Palace Full of Delicacies

"What shark?" Ling Wang, who was playing a game of matching noses with the eldest son of the emperor, raised his head upon hearing this, and his cool little nose poked his cheek.

"Meow?" His Royal Highness the eldest son rubbed his nose onto Grandpa Seventeen's face.

His Majesty the Emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, and lightly tapped King Jing's Secret Fold with two fingers.In the past six months, the impact of strange fish has become more and more serious. The price of fish and shrimp in the capital has become ridiculously high. King Jing is extraordinarily diligent in catching fish in the East China Sea, and ships them to the capital every few days.Now, the deep-sea mermaids, these ethnic groups who have always only heard their names but never seen their names, have also been captured by him.

"Could something happen in the sea?" King Su frowned. The mermaids only live in the deep sea and rarely appear near the sea.

"Of course something happened." His Majesty the Emperor sneered. Sea monsters are alive, and it is impossible to wreak havoc only in the coastal waters.

Ling Wang wiped the snot off his face, picked up the kitten in the red vest and rubbed his head, "When will you enter Beijing?" He has never seen a shark in his life.

The gift list was only reported in advance by each fiefdom, and many gifts are still on the way, and the time to enter Beijing depends entirely on the weather.

The weather was not beautiful, and it snowed on the night when the gift list was presented.

Su Yu habitually woke up in the middle of the night, and found that His Majesty was close to him with his hands and feet curled up, knowing that he was cold.The slight changes brought about by the snow are nothing to ordinary people, but it is different to Mr. Cat who is afraid of the cold.

He stretched out his hand to tuck the quilt up for the emperor, but in the end he woke up Mr. Cat, who hadn't slept soundly in the first place.

His Majesty the Emperor opened his eyes and frowned slightly, "Is it cold?" After speaking, without waiting for Su Yu's answer, he suddenly turned into a golden cat, slipped into the bed, and slipped into Su Yu's underwear familiarly. Curled up against his chest.

Really, this stupid slave didn't even say a word when he woke up from the cold, so I must take the initiative to sneak in and warm him up.

In winter, the Empress Dowager was afraid that the two men would not be able to take care of the children, so she let the eldest son of the emperor sleep in the Ci'an Palace at night, which avoided the distress of big cats and kittens grabbing territory in the bed at night.

Su Yu blinked, and was tickled by the warm fur, not only his body was itchy, but also his heart was itchy, he couldn't help reaching into his inner shirt, and touched His Majesty's furry body.In the past few months, the body of the golden kitten has grown very fast. It seems that after the age of 20, the body will grow into a big cat within a year like an ordinary cat.

Feeling comfortable under his touch, the emperor gradually stretched out his limbs, and pressed his furry belly against Su Yu's chest. His hind paws kicked against his lower abdomen, and his front paws stretched out, gently touching Su Yu's chin. A long strip, which is convenient for Su Yu to touch from beginning to end.

"It seems to be snowing outside." Su Yu hugged the hairball in his arms, listening to the sound of snowflakes outside the window quietly.

His Majesty the Emperor moved his body forward, exposed his head, and patted Su Yu's face to signal him to come over.

Su Yu bowed his head, and received a cool and furry kiss, and His Majesty's voice came from the sea of ​​consciousness, "En." With a single tone, there was no more words.

What does um mean?Su Yu was stunned.

The warm meat pad slapped him on the face, and His Majesty the Emperor kissed him again impatiently, "Didn't you say it was snowing? I will answer."

Su Yu twitched the corner of his mouth, this kind of casual promise, as a cat, you don't have to be so demanding!Raise your hand, press the cat's head in the neck nest, tuck the quilt tightly, and sleep!

The road is slippery in the snow and the tribute is on the way, so we can only move forward slowly.

In a blink of an eye, it is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.

On the Laba Festival, a family banquet is held in the palace.There is no prince and clan to attend this family banquet, only the queen mother, emperor and concubines, if there are princes and princesses, they will also participate.All in all, this is a family banquet in the inner palace. Everyone gathers together to drink a bowl of Laba porridge, making it lively.

Because there were no foreign ministers present, the singing and dancing at the family banquet could be performed by the concubines. I seldom saw the emperor's concubines, so they naturally tried their best to show their faces when they said anything.

During the day, the concubines in the harem were busy rehearsing the evening song and dance, but Su Yu was busy cooking porridge.

His Majesty the Emperor clamored that he didn't want to eat beans, but Laba porridge had to be eaten. Su Yu couldn't, so he could only make some small fish balls to serve as beans.

The thin fish sent by the East China Sea, as the name suggests, has a very thin body and many spines, so it can only be smashed to make fish balls.The flesh of this kind of fish looks relatively soft, but it is unexpectedly tough after being boiled in boiling water. No matter how small a piece is, it can be condensed into fish balls, which taste smooth and elastic.

Su Yu mixed the minced fish meat with different vegetable juices, and then squeezed it into pearl-sized, colorful small fish balls, which looked like beans of various colors at first glance.

The palace banquet is held in the Dongnuan Hall, the emperor and the queen mother sit in high positions, and the concubines sit on both sides of the palace.Of course, there was only one male concubine, Su Yu, so he sat alone on the left side, while the other concubines crowded on the right side.

His Majesty the Emperor originally wanted Su Yu to sit beside him, but since the Empress Dowager was also present, it was unbearable for Su Yu to sit on the same seat as the Empress Dowager, so he had to give up with a displeased face.

At the beginning of the banquet, several talented people danced a colorful silk dance together. The music was melodious and the colorful silk was flying, which was very beautiful.In the cold weather, several talented people wore thin silk clothes, swaying their slim figures, trying hard to attract the emperor's attention.

His Majesty the Emperor focused on picking fish balls from the porridge bowl and did not look up at all.

"Meow..." His Royal Highness, the eldest son of the emperor, wearing a dark yellow vest, got out of the dragon robe, looked around, and softly called to Su Yu who was not far away.

Su Yu raised his head, smiled at the kitten, and signaled him to be obedient.

"Meow meow—" The kitten has been more than three months old, and now it can meow more and more than when it was just a full moon.

His Majesty the Emperor frowned slightly, picked up a green fish ball and stuffed it into the kitten's mouth, blocking the coquettish voice.

"Be careful to choke him." The queen mother whispered to the emperor disapprovingly, and raised her hand to hug the kitten.

It is well known that the royal family of Da'an likes to keep cats, so the concubines are not surprised to see the queen mother holding a kitten, "Is the emperor raising a new kitten?" Shu Zhaoyi smiled and joked.

"This is the son of the holy cat." The queen mother smiled and wiped the porridge-stained fur with a handkerchief.

The concubines all smiled and praised, saying that the kitten is very energetic and must be a good mouse catcher.Su Yu almost spat out the Laba porridge.

After the performances by the talents, it was Zhaoyi who appeared on the stage. These ladies, not to mention proficient in everything in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, basically have one or two specialties.

After De Zhaoyi played a lyre, she looked at Su Yu who was still concentrating on drinking porridge, "I don't know what the concubine is going to perform, but the concubines have been curious for several days."

Su Yu raised his head inexplicably, looked at the provocative De Zhaoyi, "I don't want to perform." He can't sing or dance, so he wants to perform a boiled fish ball?

The concubines didn't expect Su Yu to be so straightforward, and De Zhaoyi was stunned, but they couldn't say anything because she was a concubine.Thinking about it, Su Yu is a concubine, so naturally he doesn't have to do the things that singers and dancers do, and the feeling of complacency that he had been secretly proud of for being in the limelight disappeared completely.

"Report to the emperor, King Jing's new year ceremony has arrived." Eunuch Wang's reply broke the awkward atmosphere in Dongnuan Hall.

"Present it." His Majesty the Emperor swallowed the last fish ball and waved his hands.

Because the sharks are too rare, the Queen Mother also wanted to see them after hearing about them. It happened that they arrived in Beijing today, so His Majesty the Emperor sent someone to bring them directly to the palace banquet.

Following the transmission, a burst of fine bells sounded from outside the hall.

The door of the hall opened, and the cold wind from outside the hall instantly blew in, followed by a very faint smell of sea fish.

The heavy door closed quickly, keeping the cold out, leaving only a woman in tulle standing helplessly in front of the door.

The woman was wearing a light blue silk skirt, which clearly outlined her graceful figure. She couldn't see her face clearly from the side of the light veil, but she could tell from the shining eyes that she was a rare woman. beauty.The long black hair is without any decoration, it just hangs around the body, reflecting the candlelight, you can see a layer of faint blue.

This is the legendary deep-sea shark.

Everyone in the hall, including Su Yu, was attracted by this mysterious beauty.

His Majesty the Emperor stared at the merman walking slowly forward for a moment, and the kitten in the empress dowager's arms raised its head, sniffed its little nose, and tilted its head in doubt, "Meow?"

When the concubines came back to their senses, they naturally noticed the emperor's reaction, and immediately felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

"The girl in the sea has seen His Majesty the Emperor." A slender figure prostrated herself in the center of the hall, her soft voice was like the singing of a lark, with a somewhat confusing tail. Legend has it that the singing of a shark can disorient ships in the sea.

An Hongche frowned slightly, he didn't expect the merman to speak so clearly, he thought that the merman could not speak as a fish, at most he could call twice like a fish.

"It's nothing unusual." On the beam, a black and yellow spotted tabby cat curled its lips.

"Shut up!" The big black and white cat next to him patted his brother's paw. At this moment, there was no sound in Dongnuan Hall, and it would be bad if the emperor heard it for a while.

King Ling remembered not to make any noise this time, but silently opened his mouth and bit his brother's ear.

His Majesty the Emperor got up, walked down the high platform, did not let the Merman get up, walked slowly in front of her, "lift the veil."

Seeing the emperor's reaction, Su Yu's heart tightened for no reason.

The merman looked up at the handsome Emperor, and slowly raised his hand, the veil covering his face fell off instantly, revealing a charming face.

"Bah bah," Ling Wang spat out the hair in his mouth, "it looks like this." Fortunately, he still expected fish lips under the veil, who would have expected that it would look exactly like a mortal.

King Su also felt a little bored, "It's better to go to Anguo Pagoda." Earlier, Su Yu sent a big pot of fish ball Laba porridge to the national teacher, His Royal Highness Zhao rushed to Anguo Pagoda to accompany the emperor's uncle for the festival after hearing about it. The two didn't go because they were curious about the shark, but now they regret it.

"Let's go, maybe it's still too late." After Ling Wang finished speaking, he turned and ran.

King Su looked back at the shark again, and ran away.

His Majesty the Emperor looked at the Merman quietly for a while, "Bless Bixiao Palace."

The concubines were in an uproar, Bixiao Palace was only a place for four concubines to live, and this new beauty didn't do anything, just lived in directly.While being jealous, he couldn't help but look at Su Yu's reaction, he was a little gloating, the flower was not a hundred-day success, what if he was the only favorite before, let's see, with a newcomer, the emperor will soon forget about him.

The author has something to say: Little Theater:

The cats went to Bixiao Palace to watch

Uncle Seventeen: Will you change your lips into a fish lip?

Uncle Thirteen: The tail is quite big, the barbecue should be good

National Teacher: Such a big fish should be able to offer sacrifices to the heavens several times

Brother: sister-in-law, is this rough?

Da Mao: Mi!Meow meow meow!

Merman: Fish can be killed, but not humiliated!