4. Summoned by the emperor

When the news that the emperor was going to summon Jingwen reached the imperial dining room, everyone was taken aback. The emperor summoned a cook, which can be said to be rare news in the ages. Although it is not completely absent, it is surprising enough, and it is not for nothing that the gentleman is far away from cooking. Gentlemen should stay away from cooking, let alone the emperor? Now the emperor summoned a cook, which was too surprising.

"Xiaowen, wait a minute, you have to dress up, you must abide by etiquette when you see the emperor, and you can't be a little disrespectful. Also, when the emperor didn't let you look up, you must not look up, otherwise it would still be disrespectful. There are many rules in the palace, but you may not be familiar with them yet. Originally, I let you live outside the palace, which may have caused you to be unfamiliar with the rules in the palace. But now that the emperor has summoned you, you must be careful not to offend the emperor. Those of us in the palace, any future and life are tied to the emperor's every move, word and deed, we must be careful! Master Hu advised.

Jingwen hurriedly dressed himself, and then asked Master Hu, "Master, how many times have you met the emperor?" ”

Master Hu inevitably sighed and said: "I have only met the Emperor Taishang three times when I was still staying in Taiyuan at that time, and none of them have been specifically seen. The most recent time was two years ago. Even when I was asked to be the head of the imperial dining room, I only asked a eunuch to come and inform me. After that, I never saw the emperor again. The current emperor, that is, the former King of Qin, I have never seen it once. But I don't know what luck your kid has taken, but he was directly summoned by the emperor in person, I have been a cook for half my life, and I don't have this kind of opportunity! ”

"The emperor has ordered that the chef who made a new type of noodles go to the noodle saint." A eunuch came over and said.

Jingwen immediately tidied up his clothes, dressed like a human and a dog, and followed the eunuch behind. Jingwen didn't dare to look up at all, he was walking looking at the ground. Jingwen didn't know much about the rules in the palace, so he was very careful and didn't dare to take too big a step. He learned this from the Manchu pigtail play, but apparently the eunuchs did not correct him.

"The emperor has an order to announce that the imperial chef to go in." Another eunuch in the Liangyi Hall said.

Jing Wen lowered his head and walked into the Liangyi Palace, and faintly saw a young man on a table in the center of the Liangyi Palace, Jingwen immediately knelt down, and then buckled his head three times in a row. Then, Jingwen repeated it twice, completing the etiquette of three kneeling and nine knocking.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Jingwen immediately shouted.

Li Shimin saw this situation and frowned a little.

"You're the chef who makes those fried noodles? Why are you still here and shouting long live? This is not a ceremony of heavy dà, no need to shout long live from the mountain. Also, what happened to you just kneeling and knocking to me? Three kneels and nine knocks are for ghosts and gods in my Datang, what do you mean by three kneels and nine knocks? Li Shimin asked unkindly.

Jingwen was almost stunned, he originally followed the method in the TV series, kneeling three times and knocking nine times to the emperor, and the mountain shouted long live. But after listening to Li Shimin's words, it seems that things are not like this at all. The so-called long live mountain call is a ritual that will only be used in big ceremonies, and three kneeling and nine bowing are only used for ghosts and gods.

Jingwen couldn't help but scold the TV series for killing people, what a cheat! If the mountain call is still forgivable, but the etiquette for the emperor and the ghosts and gods is problematic. What are Ghosts? That's the dead ancestors. But Jingwen actually used the etiquette for ghosts and gods to Li Shimin, doesn't this mean that Li Shimin is a ghost and god? In this way, isn't it cursing Li Shimin to become a ghost and god earlier?

Cold sweat came out on Jingwen's forehead, and he was hurrying to think about how to round this matter, otherwise if Yan zhòng, it would be enough to lose his head.

"Your Majesty, my respect for you is comparable to that of a fairy. Your Majesty, you led my Tang Dynasty's army, swept away the world, and gave the people a peaceful Shenzhou, you are the patron saint of my Tang people. Since the emperor is the patron saint of the people of the Tang Dynasty, I am thanking the emperor for the people. In our eyes, the emperor is no different from the gods, so the minister was excited for a while, so he used the etiquette to the gods to salute and ask the emperor for forgiveness! Jingwen said immediately.

Jingwen bowed his head for a long time, but Li Shimin didn't answer a word, making Jingwen feel as if he was accepting the judgment of fate. However, it took a long time for Li Shimin to finally speak.

"Hahahaha, you cook can talk!" Li Shimin said.

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Jingwen's heart returned to his stomach, and he knew that Li Shimin didn't care about it. The so-called thousands of wears, but the sycophants are not worn, Jingwen patted Li Shimin's ass, of course, it made Li Shimin very comfortable, and he didn't care about Jingwen's etiquette for ghosts and gods to use three kneels and nine knocks on him.

"Alright, get up! You don't have to kneel and bow at this time in the future, and you don't have to shout long live. Now it's just normal, not a big ceremony. Li Shimin said.

Jingwen hurriedly got up, but he still didn't dare to look up, because Li Shimin didn't let him look up.

"Lift your head, I'll look at you!" Li Shimin said.

Jingwen raised his head, and finally saw this emperor of the Tang Dynasty for the first time, Li Shimin. Li Shimin is only 27 years old now, if he is still a young man in the next generation. And Li Shimin is still a little handsome, if in the future generations, he is a rich and handsome man with money and power, I am afraid that countless women are willing to marry him.

"I didn't expect that the chef who made such delicious noodles was actually a person who had just been weak?" Li Shimin also asked with some surprise.

"Your Majesty, this is just an accident, I usually like to think about some unrealistic things out of thin air, but I didn't expect it to be really useful." Jingwen said modestly.

"Hehe, then I'm your test subject?" Li Shimin asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty, I don't dare!" Jingwen said immediately.

"Haha, I don't blame you, your noodles are really delicious! I feel that my appetite has been greatly improved, and it has made me feel so much better! That's why I summoned you, a cook. Li Shimin said rarely.

"It is the duty of a minister to be able to make something good that makes the emperor feel good. Since the minister is the imperial chef, this is what the minister should do. Jingwen said modestly.

Li Shimin suddenly said: "Since you have done it and made me feel very good, I plan to reward you." What do you want? As long as it's not too much, I can give it to you! ”

The eunuchs next to him were envious, jealous and hateful, the emperor was rarely so generous, obviously that bowl of noodles made the emperor feel very good. Now with Jingwen, he can speak casually, as long as Jingwen says it, can the emperor still refuse? As long as it's not too much, the benefits are great!