Chapter 196 The emperor, how can you be so untrustworthy
Chapter 196: Emperor, how can you be so dishonest (please vote and reward me)
Li Mingda looked at Cheng Chubi curiously. "Brother Cheng San, what can I do for you?"
Cheng Chubi knelt down and patiently explained to the little girl.
"To make this dish, you need lotus leaves. I've searched all over Jiucheng Palace, and there's only one place that has them, but I'm not allowed to go there."
"Wait a minute... Do you need lotus leaves to make this kind of dish?" Li Yuan thought for a while and began to feel that something was wrong.
"Yes, it must be a lotus leaf. Other leaves will not have the fragrance and taste of the lotus leaf."
Li Yuan couldn't help but frowned in embarrassment. "Lotus leaves... the entire Jiucheng Palace is just a lotus pond. I remember, it's right next to Yurong Palace."
I remember that my daughter-in-law, the eldest son, likes to enjoy lotus flowers the most. If those lotus leaves are touched, I'm afraid...
"Grandpa, I want to eat it." Li Mingda raised his head and licked his lips excitedly.
Seeing the greedy look on this little cutie, and then thinking about Cheng Chubi's delicious food, he had never been disappointed.
Li Yuan couldn't help but twitch his index finger, but this season is a good time to appreciate the beautiful scenery of lotus flowers. Wouldn't it spoil the scenery too much?
Besides, I am a majestic emperor, so leading my good granddaughter to do such a disgraceful thing is really detrimental to the demeanor of the older generation.
If by chance I bump into my daughter-in-law at the scene, as a father-in-law, it would really be... Well, it's inappropriate, absolutely inappropriate.
"Then Cheng Laosan, you go ahead, but try not to ruin the scenery." Li Yuan rolled his eyes and yawned widely.
"Well, it's already noon, and I'm starting to feel sleepy again. I really can't walk. How about we go at night?"
Cheng Chubi said unhappily, "Your Majesty, if we go at night, I'm afraid we'll only be able to eat it tomorrow morning."
"Grandpa, you are tired. Take a rest quickly. Brother Cheng San and I will go pick lotus leaves." Li Mingda pursed his lips and was very determined.
"This..." Li Yuan hesitated for a moment, but seeing this sweet granddaughter with extraordinary IQ and the honest and honest Cheng Laosan, well...
"Okay, Zhongbao, then you should accompany the princess for a walk. I'll take a nap first. I won't squint for a while at noon. I'm really sleepy."
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Cheng Chubi chuckled and strode forward excitedly. Next to him was Li Mingda, who was jumping up and down, and the loyal old eunuch Zhongbao.
Behind them were Cheng Liang and Cheng Guang, Cheng Chubi's loyal servants, and the group walked toward the lotus appreciation garden not far from Yurong Hall.
It is now the end of July and the beginning of August, and chrysanthemums are planted everywhere in Jiucheng Palace. Those bright and gorgeous chrysanthemums are extremely beautiful.
The entire Jiucheng Palace looked extraordinarily brilliant. Although this scene was extremely beautiful, Cheng Chubi became a little numb looking at it every day.
At the gate of the Lotus Appreciation Garden, a group of right-hand soldiers were guarding the lot. The lotus garden was not big, but the scenery was extremely exquisite and beautiful.
This is also the place where His Majesty and His Majesty often visit together these days, after experiencing the last incident.
The security of the entire Jiucheng Palace has become much stricter. For example, no one else is allowed to enter or leave the lotus garden where His Majesty and His Majesty often come.
This is true even for Cheng Chubi. After all, Cheng Chubi is not a person willing to embarrass a few soldiers.
And if the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan went there, or if Li Mingda, the apple of His Majesty's and his wife's eyes, went there, there would naturally be no problem.
I saw Her Royal Highness Li Mingda, Princess of Jinyang, leading Cheng Chubi, Cheng Sanlang, who had rescued the Empress, and others into the garden.
The soldiers guarding the door didn't even ask, and quickly and respectfully let the little ancestor, who could walk sideways in the entire Jiucheng Palace, enter.
Cheng Chubi followed Li Mingda, and he really felt like a fox pretending to be a tiger.
Cough, but a very fierce and masculine man like me should be a tiger. As for Li Mingda, he is more like a cute little rabbit.
No matter what, I entered the lotus garden and after walking a short distance, I saw a small pond with a stone bridge across it.
And on this long, thin and winding pond like the West Lake, there are lotus leaves floating in the water or hanging in the air, green and lush.
It's a pity that the beautiful scene at this moment fell into the eyes of Cheng Laosan, who was completely immersed in making delicious food, so he just praised it twice.
Soon I started counting on my fingers. "One chicken needs at least two lotus leaves."
"In addition to Your Highness and the Emperor, there will be almost ten lotus leaves..."
"No, I want fourteen lotus leaves, as well as my father and my mother." Li Mingda is indeed a filial daughter who never forgets her parents when she has delicious food.
"Okay, fourteen are fourteen, but..." Cheng Chubi glanced at the scenery in front of him, and felt that if fourteen lotus leaves were removed...
Zhongbao, the old eunuch, heard the number fourteen and looked at the beautiful scenery in the pond, and his eyes twitched.
After looking at the excited Princess and Cheng Laosan who was eager to try, he felt that he needed to give a warning.
"Your Highness, Cheng Sanlang, we need so many lotus leaves. If we ruin the scenery here, I'm afraid... the empress and your majesty will not be happy."
Li Mingda pursed his lips, thinking of all the mouth-watering delicacies that Brother Cheng San had cooked these days, and immediately made up his mind.
"Brother Cheng San, let's go for a walk and see where there are more lotus leaves, okay?"
"Everything is at your Highness's command." Cheng Chubi thought it would be better not to make the decision, lest Uncle Li get angry with him later.
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When Li Yuan stretched himself comfortably and walked out of the house, he saw the lotus leaves covering the open space in front of the house.
I saw Cheng Chubi taking a chicken that was already stuffed with ingredients and wrapping it in lotus leaves.
Then he handed it to Cheng Guang and began to wrap it with the reconciled yellow mud.
The old face immediately turned dark. "Cheng Sanlang, how many lotus leaves did you pick?"
"Grandpa, are you awake?" Li Mingda, who was squatting there and watching happily, stood up and waved.
"Grandpa, a chicken costs two leaves, and there are five of us here, including father and mother, so we need ten leaves, so there are fourteen leaves in total."
When I think of the small lotus garden, so many leaves are suddenly missing.
If my daughter-in-law, who likes to enjoy lotuses, looks at this, she will know that she asked Cheng Chubi, a scourge, to pick it.
Thinking of the gentle and virtuous daughter-in-law's quiet and gentle eyes, which can easily make people feel guilty.
Li Yuan inhaled as if he had a toothache, and now he was starting to feel a little weak. But looking at the excited granddaughter in front of him, he didn't want to have an attack.
Li Yuan walked up to Cheng Chubi who was busy and said deeply.
"Cheng Sanlang, you'd better make sure that the beggar's chicken you made is really delicious. Otherwise, I won't admit that I asked you to pick the lotus leaves."
"???" Cheng Chubi raised his head in confusion. "Your Majesty, how can you be so dishonest? You obviously asked me to pick it."
Li Yuan chuckled and walked to the side with his hands behind his back, as if he didn't like to talk to others. He put his hands behind his back and said, "I love someone..."