I directed the Xuanwumen Incident

Chapter 383 A hot pot meal turned the practicing feast into a New Year's Eve dinner!

Huhu.

The north wind was howling, and the cold was threatening.

From high above the sky, fine ice crystals fell.

A row of eunuchs wrapped in winter clothes, carrying charcoal fire in their hands, walked outside the palace wall.

"Hiss—the sky is changing so fast! When the north wind blows, I'm shivering!"

"Hurry up, send this charcoal fire to His Majesty and Empress first, and then to the princes, princesses and concubines."

"Don't leave the South Study Room behind, and the elders of the pavilion, don't forget any of them."

"Yes Yes……"

The eunuchs escorted the charcoal fire and distributed it everywhere.

In the Tang Dynasty without air conditioning and heating, even the emperor and empress could only burn charcoal for heating.

In the Queen's Palace, inside the Nuan Pavilion.

"Child slave, child slave..."

The eldest grandson Wugou held Li Zhi, who had just turned one year old, in his arms, teased him lightly, and said with a smile,
"Awake?"

"Hmm... um..." The little boy opened his eyes wide, and writhed with teeth and claws.

Suddenly, a face appeared in front of him.

"Hey!"

Xu Fenglei made a grimace and shouted.

Xiao Li Zhi opened his eyes wide, then giggled, and stretched out his hand to grab him.

"Come on, hug you, master hug."

The eldest grandson Wugou handed the child into Xu Fenglei's arms, rubbed his hands and bared his teeth,

"This child has weighed a lot, and I can hardly hold it anymore..."

"Ouch!" Xu Fenglei took the heavy Li Zhi, patted him on the back lightly, and said with a smile, "This shows that he is well developed and healthy! Isn't it, little childish slave?"

He stared into Li Zhi's eyes and said with a smile:

"What do you call me?"

"Xi, Xi..." Xiao Li Zhi said hard.

"Yes, this child learned from the girl, his mouth leaks!" Xu Fenglei said helplessly, "It's Master, Master! It's not Father Xi! You have to correct it in the future—"

As he spoke, he held the baby in his arms and walked to the desk beside him.

Four students, Li Chengqian, Li Tai, Li Ke, and Li Lizhi, were working on a test paper.

On the top of the test paper, there are four big characters "Final Exam" written!
As for the topic, there is only one——

"Talk about your gains and losses this year. There is no limit to the number of words and style."

Xu Fenglei's test questions are always more casual.

He usually randomly checks his homework occasionally and orders to recite, but he is very open about the final inspection.

Answer whatever you want.

In his opinion, compared with the rigid and single general examination questions, such questions can better reflect the level of the examinee.

look.

Some people think like a diabetes insipidus, writing and writing, talking about it, such as Li Tai,

There were also people biting the tip of their pens, fiddling with their feet with dull eyes, like Li Lizhi.

Four children, four phases.

"Ah, ah..."

Xiao Li Zhi babbled and yelled, clutching Xu Fenglei's collar, but his eyes fell on his sister's test paper.

There are big doubts in his little head.

Why are the elder brothers' papers all black, but the elder sister is white?

"Youngest!"

Li Lizhi was worried, when she saw the little kid approaching her, her eyes lit up, she naturally reached out to catch him, and hugged him on her lap.

She laughed and said:

"Call my sister!"

"Hmm... Ji, Ji..." Li Zhi seemed very obedient, although his pronunciation was not standard, but he responded to every request.

"Hahaha……"

Li Lizhi chuckled and said,
"Hey, my sister will get you some candy!"

Xu Fenglei glanced at her.

"Lizhi, are you dazzled by your teacher?"

He asked with his hands behind his back,
"Why didn't you write a word on your test paper?"

Li Lizhi: "..."

She stuck out her tongue, flattened her mouth and said:
"My child is still thinking... It's just that this year has passed too fast, and nothing major has happened. I can't think of it for a while..."

When Xu Fenglei heard this, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

"One year, you're one year older! 360 five days and nights, have you wasted it?"

He reprimanded,

"Then what have you been doing this year? Are you wandering in the sky? Are you haunted by ghosts?"

Li Lizhi was reprimanded and said aggrievedly:

"Then you really didn't learn anything... The kid can't make up things, can he?"

"I can't make it up...it's not like Brother Qingque, you can make up hundreds of words if you just make it up..."

Li Tai paused and turned his head.

"Lizhi, don't talk nonsense!"

He replied,

"Brother, I'm always targeting the target, and I'm not just making it up!"

"Just dawdle by yourself, don't bring me! I still want to get this year's outstanding student!"

Li Lizhi pursed her lips.

"It seems that you are going to fail this year."

Xu Fenglei snorted coldly,

"Do you feel that you are about to go out as a teacher, and you won't be able to come back for a while, so you relax?"

"Then let me tell you, if you think too much, even if you leave, you will have to be punished before leaving!"

"Write to me!"

Li Lizhi: "!!!"

Frightened by this, she quickly returned the "toy" Li Zhi in her hand to Xu Fenglei, and began to write quickly.

Make it up, just make it up!
Editing is always better than handing in blank papers...

"Hmph, it's too late!"

Xu Fenglei hugged Li Zhi and threatened,

"Let me tell you, although I will go to northern Xinjiang as a teacher, and I won't be able to return for a while, your homework must not be missed in the slightest!"

"My teacher has already told Ma Zhou to keep an eye on your progress, and if you dare to relax, write it all down in your notebook."

"Wait back, hehe..."

A few brats: "!!!"

But they know that Master's flower work... a lot!
Swish swish.

Swish swish.

The sound of writing sounded again, and it seemed to be writing faster than the frequency just now.

clang clang.

While patrolling the examination room, several eunuchs and court ladies had already entered the door with a bunch of utensils.

"See the Empress."

"See Grand Master."

All the servants salute first when they enter the door.

"Get up."

The eldest grandson Wugou stepped forward slowly, looked at the things brought by the eunuchs, and said curiously,
"Listen, is this the hot pot you mentioned?"

"Why does it look like a big bowl cooking a chimney?"

Just as he was asking, the eunuchs had already put the copper hot pot on the table.

"Yes, yes, this stuff is hot pot."

Xu Fenglei responded,

"Come on, pour the water on top first, then put the charcoal fire into the small stove below to heat the water."

"Have you brought all the vegetables and meat? And the sauce?"

The foreman eunuch respectfully said:

"Return to Grand Master, the imperial dining room has prepared all the dishes you listed."

"Should I go up now, or later?"

Xu Fenglei rubbed his hands.

"Get some here first, I'll taste the saltiness."

He couldn't hold back the glutton in his stomach, and said,
"Others, wait until His Majesty comes down."

"Yes." The eunuch responded.

After a while, charcoal fire was added to the stove, and the clear water in the copper pot inlet began to bubble.

A stack of sunflower vegetables and a stack of thinly sliced ​​mutton were delivered to Xu Fenglei.

Just about to move his chopsticks, he heard a shout from outside:
"His Majesty is here!"

In an instant, everyone in the room stood up to greet him.

Several children doing test papers also stood up to greet them.

"See Your Majesty (Father Emperor)."

"No, no." Li Shimin stepped into the house, rubbed his hands and said, "It's so cold this day, it's cold! Guanyin maidservant, you also need to add more clothes, so you don't catch a cold."

"Wearing it." Changsun Wugou pinched the snow-white coat on his body, and responded.

"Huh."

Li Shimin walked to the table and asked curiously,
"It's steaming hot, what is it cooking?"

"Listen, this is the hot pot you mentioned? Boiled in plain water? Before leaving, are you going to treat me to this?"

Xu Fenglei picked up a piece of mutton, put it in the pot, boiled it seven or eight times, and brought it to Li Shimin.

"Sometimes, boiled in white water has a flavor."

he laughed,
"I wanted to take the first bite, since your Majesty is here. Please, Your Majesty first?"

Seeing this, Li Shimin was not polite, bit off the piece of mutton as thin as a cicada's wing from the chopsticks, and sipped it in his mouth.

"Ok!"

His eyes lit up, and while chewing lightly, he praised,
"This meat melts in your mouth!"

"It's really delicious. Compared with the barbecue, this boiled one is really not bad!"

"Come, come, sit around, get warmer, and serve the food!"

Li Shimin sat on the throne with a big horse and a golden sword, and yelled.

All the children looked at Xu Fenglei.

I'm only halfway through the exam.

"Let's eat first."

Xu Fenglei waved his hand and said,

"Look at your hands are numb from the cold, and your handwriting is crooked. Let's eat to warm up first."

"Okay!" With an order, the children came out of the cage like beasts, and ran to the table to sit around. They all looked at the copper pot curiously, and Li Tai stretched out his little fat hand, wanting to touch it.

Snapped!
"Be careful!"

Xu Fenglei slapped his palm off and scolded,
"You don't want your claws anymore?"

"Boil this thing, it can burn your skin! Just get close to it."

"Yes, Master." Li Tai obediently listened to the instruction, and together with Li Chengqian and the others, they used the copper pot as an oven, suspended their palms in mid-air, feeling the warmth.

puff puff puff...

The clear water was boiling and bubbling, and white mist evaporated, spreading over everyone's faces. Compared with the cold outside, the inside of the house was warm and humid.

"Listen, you really have it. This thing is really good. Even if you don't eat it, you can keep it warm."

Li Shimin praised,

"Come on, serve the food quickly! Let's have a hot meal!"

Hearing this, the eunuch beside him waved his hand outside the room.

A line of maidservants entered, each holding a stack of dishes in their hands.

Radishes and fresh vegetables, everything that one expects to find, are all cut into slices.

Beef and mutton, classified according to the parts, are also cut into slices and pasted on the plate.

There are also a lot of dipping materials such as salt, vinegar, sesame oil, fish sauce, spices, etc. Although there are not many types, they can already match a lot of good flavors.

At the same time, a pot of soup was poured into the copper pot in due course.

"Your Majesty, this is chicken soup with mushrooms. It's delicious."

The eunuch beside him introduced with a smile,

"It was made by the royal chef of the imperial dining room after a long time of research and development and many trials."

"With the hot pot invented by Taishi, it will have a special taste."

Li Shimin frowned.

"This way of eating is really fresh."

He picked up a piece of radish and threw it into the pot, and said with a smile,
"Come on, let's use your chopsticks! Today is a family banquet, and it can also be regarded as a practice banquet held for your master. You don't have to be restrained."

"Open up to eat and drink!"

As he said that, he couldn't help but put down a few pieces of tender mutton.

Although it is the first time to eat hot pot, Li Er has already realized that meat is the essence of hot pot!

"Erfeng, Qingquan hasn't arrived yet."

Changsun Wugou pushed Li Shimin and said softly.

The movements in Li Shimin's hands froze slightly.

"Oh yes... I forgot about her."

He slowed down and said,
"Is she still busy?"

Grandson Wugou nodded.

"This girl... really worked hard for her."

Li Shimin sighed softly and said,
"However, I really didn't realize before that a tepid girl is so capable."

"Don't move your chopsticks, wait for your elder sister."

After speaking, he smeared the piece of mutton with fish sauce and put it in his mouth.

In the next second, an expression of satisfaction and enjoyment appeared.

Goo-dong, goo-dong.

The children's saliva will drop!Not only does the meat look delicious, but even the soup in the copper pot smells delicious!
Fortunately, their eldest sister did not make them look forward to the stars and the moon.

It was at that time, but I heard two footsteps.

With a creak, the door opened.

Li Qingquan's snow-white face was already a little red from the cold, and she was wearing a mink fur cloak, which made her taller figure appear even more.

If you use four words to describe it, it must be slim and graceful.

After a few years, that gentle girl back then has really grown into a big girl.

Not only the figure, but also the temperament has become different.

In the past two years of managing Fenglei Bank, the taste of the proprietress has already subtly oscillated to him.

"See Father Emperor, see Mother Queen."

"I have seen Master."

Li Qingquan took off his cloak and said apologetically,

"Am I not late?"

"Because of the military supplies and military pay, I was delayed in the bank for a while..."

Li Shimin shook his head again and again.

"It's not late, it's not late, you came just in time!"

He greeted with a smile,
"Come on, sit by Father's side."

"Qingquan, try the hot pot invented by your master, the meat is very tender!"

"Come."

As he said that, Li Er warmly cooked a piece of mutton for his daughter and sent it to her bowl.

"Thank you, Father."

Li Qingquan was flattered, lowered his head slightly, picked up the piece of meat and put it into his mouth.

After only chewing twice, she nodded in praise and said:
"It's really delicious."

"delicious."

"Is it delicious?" Li Shimin laughed loudly, "Okay, let's have a feast! Open up and eat!"

Jingle Jingle!

The children were already very hungry and thirsty. With this order, they threw vegetables into the pot like wild horses running wild.

"Slow down, slow down!"

Xu Fenglei taught,
"Put in as much as you eat, don't throw it in all at once."

"Otherwise the soup will be cloudy and the taste will not be correct."

"Shabu and boil are different, you know that!"

The children stuck out their tongues and then slowed down.

And a moment later.

"Ah, it's hot!"

"It's delicious! I love this sauce!"

"You try mine, I made it myself, it tastes better!"

"Add more radish slices, I love this!"

"..."

The children made a fuss, sharing their secret dipping ingredients with each other, and showing off the hot and delicious dishes to their mouths.

A puff of hot air is steaming upwards, and the fragrance is overflowing.

This practice banquet is more New Year's than the New Year's Eve dinner in the past!

(End of this chapter)