This is not the Datang I am familiar with

Hearing Shangshi Dingyu's voice, Chen Fang quickly saluted with Shangshi Dingyu.

"Are you Chen Fang, the official of Honglu Temple who presented the chrysanthemum wine recipe?"

It was Wu Meiniang who spoke. It seemed that Li Zhi next to him was not suitable to speak at this time. After all, he was seriously ill, and Chen Fang was surprised to be able to sit here.Chen Fang remembered that Li Zhi had an eye disease, but the history of this world had changed a long time ago, and Chen Fang didn't know what Li Zhi's disease was.

This Wu Meiniang's voice was nice, and it was different from the anxious voice that day.However, the bead curtain blocked it, so the face could not be seen clearly, so it was not suitable to see it at this time.

Wu Meiniang's words were as if Wu Meiniang and Chen Fang had never met before, and she knew Chen Fang only after Chen Fang presented the prescription of chrysanthemum wine.

This woman is also a good actress, but Chen Fang already knew that this woman was powerful, and if she wasn't great, she couldn't be the number one empress of all time.

"It's Weichen!"

"Be flat!"

"Yes! My minister thanked the emperor, thanked the empress!"

"I heard that you also learned a method of refining oil from the envoy of the Western Qin Dynasty, and the fried dishes are quite delicious."

"Exactly, this humble minister has the guts to let the emperor appreciate it!"

"Well, present it!"

At this time, the maids presented the dishes one by one, and every time a dish was presented, Shangshi Dingyu would definitely let Shangshi Dingyu try it.

The so-called food testing is poison testing. Since someone poisoned the royal meal in the previous dynasty, the royal meal has been inspected by special personnel.

Food is naturally safety first, and taste and other things can only be left behind.

What Chen Fang didn't expect was that Shangshi Dingyu was the one who tested the poison. Aren't the court dramas in his memory all about a loyal old eunuch testing the poison?

But thinking that these meals come from the Shangshi Bureau after all, and Shangshi Dingyu is in charge of the Shangshi Bureau, it seems that it is most appropriate for her to come to test the poison.

I am afraid that someone will poison me, so I need to taste it carefully and test the poison with silver needles.This royal family is different, and people directly test the poison.

This is naturally the safest way, but it's also a little cruel. Can't you let a few rabbits go?

The dishes that Shangshi Dingyu tried were brought into the bead curtain one by one by the maid, and Chen Fang didn't dare to look around at this moment.

Just glanced at Shangshi Dingyu, and saw that the face of this female official who had been in charge of the Shangshi Bureau was constantly changing at this time.

For each dish, the lady next to her would use special silver chopsticks to hold a small dish, and Shangshi Dingyu's expression on her face would change several times every time she tried a dish.

Unbelievable, savor slowly, a little intoxicated, and finally, the dishes in the mouth pass through the taste buds on the tip of the tongue, brewing into the unspeakable eyes of Shangshi Dingyu looking at Chen Fang.

In the process of cooking, Shangshi Dingyu has already smelled the aroma of the dishes, and knows that this dish is much more delicious than the usual meals prepared by the Shangshi Bureau.

But after all, he just smelled its fragrance, and the taste of the dishes exploding on the tip of his tongue made Shangshi Dingyu a little unbelievable that the food could be so delicious.

Trying dishes on weekdays is just a form and a duty to her.

But at this time, it has become a kind of enjoyment. If it weren't for her status at this time, she might not be able to resist eating a few more mouthfuls.

"Not bad! Meiniang, what do you think?"

Li Zhi, who had not spoken there all this time, actually spoke at this time, and it can be heard from his address to Wu Meiniang that Tang Gaozong loved Wu Meiniang very much.This kind of doting is different from other emperors, it's not just a doting for a woman, there are some other emotions in it.It seems to be appreciated.

Li Zhi likes Wu Meiniang not only for her appearance, but also for her talent and temperament.

Chapter 15 is just a tool man

But then Li Zhi coughed again, Wu Meiniang quickly patted Li Zhi's back, and gently stroked Li Zhi's chest with the other hand.

"The emperor's condition has just improved, so don't talk too much!"

"Well! Let you worry about it!"

...

Wu Meiniang and Li Zhi spoke in very soft voices, but Chen Fang had sharp ears and eyes since he was a child, so he could hear some of them, but he couldn't hear the rest clearly.But it can be heard that Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang have a very good relationship.

This is not surprising, even in the history that Chen Fang remembered, Wu Meiniang and Li Zhi had a very good relationship, not only as a relationship between husband and wife, but also in the way of handling some major national affairs.

Chen Fang even remembered from some historical materials that Li Zhi had intentionally passed the throne to his wife instead of his son. It was precisely because of this unanimous view of state affairs that the officials were against it.

But in this world, due to the change of history due to the butterfly effect, Wu Meiniang entered the palace directly when Li Zhi was the emperor, and there was no fierce fight for favor with the queen and concubine Xiao Shu in the middle, so the relationship between the two is naturally better.

It is no exaggeration for the two to be called a model royal couple.

As for Wu Meiniang secretly asking someone to bring Chen Fang into the palace, it was entirely because Li Zhi had been seriously ill for a long time, bedridden and lonely in his boudoir.

Wu Meiniang just regarded Chen Fang as a tool, at most, Chen Fang's appearance satisfied Wu Meiniang.After all, I am looking for a man to relieve the pain of loneliness, and it is best to look natural and pleasing to the eye.

Naturally, Chen Fang wouldn't mind this. In fact, he really hated the opening of the time travel.

The third party, who is willing to do it, anyway, Chen Fang is not willing.What's more, this third person also appeared between the emperor and the queen, which is a little bit wrong, but that is the ending of death without a place to die.What's more, Chen Fang has already died once.

In his heart, he wished that Li Zhi's condition would improve quickly until he recovered. Wu Meiniang would get entangled with Li Zhi every day, forgetting about himself and marginalizing himself.

Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang talked again, Li Zhi may have talked a little too much, and coughed violently again.

Chen Fang might not feel anything at this moment, but Tao Hong monk Shi Dingyu was already feeling turbulent in his heart.

The emperor actually praised Chen Fang's craftsmanship, and it was really rare to say something good from the emperor's mouth.

But Shangshi Dingyu was even more surprised than Taohong, she was in charge of the Shangshi bureau, she knew the emperor's daily diet best, Li Zhi was seriously ill, and it was extremely difficult to eat.

Don't say that the meal is good on weekdays, it is already difficult to eat it.The usual meals are mostly liquid food. It can be said that the emperor usually takes more medicine than meals.

It's so rare to even boast today.Moreover, the emperor and the empress whispered, Shangshi Dingyu also listened to some, the emperor is extremely satisfied with today's meal.

After Shangshi Dingyu couldn't help but peek at the bead curtain, Li Zhi had already eaten a lot, which was impossible in normal times.

And there, Li Zhi even signaled that the maids and eunuchs serving beside him were still serving food.

By this time, Li Zhi had eaten much more than usual.

And there, after Wu Meiniang saw that Li Zhi's breath was calm, she continued to eat.

Shangshi Dingyu noticed that the empress ate a little faster than usual today.

The emperor's family also paid attention to the speed of eating, and it was faster than usual at this time. It can be seen that this meal not only made Shangshi Dingyu feel delicious and intoxicated, even the emperor and empress liked it very much.

"There are also dumplings, Chen Fang, you have a heart!"

There, Wu Meiniang finally boasted that Wu Meiniang was born and lived in the north, and northerners like pasta the most, especially dumplings.

There is even a saying that nothing tastes better than dumplings, and nothing more fun than...

Of course, Chen Fang doesn't know if there is such a sentence in this era, there probably isn't, anyone who dares to say that will definitely be beaten by his brother.

"Your Majesty, how about you try this?"

Wu Meiniang picked up a shrimp dumpling and handed it to the plate in front of Li Zhi. The eunuch next to him was about to serve it, but Li Zhi couldn't wait to pick it up and put it in his mouth.

The old eunuch serving the emperor's meal was slightly startled, he had not been serving the emperor's meal for a day or two, and he had never seen the emperor moving chopsticks himself.

The delicious shrimp dumplings were no longer hot, and they exploded in Li Zhi's mouth. The fresh shrimps were full of juice and quickly permeated the tip of the tongue. The taste buds were instantly refreshed as if receiving a slight electric shock, which made Li Zhi's expression change.

Be fascinated by it and savor it carefully.

There, I picked up a dumpling for Li Zhi, and Wu Meiniang ate one by herself. This one was made of mutton.Wu Meiniang also ate mutton dumplings, and had eaten many times, when she was in the Wu family, in the palace.But today the mutton dumplings are obviously different from usual.

The eunuch who was serving at the side glanced at the empress again, and the empress closed her eyes slightly, as if she was chewing carefully, savoring carefully, with endless aftertaste.

"Chen Fang, I have eaten these mutton dumplings many times, why do you make them so much better than the ones I ate before?"

There, Wu Meiniang couldn't help asking, what is the identity of the empress of the Tang Dynasty, the future empress, and what kind of self-cultivation she is, and she still couldn't help asking at this time, which shows how different the mutton dumplings are from the ones she ate before.

"If you go back to the queen, the reason why the taste is slightly different is because Weichen treats the mutton differently than before."

"Well, this mutton is too delicious!"

At this time, Wu Meiniang's words made Shangshi Dingyu numb.

Compared with Chen Fang's cooking skills, his own cooking skills are simply unsightly.

"What kind of soup is this?"

Wu Meiniang asked again, originally she couldn't speak at all when eating, but today she has made too many exceptions.

“Egg corn soup!”

Chen Fang came back cautiously, but he didn't name anything graceful and luxurious.

The eunuch serving there served two small bowls for the emperor's empress. Li Zhi took a sip and then drank the whole bowl in one big gulp. Wu Meiniang also took a sip. See the bottom.

Shangshi Dingyu glanced at Chen Fang, what he saw, heard and experienced today made Shangshi Dingyu finally see how real food is made and how wonderful it is.

At this moment, Shi Dingyu had already started to brew an idea in his mind, and couldn't help but glance at Chen Fang again.

The emperor and empress were obviously very satisfied with this soup, at this moment Li Zhi couldn't control it, and actually hiccupped.

The meal was finally finished at this time, Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang whispered a few more words, Li Zhi waved his hand, and the maids began to remove the tableware and tables.

"You all retreat too, Chen Fang, please stay!"

There Wu Meiniang spoke again, Shangshi Dingyu also exited the hall, Tao Hong looked at Chen Fang, and left with Shangshi Dingyu.

At this time, there are only a few serving ladies and eunuchs, the emperor, the empress, and Chen Fang left in the Juda Ganlu Hall.With the bead curtain still in between, Chen Fang lowered his head.

Chapter No.16 I broke out in a cold sweat

"Is Shangshi Bureau still short of a Shangshi?"

"If you go back to the emperor, there is indeed a shortage of Shangshi Bureau."

"Then Chen Fang will work at Shangshi Bureau from now on! He specializes in making imperial meals."

The old eunuch froze all of a sudden, Shang Shi is a female official, how can Chen Fang do it, the emperor is...

The old eunuch didn't dare to think about it anymore, any more would be to slander the emperor.

Wu Meiniang coughed softly.

"emperor..."

"I almost forgot"

Li Zhi slapped his forehead, and at this moment he also remembered that this Shangshi Chen Fang could not do it at all.Although it is said that you are not joking, but it is a shock to make a joke!

At this time, of course, the sentence just now is over.

"But after eating the food made by Chen Fang, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat food made by others in the future."

It was rare for Li Zhi to say such a long sentence, and then coughed continuously. Wu Meiniang hurriedly patted Li Zhi's back, stroked Li Zhi's chest, and told Li Zhi to speak less.

The old eunuch looked embarrassed, and looked at Wu Meiniang at this moment.

The rules in the palace can't be broken, and this inner palace can't keep men, let alone ordinary men, even if the princes and ministers have an urgent matter to meet the holy driver, they have to pay attention to entering the palace once, and there are special routes and rules.

Besides the prince is young, he will also leave here when he gets older. The prince will naturally go to the East Palace, and the other princes also have their own mansions.

How could Chen Fang stay in the palace?

Unless, unless Chen Fang is also a eunuch.But if so....

When Chen Fang heard the words of the people in the curtain, he suddenly thought of one thing, the emperor would not cut me there in order to keep me cooking in the palace!

"Nimma, why didn't I think of it before, miscalculation, miscalculation!"

Thinking of this at this moment, Chen Fang was in a cold sweat, the more he thought about it, the more he felt it was possible.

This is the imperial inner palace, there can only be one man here, even if Li Zhi has been seriously ill for a long time, the place has become a display, but this inner palace can only have him as a leader.

Except for the maids, other men must not serve in this palace unless they are castrated, for fear of causing disaster to the harem.

In previous court dramas, the palace was full of imperial guards, but Chen Fang understood that it was just a drama after all.

As far as Chen Fang saw, the Forbidden Army in the Inner Palace actually mostly guarded the outskirts of the Inner Palace, such as Xuanwumen and other places.

It is actually rare in this palace, even if there are a small number of imperial guards, they are definitely one by one, standing there like nails.

In addition to the rotation, the rest of the time is absolutely not allowed to appear in the inner palace.The Forbidden Army in the Inner Palace can be said to have the strictest system.

In the previous dynasty, there were incidents of adultery between the forbidden army and court ladies and even concubines. Naturally, the control became stricter and stricter. Now, it has become a pattern of tight outside and loose inside.In fact, most of the guarding tasks in the palace were completed by eunuchs, even Chen Fang knew it.In fact, some of the eunuchs in this palace have been specially trained, and they are no worse than the imperial guards.

And even so, the eunuchs in the palace still need to check every year, just to see if the body is clean, if not, they need to make up for it.

I don't know if it was because of the transmission from the Western Qin Dynasty and the Northern Han Dynasty. Anyway, it is really difficult for the harem of the Tang Dynasty to accommodate men other than the emperor.

Chen Fang forced himself to be calm, but he was actually panicking inside.If the emperor's golden mouth opened and he slashed with a knife, then what's the point of being a man, it's better to die.

It's really useless to die like this after crossing the Tang Dynasty!