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Chapter 28 Dai Wang = Beef?

The day when Dai Wang returns to Beijing is getting closer and closer, the atmosphere in Beijing is getting more and more delicate, and an undercurrent is surging in the court.However, these have nothing to do with Zhao Yao.

Today, he was in a very good mood. On the way to Wende Hall, there was a happy smile on his little face, and he kept humming a cheerful tune: "Two tigers, two tigers. Run fast, run Hurry up, one has no ears, the other has no tail..."

"Your Highness, why are you so happy today?" Tong Xi was surprised to see Zhao Yao's happy appearance. "Don't you hate going to Wende Hall the most?"

"Tongxi, you forgot what tomorrow is."

"Tomorrow?" Tong Xi thought about it carefully, and then a dazed expression appeared on his face, "Tomorrow is the day for His Highness to rest and take a bath." No wonder His Highness is so happy.

"That's right, tomorrow is my day to rest and take a bath." Zhao Yao crossed his hands and walked with the back of his head in his arms. "Looking forward to the stars and the moon, I finally look forward to the day to rest and take a bath."

Tong Xi leaned into Zhao Yao's ear and asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, shall we leave the palace tomorrow?"

"I won't leave the palace tomorrow."

"Ah, not leaving the palace?" Tong Xi had an unbelievable expression on his face, "Didn't you always look forward to Xiumu so that you could leave the palace?"

"We're leaving the palace tonight." Zhao Yao said, with a greedy expression on his face, "We're going to the second uncle's house to eat delicious food tonight."

Tong Xiting's eyes lit up: "Your Highness, what should we eat tonight?"

"I have already written to my second uncle to tell my second uncle to make hot pot. The taste of hot pot made by my second uncle is amazing." Zhao Yao just thought about it, and his mouth was full of saliva.

Tong Xi gulped down his saliva equally greedily: "Second master cooks the most delicious dishes." I'm lucky tonight.

"Thinking about something delicious, your mouth is watering?" The Eighth Prince suddenly appeared and said.

Zhao Yao reached out and touched his mouth, but did not touch the saliva, so he glared at the Eighth Prince.

"Mynah, I'm not drooling."

The Eighth Prince stretched out his hand and gently grabbed Zhao Yao's small mouth, jokingly said, "My mouth is full of saliva."

"No way." Zhao Yao didn't admit it.

"What delicious food do you think of?"

"Spicy, hot hot pot." There was no hot pot in the Great Zhou Dynasty, but Zhao Yao in his dream liked to eat hot pot very much, and he often ate it.He got out the hot pot that Zhao Yao ate.

"Hot pot, it's really delicious, I'll eat hot pot tonight too." The Eighth Prince invited, "Do you want to eat with me?"

"Brother, I won't eat hot pot with you tonight." Zhao Yao said mysteriously, "I have something to do tonight."

The Eighth Prince asked with interest: "What's your business?"

"After school tonight, I will have a good sleep to make up for the sleep I owed from studying during this time." Zhao Yao said lightly wagging his fingers, "I will also have a good sleep tomorrow."

Only then did the Eighth Prince remember that Zhao Yao was going to take a rest tomorrow, "Are you planning to sleep for a day and two nights?"

Zhao Yao nodded vigorously: "Yeah, during this period of time, I got up early to study every day, and I have never slept in. I want to make up for the lazy sleep I owe. And the most important point is that children should sleep more, Only in this way can you grow taller." Myna, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to lie to you, but I can't let you know that I slipped out of the palace, so I can only lie to you.

"You can grow taller by sleeping more, where did you hear this nonsense?"

"This is not nonsense, it's the truth." Zhao Yao pouted and said, "Anyway, I want to sleep more and grow taller. Starling, don't come to me tomorrow, don't disturb my sleep, don't hinder my growth .”

The Eighth Prince laughed and said: "Tomorrow, I will not stop taking a bath, and I will not hinder your great cause of growing taller."

"That's right, starlings, you don't stop taking baths."

Zhao Yao and the Eighth Prince did not have their rest on the same day.Several of their princes take turns to take a rest.He was the last one to take a bath among all the princes, because he was the last one to enter school.Before he rested, the Eighth Prince and the others had already rested.

Seeing Zhao Yao's despicable appearance, the eighth prince pinched his little face: "Why are you so happy, I've already rested and bathed."

"That's right, but when I think that I will take a rest tomorrow and you are studying in Wende Palace, I am happy, hehe..."

"When I was taking a bath, you were also reading."

"It doesn't matter, anyway, I'll take a bath tomorrow, and you guys study."

The Eighth Prince said helplessly and dotingly: "You..."

As soon as the two entered Wende Hall, they heard the Ninth Prince talking loudly, saying that the Dai Wang would arrive in Beijing in two days.

It seems that he is not the only one who is happy today, but also brother Jiu.

"Myna, is Second Brother really coming back?"

The Eighth Prince nodded lightly: "Well, I'll be back in two days."

"Then it will be lively at that time." Zhao Yao suddenly thought of something, with a look of anticipation on his face, "Second brother is back, father and emperor will definitely hold a celebration banquet for second brother, then we can eat delicious food .”

When Dai Wang returned to the capital, everyone was concerned about what reward he would get and what he would do next, only Zhao Yao was concerned about eating delicious food.

The eighth prince laughed and said: "Second brother will come back, father will definitely hold a celebration banquet for him."

"At the celebration banquet, we can eat beef." Zhao Yao licked his lips and said, "I haven't eaten beef for a long time, and I almost forgot what beef tastes like." The Great Zhou Dynasty stipulated that cattle cannot be killed at will , let alone eat beef at will.Even in the palace, you can't eat beef casually on weekdays, and you can only eat beef at important banquets.

The rule of not eating beef at will was not specially stipulated by the Great Zhou Dynasty. There was such a rule in the previous dynasty, and even the previous dynasty.

Since the previous dynasties, each generation of kings has attached great importance to agriculture, and cattle are an important "tool" for farming, so people are naturally not allowed to kill cattle at will.

The king of the previous dynasty was tyrannical and licentious, which caused chaos in the world and the loss of life.In order to escape for their lives, the common people could not cultivate the land well, and many fields became barren land.Also, in order to fill their stomachs, the people killed a lot of farm cattle, resulting in a sharp decrease in farm cattle.

When the Great Zhou Dynasty was first established, the first emperor asked officials to count the number of farming cattle in various places, and found that the number was pitifully small.The first emperor then decreed not to kill farm cattle, let alone eat beef at will.Although the number of farm cattle in various places has increased a lot in recent years, it still cannot reach the point where every household has a farm cattle, so it is still not possible to eat beef casually.

Only cattle that died of accident or disease can eat it.Otherwise, under normal circumstances, you still can't eat it.

Zhao Yao likes to eat beef very much, but he can't eat it on weekdays, and can only eat it at important banquets, so he is looking forward to the banquet and especially likes the festival.

"Is beef really that delicious?" The Eighth Prince was not picky about food.For him, as long as he can eat enough, it doesn't matter whether it is good or not.In his opinion, meat is all the same.

"It's delicious, very delicious, especially when you put beef in a hot pot." Seeing the eighth prince's incomprehensible look, Zhao Yao looked at him strangely and said, "Brother, I have always wondered if there is something wrong with your tongue. Question, why can't you eat delicious and bad food?"

"I'm not picky about food." The reason why the eighth prince is not picky about food is because he often didn't have enough to eat when he was a child, so for him, eating a full stomach is more important than eating delicious food. "You're a little greedy cat."

"People don't die for their mouths." Zhao Yao said triumphantly, "My dream in this life is to eat delicious food all over the world."

"You are really promising."

"Brother, don't underestimate my dream. Let me tell you that food is very important..." Next, Zhao Yao told the Eighth Prince the importance of food.

The Eighth Prince was taken aback when he heard that.After listening, he looked at Zhao Yao in surprise, and then smiled helplessly: "Tenth brother, if you put your heart into reading, you won't be punished by your father to write "The Analects of Confucius."

"Brother, reading can't be compared with food." Zhao Yao said very seriously, "I was born for eating in my life. When I grow up and leave the palace, I will travel around and eat delicious food."

"It's too early for you to grow up." The Eighth Prince patted Zhao Yao's shoulder and said, "Wait slowly."

"Oh, it would be great if I were the third brother, and I could leave the palace next year." Zhao Yao said enviously.

The Eighth Prince squeezed Zhao Yao's face again, "Compared to growing up, you should study hard first."

As soon as Zhao Yao listened to the reading, his small face immediately pulled down, and he said in a heavy tone: "Brother, my good mood was ruined by you."

The Eighth Prince shook his head, and said dumbfoundedly: "You..."

The two walked into the school, and the Ninth Prince ran up to them and said excitedly, "My brother will be back the day after tomorrow."

"Second brother is finally coming back, that's really great." Zhao Yao sincerely hoped that Dai Wang would come back, because Dai Wang's return meant he could eat beef.

If Dai Wang knew that he was beef in Zhao Yao's eyes, he didn't know how he would feel.

(End of this chapter)