The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"Uncle Wang, I can't eat anymore. What should I do for lunch later?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Then don't eat. You can just sit next to your mother and go through the motions." Li Fu said, "Anyway, the food in the Shangshi Bureau is just so-so."

Li Chengqian nodded seriously.

Uncle Wang was right. The food in the Shangshi Bureau was not as delicious as Uncle Wang's.

Some prey sent back from the front was also sent to the Shangshi Bureau. The Shangshi Bureau's people processed it and then set up a fire. They also used the roasting method to cook the meat.

Then they cut it into appropriate sizes and put it on a tray. When it was time to eat, they brought it to the table together with the tray.

Then they prepared some copper pots, put charcoal at the bottom, and cooked hot soup on top. Some vegetables and meat were also brought up and cooked in the soup.

To put it bluntly, it was a hot pot.

But there was no rich variety of dipping sauces.

At noon, the people who went into the forest to hunt came back one after another. Wu Liangye also came back and brought back a musk deer.

There are wolves in the forest, but it is not so easy to hunt them. First of all, they don't come out much during the day. Secondly, wolves are social animals and rarely go alone. They won't give you the opportunity to kill them alone.

In the big tent in front, the place for everyone to eat has been arranged, like a picnic. The whole open space is surrounded by curtains. There are tables and thick carpets on the ground.

Half of the people who came here in a mighty group are in charge of logistics.

There are a lot of things needed for such a large group of people to eat, drink, defecate and urinate, plus set up camp.

Many people returned with a lot of things, and their faces were full of pride.

Li Shimin was even more heroic, with prey hanging on both sides of his warhorse. He rode back to the camp with a hard bow in his hand. Behind him, some soldiers of the Qianniu Guard followed.

It can be seen that he was in a good mood this time.

He got off the horse and handed the reins to Li Wu. Li Shimin strode into the tent to see Empress Changsun.

"Guanyin, I'm back." Li Shimin said loudly.

Before the person arrived, the voice was heard first.

Hearing the movement, Changsun got up quickly.

Li Shimin entered the tent and looked around.

"Where is Chengqian?"

"Chengqian is with the Prince of Jingyang. People from the Shangshi Bureau said that Li Fu took him to roast chicken in the open space." Changsun smiled.

"He can take care of children." Li Shimin also smiled slightly: "Let someone bring them back, It's almost time for dinner."

"Yes." Changsun replied, and then responded, "However, even if they find it, the uncle and nephew can't eat much. The people in the Shangshi Bureau said that Li Fu took Cheng Qian and took a whole chicken and ate it all. Only the chicken bones were left. They gnawed it cleanly."

"Oh?" Li Shimin asked with a smile, "Why, Cheng Qian didn't have breakfast this morning?"

"Yes." Changsun said, "But who can blame our Jingyang County King for his good cooking skills? They were not far from the Shangshi Bureau's tent, and they made a fire and roasted chicken there. In the end, the smell made the palace people in the Shangshi Bureau greedy. After they left, the Shangshi Bureau's people went over to see that the chicken bones on the ground were all clean."

"Hahahaha." Li Shimin laughed loudly, "So, Li Fu didn't go hunting?"

"It was his guard, Wu Liangye, who went." Changsun said.

"This kid, when he was in the palace, I taught him archery, but he couldn't bear the hardship. He ran to the palace of the emperor, and then nothing happened." Li Shimin laughed and said, "Now we are going hunting, and let the guards go for him."

"He can't ride and shoot, and he can't fight. It's better for him not to go, so as to avoid danger." Changsun said, "Erlang, you are good at hunting, and there are so many generals and the leaders of the Qianniu Guards."

"That's right."

When Li Fu and Li Chengqian came back, they happened to pass by the camp of the Qianniu Guards and saw the prey placed on the ground in the camp.

From wild boars to pheasants, there were so many things that Li Fu didn't recognize some of them.

The Tang Dynasty valued martial arts, and the Qianniu Guards in the palace were all very good.

In addition, Li Shimin was interested in watching their performance recently, so it is estimated that all their signature skills were used.

Li Fu also saw Wu Liangye in the camp. Wu Liangye was feeding the horses with the prey he had hunted next to him.

Seeing Wu Liangye's harvest, Li Fu felt relieved.

Regardless of whether he hunted or Wu Liangye hunted, they all belonged to the Jingyang King's residence.

They were the same.

Hunting was basically a morning job. In the afternoon, the main force broke camp and returned to Chang'an City. Next, allThey had to go home and use the prey they caught today to offer sacrifices to their ancestors, telling them that their descendants had never slacked off in learning literature and martial arts, and that the family tradition had never been broken.

After returning to Chang'an City, Li Fu still stayed in the palace, kneeling down with Li Shimin and other princes to worship their ancestors, and only returned to the Jingyang Palace after completing the etiquette.

Li Xiaogong did not receive this treatment.

He and Li Yuan were cousins, while Li Fu and Li Yuan were cousins. In fact, Li Fu and Li Yuan were closer.

After returning to the palace, Li Fu had to offer sacrifices to his deceased parents alone.

After all, his mother was not included in the Li family genealogy.

Even if Li Fu was now a prince, Li Yuan did not speak, and Li Shimin did not speak, then Li Fu's mother, even if Li Fu's outstanding achievements were recorded in history books in the future, could only leave behind a surname.

Unless Li Fu did something to leave behind his biological mother's name.

In the small ancestral hall at home, the table was filled with prey brought back from the hunting ground today, and candles were burning on both sides.

Looking at the two spirit tablets placed on top, Li Fu knelt on the futon, not knowing what to say.

He occupied someone else's son's body, how could he complain about this.

"Well, let's put it this way, this matter is not what I wanted, and no one wants it to be like this. Anyway, since I'm here, I guarantee that your incense and tribute will continue during the holidays. You can be a family of three..."

Okay, not necessarily a family of three.

His cheap father Li Hong also had more than one wife, and the origin of the main wife was also quite impressive. Li Fu's biological mother was in the underground, and I didn't know if she could rank next to him.

But at least he left a seed for Li Hong, just for this, don't treat him badly.

"Anyway, you and your family are living happily over there, and everything is fine here. I have also managed to keep the business of the Jingyang Wang residence going. Most importantly, I have not done anything to let you down." Li Fu said, "Everything is going well."