Chapter 338: A Bucket of Rivers
Seeing that Wei Zhixing rejected Yin Mingyue and Liu Jiayi from the status of "Mrs. Wei", Liu Xiang hugged his fists and gave a salute to Jin Yan, Wei Zhixing's eyes suddenly swept towards Liu Xiang, Liu Xiang couldn't help but shudder, and his heart was full of mixed feelings, and he didn't know whether he should stab this last ray of life.
Liu Jiayi had already taken the first step to kneel, and tears flowed before she spoke, she was pitiful and pitiful, and her hand involuntarily touched her stomach.
Wei Zhixing smiled coldly and said to Liu Xiangye: "Liu Xiangye, there is a day and a day, and you can't penetrate the belly of the cave; There is a moon in the night, and it is not allowed to illuminate the clouds. Wei is desperate, why bother to force each other? Ling Yuan's heart is knotted, and the prime minister needs to find another medicine to attract doctors. ”
Liu Xiangye's heart was full of alarm bells, and this Wei Zhixing comforted everyone to be content with their destiny; Secretly, there are words in the words, "find another medicine to attract medicine", isn't there any other allusion he doesn't know about?
Liu Xiangye looked at Wei Zhixing silently, although this person is young, he has always been scheming, and he will never be alarmist.
If this matter is as Wei Zhixing said, he insists on going his own way, but I am afraid that in the end, I will suffer a big loss like the king of Luo.
Liu Xiangye pretended to sigh lightly, and said: "Wei Sinong is dedicated to the Buddha and prays for the blessing of the country, which is the luck of all the people of Daqi. This marriage matter is done. ”
"Father......" Liu Jiayi never expected her father to let go of this great opportunity to give marriage, this may be the closest she is to "Mrs. Wei" in this life, I am afraid that in the future, she and her brother will not see each other, and they will form strangers from then on.
Liu Xiangye's eyes widened, and he glared angrily: "Don't forget the virtue that your mother taught you, don't ruin the lintel of the Liu family." ”
Liu Xiangye humbly pleaded guilty and said: "Your Majesty, the queen mother is considerate, the little girl has not recovered from her illness for a long time, so she will go back, as Wei Sinong said, and then find a famous doctor for treatment." ”
Please excuse yourself, Liu Xiangye glanced at Mrs. Liu in the case.
Mrs. Liu's status is respectful, and she is in the front position in the palace, and she got Liu Xiangye's hint, knowing that there is a disaster in it, so she hurriedly stood up from the seat, hurried her steps, and saluted the emperor and queen, so she pulled her reluctant daughter out of the Zhonghe Palace, and hurriedly ran back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, with a big lock, and locked up this unconscious daughter again.
walked a "Mrs. Wei", and left a Yin Mingyue who was willing to be "Aunt Wei" but was still rejected, Qi Zhao said with a little regret: "Yin Mingyue, do you still have something to ask?" ”
Mingyue shook her head sluggishly, as if this shaking of her head had exhausted her life's strength.
Li Fang, who had been standing on the side, clasped his fists and saluted: "Your Majesty, when you were just talking about rewarding meritorious deeds, you asked if the last general could have something to ask for, but the last general didn't think about it for a while, and now you want to ask for a reward, can Your Majesty reward it?" ”
Qi Zhao squinted lightly, wondering in his heart what kind of excitement this Li Fang was here to make at this time.
Li Xian, who had been silent, hurriedly glanced at Li and told him to quickly retract what he said.
The Li family, in charge of hundreds of thousands of troops, is the emperor's heart thorn, can only retreat but not advance, at this time the atmosphere in the palace is weird, reducing the sense of presence is the best policy.
Nai He Li Fang didn't seem to see his father's hints, and continued to say: "Long live the lord, the last general and Yin's Mingyue are familiar people in Chaoyang County, although she has the crime of not reporting the salt mine, but she has used salt as food several times, solved the danger of using salt in the frontier, and used the salt mine to lure the king to be ambushed, and she is also a meritorious person. The last will be rewarded ......"
Mingyue immediately raised her eyebrows coldly, and directly interrupted Li Fang's words and said: "Li Fang, although Mingyue is as humble as an ant, she is also the spirit of all things with flesh and blood, not an object to be rewarded at will!" ”
Obviously, Mingyue misunderstood, thinking that Li Fang was like being in Chaoyang County, and he moved his mind to play his own mind, and wanted to ask for his reward, like a cat and mouse, slowly tossing and playing.
Li Fang ignored Mingyue and continued: "Yin's Mingyue is ingenious, the meals made with salt are unseen and unheard of. ”
As soon as he heard about eating, Qi Zhao's eyes lit up, and then he remembered Mingyue's "bad deeds" in the harem, and said suspiciously: "This Yin Mingyue's gluttony is true, and some cleverness is true, but inventing a diet is an exaggeration, isn't it that General Li has been in the frontier for a long time, and even his knowledge is shallow?" ”
The corners of Li Fang's mouth rose, and he said with a smile: "Your Majesty, what does your majesty think of the food that this little Luo manager has done?" ”
Qi Zhao nodded firmly, this Luo Ping's food is not only novel in cuisine, but also the same ingredients, and the taste will be slightly better than that of other imperial chefs.
Li Fang pointed to the moon and replied: "It has a great relationship with this woman, Your Majesty asked Chief Manager Luo to ask." ”
Qi Zhao took a deep look at Yin Mingyue, but he didn't expect that this thin little girl would have a thousand connections with Da Si Nong and the young general, and it was the introduction to the case of King Luo, and sure enough, I still underestimated her.
Qi Zhao instructed Gonggong Qiu to invite Luo Ping.
After a while, a burst of aroma came to the nostrils, and rows of palace maids and eunuchs sent the hundredth dish of food to each banquet like a stream, which should be the hundredth dish.
Qi Zhao looked down at a bamboo tube put down by the palace maid, which contained four slices of meat of different colors and textures, the slices of meat were as thin as paper, the color was like smoke, and the fragrance was fragrant, arranged in a circle, around a small dish in the middle, and the sauce of the red * people was placed in the sauce.
The eunuch tried the dish, sandwiched a piece of meat and put it in Qi Zhao's plate, Qi Zhao picked it up, dipped it in the sauce according to what the eunuch said, and put it in his mouth, first spicy, and then sweet, the meat was firewood but not greasy, tender but not old, people couldn't describe any taste, but they couldn't help but clip another piece to eat.
Luo Ping was taken into the palace by Gonggong Qiu, and when he saw the haggard bright moon, he couldn't bear it at all, but he had to ask the emperor and queen lightly.
Listening to the emperor's intentions, Luo Ping did not hide it, and told Mingyue about Mingyue's invention of hot sauce, soy sauce, kimchi, and even "Buddha jumping over the wall", without half a point of concealment, and even today's hundredth dish was only formed by Mingyue's order.
Qi Zhao was embarrassed by Mingyue, pointed to the dish in front of him and said: "Manager Luo, you gave the Yin family the credit for the allocation of this dish, but in my opinion, although this dish tastes good, it does not deserve the name of 'big dish', and it can't bear the responsibility of celebrating, but it is just four kinds of meat roasted and smoked." ”
Luo Ping did not take Qi Zhao's doubts as a pestle, and said confidently: "Long live the lord, this dish does not bear the responsibility of celebrating, the slave is brave, please long live the lord to move to the imperial dining room to have a look?" ”
Qi Zhao's eyes couldn't help but show a hint of excitement, since he was born, except for a naughty time when he was a child, he had never been there.
Today, this Luo Ping is so sure, there must be something new in the imperial dining room that makes people shine.
Qi Zhao nodded and said, "In that case, please go to the imperial dining room with me and take a look at this celebratory 'big dish'?" ”
Qi Zhao and the emperor stood up first, were supported by the eunuchs and palace maids, sat on the emperor's seat, followed by the ministers and their families, and marched towards the imperial dining room.
When the emperor and his ministers appeared at the door of the imperial dining room, everyone in the imperial dining room was stunned, but for the first time, they were all honored in their hearts, and they worked harder.
I saw a large open space in the middle of the imperial dining room, and a layer of charcoal was erected on the ground, which was not an ordinary small piece of wood, but a whole fruit tree the size of a bucket, and the fire was blazing, scorching above.
The iron thigh-thick iron drill of the adult thighs on the top was not an ordinary pig or sheep, but a pet camel, and layers of grease seeped out of the flesh and dripped on the fire coals below, making a swishing sound.
The camel is a product of the Song Kingdom in southern Xinjiang and is known as the totem of the Song Kingdom. At that time, the Song State cooperated with the Zhou State to annex the three counties of Western Xinjiang, and it can be said that it was the enemy of the Qi State.
Now that the totem of the Song Kingdom was roasted on the fire rack, Qi Zhao was in a happy mood, and sighed: "Gonggong Luo can get rare things from the Song Kingdom and satisfy his appetite, but just like this, what does it have to do with the celebration banquet of the victory over the Zhou State and the Northern Captives?" ”
Luo Ping was noncommittal, nodded to the little pine nuts next to the grill, Xiao Songzi ordered eight eunuchs to take huge iron tongs, eight people worked together, the camel's belly clamped open, inside exposed a new roasting prey, look at the body, it was a huge lion, four eunuchs came up, the lion's belly was stretched, inside was an antelope, two eunuchs clamped the antelope's belly open, inside was a foot-long black fish.
The aroma of all kinds of meat, mixed in one place, the outer layer of meat has a scorching crispy atmosphere, the sheep and fish inside, there is a sense of freshness, only feel that the crispy and fragrant combination, and with this baking atmosphere, there is a majestic momentum.
Qi Zhao's eyes narrowed slightly, and he only felt that his heart was churning, full of pride, and he was in high spirit.
The camel is the product of the desert of the Song Kingdom, the lion is the product of the rainforest of the Chen Kingdom, the antelope is the product of the Beiyu Mountains, the black fish is the product of the Zhou Ocean, the four countries border with the Great Qi, and the Great Qi State has been disgusted for many years, and the struggle is continuous, Qi Zhao has long had the idea of shoveling it in his heart.
Now that Luo Ping is roasted on the fire together, this banquet has not only become a celebration banquet, but also a swearing-in banquet for Qi Zhao, how can people not be excited and make waves again?
Xiao Songzi ordered someone to cut four kinds of meat, like a banquet, put it in a bamboo bucket, put in the sauce, and handed it to Luo Ping.
Luo Ping knelt on the ground, put the bamboo bucket on his head, and showed it to Qi Zhaodao: "Your Majesty, the slave wishes our emperor to recover the lost land of Great Qi as soon as possible, open up the prosperous era of the country, and bless the people to live in peace!! ”
Qi Zhao was stunned for a long time, looking at the small bamboo bucket, his eyes were a little moist, his long-cherished wish that he had not dared to say for many years was actually peeped out by Luo Ping, the new eunuch who entered the palace, and he had an unprecedented relaxation and the courage to fight for it.
Marquis Zhou fell to the ground with a "plop", and said with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty, you must not, quickly remove these dishes that contain evil intentions, and put Gonggong Luo to death, so as not to make trouble to Daqi after the four kingdoms know about it." ”
Qi Zhao's face suddenly turned as white as snow, and his fingers trembled angrily as he watched the always pedantic Marquis Zhou "accuse" Luo Ping's crimes.