Chapter 5 Li Ke's Ambition

Things went smoothly, and six days later, Gao Zhong returned to the Liang Wangfu with the dusty Sun Simiao.

"You...... Are you sure you're Sun Simiao? Li Su looked up and down the medicine king in front of him with a suspicious face, how awkward it looked, why was it so different from what he imagined?

In Li Su's imagination, the medicine king Sun Simiao is at least a white-bearded and white-haired fairy wind and bones, but when he really saw it, he found out that he was wrong, the medicine king in front of him was dressed ordinary, not tall, and looked thin and black like a coal digger in later generations. With his long black hair and a thick beard, he doesn't look like an old man in his sixties at all, but a middle-aged man in his forties.

"Uh~? It has been more than ten years since the grass people called this name Chapter 6 and Chapter 5 Li Ke's ambitions, this can be determined! Sun Simiao was stunned at first, but immediately laughed and replied after taking Li Su's words. You can see that he has a great sense of humor.

"Hahaha~, Mr. Sun has a good look, he is really a fairy!" Seeing that what the other party said was interesting, Li Su couldn't help but smile and praise, the history books said that Sun Simiao lived for more than a hundred years, Li Su didn't believe it at first, but now looking at his young appearance, I believe that there is absolutely no problem in living to be more than a hundred years old.

"Hehe, His Royal Highness King Liang has praised it!" Sun Simiao is worthy of being a person who can enter the history textbooks of later generations, and he can still maintain an indifferent demeanor in the face of Li Su's praise, you must know that Li Simiao is the king of Liang, although he is not favored by Li Shimin, but he is also a prince, and Sun Simiao is just a grass man who is a little famous, and ordinary people have long been fluttering in the face of this kind of praise.

The two sides sat down to taste tea, Li Su praised Sun Simiao a few words, and then Li Su went directly to the topic: "Mr. Sun, please come to Chang'an this time, I think you can guess what it is for, I have an elder who is seriously ill, and now his life is on the verge of death, I want to ask you to treat the disease." Li Su stood up when he said this, and solemnly saluted Sun Simiao.

Sun Chapter 5 Li Ke's ambition Miao didn't expect Li Su to salute him, so he jumped up from the chair in fright, stretched out his hand to support Li Ke and said: "His Royal Highness King Liang has killed the old man, it is the duty of a doctor to treat the sick and save people, and he deserves a great gift from His Royal Highness!" ”

It's all to blame on Li Su, it's been half a month since he came to the Tang Dynasty, but he still can't adapt to his identity as a prince, the difference between his status and Sun Simiao's status is huge, and he can't salute each other first no matter what. This is Sun Simiao, if you change to an ordinary person, you can kneel on the ground in fright, after all, where is Li Su's identity?

Li Su knew that he had done a little too much, so he straightened up awkwardly and invited Sun Simiao to take a seat. Next, Li Su asked Sun Simiao some things about health preservation, after all, the appearance of the other party and his age did not match his great interest, and no one would not want to live a few more years. And Li Su's medical knowledge accidentally said in the conversation also aroused Sun Simiao's great interest, and the two could be regarded as having a good conversation, but they were puzzled in the high center of gravity waiting on the side: When did his master understand so many medical things?

In the end, Sun Simiao also inquired about the patient's condition from Li Su, but unfortunately Li Su didn't know much about the illness of the eldest grandson, only knew that it was a qi disease, and didn't know anything else. And Sun Simiao was also shocked when he knew that the patient turned out to be the eldest grandson queen, but after all, he was a generation of medical masters, and he quickly returned to that calm mentality.

That night, Sun Simiao stayed in the Liang Palace, and early the next morning, Li Su asked Gao Zhong and Sun Simiao to go to the mansion of Li Ke, the king of Shu, with the letter written by his own dictated Wen'er, after all, he was still in the lockdown period, and he couldn't go out at all, let alone bring people into the palace, and this matter had to be done with the help of Li Ke, after all, judging from his performance last time, Li Ke was still very concerned about his younger brother, and he was a person who could be trusted, and he didn't have to worry about him swallowing his own recommendation.

Yongxingfang Shu Wangfu, the location of this mansion is excellent, just next to the imperial city, and Li Su's Liang Wangfu is in Anxingfang, which is far away from the imperial city, which can also be seen the degree of favor of each prince, generally speaking, the more favored the prince, the closer the palace to the imperial city.

In the living room of the palace, Li Ke, who was standing tall and tall, was holding a letter in his hand, frowning and thinking, and Gao Zhong and Sun Simiao stood below. He was considering whether to recommend Sun Simiao to see Empress Eldest Sun? It's not that he doesn't believe in Sun Simiao's medical skills, Li Su praised Sun Simiao's medical skills in the letter, Li Ke believes that his younger brother doesn't dare to lie about this kind of thing even if he usually messes around, but he has another plan.

Li Ke and Li Su's mother is Concubine Yang, the daughter of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang and Li Ke's grandfather Li Yuan are cousins, Concubine Yang and Li Shimin are also cousins, the two met as early as childhood, and later the Sui Dynasty fell, Concubine Yang became the princess of the dead country, but the Li family won the world in one fell swoop, Concubine Yang entered the palace when Li Shimin was still the king of Qin, and later Li Shimin became the emperor and was named Concubine Yang, one of the four concubines of the palace, if the queen died, these four concubines are eligible to be the queen. Although Concubine Yang is a princess of the dead country and her identity is a little embarrassing, she and Li Shimin were playmates when they were children, and they can be regarded as childhood sweethearts, so in the palace with beautiful women, the grace she receives is only under the eldest grandson queen, which is also the reason why Concubine Yang has the courage to intercede for Li Su repeatedly. If Empress Changsun dies, then Concubine Yang also has a chance to become the next empress. This is where Li Ke's real heart knot lies.

The current crown prince Li Chengqian is the same age as Li Ke, but no matter how talented and courageous he is, Li Chengqian can't compare with Li Ke, and even the fourth Li Tai is better than him, but he has the title of the eldest son, so Li Shimin made him the crown prince as soon as he ascended the throne. Li Ke is also the son of Li Shimin, if he doesn't want to fight for the noble throne in his heart, it is definitely a lie, but as long as there is the eldest grandson queen in the palace, the position of the crown prince can definitely only be the prince of the concubine, and he has no chance at all. However, now that Empress Changsun is seriously ill, Li Ke can't help but have other thoughts. In fact, this is also normal, as a prince who is unwilling to be ordinary, who dares to say that he has no idea about the throne?

However, Li Ke was extraordinary after all, and quickly dispelled this unrealistic idea. Because he found that he was thinking too simply, even if the eldest grandson queen died, anyone could sit on the queen's throne, but the only exception was his mother, the reason is very simple, because the world of the Tang Dynasty was taken from the former Sui, and his mother was the princess of the former Sui, he and Li Su both had the blood of the former Sui royal family, and all the Li clan and most of the civil and military officials would not want to see that the crown prince was a prince with the royal blood of the previous dynasty! This has touched the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, and it is estimated that even his father has the same idea. So no matter how much he loves Concubine Yang, Li Shimin will not crown Concubine Yang as the queen.

Thinking about this, Li Ke also understood that he was probably destined to lose the throne in his life, which made him feel a sense of hopelessness. Gao Zhong took Sun Simiao to wait below for a while, but he didn't see Li Ke speak, so he dared to peek at it, and found that the King of Shu's face was cloudy and didn't know what he was thinking, and he didn't dare to urge, so he could only lower his head and wait.

"Hehe, this king has lost his temper!" After a long while, Li Ke came to his senses and said with endless bitterness in his smile.

"Gao Chong, you go back and tell the sixth brother, I will take Mr. Sun into the palace this afternoon!" Li Ke sorted out his mentality, cheered up again and said.

Gao Zhong agreed, and then slowly withdrew to report to Li Ke, and Sun Simiao stayed to accept Li Ke's hospitality, during the banquet Li Ke was not at ease, openly and secretly studied Sun Simiao's medical skills, and saw that people were so relieved to answer, and took Sun Simiao into the palace in the afternoon to treat the eldest grandson.

Gao Zhong came back to report to Li Su, Li Su is roasting mutton by himself, the chef in the house is good, but unfortunately I feel tired of eating it for a few days, and there are relatively few seasonings in this era, and the dishes made are just a few tastes, especially without chili peppers, Li Su in the previous life liked to eat spicy food the most, it can be said that there is no spicy or happy, and he can endure it for a few days after he came, but now he is getting more and more uncomfortable, and eating any delicacies and seas is like chewing wax, and he has no appetite at all.

After sending Sun Simiao away in the morning, Li Su had no appetite for breakfast, so he went to the warehouse where the ingredients were stored to look around, to see what could be eyed and then let the cook do it, but he didn't expect to find a bag of moldy cumin in the corner of the warehouse, which made Li Su overjoyed, cumin is a good thing, an indispensable seasoning for barbecue and fish, and the key to Xinjiang roast mutton in later generations.

It's been a long time since I've eaten barbecue, but now I have the opportunity and time. immediately called the fifth chef of Liang Wangfu, the fifth is a newly bought cook from Liang Wangfu, because he made a good dish, he won Li Su's favor, so he generally handed over the matter of eating to him.

Under the command of Li Su, Lao Wu dried the cumin, and then ground the cinnamon, pepper, star anise, etc. into fine powder, and made five-spice powder with cumin in a certain proportion. Originally, Li Su also wanted to make thirteen spices, but he couldn't remember all the thirteen spices, and he forgot the proportions, compared to the five-spice powder, it was much simpler, and the proportion of the preparation was not so strict.

After the five-spice powder was ready, Li Su put a barbecue grill on the back garden shelf and started a picnic at home. When Gao Chong came back, he had already baked a few skewers, but unfortunately he didn't grasp the heat well, and the roast was a little too much, so he just gave it to him. As a result, Gao Zhong was moved to kneel down and cry again, and finally persuaded him to stop him, and went out with a red face with a black meat skewer.

Li Su looked at Gao Chong's back and sighed a little, if you want to say that this Tang Dynasty can make him trust, Gao Zhong is definitely one, but he is still a little psychologically obstructed by eunuchs, after all, none of the eunuchs recorded in the history books are good things, Li Su has been taught to him since he was a child, and now he can't change it if he wants to, so he can't get close to Gao Zhong from the bottom of his heart.

After such a distraction, the second batch of meat skewers was sacrificed again, and Li Su could only helplessly throw it to feed the dog. It seems that he is really not the life of a chef, so he beckoned the fifth child to come over and replace him, and he sat on the side and just waited to eat. The fifth child is worthy of being a professional, the baked things are different, the meat is ruddy, the outside is charred and the inside is tender, there is a special aroma of cumin, which makes people have a great appetite!!!