Chapter 1354 If you want, nothing can be hidden from him
The emperor was relaxing his muscles and bones after meditating when he heard that the prince was waiting outside for an audience, so he ordered someone to call him in.
Although he did not care about state affairs, it did not mean that he gave up power and did not care about anything. In fact, he held the military power firmly in his hands. Several core figures of the Imperial Guards were his confidants. Several ministers of the six ministries checked each other, and the defense of the capital was also managed by his confidants.
As for the key military and political affairs in the court, someone would naturally report to him when he had time.
He also had a group of secret guards under his command, whose details no one had ever seen. He was too lazy to know what the princes were doing. It was just those few things, and he knew them all without thinking.
If he wanted to know, nothing could be hidden from him.
The prince entered the warm room carrying a basket of potatoes and bowed respectfully to pay his respects.
The emperor didn't pay much attention to these routine rules. He felt a little sore after meditating, and now he was leaning lazily on the kang in a loose Taoist robe. His hair was tied up in a bun with a sandalwood hairpin and hung down loosely. He didn't look like a king at all.
Waving his hand and ordering the prince to stand up, he immediately saw the basket beside the prince and squinted his eyes to look over: "What is it you brought? It seems to me that I have never seen it before."
"Father, I just saw this thing yesterday. It's called potato. It's a good thing!"
The prince sat down and told the emperor everything about the potatoes with a smile.
The emperor was also a little interested after hearing this. He ordered the eunuch to take a closer look at it and ordered him to cook a few dishes for him to taste. He couldn't help but feel a little excited, but also a little skeptical: "You never lie to me. I believe this, but are these potatoes really so productive? I don't quite believe it!"
"Your Majesty is wise," the prince said with a smile, "I didn't believe it at first, but then I went to the field myself and randomly pointed out several plants and ordered people to dig them up on the spot. It turned out to be true! This small basket of potatoes is from just one plant. Your Majesty, this is really a high yield!"
The emperor was overjoyed and smiled, his eyes burning: "If this is true, it will be a blessing for the Qin Dynasty and for me!"
"That's what I thought, too!"
The emperor laughed loudly, and it was obvious that he was in a very good mood today. He said casually: "In that case, you will stay here for lunch today. When the potatoes are served, you can taste them with me."
The prince was secretly delighted and naturally accepted the order respectfully.
It's really sad to say that it has been a long time since the father and son sat together to have a meal and talk about family matters other than military and national affairs.
Soon, lunch was served.
Because he was devoted to spiritual practice, although Taoism does not prohibit meat and fish, the emperor's meals were mostly vegetarian, but these vegetarian dishes were prepared with more care than the meat dishes.
For example, for a dish of stewed tofu, the soup is not an ordinary soup. Instead, fresh crucian carp, scallops, scallops, fine abalone, wild mushrooms, fat old hens, pork leg bones, etc. are used to make soup, which is then filtered several times to obtain a milk-like broth. This broth is then put into a casserole and slowly simmered on a small stove with the tender tofu so that the tofu can absorb the delicious soup.
Finally, the tofu and soup are served and sprinkled with a little chopped green onion. It looks light and delicious. But who would have thought that such an ordinary-looking stewed tofu needs to be paired with a lot of delicacies from land and sea?
(End of this chapter)
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