Xiao Lingyue couldn't help but joked: "You are really a well-dressed prince. You are the only one who thinks that this kind of fat meat is bad meat, right?"
Zhan Beihan was stunned: "What do you mean?"
"Among the people, especially for people from poor families, the best meat is this kind of fat meat."
Xiao Lingyue picked up the fatty meat slices in the bowl with chopsticks and held them against the candlelight.
The kitchen chefs at Prince Yi's Mansion are top-notch.
The fat meat was cut thin and tough, and was translucent by candlelight, with a glistening layer of oil on the surface.
"Because fat meat has enough oil and can be used to refine oil. Without the oil, people will not have the strength to work. Therefore, in ordinary people's homes, this kind of fat meat is very precious. It is much more expensive than lean meat and firewood. It is the only
Food that only laborers can eat.”
Xiao Lingyue put the fat meat into Zhan Beihan's bowl with a smile, "That's why I'll give it to you, this is good stuff!"
Zhan Beihan: "..."
Xiao Lingyue did not lie.
In ancient times, oil was a very precious thing.
Before the advent of oil extraction technology, ordinary people could only obtain oil from animals, and fat was the truly valuable treasure.
Those who can afford to eat oil are from well-off families.
But for nobles, oil is not so precious. As long as there is no shortage of nutrients, the higher the status of the person, the more picky they will be about the taste of food.
This is how the saying goes that one never tires of fine food and never tires of fine food.
Therefore, the tastes of nobles and commoners are exactly opposite. They prefer fine lean meat to greasy fat meat.
Zhan Beihan is a typical example.
As for Xiao Lingyue.
She has modern tastes and naturally doesn't like to eat fat.
"I guess that when you were staying overnight, you probably gave the couple a lot of money, so they were willing to buy expensive fat meat. This was a sign of hospitality. It's not that you bought bad meat because you were greedy for cheap.
.”
Xiao Lingyue joked: "It's just that your Royal Highness, who is well-dressed and well-fed, doesn't understand the lives of ordinary people. You think that people have treated you badly and bought bad meat for you to eat."
She blinked and said, "Your Highness King Yi, you haven't held a grudge for ten years just because of this, have you?"
Zhan Beihan: "..."
The man's handsome face darkened and he said angrily: "Is this king so narrow-minded?"
"Yes." Xiao Lingyue exclaimed, "Don't you know how much you hold a grudge?"
Zhan Beihan: "..." He grinded his teeth.
"Say it again?"
Xiao Lingyue shut her mouth knowingly, "You continue."
It's obvious that he is petty and vindictive, but he still doesn't dare to tell anyone about it.
Tsk tsk.
Man, how childish.
Zhan Beihan seemed to know that she was complaining, and glared again: "That was the first time I saw a normal couple get along."
Xiao Lingyue was stunned for a moment, then realized: "That's right, you grew up in the palace when you were a child..."
Royal couples are never considered normal couples.
What's more, Zhan Beihan's biological mother died young and Emperor Zhaoming had not established a queen for many years. The women in the harem were at best his concubines, and naturally they were not qualified to get along with Emperor Zhaoming and his wife.
Zhan Beihan's identity is also destined, and he has almost no chance to come into contact with ordinary couples.
Even between the crown prince and the crown princess, in addition to husband and wife, there is also a distinction between monarch and minister.
It is different from the couples in ordinary people's homes.
Xiao Lingyue realized this and couldn't help but become interested: "What do you think after seeing it?"
"The king felt very confused at the time."
"What don't you understand?" Xiao Lingyue asked again.
"It's not like that man's wife doesn't have long hands, so why does she want a man to pick up vegetables for her? Doesn't she know how to pick up vegetables herself?" Zhan Beihan said quietly.
Xiao Lingyue: "..."
The expression on her face was hard to describe, "You are really..."