Chapter 540: Jedi Strikes Back

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Kublai Khan looked curiously at the little firebird trapped in the iron net, and Sun Hui, as a firebird, also carefully looked at this famous emperor in later generations.

Kublai Khan in front of him was tall and burly, with a square and ruddy face, dense hair and heavy beard, and an inviolable majesty, but there was a trace of fatigue in his eyes, and his posture had already shown the appearance of obesity.

Sun Hui knew that it was probably Xiangfan's long-term inability to attack that made Kublai Khan feel heavy pressure, and also made him turn more and more to poverty and luxury, seeking comfort and satisfaction. The court banquets of the Mongols have become more and more luxurious since the time of Kublai Khan. The banquet dishes are Mongolian cuisine, which is mainly meat. In order to make Kublai Khan feel comfortable, the daily meals were also elaborate and quite extravagant. On Kublai Khan's table, boiled lamb and roasted whole lamb were two must-serve dishes, along with other fatty foods as a complement to the meat. A typical royal meal consists of roasted lamb, eggs, saffron lettuce, baked crepes, sugar tea, mare's milk wine, and a beer made from millet. The banquet diet is naturally more refined. Mongolians don't care about overeating, especially on formal occasions. Overeating became a habit rather than the exception. The Mongol khans had always been heavy drinkers, and Kublai Khan must have developed this vice at this time. He must have drunk mare's milk and wine before coming here, otherwise he wouldn't have such a big smell of alcohol.

Such a diet is bound to cause health problems. According to historical records, he spent the last decade of his life suffering from obesity and other ailments that followed. The portrait painted for him by Liu Guandao in 1280 already revealed his fat physique, but at the end of the eighties of the thirteenth century, his eating habits really got him into trouble. He was unsightly fat and began to suffer from gout and other diseases. His alcoholic habits exacerbated his physical ailment. Mark. Polo was one of those who witnessed the unbridled feasting of the Mongol court. Kublai Khan, like many other Mongols, was unable to restrain his drinking habits, especially when he was controlled by grief and old age. He used a variety of methods to treat his ailment, from Southeast Asian medicines and doctors to Korean shamans, but none of them solved the problem, and his overeating habits remained.

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