Zheng Peng coughed dryly, attracting all the attention in the lobby to himself, and then raised his voice and said: "Xiao Zhongshu said very pertinently, please forgive me for not agreeing, they all say that the family is a small family, the country is everyone, the emperor is the king of a country, it can also be said to be the head of everyone, it is not inappropriate to say that it is a family banquet, but it seems close." ”

After a pause, Zheng Peng continued: "The most used pork at the banquet is not that I am stingy, nor is it careless, on the contrary, this pig is a specially bred white jade pig, which eats refined grain every day and drinks mountain spring water, the meat is delicate and fragrant, and I specially invite the emperor, Niangniang, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and your colleagues to try it." ”

The ancient people were very particular about booing their heads, and they liked to be linked to elegance and celebrities, Zheng Peng had an idea, and changed the name of a white jade pig to it, which sounded a lot taller, as for the fine grain mountain spring water, it was really not exaggerated, the place where the pig was raised was beautiful, there was no pollution, and there was a spring with a large amount of water on the mountain, which was used down, and the blessing of the prosperous era of Kaiyuan, the grain was very cheap, and the rice was five cents, and the price was lower.

"That being said, General Zheng let his father's body eat this kind of meat, and some of it is too much, even if it is a white jade pig, it will be difficult to enter the hall of elegance, especially on such a grand occasion, if it is spread out and let the people and foreign missions know, I don't know how they will criticize it." Li Ying snatched the conversation and immediately retorted.

It was rare for Li Longji to speak, although there was not much blame in his words, Li Ying firmly followed Li Longji's steps and attacked Zheng Peng on the spot.

As the crown prince and the future prince of the Tang Dynasty, Li Ying feels that her sense of existence is insufficient, and she needs to brush up on her sense of existence.

"Criticism?" Zheng Peng said puzzledly: "No, pork is a common meat for ordinary people, and many scholars and scholars are also eating it, even the students of Guozijian also regularly purchase a large number of braised meat, and the braised meat is made of pork, and no one criticizes it." ”

guessed that Li Ying would jump out, Zheng Peng was a little sympathetic to this inactive prince: proud and a little conceited, forbearant but unwilling to be lonely, often hovering on the edge of advancing and retreating, the position of the prince here is shaky, over there Lao Tzu is not only not a little old, but also extraordinarily energetic, constantly adding a younger brother who threatens his status, is the kind of character who "follows the destiny of heaven is sad, and those who go against the destiny of heaven die".

brought a heavy gift, presumably to release the suspicions, but when he came, Zheng Peng happened to be in the kitchen command, did not greet him, according to the reaction of the subordinates, the prince of the dynasty did not look very good, it is estimated that he was dissatisfied with not coming to the door to greet him, and used the topic to play.

With this amount of energy, it's no wonder that I didn't have the last laugh.

"General Zheng, this is a bad word" Ye Ruonan, who had long been paying attention to the movement here, stood up in time: "The minister is the minister, the king is the king, how can the monarch and the minister be confused, the emperor is the body of ten thousand gold, how can he use these ordinary things like ordinary people, this is a big disrespectful crime." ”

Sister Ni, it's disrespectful again, Zheng Peng became angry when he heard it, he seemed to be married to this "big disrespect", he got involved with it at every turn, and gave Cui Er a look when he heard the words, which means why did this product appear here?

Went out to Tibet, nine deaths, a few times I really thought I was going to explain where I was, and when I came back, my life hung by a thread, and I finally returned to Chang'an, but I didn't expect that there were still a bunch of people waiting to impeach him, including this Ye Ruonan, how could he invite people he didn't like here?

Why invite him, find it unpleasant yourself?

Cui Er understood what Zheng Peng meant, looked at the back house a little helplessly, and signaled that this was what Mrs. meant, needless to say, it must be that when Lu Shu helped prepare the roast tail banquet, he was also listed on the list of invited guests in line with the idea that it is better to settle the grievances.

Zheng Peng couldn't bear the dissatisfaction in his heart, and said calmly: "Ye Yushi means that this dish made of pork can't be served, and Ye Yushi shouldn't be entertained with this kind of dish, right?" ”

Ye Ruonan said with some pride: "You can say this." ”

Zheng Peng nodded, and said with some self-reproach: "It's because I didn't think about it well, butler." ”

"The old slave is here." Cui Er knew that his uncle was unhappy, so he hurriedly responded.

"Ye Yushi can't get used to eating these things, you take Ye Yushi to Xinghualou to open a most luxurious private room, Ye Yushi can order whatever he likes, and you must let Ye Yushi eat that congratulatory gift back." Zheng Peng said seriously.

I invited you to the banquet, I have already given enough face, but I don't know what to do like this, you are not happy, and the lord will not serve you.

Cui Er had already seen that Ye Ruonan was not pleasing to the eye, and when he heard this, he immediately made a gesture of invitation to Ye Ruonan: "Ye Yushi, please here." ”

This is driving himself out in disguise, Ye Ruonan didn't expect that Zheng Peng drove himself away in full view of everyone, his body trembled a little with anger, his old face twitched a few times, and he pointed at Zheng Peng with a red face and said, "You... You... You, huh. ”

I wanted to make trouble, but I didn't know what to say for a while, and I hoped that the prince would say a few good words for himself, after all, he was also for the prince, but he didn't expect the prince to sit there, looking at his nose and nose, and his nose and heart, and he didn't mean to come out, so he saluted Li Longji and Concubine Wu Hui, and then threw his sleeves and left.

There was silence in the lobby, no one expected Zheng Peng's temper to be so hot, and he asked Ye Ruonan out after a few disagreements.

However, it is also understandable that when Zheng Peng returned to Chang'an, Ye Ruonan was very active among the people impeached, and there was already a gap in the hearts of the two, no matter what, it felt a little strange to drive people away at the banquet.

Just when the atmosphere was the most embarrassing, Concubine Wu Hui picked up her chopsticks, looked at the dish in the middle and asked softly, "General Zheng, is this the Dongpo meat you said?" ”

"Yes, this is a new dish, and I would like to ask my mother to give me some valuable advice."

Concubine Wu Hui smiled slightly, and motioned to the palace maid waiting next to her to give her a piece, a piece of Dongpo meat has two or two weights, it looks very large, Concubine Wu Hui very elegantly used chopsticks to lightly coerce, wanting to taste only a part, and soon there was a trace of surprise on her pretty face, the piece of Dongpo meat was rotten, like a piece of tofu.

In my impression, the pork is dirty and hard, but the Dongpo meat on the chopsticks is bright in color, and the meat is so delicate that it seems to be a little transparent, which looks very attractive.

As soon as the meat was in her mouth, Concubine Wu Hui's eyes lit up, and after chewing a few times, a look of satisfaction appeared on her beautiful face, and she quickly put the remaining large piece of meat into her mouth.

After eating a piece of meat, Concubine Wu Hui said in surprise: "Your Majesty, this Dongpo meat is really like what General Zheng said, fat but not greasy, soft but not rotten, it tastes like it melts in your mouth, it really tastes, please taste it too." ”

While speaking, Concubine Wu Hui personally gave Li Longji a piece of it.

"It's rare that Concubine Ai has such a high evaluation, okay, then I'll taste it." Li Longji said with a smile.

Li Longji is an amorous person, Concubine Wu Hui is not his first woman, but the woman he loves the most at present, every time he looks at Concubine Wu Hui, the eyes of this merry emperor are full of tenderness.

A piece of fatty Dongpo meat was swallowed, and Li Longji said with a look of surprise: "Yes, yes, Zheng Aiqing didn't disappoint me, this time it's worth waiting." ”

I have the impression that pork tastes a little old, a bit like the feeling of chewing firewood, it tastes smelly, it is hard and hard, it is good to fill the stomach, it is difficult to want to be delicious, it is the previous braised meat, the meat quality has improved, but there is still a distance from the deliciousness, and the pork eaten this time, the meat quality and meat aroma are first-class good, there is no smell at all, and the taste is better than venison and mutton.

Although it was only the first time to eat it, Li Longji only took the first bite and was conquered by this special taste.

Zheng Peng was relieved when he heard this, and said happily: "To be appreciated by the emperor, Weichen finally let go of his heart." ”

finally breathed a long sigh of relief, as long as Li Longji said yes, it was useless for others to say anything, seeing that Li Longji wanted to eat Dongpo meat again, Zheng Peng hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, in addition to Dongpo meat, other dishes also have their own characteristics, please taste the emperor." ”

Li Longji nodded, and inadvertently saw that the people at the same table were looking at him, laughed, and said: "Zhongqing's family, the food is current, don't let down Zheng Aiqing's wishes, you're welcome, move the chopsticks." ”

"Everyone, what are you waiting for, you're welcome, let's take up the chopsticks, if you have any opinions, please mention more." Zheng Peng stood up and invited everyone to start, knowing the little episode just now, everyone has been waiting.

"Pick up the chopsticks, pick up the chopsticks."

"I've wanted to move chopsticks for a long time, and just smelling this fragrance makes my stomach protest."

"That's right, General Zheng is a connoisseur in food, and when has he ever disappointed."

"The evaluation of the emperor and Concubine Hui is so high, this dish must be delicious, everyone, start first."

The tempting aroma of meat has long made the guests drool, but the emperor has not moved the chopsticks yet, and everyone does not dare to move first, and now the emperor and Concubine Wu Hui have eaten, and everyone is not polite, and they began to taste it.

What cheap meat is not cheap meat, Zheng Peng said that this is a white jade pig, even the emperor and Concubine Hui are full of praise, it will definitely not be bad, the long-awaited roasted tail banquet officially began, and soon, the praise came and went, all of which praised the delicious dishes:

"It's delicious, it's delicious, I didn't think pork was so delicious."

"That's for sure, drinking mountain spring water and feeding refined grain, this white jade pig eats better than ordinary people, no wonder the meat quality is so good."

"This taste is better than venison and mutton, and this roast tail feast did not come to a loss."

"Xu Shilang, you eat slowly, be careful not to choke."

"Old Qian, you have eaten two pieces of Dongpo meat, and this last piece of Dongpo meat also makes a certain taste."

"Chang Siqing lowered his head to eat, and he didn't raise his head for so long, be careful not to choke."

At the beginning of the new century, the food culture was not perfect enough, mostly roasted, boiled and stewed, Zheng Peng began to prepare for this roasted tail banquet half a year ago, collected a lot of seasonings, and also made his own wok, steamer, steamer and other tools, frying, stir-frying, stewing, steaming, stewing, slipping and other techniques are all used, each dish is made to be full of color and flavor, and deliberately reduce the amount of food, so that they can only eat half full, so that the feeling of unfinished is still intended.

Where have the guests tasted such delicious dishes, one by one they threw off their cheeks to eat, and saw that there were fewer and fewer dishes on the plate, and they didn't even care whether they looked good or not, and threw their demeanor aside to satisfy their appetites.

No, Wang Xuan, the secretary of the military department, chewed a piece of ribs in his mouth, put a piece in the bowl, and held a piece on the chopsticks, and when he ate, his eyes did not forget to stare at the plate;

Huang Guangwen, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, rolled up his sleeves, held a pig's trotter with little meat, a large piece of meat, and ate a mouthful of oil;

Imperial Doctor Li Chao picked up the last piece of charcoal-roasted pork neck and was about to put it in his mouth, but he didn't expect the chopsticks to loosen, the meat piece fell on the table, looked at the empty plate, looked left and right, and took advantage of the fact that people were not paying attention, quickly picked up the fallen meat, and threw it into his mouth without hesitation......