At noon, Qin Ming’s study room
After Qin Ming and Fang Xuanling saw Wang Gui off, they returned to the study together.
After re-entering the study, Qin Ming realized that he hadn't asked his servants to serve tea to the three of them after such a long time.
Moreover, he also found that Li Er's clothes seemed to have a lot of wrinkles, which gave him an inexplicable sense of familiarity. However, due to Li Er's penetrating gaze, he did not look at it or think too much, and hurriedly went out and asked the maid to come over and serve tea. .
He himself walked to the desk, took out a pen and paper and started writing about wound suturing techniques.
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After a while,
He handed the written wound suture technique to Li Shimin with both hands.
Li Shimin unfolded the paper and read it carefully, combined with Qin Ming's explanation in the morning, and after carefully checking that there were no problems, he folded the paper in his hand and put it in his arms.
Li Shimin examined Qin Ming while stroking his short beard.
"Although this boy is a bit naughty, he is never ambiguous about right and wrong. Forget it, my lord has a lot of money. I will let him go first and will not punish him for the crime of deceiving the emperor for the time being."
I don't know if it was his misunderstanding. Ever since he returned to the study, Qin Ming always felt that Li Shimin was looking at him a little strangely. It was not until he put away the paper that he returned to his previous kindness.
If it weren't for the way Empress Changsun looked at him, still as amiable as ever, he would have wanted to find a reason to go out.
At this moment, a maid came over to report that the meal was ready and asked Qin Ming where he was eating.
After Qin Ming consulted Li Shimin's opinion, he took Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling to the restaurant in the mansion. As for Queen Changsun, she was led to Qingxinyuan by the maid.
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After a while
Li Shimin sat at the dining table, looking at a table of delicious food, feeling very satisfied.
Although the palace cooks had studied in the Qin Mansion for a period of time, for some reason, Li Shimin always felt that the food cooked by the palace cooks was not as delicious as the food at Qin Ming's house.
And he didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that the food in the Qin Mansion today was richer than usual, and there were even some dishes that he had never seen before.
Humans are always full of curiosity about novel foods.
Li Shimin was no exception, so he picked up a columnar piece of food and put it into his mouth without even thinking about it.
After chewing for a while, I felt that the taste was sour and spicy, the texture was crispy and tender, and it was indescribably delicious.
The only fly in the ointment is that if you taste this dish carefully, it has an indescribable strange smell, but even so, Li Shimin was conquered by this dish and took several chopsticks in succession.
Fang Xuanling beside him felt hungry and thirsty when he saw that Li Shimin liked it so much. She took advantage of the gap and put a chopstick into her mouth.
Then this famous prime minister during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty showed an expression that seemed to be one of satisfaction and enjoyment.
After thinking about it for a while, he pointed to the plate of dishes he had never tasted before and asked Qin Ming:
"My dear nephew, this dish tastes so strange. It tastes like meat but looks so weird. I wonder what kind of food this is?"
When Li Shimin heard this, he stopped using his chopsticks and looked at Qin Ming curiously. He had just been eating and forgot to ask what it was.
Qin Ming looked up at the two people who looked curious about the baby, and couldn't help but be stunned, thinking in his heart.
"Okay, I've been eating together with you two for a long time, and you don't even know what you're eating? Seeing how delicious it is, I thought you knew?"
Qin Ming put down his chopsticks and said doubtfully:
"Uncle Fang, isn't this just pig intestine? Haven't you ever eaten this? No way?"
Li Shimin was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and soon his face turned the color of pig liver.
Fang Xuanling's face turned even worse, and she was already covering her mouth and vomiting.
Li Shimin slammed the table, pointed at Qin Ming with a trembling finger, and said angrily:
"Tell me again? What is this?"
Qin Ming was startled by the actions of Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling. He didn't understand what was going on at first, but he soon realized it, because when Qin Ming wanted to eat this dish, he was also attacked by Xiao Changxi. Others strongly resisted.
But after the dish was cooked, no one in the house escaped the law of true fragrance, which led Qin Ming to ignore this point just now and not explain it to Li Er and Li Er.
People in the Tang Dynasty, especially the nobles, actually did not eat pork because they generally believed that pork was cheap meat. Moreover, the environment for growing pigs in this era was relatively poor, so it was impossible for nobles to eat pig intestines.
After understanding the reason, he had an idea. He quickly picked up a piece of sausage and put it in his mouth. He chewed it and said calmly:
"This is pig intestines, which is usually called pig intestines."
Li Shimin's blood pressure instantly soared after hearing this. Looking at Qin Ming's neither salty nor bland look, the fire in his heart started to rise. He stood up and pointed at Qin Ming and said:
"How brave are you to feed me this food? Aren't you afraid that I will punish you?"
After hearing this, Fang Xuanling stood up quickly, grabbed Li Shimin and said:
"Your Majesty, calm down."
After saying that, he glanced at Qin Ming and said:
"My dear nephew, why don't you quickly admit your mistake to Your Majesty?"
Qin Ming had already thought of his words just now. He calmly picked up a piece of sausage and put it into his mouth. While eating, he pointed to another dish on the table and said:
"What's wrong with me? I've been eating this dish for the past few days. Is there anything wrong with it? Whether it's this vinegar-fried pork sausage or that stir-fried kidney and liver, they are both great tonic delicacies. Eating them regularly not only improves the appearance, but also It can strengthen the body and prolong life.”
"Besides, these pigs were raised with grain in my village. They are very clean. If Uncle Li and Uncle Fang don't like to eat them, then forget it. My nephew can just eat them himself."
Li Shimin, who had been furious just now, was stunned for a moment, but when he looked carefully at Qin Ming's expression, it didn't look like he was telling lies again.
He couldn't tell whether what he said was true or false for a moment, so he hesitated before asking:
"My dear nephew, what you said is true. Can this food really strengthen your body? Prolong your life?"
When Qin Ming heard this, he ignored Li Shimin, looked angry, and ate his own dishes.
At this moment, the maid who had been scared out of her mind suddenly raised her head and said tremblingly:
"What my young master said is true. Even Taoist Master Sun agreed to eat these dishes. Moreover, Butler Xiao specially ordered the kitchen to cook these dishes for the nobles at noon."
After saying this, the little maid quickly lowered her head.
Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling's eyes lit up after hearing the maid's words, and they couldn't help but think of Sun Simiao's childish face with white hair.
If it was just Qin Ming who said it, they would naturally not believe it, but since it was Taoist Sun who said it, it proved that Qin Ming was not lying.
Thinking that eating this dish regularly can strengthen the body and prolong life, the two of them hurriedly sat back down, picked up their chopsticks and started to eat the vinegar-glazed pork intestines and stir-fried kidney and liver.
Seeing this, Qin Ming quickly stretched out his chopsticks to block it and said:
"Uncle, didn't you just say you didn't like this dish, and you also shouted that you wanted to punish your nephew?"
Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling pretending to be confused and said:
"Xuanling, did I just say this?"
Seeing this, Fang Xuanling shook her head and said decisively:
"No, nephew, you must have heard wrong."
Qin Ming rolled his eyes when he heard this and took back his chopsticks.
Soon the two plates of food were finished by the three of them. Li Shimin looked at the empty plates and said with some unfinished thoughts:
"My dear nephew, the portion of food in your house is too small. Can you change it later?"
When Qin Ming heard this, he complained in his heart that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty would give up his face because of his stuttering. But having said that, these animal offal are indeed good things, but most people in this era are not aware of this.
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