After completing his daily tasks of flattering his father and showing affection to his mother, Li Hong went to the East Palace.
Although he is already six years old, as the official crown prince, he now lives in the East Palace, which is separated from the imperial palace by only one wall.
The Eastern Palace of the Tang Dynasty was not a good place. Legend has it that thirteen years ago, in the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, many people died here, and the ground was covered with a lake of blood. The stench of blood did not gradually dissipate for three years.
So much so that the most flourishing flowers in the Eastern Palace were the carnivorous peony, along with willows and locust trees.
Every spring, the peonies in the Eastern Palace are the most beautiful in Chang'an.
Li Hong didn't like this stuff. He mainly liked wearing floral clothes and making himself smell nice, which would attract bees to sting him.
It wasn't because he liked Naha, but because Naha got stung by a bee, so he would catch a bee and sting her again before he would stop.
It would be quite a sight to see onions planted in the East Palace.
The sight of cabbages growing in the East Palace is also quite spectacular.
The cabbages planted in the East Palace are also a spectacular sight.
Li Hong has decided that once the cabbage grows to more than five pounds, he will go to his father, the Emperor, to report the good news and name the cabbage Xianqing Vegetable.
If the cabbage bulbs that sprouted were large enough, Li Hong planned to present them to his mother and name them "Empress's Cabbage."
As for the onions, Li Hong decided to keep them for himself.
When Li Hong returned to the East Palace from the palace, he saw Changsun Wuji with his hands behind his back, looking at the blue sky.
Li Hong did not hesitate and immediately went over. However, this time he did not bow, because he knew that he was now the Crown Prince, the emperor, and no matter how powerful his uncle was, he could only be a subject.
Changsun Wuji seemed to have snapped out of his daze, looked down at Li Hong, and bowed, saying, "Greetings, Your Highness."
Li Hong returned the greeting, saying, "No need for such formalities."
After performing the rites of respect between ruler and subject, Li Hong immediately relaxed and asked Changsun Wuji with a smile, "Is Ancestor sunbathing here?"
Changsun Wuji forced a smile and said, "The sun here isn't warm."
Li Hongdao: "Is the sun warm there?"
Changsun Wuji said, "The sun was very warm when your imperial grandfather was still alive. Even if your heart was cold, it would warm up after basking in the sun for a while."
Li Hong looked at the sun in the sky with a puzzled expression. There was no wind in Chang'an today, and the sun was still quite warm.
When he tried to speak to Changsun Wuji again, he found that the man had already walked far away.
Li Hong didn't understand why this was happening. In the past, Changsun Wuji had liked him very much, and even held him on his lap while chatting with his father.
Standing atop the imperial palace's steps, a casual glance downwards reveals the towering and peculiar Big Wild Goose Pagoda of the Great Ci'en Temple.
Upon seeing the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Li Hong wanted to visit the unremarkable little courtyard at its base.
Li Yifu's hemorrhoids flared up today, so the afternoon banquet was canceled. Strangely enough, Shangguan Yi also fell ill at the same time, and it's unclear whether he has the same problem as Li Yifu.
Without his master, Crown Prince Li Hong could enjoy a carefree life all day long.
Never waste your limited life on endless learning. These were the words Yun Chu said to Li Hong when they parted.
Therefore, Li Hong did not put all his energy into his studies. His father was not good at studying, not as good as Li Chengqian, Li Tai, or Li Ke. So, Li Hong felt that if he studied too well, his father would see the shadow of his uncles in him, which would be bad.
"Let's leave the palace and head to Jinchang Ward."
Li Hong gave the order, and when he arrived at the palace gate, the carriage and guards were already ready.
Li Hong's bodyguard leader was General Chen Zhi.
Chen Zhi should have been the General of Ningyuan, but Li Hong disliked it and instead called him the Onion General.
Under his command, there was also a Cabbage General and a Round Cabbage General.
Although they were all weak generals, their martial prowess was by no means weak.
General Yuancong led eight hundred cavalrymen on a journey of no less than ten thousand miles through the Western Regions, and finally brought back Yuancong, who was a first-rate talent in both martial arts and intelligence.
Li Hong treated him the best.
Li Hong woke up too early in the morning, and the swaying of the carriage made him fall asleep. He didn't wake up until the carriage entered the bustling Jinchang Ward, yawning.
Li Hong stuck his head out of the car window, sniffing like a puppy at the rich smell of cooked meat in the alley.
Then he jumped down from the carriage, used his feet to climb over a crooked locust tree by the roadside, and then jumped off the wall.
This is the Jin Chang Fang Grand Canteen, a place specifically for cooking meat. Every day, five to six thousand catties of beef, pork, chicken, donkey meat, and dog meat are cooked here and then sold to people all over Chang'an.
The group of greasy, obese women showed no surprise at the sudden appearance of the Crown Prince.
Even while carrying a huge steamer, he merely bowed slightly to His Highness the Crown Prince as a gesture of respect.
This is a world for fat people. Both men and women are very fat. Li Hong used to think it was because they secretly ate meat.
Later I learned that these men and women who were busy cooking meat all day long would rather eat bamboo than eat the meat they cooked.
However, they were all really fat.
Li Hong's favorite thing is freshly cooked large chunks of beef. Yun Chu once said that if children eat more of this, they will not only grow taller but also gain lean muscle and strength.
A fat cook used an iron hook to rummage through a huge iron pot, then scooped out a piece of yak rib meat with a good balance of fat and lean. He used a foot-long knife to trim off the yellowish fat on the meat, leaving a piece of beef the size of a human head, neither too fatty nor too tough. Li Hong then used a small iron fork to spear the meat and began to tear at it fiercely, while gesturing to a servant to bring a ladder.
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