Chapter 12 - Bring it to me
"It's not good, Master Lu fainted."
The prince was the first to cry out. The emperor was a little embarrassed. He knew that Lu Boming was very angry, but he didn't expect that he would be so angry that he would vomit blood.
He coughed and said, "Here comes Dr. Xuan."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After Lu Boming was left, the emperor waved to Xiao Zhang: "Idiot, come here."
Xiao Zhang looked wary: "If you don't go, you want to hit me again."
The emperor laughed angrily: "You idiot, am I as familiar with you as you are? Come here quickly."
When the empress saw that the emperor was like this, she knew that he was not angry, so she immediately joined forces with Xiao Yuxin to quietly push Xiao Zhang and signal him to come over.
Xiao Zhang naturally understood the change in the emperor's attitude. This can be seen from Xiao's title of idiot.
He reluctantly looked forward and took a few coy steps, standing ten steps away from the emperor, grunting with a look of displeasure on his face: "Tell me what you are calling me for."
The emperor laughed angrily, this fool, everyone else was terrified after hearing his summons, but this guy was the one who was reluctant.
"Idiot, let me ask you. Are these couplets your own idea?"
Xiao Zhang exclaimed: "Otherwise, can you help me think about it?"
"How dare you talk to your father like this!"
The prince looked furious and scolded Xiao Zhang.
Xiao Zhang curled his lips and said nothing, and the emperor didn't take it seriously, but waved his hand to signal the prince to shut up.
Immediately, the emperor said again: "Even I can't answer these couplets quickly. Tell me the truth, how did you come up with these couplets? Or are you pretending to be stupid?"
When he said this, the emperor's eyes became sharp.
Xiao Zhang's heart trembled. He was so patronizing and showing off that he almost threw away his character.
The queen and Xiao Yuxin next to her also looked over.
"Why are you pretending to be stupid? I'm not stupid in the first place. It's you who are stupid, okay? Isn't this the drinking order when drinking? Cao Ding and I play with each other every day."
Xiao Zhang pretended to be calm in his explanation.
After hearing this explanation, everyone present was a little surprised.
Drinking order? And Cao Ding?
The emperor's expression became strange.
Cao Ding knew that both his father and his father were pure reckless men, so how could they act like literati?
"Your Majesty, after the Zhongli War, Duke Jingling also wrote poems with competing characters. I think after that incident, Duke Jingling also paid attention to the literary education of his children."
The queen's words made the emperor suddenly realize.
At the beginning, when Dade had just founded the country, the Northern Wei Dynasty invaded, and the two sides fought a great battle in Zhongli. Dade suffered a tragic victory.
At the celebration banquet in Huaguang Palace, Cao Jingsheng, the great hero, drew a winning word to compose a poem.
At that time, no one looked down on Cao Jingsheng, but Cao Jingsheng's words were astonishing. His poem "The children were sad when they left, and Hu Jiajing came back, asking passers-by, how is it? Huo Qubing shocked the whole audience."
Thinking of this, the emperor nodded. If he said it this way, it would be explained.
He sighed and said: "Although you were lucky enough to defeat Master Lu this time, you have to understand that these are Cao Ding's contributions. You must not feel complacent about this, understand? As a member of the clan, you should strictly restrain yourself.
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Xiao Zhang looked confused and thought, what does it have to do with Cao Ding?
However, Xiao Zhang was able to confuse the matter and was too lazy to explain. He raised his head and gave the emperor a fist: "I understand."
When the emperor saw this, he laughed and scolded: "This idiot doesn't even show his courtesy."
"Your Majesty, you already know Zhang'er's character. Why should you care about these red tapes if you are a member of your own family?" The queen excused Xiao Zhang and took the opportunity to say: "It's just in time for dinner. Your Majesty, I still remember what I told you before.
Yes. Zhang'er is good at cooking. Why not let him demonstrate?"
The emperor was weak: "I still have things to do. If you want to eat, Zitong, just let this idiot stay and serve you."
"Farewell, Your Majesty, it's rare to catch up. Xin'er, quickly lead your brother Zhang to the imperial dining room."
Xiao Yuxin happily agreed, and without any explanation, she took Xiao Zhang and went.
On the way, Xiao Zhang even shouted: "I won't do it to the emperor's uncle. He hit me so much today that it hurts. It's not good at all."
"Don't talk nonsense, you idiot. Mother has worked hard to win this opportunity for you. As long as you make your father happy. With your father protecting you from now on, who else in this capital would dare to offend you?"
"That's not for him to do. Who asked him to hit me?"
Xiao Yu felt helpless. Why is this idiot so stubborn?
"Then just think of it as cooking it for your mother, right? As you said before, if my mother wants to eat it, you will do it even if a knife comes from the sky."
Xiao Zhang pretended to think for a while: "That's pretty much it."
After saying that, he shook off Xiao Yuxin and strode towards the imperial dining room.
Half an hour later, Xiao Zhang turned back to the Chancellor's desk.
I also brought back fish-flavored shredded pork, sweet and sour meatballs, pork slices, roasted eggplant and many other dishes.
Even though the bowl was closed, the aroma still wafted out from the gap, causing the emperor's nose to twitch.
When Xiao Zhang completely removed the bowl from the dish, the emperor's eyes widened.
Swish.
The emperor stood up, his throat brimming with emotion as he looked at the dishes in front of him. His appetite increased after he had not eaten much in the past few days.
Seeing this, the queen secretly smiled inwardly, and took the initiative to hand it over to the steps and said: "Your Majesty, Zhang'er is so filial, why don't you give it a try?"
This was what the emperor was waiting for. Just as he was about to take the chopsticks, a eunuch came up to him: "Your Majesty, I will try it for you first."
"Get out! My imperial nephew can't harm me."
Before the eunuch could move forward, the emperor kicked him over.
These dishes are extremely delicious at first glance. This damn dog slave actually dares to eat them before me. He is looking for death.
I saw the emperor holding up his chopsticks and putting the dishes into his mouth one after another. The emperor's mouth was full of oil after eating, and the appetite of the people next to him was greatly improved.
The queen licked her lips and invited the princes and princesses to eat and drink together.
The prince complained as he ate it: "It's just like that, there's nothing delicious about it."
Xiao Zhang glanced at the prince and thought to himself, "It's not delicious, but you're quicker than anyone else. Damn it, I just licked it with my tongue, how shameless is it?"
"Your Majesty, how does it taste?" the queen asked with a smile.
"Just so-so."
The emperor boasted against his will. Xiao Zhang was unhappy after hearing this. He walked up and removed all the dishes in front of the emperor and placed them in front of the queen: "My beautiful aunt is here to eat for you. Some people can't taste the goodness of my food.
It’s a waste to feed him.”
The emperor's hand holding the chopsticks froze in mid-air, and his face turned the color of pig liver.
The queen stole a glance at him and couldn't help but smile.
Yes, you still put on airs in front of your children.
"Little bastard, bring me the food."
The emperor groaned, this damn stupid boy, didn't he praise him enough, yet he dared to do this to himself.
But having said that, it feels inexplicably good. These bickering and jealous people feel like a family.
Chapter completed!