Tang Dynasty good father-in-law

Chapter 784
palace
For this private banquet, preparations were made early.

Of course, this is mainly the order of the emperor and the empress. After all, these imperial chefs are more comprehensive than the chefs in the Shu Mansion.

After learning the culinary skills of Shufu, many royal chefs have gained some experience of their own after a few years.

In terms of cooking skills, there is no need to be inferior to the chefs in Shu Mansion. After all, there are still many gaps in the beginners.

After all, the chef of the Shu family has at least ten years of experience, but now the imperial chef has ten years of experience, while the chef of the Shu family has 20 years of experience.

Then the gap has narrowed a lot, and being able to enter the court as an imperial cook is definitely not bad.

Before the Shu Mansion's food came out, these imperial chefs represented the highest level. It would be impossible to say that these people had no talent.

"You must be more careful than usual in what you say tonight!"

In the imperial dining room, Wang De personally supervised it, knowing that this private banquet was not easy.

Not to mention that His Majesty had secretly confessed before, that is to make up some tricks.

The requirements for this are not low. After all, the banquet is for An Xuangong, and he must have eaten a lot of delicious food before.

Therefore, it is not easy to satisfy His Majesty's request, and of course Wang De knows the truth.

His Majesty wants to let the food in the court overwhelm the Shu Mansion, after all, there are some rumors that are not very good.

For example, the food in the palace is not as good as heaven and earth, let alone Shu Mansion.

It can be said that this matter made His Majesty feel a little uncomfortable in his heart. The emperor is born to be a domineering creature.

No matter what is in the palace, it is naturally the best thing in the world, but even so, this emperor cannot disobey his will.

I also thought about poaching corners before, but the sorry cooks didn't have any idea at all, even if it was Li Shimin's price.

But also because of this incident, Li Shimin sighed that there are not many people who can be so loyal.

Although they are people who have been cultivated by themselves, in the face of many interests, no one can guarantee that they will continue to be loyal.

Shu An didn't know how much Li Shimin had put into this private banquet.

Even Shu An didn't know that in order to move back to the game in terms of food, Li Shimin deliberately asked people to start preparations half a day earlier.

In the early years, because Li Zhi and others ran to Shu Mansion because of food, Li Shimin felt a kind of silent anger.

In other words, he was incompetent and furious, after all, who made the court have no such food.

It's better now, but it's a pity that the memory of that period still left a deep impression on this emperor.

Shu An and Li Xiuning came to the palace together, and soon someone brought them into the harem.

Neither Shu An nor Li Xiuning would feel unfamiliar with this place, but it was the first time for the two of them to walk here together.

"It does have a special feeling."

Li Xiuning said softly, in the past, she often came to the harem, especially during the reign of Wude.

But there has never been this special feeling now, even though the two are very familiar with each other.

"I think it's not easy for people who can endure loneliness in the deep palace."

Shu An's voice sounded, but he didn't have the experience that Li Xiuning had. After all, his mood was not so easily fluctuated.

On the contrary, for this deep palace, it seems that although every path and every scene is carefully arranged, they are restricted within the walls.

Li Xiuning nodded, and had heard about the affairs of the harem, even though Empress Changsun suppressed the other concubines earlier.

But ten years later, the next generation has grown up, and the original court competition has turned into a competition for the next generation.

Although the eldest grandson empress has the advantage of being a direct descendant, that's all. Many princes are still competing with the prince.

The two of them knew a lot about the form of the court, especially Li Xiuning still had a lot of worries.

But soon the two of them were taken to the palace where the queen belonged, and Li Shimin had already come to wait.

Obviously, in the face of this kind of private banquet, the rules are even less, let alone in front of Ya Fu, the rules seem to be of no use.

"hot pot?!"

The first time Shu An entered the palace, he saw the hot pot in the center, and there were many other dishes.

Since the birth of hot pot, it has become the first choice of many people in winter.

Even ordinary people's homes are not lacking. On the one hand, many things can be used as side dishes for hot pot.

On the other hand, it is lively, and it is normal to talk about things at the dinner table.

"Father!"

Seeing Shu An, Empress Changsun spoke out first.

After that, after greeting each other, all four of them sat on the table.

What's interesting is that I didn't see Li Zhi and the others today. Obviously, Empress Changsun didn't want her daughter to disturb her before.

"Wugou, it's been a long time since I saw you."

"Yafu still looks full of energy."

"On the contrary, Shimin looks much older."

Although Li Shimin had something to do, he didn't provoke it at the beginning. Instead, he talked about the past with each other first.

It's true that we haven't seen each other for a long time, so of course we won't talk about things directly.

Even if Li Shimin wanted to do this, Empress Changsun would also stop it.

Of course, the main thing is not an urgent matter, so the emperor is naturally not in a hurry.

On the contrary, Li Shimin occasionally participates in topics, such as some things about the past.

Among the four present, even though Shu An is considered to be of a higher seniority, he is not serious.

Because I have a very easy-going image when speaking in front of my daughter, and secondly, I can't explain clearly to Li Xiuning now.

Naturally, the seniority will be lowered a lot, so there is a sense of equality between the four of them.

"Sometimes I feel old when I fall into the memories. Now is your time."

Shu An couldn't help but said with emotion, although memories are sweet, they are memories after all, and it's not enough to make Shu An addicted, even more sentimental.

"Yafu is still very young, and he will surely live a long life."

Empress Changsun couldn't help saying, with a trace of blessing in her words.

Li Shimin on the side nodded, obviously agreeing with the words of Guanyin's servant girl.

The reason is very simple. Since returning to Chang'an, Duke Anxuan doesn't seem to be much different from now.

Even Li Shimin was in a trance, but this emperor attributed more to health preservation.

In fact, not only Li Shimin, but everyone who saw Shu An thought it was the result of health preservation, and in the end they respected health preservation even more.

Even if he can't reach the level of Duke Anxuan, it would be nice if he can live a few more years.

(End of this chapter)