Chapter 17: The Seven Tricks of the Pavilion (Part II)
It wasn't until the Queen Mother and Princess Guantao came back that the main course had a chance to appear.
Seeing the emperor let go of his appetite and munched on the grilled steak that flowed with burgundy juice, Princess Guantao held her stomach and drooled.
Look again, the table is full of steaks boiled, fried, grilled, and stewed, pork chops, lamb chops, rabbit meat, and venison; There are also yellow and shiny pheasants, turkeys, and bamboo chickens; Roast duck with a compelling aroma.
Princess Guantao finally knows the meaning of the main course. You must know that she, like Emperor Jing, is a carnivore, and every meal is not happy without meat. Now the delicacies are in front, but they can't eat a bite, and they can't help but grit their teeth.
"Your Majesty, you did it on purpose!" Princess Guantao glared at Liu Che, but found that his face was full of helplessness, and she just glanced at the emperor from the corner of her eye. Princess Guantao is not an idiot, of course she understands his hints, and immediately fires at the gobbling brother.
The Emperor glanced up at her, unimpressed. He chewed the meat in his mouth, swallowed it, and instructed the queen: "Ai Concubine, remember to bring a few with you the imperial kitchen of the Prince Zhan Shifu when you return to the palace." ”
Liu Che was anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Father, let's not play like this!" I'm just a few cooks, and I still point to them to earn back the money that built this temple of benevolence and filial piety! ”
"Unfilial son!" Emperor Jing just said lightly, ignored his protests at all, and continued to bow his head and eat.
"Five million!" Liu Che knew that he was going to bleed, so he said helplessly.
Emperor Jing glanced at him disdainfully, and said lightly: "You only paid five million to honor the emperor's grandmother just now?" ”
The emperor's meaning is very clear, you have to give me as much as you give me.
Liu Che was very sad, he knew that it was his fault, last time he was too arrogant, and said in front of the emperor that he was not bad for money, and now retribution is coming. Liu Che turned his head to look for helpers, but found that the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother were chatting and laughing with each other as if they hadn't heard, obviously having a certain degree of tacit understanding with Emperor Jing.
"Eh, I paid 10 million to my grandmother, but it was the appearance fee and advertising fee, and my father didn't pay anything." Knowing that he couldn't escape, Liu Che still had to fight for it based on reason, and distributed according to work, which was a matter of principle.
"Yes." Emperor Jing looked at him with a smile, "What the hell are you up to?" ”
"What do you have in mind?" Liu Che hung his head and said dejectedly, "Since my father wants it, my son will give it, 10 million yuan." In addition, the sons and daughters gave their fathers 200 free coupons to reward the ministers. After a month, you can go to the Seven Tricks Linglong Pavilion in Beique Jiadi for a free meal. ”
Emperor Jing's face was full of disbelief, as if he didn't know his son, and said, "The emperor has no other requirements?" When did you change your surname? ”
Just when Liu Che looked aggrieved and Emperor Jing felt a little embarrassed, the queen next to him couldn't stand it anymore and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't be deceived by Che'er." At the beginning of the opening of the Heavenly Chamber, didn't he give his concubines two hundred free coupons? Has Your Majesty ever seen him lose anything? ”
Liu Che was shocked when he heard this, my dear mother! Isn't that my life?
Emperor Jing saw that Liu Che's face changed greatly, knowing that the queen really said what he thought, thinking that he was almost deceived by him, he couldn't help but be annoyed and angry, and stretched out two fingers to Liu Che, his eyes full of threats.
"No, fifteen million, three hundred free coupons, all of them must be issued one by one." Liu Che is out of the way, and Emperor Lao Tzu can't bully people so much.
"Enough! Look at what it has become to bully the good grandson of the mourning family? The mourning family has made such a big effort, and they have only taken tens of millions of money, what else does the emperor want? Seeing that Emperor Jing was about to go crazy, the Queen Mother next to her was not happy, and then touched Liu Che's little head dotingly, and comforted: "Don't be afraid! Just give him 10 million dollars and 300 free coupons for Narauszi! The emperor has to be reasonable, doesn't he?! ”
"The Imperial Grandmother is wise!" Liu Che hugged the arm of the Queen Mother, and responded crisply, feeling so cool in his heart.
Of course, the emperor's father's face still has to be taken care of. After the royal family banquet, Liu Che obediently handed over 15 million money to the emperor's inner treasury and handed over 300 free coupons to his father.
This is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.
The royal family feast continued, and as the main course was served, the dessert that detonated the audience was served.
You know, almost all of the people who attended this royal family banquet were women and children, what made them crazy the most?
That's right, that's right, that's right
That's Liu's dessert!
Produced by Liu, it must be a high-quality product!
Only 100 baht each! Only 100 baht each!
You heard it right! The original price is 200 baht! The current price is only 100 baht!
What the? You don't have any money! Then don't need money! No money! As long as you try it on the spot! No money!!
Pudding! Pancake! Ice cream! Cheese! Eat as much as you want! No money! Just look for Liu's trademark!
What is our slogan? That's right! That's right!! That's right!!! Liu's desserts! A battle item among desserts!
When the plate with the dessert is over, the last two fruits and tea served by the palace maids are just decorations. The princes and concubines, who were full of soup and food, finally returned to their usual appearance, chatting and farting with each other with tea.
It has to be said that the Han Dynasty did not have such a strict etiquette system as in later generations. Often at state banquets, the ministers drank too much wine and scolded each other in front of the emperor. Of course, it's more about leaving your own food table, and three or five friends get together to drink and fart. When the emperor was in a good mood, he would also come down and dance a song with his arms around the minister.
Liu Che still appreciates this atmosphere, reflecting the strong self-confidence and broad-mindedness of the Han Emperor. Later generations only know that Empress Dowager Dou is in power, but few know that she said a very classic sentence: "Nothing is immutable, just like our Han Dynasty, there was no one before, and it will disappear one day in the future." Listen, this woman's mind is much bigger than the emperor who wants to live for another 500 years!
Think about the Qing Palace Tartar drama on TV in later generations, a large number of people knelt in front of the emperor. In the last morning, the old man in his seventies and eighties had to stand for several hours, and he couldn't even urinate, so he had to put a diaper bag in his pants. Compared to the ministers of the Han Dynasty, they sat and talked about it, they went out to eat if they wanted to go out to eat, and they went out to urinate if they wanted to go out to urinate. The rotten Confucians of the future generations should all die on the main hall! These Confucian birdmen, while saying that scholars can be killed and cannot be humiliated, have brought the blood of the Chinese nation to their knees little by little.
(Ah, I seem excited.) My girlfriend wanted to watch the palace drama again, and she panicked, vented it, and didn't delete it, made up the number of words, and hoohoo. )
This grand royal banquet lasted from noon to the west tower of the moon.
Before everyone left, the palace maids politely sent the queen mother's reward, each of them dozens of beautifully packaged dessert boxes, which were eye-catching printed with the five big characters of "Seven Tricks Linglong Pavilion".
At the same time, the palace maids also intimately asked the concubines whether they had relatives outside the palace. If you feel that you can't finish these desserts, you can send someone out of the palace overnight to hand them over. Many concubines hurriedly asked the palace maids to write down the address. After all, most of the desserts can't be stored for long, and I can't eat enough at today's banquet, so I definitely can't eat so much. Who doesn't have a seven-aunt or eight-aunt, it's not easy for parents to enter the palace to meet each other, and giving this gift is not a waste of face and face.
That night, with the opening of the doors of the Beique Jiadi, the name of "Seven Tricks Linglong Pavilion" was remembered by the magnates.
The next day, as the dusk drum sounded, the important ministers of the court got off work one after another (yes, it was off work, and they had to work for half a day after the next court) went home, and a more exciting news spread throughout the entire Beique Jiadi.
The emperor has issued a free coupon for the Seven Tricks Exquisite Pavilion!
"The ministers are for the country and the people, and they will never forget to sleep and eat. Seeing that all of you Aiqing are getting thinner, I can't bear it, so I have a few free coupons to enjoy the feast. Emperor Jing said that although Liu Che strongly asked him to say the "Heavenly Seven Exquisite Banquets", he really couldn't pull down his face to make false advertisements, but used the word "feast".
According to the size of the rank, each of the officials of the upper court issued a stack of free coupons, and let them issue them to their officials after they went down to the court. After all, it is impossible for the emperor to send them one by one, and there are few people who are qualified to go to court.
Although Liu Che was quite dissatisfied with the emperor's father's irresponsible breach of contract, he could only cry out in vain if he was reasonable, beneficial, and responsible.
Unexpectedly, the important ministers of the imperial court, who usually beat a fart with eight sticks, actually shouted long live after getting the free coupons. Frightened, Emperor Jing secretly wondered if the benefits he usually gave them were a little little, and he was excited to become this bear when he invited them to eat for free.
How did Emperor Jing know that these court ministers basically got the dessert box of the "Seven Tricks Exquisite Pavilion" last night. Even if the family is in the palace, the errand attendants also send a few boxes in the name of the queen mother's reward. The palace maids asked the concubines to write the address, but it was just a trick.
Naturally, the attendants also "inadvertently" talked about the grand occasion of the "Seven Exquisite Banquets" in the palace. My mother, the Queen Mother was favored by heaven and gave her a seven-trick exquisite banquet, who doesn't want to taste it? Even if it's not a gift from God, it's always a peerless delicacy that everyone in the royal family praises.
Besides, it feels a lot worse to spend money to eat and eat with free consumption coupons, okay?! This is a matter of face, why are you an official? Isn't it the word fame and fortune? With free consumption vouchers, you don't have to spend money, you have face, and you can gain fame and fortune, okay?
And the Seven Tricks Exquisite Pavilion may not be open in the future! Just look at the heavenly room, when I went with a free coupon, everyone had a VIP card, but now it is hard to find a card! Who knows if these Seven Tricks Exquisite Pavilion will also issue VIP cards according to free coupons in the future? In case you can't get it at this time, how can you explain to the wives and concubines in the house when you return home? Thinking of this, many ministers even had the idea of hacking some cards, no way, from two / more than a dozen milks in the family, one is definitely not enough.
"Why is my money so easy to take? If we don't squeeze out the surplus value, won't it weaken my reputation among the people? Liu Che thought.
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