Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 754
Monarchs and ministers plotted around the sweet potato, and the weak sweet potato hid in the field and shivered.

Fortunately, Li Zhi is still very clear-headed most of the time, no matter how greedy he is, he can tell the difference.

"Don't take it's idea! Especially you, you come to wander around the field every day, I am really worried... I will order the guards to search you when you leave the sweet potato field." Li Zhi said seriously.

"Your Majesty, what kind of person does your Majesty think of this minister? How could I dare to do it just for the sake of my appetite... But to be honest, sweet potatoes taste the best when baked. They are burnt on the outside and tender on the inside, and the sugar inside flows out like honey." ..."

Li Zhi was stunned again, swallowed hard, and tried to restrain himself: "Well, that's not allowed to eat! Don't say it's not ripe yet, even if it's harvested, don't move any of it, keep it for cooking." As for planting, after three or two years, at least Weinan County will be popularized, so we can try it."

Li Qinzai praised: "Your Majesty is very human. With such firm willpower, you deserve to be the Son of Heaven."

Li Zhi's face immediately turned embarrassing, a little ashamed, but he was holding back a bite of sweet potato, and it was actually related to willpower.

"Let's go, don't squat in the ground and watch. If you continue to read, I'm afraid I will make a big mistake!" Li Zhi picked up Li Qinzai and walked out.

Walking out of the sweet potato field, the monarch and his subjects walked slowly towards the Li family courtyard.

On the way, the two of them tacitly did not mention the conflict at the Shuo Wangchao meeting, as if they both forgot that unpleasant experience at the same time.

"I heard you beat Wu Yuanshuang yesterday?" Li Zhi asked with a smile.

Li Qinzai also smiled and said: "Yes, Wu Yuanshuang has a mean mouth, I am too lazy to argue with him, so I have to do it. Fortunately, I played a lot of songs that night."

Li Zhi snorted, and said: "Wu Yuanshuang was carried into the Tai Chi Palace the next day, and ran to Zhen and the Queen to sue you."

Li Qinzai blinked: "I believe that Your Majesty knows everything, and will not easily believe the instigation and slander of traitors."

"Haha, that's right, it doesn't mean whoever sues first will be justified. You have to find out more. Afterwards, I ordered Baiqisi to investigate. It turns out that it was Wu Yuanshuang who insulted Jing Chu first by making a rude statement." Family members, wives and children, it is reasonable for Jing Chu to beat him up."

Li Qinzai tentatively asked, "Your majesty is not angry when I beat up your majesty's uncle?"

Li Zhi was stunned when he mentioned the three words "big uncle". No one had ever used this common people's name in front of him, and it was a bit novel for a while.

Immediately, Li Zhi shivered suddenly, with a disgusted expression on his face.

"Jingchu, don't talk nonsense, what's 'big uncle', I am I, the queen is the queen, Wu Yuanshuang is Wu Yuanshuang, how can such a stalker get into my eyes? It was just a matter of etiquette and rules to seal him back then. Otherwise, can I see this kind of person?"

Li Qinzai also showed a sympathetic expression and kept nodding.

It seems that the Tian family is no different from ordinary people. Everyone has an uncle who doesn't like it.

But to be honest, although Li Qinzai's elder brothers did not like each other, Cui Sheng was much better than Wu Yuanshuang in terms of character and talent.

Li Zhi dislikes Wu Yuanshuang so unscrupulously, of course it's not because of his low EQ, it's because...Empress Wu dislikes her two elder brothers so much, Li Zhi, as a brother-in-law, of course has no scruples .

If the character is bad, not to mention the future official rank, in front of the emperor, he can't even get the minimum dignity.

Stepping into the gate of the other courtyard, the servants immediately put down their work and bowed to salute when they saw the emperor coming.

Li Zhi waved his hand very casually, and then said with a smile: "Jiufu Ganjingzhuang, what delicious food did Jingchu prepare for me today?"

Li Qinzai said solemnly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will make His Majesty eat to your satisfaction, and I will never miss leaving."

Li Zhi was overjoyed, rubbed his hands together and said with a smile: "Then I will wait."

Then Li Zhi suddenly remembered something, turned around and ordered the following palace servants to bring in the gift.

Then Li Qinzai was pleasantly surprised to find that a load of gifts from the palace treasury was brought in by the guards. Although it was inconvenient to open and inspect the goods on the spot, the products produced by the palace must be high-quality products. Obviously, this pile of gifts is of great value.

"Your Majesty, how can my minister He De..." Li Qinzai was so moved that he could not speak coherently.

"Of course you are virtuous and incompetent. The gift is for your wife." Li Zhi said bluntly: "I heard that your wife is pregnant, and a son is about to be born. The joy of the whole family is also the joy of our Tang Dynasty. I believe that Jingchu will cultivate for me a pillar of talent with both ability and political integrity."

"This gift was chosen by me personally. It's a congratulations. To be honest, these things are worth a lot. It's a bit crazy to say 'small meaning'. It's a medium meaning."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I understand what Your Majesty means. It's not as simple as the meaning. It must have other meanings..."

Li Zhi kept blinking, but before he could sort out the meanings of the bunch of "meanings", Li Qinzai said again: "Your Majesty, please wait a moment, I will cook in person, and I will serve you a delicious meal."

Li Zhixi said: "Go quickly, I will wait."

Not long after, the maids in the mansion lined up to deliver delicacies into the hall.

Then Li Qinzai also came in and sat opposite Li Zhi.

Unlocking the food cover, Li Zhi picked up the bamboo chopsticks with a face full of surprise and was about to strike, but then his movements froze suddenly, and the smile on his face also froze.

There are a lot of delicious food, and the portions are also very large, but the table is full of unsightly dishes.

Persian dishes, boiled lotus vegetables, cold coriander, wild vegetable roots...

Li Zhi was stunned for a while, and he reluctantly picked up the bottom of the vegetable leaves with bamboo chopsticks, trying to find traces of meat, but he was disappointed in the end, there was really no trace of meat.

Putting down the bamboo chopsticks, Li Zhi sighed, "Jing Chu, what's the meaning of this? Did I come to your house to become a monk?"

Li Qinzai showed guilt, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, forgive me. Just now, the servants in the mansion reminded that it is the Ching Ming Festival recently, and it is time to pay homage to the ancestors. In order to show sincerity, the whole family must eat vegetarian food for half a month, otherwise they will die." tarnish the admiration of future generations for their ancestors."

Li Zhi's cheeks twitched violently a few times.

It’s true to pay homage to the ancestors, and it’s indeed the Ching Ming Festival recently, and it’s even more true, but I always feel that you are deliberately targeting me, but unfortunately there is no evidence...

Then Li Qinzai laughed again: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, although the food is not good, at least there is still wine to drink."

Li Zhi glanced at him: "Doesn't drinking alcohol break the vegetarian precept?"

"It's vegetarian wine."

Li Zhi sighed in despair.

Vegetarian wine, of course, is also wine. It is not made from grain, but from fruit, such as the famous grape wine. Strictly speaking, it is considered vegetarian wine.

Vegetarian wine has no taboos in this world, even monks can drink it.

The Tang monk in Journey to the West also drank vegetarian wine. For example, when Tang Taizong saw him off, for example, when he flirted with his daughter the king, he drank vegetarian wine.

Unfortunately, more than 1000 years later, the meanings of vegetarian wine and meat wine have been completely distorted.

Thousands of years later, vegetarian wine means arhat bureau, and meat wine, um, there are not many spirited girls playing dice cups in the box, and there is no princess who helps you pour wine and order songs. How dare you call it meat wine?
(End of this chapter)