It's hard to be the king of rebirth

"My lord, which restaurant's chef are you hiring today?" Xu Bo lowered his hands, waiting anxiously for Zhou Xu's instructions.

In the past few days, King Xian's mansion has almost hired cooks from all the famous buildings in the capital. This move has almost become a highlight in the history of King Xian's dandyism.

According to folk rumors, the virtuous king with broken sleeves fell in love with a handsome felony prisoner in the dungeon, so he asked the emperor for a pass, and went to the prison every day to make a smile on the prisoner. He also invited famous chefs all over the capital to let him taste all the delicacies in the world.

The ordinary dandy said: Tsk tsk tsk, this virtuous king is really the No. 1 romantic dandy!It's a unique and elegant way to find the fun.

Scholars all over the world said: Tsk tsk tsk, can the emperor bear it?This virtuous king simply has no law in his eyes. How can a place like a dungeon be a place for him to have fun?

The ordinary people said: Tsk tsk tsk, rich!rich!Xian Wang is really rich!

Of course, Bo Ru secretly told Zhou Xu these rumors. After Zhou Xu listened, he couldn't straighten up laughing, be good, just say that I am singing to wine in the dungeon. When will I be in the dungeon?Let those jailers look at my Ah Sang in vain?joke!absurd!

It can be seen from these speculations that the eyes of the common people are the most discerning. A virtuous king is rich, and there is plenty of money.Everything else is false.

Since there is so much money that there is nowhere to spend it, why not let my Ah Sang eat all over the famous buildings in the capital?That's the reason.

So Uncle Xu has a good question, which cook should I hire today?

Yesterday I ate Shacha Beef and Wenchang Chicken from Yunxianglou, I ate crystal trotters and salted duck from Bailuge the day before yesterday, I ate boiled fish and Dongpo elbow from Shuyue Pavilion the day before yesterday... I basically ate them from all over the world. Why don't we have something fresh today?

Seeing the hesitation on the prince's face, Xu Bo knew that he could not make up his mind, so he tentatively said: "I heard that the Siamese people recently opened a Siamese restaurant in the south of the city. It's novel and delicious, I wonder if the prince would like to try it?"

As soon as Zhou Xu heard the word Siam, he thought of jackfruit, and suddenly became interested, so he asked Uncle Xu to invite the cook from the "Savadika" building.

Li Sang frowned slightly. The dishes that Zhou Xu took out of the food box today had a strong and strange smell of spices. This is the second thing. The point is, the dishes... It was a mess, a bit hard to describe.

"Ah Sang, I'm the cook of Siam today. Have you ever eaten Siamese food?" Zhou Xu arranged the dishes in the food box and said with a beaming smile.

Li Sang shook his head, because of the jackfruit incident, he had lingering fears about the word Siam.

Li Sang has the habit of drinking soup first, Zhou Xu filled him with a bowl of soup full of prawns and shellfish, held it in front of Li Sang, and a mixed smell of seafood and spices hit his face.I took a small sip, and unexpectedly liked it a little bit. It is both spicy and spicy, tender and smooth, and full of five flavors.

Seeing Li Sang's brows and eyes stretched, Zhou Xu knew that he liked it, so she also smiled.

Seeing Zhou Xu's appearance, Li Sang smiled wryly and said, "You don't eat, why are you looking at me with a smirk?"

"Our Ah Sang looks good." A day when he doesn't play tricks with Li Sang, he feels uncomfortable all day, and he also poured a bowl of soup for himself, and sure enough, the taste is distinct and unique.

Li Sang had been molested by Zhou Xu for a while, and he didn't make any progress at all. He blushed when he heard the glib and witty words, and pretended not to care, and said, "I'm not a little girl, I'm a big man, wearing a prison uniform, how can I Said it looks good?"

Zhou Xu raised his eyebrows and said, "The faces of girls from other families are mostly used for serving food and drinks. My Asang's is pretty, and can be eaten for food and used to survive."

The two jailers were so close that they couldn't hold back their burst of laughter for a moment, and Li Sang glared at them, so they reluctantly lowered their faces.

These words are very unreasonable, Li Sang thought to himself, this person really should clean up: "Well, you watch me eat this meal, you are not allowed to move your chopsticks."

Zhou Xu lowered the corner of his mouth, and said with an aggrieved look, "But you can't finish it all by yourself—"

Li Sang raised his mouth: "If you can't finish it, you can give it to them." Pointing to the two jailers, the jailer's face was full of indescribable words.

Hey, these days anyway, these two hard-working jailers are used to it...

Zhou Xu really only drank that sip of tom yum kung soup, then put down his chopsticks and watched Li Sang eat mouthfuls. Although his stomach was growling, his eyes glowed with satisfaction, just like watching his wife's confinement. ...

At first Li Sang was aroused by his naked gaze, but he gradually got used to it these days, he finished his meal in a leisurely manner, put down his chopsticks, and said slowly: "Thank you, my lord, for your hospitality."

Zhou Xu smiled and said, "As long as Ah Sang likes it." He thought to himself: It's good to be fattened up, it's good to be fattened up, hehehehe...

Li Sang pretended to be serious and said: "You entertain me in the dungeon like this every day, aren't you afraid that people in the world will scold the prince that you have no law?"

Zhou Xu raised his eyebrows: "Anyway, the reputation of the virtuous king as the world's number one dandy has long been established. Let them say it, and I won't lose anyway." Anyway, they were talking about the virtuous king, not Zhou Xu.

Li Sang raised his eyebrows, and said: "My lord can take it easy."

Zhou Xu suddenly half-closed his eyes and smiled, got up slightly and stretched his arms over a table of dishes, lightly touched Li Sang's lips, wiped it, and then brought his hand back to his own lips, and licked it. .

Yes, I licked it very delicately like tasting some peerless delicacy...

Li Sang's face turned red, and he kicked Zhou Xu's calf viciously under the table.

Zhou Xu clapped his hands to his calves while screaming, and pretended to be wronged: "I'm just hungry..."

The two jailers on the side were stunned, and they closed their eyes in unison, with a look of righteousness and dignity. When Zhou Xu left the dungeon and walked far away, one of them dared to lower his voice and say, "Brother, I have medicine for treating needles." Home remedies, do you want to try it?" The other nodded excitedly and said: "Okay, okay, brother!"

Before Zhou Xu returned to the palace, his buttocks were still hot, Bo Ru stumbled and came running out of breath, saying that the emperor was coming.

Zhou Xu clicked his tongue, and came so unexpectedly again.

"I heard that there are famous Siamese dishes in the capital in Hengzhi's mansion, so I came to have a look." The emperor said calmly, took a sip of tea, squinted at Zhou Xu and said, "I wonder if I might disturb Hengzhi?"

Zhou Xu checked the cold sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, and said respectfully, "It's an honor for the emperor to come to the house, so why bother?"

The emperor lowered his eyes, smiled without saying a word.

Uncle Xu winked at Zhou Xu desperately, and Zhou Xu understood, "It's just a coincidence that the cook from Siam just left, I'm afraid—"

Before he finished speaking, the emperor raised his eyes and gave him a cold look. Zhou Xu shuddered, and changed his words: "I'm afraid—it's too late for Uncle Xu to chase after him."

The emperor nodded in satisfaction upon hearing this.

Uncle Xu ran out of the hall in a flash, calling for someone to invite the Siamese cook back.Zhou Xu looked at the back of Xu Boru stepping on the Hot Wheels, and sighed secretly.

Is there any way, Li Sang's life now depends entirely on the emperor's words.Let him go to the dungeon so presumptuously, and have a big feast every day, it is already extraordinarily merciful.

No one dared to delay the emperor's order, and within an hour, more than a dozen Siamese dishes were on the table.

Tom Yum Kung Soup, Coconut Chicken Soup, Curry Fish Cake, Green Curry Chicken, Charcoal Grilled Crab, Charcoal Grilled Shrimp, Pork Neck, Curry Crab and Mango Rice... A strong and strange smell of spices hits the face. Except for the deviation between the color and the Central Plains people's aesthetics, everything else won the emperor's favor.

The emperor put a spoonful of mango rice into his mouth, chewed it slowly, and said, "This Siamese is very interesting. It is delicious to eat with mango coconut milk and rice."

Zhou Xu nodded and said, "It's really novel and refreshing. If you don't have an appetite in summer, it's probably very appetizing to drink it with ice water."

The emperor raised his eyebrows, looked at Zhou Xu and said, "Then it's settled, next year it will be hot, and I will come to your house to eat."

Zhou Xu paused for a moment before replying "Hello".

"Speaking of which, I was able to eat this novel Siamese cuisine thanks to the blessing of Mr. Lisang." The emperor's tone was light, but Zhou Xu felt a gust of cold wind blowing in Zhou Xu's ears, and his hairs stood on end.

"Brother Huang was joking, there is no delicacy in the world that cannot be tasted in the imperial kitchen." After a pause, he added: "Brother Huang is tolerant and kind, I will remember Li Sang's kindness in my heart, I will be forever grateful .”

The emperor put down the bowl and chopsticks, pondered for a moment, poured a glass of coconut wine, drank it all, and then said: "Your words are so beautiful, but there are things you can do... Which one will not make me sad?"

Zhou Xu was in a dilemma and didn't know how to answer, the emperor lightly raised the corner of his mouth, and said in a self-deprecating way: "Forget it, you are not the Hengzhi you used to be, how can you treat me like you did before?"

Seeing the emperor's description, Zhou Xu was a little surprised. He guessed that the coconut wine tasted sweet, and the emperor unknowingly drank two more glasses, so he said softly: "This wine still has some stamina, brother, please drink less. stop."

The emperor was noncommittal, and poured another full cup of coconut wine into the cup, pushing it until Zhou Xu said reluctantly, "Hengzhi, drink this cup for me."

Zhou Xu looked troubled, hesitated for a while, took the wine glass and drank it down.

There was mist in the emperor's eyes, he smiled with satisfaction and said: "You go to the dungeon to drink and eat with that person every day, but your drinking capacity has improved?"

Zhou Xu said with a sneer: "Brother Huang is joking, how dare I drink alcohol." Brother Huang, his words are full of traps.

The emperor raised the corner of his mouth slightly as if he hadn't heard of it, and said: "You know, the memorials accusing the virtuous king of being lawless are all piled up on my desk."

"..." Zhou Xu lowered his head, not daring to speak, he had all the advantages by himself, so there was nothing else to say.

"That's all, they say as they say, I don't care, but Hengzhi, you can come to the palace to accompany me to have dinner occasionally..." The tone was a bit pleading, not as calm as before.

"It's my brother's negligence. From now on, I will definitely go to the palace to visit the emperor." Zhou Xu has always been soft and not hard, but seeing the emperor like this, he felt a little sympathetic.

After dinner, the emperor and Zhou Xu sat opposite each other and drank tea, the slight drunkenness was also diluted by the tea.After the alcohol was completely over, the emperor got up and drove back to the palace. Zhou Xu sent him all the way out of the palace to watch the emperor get into the sedan chair.

Before getting up from the sedan chair, the emperor asked Zhou Xu to come up to him as if thinking of something, and said with a smile, "Hengzhi, your birthday will be ten days later. I have prepared a gift for you. You must be happy."

Zhou Xu was stunned for a moment, and said, "Of course my younger brother likes the emperor's ceremony the most." But he felt a little uneasy in his heart, wondering what the emperor would do next.

The emperor saw through his thoughts at a glance, and without saying anything, he smiled lightly and got up and drove back to the palace.

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