzhang's era, Guanglu Temple did not dare to make some unpalatable dishes to fool Lao Zhu.

Poor Zhu Yuanzhang tried hard to strengthen the imperial power, but his descendants finally died because the imperial power was weakened and could not master all the resources of the empire to deal with internal and external troubles, which is probably a kind of fate.

The topic continues back to the diet of the Ming emperors, because the cooking in Guanglu Temple in the late Ming Dynasty was really unacceptable, the emperors had to find another way to find someone else to cook.

This group of people is the eunuchs.

According to the records of the "Zhizhong Zhi", all the things that the emperor eats every day are handled by two or three people, the eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch of the pen, the eunuch of Bingbi and the eunuch of the commander of Dongchang.

Of course, it's not these great fathers-in-law who are cooking, they are also extremely popular ministers when they get mixed up in this portion, how can they run to the kitchen to pick up a big spoon, even if they want to show themselves in front of the leader, they will not do such a cheap thing, which makes people see jokes.

The specific person in charge of cooking is the cook raised by the eunuchs, the eunuchs are people who have broken their roots, and they don't want to leave a family property for future generations in this life, once they get older, they just want to enjoy themselves, and because of their defects in some aspects, they can't participate in some entertainment activities, so they can only satisfy their appetites.

Based on the above reasons, the eunuchs have very good tastes, and in order to enjoy the food, they do their best, and the average cook really can't meet their requirements, so all the cooks who can be looked down upon by these great eunuchs are the masters of the masters. The emperor naturally knew this, so he ate the dishes made by their cooks and touched the light of his subordinates.

When Zhu Ao became a vassal from the capital, although he also brought a cook, the skill of that cook can only be said to be barely enough, far from satisfying Zhu Ao's pursuit of extreme deliciousness.

After coming to Gansu, Zhu Ao was either busy with construction or war, and he didn't have time to find a new chef, so he always paid attention to food.

Now that he has to have dinner with his family again, Zhu Ao feels unappetizing when he thinks of the dishes that the chef cooked, but the problem is that he can't make it even if he is asked to do it, so what should he do?

Zhu Ao suddenly slapped his head: Why don't you eat hot pot? Isn't it winter? I'm afraid that anyone will get this hot pot, of course, the base material will take some thought, but it can still be studied.

After paying attention, Zhu Ao hugged Sun Yunqi and said, "Queen, how about this king invite you to eat hot pot today?" ”

The dish of hot pot has been available in the Song Dynasty, and Sun Yunqi has naturally eaten it, sitting in Zhu Ao's arms, gently leaning on his shoulder, and smiling: "Okay, the concubine also likes to eat it." ”

Tingwei and Yinhe have been serving people for more than ten years, and they have already trained their eyesight. After hearing Zhu Ao and Sun Yunqi's decision, Tingwei immediately curtsied to the two of them and said, "The concubine will go and prepare the materials." ”

Yinhe also bowed with her and said, "The concubine will go and inform the other two maidens." Then the two of them withdrew together and went their separate ways.

After less than a stick of incense, the Kunhe Palace, which was originally empty, instantly became lively, Lan Youcheng and Dai Yuzhu respectively brought their personal maids, rushed over with a smile, and immediately took two steps after seeing Zhu Ao and Sun Yunqi, knelt down in front of the two, and said happily: "The concubine knocked on the prince and queen, thank the prince and the queen for the banquet." ”