Chapter 17: Apprenticeship

After Li Bao woke up from a nap in the afternoon, Ling'er came to report that Li Keji sent someone to find Li Bao and ask about the music and dance arrangement. Li Bao asked where the person was, and Ling'er said that he was still waiting in the outer hall. Li Bao hurriedly dressed up and went out to meet the visitor. When he arrived at the outer hall, the man said that he was Li Keji's housemate. Li Bao asked him to tell Li Keji that he would come to the palace tomorrow to discuss the music and dance arrangement.

After the little guy left, Li Bao saw that the sky was clear, but it was snowing outside, and he didn't go out because of the cold wind, and went to the kitchen to see how Zheng Ah Li was prepared.

Zheng Ah Li is now the chief chef of the Golden Luan Palace, and the six apprentices are very respectful, these people all know Li Bao's attitude towards Zheng Ah Li, if he doesn't study seriously, Lang Jun will definitely leave a bad impression in Lang Jun's heart after he knows it; In addition, he was cursed by the rest of the temple every day.

Because Li Bao's idea was too bad, the dishes they practiced couldn't be thrown away to make meals for their companions in the palace. After all, everyone has to save face, and no one wants to be scolded all day long. Therefore, everyone was attentive, and every word spoken by Zheng Ah Li was firmly remembered in the bottom of their hearts.

Li Bao entered the kitchen, and they didn't notice it. Zheng Ah Li is explaining the practice of Buddha jumping over the wall, how to choose ingredients, whether the ingredients are fresh, etc., and the explanation is very detailed. Zheng Ah Li's intentions are because of Li Bao's heavy reward. Seeing that all the apprentices are studying hard, Li Bao is very pleased. did not disturb Zheng Ali's teaching, it was still early now, according to the time of the later generations, it was about two o'clock in the afternoon.

Li Bao saw that there was nothing to do in the afternoon, so he planned to go to Qinghui Pavilion for a walk, but his younger brother Li Yi didn't see him. Go and take a look, by the way, tell Li Ying that Li Keji will discuss the music and dance arrangement tomorrow, and he will first unify the caliber with Li Ying to prevent goofs.

Because I was going to offer food to my father Li Yi for dinner, I had to announce it in advance, otherwise it would be too late for Li Yi to have dinner, so Li Bao told Hu Sanbao to take a trip. He took Ling'er to Qinghui Pavilion to see Li Ying.

The master and servant walked in the cold wind in the Daming Palace, the lake ice of the Taiye Pond melted a little, and the three islands of Penglai in the lake were overlooked, and there was a bit of a bleak charm under the sun in the winter afternoon.

In less than a quarter of an hour, he arrived at Qinghui Pavilion, and Ling'er stepped forward to report first, and after a while, Li Ying greeted him outside. The sisters and brothers entered each other, and when they arrived in the inner hall, "Bi'er hurriedly brought the 'Xishan Bailu' I hid to make tea for Langjun, remember to make tea." Bi'er is Li Ying's personal maid, and she agreed to go after listening to her master's orders. Not long after, Bi'er served the tea of Xishan Bailu.

After the sister and brother sat down, Li Bao picked up the teacup and a burst of fragrance came to his nose. Li Ying smiled and said: "It's strange that this Xuanhui Academy sent my father's reward in the morning, I counted it, but it was not deducted by them, and the eunuch who gave the reward had a pair of triangular eyes, and I knew that it was not a good thing at a glance." ”

When Li Bao saw Li Ying's tone, he knew that she had been bullied by eunuchs a lot in the past, so she didn't have a good impression of the eunuchs of Xuanhui Academy. This is human nature, and Li Bao can understand it.

"Sister has been angry with the eunuchs a lot over the years, but we must pay attention to the occasion and proportion, it's okay to complain among our own people, we must not be careless, once it falls into the ears of those who have a heart, it will definitely be unfavorable to us."

"Rokuro rest assured, my province. It's strange why the Xuanhui Yuan didn't withhold our reward today. ”

Li Bao told Li Ying about Wu Qicheng's coming over in the morning, and Li Ying was also happy when she heard that there was a big eunuch who wanted to form an alliance with Li Bao. excitedly took Li Bao's hand and said in a loud voice, too good, too good......

Li Bao hurriedly told her that this matter must be kept secret. Don't let outsiders know, otherwise this alliance will break at any time.

Li Ying hurriedly covered her mouth, looked around, and found that the room was full of her henchmen, so she put her mind at ease. Next, Li Bao told Li Ying that Li Keji would come to visit tomorrow to discuss the music and dance arrangement.

In order to say that the music and dance were created by the two of them, Li Bao took the dance picture and handed it to Li Ying, and when Li Ke came tomorrow, Li Ying would take it out, so that they could hide their secret. At the same time, Li Bao told Li Ying some details of the stage layout, so as not to be in front of Li Keji tomorrow.

This stage picture is designed by Li Bao after careful consideration, there is no electricity in the Tang Dynasty, there is no gas storage technology, and the stage effects that people often see in later generations, such as light dry ice are not available in today's Datang, Li Bao has been thinking for a long time, and if you want to achieve an amazing effect, you must find another way, and only by using the existing material level according to local conditions.

Li Ying looked at Li Bao, who was gushing. She was stunned by Li Bao's idea, and wondered why Li Bao knew so much, she couldn't understand Li Bao since he was born, when he was a child, he would be alone in a daze, and he would stay for several hours, and sometimes he would be inexplicably excited to hide in the study alone to write and draw.

In the past, Li Bao was a little withdrawn, both for her and for her mother. After their mother's death, they were humiliated, and at that time, Li Bao stood up and held up a piece of the sky for her and Balang. So that she will not suffer too much. Yesterday, Li Bao was even more shocking, winning his father's favor in one fell swoop. Perhaps Rokuro has awakened to the importance of family affection, and has also awakened to the fact that only when he has power in this palace will he not be slaughtered. Li Ying suddenly felt so happy that she couldn't help but burst into tears.

Li Bao, who was talking endlessly, was startled, looked at Li Ying's delicate face with rain, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong, why did you suddenly cry when you were fine just now?" ”

"It's nothing, I saw that Rokuro was thinking hard for the honor of our three sisters and brothers, and my heart was moved, and I couldn't hold back for a while, so I cried."

Li Bao thought that when he first came to this time and space, he was very depressed, and he didn't care much about others, Li Ying would often try to get close to him, but he would always refuse Li Ying's kind comfort, and would rather be alone in a daze. Now I see that Li Ying is moved by the fact that he has made a little effort.

As a traverser, he has too many advantages to show in order to gain attention and favor, but Li Bao selfishly locks him in his own world and is indifferent to the people and things around him. Although psychologically there is not much bond with Li Ying and the deceased Wang Jieyu, the blood bond between him and Li Ying cannot be erased in the time and space of Datang.

Looking at Li Ying's tearful face, he finally woke up and said: Family affection is not only to love its strength, but also to love its weakness. When Li Bao was a child, Li Ying wanted to care more about him, hoping that he could be cheerful and comfortable. Now that Li Bao is showing his ability to change his original fate, Li Ying is even more moved to cry because of Li Bao's strength. What reason does he have to ignore the affection around him?

Li Bao wiped the tears from Li Ying's face, looked at her eyes, and said solemnly: "Sister, for you, for the future of our sisters and brothers, for all the people around us who love us and care about us, I will definitely work hard." Strive to make you happy, strive to make all the people around you happy, and strive to make this Datang different from the original! ”

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Li Bao said goodbye to Li Ying and returned to the Jinluan Palace. Zheng Ah Li has prepared the four dishes to be offered. Li Bao returned to the dormitory and asked Ling'er to wait for him to change his clothes, and combed for a while, before letting Hu Sanbao carry the food box and walk in the direction of Xianning Hall (1).

Xianning Hall is a side hall in the Penglai Palace, because it is relatively close to the Zichen Hall and the Yanying Palace, and it is also close to the greenhouse hall, the bathhouse hall and other palace rooms, Li Yi put the dormitory there. Li Ying's Qinghui Pavilion is very close to the Xianning Palace. But Li Bao didn't dare to go to see Li Yi casually. After all, he is the king of a country and the nominal master of the Tang Dynasty. The respect and solemnity that should be deserved must not be neglected.

It didn't take long for the master and servant to walk to the Xianning Palace, they arrived outside the Xianning Palace, and they had their own internal servants to report, and after a while, Li Bao was passed in, Hu Sanbao saw the emperor for the first time, and his heart was also more nervous, Li Bao specially patted him on the shoulder, and he was a little more relaxed.

Li Bao and the others entered the hall, and there was a door a few steps after entering the palace gate, and there was a thick curtain hanging on it. When he arrived at the door, Li Bao stood in front of the curtain and took a look, and found that the curtain was woven with Shu brocade, and the dragon and phoenix embroidered on it were auspicious.

Opened the door curtain and entered the hall immediately felt a little hot, the room temperature was at least 30 degrees, Li Bao thought, the heat in this hall is enough, the Xianning Hall is extremely luxurious, the hall is also very wide, Li Bao visually measured about 120 square meters, from the entrance of the hall to Yizong's bed is almost 20 meters, the ground is covered with long wool carpet from Tubo, and it is extremely soft to step on.

On both sides, there are several treasure chests, which are full of precious porcelain and white jade ornaments, and the walls of the hall are full of famous calligraphy and paintings, and many of the contents of the paintings are Buddhist stories, and it can be seen that Li Yi is very devout to Buddhism. In the center of the hall, there is a large incense burner with a gilded animal head, and the cigarette smoke curls, Li Bao smelled it and felt that it should be the ambergris incense paid tribute by the South China Sea.

There is a red sandalwood screen bed in the center of the north head of the hall, and there is an agate treasure chest on the left side of the bed, which is full of Buddhist scriptures. In front of the bed there is a low table with curved feet. Li Bao turned his head and glared at Hu Sanbao, who was looking around, and whispered: "Don't look around, hurry up and follow me to meet the official's house." When Hu Sanbao heard this, he hurriedly lowered his head and followed Li Bao towards the curved-footed low table in front of Li Luo's screen bed.

Li Yi was wearing a yellow dragon pattern jacket and was reclining on the screen couch to rest. Seeing Li Bao come to the table to salute, he said to Li Bao: "Liulang is flat, I listen to the report of the servant, you have to give me a sacrifice." I don't know what kind of delicious it is? ”

"My lord, please wait, and serve the food quickly." Hu Sanbao stepped forward to place it, but a black-faced waiter intercepted the food box, opened it first, and carefully inspected it before he stepped forward to carefully place the four dishes on the low table. Then another white-faced chamberlain tried them one by one with silver chopsticks, and then tasted them again.

After a while, he whispered to Li Luo: "These vegetable slaves and maids of the official family have already tasted it, it is not poisonous, and please feel free to eat it." Li Luo waved his hand, and the two attendants retreated by themselves.

Li Bao stepped forward to introduce them one by one, and introduced the names and ingredients of the dishes in detail. Li Yi took the chopsticks and tried them one by one, and praised them without words, these dishes were really delicious. Li Yi ate two bowls of rice in one go, and the four-course meal was almost at the bottom of the bowl, so he stopped chopsticks. Li Bao persuaded him to eat less several times, but he didn't listen.

After eating, Li Yi leaned on the couch and touched his belly and said, "Oh, it's really dying, I haven't eaten so much for a long time." Are these dishes cooked by Rokuro, and how do they make them so delicious? ”

"Adults, please take care of the dragon's body, the doctor often says that overeating is easy to damage the spleen and stomach. These dishes are cooked by the chefs in the Baohe Palace, and Bao has no hobbies on weekdays, so he likes to study dance and eat, and he doesn't want to really study some experience. Fortunately, I was able to enter the eyes of adults. I can't help but be happy! Since then, as soon as new cuisines are developed, they will be presented to adults. ”

After listening to Li Bao's words, Li Yi was very happy in his heart, Liulang, this kid is really like me, so he can drink and feast and entertain. But as a father and a king, he could not say these words in a high-sounding manner, and if he was heard by the officials, he would have to make noise every day.

"It's a pity that Liulang's talent is used in these places, but I still have to put my mind on poetry and books, my prince of the Tang Dynasty can't just eat, drink and have fun."

"When I hear the teachings of the adults, I will be filled with excitement, and I must remember the teachings of the adults. It's just that I want to ask for permission from my lord for one thing. ”

"What's the matter? Although it is said that regarding the worship ceremony, Zhang Situ is old and frail, and he is worried that he will have a long way to come to the palace, and his body may not be able to support him. Therefore, I would like to ask your Excellency to go to Zhang Situ's house in Xuanyang Fang to pay homage.

There is another thing to report to the adults, the chef in the palace said, I want to develop food must find more ingredients, but also know more about the flavors of various places. Therefore, Bao wanted to ask to go out of the palace to the wine shop and restaurant in Chang'an City to see it, so that he could make more delicious food and present it to adults. Please give me your permission!"

After listening to Li Bao's reason, Li Luo quickly understood Li Bao's purpose, he wanted to leave the palace and saw through Li Bao's thoughts. "In this case, I will allow you to leave the palace and go to Zhang Situ's house to worship the master. But now that there are thieves among the people, you are too young, and I don't feel at ease when you go out, so let's send a few soldiers of Jin Wuwei to follow and protect you, so I can rest assured. ”

"Master Xie, I will be careful. In this way, Bao will retire, and please rest, sir. There is also a booklet here, so adults can take a look at it if they have time. Saying that, Li Bao put a thin book on Li Yi's desk. Then he slowly withdrew from the Xianning Hall with Hu Sanbao.

After Li Yi waited for Li Bao to withdraw, he picked up the thin book and looked at it, only to see three words "Journey to the West" written on the cover page of the book.

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(1) Which direction of Xianning Palace in Daming Palace, Ayong found a lot of information, but did not find it, and later saw on a web page that Xianning Hall is a side hall of Chang'an Palace.

Ah Yong was very puzzled, looking at the map of Daming Palace for a long time and did not find Chang'an Palace, only found a Chang'an Palace, the Tang Dynasty's name for the palace was obviously different from that of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the palace of the Tang Dynasty was a concept with the palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Therefore, Ah Yong deduced that Chang'an Palace is Chang'an Palace, but it is too close to King Li Bao's Jinluan Palace, so Ah Yong decided to put Xianning Hall in Penglai Palace, which is hereby explained.

ps: This chapter has been written for several hours, and now it's 3:49 in the morning, and I'm sleepy! This chapter is very critical.,Li Bao's ideological change.,I deleted the code.,Deleted the code.,It's very hard.,I hope you can like it.,Please also ask for a lot of support.,Collection and tickets I urgently need it!!!!