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In the evening, Eunuch An left drunkenly.

Not long after he left, one of Li Chaoqin's personal eunuchs came over and told Li Yuanqing the news that tomorrow night, New Year's Eve, the young emperor Tianqi invited Li Yuanqing to attend the royal family's family banquet.

Li Yuanqing quickly thanked the young eunuch with a banknote. The young eunuch was overjoyed and handed Li Yuanqing a small box before leaving excitedly.

Li Yuanqing closed the door, opened the box, and couldn't help but reveal an indescribable smile.

There was nothing in the box, but at the bottom, there was a long black thread.

Li Yuanqing put the black hair to his mouth and sniffed it gently, and the smile on his face couldn't help but get bigger.

I can't go back tonight.

Fortunately, Li Yuanqing was doing well here, and it was not difficult to deliver news outside the palace. Through the old palace maid, he informed Huang Guoshan and Kong Youde that they should go to Wuyu Pavilion to prepare for the New Year, and then pick him up outside the palace gate on New Year's Eve.

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The emperor invited me to a family banquet, and it was a family banquet on New Year's Eve. This was a huge honor.

Li Yuanqing originally wanted to prepare some gifts for the little emperor Tianqi, but at this time, he was restrained in the palace and could not do anything.

The next morning, Li Chaoqin's personal eunuch came back and told Li Yuanqing what to pay attention to during the dinner and asked Li Yuanqing to make preparations. The emperor was still thinking about his barbecue.

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but smile and thanked him quickly.

Time passed quietly, and New Year's Eve in the second year of Tianqi came soon.

It's a pity that the Heavenly Palace is not beautiful, and heavy snow has fallen. In the past few days, the roads cleared by the eunuchs and maids with great difficulty have been covered with thick snow again.

In the evening, Li Yuanqing was led by the young eunuch to a palace.

This is not the palace of the little emperor Tianqi, but another huge palace, which is very spacious and has a huge courtyard.

Behind the red wall, you can see many towering trees and rockery buildings, but they are all covered in white at the moment.

Li Yuanqing also understood that there might be the legendary imperial garden outside the wall.

The palace was very empty, but there were kettles and braziers lit everywhere. The temperature was very comfortable and I didn't feel cold at all.

In the middle, the young eunuch and the royal chef were already busy, setting up the stove and stands in preparation for the barbecue.

Li Yuanqing had an idea and smiled at the eunuch in charge: "My father-in-law, can you prepare a pot for the general and cut the mutton into slices?"

Li Yuanqing was the only non-royal person invited to the banquet tonight. The eunuch in charge did not dare to neglect, and said with a smile: "It's a small matter. General Li, please wait a moment, the Za family will send someone to prepare immediately."

"Thank you, father-in-law." Li Yuanqing hurriedly smiled and saluted.

Soon, someone had prepared the pot and mutton, and at this time, the imperial chef also arrived.

Li Yuanqing then ordered the imperial chef to make some base ingredients based on the ingredients in his memory, and also asked him to prepare some fresh tripe.

Although these imperial chefs didn't know what Li Yuanqing meant, compared with them, Li Yuanqing was much more noble. In addition, Li Yuanqing was going to grill meat for the emperor tonight, so they couldn't neglect it and hurriedly prepared it.

After a while, everything was ready to go.

Li Yuanqing ordered the young eunuch to raise the brazier, set up the pot, put in the base ingredients, and when the heat was about the same, cook the tripe first and set aside.

Although mutton-boiled in hot pot originated in the Yuan Dynasty, in the Ming Dynasty, not many were good at it. It was not until the end of the Qing Dynasty and the reign of Emperor Qianlong that this way of eating became popular.

In later generations, it has become commonplace to eat barbecue with only hairy tripe and some seafood.

It's like barbecue all the time, it's inevitably greasy, and coupled with Tianqi's identity as the little emperor, if you want to whet his appetite, you naturally have to use your brain more.

Not long after, a young eunuch outside shouted, "His Royal Highness King Xin is here."

After a while, Zhu Youjian came to Li Yuanqing with a smile. Seeing the things Li Yuanqing was preparing, he was also a little curious, but he was very well-educated. He cupped his hand and said: "General Li, thank you for your hard work."

Li Yuanqing smiled and said respectfully: "Being able to serve the Emperor and His Highness King Xin is a blessing from a humble position."

After all, Zhu Youjian was still a child. After asking the courtesy, he smiled quickly and said: "General Li, what are you doing? It looks like it's very interesting?"

The tripe is very thin and almost cooked when put in water, and the base soup is prepared by the imperial chef, so the taste is absolutely undetectable.

At this time, the tripe was already cooked. Li Yuanqing took out one, tasted it with a smile, and said with a smile to Zhu Youjian: "Your Highness, King Xin. This is a way of eating Mongolian people, and it tastes pretty good. You

Come and try one?”

Zhu Youjian's eyes lit up when he heard that it was the Mongolian way of eating.

At this age, he is most curious about new things.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Mongols have caused countless troubles to the Ming Dynasty. At this time, he could actually eat their delicacies in the palace. How could he not be excited?

He quickly took a piece of hairy tripe and put it in his mouth. For a moment, he looked a little strange and said, "General Li, why does this taste like this? I have never tasted this kind of taste."

Li Yuanqing smiled and said: "Your Highness King Xin, tripe is the intestines of cattle and sheep. With your status, it is naturally difficult to eat this kind of thing. What do you think of the taste?"

Zhu Youjian chuckled and said: "It smells a bit evil, but it's strong enough and quite delicious. General Li, do those Mongolian Tatars often eat these things?"

Li Yuanqing smiled and said: "These things are treasures to them. Ordinary Tatar people cannot eat them. Only nobles can eat them regularly."

Zhu Youjian thought thoughtfully, "These foreigner Tatars all feed on meat. It's no wonder that they are so warlike. General Li, can you tell me about those Tatars?

How do they eat?"

Just when Li Yuanqing was about to explain to Zhu Youjian and get closer to the future Emperor Chongzhen, a young eunuch outside shouted, "The Queen is here."

The two quickly got out of the way.

After a moment, Queen Zhang, accompanied by dozens of eunuchs and maids, walked in from the outside.

She was obviously dressed up carefully today. She wore a golden crown on her head, a snow-white fur coat, a light green skirt on her lower body, her calves were tightly tucked up, and a pair of exquisite and noble leather boots at her feet.

It makes people afraid to face it.

Zhu Youjian hurriedly saluted Queen Zhang and said, "My brother, please see the Queen."

Empress Zhang smiled faintly and said, "If you believe the king, you will be forgiven." As she said that, she looked at Li Yuanqing again.

Li Yuanqing hurriedly kowtowed and saluted, "Li Yuanqing, who holds a humble position in Liaodong, has met the Queen. She is very lucky."

At this time, Li Yuanqing was less than two steps away from Queen Zhang and could clearly smell the fragrance on her body.

However, although Li Yuanqing was kneeling and looking at her feet at this moment, his eyes couldn't help but instinctively glance upward. I'm afraid he would never forget the scenery that night even if he turned to ashes...

"General Li has done great service to the country. Please come to him as soon as possible."

Empress Zhang smiled calmly, waved her hand to signal Li Yuanqing to stand up, and brought up a gust of fragrance.

From Li Yuanqing's position, he was inhaling all the smell of her body. For a moment, he couldn't help but feel relaxed and happy.

But I secretly marveled in my heart, 'The Creator is really miraculous. Her front and back faces are so perfect...'

Queen Zhang smiled and said: "King Xin, General Li, what are you doing?"

Zhu Youjian hurriedly smiled and said: "Back to the Queen, General Li is making a Mongolian Tatar delicacy. It tastes very good."

"oh?"

Queen Zhang's big jewel-like eyes couldn't help but light up.

She had certainly eaten Li Yuanqing's whale meat. She also knew that the whale meat Li Yuanqing personally grilled for the little emperor Tianqi made the emperor drunk.

That day, it was purely an impulsive move, and now that she has calmed down, she regrets it endlessly.

However, she was very interested in Li Yuanqing's craftsmanship and said with a smile: "General Li, can you let me try it too?"

Li Yuanqing hurriedly smiled and said: "Queen, please use it."

Li Yuanqing hurriedly picked up a bunch of tripe and wanted to hand it to Queen Zhang.

But at this time, a big eunuch behind him took it first, smiled charmingly and handed it to Queen Zhang respectfully, "Queen, please use it."

Li Yuanqing was a little disgusted with the cold, but he also understood what he was being rude about, so he quickly and carefully stepped aside, not daring to reveal too much.

Empress Zhang picked up the string of hairy tripe, took a careful bite with her red lips, and frowned. After a moment, she took a few more bites, with a slightly strange expression on her pretty face, and said with a smile: "General Li, this, this thing,

It doesn’t seem very delicious.”

Li Yuanqing hurriedly smiled and said: "Queen, the way of eating Mongolian Tatars is a bit vulgar. You mainly need to drink wine to suppress the evil smell. If you eat it alone like this, there must be some evil taste. Wait, I've finished it.

, it should be much better.”

Empress Zhang couldn't help but smile, "That's good. I'll come back later to try General Li's craftsmanship."

As she spoke, she led dozens of followers and walked towards her throne which was not far away.

Just as Zhu Youjian was about to continue asking Li Yuanqing for advice on the Tatar issue, another eunuch shouted from outside: "The emperor has arrived. The holy lady has arrived."

After a while, the little emperor Tianqi, accompanied by Hakka, walked into the room with a smile.

Everyone around them hurriedly saluted, and Queen Zhang also came down from the throne to greet her.

"No gifts, no gifts."

The little emperor of Tianqi smiled and waved his hand, seemingly in a good mood, and said with a smile: "General Li, are you still used to it these days? Haha. The main reason is that I drank too much that day, and now I still have a headache. Otherwise, we can still do it

Let’s grill the meat again.”
To be continued...