Sometimes the palace is sunny

"Is this where you want to invite me to dinner?"

Standing at the entrance of an alley, Zhao Surui stretched his neck and took a look into the alley, then looked left and right. This place is not far from Pomegranate Alley, and it takes only a moment to ride a horse along the west riverside of Zhengyangmen.

There is really nothing special about it from the outside. It is said to be a place to eat, but there is a banner hanging under the old tree facing the alley, with two characters written on it: "hot pot".

The sun is setting in the west, and the red rays of light are shining on the moat along with the wind. A few crows are singing in the distance, which makes people feel a little bit of "flowers hide behind the walls, and birds chirp and roost" in the crowded city of Yanjing. pass" leisurely.

The disgust on Zhao Surui's face faded a bit: "It's hard for you to find such a place."

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand to Peifeng and the others: "Peifeng has money, take Tong Wu and the others to have a good meal, and pick me up after an hour. I'm tired today, so I'll just stay in Yanjing city for one night. Find a place to settle for them, don't be afraid to spend money."

Pei Feng was unwilling, she looked defensively at the tall man standing next to her girl, but saw him looking at her with a smile on his face.

"Miss Peifeng, don't worry, your girl and I are also old acquaintances."

How could Pei Feng feel at ease?

The taciturn girl looked at her own girl, obviously expressionless, but it made people feel that she had said everything.

Seeing that Shen Shiqing was guarded by her own maid, Zhao Surui couldn't help being happy, and after laughing, he took the bundle with the ax from Pei Feng's hand:
"I have this self-defense, you should rest assured, right?"

Now, not only Peifeng was worried, but even Sishu, who had been by his prince's side all the time, tensed up. He had never seen anyone so brave enough to have a meal with their prince with an ax in his life. of it.

"...Master, it's better to let the little one wait on you, otherwise the little one will have to be hit by the board when he goes back."

The plain-looking eunuch Four Rats couldn't pretend to be as cute and pitiful as Three Cats, but it made people feel miserable.

That's it.

Shen Shiqing wanted to laugh, turned around and walked straight into the small courtyard: "Shopkeeper, I will reserve your shop for today. There are more than 30 people in total, please arrange it."

A middle-aged woman with an apron tied around her waist and a cloth kerchief wrapped around her hair came out in a hurry, "Okay, okay, we can sit everywhere here, and it's empty before dinner time..."

Finally able to sit opposite each other in the same room, Zhao Surui and Shen Shiqing sighed almost at the same time.

After sighing, they looked at each other, Shen Shiqing's expression didn't change, but Zhao Surui snorted coldly again, glanced at the snacks on the table, picked up a piece of pea cake, chewed it twice and said:
"This dim sum is not as good as Tunan's craftsmanship."

He also saw a charcoal stove on the stone table, touched it with his hand, and felt that it was not as good as the one he was used to.

Shen Shiqing picked up the teapot and filled the cups in front of the two of them:

"If Your Majesty doesn't like it, I'll ask someone to go to Yongshanfang to buy some snacks. This meal is a thank-you banquet, and I will naturally satisfy Your Majesty in everything."

Zhao Surui sneered:
"That's not necessary. You are determined not to do the thing that satisfies me the most. Why put on my skin and pretend to be so courteous in front of me?"

Shen Shiqing picked up the teacup and took a sip, with a smile on her face:

"Your Majesty led a dozen people to break through the door and enter the domineering situation today. It's really joyful and unrestrained."

Hearing that Shen Shiqing started to get angry again, Zhao Surui's eyelids drooped:
"It can't compare to you sinking the three wastes, using other people's bodies, using other people's power, majestic and majestic, with great power in your hands."

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and the woman just came in with a copper basin, which was filled with burning charcoal, put the charcoal into the clay stove on the table, and placed a clay pot on the clay stove , injecting hot water, the woman looked at Shen Shiqing with a smile:
"The two guest officers have never been to our small shop before, have they? Our sacrificial offering is thin slices of rabbit meat..."

The woman happened to talk about the extraordinary features of her food, but was interrupted by Shen Shiqing, who only listened to her familiar order:
"I want two rabbits. In addition to the meat in the hot pot, the rabbit heart, rabbit liver and rabbit head are marinated and put on a plate. A plate of green shrimps can be eaten in a hot pot. A plate of your signature chicken breast patties. A few plates of seasonal vegetables. If there are new dried bamboo shoots, please serve them in thin slices. As for the dipping sauce, please add more cornel oil and pepper sesame oil. If you don’t know how to order, the rest of the tables will be served like this Qi, warm up another pot of wine, thin rice wine and not steamed wine."

The lady wearing the turban helped the hair scarf on her head in surprise, and said quickly: "Oh, I thought such a handsome gentleman was a new customer, but I didn't expect him to be an old acquaintance. I am too old to remember." Yes, hahahaha! Wait a moment, two guests, my family not only has the signature chicken breast patties, but also freshly ground tofu. You like to eat delicious ones, I also have the most delicious shrimp paste here, which can be mixed with the dipping sauce Eating Baxia offerings here is also a must, wait for me to serve it to the two guest officials."

When she left, Shen Shiqing was about to drink tea when she saw Zhao Surui looking at her.

"I didn't expect you, Shen Sanfei, to be good at eating. Such an inconspicuous restaurant is like a treasure. You won't sneak out of the palace every day with my body on your back to look for food, right?"

Shen Shiqing played with the teacup in her hand, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry too much, this is the shop my father brought me to before. The female boss was not married when I first came here, and her parents are there every day She was worried about her marriage, and later she recruited a down-and-out scholar. The scholar lived in her house for several years, and suddenly he was admitted as a scholar. Use the female boss's old parents as servants."

Zhao Surui listened to Shen Shiqing's story with staring eyes, and unconsciously picked up another piece of pea cake that he didn't like.

"What kind of son-in-law is this kind of person? Hurry up and get out!"

Shen Shiqing laughed: "Your Majesty, according to the "Great Yong Law", the family recruiting a son-in-law cannot expel the son-in-law and marry the daughter to another, not to mention that the man has a reputation, even if he sues the officials, it will inevitably be biased."

Zhao Surui frowned, but didn't speak.

Shen Shiqing spoke briskly, and continued: "Knowing that this person is unreliable, the old parents of the female boss wanted to adopt a younger son from the clan so that he could be an arm for the female boss in the future. The person knew about this and made a fuss. Everywhere, it is said that the shopkeeper tricked him into marrying him, and threatened to sue the government, forcing the female boss to change the son she gave birth to his surname. How easy is it for a man to divorce his wife, but how difficult is it for a woman to divorce her husband? Even if the husband is a married woman Yes, others feel that betraying their ancestors is a disgrace to the lintel, similar to a married woman, who is still protected by the "Great Yong Law". Unlike a woman, there are three obediences and four virtues on the top, and seven rules on the bottom."

Zhao Surui didn't think so: "Even if such despicable and shameless people are women, they may not be..."

Shen Shiqing looked at him: "If that person was a woman, she wouldn't be able to be a scholar, and disrespecting her parents would be guilty of adultery, jealousy, and theft, and she would have been divorced many times already. Your Majesty, you don't think that a woman's virtuousness is all Is it natural? It’s just that if you are not virtuous, you will not be able to live.”

These words were really mean, Zhao Surui opened his mouth, wanting to refute Shen Shiqing, but couldn't suppress the curiosity in his heart:
"Then what's going on with that person now? I don't think the female boss looks like she can take it easy."

"Shen Shiqing", who was dressed as a man, was in high spirits because of curiosity, and her face had a youthful look of no melancholy. Shen Shiqing saw it in her eyes and didn't know why, but she didn't want to look at it again. She moved her eyes and poured herself another cup of tea:

"Although this store is not big, many of the people who come and go to eat are officials from the DPRK and China and merchants from the north and the south. Someone intentionally or unintentionally gave the female boss an idea."

The door of the room was opened again, and the female boss came in with several large trays from the waiter, and saw thin, bright pink meat slices adhering layer by layer on the large white porcelain tray, like a huge flower.There are a few other vegetables that are still raw, but none of them are as eye-catching as rabbit meat.

Still thinking about the story in his heart, Zhao Surui couldn't help but stare at the pink piece of meat.

The soup in the pot has already boiled. Seeing the female boss put down the rabbit meat and exited, Zhao Surui said: "There is also a Fengyang pot in the palace, but Sanmao is waiting by the side. Shen Sanwas, you want to serve me to eat this." Rabbit pot?"

Picking up the dipping material in front of her and putting a spoonful of cornel oil and pepper sesame oil in it, Shen Shiqing raised her eyes and said with a smile:
"It turns out that His Majesty has never eaten hot pot by himself, but I overestimated His Majesty's knowledge."

Do it yourself?

Zhao Surui picked up a piece of raw rabbit meat with chopsticks and put it in the pot. The boiling water was churning, and the meat piece floated up from inside after a while.

Shen Shiqing just watched from the sidelines, Emperor Zhaode just didn't know much, he was not stupid, he knew how to pick up the meat slices and then dip them in the dipping sauce.

fresh!Tender!A mouthful of sliced ​​meat dipped in chive flower sauce entered his mouth, and the eyes of Emperor Zhaode who hadn't seen it all lit up.

He hurriedly picked up a few more slices of meat and put them into the pot, and saw that Shen Sanwas moved in the same way as him.

"Shen Sanwaste, won't you be able to eat the meat that I put in the pot?"

Facing His Majesty's guarding eyes, Shen Shiqing didn't say anything: "The female boss said that fried shrimp paste is also delicious in the dipping sauce, but I prefer to add some cornel oil and pepper sesame oil, how about you, Your Majesty?" ?”

Glancing at Shen Sanwao, Emperor Zhaode tentatively put some dogwood oil into his bowl, and hurriedly scooped up the meat slices that had floated up in the pot, not caring about fussing with Shen Sanwao.

Shen Shiqing chuckled in her heart, knowing that she couldn't show it on her face, otherwise the overly temperamental emperor would definitely bark her teeth on the spot.

It wasn't until he ate half of the plate of meat that Zhao Surui remembered the matter of the female owner of the store.

"You haven't told me how the female boss dealt with that ridiculous son-in-law."

"Find a person pretending to be a wealthy businessman, make friends with that person, and then say a few words, 'If you are not married, I will betroth my only daughter to you', within half a month, that person will be divorced from the female boss. , the female boss stretched him, and agreed. The man waited for the rich businessman to come back from doing business in Jinmen so that he could become his son-in-law, but he didn't know that he had already come to nothing. The shop has already been closed and gone to another place. I accidentally found that the flag was hung up again that day. After being checked, I found out that the scholar fell into the river and died within two years. The female boss and her family moved again. Come back and get back to business."

This story sounds a bit happy, but not so happy.

The family of the female boss met a wolf-hearted man and came up with all kinds of schemes, and finally they had to stay away from the whole family to really escape.

"This method is too boring." Emperor Zhaode swallowed the rabbit meat in his mouth and shook his head, "If it were me..."

"If it were His Majesty, he would have killed that man with an axe. It would be a real pleasure."

Shen Shiqing's tone remained the same, but Zhao Surui felt that she was being weird to him.

Looking up at the woman in his body, he sneered: "What? Didn't I enjoy what I did today?"

"Happy, but, after all, the one who is happy is not Shen Shiqing." Shen Shiqing slowly picked up an open-backed prawn with chopsticks and put it in the pot, filled with steam, Zhao Surui saw her lowered eyes, with a half-smile on her face, even a little A bit of sarcasm:
"Your Majesty, in the eyes of everyone, you are Shen Shiqing. You and I both know that I am Shen Shiqing, but today I took advantage of your power and power to drive away Shen Xianru and two people. What about you? You are also using the identity of a man. You are chic and happy Yes, after all, it is a man. Shen Shiqing is clearly the real sufferer, yet she was scolded as a lunatic together with her mother. You and I both know that if there were not murderers and dignitaries present at the same time, this woman Shen Shiqing would be slandered by Shen Xianru If she becomes a lunatic, some people will believe that she is already insane. Just like the female boss, she was abused by a man who married her, and she also asked another man to come forward to clean up the man for her, and she had to bring her family to leave. The accumulation of two generations hides out of Yanjing City, and cannot return until the man dies."

Freshly cooked shrimp are crispy.

After Zhao Surui ate the shrimp meat, he left the shrimp heads, tails, and shells in a mess on the plate. Seeing another shrimp fell into the pot, he raised his chopsticks to fish it out again.

However, she was a step slower than Shen Shiqing, and could only watch helplessly as the other party fished the shrimp away.

This is food grabbing, right?

Emperor Zhaode is about to bark his teeth!
"Your Majesty, remove the shells of the shrimp before eating."

Shen Shiqing pinched the shrimp's tail with her hands, and with several fingers at the same time, she took off the shrimp's shell.

Seeing the shrimp meat being pinched in front of him by a pair of clean chopsticks, Zhao Surui let out a "hum":
"Shen Sanwa, you are mocking me for reaching this point, but you are acting like this in your hands, a thief who steals the country..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Surui finally picked up the shrimp and ate it.

"Your Majesty, before going to my old house today, I asked the Four Rats to send people to the Xicheng Bingma Division. The deputy commander of the Xicheng Bingma Division would take hundreds of taels of filial silver from Shen Xianru every year. Otherwise, Your Majesty How do you think Shen Xianru dares to gamble openly so boldly? You brought a group of knives and axes to force your way into the houses, if you are caught by the soldiers and horses, you will be in trouble."

Where did Zhao Surui not know that behind the gambler there is no lack of support?Swallowing the shrimp in his mouth, he ate the rabbit meat again, and suddenly smiled again:
"Isn't there you? As long as I am in your body and use the maid you have been using since childhood, you have to help and protect me."

Seeing Shen Shiqing put thin slices of bamboo shoots into the pot, Zhao Surui pouted his mouth uninterestedly and continued to eat his rabbit meat, then said:

"Occupying my body and stealing my authority, you will inevitably be used by me. No matter how I do things, you will always finish it for me."

While talking, he felt a little complacent, it was really hard for him to take advantage of Shen Sanwas.

Eh?What is there to be proud of?
After a meal, the lights have been hung outside.

Zhao Surui stood up and patted his stomach, and saw Shen Sanwao took his ermine cloak for him.

Under the lamp, she stood there with lowered eyebrows, which reminded Zhao Surui of the back figure he saw in the afternoon for no reason.

Obviously this body belongs to him.

He still felt that the figure from the back belonged to Shen Sanwa.

"Shen Sanwa."

"His Majesty."

"That trash Shen Xianru is right, you are a lunatic."

Shen Shiqing's face moved slightly, looking at Emperor Zhaode in her body.

Emperor Zhaode took the cloak in her hand and said with a smile:
"You have the serious crime of stealing the country and stealing power, but you can't cover up your madness that is revealed in the details. I have seen many lunatics, and you can be regarded as the craziest one among them."

After finishing speaking, he pushed open the door and walked out. The female boss was holding a lantern and stood at the courtyard gate to see off the guests. When passing by her, Zhao Surui heard her say with a smile:
"Young Master Shen, come and taste my craft when you have time."

Zhao Surui paused.

Turning around, he looked at the place where Shen Sanwas was standing in the yard.

"The girl saved a family when she was 13 years old."

"My father brought me here to eat before."

"...After several twists and turns, someone finally saw that the word was fake..."

The words that he heard before today are strung in his ears, and Zhao Surui's heart is blessed for a moment.

It turned out to be the case.

Shen Sanwei, you are really a madman that is hard to find in the world.

There are lights in a courtyard, and there are many people.

The shadows are like mountains and seas.

"Next time I chop doors and people and collect debts, people will know that 'Shen Shiqing' did it."

After he finished speaking loudly, he immediately turned around and left.

Looking up while he was wearing a black cloak, he saw the earwarmers flickering at the brim of his hat.

Some don't know why, Shen Shiqing still smiled:
"Then you might as well think about what to eat when you hack people, I'll treat you."