In ancient times, there were very few things to entertain people.
I am not interested in any of the arts of music, chess, calligraphy, or painting.
Not to mention the electric light, there wasn’t even a little match boy!
Then scare the little ones!
But Xiaolian, this chubby little brother, had taken the rice cakes. No matter how far away he went, what if he was captured by the bad guys and taken to the palace to work? In the past, when my mother saw that he was disobedient, she would always scare him with the emperor in the palace... This fat guy... was the emperor in the palace, the most terrifying villain in Jing Kingdom.
An emperor of noble status should not enter the kitchen.
Mencius said: "A gentleman stays away from the kitchen." In feudal society, Confucianism believed that the kitchen was for "servants."
This time, Eunuch Yang didn't stop Baili Tang—I didn't dare! I was afraid of offending His Majesty and getting a beating.
Xiaolian was nervous and curious. She was afraid of Baili Tang, but she also wanted to sneak a peek at this rumored tyrant.
"I, why haven't I lost weight yet?" Baili Tang asked several imperial chefs.
The royal chefs quickly shook their heads, then nodded vigorously.
"What do you mean?"
"Replying... Reporting to Your Majesty, I and others have been studying it recently." Someone answered tremblingly.
"If I still can't lose weight after a month, you'll all be punished with three hundred pounds!"
Your Majesty, why are you so partial to one and unfair to the other? My Lord, you made several mistakes, but only received forty punishments...
Liang Qiuyu is cooking a lotus root and pork rib soup. She uses very few pork ribs, mainly lotus root. The lotus root is grown in her own sandy fields. This kind of lotus root is soft and sticky, perfect for making soup.
Although lotus root and pork ribs soup is good for the stomach and helps digestion, you will definitely not gain weight if you don’t eat anything else.
Even if it was something Liang Qiuyu made, it had to be tested by a special person before Baili Tang could eat it.
"My beloved concubine is an amazing cook."
Liang Qiuyu sat aside, watching Baili Tang eat the lotus root and pork rib soup she had personally cooked. Even this simple act made her feel very happy. In the past, Mother had treated Father the same way. But Father had married Mother at the age of seventeen... and Father was only a few years older than His Majesty...
Baili Tang: It’s because you ancient people got married too early…
Xiaolian stood obediently by the side. Eunuch Yang had already told her that if she kept her mouth shut until she understood the rules, she would be able to survive.
Seeing His Majesty and His Majesty like this, she couldn't help but think of her poor mother. When her father was at home, he never spoke a word to her mother, and would always beat her up.
Poor mother, in the end there was not even a corpse left... Thinking of this, Xiaolian's eyes were dim.
She has been sensible since she was young, knows her limits, and can control her emotions.
Baili Tang finished his lotus root and pork rib soup and returned to his room. He realized that his presence would make everyone feel uncomfortable. After returning to his room, he ordered someone to call Zhang Dongzheng over.
As for Liang Qiuyu, she naturally took a shower and changed her clothes - she went to wash herself clean.
"Xiao Lian, who else is at home?"
"Reporting to the queen...Xiaolian only has my younger brother at home!" As for that man, just pretend he is gone.
"Would you be willing to stay with me and come to Beijing with me in the future?" That way she would have a fellow countryman to talk to. "Your younger brother can be taken care of by my parents. I am their only daughter..."
Without a word, Xiaolian immediately knelt down and said firmly: "Xiaolian is willing! Xiaolian is willing to follow the queen and serve her for the rest of her life!"
"Silly girl, when you reach marriageable age, I will... Then again, Xiaolian will probably be fourteen in a year or so, right?"
"My Queen..." Xiaolian was shy.
Xiyun County, a wealthy family.
The owner of this household is Liang Wenqing, the grandson of Liang Sangong.
The masked man who had just severed Chao Man'er's tail was Liang Wenqing. Not only Baili Tang, but even Liang Qiuyu couldn't possibly know Liang Wenqing's true identity.
Perhaps one person knows, and that is Liang Sangong.
Sitting on the main seat was a middle-aged man with an upright posture and a majestic look. This man was the "lord" mentioned by Jia Shidao and Pang Taishi, and also Chao Man'er's father, Chao Hong!
"Is that fat pig crazy? The disaster victims are starving and homeless, yet he's organizing a track and field meet and a dance party in the evening. I've lived for 28 years and have never seen such a fool!"
Chao Hong did not answer his daughter, but asked Liang Wenqing, who was both civil and military, "Wenqing, what do you think?"
Liang Wenqing's expression was serious. "I'm afraid there's something fishy going on here. But I can't figure out why. Perhaps it's a tyrant who wants the victims to live in vain and debauchery?"
Chao Man'er was furious: "Never mind what he does, Brother Wenqing is a skilled martial artist. He can easily break through the Fatty's guards and capture him!"
Chao Hong tapped his daughter's forehead, his tone rather helpless: "Daddy has often told you to study more, but you never listen. Don't regret it in the future, for you will regret not having read enough when you need it."
"Dad, what's the point of learning to read? You and Auntie are well-read, yet you still end up like this... Dad, instead of guessing, why don't we go to the scene and see what the tyrant emperor is up to?"
Yes, what exactly is Baili Tang up to?
Throughout history, whether in the Li Dynasty or in previous dynasties, has there ever been such a method of disaster relief?
Chao Hong naturally wanted to pierce Baili Tang's heart with a sword to commemorate the hundreds of members of his Chao family and the 100,000 Chao family soldiers!
And, to get revenge for his silly sister!
But he couldn't. Once he did that, Jingguo would be torn apart... and he would become a sinner of Jingguo!
In Baili Tang's room, he wrote a song for Lord Zhang. After reading the lyrics, Lord Zhang knelt on the spot and said, "Your Majesty, this is absolutely unacceptable. The content of this song is not in line with feudal ethics, it insults our ancestors, and it brings disgrace to our family..."
Baili Tang sighed:
"Sing loudly when you win and stop when you lose.
The sorrow and hatred are endless.
Let's drink today and get drunk today.
Worry tomorrow and worry tomorrow. "
——"Self-Comfort" by Luo Yin of the Tang Dynasty.
What Baili Tang wanted to express was: I don’t know whether I can survive and return to Beijing, so why should I care about those damn etiquette?
Drink today and be drunk today, worry about tomorrow when it comes.
Zhang Dong was reciting the poem silently in his mind. He was astonished at first, and then he couldn't help but sigh in his heart - Your Majesty, if you had known this would happen, why did you do it in the first place?
Lately, he's been hearing a palace maid utter a line of poetry: "If only life could be as it was when we first met." He asked the maid who wrote it, but she didn't respond. It's said that His Majesty wrote it for Concubine Liang.
He didn't believe it at the time. How could His Majesty write poetry?
At this moment, he believed it without a doubt.
Not only because of the poem, but also because of the song that His Majesty had just written for him.
What's impolite? Master Zhang, who has traveled extensively, is quite open-minded. He said this just to shift the blame. If someone asks him later why Zhang Dongzheng didn't stop Your Majesty, I would have stopped him.
"His Majesty……"
"Still not?"
"Your Majesty, Music?"
Temperament refers to the rhythm, mode, etc. of music. Mode refers to the tune of a song.
Baili Tang: "I can teach you to sing it a few times... If you dare to leak it, I will punish you with one hundred lashes a day!"
Hey, a king of a country actually did such a thing. If it gets out, what will happen?
Lord Zhang was overjoyed and said, "I will keep my mouth shut!"
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