After the King of Shu arrived, Huang Qiong did not follow the group of snobbish people and went up to greet him in a pretentious manner. He just stood at the door of the mansion and watched with a faint smile on his face. Maybe it was to compensate Huang Qiong, or maybe he really had no intention of collaborating with those guys, and King Yong also had no past. Just stay with him at the door of the house, since there is not much more of him in front of you anyway.
The two of them didn't go there, but that didn't mean the people over there wouldn't come over. After greeting all the brothers, the King of Shu came to King Yong, stretched out his hand and gave this guy a hammer and said: "Don't you think you dislike me for coming late, so pick my fault. Let me tell you, I was here yesterday I stayed in the palace all night, and now I have just come out of the palace. I didn’t even change my clothes and came to your place."
After King Shu's words, King Yong sneered and said: "I also want to go up to say hello to you, but can I squeeze in? Although the brothers in Beijing think that I am the oldest except for the prince. But I The person who is currently the second brother is far less powerful than our eldest brother. Don’t you see there is another person beside me? Come on, let me introduce him to you.”
Just when King Yong was about to open his mouth, he was stopped by King Shu. After looking at Huang Qiong carefully for a long time, King Shu smiled and said: "I guess this talented brother is the ninth brother. It is often said that Concubine Jing was a rich scholar in the past. Those who want to come out must be the same as ordinary people like us. It’s different. When I see my ninth brother today, he is indeed fresh and handsome."
Having said this, King Shu waved his hand, and a guard behind him handed a box to his face. After taking the box, the King of Shu stuffed the box into Huang Qiong's hand and said: "I didn't know about Ninth Brother until I got to the capital. I came in a hurry and didn't bring any gifts to Ninth Brother. With a little thought, I also asked Ninth Brother. My brother accepts it."
Seeing the extremely gorgeously packaged box that the King of Shu put into his hands, Huang Qiong said quickly: "Thank you for your concern, Fifth Brother. Fifth Brother has traveled thousands of miles all the way. I was unable to pick up the wind and dust in time for Fifth Brother. I'm sorry that Fifth Brother is thinking about it. I really deserve this gift."
"Ninth brother, where are you talking about? Let's not talk about you and my close relatives. Just for you to leave the palace and live in the house, I, the fifth brother, can't give you a gift? In a civilian home, a housewarming celebration is important. What's more? Besides, you and I are close brothers?" Regarding Huang Qiong's humility, the King of Shu at least liked it on the surface.
After stuffing the gift into Huang Qiong's hand, King Shu turned to King Yong who was being ignored by him and said, "I said, I've already arrived in front of your house. It's okay if you don't take the initiative to greet me. Now you can't even Don’t even give in. Are you planning to let us just drink the northwest wind outside your house?”
In response to King Shu's teasing, King Yong rolled his eyes speechlessly and said: "Let's go, I know you are delicious, so I can't blame you for your mouth. But what about those fine wines in Shu that you promised? After drinking those wines from you, The other wines in Jingzhao Mansion are tasteless. You can't just make others greedy and ignore them. If you don't bring enough wine today, don't blame me for falling out with you."
"Also, you don't need to bring any gifts to Lao Jiu and make fun of others here. If you want to give them, just give him a cart of books. I think he will like them more. You don't know, when this kid comes out of the palace , except for a few pieces of clothing, there was nothing but books, but it took two full carts."
Perhaps because he wanted to regain some face in front of the King of Shu, or perhaps because he didn’t want Huang Qiong to show any outstanding talents in front of the legitimate son of the middle palace, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble to Huang Qiong, King Yong said to Huang Qiong Became a nerd-like person. It's just that the speaker didn't mean it, but in the ears of the King of Shu, it turned out to be intentional.
After King Yong finished speaking, King Shu looked at Huang Qiong meaningfully again, and then smiled and said: "It turns out that the ninth brother likes such elegant things, but I, as the elder brother, seem a bit tacky. Chengdu is known as the Jinguan. The city has always been a gathering place for the southwest’s humanities. The royal family of the former Tang Dynasty moved its capital to Chengdu twice.”
"At that time, some rare books were leaked out of the Tang Palace in Chengdu. Fifth Brother took note of Ninth Brother's affairs. When he comes back next time, Fifth Brother will help Ninth Brother collect some rare books and bring them back. Ninth Brother is our brother. Among them, he is a rare scholar. Since he has this hobby, Fifth Brother will definitely help me with this."
Hearing the conversation between King Shu and Huang Qiong, King Yong couldn't bear it and rolled his eyes and said: "Okay, you two are both scholars. Just me, an ignorant ruffian, will do. Two of them will do. Don’t be sour here. If you have something to say, you can’t go in and say it. Do you have to keep grinding and whining here?”
"Since Fifth Brother is going to stay in the capital for a while, there will be many opportunities to meet each other in the future. If you two are upset, you can either go to your villa or his Hejian Palace. Anyway, don't be with me, a famous bastard. It's just a pain in the face. You princes are here to act as door gods for me, and my little temple can't bear it."
After saying that, King Yong grabbed one by one and dragged King Shu and Huang Qiong into his mansion. When the King of Shu entered, there was no need for the other brothers to act as door gods for him in the words of King Yong. King Yong has never been the kind of person to follow the rules. When everyone was present, he took these brothers directly to the dining place in a garden of King Yong's Mansion.
But when he was sitting down, King Shu grabbed Huang Qiong's hand and refused to let go, saying that he wanted to sit with his ninth brother. With the King of Shu's behavior, it's natural that others wouldn't be able to say anything. The King of Shu here is the oldest, and he is the legitimate son of the middle palace, so he naturally speaks with force. Although the other princes were very disapproving, King Yong did not object, so they could not say much.
After everyone sat down, King Yong waved his hand. A stream of maids brought over delicacies like running water. When Huang Qiong saw the banquet prepared by King Yong, Huang Qiong shook his head and said nothing. The Yellow River carp, which is famous in Luoyang City, is actually a bit out of place at this banquet.
Except for some seafood such as scallops and sea cucumbers due to inconvenient transportation, the rest of the dishes are all delicacies. Huang Qiong had heard of some things in his previous life, but because these things, such as bear paws and tiger whips, had been eaten as special protected animals, he had never seen them even though he had been a human for two lifetimes.
There are some things that Huang Qiong has seen before, but even if he had a small fortune in his previous life, he probably wouldn't be able to afford them. For example, that bowl of chicken tongue soup requires at least nearly a hundred chickens and ducks to make. Even high-end mountain treasures such as bear paws are still in place. In front of everyone present, there was a cup of stewed tiger whip and a bear paw.
As for venison, roe deer tendons, etc., they can only be regarded as popular dishes on this banquet. It's just these things, I don't know if these dragons and phoenixes are tired of eating them, or if they have developed the habit of cherishing food since they were young in the royal family. Except for the stewed tiger penis, which was completely eaten, everyone only took a few chopsticks to taste the rest.
Looking at the piles on the table, these delicacies were nowhere to be placed but not moved at all. In Huang Qiong's opinion, this table was conservatively estimated to cost about one or two thousand dollars. Huang Qiong didn't know why these princes had no appetite, and he didn't want to know.
And the reason why he had no appetite was because looking at this sumptuous banquet, he thought of Jia Quan, whose father had passed away and had no money to bury him, so he had to sell himself as a judge to bury his father. He thought of those people he saw in the outer city that day. Refugees with no clothes to cover their bodies and no food to eat. The scene in front of me corresponds to the words of Bai Letian, a poet of the former Tang Dynasty: The wine and meat in the wealthy family smells bad, and the roads are frozen to death.
Seeing that Huang Qiong was just picking out a few light dishes and taking a few bites, he put down his chopsticks. King Yong, who didn't know what he was thinking at this time, gave him a chopstick of sea cucumber and said in confusion: "Why, these dishes are not in line with Ninth Brother's appetite? These bear paws are all from your seventh brother and me last year I accompanied the old man to Chang'an to worship my ancestors, and I beat him with my own hands at Zhongnan Mountain."
"After it was dried, I have never been willing to eat it. I also arranged for people to buy these venisons alive, and they were all killed this morning. The chef who prepared this banquet was also hired by the best chef in Jingzhao Mansion. There is a chef from the famous restaurant Pinyuexuan. Although it cannot be compared with the old man’s royal banquet, when it comes to the freshness of the ingredients, we are not far behind."
Hearing King Yong's caring words, Huang Qiong knew that he only really cared about herself, and quickly said: "The table Qi brother is having today is full of delicacies from mountains and seas, but it is not to my liking. It's just that I have been eating it since I was a child. It's light, and I'm used to it. Today's dishes are really greasy, and I'm afraid my stomach won't be able to bear it if I eat too much."
Perhaps he was thinking about the more exciting programs later. It was extremely rare that King Yong, who had only tasted the fine wine from Shu brought by King Shu, pointed to a cup of something that had just been brought to him by the maid and smiled. He said: "Since Ninth Brother is not used to it, I won't force you as my elder brother. This cup is specially prepared to remove greasy food today. Try it, it will definitely suit you."
Seeing what King Yong specially recommended, something like milk soaked in red dates that was just placed in front of everyone, Huang Qiong thought it was the milk-stewed red dates that she had eaten in her previous life, and drank it without thinking. Although the taste is a bit weird, it doesn't feel special at all. On the contrary, he felt that the table full of wine and food suited his appetite the most, and he praised it a lot.
Hearing Huang Qiong's praise, King Yong said with some pride: "This thing is not an ordinary thing. It is an ancient recipe I got from the Taiyuan Hospital. It is red dates stewed with women's milk. This thing is good for sobering up alcohol. The best, and it’s also a great supplement. Think about a baby that can’t eat anything, but relies on milk to survive and grow up. How can you tell the essence of this thing?”
"And this red date is not made from water. Instead, it is the so-called Yin date made from the essence of the virgin girl after her menstrual period. The dried dates are placed on her lower body. The food here and even the yin can be eaten to remove greasiness."
It's just that King Yong was very proud here, but Huang Qiong, who had just finished a date next to him, almost vomited it out on the spot when he heard this. Human milk is fine, since I grew up eating this stuff anyway. Although there are some things about it, it's not disgusting. But the origin of this date made Huang Qiong feel extremely sick.
Looking at the bowl of so-called red dates in front of him, Huang Qiong struggled to suppress the nausea in his heart. Regarding King Yong's request for credit, Huang Qiong could only shake his head speechlessly: "Brother Qi's hobby is really special. It's okay, it's okay." He just said it was okay, but Huang Qiong felt it was okay in his heart. I decided not to touch this thing even to death.
But even though Huang Qiong is not interested, it doesn't mean that others here dare not be interested. As soon as I heard about this thing from King Yong, I realized that it had such an origin. Several other princes, even if they had not eaten a morsel of the food and wine before, picked up the food and ate it up without saying a word, and kept cheering loudly.
