Volume 2 White Deer Chapter 15 The County Lord
Fengzilou, although it is a place to eat, is secluded.
When the little eunuch walked in, he saw the gilded walls and the delicate ornamental playthings. In the whole dining room, there was only a square table of good size, neatly arranged with eight sandalwood chairs with backrests, and above the round table, there was nothing.
Azu was curious, and asked the little eunuch again: "This entire Fengzi Building, there is only this one table?"
The little eunuch just replied: "It's my lord, this Fengzi Building, there is only this Eight Immortals table." ”
"How many people can be provided for such a table......"
Azu muttered, but the little eunuch explained: "My lord, this Fengzilou is a place to entertain the princes and nobles, and ordinary people can't enter it at all...... On weekdays, only the prince and the lord can eat here, and you are the third person......"
Azu blinked: "What about the dragon building?"
"Naturally, only the current emperor can enter ......"
"Oh, even King Wen hasn't entered?" Azu was interested.
"Hehe, the adults laughed. This Changlin is the old imperial palace, of course, it was built according to the emperor's specifications...... Now it has become a palace, and the imperial dining room has moved to Shuntian, so the dragon building is naturally closed...... Unless Emperor Hao allows it, even if it is the prince, he will not be able to enter......"
"Oh...... I see......" Azu was stunned, but he muttered in his heart again.
It seems that King Wen has not yet blatantly revealed his ambitions...... At least these eunuchs still had so much respect for the emperor. In fact, the ghost knows if King Wen has secretly entered the dragon tower......
Azu thought so, and the little eunuch just said: "Then the adults will please take a seat, and I will go and inform the dining room......"
"Go, go, go. Azu waved his hand, sat down on the sandalwood chair to himself, and stretched. The wooden chair was also covered with a layer of snow-white fur, and it didn't feel stuffy to lean on, and it was extremely comfortable.
"Huh...... What kind of leather is this, it is much more comfortable than the sheepskin chair of the Tong family......" Azu was surprised, sure enough, it was the former palace, and the things in it were the best.
"It is a snow wolf skin from the Western Regions, which is naturally comfortable. ”
Someone responded to the recruitment, Azu just heard the voice a little familiar, but when he looked back, he saw a familiar figure.
The figure was graceful, with pigtails, and a shallow smile on her delicate face, which was clearly the girl she had seen in Liuhe-Zhu Ying.
"Zhu Ying, why are you here?" exclaimed.
Zhu Ying just smiled: "That's because I live here." ”
Azu suddenly, that day, he saw that she was wearing a golden waist card, and the word "Wen" was written on the waist card, which was to guess that King Wen had something to do with this young boy, and it turned out that Zhu Ying was a person from King Wen's mansion.
At the right time, the little eunuch had just come out of the back kitchen, but he saw that Zhu Ying was also sitting at the table of the eight immortals and talking with Azu. He hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Lord ...... County"
"County Lord?" Azu was dumbfounded, he just guessed that Zhu Ying's identity was not ordinary, and she must have something to do with King Wen, but he never thought that this girl would be a county lord......
"King Nawen......"
Zhu Ying knew that he was surprised, so she just replied with a smile: "That's my father." ”
Really...... The Ming royal family is surnamed Zhu, and Zhu Wen ...... Zhu Ying......
He should have thought of it a long time ago...... It's just that he has always felt that most of the royal daughters live in seclusion and don't want to bow down and go out. This Zhu Ying went to a market like Liuhe in person, which is a little different.
"County Lord, you and this lord seem to be old acquaintances?" the little eunuch just realized and asked bravely.
Zhu Ying nodded lightly and waved her hand: "I am friends with him, I want to catch up with him, you can step down." ”
"But the prince ordered me to bring this lord here for dinner......
Zhu Ying was a little impatient: "It's good that you notify the dining room, don't you want him to teach you to eat?" ”
"Then the county lord is tired...... the eunuch just snorted, didn't dare to say more, just retreated, leaving Azugan to stare at.
Azu stared at it for a long time, and finally spit out a few words: "I never thought that you would be the daughter of King Wen......"
Zhu Ying just smiled: "It's the daughter of King Wen, what's the matter, aren't we still friends?"
Azu was stunned, but he was dumbfounded.
Also, in his short impression, Zhu Ying should be relatively indifferent before strangers, but extremely enthusiastic with friends.
"It's you, why are you here?" Zhu Ying was also puzzled and asked rhetorically.
"That's because I'm a carver invited by King Wen. Azu replied honestly.
"What, you're a carver?" said Zhu Ying's face with surprise.
Seeing her look of disbelief, Azu felt inexplicable: "What's wrong?"
"I heard that the carvers are all old men over half a hundred years old, but I didn't expect you to be one at such a young age. ”
Azu pursed his lips, but retorted: "What's wrong with the child, you are only a few years older than me." I'm a kid, and I'm much better than those half-baked carvers. ”
Zhu Ying laughed and trembled, but apologized seriously: "Okay, okay, you say you are, you are." ”
I just saw her approaching and asked in a low voice: "Great carver, you said that your father invited you here, but I don't know what to ask you to carve?"
Azu clearly heard that she was a little ridiculous, but just when he wanted to refute, his heart was terrified.
I don't know if Zhu Ying is unintentional...... But since she is the lord of the county, she often comes into contact with King Wen. King Wen hadn't revealed his ambitions yet, so Zhu Ying naturally shouldn't have known about it.
I don't know if Zhu Ying is facing her father. The meaning of dragons in the royal family is self-evident. If you say that you are carving a dragon chair for King Wen...... Will Zhu Ying guess King Wen's rebellious intentions......
Azu was stunned for a moment, but changed his words: "Just carve some playthings." ”
Zhu Ying just stared at it a little tighter, and saw that Azu was a little hairy. Suddenly, she smiled: "That's it, anyway, the eunuch has called you an adult, and you don't dare to lie to me if you want to." ”
Azu breathed a sigh of relief, but he saw that the dining room happened to have the first course, but it was with the plate.
No wonder there were no dishes and chopsticks on the table, but they were brought together with the dishes. Azu looked at the plate, and there were only five slices of pitiful slices, which seemed to be a kind of meat.
"So little...... Azu just muttered, and took the chopsticks on the plate. "These chopsticks are pretty good......"
Zhu Ying spontaneously acted as his guide and introduced: "These chopsticks are made of ivory, they look good, right?"
"Ivory? What kind of tusk is that, so big?" Azu wondered. The childhood of a rural boy is something he has never seen of this strange animal.
Zhu Ying was very patient and didn't feel bored: "It's a giant beast in the Western Regions, it can grow to tens of thousands of catties, and just one tooth weighs a hundred catties......
Azu blinked, a little unconvinced: "It's really fake." ”
"Hmph, I won't lie to you. Zhu Ying smiled, just playful. "But this ivory chopsticks are nothing unusual, this dish is the most valuable, it is fried phoenix tongue, I have heard Chef Zheng say before, it is the tip of the tongue of the bird's tongue......"
"Sparrow?" Azu asked, but it made Zhu Ying laugh again.
"How could it be, it's a lark, taken from the Qianzhang Cliff in eastern Hebei. ”
Azu stared at the slices of meat and sandwiched a piece, just amazed: "It's really so powerful." ”
"Of course, this dish also has a very powerful name, called 'Phoenix Yin'. ”
Azu shook his head: "What a phoenix chant, it's a waste for such a bird to eat the tip of its tongue...... This amount is so small, you can't eat dozens of them......"
It's just that after eating it, the taste is really good, but the amount is pitiful. Azu chirped and chirped, but just picked up another piece.
Zhu Ying's silver-bell-like laughter never stopped: "If you let Chef Zheng hear what you said, you have to be mad......
Azu didn't think so, he finished eating after dividing five by two, and waited for the next dish with a blank eye.
"No, I'm hungry too, I'm here to eat......" Zhu Ying touched her belly without a figurative expression, just muttered, and shouted loudly: "Dining room, make me a ...... too"
Azu was stunned, but Zhu Ying looked at him: "What's wrong?"
"Everyone else says it's a meal, but you say it's a meal. I thought the palace was so solemn, I think you, the county lord, are like ordering food in an inn restaurant?"
Zhu Ying pursed her lips: "So what, eating and eating is not the same thing." Everyone here knows me, so why do you have to make it so formal with a reservation and a tasting? How many times have I not eaten like this in the past three years?"
Azu was dumbfounded, but he also smiled: "I don't think you look like a county lord, like a barbaric lady." ”
"Regardless of his identity, isn't the county lord just an eldest lady? I still want to be a brutal eldest lady......" Zhu Ying also giggled, very crisp.
Zhu Ying is so approachable, she doesn't speak elegant words, she doesn't despise or compliment. In her eyes, Azu is a friend who met in Pingshui, and she quietly met again in this palace.
The laughter of the two was a little simple, but it made Fengzilou, which was silent in the past, have some vitality.
......
After eating, Zhu Ying asked Azu: "Dad just asked you to eat, did you say what you will do in the future?"
Azu shook his head and just said, "He asked me to discuss the carving tomorrow." ”
Zhu Ying blinked and said playfully, "Why don't I take you around?"
Azu thought about it and agreed. In fact, he also had the intention of shopping, and let a beautiful woman take it, which was a hundred times better than the annoying little eunuch who could only shout "Adult".
Zhu Ying took his hand, and was about to leave the Fengzi Building, but she saw another yellow-haired old eunuch waiting respectfully at the door.
Azu was just a little dazed, he only heard that there were many eunuchs around the emperor, but he never thought that there were so many eunuchs in this palace. If it weren't for the obvious characteristics of these eunuchs, they wouldn't have been able to recognize them.
"What are you doing here?"
Zhu Ying was about to send him away, but Gonggong Hai hurriedly said, "Lord County, the prince wants me to take this lord around." ”
Frowning, Zhu Ying was a little dissatisfied: "He's my good friend, I'll just take him around, I don't need you." ”
"By all means, the prince has already ordered, don't let this lord get lost......" Grandpa Hai was a little flustered, but said again.
"Grandpa Hai, I've been here for three years, do you think I'll get lost?"
"This ......"
"Huh?" Zhu Ying's dissatisfaction was revealed, and the power of the county lord was revealed.
"The county lord has a heart...... But don't go out of the long forest......"
"Don't worry, rest assured, how can you finish shopping in such a little time. When it's time for dinner, you'll be waiting for him here......" Zhu Ying was a little impatient, and pulled Azu away.
It was only after walking a few dozen steps away that Azu gave Zhu Ying a thumbs up: "The county lord is really domineering." ”
Zhu Yingjiao said angrily: "Pat your ass, where do you want to go?"
"I haven't been here again, so how do I know where to go...... By the way, I saw a deer park when I came, take me to see it......"