The rise of the prince

Chapter 157
Wei Li followed closely beside the emperor, his left hand never left the sword hanging from his waist.

Although he is wearing ordinary soap and green martial arts clothes on the outside, he is actually wearing expensive brocade padded armor. When there is a sneak attack with a bow and crossbow, it is necessary to use the body to help the emperor block the arrow at the first time.

At this time, they were on their way to Tingyu Tower. He was relieved that there were few pedestrians on the street on the first day of the new year. In this situation, there were few threats, and suspicious people could be seen at a glance.

At first, although the emperor asked him to choose by himself, he was just a warrior and didn't know how to guess the Sacred Heart. Fortunately, he was shrewd, so he quietly asked Mr. Fu'an. I'm afraid it's Mr. Fu'an.

The father-in-law just told him to listen to Yulou in a low voice, and he listened, although he didn't know why so many restaurants in Beijing didn't go to Tingyulou.

As a result, His Majesty was still angry with the Ministry of Rites on the way, and asked where he was going. After learning that he was going to Tingyu Tower, the gloomy expression on his face immediately improved a lot, but he didn't say anything, and just sat back again.

He has followed the emperor for so many years and naturally knows that the emperor is in a good mood by saying this.

Soon they arrived at Tingyulou, as the hottest restaurant in central Beijing recently, seeing Guard Li felt that this building really lived up to its reputation.

Just looking from the outside of the door makes one feel comfortable, although he doesn't know why, but he just feels comfortable, the river in front of the door, the weeping willows beside the desk, the green bamboos that have just sprouted, and the tall gate with vermilion lacquer, and the green forest behind the building.

After looking at it for a long time, I thought that this building is really extraordinary, and the emperor was also attracted by the scenery.

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, fasting in the morning, offering sacrifices to ancestors in the evening, and then not being able to stay at another house, so there will be no people in the restaurant. They feel more comfortable after entering the empty restaurant. For some reason, Wei Li always feels that this building is really different from other places. I can't tell where the difference is.

The emperor also seemed to find that something was wrong, so he looked around carefully.

Then they found that even though no one came to the restaurant on the first day of the new year, the place was still busy. The emperor curiously asked the guy who came out to welcome customers: "Why are you so busy when there is no one in the restaurant?"

After hearing this, the guy led a few people upstairs to sit down, served tea and said proudly: "The guest officer does not know that many people in the mansion want to eat our restaurant's food even though it is Chinese New Year. As long as we pay more for running errands, we will Deliver it to your door in person, so that you can have a reunion at home and eat the food in the restaurant."

"Oh, it's just food, why is it here?" The emperor frowned and said, "My old man has eaten all the delicacies in the world, what else has he not eaten?"

Wei Li's heart is also funny, the imperial cooks in the emperor's imperial dining room are carefully selected from various state capitals, whether there is any cuisine you want to eat in Jingchao and within the four realms, this little second is really good at bragging.

The emperor was not angry, but thought it was funny, this small restaurant made Yelang arrogant, so he said: "Then serve all the good wine and dishes that are unique to your restaurant."

"Okay guest officer." The waiter promised to be straightforward, and then said: "But the best wine in our store is called 'Jiangjunniang', which costs about a half catty and a hundred taels of silver. ?”

Wei Li drank the tea in his mouth and almost spit it out: "What are you talking about? Half a catty and a hundred taels! Why don't you grab it."

Xiaoer agreed: "This guest officer doesn't need to get angry, there are other good wines in the shop, if you don't like it, you can change it."

The emperor next to him frowned and said: "No, I want the general to make it. I want to taste the half-catty bai liang wine." Xiao Er then nodded and went down.

Wei Li was still a little confused, half a catty and a hundred taels, this could be immortal wine!Nine times out of ten, it is a trick of the restaurant to cheat money.

At this time, Fu An had already filled the tea for the emperor, and then served him carefully, the emperor asked him to sit down too: "This shop is fresh and comfortable, I don't know why."

Eunuch Fu An quickly nodded in agreement: "This old slave also feels the same way."

The emperor looked around for a long time but still couldn't see the mystery, and then said casually: "Zhu Yue's case has been settled, and now there is a vacancy for Wu De Si Wu De envoy, who do you think is suitable to succeed him?"

Just as Wei Li wanted to recommend his elder brother Wei Chuan, Fu An hurriedly said, "This old slave is terrified. This is a matter of the dictatorship of His Majesty's Sacred Heart. Naturally, whoever His Majesty says is right."

A cleverness in his heart also understood, and he broke into a cold sweat immediately, and quickly said: "The subordinates also think that the emperor's ruling is good, Wu Desi inspects the imperial city, of course he must choose someone who the emperor trusts."

The emperor nodded and said, "What do you think of Ji Chunsheng?"

"Ji Chunsheng? Which Ji Chunsheng?" Wei Li was taken aback, he seemed to have never heard of such a number one figure among the military officers.

Fu'an explained: "Commander Wei is still young so he doesn't know the past. Mr. Ji was the deputy envoy of Wu Desi at the beginning, and later he followed King Xiao. I'm afraid he is in the palace at this time."

The emperor sighed, and seemed to be hesitating again.

Eunuch Fu An seemed to understand something, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, in fact, if the heirs of the royal family have the imperial edict, it is also possible to raise a few private soldiers. If your Majesty is not at ease, you can also choose a few good soldiers from the Forbidden Army."

Hearing that the emperor suddenly turned his head back and gave him a cold look, Fuan was so frightened that he dared not speak.

"Hmph, what a blessing, you know everything, you know everything!"

"Your Majesty forgive me, but this old slave dare not, just talking nonsense." Eunuch Fu An quickly knelt down and apologized, and the emperor's expression improved and he woke up.

But Wei Li was taken aback by that murderous expression just now, he couldn't understand what the two were talking about at all, and he didn't know why the emperor suddenly turned his face.

After a while, the dishes came, and the waiter announced the names of the dishes one by one, many of which were unheard of, such as Dongpo pork, pork with pickled vegetables, etc. After the waiter retired, the emperor gave the order after the waiter had tested the poison with a silver needle Only then did he dare to move his chopsticks.

But when he moved his chopsticks, he was stunned. Wei Li realized that he had never eaten Tingyulou's dishes!And it's so delicious, you can't stop!
The emperor on the side was also very surprised. Judging from his expression, he knew that the royal chef in the palace had never cooked these dishes. After tasting them one by one, he couldn't help sighing: "My royal chef in the palace is no better than a small restaurant? Sure enough, I have lived in the palace for a long time. When it comes to world affairs, I don’t even understand the affairs of Beijing.”

After that, he couldn't stop eating. It is reasonable to say that the Son of Heaven can't eat more than three mouthfuls of a dish, but he doesn't need to care about it when he is out of the house, Wei Li thought to himself.

After the dishes were over, the legendary "Jiangjun Niang" was also delivered by Xiao Er. The wine bottle was a delicate porcelain bottle that he had never seen before, smooth and beautiful.

That's right, the bottle is beautiful, wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, and the mouth of the bottle is slightly open. Unreasonable Wei Li just thinks that the bottle is beautiful just by looking at it, and suddenly feels that there might be something about this wine.

The wine bottle was placed in an exquisite small cauldron, which was filled with hot water for warming the wine. Xiaoer was very careful, after it had settled down, he opened the bottle carefully, and slowly poured out a glass from a small cup he had never seen before.

Wei Li was dumbfounded when the wine came out of the bottle, because it didn't look like wine at all, but clear water!But the rich aroma of wine immediately diffused from the mouth of the bottle, and the whole room could smell it clearly!Involuntarily, he couldn't help swallowing.

When he came back to his senses, it wasn't just him, even Eunuch Fu'an and the emperor were stunned.

The waiter filled three cups and served them one by one, saying at the same time: "This wine is extremely strong, so it is called General Brewing. Guest officers, please drink it slowly, otherwise it will hurt your body."

Looking at the crystal-clear wine with the tip of his nose, and smelling the rich aroma, Wei Li couldn't help swallowing several times, but he didn't dare to drink it if His Majesty didn't drink it first.

His Majesty over there also raised a small cup and drank it down. Then he had a strange expression, his face was expressionless, his face was flushed red, and he didn't speak for a while, which made him and Eunuch Fu'an very worried.

After a long time, the emperor finally breathed a sigh of relief, frowned and said, "There is such fine wine in the world, it is worth the trip to see it today, not to mention 200 taels a catty, even a thousand taels is worth it."

(End of this chapter)