What is diversion of attention? When various events in the capital have been happening in an endless stream recently, one after another attracting countless exclamations and attention, use a bigger event to divert the attention of the people in the capital from the previous series of events.
On another matter that is easier for people to get involved, this is Zhang Shou's idea.
Therefore, after he invited Ge and Yong to have three lunches the night before, he had this idea and immediately sent someone to deliver a letter to Zhu Ying. Zhu Ying entered the palace early in the morning. As for her convincing the emperor, she even
It didn’t even take a cup of tea...
At this time, seeing that the three pavilion elders including Master Confucius had left, Zhu Ying slipped out from behind the screen, and then said with a smile: "Looking at their faces, they look like they want to have a big quarrel with the emperor on the spot.
I wanted to show off my uprightness, but in the end I had to swallow my anger. It was really a relief! Especially when the Confucius University Scholar just mentioned the recommendation of Taiwan, but the emperor rejected it..."
"Hey, it's so interesting to see his unexpected look!" She clicked her tongue and couldn't help but reach out to grab the wooden figure in the emperor's hand, and then stroked the fine and vivid lines on the folds of his clothes.
Without raising his head, he said, "However, Your Majesty, you agreed so quickly. When Ah Shou sent the letter to me, I felt that it would take a lot of effort to convince you!"
"The idea of the Royal Chef Selection Competition is quite interesting. First of all, Zhang Shou gave an example in the letter that he, the teacher and the two old gentlemen couldn't agree with each other, so I thought that one person's recommendation was too arbitrary. I think it makes sense.
Secondly, there are too many things going on in Beijing recently, so a festive program to make ordinary people happy and ignore all the chaos is in line with my wishes."
The emperor paused for a moment, then rested his chin with one hand and said with a cheerful smile: "Three times, I like liveliness very much, and Zhang Shou's appearance was the rare liveliest event in the capital in recent years! Being able to share the same excitement with the people
Le, what’s wrong with it? Ordinary people don’t have much entertainment all year round. Nowadays, there must be chefs who are trying to attract more people to try their dishes just to make themselves famous. Isn’t that great?”
"The atmosphere of a prosperous age is not only about the literacy and etiquette of the world, but also the grand activities that can be held with free money and time after people have enough food and clothing. The officials and the people enjoy together, which is also the atmosphere of a prosperous age! Since Zhang Shou said that he would make the plans, then he will hand in
Give it to him!"
Zhu Ying raised her brows, returned the wooden figure that she had played with so much that she couldn't put it down, and then said with a smile: "Your Majesty also missed something... My and Ah Shou's birthdays are coming soon, which is also Mingyue's birthday. Your Majesty has
What does it mean not? Last time Ashou and I celebrated our birthday in Rongshui Village, and we had a lively flowing water banquet, but this time we are in the capital!"
The emperor burst into laughter, then stared at Zhu Ying and said meaningfully: "Well, the first day of this royal chef selection competition will be held on August 15th, just to celebrate the birthdays of the three of you! This is
One day, you three took my place to host a grand event! So many people are celebrating for you, what could be more lively than this?"
Zhu Ying came in a hurry and left in a hurry. After receiving such a promise from the emperor, she immediately left happily, but she did not mention the incredible frame-up case at all.
However, just because she didn't ask, it didn't mean that the emperor would pretend to be confused. He looked at the wooden figure that he had loved the most when he was a boy, thinking that after so many years, it was more like it had become a habit than he still couldn't put it down.
Moreover, seeing himself unable to restrain himself from drawing a sword, he seemed to have vented some of his anger after having endured it for too long.
After a while, he heard a deep voice coming from outside the door: "Your Majesty, I have come to see you by decree."
Recognizing this familiar voice, the emperor couldn't help but raise his brows and called in. When he saw Hua Qi, who had tidied himself up neatly but had changed into a guard uniform, he couldn't help but look up and down.
After looking at the person for a while, he smiled and said, "The results came out so quickly this time?"
"Since someone deliberately delivered a fool and the emperor's belongings to Ah Liu, it is only natural that I can find the clues in just one day."
Hua Qi bowed and said, "I have found out that Xu Shangyi from Kunning Palace pretended to be Zhou Zhangyu of the imperial kitchen and imitated his handwriting in the letter he sent to Guo Shanggong. Then Guo Shanggong believed that he had actually stolen the forbidden items.
When Xu Shangyi explained the matter, she angrily said that she was taking revenge for the queen and the eldest prince."
The emperor suddenly laughed angrily: "Are you sure she really said that? She thinks this is revenge, rather than causing big trouble for the queen and her son?"
"I'm sure, that's what she said, and not only did I hear it, but Eunuch Chu also heard it. The most important thing is," Hua Qi paused, then raised her head and said helplessly,
"I was already interrogating her in another room, but the queen unexpectedly came out of nowhere. She also recognized that I was from Duke Zhao's palace, so she became furious. Then..."
He paused again, as if hesitating on how to formulate his sentences. After all, the Queen's words were really ugly.
However, the emperor stopped him half-heartedly: "If it is her who is making trouble and swearing dirty words, then there is no need to say it. I am too lazy to listen, so as not to get angry again after hearing it. You only need to tell me that the queen confessed to Xu Shangyi
What’s your response to this incident? Should you say that it’s okay to accuse someone of a crime, or should you admit it by throwing it out of the water?”
Even though Hua Qi was always fearless, he still had some taboos in repeating the dirty words the Empress used to scold the Emperor and the Zhu family. However, he was still able to answer the Emperor's last question, and he answered it very readily.
"The queen immediately admitted it, claiming that Xu Shangyi was just following her orders. Of course, Xu Shangyi denied it, saying that she was just acting on her own initiative, but the queen sneered and said that the eldest prince has been treated like that by the emperor. If the emperor wants to give
If outsiders are fair, then just send her to Zongzheng Temple together."
The emperor was not surprised by the queen's outspoken words. Perhaps because he felt more sorrow than death, he had no expectations for her a long time ago. However, at this time, he still believed that she should be just because
When things came to a head, I felt resentful, so I just ignored everything and took care of everything.
Even if a person is really stupid, he doesn't think that framing Zhu Ying and Zhang Shou like this will really succeed - and so what if he succeeds, even if Zhu Ying really steals his things, wouldn't he call that girl to show his face?
Just one scolding and that's all?
"Okay, I know everything. There is no need to investigate this matter anymore. After you return to Zhao Guogong's house, you also tell Zhao Guogong the whole story and say that it has almost reached that stage so far. Let him have a
Be mentally prepared. After this matter is over, Yingying will get married soon, and you don’t have to stay at the Zhu family anymore. Just go to Zhang Yuan and help her and Zhang Shou train a few more people."
Seeing that Hua Qi readily agreed and immediately left, the emperor couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
I think when Hua Qi heard that she could go to Zhao Guogong's Mansion to protect Zhu Ying, she hurriedly agreed. Now, she is also willing to accept it when she hears that she can go to Zhang Yuan, but if she is asked to go back to the palace... she will never be so happy.
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In a place like the palace, it is really easy to get bored and become manic after living for a long time...
When Hua Qixingse hurriedly slipped out of the palace and brought the extraordinary message to Zhao Guogong Zhu Jing, Zhang Shouzheng accompanied Lu Sanlang to move out of the Imperial College dormitory. Even though the two of them originally thought that they would keep a room in the Imperial College
The dormitory is more convenient, and I don’t want to be lazy now.
While causing trouble for others, you also cause trouble for yourself. Why bother? If you free up a dormitory, at least two prison students can live there.
As for helping Lu Sanlang move things, it's not that Zhang Shou is so arrogant as a teacher, in fact, less than half of them are his manuscripts. At the same time, Xiao Cheng came to help. I learned that Zhang Shou also rented his house at noon on weekdays.
Xiao Cheng was overjoyed during the impromptu lunch break.
After all, as a child, although he is determined to be independent and self-reliant, he is still inevitably weak. He hopes to have someone to accompany him, otherwise he will really feel like he has become a ghost after having been a ghost for several months.
The little peanut, who had just been sneaked over by Zhang Shouti and had just been given the title of a handyman in the Imperial College, was in a daze as he moved together to move books, manuscripts, and exercise books... Although the Imperial College was quite close to the Xiao family,
But he was far from proficient in equestrian skills. After walking back and forth, he was already sweating.
What he found most incredible was that the seemingly honest and honest fat man turned out to be a sinister math genius in Ah Liu's mouth!
And the reason why he made so many trips was because this fat man had a lot of things - besides arithmetic books, exercise books, manuscript papers... and the messy serial legendary novels often sold in many bookshops, he couldn't even fit them into a carriage at one time.
! He really doesn’t understand how someone who can tolerate the kind of nonsense that even his uncle scolds can still be a genius!
He was completely unaware that he was about to enter a more dire situation. He had been quietly looking at Lu Sanlang curiously. He was distracted by this peek, until he once again followed Zhang Shou and Lu Sanlang in front of him to the door of Xiao's house. He suddenly heard
A familiar voice came and shouted: "Little Peanut, why is it such a coincidence? Hey, isn't this Dr. Zhang?"
Zhang Shou was startled for a moment, and when he looked up, he saw the overjoyed man running over in a hurry, and then grabbed the little peanut off the horse and started rubbing the little guy's head in front of everyone. Who else could it be if it wasn't the old salted fish?
However, in addition to Old Xianyu, he also saw a vigorous old man and several servants standing next to the carriage over there, but the most eye-catching thing was a woman in her early twenties in front of the carriage.
She was wearing an emerald-green robe and a willow-green skirt. At first glance, she looked youthful and energetic. Although she was not very beautiful, her smile was very dignified.
He was wondering who this group of people were and how they were with Lao Xianyu when he suddenly heard Xiao Cheng shouting from the side: "Sister Zhou, Mr. Liu, you are back!"
Zhang Shou suddenly realized. Zhu Tingfang's teacher Liu Zhiyuan happened to be returning to Beijing today, but he came all the way with Lao Xianyu? Instead of believing that it was such a coincidence, he might as well believe in Lao Xianyu's self-righteousness.
The familiar guy took the initiative to strike up a conversation, and after asking for some clues, he followed along all the way!
Seeing Xiao Cheng jump off the carriage and run up quickly, he hugged the dignified girl and burst into tears. He also jumped off the horse, and then dragged him past Xiao Peanut, who was still pretending to be with her.
The old salted fish asked for help: "Didn't you say you wanted to get familiar with the feeling of going to sea again? How come you have time to come to the capital?"
"Ahem, there are some old guys in the capital, I'll come over and have a look..." Old Xianyu laughed, and when he saw Zhang Shou looking at him with a half-smile, he quickly patted his head and ran to Liu Zhiyuan.
After the group of people on the other side nodded and bowed and said a few words, they immediately pulled out a large bag from the back of the carriage, put it on their backs, and then ran over again.
"This is a seed that another old friend of mine just sent to Cangzhou. He just went to the west. The various small countries there are no longer fighting each other like they used to be. They are much more peaceful than before. Silk, tea
, porcelain and other things are very easy to sell. But there is nothing particularly valuable there like Nanyang and Japan, and there are so many goods that they can’t even afford them. They are a bunch of poor people!”
"My old friend knew that Zanghai and I had done a lot of work in Zanghai's lower courtyard, and he also got some seeds from there. He also recorded the rough names of the categories, their taste, and the months for sowing and harvesting.
I know how it compares to those crops in Haidong Continent, if it can fill my stomach and taste delicious, that would be great."
Hearing the old salty fish say in a disdainful tone that the small countries in Western Europe are all poor, Zhang Shou couldn't help but laugh. Don't look at the TV series where places like the Louvre, the Palace of Versailles and various cathedrals are portrayed as magnificent.
But in fact, in this era when Western countries have not yet had time to plunder gold from the Americas, most Western countries are really very poor!
And those serfs who are completely bound to the land, and the completely hereditary lord system, are many years behind the Chinese system! That is a country where the real path of upward advancement is completely cut off, and ordinary people will almost never see hope!
However, now is not the time to talk about this. He smiled and let Ah Liu take the heavy bag of seeds, and then nodded and said: "Little monk Guantao was left at home by me to guide the leaders to cultivate the land. These seeds have been
I'll have someone send it back to him first."
"There have been a lot of things happening in the capital recently. I just suggested that the emperor hold a competition to select the royal chef and let the common people participate in tasting and voting, so that the emperor and the people can enjoy it together. It is a pity that these seeds will not be able to grow anything in a short time, otherwise they will be the same as those grown in Haidong Continent.
If the ingredients are put into the dish together, it will be much easier to promote it!”
Liu Zhiyuan was originally looking down at Xiao Cheng with tears in his eyes, but when he saw Old Xianyu carrying the bag of overseas seeds and having a lively chat with Zhang Shou, he immediately became distracted and listened. Zhang Shou listened.
When he mentioned the selection of royal chefs, and then talked about promoting overseas high-quality varieties, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he strode forward.
At this time, Lu Sanlang was afraid that Liu Zhiyuan would say something embarrassing when he opened his mouth, so he rushed up to him and greeted him enthusiastically: "Mr. Liu, you have come to Beijing. Your old house has been packed by Brother Zhu."
But the furnishings inside were all restored based on Xiao Cheng’s memory. I don’t know if they are the same, why don’t you go in and take a look first?”
Liu Zhiyuan stopped, looked at Lu Sanlang thoughtfully, and suddenly reached out and grabbed his face. This unexpected move made Lu Sanlang take a breath, and then he heard a chuckle: