Shop of All Worlds: The First Customer Princess Jinyang

Everyone fell silent instantly, all eyes focused on the face of Qin Shi Huang on their phone screens.

Qin Shi Huang coughed twice, cleared his throat deliberately, and said in a serious yet somewhat friendly manner:
"We are all emperors of the same dynasty. Most of the time, we get together at events arranged by immortals. It is very rare for us to have private meals together like this."

"So, I have an idea. Let's get together tomorrow. What do you think?"

When Li Shimin and others heard this, they were stunned at first, with a look of surprise on their faces.

But soon, Li Shimin laughed heartily:
"That's a good idea!"

"How about this, everyone come to my place and get together tomorrow?"

"Besides, Xiao Sizi and the other three kids are all at my house, so I don't have to go and call them specifically. It's so convenient."

Zhu Yuanzhang disagreed and immediately retorted:

"What delicious food can I get at your place?"

"In my opinion, it's better to go to my son Zhu Di."

"The chef in his house has superb cooking skills, and the dishes he makes are barely palatable to us."

Zhu Di, whose name was suddenly called by his father Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, suddenly widened his eyes, his face full of surprise, and stared blankly at his father on the phone screen.

Originally he thought that his father meant for everyone to go to his own place for dinner, but he didn't expect that his father would actually push everyone to his place.

Although Zhu Di felt somewhat helpless, he dared not show it, so he could only force a smile and agree:

"Father is absolutely right."

"Your Majesties, if you don't mind, you can come to my place."

Liu Bang was not to be outdone, with a kind smile on his face, he said:

"Everyone, come to my place!"

"I have known you all for such a long time, and I have never properly fulfilled my duties as a host. I am really sorry."

Emperors such as Liu Che also expressed their opinions and invited everyone to gather in their own territories.

Qin Shi Huang saw this, raised his hand and pressed it down, signaling everyone to be quiet, and then said:
"How about this... In my opinion, we should all go to Lao Li's place."

"How about we each bring some ingredients and make a dish ourselves?"

As soon as Qin Shihuang's words came out, not only did the crowd not refute, but they were all very interested, with anticipation flashing in their eyes.

"good idea!"

"You'll have to do it yourself when the time comes. It would be too boring if you let the cook do it for you!"

Li Shimin said loudly.

"Do it yourself? We are..."

Li Zhi had just said half of his words when Li Shimin gave him a sharp look and he swallowed the rest of his words.

Li Shimin said in a deep voice:
"Are you trying to say that as emperors, we can't cook?"

"But now that we are together, apart from our status as emperors, we are just a group of old friends getting together. What's wrong with cooking a dish ourselves?"

“It adds some fun.”

After hearing this, Li Zhi nodded quickly and an awkward smile appeared on his face.

After chatting for a few more words, Qin Shihuang hung up the phone.

Do my daughter and the other three little ones think that they can get rid of adults by running away?

I wonder what expressions the three little guys will have when they see a group of people tomorrow.

As Qin Shihuang thought about it, a smile broke out on his face.

The next day, the sun shone warmly, casting a soft glow over the entire palace.

Li Shimin specially arranged for people to carefully build three stoves in the courtyard of the imperial palace.

At this time, the flames on the stove were jumping happily, the hot water in the pot was bubbling, and wisps of hot steam were rising.

Next to the stove is a long wooden table, which is filled with all kinds of seasonings and colorful and rich ingredients. One can tell at a glance that it is carefully prepared for a feast.

Li Shimin and Empress Changsun sat side by side on chairs beside each other. The sunlight shone on them through the gaps between the leaves, creating mottled light and shadows.

Li Shimin narrowed his eyes slightly and asked with a hint of pampering:

"Guanyinbi, where did Sizi and the other three little guys go?"

Empress Changsun shook her head slightly, with a hint of doubt in her eyes, and said softly:

"I'm not so sure either."

"Yesterday, the three little guys played with Li Zhi all day long. I heard from the palace maids that they slept close to Li Zhi at night."

"I think the three of them should still be at Li Zhi's place right now."

Li Shimin nodded gently, but a hint of disappointment appeared unconsciously at the corner of his mouth, and he said with a hint of resentment:

"Sizi, this girl, has become less close to me, her grandfather, since she had two little sisters."

Empress Changsun couldn't help but chuckle when she heard this. Her eyes were full of tenderness as she said softly:
"Erlang, isn't Li Zhi almost the same?"

"Li Zhi was very attached to you when she was little, but now that she's grown up, she's not as attached to you as before."

"Children will grow up slowly. It's normal for them to not stick to us. Don't think too much about it."

Li Shimin sighed softly, feeling filled with emotion.

I have so many children, but now one by one, they are gradually becoming distant from me.

If it weren't for Empress Changsun who was always by his side, he really didn't know how lonely he would be.

As the two were chatting, Qin Shihuang, Zhu Yuanzhang and others came to Li Shimin's house one after another with carefully selected and prepared ingredients.

As soon as they met, everyone's face was filled with warm smiles, and they greeted each other one after another, and the atmosphere was particularly harmonious.

"Old Li!"

Qin Shi Huang shouted in a loud voice with a smile on his face.

"Uncle Li!"

Zhu Di also called out respectfully.

"Brother Li..."

Zhu Yuanzhang also shouted.

After saying hello, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't wait to take out a large piece of ruddy, finely textured pork from the ingredients he brought, with a proud look on his face, and said loudly:

"This is the top-quality pork that I specially asked someone to find. Today I will let you taste my cooking skills!"

As he spoke, he strode towards the long table beside him, rolled up his sleeves neatly, and began to get busy.

Today, no one was wearing the dragon robe that symbolized the supreme imperial power. Instead, they were wearing clothes of different styles purchased from Ye Jiangnan, looking particularly relaxed and comfortable.

Li Zhi was not to be outdone. He carefully took out the fresh fish he had brought with him, and said with a confident smile on his face:

"The waters of our Great Tang are vast and boundless, and the fish here are extremely delicious. Watch me show you my unique skills today!"

Liu Bang took his time to take out some rare mountain delicacies and methodically prepared the ingredients while saying with emotion:

"When I was working among the common people, I also learned some cooking skills. I didn't expect that they would come in handy today."

Everyone gathered around the long table, each busy with their own things. Some were concentrating on cutting vegetables, some were holding the spoons skillfully, and some were carefully mixing the seasonings. From time to time, a few light-hearted jokes could be heard, and laughter echoed in the yard.

……

"Hey, where did Grandpa go?"

Little Sizi held the hands of Ying Yinman and Zhu Wanqing and skipped to the imperial study, but did not see Li Shimin. He could not help but mutter in confusion.

"Maybe Uncle Li is busy with other things?"

Ying Yinman tilted her head and spoke speculatively.

Zhu Wanqing's eyes rolled around for a few times, and suddenly she widened her eyes and said in surprise:

"Could it be that Uncle Li went to eat delicious food without telling us?!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Sizi and Ying Yinman both rolled their eyes at her helplessly. Xiao Sizi said speechlessly:

"Junior sister, can you please stop thinking about food all day long?"

Ying Yinman also looked very disappointed and said:

"Your senior sister and I told you so much yesterday, but you ignored it all?"

Zhu Wanqing pouted in grievance and said unhappily:
"I heard it! I'm not deaf, how could I not hear it?"

It turned out that yesterday, Zhu Wanqing insisted on eating a mung bean cake, and Xiao Sizi and Ying Yinman had no choice but to drag her out and "educate" her for half an hour.

To sum up, what Xiao Sizi and Ying Yinman told her was that she should not just think about eating all day, but also think about other things, such as cultivation, or having fun, but just don't always think about this or that delicious food.

"Since you heard everything, why are you still thinking about food?"

Ying Yinman asked.

Speaking of this, Zhu Wanqing herself was a little confused. She scratched her head and whispered:

"I don't want to think about eating all the time!"

"But I just can't control myself."

She thought secretly in her heart that maybe this was inherited from her father, Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.

I heard that my father was always hungry when he was a child, and his life became better after he joined the rebel army. I always think about food all day long. Perhaps I have inherited the "mark" left by my father's difficult years.

After hearing this, Xiao Sizi and Ying Yinman looked at each other and sighed softly at the same time.

"Let's not dwell on this anymore, let's go find Grandpa."

"Let Grandpa take us out to play."

Xiao Sizi changed the subject in time.

After hearing this, Ying Yinman and Zhu Wanqing nodded in agreement.

So, Xiao Sizi held Ying Yinman's hand tightly, and Ying Yinman held Zhu Wanqing's hand, and the three little guys jumped outside and began to look for Li Shimin's trace.

Xiao Sizi was very smart. She first took her two junior sisters to look for Li Shimin in places he often went to.

They went to several palaces in a row, but did not see Li Shimin.

This made Xiao Sizi wonder in his heart, and he said doubtfully:
"It's so strange, where did Father go today?"

"On weekdays, except for sleeping, Father likes to stay in these places."

"How about we go ask Sister Li Zhi?"

Ying Yinman suggested.

"We just came out from my elder sister's place. If the emperor went there, we should be able to run into him."

Xiao Sizi shook his head and said.

For a moment, the three little guys fell silent, racking their brains to think of where Li Shimin might have gone.

Suddenly, Zhu Wanqing's eyes lit up, as if she remembered something important, and she exclaimed excitedly:
"I remembered!"

Xiao Sizi and Ying Yinman both looked at him curiously and with doubt.

Zhu Wanqing said with some pride:

"Uncle Li said yesterday that he would treat us to a meal!"

"He must be waiting for us to have dinner together now!"

Little Sizi held his forehead helplessly, and Ying Yinman was also stunned, wondering why her junior sister was thinking about food again.

"Junior sister, can you please stop using eating as an excuse?"

"If Grandpa really wanted to treat us to a meal, why didn't my senior sister and I know about it?"

Xiao Sizi asked back. Ying Yinman also nodded in agreement.

Zhu Wanqing hurriedly explained:
"That's what Uncle Li said last night!"

"Big Sister, Second Big Sister, and Sister Lizhi, you didn't hear Uncle Li when he called you, so he told the palace maid and asked her to tell us."

Having said this, Zhu Wanqing paused for a moment, a smug look on her face, and continued:

"However, Uncle Li hadn't finished yet. When I heard him say he wanted to treat us to a meal, I woke up immediately."

Xiao Sizi was speechless for a moment and didn't know what to say.

"Hey, there's smoke over there!"

Ying Yinman suddenly pointed at the green smoke rising not far ahead and said in surprise.

Xiao Sizi and Zhu Wanqing looked in the direction of Ying Yinman's finger.

"Why is there smoke in the palace?"

Xiao Sizi muttered something, then shouted in panic:

"Is it on fire?"

Ying Yinman looked at the smoke rising over there and asked in confusion:
"Isn't it?"

"If there was a fire, black smoke should have come out."

"This green smoke actually looks like..."

"Smoke from cooking."

Zhu Wanqing pouted and said:

"Second Senior Sister, the direction of the imperial kitchen is in the opposite direction. That is not the imperial kitchen."

The first thing to do when arriving at the palace is to find out the location of the imperial kitchen.

She had already figured out where the imperial kitchen was, so she naturally knew that direction, which was not the direction of the imperial kitchen.

Xiao Sizi said hurriedly:

"That's not the imperial kitchen, it must be on fire!"

After saying this, Xiao Sizi shouted:
"quick!"

"Somebody come!"

"Extinguishing!"

When the eunuchs, palace maids and guards heard Xiao Sizi's shouting, they quickly fetched a bucket of water.

"Follow me to put out the fire!"

Xiao Sizi waved his hand, and a group of palace maids, eunuchs and guards rushed towards the place where the green smoke was coming out.

Ying Yinman frowned and muttered:

"It's really the smoke from cooking..."

the other side.

The table was filled with delicious dishes.

The braised pork made by Zhu Yuanzhang was bright red in color, fatty but not greasy.

Li Zhi’s steamed fish is fresh, tender and smooth, melting in your mouth.

The aroma of Liu Bang's stir-fried wild delicacies is mouth-watering.

Li Shimin's twice-cooked pork is fat but not greasy, lean but not dry.

Zhu Di’s garlic-flavored eggplant is a perfect blend of the garlic flavor and the soft and glutinous eggplant, which makes people salivate just by looking at it.

Qin Shihuang's crayfish, with its bright red color and spicy aroma, makes people want to taste it immediately.

There are also some dishes that are made by the imperial chefs in the palace.

The long table was completely filled. (End of this chapter)