When Liu Tan heard Liu Che's questioning, his first reaction was: Someone betrayed me!

But think about it, it shouldn't be like this. Basically everyone in the kitchen participated in the fish exchange. Selling him out is equivalent to betraying yourself. Who would be so desperate?

As for the Embroidered Robe Envoy... Has he fallen to the point of becoming a cook?

Of course, the most important issue at the moment is not to think about how Liu Che knew it, but how to explain this problem to him.

Lu Xuan, who was standing by, was about to speak up to help him out when Liu Che raised his hand and said, "I want to hear what he has to say."

Lu Xuan was immediately defeated and could only watch helplessly from the sidelines.

Liu Tan whispered, "It's nothing, I'm just worried that the fish might be unclean. What if you get sick from eating them?"

Liu Che laughed in anger: "How can the fish caught from the lake not be clean?"

It is true that Liu Che seldom went fishing, but he often hunted. Didn't he just eat the prey he hunted?

Even though the prey caught in Shanglin Garden were all captive, he would occasionally take people hunting when he felt like it during his patrols, and they would bring them back to eat.

Liu Tan said, "The lake over there is very close to the Salt Lake. There are other things in the Salt Lake besides salt. I am afraid that the fish will also be affected."

In fact, if it were Liu Tan himself, he would just eat the fish he caught and he would not have any psychological pressure, but he was worried that the fish would make Liu Che sick. Who could take the responsibility for this?

Liu Che snorted and asked, "Did you raise that big fish?"

Liu Tan was stunned for a moment, and for a moment he even suspected that Liu Che was lying to him again.

However, since Liu Che asked, he should not be deceived. So Liu Che knew to change the fish, but did not know what fish to change?

Liu Tan hesitated for a moment before finally speaking: "No... no, it's just... pieced together."

"Hmm?" Liu Che was stunned for a moment: "Put it together?"

Liu Tan explained honestly: "Well, I used different fish, found parts that were similar to that fish, pieced them together bit by bit, and finally made a whole fish."

Liu Che stared at him for a long moment before asking, "How do you deal with the fish bones?"

When he was eating fish, he saw a whole fish bone, no problem. How did you spell it?

Liu Tan whispered, "The fish bones... were punched through in the middle and then strung together with bamboo sticks."

Liu Che glanced at him, then turned to Bu Fan and said, "Send someone to check it out, and remember not to make it public."

Liu Tan lowered his head and continued to walk with Liu Che. After a while, Bu Fan came over with a tray in his hand. He looked at Liu Tan with admiration and said, "Your Majesty, it is indeed as Your Highness said. It was pieced together."

On the tray was the fish spine that Liu Che had just eaten. The bones were still on the bamboo skewers, but the ends had been removed, revealing the bamboo skewer in the middle.

Liu Che looked down for a while, then suddenly laughed in anger. He reached out and pressed Liu Tan's head hard and said, "You do have a solution."

Liu Tan smiled bitterly: "I thought I had done it perfectly, but Father still found out."

He could see that Liu Che didn't seem very angry, especially after he explained that he was worried about Liu Che's health. Although Liu Che's expression still looked serious, his aura had softened.

Liu Che glanced at him calmly and said, "Not only did you use a fake fish to fool me, but you also didn't get rid of the original fish. Do you think I'm stupid?"

Liu Tan:!!!!!!

He asked how Liu Che knew it. He never expected that he would fall into such a situation due to a mistake!

Liu Tan immediately said, "I understand. Next time, I will definitely..."

"Huh? There will be a next time?" Liu Che was almost amused by Liu Tan's fearless behavior.

Liu Tan stuck out his tongue and dared not say anything, thinking that he would not let you eat wild fish next time.

Liu Che didn't bother with him about this matter and just asked, "How is the Liuli going?"

When it came to business, Liu Tan stopped being playful and said happily, "It's already been made, but it's not transparent enough, it's green. I've thought of a way for them to try. If it works, there shouldn't be any problem."

Liu Che was a little surprised: "Can sand really be made into glass?"

Liu Tan nodded vigorously. "Yes, but the conditions are quite demanding because it requires a certain temperature. It used to be precious because it was difficult to reach that temperature, but now we have coal."

Coal is truly a magic weapon for promoting productivity.

Liu Che said with interest: "What about the one that was burned before? Let me see it."

Liu Tan immediately asked someone to bring the piece of glass.

Although it is called a lump, it is actually better to say that it is a ball, but the roundness is not very regular, and it is a bit crooked, which is very ugly in Liu Tan's eyes.

But in Liu Che's eyes, such ugly glass seemed like a diluted treasure.

When the green glass ball was brought, they had already returned to Yanshou Palace. Liu Tan took out the glass ball from the box and handed it to Liu Che without any concern.

Liu Che seemed to be frightened by him and could not help but scold him: "Be careful!"

Liu Tan: ...

Then he watched Liu Che take the glass ball very carefully, as if afraid of breaking it, and examine it carefully in his hands. As he observed it, he said, "I have never seen such a beautiful glass ball."

Liu Tan was stunned for a moment, thinking about the glass artifacts unearthed since the Warring States Period. Most of them were small glass beads used for inlay or stringing. There were some glass vessels, but the quality was much worse than those glass beads.

Only then did he realize why Liu Che loved this glass ball so much. He looked up at Lu Xuan and found that Lu Xuan, who was never short of money, was also looking at the glass ball with shining eyes, and the appreciation on his face was obvious.

Liu Tan said with a smile, "If your Majesty likes it, you can play with it for now. You know this is all made by me with sand, it's not worth much. This one isn't round enough either. I'll ask them to make some rounder ones later. Hmm, maybe some patterns?"

Liu Che carefully put the glass ball back in his hand and suddenly asked, "You originally wanted to use this to make a window?"

Liu Tan said, "Yes, this is not transparent enough. If it were transparent enough, even more transparent than a crystal window, then Father would be able to sit in the warm room and enjoy the view in the winter."

Liu Che laughed: "You."

He was just angry about the fish he had caught with great difficulty, and then he turned around and brought out the glass, just to keep him warm while enjoying the scenery. Even if Liu Che was angry, he couldn't stay angry for long.

Liu Che was quite satisfied when he saw the glass ball, and said, "I have been away for a while, and it is time for me to go back."