Chapter 874 Imperial Dinner
After Zhang Juzheng received the oral order from Emperor Jiajing to give a banquet, Zhu Pingan also received the oral order from Xiaohuangmen.
"The Holy Spirit gave me a meal?"
After receiving the oral instruction, Zhu Ping'an was very surprised. What day is it today? Why did Emperor Jiajing give a banquet today?
After hearing from Xiao Huangmen that Yang Guoliang and Zhang Juzheng were also given a banquet, Zhu Pingan understood why Emperor Jiajing gave the banquet.
Because of preaching.
I and Yang Guoliang were in charge of giving lectures yesterday, while Zhang Juzheng came to give lectures this afternoon.
This afternoon while Zhang Juzheng was giving lectures, Zhu Ping'an and Li Chunfang went over to meet Zhang Juzheng. After all, they were both colleagues from the Hanlin Academy. They and Li Chunfang were in Xiyuan Sizhi again. The managers all had to go and stand.
It makes sense that Emperor Jiajing gave a banquet to the prince’s lecturer. In this regard, Emperor Jiajing is very similar to modern parents of students. Please take the trouble to treat your child's teacher to a meal and express your gratitude.
It seems that parents all over the world are the same.
Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
In the evening, as the sun set in the west, in a golden place, under the envious eyes of Yuan Wei and others, Zhu Pingan followed the young eunuch to the Zhishan Palace for a banquet.
Zhishan Palace is located in the direction close to the concubine's palace. Along the way, I met many palace maids with bright clothes and beautiful appearance.
See no evil.
You cannot take advantage of the harem. Today you are a palace maid, but tomorrow you may become the harem mistress. How can you watch it yourself? You must know that Emperor Jiajing can't tolerate a little grain of sand in his eyes.
Life is precious, don't treat it inappropriately.
Zhu Ping'an reminded himself not to look sideways all the way, only looking at the road under his feet, and followed the little eunuch to the Palace of Perfection.
Zhu Ping'an's caution is justified.
In fact, there are many eyes hidden in places where Zhu Pingan cannot see, recording all Zhu Pingan's words and deeds in notebooks, and soon these notebooks recording Zhu Pingan's words and deeds will be sent around Go to the cases of Emperor Jiajing.
Including Yang Guoliang and Zhang Juzheng who came to Zhishan Palace on the other two roads, they also received the same treatment.
After walking for about ten minutes, Zhu Ping'an saw the Zhishan Palace very close at hand.
Zhishan Palace is surrounded by a pool of water. Duckweeds and green lotuses naturally grow in the water. It is green and clear. There are also clusters of flowers and grass on the shore. The wind blows the flowers, and thousands of them weigh down the branches. The petals fall on the ground like a flower carpet, which is very beautiful.
Different from the golden glazed tiles in the palace, the dome of Zhishan Palace is made of red glazed tiles, which becomes even more red under the afterglow of the setting sun.
"Master Zhu, please come this way." The little eunuch led Zhu Ping'an through the hall and came to a room.
The room is very spacious and elegantly decorated, but there is only a short and long table, and a futon cushion is placed behind the table.
"Master Zhu, please take a seat." The young eunuch placed the cushion in the middle position behind the tables and invited Zhu Ping'an to take a seat.
"Thank you, father-in-law."
Zhu Pingan thanked him, then knelt down and sat down at the table. To be honest, Zhu Pingan was used to sitting on chairs and stools, and he didn't like the posture of kneeling. It will be fine, but if you sit for a long time, numbness in your legs, feet, and buttocks will appear.
Judging from this layout, I am the only one in this room. It seems that Zhang Juzheng and Yang Guoliang are also the same, alone in another room.
Zhu Pingan is familiar with the banquet system of separate meals, but this is the first time Zhu Pingan has heard of such a banquet system.
However, Emperor Jiajing was the biggest in the entire Ming Dynasty, and Emperor Jiajing could give as many banquets as he wished.
You are responsible for eating yourself.
After Zhu Ping'an sat down at the table, before his buttocks got warm, he heard a sound of footsteps, and then saw Huang Jin walking in accompanied by several eunuchs.
"I have met Mr. Huang."
Zhu Ping'an left the table and stood up, cupping his hands and bowing to Huang Jin.
"Master Xiao Zhu, there is no need to be polite. You are all distinguished guests in the palace today, so please take a seat." Huang Jin walked forward with a smile and reached out to support Zhu Ping'an.
After Zhu Ping'an came to the table, Huang Jin said again, "Today, the Holy One will not have dinner with Mr. Xiao Zhu. The Holy One said that you have done a good job in preaching the scriptures, and I have told the old slave to entertain you well. Mr. Xiao Zhu, I must let you eat well and drink well. Haha, the Holy Spirit also said that you can eat more easily."
Individual food? !
Well, Emperor Jiajing was really serious about practicing Taoism. Zhu Ping'an had only seen scenes of fasting in modern fairy novels before, but he never thought that he could meet people who were fasting in reality.
Actually, Emperor Jiajing was right about one thing. If Emperor Jiajing didn't come, this meal would definitely be easier. After all, being with a king is like being with a tiger. No matter how brave you are and no matter how good your appetite is, you will be stressed when eating next to a tiger.
"I thank you for your kindness." Zhu Ping'an was at the banquet and bowed in the direction of Emperor Jiajing's palace. Then he bowed his hands to Huang Jin and thanked him, "Thank you, Mr. Huang."
"Haha, Master Xiao Zhu is too polite. , pass the meal."
Huang Jin smiled slightly, and then nodded to the accompanying young eunuch.
"Yes."
The little eunuch nodded in response, turned and walked to the door, called the waiter outside, and began to pass the food around.
"Master Xiao Zhu, let's go meet Master Zhang and Master Yang. If you need anything here, just tell them." After ordering the meal to be passed on, Huang Jin said goodbye to Zhu Ping'an with a smile.
"Huang Gong, walk slowly." Zhu Ping'an returned the salute with his hands in hand.
After Huang Jin left, the chamberlain brought in the imperial dishes one after another, and placed them on the tables in front of Zhu Pingan.
There is an endless stream of waiters serving dishes.
Hot dishes, cold dishes, soups, snacks. Soon, the table in front of Zhu Pingan was filled.
In particular, there is a large plate of hand-caught mutton in the middle of the table, which exudes the aroma of meat that reaches the tip of the tongue. When it is placed on the table, the mutton ribs are still trembling slightly. The meat is red and white, fat but not tangy, and the color is attractive. Man, wisps of meaty aroma slowly wafted out along the crisp and tender mutton.
There was also a plate of dipping sauce next to the hand-picked mutton.
This dish attracted Zhu Pingan's attention as soon as it was served.
It seemed like it was back to the days when I was traveling in Ningxia with my roommates when I was in school. The three of us got lost and rode for a day, and finally arrived at a small town. At the entrance of the town was a hand-caught mutton stall facing the street. It was the first time we had hand-caught mutton. With the original feeling of eating mutton, the taste becomes more and more greedy as you eat it. It is really an unforgettable memory.
"Master Zhu, please use it with caution."
A table of royal meals was quickly served. The young eunuch stood aside and invited Zhu Ping'an to eat.
This table of royal meals is full of color, flavor and flavor. There are more than twenty dishes. It can be said to be extremely rich. However, I don’t know if the young eunuch forgot it or something. This table of extremely rich royal meals is missing. Chopsticks
Coincidentally, Zhang Juzheng’s table of equally sumptuous imperial meals happened to be missing chopsticks.
"Thank you."
Zhu Ping'an, who was attracted by the mutton, said "Thank you" when he heard the word "please use it slowly", and couldn't wait to reach out and grab a bone of the mutton rib. He dipped it into the sauce skillfully and started to devour it.
Eating mutton with your hands is the most authentic way. Emperor Jiajing is not here anyway, so why bother to pay so much attention to it.
Didn’t even notice that there were no chopsticks on the table. (End of this chapter)