Eunuch Cao came out to greet him: "I can smell the fragrance from a distance."
"Come here quickly, it's still hot," Li Shao said, "Father, are you busy?"
The Holy Father had been approving the dumplings all afternoon, and just when I was mentally exhausted, I woke up when I smelled the aroma of roasted deer legs.
Li Shao carried the deer leg to the side hall.
When the saint came over, Li Shao bowed and said: "Father, I hunted a deer today, and I roasted this leg with my own hands."
The Holy Emperor looked at Li Shao with gentle eyes.
After all, it was a rainy day to go to the forest farm, and Li Shao's clothes and shoes were stained with mud.
It seemed that he had simply cleaned up after returning to the palace, but he sat in front of the fire for a long time, and some charcoal ash stuck to his body.
His Majesty had some objections to such a lack of manners and image, but when he thought of Li Shao's filial piety...
"First go inside and wipe your face and change your clothes," the Holy Master said, pointing to the deer leg. "When you finish cleaning up, we, father and son, will drink wine and eat meat."
Li Shao agreed.
In the side hall of the imperial study, there are many belongings of Li Shao.
The little chamberlain quickly prepared suitable clothes.
Li Shao returned to the imperial court cleanly, with wine already placed on the table.
"Let me try Shao'er's craftsmanship." The Holy Emperor took the knife from Eunuch Cao's hand instead of the one in the tray, cut a piece off the deer's leg and put it in his mouth to chew.
The venison is plump, the outer layer is roasted and crispy, and the meat on the inside is still soft and tender. The fat bursts in the mouth, leaving a fragrant aroma between the teeth.
It is a delicious food, and it is hunted and roasted by my favorite son. The taste is even more incredible.
The Holy Emperor was extremely satisfied. He ate several mouthfuls before taking a sip of wine and said, "I am so lucky."
Li Shao's face glowed red.
To be praised by my father, to go hunting in the woods on a wet and cold day, and to sit by the fire and bake in the heat, those difficult places were suddenly worth tens of millions of gold.
"As long as you like it," Li Shao added some wine for the Holy Sage, "As long as you like it, I will hunt one back next time."
The Holy One was stunned.
As a crown prince, it's not right to always think about hunting deer.
But seeing Li Shao's happy and satisfied look, the Lord laughed again while chewing the venison.
There is no need to pour cold water on Li Shao over small matters.
When the homework was more intense, he naturally had no time to go to the forest farm.
"You said earlier that you wanted to send it to King Jin?" the Holy Master asked.
"Sent it away." Li Shao explained his allocation one by one.
The Holy Father listened and nodded.
Look, he is really a filial child.
I remember roasting deer legs for him with my own hands, sending a portion to Cining Palace and Cuihua Palace, and remembering the birthday of King Jin.
Very thoughtful.
Thinking of this, he did not mention that the Queen Mother might not be able to eat roasted deer because of her illness.
Shaoer is not mature enough, but he has a good heart. With more experience, he will gradually become decent.
In Cining Palace, Eunuch Yu was all smiles: "What a fat deer."
The chamberlain of the East Palace said: "His Royal Highness the Prince came back from a fresh hunt today and asked the imperial kitchen to bake it and deliver it to the Empress Dowager."
"Your Highness is very filial."
The two sides said some auspicious words, and Eunuch Yu sent someone to go inside and explain to the Queen Mother in person that he was one step behind, and the smile on his face froze, leaving only a feeling of embarrassment.
Venison is good and fragrant, and the Empress Dowager also likes it very much.
But her old lady can’t eat venison today!
The fragrant venison is now served in front of the Empress Dowager. Isn't it tempting for her?
The Empress Dowager was really greedy, her throat rolled a few times, and she was salivating.
After she praised Li Shao's filial piety, the servants of the East Palace left, and the Empress Dowager couldn't move her eyes away from the food box.
"The Ai family won't eat it," the empress dowager herself knew, "I brought them all to make the Ai family satisfied."
Grandma Wang obeyed.
On the first floor, there is a piece of meat from the deer's front legs connected to its body.
The second layer contains venison steak.
The Empress Dowager took a few deep breaths and sighed: "The Ai family does not have such a good taste today, so Yun Yan can eat it."
Lin Yunyan blinked.
There is no doubt that she hates Li Shao.
Li Shao was the direct cause of the ending of her and Xu Jian's previous life.
After they were forced to leave Beijing, the situation in the court became more and more volatile. They were far away, and the news was not timely enough and not necessarily accurate, but the things that her father mentioned before his death were still engraved in Lin Yunyan's heart.
"The Holy One is seriously ill and is recuperating in the Chengshou Palace. The government is controlled by the Crown Prince. Apart from him, no one seems to have seen the Holy One. Even Prince Ping was not able to enter the Chengshou Palace."
Regardless of whether he was the culprit or not, the prince was involved in the "blockade" of the Holy One.
In this life, if Lin Yunyan wants to live a smooth and stable life in the capital, she will probably have conflicts and contradictions with Li Shao in the future.
but……
Lin Yunyan glanced at the food box.
Food is innocent.
She had a grudge against Li Shao, but she had no grudge against this box of venison.
It is most shameful to waste food carelessly. During the most difficult times in the past, she was even hungry.
"Then I'll try it for you." Lin Yunyan accepted with a smile.
It wasn't really much use for her alone, but the smell of the meat brought satisfaction and comfort, making people couldn't help but feel happy.
"It was a good deer, but it was a pity that it fell into the hands of the prince."
"While Eunuch Yu and Grandma Wang don't see it, can you secretly take a sip and taste it?"
"How can I be greedy for you? The prince has probably learned a lot about deer hunting. You haven't tasted it this time. Will you ask him to hunt another one for you next time?"
The Empress Dowager told her that she was dumbfounded.
But this girl likes to have fun. She usually eats in a polite manner, but today she just held the deer steak and gnawed it out of greed.
After nibbling, I didn't forget to suck my fingers.
How does she look like a delicate princess?
Grandma Wang turned around and saw it, and she was very happy.
She knew that the empress loved the princess. She had no rules but was very down-to-earth, which would naturally remind her of her childhood.
The Empress Dowager said "Maitai" and "Not a few days older than a three-year-old child", but in fact her eyes were slitted with laughter.
Smiling and laughing, a bit of reluctance inevitably rose in my heart.
It was actually time for Yun Yan to get married.
This time passed so quickly, and she was getting older without even realizing it.
However, no matter whether she picked a well-matched person from the noble family in Beijing, she could summon Yun Yan to the palace whenever she thought about it.
We can't be like Aqi. Her husband's family has many good things, but it's just too far away.
The mountains are high and the rivers are long, and Aqi has a child by her side. It is not easy to go to Beijing, so she can only write letters back.
And at her current age, she thinks about it every year and looks forward to it every year. How many times can she see Aqi in total?
Lin Yunyan was full.
Seeing that behind the Empress Dowager's cheerfulness, there were some inseparable emotions, she did not ask directly, but looked for Grandma Wang privately.
Grandma Wang hesitated and excused herself: "I'm getting older, don't you think juniors are like this? Sometimes I think of my childhood, and sometimes I think of how time flies..."
When Lin Yunyan saw this, she didn't ask any more questions. She only had a vague guess in her mind.
I'm afraid it has something to do with the conversation the Holy Emperor had with the Empress Dowager when he came up to have lunch.
The venison in her stomach was digested, and when she turned around, Lin Yunyan saw the deer hunter in Cining Palace.
Li Shao brought Liu Xun to greet the Empress Dowager.
