The first time he went to the East Palace, Xia Yuan was a little disappointed by this, he thought that this place should be splendid, carved beams and painted buildings, but the result is that although the scale of the building is not small, it looks a little simple, and the wall skin of some buildings has even fallen off a lot, and it is still miserable.

Zhu Houzhao took his arm and chattered all the way, "The master said all day long that he would set up a banquet for me, and I also ordered someone to prepare a banquet, but my banquet is for the master to catch the wind and wash the dust." ”

"What does that palace do over there?" Xia Yuan saw that there was a palace that was not bad, and it was the most magnificent around the entire East Palace.

"Oh, that's the Wenhua Palace, not a good place."

Zhu Houzhao replied casually, pulling Xia Yuan around the building complex in the East Palace, and finally came to a side hall.

Seeing the prince coming, a eunuch hurriedly opened the door of the palace, and then Xia Yuan saw that there was a yurt in this hall?

And Zhu Houzhao immediately walked up to the yurt, lifted the felt curtain, pulled him to bend down and got in, and Liu Jin, who had been following the two of them, also got in.

These yurts are small at the entrance and large on the inside, and you have to bend down when you go in, but you can straighten up inside, and the layout inside is also very rough, or very simple, so simple that there is almost no furniture.

In the middle of the tent was a brazier, on which was a barbecue grill, roasting a little lamb, and the smell of roasted meat wafted through the smoke.

In addition, there are two low tables around the brazier, on which are placed knives, dishes, and utensils such as dipping sauce.

As soon as he entered the tent, the first thing Zhu Houzhao did was to take off the clothes on his body, take off the brocade robe in three or two times, and take off the Yishan crown on his head and throw it away.

Liu Jin hurriedly helped catch it, took it to the hanger over there and hung it, and took out a wide Mongolian robe and a cowhide felt hat from it, and put it on for the prince.

Zhu Houzhao, who was dressed as a prince of the Ming Dynasty just now, instantly changed into a desert person.

At this time, Liu Jin took off a Mongolian robe and a felt hat of the same style, and handed them to Xia Yuan, "Master Xia, this is for you." ”

"I'm going to wear it too?"

“......”

Putting on a Mongolian robe and a cowhide felt hat, the two sat down cross-legged in front of the brazier, Xia Yuan looked at the charcoal fire in the brazier, put his hand over and roasted it twice, wearing a Mongolian robe, learning to play barbecue with Mongolians.

Do you want to drink mare's milk wine for a while?

Zhu Houzhao picked up a leather wine bag, pulled out the stopper, then poured the yellow-white liquid inside into the bowl, and said with a smile: "Master, this is mare's milk wine, you taste it." ”

Well, it's really the same.

Xia Yuan didn't talk nonsense, he directly picked up the bowl, raised his neck and drank it all, he had drunk mare's milk wine in his previous life, it was that sweet and sour taste, with a faint smell, it was delicious.

But I don't know if it's because of the backward brewing process, or some other reason, the taste is indescribable, except for a strong milky smell, nothing else can be tasted.

Seeing Xia Yuan's bowl of wine without hesitation, Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "The master is really amazing, you can drink such a difficult wine so happily, okay, I'll come too!" ”

After that, he poured himself a bowl too, drank it all with the same pride, and then grinned with his neck curled.

Xia Yuan was speechless, "If you can't drink it, don't drink it." ”

Zhu Houzhao frowned and didn't speak, just waved his hand, then cut off a piece of mutton with a knife, dipped it in the dipping sauce and put it in his mouth, chewed it three or two times, and after suppressing the fishy smell, he wiped his mouth with his cuff and said:

"Master, you don't know, I will personally conquer Tatar in the future, not only that, but I also want to seal the wolf like Huo Quai, and when I get to the desert, the logistics are inconvenient, so I can only find food on the spot, what is there on the grassland, isn't it beef and mutton, and mare's milk wine?

The palace now eats this roast mutton first, practices drinking this mare's milk wine, and then goes to the grassland so that he will not even be used to eating and drinking. ”

After listening to his high arguments, Xia Yuan was really a little awe-inspired, and the history books did record Zhu Houzhao's deeds of living in a yurt in the palace, eating barbecue, and drinking mare's milk wine, but later generations took this incident as evidence of his absurdity and playfulness.

Of course, some people say that he is following the Mongol habits and preparing for future wars, but this view is not convincing.

Because the war with Tatars during his reign took place in Yingzhou, and Yingzhou was in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, which was the territory of the Ming Dynasty, so it seemed useless to learn the eating and drinking habits of the Mongols.

But if he has the intention of personally conquering Tatar and going deep into the enemy's territory and sealing the wolf, then it makes perfect sense.

It's a pity that his dream never came true in his life.

Xia Yuan took the wine bag and poured another bowl for the two, picked it up and said: "Your Highness has lofty ambitions and is admirable, come, I will salute you with a bowl." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao was obviously excited, and even a little moved, he could see that Xia Yuan was sincere in what he said, unlike those eunuchs who were flattering themselves.

So he took the bowl up and drank it all with a solemn expression, and after grinning again, Zhu Houzhao said with a red face: "Master, you are the first person to support me and say that I have lofty ambitions, wait, when I become the emperor in the future, I will definitely make you a general, and when the time comes, we will personally conquer Tatar together." ”

"Well, that's not necessary, I'm not interested in fighting."

"What is the master talking about, is it a pity not to go to the battlefield with peerless martial arts?"

“......”

Xia Yuan wisely didn't pick up this kid's words, and used a knife to cut off a piece of fat and thin mutton, and dipped it in the dipping sauce, which was delicious.

At this time, Liu Jin, who was standing beside him, suddenly said with a smile: "Your Highness, Master Xia finally came to the East Palace today, see if you can let him show his peerless skills, the slave maid wants to see it." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up, and he also begged: "Yes, master, can you show some peerless magic skills, I also want to see it." ”

Xia Yuan was stunned when he heard the words of chewing, and suddenly felt like a mang on his back, and turned his head to meet Liu Jin's slightly happy gaze, I understand, this old beeden is deliberately messing with me, but we have no grievances recently, and there is no hatred in the past, why bother?

I didn't understand the reason, Xia Yuan didn't know any peerless magic skills, so he could only say sloppily, "It's not impossible to show you peerless magic skills, but the teacher has been practicing recently, and it is really not appropriate to use martial arts, otherwise the previous achievements will be wasted, but I can show you a flying knife technique." ”

"Throwing knives?"

"Yes, flying knives, it's not to brag about the teacher, my flying knives have no false shots, and I have never missed, but I have to rely on the cooperation of one person, well, Gonggong Liu's head is very good."

Speaking of this, Xia Yuanle said: "Father-in-law Liu, please find an apple or something else to put on your head, and I can show His Royal Highness the Crown Prince a flying knife." ”

The knife that cut the mutton was already spinning in his hand, looking at the cold knife, combined with the words of finding something to put on his head, Liu Jin instantly understood what he wanted to do, and his face turned white with fright, "Or.... Why don't you show it? ”

"Are you sure?"

Liu Jin nodded again and again, "Sure, sure." ”

"Your Highness, what do you say?" Xia Yuan looked at Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao replied simply, "Master, I want to see flying knives." ”

"I heard that there is no father-in-law Liu, the prince wants to see it, why don't you hurry up and find an apple, oh, by the way, help me find a strip of cloth, I want to play with flying knives blindfolded."

"Plop..."

There was a plop in the tent, and Liu Jin was obviously kneeling.