It is actually very difficult to be the emperor, and it is very difficult to eat something delicious.

For example, in the matter of roast mutton, none of the guys in the palace are reliable.

Zhao Kuangyin has been the emperor for more than ten years, and he has only eaten good mutton five or six times in total.

The best time to eat is the barbecue that I went to Zhao Pu's house on a snowy night when I first became the emperor.

He would sometimes call Cheng Dexuan from the imperial dining room and tell him if he could send someone to ask Mrs. Zhao Pujia to see how the meat could be grilled deliciously.

In fact, it is not difficult to take the barbecue test to be delicious at all, the mutton is picked right, not firewood, lean meat and fat are worn well, don't roast old.

But the mutton in the imperial dining room is not roasted and does not age, and whoever roasts it will be roasted into dead meat.

Every time a new cook is recruited in the imperial dining room, he will challenge the roast mutton, which is when Zhao Kuangyin is satisfied.

Because newcomers are often angry, dare to feed all kinds of spices, and dare to roast the mutton tender and juicy.

"Yes this time!" Zhao Kuangyin will be pleasantly surprised.

Then the manager Cheng Dexuan will talk to this cook.

"You see, so many of our old colleagues, don't they all know how to roast mutton? Why do you grill lamb to dead meat? For the sake of health, the meat is a little older, safer, and the official family will not have a stomach trouble after eating. ”

If the cook doesn't understand, a group of colleagues will glaring at him, and he will understand.

In the imperial dining room, you can't be outstanding, you have to be mediocre with everyone.

In fact, although Zhao Kuangyin is fifty years old, he is as strong as a cow, he is not even sick, and he will not have a stomach, but as a cook, if you don't understand this Qiaozong and insist on roasting tender mutton, then you will be picked up by Cheng Dexuan.

One celebrity chef after another entered the palace, but in the end they were defeated by mediocrity.

In the end, Zhao Kuangyin had only one way, let his daughter-in-law make a bite to eat.

Unfortunately, Empress Song basically can't cook.

This is not surprising, the young lady of a large family, needlework must be learned, but there are many who can't cook, Queen Song's father is Song Hao, and she is also one of the festival envoys, her mother is the princess of the Later Han Dynasty, Liu, Zhao Kuangyin picked this daughter-in-law, and also wants to recognize relatives with the Northern Han Dynasty, and the meaning of peace in the future.

But every time Zhao Kuangyin ate the dishes made by Queen Song, he said that he was suffering, and later he used the excuse of worrying about the queen's hard work and asked her not to be busy.

But now, Empress Song suddenly received a strong reinforcement.

Fathia grew up roasting mutton, and there is good mutton in Central Asia, which is higher than the sheep in Kaifeng Province.

Fatia herself was busy working on the queen's small stove, and Queen Song's eyes were straight!

My grandmother, go and invite the official!

On the third day of Fatia being Queen Song's personal palace maid, the official family ate the long-lost roast mutton, which was sour!

Zhao Kuangyin has one of the greatest virtues, that is, there is delicious food, and you must remember your brothers.

"It looks like it's going to snow today, so it's better to call King Jin, Zeping and Yongzhi, and come to the palace to eat barbecue!" Zhao Kuangyin instructed Wang Jien.

Wang Jien secretly complained, those two people were okay, Xu Yongzhi didn't complain about him, it's strange!

Wang Jien sent someone to invite King Jin and Zhao Pu, and he came to find Xu Yongzhi.

"Brother, the official family invited your brothers to eat barbecue, saying that the barbecue made by Persian women is delicious." Wang Jien said to Xu Yongzhi.

Xu Yongzhi frowned: "Is she already in charge of the official family's diet?" ”

"Not really, but she's cooking for the Queen's kitchen." Wang Jien said.

"Take me with you." Xiaogui said to Xu Yongzhi.

"Huh?" Xu Yongzhi looked at Xiaogui.

"I'll ...... when you drink"

"Mrs. Chu State! Don't dare to mess around in the palace! Wang Jien was taken aback.

"I'll take her away, princess, what do you think of me?" Xiaogui said.

"It's okay, then tell the official, I'll take Xiaogui there." Xu Yongzhi said.

"It's a brotherhood...... All right? Wang Jien was a little hesitant.

"If I have to go in, you can't stop me." Xiao Gui glared at Wang Jien, "It's not something you made up, and there is not so much trouble." ”

"Auntie, don't shout, I'll just go back." Wang Jien said embarrassedly.

"You both have to bring the antidote pill, and you have something to warn about." Duan Meimei admonished.

said that Zhao Pu had got the will and nodded to the chamberlain.

"I'll go."

Zhao Pu has had a bad time in the past few years.

Three years ago, Zhao Kuangyin visited his home and found that his house was full of jars.

"Are you going to sell kimchi?" Zhao Kuangyin asked in surprise.

The gift that Zhao Pugang received, the letter was written by Qian Yu, saying that he had sent seafood.

"Open it and take a look, maybe we'll bake some seafood today." Zhao Kuangyin said.

Zhao Pu opened the jar, only to find that it was full of golden melon seeds, and Qian Yu bribed, and was caught by Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Pu kowtowed desperately, and Zhao Kuangyin smiled: "This Qian Yu, I actually think that you scholars have the final say on major national affairs." ”

After this incident, Lu Duoxun impeached Zhao Pu many times, and Zhao Kuangyin was also alienating him, and was finally released and made the envoy of the Heyang Three Cities Festival, and the station of this position was also in Henan, but outside Tokyo, it was also recently because the imperial court was using troops against the Northern Han Dynasty that Zhao Pu was summoned back to ask the right strategy.

This banquet is the meaning of the official family not forgetting the old people, and it is also a good opportunity for Zhao Pu.

It was not only Xu Yongzhi, Zhao Pu and King Jin who received the invitation.

There is also Laiwang.

Laiwang took the letter from Fatia and came to the Jin Palace, where he was accepted by Chen Congxin, the governor of the palace, and appointed as the Marquis of Yu, which is not big or small.

Come to Wang to manage a few people, but there is no important task, every day is just a little bit of a errand, in fact, it is also a bit boring.

On this day, when the cold wind was tight, he suddenly heard someone looking for him at the door, and when he went to see it, it was a man who looked like a servant.

"Is it Laiwang Gongzi?"

"Don't dare to be, you are ......"

"This is a letter from Miss Fatia to you."

The person who came did not wait for a reply, and said goodbye directly.

"Go to my sister and get her unique barbecue spices, and see if you can bring them into the palace for me."

There is also an address underneath.

Fatia entered the palace, and this time Laiwang was really happy and sad, happy that this girl had a good errand, but then I thought about it, I was afraid that I would have to be an errand for five or six years when I entered the palace, although there were many opportunities, but I wanted to be with each other, I was afraid that it would be difficult again.

After thinking about it, I still don't want to do it, go directly to Sister Fatia to get barbecue spices, I heard Fatia say that she lost her parents when she was a child, but I haven't heard her say that she has a sister, no wonder, I still know too little about Fatia.

Laiwang went to that alley, which was a hut full of fragrance.

Well? Very unique scent.

It's a mandala.

A woman wearing a white veil and a white dress opened the door for Laiwang.

"Are you Miss Fathia's sister?" Lai Wang looked at the woman and felt that she was twenty-seven or eighteen years old, although she couldn't see the lower half of her face clearly, she must also be an amazing beauty.

"It's me." The woman's eyes were shining, exactly like Fatia's.

"I'm her friend, here's her note, she entered the palace as the queen's maid, everything is fine." Laiwang said.

"Thank you, how can you get something into the palace? We don't have much Persian spice left, and if the guards test it again, I'm afraid they will all roast and eat it. "Sister" said.

"I can't hide it," Lai Wang smiled, "I am now a marquis in the palace of the king of Jin, and the prince of my family can often enter the palace, and when I get the spices, I will find a way." ”

"Remember, this thing is more expensive than gold, and my sister wants to use it to win the queen's favor, are you her boyfriend?" It's very good. ”

Laiwang smiled, the Persian woman was so direct, he had already seen it in Fatia, but this sister could praise herself, and her relationship with Fatia would be eyebrow-raising.

"I ...... Not yet, but I ......," Laiwang said.

"Ah, you like her, you're very powerful, young man, that's right, many people don't dare to say anything when they see my sister, in fact, because she was born well, she doesn't have any suitors, you are right, I am from here, I understand." My sister said.

"Sister, tell me about Fatia." Laiwang can't wait to talk and chat with everyone related to Fatia.

"We are both hard-working children, and I am actually even more unladylike, and I always meet unreliable men. If it hadn't been for Fatia to take care of me all these years, I really don't know how I would have survived. My sister sighed.

"I see." Laiwang said.

"My sister is much better than me, she is like an angel, I hope she can meet a loyal man and think about everything for her." My sister said, "You're good, I think you're the right person." ”

Laiwang listened to the whirlwind, great, great, the parents agreed.

"What a gentle sister." Lai Wang sighed secretly.

"Then please." My sister sent Lai Wang out.

Laiwang carried the spices in his arms, returned to the palace gate, and suddenly saw Chen Congxin, the head of the capital.

"Laiwang!" Chen Congxin waved at him.

"Mr. Chen!" Laiwang agreed.

"Li Yanchao has diarrhea and asked for leave, there is one less person in the guard class, you have good martial arts, follow the prince into the palace, and protect along the way." Chen Congxin said.

"Yes!" Laiwang said yes and stayed there.

If you are really sleepy, someone will send a pillow, and Laiwang will pinch the spices in her arms, and she will soon see Fatia!

"Don't be stupid! To change into a military uniform, do you use a gun or a knife? Chen Congxin asked.

"I use a knife." Laiwang said.

"If you haven't received it before, you can take it!" Chen Congxin waved his hand and told him to leave quickly.

Half an hour later, the king of Jin came out and got on his horse.

Twenty guards with weapons protected the King of Jin and went straight to the palace to the strings.

Laiwang is in this team, and he doesn't know what he's going through tonight.

The wind is tight, and the snow is falling.

Zhao Pu sat in a sedan chair and entered the palace from the house, hoping to repair the relationship with Zhao Kuangyin.

Xu Yongzhi and Xiaogui got on their horses and set off from home.

The three teams of people, walking on different principles, will eventually merge into the palace.

Just like many different people, they will eventually merge into the same historical torrent.

This day is October 19 of the ninth year of Kaibao of the Great Song Dynasty.

It was also the last day of Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin's life.