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Chapter 40 This is a bit embarrassing

In fact, it is no longer practical to continue to start construction in the royal palace.

The production of soap will inevitably expand, and the production of essential oils also requires special production space. The royal palace in an imperial city cannot accommodate no matter how big it is.

But before Liu Mingqi found a more suitable place, he could only drag it like this.

Unexpectedly, the stinky smell of this pork was so powerful that even the emperor almost fainted, which made the emperor angry and ordered him to move away immediately.

While thinking about where to fit, Jing Hedi talked again, "Ming Qi, you are a prince and so smart. How good is it to have time to do something that benefits the country and the people? Why do you make something that is not elegant all day long?"

Liu Mingqi looked question marks.

Is the emperor saying that I make soap?

The next moment, Jing Hedi himself revealed the answer: "It would be fine if you made some cakes and other foods some time ago, but now it is getting more and more exaggerated. Sometimes it will be ice milk tea and sometimes it will be ice cream. Do you want to be a chef in the future?"

All right.

Ice milk tea is also made by Liu Mingqi.

How could a doctor of chemistry not know how to make delicious iced milk tea?

Didn’t the imperial chef in the palace learn his cake some time ago?

Then he found them again and taught them to make several iced milk teas with existing ingredients and go to Princess Changle to drink.

The little princess was very happy and had to drink a bottle every day.

Fortunately, the boy warned the imperial chefs that the little princess' milk tea would be a little cold, and she would not drink it on an empty stomach, otherwise Princess Changle would have stomachache.

After ice milk tea, ice cream is the one.

Otherwise, why would Princess Changle be so intimate with Liu Mingqi?

Don’t kids like these things?

Liu Mingqi thought that she had to find a backer in the palace, and she was very sorry that Princess Changle had no father before she was born, so she made food and drinks for her in such a variety of ways.

Now that I heard Emperor Jing and Emperor scolding him, the young man was a little dissatisfied: "Your Majesty, according to the ancestral system, our royal family members cannot participate in government and military affairs, and at most they do business. I am so young and cannot leave my family business to me. Could it be that I just like those unfilial descendants of Emperor Taizu, who eats, drinks and gambles every day?"

Emperor Jinghe was speechless for a while.

Children of the royal family cannot take the imperial examinations and become officials, nor can they join the army, and even cannot even be released from the capital unless the emperor allows it.

They can't say that they were raised like the ones they had in the previous dynasty, but they weren't much better.

Emperors of all dynasties felt a little guilty about this, but they had to do so, but within the scope of their authority, the children of the royal family felt more relaxed and comfortable.

Therefore, even if there are any strange things happening to the royal family on weekdays, as long as it is not too much and does not arouse public anger, the emperor usually asks the embroidered guards to help suppress it.

Last time Liu Mingqi gathered to gamble, the Embroidered Uniform Guard could turn a blind eye. However, Duke Lu personally reported it, Gao Jing, the governor of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, had to stab the emperor.

When Emperor Jing He saw that a group of children with unfinished hair had gathered to gamble at such a young age. How could it be better if they didn’t clean up?

That's why he ordered people to be arrested.

Now facing Liu Mingqi's rhetoric, Jing and Emperor Capital hesitated for a moment before saying, "Mingqi, you are different from others. I have great expectations for you, and I look forward to you to continue to invent things like upper-case numbers and double-entry accounting methods. If that is the case, you will always be in history, maybe even more famous than me."

Is it useful to become famous after a person dies?

Emperor and uncle, if you knew Van Gogh’s story, you wouldn’t have said that.

My master, I have a rare life, so I only strive to be alive and not to care about the future.

Liu Mingqi, thinking about this, did not refute Jing Hedi, but his attitude of not speaking was also answered.

Emperor Jing He had known this kid was exhausted, but he didn't expect that he would not give face in front of him.

He was about to say something about Liu Mingqi again, but he didn't expect that an eunuch came from the other side and said across the pavilion: "Master, I am from Yonghe Palace. The concubine has prepared your favorite glutinous rice balls and ice milk tea. I asked you when you can get there."

Jing Hedi's righteous words were prepared and swallowed directly into his throat, his face turned red and he couldn't say a word.

Seeing this, Zhao Shou turned around, walked out for two steps, and scolded neatly: "Dog, who told you to yell here? Get off!"

Seeing that the ancestor was so fierce, the eunuch was so scared that he ran away and rolled and crawled to more than ten meters away, and did not dare to get up for a long time.

He didn't know what he had made, but if his ancestors were able to curse others like this, it would definitely cause trouble.

In other words, the person who serves Emperor Jinghe, otherwise he would be killed by a stick on the spot.

Liu Mingqi was also laughing in her heart, but it was absolutely impossible for her to laugh out loud.

The emperor has the majesty of an emperor. No matter how generous Jinghe treats others, he will never turn a blind eye to others.

"Your Majesty, what you said is very thought-provoking. After I go back, I will think carefully about it and see what kind of good things I can make, which can contribute to you and the world." Liu Mingqi would also say good-looking words.

"Yeah, go!"

Emperor Jing He waved his hand, but ignored Liu Mingqi and turned to the other side.

He just scolded his nephew for being "not doing his job properly", but the eunuch here "exposed" himself and was very interested in the food he invented. Isn't this a slap in the face?

But then again, the food made by this little guy is really good.

Needless to say, the mother had to eat one the next day, and the concubines in the palace wanted every day, which made the imperial kitchen work for several people every day.

The concubines all have family members.

After they had eaten good food, they naturally thought of their parents' family, so a few favored concubines begged Emperor Jing to ask the imperial chef to teach them how to make cakes.

Emperor Jing He was originally a person with weak ears, so of course he could not think that this was infringing on Liu Mingqi's intellectual property rights. He just thought it was a small thing, so he agreed.

So over the past few days, the deliciousness of cake has gradually spread outside the palace.

And iced milk tea.

Before Liu Mingqi was given to Princess Changle, Jing Hedi never knew that the slightly bitter tea could be drunk with buffalo milk. With the seasonings made by Liu Mingqi, it was smooth and sweet, and it would not taste bitter, but it retained the fragrance of the tea, which was simply a delicacy on earth.

Then if you add a few small pieces of ice, it will make Jing and Emperor Capital, who have always been used to enjoying it, feel that this is probably the best invention for summer.

Compared to some too cold ice cream, Jinghedi prefers ice milk tea, which can also adjust the degree of hot and cold, which can completely meet your preferences.

But the women who have eaten ice cream, whether it is his queen, his daughter-in-law, or his granddaughter, prefer ice cream a little.

Unfortunately, I haven't learned the method of making ice cream yet, otherwise more concubines in the palace would definitely be able to enjoy it.

Jing Hedi felt embarrassed for his face, but in fact his body was still very honest.

Before he knew it, he embarked on the road to Yonghe Palace.

Yonghe Palace is home to Concubine Chen, one of the two imperial concubines, who is the mother of the third prince Ming'an.

In recent years, Concubine Chen was the only one who gave Jing Hedi a son, so she was highly favored and her status in the palace was completely equal to Concubine Chen, the prince's mother.

As he walked, Emperor Jing He remembered something: "Zhao Shou."

"I'm here."

"Who are involved in conspiracy to soap? Didn't the embroidered guard find out?"

"If you go back to Your Majesty, Prince Rui's Mansion will be involved, and Duke Liang and others are there. There are some records of the embroidered ward, but there are many imitations like this, not just for soap." Zhao Shou said, "Besides, they did not take extreme measures. They just bought the raw materials and went back to do it, so Governor Gao did not order the arrest of people."

"That's how..."

Jing Hedi nodded, "You ask Gao Zixuan to pay attention to it. You cannot have the situation like Mingqi said. The dignified prince's property will definitely not be allowed to take advantage of others."

"Abide by the order."

"But speaking of this, the youngest is really lucky. No one knows that Mingqi can change a lot in a sudden and become such a smart and trouble-worry child." Jing Hedi smiled unconsciously.

Zhao Shou knew that the emperor was not talking nonsense.

There are six men in this generation of royal families, among which Emperor Jing He, the eldest, was born to the same mother as King Yu, the youngest.

King Yu has no ambitions and even makes money. Over the past few decades, Emperor Jing He was a little anxious about him.

After all, under this situation, King Yu will become the lowest-level existence of the royal family for at most three generations.

What are the only five restaurants?

For a royal family, it is not enough!

Look at the few princes, who are not gold-making every day? Even the King of Li is like this!

But the emperor could not give him something in person, otherwise he would "not worry about being weak but not being equal", and the other brothers would make trouble, and the children of the royal family would make trouble even more.

Unexpectedly, since King Yu's only son escaped from death in the river, his personality and mind changed drastically, as if he had really been enlightened by the gods, and he kept making surprising results.

Of course, in Zhao Shou's opinion, Prince Yu became a little ignorant of his rank and inferiority, and was very shameless, and he looked like King Yu.

He didn't know whether this was good or bad, but for now, Prince Yu had never surpassed it and had made a lot of contributions.

But Zhao Shou always felt that if this situation continues, Prince Yu will cause a big deal sooner or later!

I wonder if the emperor can still laugh at that time?

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Note: Ancient nobles knew how to enjoy more than modern people today. There were special officials in the Zhou Dynasty palace "ruling people". In December and January every year, people were led to pick ice and sealed in a cool ice cellar for royal summer use.

Cao Cao also made an "ice well platform", one of the three known as the "Tongquetai". This "ice well" is used to store ice cubes. There are more than 30 ice wells of all sizes in Yecheng. Then he often rewarded ice cubes as valuable gifts to his subordinates in the summer.

Ice cubes were very expensive in the summer of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, it was recorded that "the price of gold and jade is equal to the ice and snow of Chang'an to summer". However, in the Song Dynasty, "ice and snow cold Yuanzi", "ice and snow licorice soup", "ice and snow fine ingredients for glutinous rice" appeared in large quantities in summer.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the use of ice in winter and summer reached its peak. According to the "Imperially Decreed Qing Dynasty Constitution Rules", the Qing Palace could store more than 20,000 tons of ice every year. The government could even set up ice water places in the capital in summer, and specially distributed ice water to passers-by in the hottest weather.

This book sets that whether it is the royal family of the Dakang Dynasty or the nobles and rich people, they have the custom of using winter, ice and summer. It is not surprising that they can just take some out to make milk tea and ice cream.

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