Chapter 292 The Distressed Emperor Kangxi
Emperor Kangxi frowned as he listened and looked over there, only to see two bowls placed neatly in front of the Tenth Master.
There was also an extra bowl at Lao Jiu's place.
A whole box of noodles, just eaten like that? Emperor Kangxi smacked his lips, a little overwhelmed by the taste.
When Jiu Ye saw Emperor Kangxi looking at him, he immediately said, "Your Majesty, I don't want to eat this noodle anymore. I'll give it to you, Your Majesty." As he said this, he looked down at the bowl of noodles reluctantly, and then pushed it towards Emperor Kangxi.
Emperor Kangxi looked at his son like this and immediately waved his hand and said, "You eat it." Emperor Kangxi felt that he would not snatch a bowl of noodles from the child.
Jiu Ye's face suddenly lit up with joy: "Thank you, Your Majesty. You are so good to your son." As he said that, he immediately took back the bowl of noodles that he had pushed out not far away.
Emperor Kangxi saw his son's happy expression and patted him on the forehead lovingly. "Eat more. You've lost weight. You can enjoy the food here. Remember that old man brought some dried meat? Have some."
"Thank you, Father." Jiu Ye was really touched. He immediately went over to get two bags of dried meat, tore them open, dipped two pieces in the noodles, and took a big bite himself. He ate so much that sweat broke out on his forehead.
The Tenth Master also grabbed a handful of dried meat, but then, remembering something, he came back to his senses and looked at Emperor Kangxi again, imitating the Ninth Master's words: "Father, my son's noodles are stained with my saliva. Would you like to taste it?"
Emperor Kangxi waved his hands in annoyance: "Keep it for yourself."
Emperor Kangxi felt a little uncomfortable for some reason because he wanted to eat the noodles but couldn't get them into his mouth.
Especially seeing the two of them eating so happily.
The tenth brother was okay, he didn't have any good table manners when eating.
But Lao Jiu is different. This kid knows how to enjoy himself.
He ate a mouthful of noodles, a sip of wine, and then a bite of canned grapes or peaches. Occasionally, he'd also nibble on some dried meat. He felt incredibly comfortable.
As he looked at it, Emperor Kangxi wanted to eat noodles more and more.
But now it was out of stock. Emperor Kangxi hesitated for a moment, then picked up a piece of beef jerky and put it to his mouth.
Try it. Seeing how these two guys are eating, it shouldn’t be too bad.
But as soon as Emperor Kangxi took a bite of the beef jerky, he choked and started coughing.
The spicy and refreshing taste instantly rushed into Emperor Kangxi's head, and he almost choked on his tears.
Liang Jiugong, who was standing next to him, was startled and came over immediately: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you? Your Majesty? Quick, quick, quick! Call the imperial physician."
Emperor Kangxi waved his hand: "I'm fine."
He glanced at the beef jerky in front of him again and couldn't help but put another mouthful into his mouth. This time he tasted it, it was so spicy that he gasped, but he couldn't help but say, "You know what, it tastes really good."
Liang Jiugong stared at it with his eyes wide open. He choked at the smell, so how could His Majesty have eaten it?
Looking at the Ninth and Tenth Masters who were gasping for breath as spicy as His Majesty, Liang Jiugong felt very nervous.
Ever since those gentlemen came back, he felt that this job was becoming increasingly difficult.
"Father, does it taste good?" The Tenth Master took a deep breath and said, "Although this beef jerky is spicy, it tastes great. It is simply the best beef jerky my son has ever eaten.
"This son only has a few packets, and I even begged them from my fourth sister-in-law. Father Huang, this time I have brought them all to you."
The Ninth Master listened and immediately said, "Father, I bear witness for the Tenth Master that he truly gave it all to you this time. He didn't keep any for himself."
Emperor Kangxi frowned deeply: "Is this difficult to make?"
The Tenth Master shook his head, then nodded, and then shook his head again.
Emperor Kangxi frowned: "Is it difficult or not?"
The Tenth Master said, "Father, I don't know. I've never seen anyone make it. But, no matter how difficult it is, Sister-in-law Four won't let us eat too much, saying she's afraid we'll upset our stomachs. I've never had enough."
Master Shi hasn't had a good meal of beef jerky for a few days.
"Little Fourth Sister-in-law?" Emperor Kangxi had heard them mention this more than once today. This Little Fourth Sister-in-law seemed to be a constant in their conversations. It turned out that the fourth son's wife could make these things?
Listening to the implications of the Ninth and Tenth Brothers' words, it seemed that the Fourth Brother's wife had a good relationship with them. Seeing that she cared about her brothers, Emperor Kangxi could not help but nod his head.
"Well, little Fourth Sister-in-law is a very kind person." The Tenth Master patted his chest and assured him, "And she also knows how to cook all kinds of delicious food. When you, Royal Father, go to Fourth Brother's house for dinner, you will definitely be able to enjoy her specialty fish hot pot."
"Little Fourth Sister's specialty is roasted rabbit legs, okay?" Jiu Ye immediately retorted, "That roasted rabbit leg is truly amazing. I still can't forget it.
"Little Fourth Sister's grilled fish, her large skewers of meat, and her grilled chicken feet. Oh, they're all sizzling on the grill, sprinkled with cumin and various seasonings. Wow, they're so fragrant."
Jiu Ye said this, took another sip of wine, and said, "Suddenly I feel that this dried meat is not fragrant anymore."
The Tenth Master had two mouthfuls of noodles left when he suddenly put down his chopsticks and looked at Emperor Kangxi expectantly: "Father Emperor, didn't you say you were going to dine at Fourth Brother's house? When are you going?"
Emperor Kangxi looked at the two younger ones and frowned, saying, "Why are you so anxious? I said I would definitely go, so I have to let the fourth one prepare."
When Emperor Kangxi heard what they said, he realized that all the food was prepared by the fourth son's wife. So, he didn't have to worry about it being too much.
After hearing this, Master Shi agreed and sat back down, eating his instant noodles.
Jiu Ye was watching as his noodles were almost finished. He couldn't help but ask, "Father Emperor, why hasn't Little Fourteen's food arrived yet? He said yesterday he'd send you spicy noodles. Our noodles are best eaten with spicy noodles."
The Tenth Master paused with his chopsticks and immediately looked up: "Yes, Father Huang, it's best eaten with spicy noodles."
Emperor Kangxi glanced at their mouths dripping with grease and said with a bit of annoyance, "You two still haven't eaten enough?"
Are these two brats' stomachs bottomless pits? They haven't stopped eating since entering the house, right? And now they're still talking about wanting to eat?
"It should be okay for me to eat a few packets of spicy strips," said Master Jiu.
"If it's fish hotpot, I can eat a big bowl..." said the Tenth Master.
Emperor Kangxi: "..." He must try what this fish hotpot and spicy strips are!
"Your Majesty, the Fourteenth Master outside wants to see you. He said he has brought you food." At this time, the little eunuch suddenly ran into the room to reply to Emperor Kangxi.
Emperor Kangxi said, "Let him in."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! I have brought food. You don't know that I put in some effort." The Fourteenth Master ran in with a smile on his face.
But when he got closer and saw what his ninth and tenth brothers were eating, his face suddenly froze.
"What are you...doing?"
When Emperor Kangxi met the look in Little Fourteen's eyes, he inexplicably felt guilty.
He coughed subconsciously and said, "Your ninth and tenth brothers are hungry, and the emperor asked them to have dinner here..."
Fourteenth walked a few steps closer and looked at the bowls of empty instant noodle soup in front of them. He immediately placed the two packets of spicy noodles on the table, his brows knitted into a knot, his face filled with sadness: "Father Emperor...you are eating instant noodles with Ninth Brother and Tenth Brother, and you didn't even call them your sons!
Do you know how much your son suffered yesterday for two pieces of instant noodles?
My son ate a bag of noodles yesterday but it wasn’t enough. He was hungry at night and all he dreamed about was instant noodles!
You and Brother Nine and Brother Ten are so wasteful, eating so much!"
Fourteenth pointed at the table in agony, his hands trembling with anger: "Tenth Brother! There are even two noodles dropped on the table in front of you, do you have any conscience?!"
He drank up all the soup when he ate instant noodles yesterday, and there were a lot of crumbs left in each of their bowls, but he didn't even eat them!
As Fourteen said this, his eyes instantly turned red.
Seeing this, Master Shi withdrew his hand that was about to grab the spicy strips and shrank his neck in fear: "Fourteen, please don't cry. Brother Shi will compensate you later, okay?"
Jiu Ye also swallowed hard and took some beef jerky over: "Fourteen, can I give you some beef jerky?"
Emperor Kangxi was a little panicked at this moment. He looked around but didn't know what to pick up. He just said, "Here are some canned food..."
Fourteen took a look and was surprised to find that many of the foods in their hands were things he had never seen before!
As soon as you smell it you know it's something fragrant!
After a moment of silence, he suddenly howled!
Fourteen has been the best at crying since he was a child. When he cries in Yonghe Palace, the Qianqing Palace in front can hear it.
Emperor Kangxi felt a surge of anxiety on his forehead. If this continued, it wouldn’t be long before the Empress Dowager came looking for him!
The Ninth and Tenth Masters exchanged a glance, then stepped forward and saluted, saying, "Father Emperor, you are busy, your sons and ministers will take their leave first..."
As they were talking, the two of them bumped into each other, and one of them grabbed a handful of beef jerky and ran away without a trace.
Emperor Kangxi looked at the two stinky boys who were slacking off with grease on their feet and was so angry that his teeth were itching.
It was all the fault of these two brats. They ate and drank here, and made Little Fourteen cry. But they just walked away, leaving this little devil to himself.
"Fourteen, stop crying!" Emperor Kangxi said sternly, "How old are you? You're still a king after all. Do you still have any dignity left? Aren't you afraid that others will laugh at you?"
"No! Father Royal, just be nice to my ninth and tenth brothers! You don't even like me! Why should I keep my dignity? Let anyone who wants to laugh at me do so! Ahhhh! Grandmother Royal! Please come and take a look. Your little Fourteenth is so wronged!!!"
He cried harder and harder, until the veins on Emperor Kangxi's forehead jumped.
"Okay, stop crying! Can I go get you some instant noodles now?"
Fourteenth's crying suddenly stopped. He wiped his tears fiercely and looked at Emperor Kangxi and said, "Is what the Emperor said true?"
Emperor Kangxi said with a stern face: "Is what I said false?"
Fourteen sniffed and said, "Father Emperor, where can we get instant noodles?"
Emperor Kangxi stood up in annoyance, pulled Fourteenth Prince out of the palace, and ordered: "Go to Yonghe Palace."
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