Chapter 295 What did Mr. Shen have for breakfast?
It was still pitch dark outside early in the morning.
Shen Zhaonian and Shen Keting had already gotten up. They had a quick breakfast, put on their court robes, and left.
I have to attend the morning court today and cannot be delayed at all.
When Shen Zhaonian and his son arrived at the palace, many officials had already arrived.
Seeing Shen Zhaonian, many people greeted him.
"Morning, Master Shen."
Shen Zhaonian nodded: "Morning, everyone is up early."
"That's right. I always come here as soon as I get up."
Before the morning court session, officials were notified on short notice that today's court session would be held half an hour earlier than before.
All the officials had their own guesses, but they did not dare to make any comments.
But while waiting for the morning court bell to ring, the officials could not help but start whispering.
"Why did the court meeting suddenly start earlier than expected, half an hour earlier?"
"I find it strange too. Is there something important to announce?"
"It's possible, but I don't know what it is. Is it a good thing or a bad thing."
"Not necessarily. Maybe His Majesty has other things to do today. That's why he wants to hold court early so that he can leave early."
"Well, it seems to make sense when you put it that way."
As they talked, the topic went off track.
"It's so early today, have you all had breakfast?"
"When my wife heard the news yesterday, she asked someone to buy some pot cakes. This morning, she asked the chef in the mansion to roast them over charcoal fire for a while. We ate them when they were hot. They were so delicious."
"Really? Can pot cakes be kept overnight?"
"Yes, I have thought about this question before. When I was eating Guokui in the food court, I specifically asked the store owner, and the store owner taught me this method. Today I put it into practice."
"Oh, if I had known earlier, I would have followed Lord Wang's example. I wanted to buy something to eat on the way today, but it was too early and there was no food for sale. I'm still hungry now."
"I'm fine. I ate two steamed buns before I left. My wife had them steamed for me. They were stuffed with meat."
"Alas, I am alone and no one prepares breakfast for me. Yesterday I asked the servants in the mansion to buy some pies, and I just ate one in a hurry on the way."
As they chatted, someone thought of Shen Zhaonian.
"Master Shen, what did you have for breakfast today?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone else looked at Shen Zhaonian, waiting for his answer.
In the eyes of everyone, even if everyone couldn't have breakfast, Shen Zhaonian couldn't miss it.
Moreover, not only would he be able to have breakfast, he would also be able to eat well.
Shen Zhaonian didn't expect that these people would suddenly come and ask him this question while they were chatting happily.
He smiled slightly: "I didn't eat anything, just a bowl of millet porridge and two meat buns."
As soon as these words came out, someone spoke up.
"It must have been prepared by Lady Yinghua. Lord Shen is so lucky."
"Yes, millet porridge nourishes the stomach. Meat buns are delicious and nutritious. Princess Yinghua got up so early to prepare such a rich breakfast for Lord Shen. She is really filial."
Shen Zhaonian was stunned by the praises. He didn't say that it was Zheng'er who prepared it.
But if you really want to be particular about it, it was indeed Zheng'er who asked the cooks in the mansion to prepare it, so it can be indirectly considered as Zheng'er's preparation.
Suddenly someone spoke up again: "I wonder what the fillings are for Mr. Shen's meat buns?"
Although they all eat meat buns, Lord Shen’s meat buns should be a little different from those of others.
After all, his meat buns were prepared by Princess Yinghua herself.
The others seemed to have thought of this as well, and they stopped discussing and looked at Shen Zhaonian.
Shen Zhaonian still smiled slightly: "It's a bun stuffed with donkey meat."
The man who asked the question just now flashed with surprise: "Donkey meat buns? Are they delicious?"
Shen Zhaonian recalled the taste of the donkey meat bun and nodded involuntarily.
“It’s delicious. It’s really delicious.”
Speaking of which, these donkey meat buns are really delicious.
Compared with the buns filled with pork in the past, it is many times more delicious.
Well, I can have two more donkey meat buns for breakfast tomorrow.
When the officials around saw Shen Zhaonian's expression, they guessed that the donkey meat buns must be delicious, and some even couldn't help swallowing their saliva.
He is worthy of being Lord Shen. Even the filling of his meat buns is different from others.
In addition to being envious, the officials from the Ministry of Revenue around them were secretly planning to go to the food court to ask after the court session.
They had experience that whenever Lord Shen mentioned or ate some new and exotic food in front of them, they would be able to buy it in the food court or Yipintang and Lianxiangzhai shortly afterwards.
Maybe after the court is dismissed, there will be donkey meat buns on sale.
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