Chapter 7: Barbecue and Monkey King

Back in the dormitory, Zhu Youzhen was still thinking about how to get out of the palace and meet his emperor brother.

Sitting at the mahogany round table, Cao Huachun poured a glass of water very attentively and brought it to his hand.

Zhu Youzhen had never been served like this, so he was slightly stunned and couldn't help laughing.

That's right, I am a prince now, and I have to get used to being served in the future. Although he is now under house arrest, can people still suffocate urine?

When Wei Zhongxian and Mrs. Fengsheng are resolved, no one can stop them from being happy.

Zhu Youzhen was in a better mood, and after drinking the tea, he felt a little hungry.

"Master is hungry, get something to eat."

Cao Huachun immediately went out to prepare food.

In a few moments, five dishes were on the table.

Zhu Youzhen clamped a pair of chopsticks, the dishes that were already slightly cold did not taste good, and the taste was either heavy oil and salt, or it was light and tasteless, and after eating two or three chopsticks, he couldn't eat it anymore.

Legendary royal dishes, that's it?

"Lord Wang, aren't these dishes appetizing?"

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand, he was used to eating all kinds of delicacies in later generations, and the food of the Ming Dynasty could no longer satisfy his appetite. In the previous life, when it was dark, it would be so comfortable to go to the door of the community to have a skewer and have a beer.

Masturbation? Grill?

That's right, who said that in the Ming Dynasty you can't eat barbecue.

Rolling up the cyan robe, Zhu Youzhen said to do it, and asked Cao Huachun to prepare things.

In the palace courtyard with red walls and green tiles, several little eunuchs in green robes lifted their hems while building a simple barbecue grill with bricks, and then put charcoal in it.

Cao Huachun took the other little eunuchs to Shangshan to get a lot of beef, mutton and pork, as well as various vegetables, and put them on the table.

With just one command, everything you need is ready.

is about to make his first barbecue in Daming, Zhu Youzhen is still a little excited.

I have to say that Cao Huachun is still very clever, the meat and vegetables required are all cut, and Zhu Youzhen only needs to roll up his long sleeves and skewer the ingredients with wooden skewers.

Soon, beef skewers, lamb skewers, pork belly, chicken wings, and various vegetables were skewered.

The charcoal was also burned here, and Zhu Youzhen sat on a low stool and began to put the meat skewers on to roast.

I haven't made a barbecue before, but I've never eaten pork, and I haven't seen a pig run.

Zhu Youzhen first brushed the yellow and clear oil on the meat with a brush, and then under the high temperature roasting, the mutton began to simmer, and the aroma of the barbecue began to spread.

It smells so good......

The surrounding palace people all stretched their necks and looked at the delicious meat skewers with drooling.

Zhu Youzhen glanced at the eager expressions of the palace people around him, smiled proudly, brushed the sauce, and sprinkled it with precious spices, making the aroma of the barbecue even stronger.

Picking up a string of oily mutton skewers, Zhu Youzhen blew it first, and the palace people were attracted by the rich fragrance, swallowing saliva and looking at the golden mutton skewers.

Wait until the mutton skewers are colder, Zhu Youzhen takes a bite and then strokes, three or four fragrant barbecue meat are sent into the mouth, the rich spice flavor mixed with the aroma of the barbecue meat is diffused in the mouth, and then the aroma of mutton mixed with the whole mouth under chewing, swallowing it in one bite, the satisfaction of taste buds and appetite makes Zhu Youzhen's face full of satisfaction.

"Gollum ......"

The sound of swallowing saliva sounded, and Zhu Youzhen turned his head to find Cao Huachun staring intently at the meat skewers on the oven, and the skewers were about to flow to the ground.

Seeing His Royal Highness King Xin looking over, Cao Huachun wiped his saliva embarrassedly.

"Depending on your taste, if you want to eat, come and get it yourself."

"Slaves don't dare, slaves just smell it." Cao Huachun scratched the back of his head and swallowed saliva.

"Don't talk nonsense, I want the master to feed you." Zhu Youzhen impatiently handed over a string.

Cao Huachun smiled when he heard this, walked over and took a string of mutton, took a bite impatiently, and was burned to the point of his tongue by the hot mutton and was reluctant to spit it out, swallowing it with a painful face.

Seeing the ugly face that was mixed with satisfaction and pain, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help laughing, stood up and kicked Cao Huachun, and scolded with a smile: "Dog, the mouth says no, the body is quite honest." ”

After speaking, he glanced at the surrounding eunuchs and palace maids, "If you want to eat, go get it yourself, don't cower." ”

"Lord Wang, these minions are all double-minded and tend to be inflammatory, how can they eat the meat roasted by the prince himself?"

Cao Huachun's words were very heartbreaking, and the palace people secretly looked at Zhu Youzhen with anxiety, lowered their heads and didn't dare to speak.

Zhu Youzhen picked up a bunch of mutton and said calmly: "As soon as you enter the palace, it is as deep as the sea, and you just want to live well." The king has forgotten what happened before, and as long as you keep to yourselves in the future, the king will not blame you. ”

Seeing that the palace people were still standing still, Zhu Youzhen said even more impatiently: "What, don't you want to?" ”

"The minions don't dare." When the palace people heard this, they all knelt on the ground in fear.

"Why don't you go eat it?"

A few bold little eunuchs cautiously walked over, picked up the skewers and ate them.

Others are not far behind, a group of people compete for me, eat a barbecue, but it is as if they want to sign a certificate.

Seeing this, Cao Huachun exclaimed: "The prince is wise. Today, he not only punished Gonggong Liu, but also won the hearts of the palace people. ”

"However, the slave saw that the prince was seriously ill, and it seems that he has changed a lot."

When the surrounding palace people heard this, they also looked over.

Obviously, they also felt that His Royal Highness King Xin was very different from before.

Zhu Youzhen swallowed the skewers in his mouth, poured another sip of wine, and said calmly: "Before, this king didn't argue, he just wanted to live in peace. didn't think so, but was still targeted by someone with a heart and wanted to harm the king's life. ”

Knocking the wine glass in his hand on the table heavily, Zhu Youzhen showed a fierce look on his face, "In this case, the king simply let go of his nature, and in the future, he will repay the people who are good to the king, and I will repay them ten times and a hundred times for those who are good to the king, and if you want to harm the king, the king will beat them up and be afraid, so that the king will not be reborn in vain." ”

The palace people looked at His Royal Highness King Xin's bold and cold expression, and all the previous complaints and contempt disappeared at this moment.

Gonggong Liu is greedy and ruthless, and the palace people have been blackmailed and whipped by him many times, how could they want to help him. It's just that Gonggong Liu has the support of Mrs. Fengsheng, and his methods are cruel, and His Royal Highness King Xin doesn't dare to stand up for them, so they only think about protecting themselves and don't dare to come forward.

Now that His Royal Highness King Xin has driven away Gonggong Liu, and understands their situation, he has no resentment, and his heart is even more happy.

A barbecue through time and space made the people of the Mao Palace, who were originally separated from morality, find the backbone.

The palace people ate barbecue, drank wine, and soon relaxed. In the courtyard, they chatted in groups of three or five about interesting things in the palace, and some palace maids were drunk and remembered their relatives in their hometown, singing slang tunes, melodious and tactful.

At the end of the song, Zhu Youzhen was the first to applaud and praise, and the other palace maids couldn't bear to feel homesick, and the sincere hometown songs sounded in the palace one after another, adding a touch of color to the cold and gray Forbidden City.

Cao Huachun looked at King Xin, who was surrounded by the palace people, he felt the warmth of home for the first time, and he also believed that the palace people, like himself, would protect this hard-won happiness.

"This king is not very good at singing, but this king has read a mythical story called "Journey to the West", and I can tell you."

The fusion of memories made the novels and TV series he had watched in his previous life also memorable, and Zhu Youzhen recalled a little, and told the story of Journey to the West smoothly.

"This first article is the birth of the earth-shattering Monkey King. It is said that a long, long time ago, the world was divided into Dongsheng Shenzhou, West Niuhe Continent, South Ganbu Continent, and North Julu Continent. In Dongsheng Shenzhou Aolai country, there is a Huaguo Mountain, there is a fairy stone on the mountain, one day the fairy stone cracked, rolled out of the stone an egg, this egg became a stone monkey when it saw the wind, the monkey's eyes shot out a golden light, worship in all directions......"

"So, Wukong was taken to the Tushi Palace, and the gods pushed him into the gossip furnace, and the boy who burned the fire fanned the fire with a fan......"

The story of Journey to the West is whimsical and very interesting, and Zhu Youzhen told it in the vernacular, and the eunuchs and palace maids were all able to understand, and they all sat around and listened attentively, lest they miss a trace of detail.

As the night deepened, the gray iron curtain shrouded the entire palace, and the cold and ruthless order made everyone cautious, but in the square inch of the palace, the palace people relaxed for the first time.

They held the lamp, looked up at Zhu Youzhen, who was sitting on the square table, and listened carefully to the story of a monkey named Monkey King.