He was exhausted after working all day and just wanted to come to Shen Wei's place to rest. Only with Shen Wei did he feel comfortable and worry-free.
As soon as he stepped into the yard, King Yan smelled a strong fragrance. The moonlight was bright, and two large, shining lanterns were hung on the beams of Fangfei Garden, illuminating the entire Garden.
Shen Wei and the maids and eunuchs were busy around a copper pot. The copper pot of soup was boiling, smelling delicious, and contained slices of meat and green vegetable leaves.
That fragrance was something King Yan had never smelled before!
It's simply mouth-watering.
"Your Highness, you're back!" When Shen Wei saw Prince Yan, her eyes immediately lit up and she put down her bowl and chopsticks to greet him.
Cai Lian, Cai Ping and others stood up respectfully and stood on both sides.
King Yan held Shen Wei's hand and asked curiously, "What are you eating?"
Shen Wei smiled and said, “Hot pot!”
As she spoke, Shen Wei led King Yan to the table. Cai Lian and Cai Ping quickly cleaned up the table and replaced the dishes and soup base with new ones.
The Prince of Yan had been busy with official duties all day and was already starving.
He looked curiously at the boiling copper pot in front of him. The interior of the copper pot was divided into two parts by a patch - one half was filled with tomatoes and radishes, and the soup was clear; the other half was filled with bright red peppers, which were very spicy.
The Prince of Yan did not like spicy food, and when he saw the half pot of boiling chili peppers, he frowned.
Shen Wei did it herself, picked up a thin slice of lean meat with chopsticks, and dipped it into the clear soup pot for a few seconds.
The red lean meat slices quickly turn white and are cooked.
Shen Wei then put the cooked lean meat into the seasoning plate. She knew that Prince Yan didn't eat spicy food, so she specially made a 2-in-1 hotpot.
The hot pot dipping sauce for King Yan is a mixture of sesame seeds, sesame paste, spices, green onions and sesame oil. The cooked meat slices are rolled in the dipping sauce and covered with the fragrant dipping sauce.
"Your Highness, please try it." Shen Wei brought the cooked meat to Prince Yan's mouth.
King Yan took a tentative bite and his eyes lit up instantly: Delicious!
"The nights are cool in spring, so it's perfect for hot pot." Shen Wei said with a smile, "Your Majesty, please eat more."
The King of Yan ate five or six slices of pork in a row and loved it more and more.
The eunuchs and maids serving nearby could only stare at them, swallowing their saliva silently.
Smells good...
I want to eat it.
King Yan ate the clear soup pot, while Shen Wei ate the red soup pot.
She likes spicy food, the spicier the better. Pork belly slices, mutton slices, tripe and meatballs are put into the red soup pot, cooked, and then taken out and placed in her special bowl of chili dipping sauce, which is simply irresistible.
King Yan saw that she was eating with great relish, his eyes fell on the bright red spicy hot pot, and asked: "Is the meat in this chili soup delicious?"
Shen Wei nodded: "Of course, I like spicy food."
King Yan tentatively picked up a piece of meat from the spicy pot and took a bite. The spicy taste was so irritating that it made his tongue hurt.
It's too spicy!
Fugui, who was standing nearby, was shocked when he saw this and was about to step forward to stop Prince Yan from eating. But Shen Wei was already prepared and handed over the homemade sour plum soup.
The sour and icy sour plum soup quickly dissipates the spicy taste. King Yan frowned frequently and never touched that half pot of spicy soup again.
“Spicy food is bad for your stomach, eat less.” King Yan warned Shen Wei.
Shen Wei didn't care: "I like spicy food, I want to eat it."
King Yan smiled helplessly, he liked Shen Wei's personality, innocent and lively, yet true to herself.
If it were any other concubine, after hearing Prince Yan admonish her to "eat less spicy food", she would never touch chili peppers again from then on.
But Shen Wei is different, she likes spicy food, so she will definitely insist on it. This is her personality, which is different from the other docile concubines in the palace.
"You can eat spicy food in moderation, but not too much. The imperial physician said that you are weak and have a deficient spleen and stomach." Prince Yan smiled and shook his head, letting Chen Wei do as she pleased.
Fugui, who was standing next to him, was stunned.
As expected of Master Shen, he actually made the prince compromise! Tsk tsk, I’m afraid things are going to change in the backyard of this palace.
Shen Wei rubbed her stomach, and seemed to feel that she had eaten too much meat and felt a little greasy. So she stood up, ran to the vegetable patch, picked some of the growing cabbage and radish seedlings, and asked Caiping to wash them with clean water.
"Your Highness, please try this. These are vegetables that I grew myself." Shen Wei put the washed vegetable leaves into the clear soup pot.
Greens cook quickly.
The King of Yan had just eaten a lot of meat. Now he ate two chopsticks of cabbage leaves. The fresh and refreshing leaves immediately dispelled the greasy taste of the meat.
However, King Yan looked at the few small leaves and smiled and shook his head: "Weiwei, the vegetables you planted are not growing well - come, pick some of the vegetables I planted."
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