As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, he saw two rows of palace maids entering the Tai Chi Hall, each holding a wooden tray in their hands.
What is placed on the wooden plate is braised pork that is shiny and oily.
You can also see the steam rising.
"Well, it smells so good!" Someone suddenly said in the hall.
Empress Changsun learned these braised pork from Zhao Chen, then wrote them down and gave them to the cooks in the palace to learn from.
The meat was also obtained from Zhao Chen, but it cost Li Shimin a lot of trouble.
"What is this? It looks like pork."
"But it's still pork."
"But this pork is so fragrant that people can't help but want to taste it."
"Are you crazy? Pork is cheap meat. Can people of our status eat it?"
"This meat smells delicious, but who knows if it tastes just as disgusting?"
The courtiers were all discussing in low voices.
They were all saying that this pork must taste extremely disgusting.
"My dear ministers, this is braised pork. The pork has been cooked using a secret method. If you don't believe it, just try it." Li Shimin said to the ministers with his hands behind his back.
No one dares to be the first.
Who knows if you will vomit in this hall after eating?
If this is really the case, wouldn't it be a slap in the face of His Majesty the Emperor? When the time comes, His Majesty the Emperor will not forget to hate himself to death?
The ministers did not move, but Wei Zheng was not afraid.
He wanted to see where His Majesty the Emperor met the liar who actually tricked them into coming to the Tang Dynasty.
Wei Zheng thought that he would expose this scam on the spot later.
He is not afraid of death.
Not even afraid of offending the emperor's face.
"Your Majesty, here I come." Wei Zheng said to Li Shimin.
My heart skipped a beat, I just grabbed a piece of braised pork with my hands and stuffed it into my mouth without using chopsticks.
"Uh-" Wei Zheng's eyes lit up instantly.
"Doctor Wei, what's wrong?"
"Doctor Wei, are you okay?"
"Your Majesty, would you like to invite an imperial doctor? Dr. Wei seems to be speechless!"
The officials asked Wei Zheng one after another, and when they saw that Wei Zheng was silent, they immediately thought that something had happened to him.
He opened his mouth and asked the imperial doctor to come over.
"Wei Zheng, how does it taste?" Li Shimin said lightly.
"Your Majesty, I know I was wrong." Wei Zheng made a plop and knelt down in front of Li Shimin.
The Tang Dynasty did not appreciate the ritual of kneeling and worshiping.
Except for his own parents, even when he saw the emperor, he only had to bow his hands and bow.
Wei Zheng suddenly knelt down like this, which startled all the officials in the palace.
"Wei... Doctor Wei, are you... are you... okay?" Fang Xuanling looked at Wei Zheng in surprise.
He thought to himself that Wei Zheng might have gotten into trouble and ate a piece of meat, so why did he become like this?
Li Xiaogong and other court officials were also stunned.
"Your Majesty, the taste of this meat..." Wei Zheng could no longer continue.
He could already taste the pork.
It was definitely not as unpalatable as he remembered.
On the contrary, it is an extremely delicious food.
It's much better than the mutton he often eats.
If people in the Tang Dynasty could eat such meat, then...
"Your Majesty, I have no eyesight. I saw the treasure but did not recognize it. It is unfair to judge Your Majesty. I know that I am guilty and I ask for death." Wei Zheng kowtowed deeply to Li Shimin.
"Okay, get up. I won't hold you accountable for what happened today. I just want to remind you that no matter what happens, you must practice it before making a conclusion. Don't talk nonsense in front of me." Li Shimin waved his hand.
, said lightly.
Although his face was expressionless, Li Shimin was extremely happy in his heart.
Today he not only raised pigs in the palace, but also gave Wei Zheng a lesson.
Let him point at his nose and scold him whenever he has something wrong.
How dare you threaten me with death? It's outrageous.
Do everyone think they are Zhao Chen?
It’s okay if he scolds me once or twice. He has great abilities. If you can be like him, I’ll let you scold me every day.
Li Shimin was having a lot of inner drama at the moment, but he showed no expression on his face.
"Everyone, let's have a taste. If the auxiliary machine was here, he would definitely swallow the plate." Li Shimin said with a smile.
Changsun Wuji was sent out by Li Shimin on some errands and is not here today.
Otherwise, Wei Zheng would not have threatened the emperor with death.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Everyone responded.
He picked up the chopsticks hesitantly.
Many people held chopsticks with trembling hands.
They have seen pigs running, but they have never eaten pork.
But His Majesty the Emperor...
Alas, just think of it as taking medicine.
Many ministers comforted themselves in this way.
They each picked up a piece of braised pork and put it in their mouths.
"Hmm - why is this pork so sweet?" Li Xiaogong had an incredulous look on his face.
"There is such a delicious food in the world? How did you know this?" Fang Xuanling's eyes lit up, and she took another piece.
"Oh my God, how did this happen?"
"It smells so good. No wonder His Majesty is so determined to raise pigs!"
"This pork is much sweeter than any other mutton. If there is such pork, why would I eat mutton?"
"Hey, Cheng Heizi, why are you taking my pork? It belongs to me."
"Cheng Heizi, don't think that since I'm a civil servant, I won't deal with you. Just wait, I'll give you a copy now."
Cheng Yaojin was probably enjoying the meal, so he snatched the plate that belonged to Fang Xuanling.
At the moment, he didn't care about Fang Xuanling's furious rage and just stuffed it into his mouth.
Li Shimin looked at the officials in front of him who were noisy like a market, but did not stop them. Instead, a faint smile appeared on his face.
In less than a cup of tea, everyone had finished the braised pork on their plates.
Even the generals licked their plates clean.
He was severely despised by the civil servants nearby.
"How?" Li Shimin returned to his throne and asked calmly.
"Your Majesty, I am aware of my guilt." Everyone shouted together with Li Shimin, looking ashamed.
His Majesty the Emperor is still very powerful, and people like him almost missed important events.
Such pork will definitely become popular throughout the Tang Dynasty.
Everyone thought secretly in their hearts.
"Your Majesty, I still want to know who is it that has such a way to turn unpalatable pork into a delicacy in the world."
"This person is a noble person of our Tang Dynasty. I must be grateful." Wei Zheng stood up and said to Li Shimin seriously.
"Yes, Your Majesty, this person can offer such a method. He is my benefactor to the Tang Dynasty. I must be greatly grateful." Fang Xuanling also nodded.
The other ministers also said yes.
"The person who taught me my secret method is a disciple of the immortal." Li Shimin thought of Zhao Chen and said to the ministers with a smile.
Immortal disciple?
Everyone was stunned.
How could someone be so outstanding that His Majesty the Emperor could even say such words?
"It just so happens that yesterday I brought back a painting he painted for the queen, and I will open your eyes today." Li Shimin waved to the eunuch Wu Jian beside him.
Wu Jian immediately directed the two little yellow men to come over.
Everyone saw two little yellow men carefully holding a picture scroll, which should be said to be a canvas.
Turn the canvas over.
Then I saw Empress Changsun painted on the canvas.
However, the Empress Changsun in the painting seemed to be walking out of the painting.