Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 122 Eating Locusts

When Su Wan'er heard Gao Ming say that he was going to eat locusts, her originally calm face became frightened again.

"Your Highness, don't scare me, how can this locust be eaten?"

Speaking of this, she suddenly thought of something, and her eyes widened immediately.

"Could it be that His Highness is going to follow the example of Father, but Father did it out of necessity. Besides, there is no locust plague now, Your Highness, you don't need to do this..."

Looking at the anxious Su Wan'er, Gao Ming blinked his eyes in doubt.

"What is imitating the father? Why is there a locust plague? What are you talking about?"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Su Wan'er was stunned.

"It was the plague of locusts in the second year of Zhenguan. The emperor ate the locusts in public. Uh... Don't you plan to follow the example of the emperor, Your Highness?"

Hearing what Su Wan'er said, Gao Ming finally understood what she was talking about.

In the second year of Zhenguan, that is, the second year of Li Shimin's succession to the throne, a rare large locust plague occurred in the Guanzhong area. Together with Jingzhao Mansion, the affected area reached eighty-nine counties. A locust fell, which is also the famous story of "Tang Taizong Swallowing Locusts".

Gao Ming also knew this, but when he imagined Li Shimin eating locusts and eating green water, he felt a little shuddering.

"very scary……"

Now Gao Ming finally understood why Su Wan'er showed such a terrified expression. If it were him, he would be afraid, so he immediately smiled wryly at Su Wan'er.

"Daughter-in-law, although I have always considered myself a fierce man in your family, I beg your pardon me for not being able to do such a thing as eating locusts raw!"

Seeing Gao Ming's playful appearance, Su Wan'er, who was a little terrified, couldn't help but burst out laughing with a "puchi".

As Su Wan'er laughed, her originally tense mood relaxed a little, so she rolled her eyes again.

"Your Majesty, don't talk nonsense, people will laugh at you if you spread this word outside, and if your father knows that you are making fun of the concubines in the harem, he will definitely be unhappy."

Hearing her words, Gao Ming immediately shrugged his shoulders.

"I don't care!"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming noticed that Su Wan'er's brows were already wrinkled, his complexion changed immediately, and then he bowed his hands towards her solemnly.

"Yes, follow the order of the princess!"

As soon as the words fell, Su Wan'er couldn't help laughing out again.

"Hehe...Your Majesty is not serious again, you should go take a bath quickly, I'll let someone serve the food, and my son will come too."

"Ok!"

Watching Su Wan'er take Li Mingda away, Gao Ming smiled again, and then called the servant to him.

"Shu Shu, take these locusts down and boil a pot of water first, and I will teach you how to deal with them later."

"Yes!"

Seeing that the waiter agreed, Gao Ming nodded and went to take a shower.

After dinner, Gao Ming carried the little tiger to the backyard, and followed the waiter into the water-boiling room.

At this time, the water in the pot was already boiling, Gao Ming nodded, and asked Shi Shu to pour the basket of locusts into the pot, and then picked up a stick to stir the pot twice.

"Okay, take it out!"

As Gao Ming's voice fell, a court lady came over immediately with a wooden basin, and another court lady scooped out the scalded locusts from the pot with a spoon. After all the locusts were scooped out, Gao Ming put the little tiger into his arms Then, with a smile on his face, he took out a locust from the wooden basin.

The locusts scooped out of the boiling water just now were still a bit hot, Gao Ming quickly blew two breaths, and then smiled at the maids next to him.

"Look at what I do."

After finishing speaking, Gao Ming held the head of the locust with his right hand and pulled it, then pinched the belly of the locust with his left hand and squeezed out all the contents of the locust's abdominal cavity.

After doing this, Gao Ming looked at the stunned court ladies beside him.

"Just like I did just now, first clean out the inside of the locust, and then use scissors to cut off the feet and wings of the locust. I don't need to teach you this, do you?"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

All the maids agreed, and started to deal with the locusts in the basin. Seeing that they were becoming more and more proficient, Gao Ming nodded in satisfaction, and went out with the little tiger in his arms.

After about a stick of incense, the waiter came to tell Gao Ming that the locust was ready, and Gao Ming immediately ran to see it cheerfully.

The work of the maids was still very meticulous. Not only did they clean up the locusts, but they also put them in a porcelain basin with a diameter of [-] centimeters.

Looking at the cleaned locusts in the porcelain basin in front of him, Gao Ming suddenly smiled.

"This thing will really shrink. When I brought it, there was still half a basket, but it turned out to be only such a small pot. Fortunately, I bought some, otherwise it would not be enough."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, the maids in the room widened their eyes in shock.

"What? There are so many locusts, His Royal Highness, too little? And the locusts are still bought? When do you need to buy all the locusts?"

But they didn't dare to ask Gao Ming directly, so they could only keep this question in their hearts.

Under the surprised eyes of all the court ladies, Gao Ming happily left with the porcelain basin, probably because he was too happy, he even patted the shoulder of the servant when he left.

"Shishu, I'm sorry for you. I'll share some with you when I finish this thing. Don't be too happy, hahahaha..."

Gao Ming laughed and left, looking at his back, Shi Shu wanted to cry, she could only pray silently.

"I hope His Highness is just joking!"

Shi Shu was destined to be disappointed, because Gao Ming really wasn't joking. After leaving the courtyard, he went straight to the Shangshi Bureau, and then found some butter in the Shangshi Bureau, and poured all the locusts in the porcelain pot into it. In the pan.

"Hey la la..."

Following the sound, the locusts in the oil pan slowly changed color. Gao Ming nodded when all the locusts in the pan were fried into a golden color.

"Okay, it's time to cook!"

After Gao Ming fished out the locusts from the oil pan, he sprinkled a layer of salt on top, then stirred them evenly, and then picked up one and put it in his mouth, chewing it with a "creaking" sound.

"Crunch...crunch...well, not much flavor, crunch..."

Seeing this scene, the maids of the Shangshi Bureau fell silent, and only after Gao Ming went out with the fried locusts did they discuss in panic.

"The ones His Royal Highness ate just now were locusts, right?"

"That's right, even though it doesn't have feet or a head, I can tell it's a locust at a glance!"

"It's so scary, isn't His Royal Highness afraid of being blamed by the locust god?"

"Perhaps His Royal Highness is also the reincarnation of the gods in the sky, so he is not afraid of the Locust God."

"Right……"

Gao Ming didn't know what the maids were talking about. At this moment, he happily ran back to his small courtyard with the locusts in his hands, and then yelled loudly.

"Wan'er, little Sizi, Shishu, Shijian, come out and eat something delicious!"

Gao Ming yelled twice, and found that there was no movement around him, and he felt very strange.

"Could it be that they are all asleep? Impossible, what time is it? Forget it, I will eat something first when they are asleep. Anyway, I can't finish such a pot..."

While talking to himself, Gao Ming grabbed fried locusts from the basin and ate them.

Locusts and shrimps are high-protein foods. Some people will be allergic after eating them, but Gao Ming has no such worries, because he has already eaten one at Shangshi Bureau just now, and he hasn't felt any discomfort until now, so he Then he ate it boldly.

Gao Ming ate by himself, and of course he didn't forget the precious pet in his arms, so he grabbed the fried locust in the porcelain basin with his left hand and put it in his mouth, while with his right hand he grabbed one and fed it to the little tiger.

"Come on, Benben, I'll give you one, open your mouth!"

"Meow..."

"Hahahaha!"

While Gao Ming was laughing, he suddenly heard Li Mingda's cry from behind him.

"Big brother!"

As soon as Li Mingda's voice fell, Su Wan'er's voice followed suit.

"Hey... si, don't go..."

Hearing this sound, Gao Ming looked back and saw the bedroom door opened with a "squeak", and then Li Mingda ran over on short legs.

"Brother, is that locust delicious? I want to eat the locust too!"

After finishing speaking, Li Mingda swallowed his saliva, looking like a greedy cat. Seeing this scene, Gao Ming immediately understood what was going on.

It must be that the servant came back to complain, and then Su Wan'er took them to hide in order not to eat the locusts, maybe because she ate too much just now, she accidentally attracted Li Mingda, the little greedy cat, out.

After thinking about this, Gao Ming suddenly laughed.

"Si, this is a locust, do you dare to eat it?"

When Li Mingda heard Gao Ming's words, hesitant expression appeared on his face, but she nodded again soon.

"Elder Brother dares, Si Zi dares!"

Hearing her answer, Gao Ming couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Haha, my son is really brave, okay, big brother will give you one."

As he said that, Gao Ming took out a fried locust from the porcelain basin and handed it to Li Mingda. After Li Mingda took it, he put it in front of his nose and sniffed it, and his eyes lit up immediately.

"smell good!"

After she finished speaking, she didn't hesitate anymore, and put the fried locust into her mouth and started to chew. She laughed while chewing.

"Well, it's delicious...it's delicious..."

Still chewing, she stretched out her little hand towards Gao Ming.

"Brother, I still want to eat!"

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming smiled and shook his head.

"Good boy, wait a while before eating."

Li Mingda blinked his eyes suspiciously after listening to the clever words.

"Why wait a while? Sizi wants to eat now!"

Looking at Li Mingda who looked puzzled, Gao Ming felt a little distressed, because he didn't know how to explain to Li Mingda that he was allergic to eating locusts.

Because whether it is locusts, shrimp or bee chrysalis, once a severe allergic reaction occurs, it will kill people, so don't be careless at all, and this is an ancient time with immature medical conditions, Gao Ming dare not make fun of Li Mingda's life.

But watching Li Mingda's eyes start to tear up, Gao Ming also knew that it would be impossible if he didn't give her a reasonable explanation.

"what can we do about it?"

After thinking for a while, Gao Ming finally thought of a reason, and he immediately looked at Li Mingda seriously.

"Because the Locust God stipulates that those who eat locusts must wait half an hour after eating one!"

Li Mingda: "(⊙o⊙)..."

(End of this chapter)