Chapter 167 The chaotic dynasty is hard to save!
Grandparents are always closer.
"Zhu Lin, Yunjuan is still young, and children's words are innocent. Just teach her well in the future, and forget about this time."
"And you, Yunjuan, you must understand the rules in the palace. His Majesty cannot speak carelessly."
"But..." Yunjuan wanted to say, I just saw that guy staring at my sister's breasts and legs with lustful eyes.
Seeing the stern looks from his grandmother and mother, he swallowed the words back.
"Bad guy, I will expose you sooner or later!" Zhang Yunjuan clenched his fists and thought hatefully in his heart.
Zhu Zhulin looked at Yun Shu, wondering if the matter of returning to Beijing would fall on her eldest daughter.
"Let's eat together. Since Your Majesty ascended the throne, the food in Renshou Palace has improved a lot. They are all prepared by the inner kitchen and sent to us while they are hot. There are many varieties and they taste great."
Empress Dowager Zhang ordered someone to serve the meal, and soon the table was full.
The person in charge of delivering meals to the Queen Mother today is Xiao Wei, the eunuch who has a good relationship with Cao Zhengchun.
Empress Dowager Zhang took the initiative to ask for a sumptuous meal. Xiao Wei did not dare to be careless and brought people over personally after the meal was ready.
Ever since receiving instruction from His Majesty, Xiao Wei seemed to have opened Pandora's box. All kinds of ideas emerged one after another, and his cooking methods were constantly innovated, reaching a level that even the royal chefs could hardly reach.
Xiao Wei introduced the dishes and cooking methods to everyone.
The first course was a small dessert, corn with pine nuts.
Corn was presented as tribute this year by a small Philippine nation. No one paid much attention to these local specialties. Your Majesty, while reviewing the records of the inner transport warehouse, discovered the corn and declared it a valuable commodity. Most of the corn was used for seed, while a small portion of the tender corn was sent to the inner kitchen for cooking. This pine nut corn was Your Majesty's original creation.
Wash the cucumber and carrot, cut into small pieces, and blanch them for two minutes. Set aside. Blanch the corn kernels for one minute and drain. Add a little soybean oil to a wok and stir-fry all ingredients. Season with salt and a little cornstarch to taste. This dish is nothing special; it's simply sweet and crispy.
The color was bright and the smell was sweet. Little Loli couldn't help but take the initiative to scoop a spoonful and put it in her mouth.
"So sweet! So sweet!" The little girl's eyes narrowed with laughter.
The others also started eating and praised the food highly.
The second dish is also a bit sweeter and is called Squirrel Mandarin Fish.
This dish tests your knife skills and sauce preparation. The mandarin fish is cut into small pieces, then evenly coated with flour and fried twice in a pan to make it crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.
Then use sugar and vinegar to make a sweet and sour sauce, add green beans, diced carrots, and pine nuts, add half a bowl of thin starch, bring to a boil, and pour it evenly on the fried mandarin fish before serving.
The third, fourth, and fifth dishes were all ones that no one had ever heard of.
Not to mention the little Loli, even the gentle and well-behaved Yun Shu was very excited and kept picking up her chopsticks.
"The food is not only delicious, it's simply heaven-beaten. I haven't been back to the palace for a few years, and the food has become so delicious. I really should let the chef at home come and learn from me." Zhu Zhulin also exclaimed in amazement. She grew up in the palace and had a deep understanding of the palace food. The food in Guanglu Temple was really a nightmare for her since she was a child.
"I am very satisfied with this meal. Everyone who comes today will receive a tip."
"Thank you, Queen Mother, for the reward! It is all thanks to your Majesty's guidance. I dare not take the credit for it."
"I'll take my leave!"
"I never thought that bad guys know so much about delicious food. If I could stay in Beijing, wouldn't I be able to eat delicious food every day?"
There was a great deal of joy in Renshou Palace, and Zhao Huan was completely unaware of all this.
When Zhao Huan returned to the warm room, he saw another stack of memorials sent by the Ministry of Public Administration.
Then comes the story of becoming a social animal and burying my head in work for the entire afternoon.
On the first day of June, there will be a great meeting.
This was the first official court session since Zhao Huan ascended the throne, and all officials above the fifth rank were required to attend.
The grand court meeting, also known as the new moon and full moon court, is held on the first and fifteenth day of each month.
At three o'clock in the morning, officials attending the grand court meeting would get up and prepare to go out, and enter the Meridian Gate in the order of "generals first, then close officials, then dukes and marquises, then the five ministries and six departments, then Yingtian Prefecture and miscellaneous officials in Beijing."
At five o'clock in the morning, civil officials entered the palace from the Zuoye Gate, and military officials entered the palace from the Youye Gate, and gathered in front of the Jinshui Bridge.
After the whip was blown, the officials crossed the bridge one by one and arrived at the gate of Fengtian Hall. Civil and military officials stood on the left and right, waiting for His Majesty to come to court.
After His Majesty sits on the throne, the whip is blown again, and after the names of the officials are called out by the Honglu Temple, the civil and military officials enter the Fengtian Hall and perform the ceremony of bowing once and kowtow three times. Then the grand court meeting officially begins.
Zhao Huan woke up at five o'clock and felt his eyelids fighting each other. In order to maintain the majesty of the emperor, Zhao Huan had to keep his eyes open and stare at the ground below.
I'm still a child, I'm still growing, why should I suffer this?
After getting up so early to attend court, will these officials all fall asleep on their desks when they return to the office?
Can the Song Dynasty adopt an 8-hour work system, with people starting work at 8 a.m. and finishing work at 6 p.m., with a 2-hour break at noon, which would be scientific, healthy and efficient?
This group of old stubborn people like to be conservative. I guess they would never agree to change the ancestral system even if they were trapped to death.
The post-00s have begun to clean up the workplace, so how can the post-90s remain unknown?
Zhao Huan's thoughts were infinitely divergent, and one idea after another flashed through his mind.
At around 6 o'clock, all the ministers finally stood still in the Fengtian Hall.
Officials from the Honglu Temple reported the number of people who came to the capital to express gratitude and those who left the capital to resign, and the censor reported the list of officials who behaved improperly in front of the emperor during the grand court meeting. Then the formal meeting began.
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