Obviously, the question Ji Qingzhou raised was beyond Li Zhan's expectation.

But he saw that the young man was looking at him without distracting thoughts, so somehow he agreed.

In the past, Li Zhan never ate in the palace, one was out of caution, and the other was that it gradually became a habit.

But today, he suddenly realized that this habit doesn't seem impossible to break...

Although Ji Qingzhou is not a servant serving meals, he also knows the rules of serving meals.According to the rules of the Great Yu Dynasty, there should be two people serving meals, one is in charge of testing the dishes, and the other is in charge of serving dishes for the master.Those who try dishes can't ask the master's preferences, they have to try them one by one, and the person who picks up dishes should also "dip the rain and dew" on each dish, and can't favor a certain dish too much, so as not to expose the master's preferences.

Ji Qingzhou stood in front of the table holding the bowls and chopsticks, hesitated for a while, and decided not to follow this rule.First, the regent has never been willing to be served, so he probably doesn’t like the fancy rules in the palace. Second, Ji Qingzhou thinks that the regent is probably hungry, and the other party can’t eat well if he talks too much, so he is not a flatterer. Did it hit the horse's hoof?

So Ji Qingzhou leaned over slightly and asked, "Which dish does the prince like to eat?"

The man sat at the table and looked up at the young man beside the table. After a moment of silence, he only uttered two words, "Anything you want."

"Then I will come according to my own preferences." After Ji Qingzhou said, he took a piece of sweet and sour fish and put it in his mouth.

The fish was freshly killed, the meat was fresh and tender, and there was no fishy smell in the mouth, and the sweet and sour sauce was just right, and the slightly sour taste immediately aroused Ji Qingzhou's appetite.

"Delicious." Ji Qingzhou blurted out.

Li Zhan: ...

Seeing Li Zhan sitting still, Ji Qingzhou suddenly realized that there was a missing person serving food beside him, but he knew that Li Zhan didn't like to be served, so he couldn't go out and ask someone to bring food for him right now?So after he finished trying the dishes, he changed a pair of chopsticks and took a piece for Li Zhan.

Seeing this, Li Zhan finally raised his hand to take the chopsticks in Ji Qingzhou's hand, and reluctantly took a bite.

Seeing this, Ji Qingzhou seemed to be encouraged, took his own chopsticks and started to try the dishes again. After a while, he tried all the dishes on the table.When Ji Qingzhou first passed through, he didn't feel much about the dishes made by the imperial dining room. Tu Dayou often brought him delicious food in different ways, but he was not greedy, and he couldn't find anything too big about eating. up the fun.

But recently, for unknown reasons, he has suddenly developed an unprecedented love for things.

Not only did I eat more, but I also became hungry faster, and my stomach often started to growl when I was on duty.

"Why do you do this?" Li Zhan asked suddenly.

Ji Qingzhou secretly thought that because he had read the original book, he knew that the regent had not been poisoned in the later period, so it should be safe to try dishes for him, and he would not be poisoned to death.Moreover, Ji Qingzhou felt that he had no leverage. Since the regent wanted to recruit him, he should show some sincerity.

But of course he couldn't say that, he just bowed his head and said: "Being able to share the worries of the prince can be regarded as repaying the kindness that the prince pleaded for the Ji family."

When the boy said this, his face was sincere, and for some reason, the corners of his eyes were slightly red.The man raised his eyes to look at the young man, he couldn't ask what he wanted to ask, and he said after a while, "This king eats by himself, you can go down."

When Ji Qingzhou heard the words, he saluted hurriedly and left.

But he had a feeling that tonight's courtship to the regent should be a success.

As soon as Ji Qingzhou left, Dong Dong came.

When he saw that his prince was eating in the palace, his face turned pale with fright.

"How dare the prince eat in the palace?" Dong Dong glanced at the dishes on the table, his eyes fell on the sweet and sour fish missing half of his body, and he was surprised: "And the appetite is so good?"

Li Zhan put down his chopsticks and glanced at the sweet and sour fish, then said calmly, "I didn't eat it."

The young man didn't know whether it was carelessness or what happened. He tried several dishes on the table, especially the sweet and sour fish. He lost half of it just by trying the dishes...

The fish was sour, and there was nothing delicious about it.

"My lord, are you planning to take Young Master Ji for your own use?" Dong Dong asked.

Li Zhan got up and went to the window to look at the night outside, and said, "Didn't you always want me to do this?"

Dong Dong hurriedly said: "This subordinate has thought about it... But I didn't expect that you would trust him so much and let him do such an important matter. Are you not afraid that if he betrays you and spread the matter?"

"He's not that stupid." Li Zhan said lightly.

Dong Dong was startled when he heard the words, knowing that his prince had already made up his mind, he didn't dare to say anything more.

To talk about what happened today, the person who was most surprised was Tu Dayou.

Especially when he learned that Ji Qingzhou was trying dishes for the regent, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

"Aren't you too courageous?" Tu Dayou stretched out his hand to pinch Ji Qingzhou's arm, and said in a low voice, "Don't die?"

Ji Qingzhou looked at Tu Dayou and asked, "Don't you give up after the palace banquet?"

On the night of the palace banquet, Tuda tried to poison him. Although Ji Qingzhou didn't ask the mastermind behind the scenes, he thought that this matter would be impossible, and thought that the other party had already given up.But seeing Tuda's expression today, Ji Qingzhou realized that things may not be as he thought.

"You..." Tu Dayou shook his head, seemingly helpless.

Ji Qingzhou knew that Tu Da would not tell the person behind it easily, so naturally he would not ask too much, so he changed the subject and said: "The sweet and sour fish made by the imperial dining room tonight is really good, and the glutinous rice ball The dish wrapped with sweet-scented osmanthus... tsk, what a pity."

"Isn't that meatball dish good too?" Tu Da said a little bit.

"Are there any meatballs?" Ji Qingzhou asked.

After a while, Ji Qingzhou realized that Tu Dayou was teasing him, and immediately laughed and said: "You are familiar with the people in the imperial dining room, please tell them to send more delicious food to the prince, maybe it will be cheaper for me."

"Don't worry, I'm here." Tu Dayou said with a wry smile.

Ji Qingzhou heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and he knew that if he had been testing dishes for the regent king in the future, he would probably not encounter any danger.

Early the next morning, Ji Qingzhou woke up and saw a pack of snacks on the table.

He opened it and saw that it was a sugar ball wrapped in sesame seeds, and he knew it was given to him by Tudayou without asking.

In the past few days, every time he came back from duty, he was dizzy and hungry, and he had to complain to Tuda several times.Tu Dayou has always been caring, and the snacks prepared for him are very convenient to carry, and it is not easy for people to find out if he secretly eats one in his pocket from time to time.

But Ji Qingzhou obviously underestimated the sense of foodie.

As soon as he received the little emperor after the morning court, the little emperor smelled the clue, pulled Ji Qingzhou's sleeve and said: "Grandpa Ji, you smell so good."

Ji Qingzhou was afraid that the little emperor would tell him the whole story in front of the regent, and then hurried away. He was really entangled by the little emperor on the way, so he secretly took out a sugar ball from his pocket.

"Wow..." Li Cong was actually not gluttonous, but the queen mother was afraid that he would spoil his teeth, so she never let him eat too much sweet food, so when he saw sweet things, it was as if he had met his fate.After all, he is only a child less than five years old, who doesn't like sweets?

"Hush." ​​Ji Qingzhou avoided the servant following behind him, and gestured to the little emperor.

According to the rules, he secretly fed the emperor, which is a taboo and should not be publicized.

After all, the little emperor had experience in hiding candy, so he understood immediately, and quietly stuffed the candy ball into his mouth, covered his mouth with his hand, and immediately smiled contentedly.

Ji Qingzhou sent the little guy to the palace school, spread out books and ink for him, and then got up and went out.Before leaving, the little emperor still winked at him, as if there was a little unknown secret between the two of them.

Lu Tingyi didn't want to see Ji Qingzhou at all, thinking that he would give pointers to the little emperor's schoolwork every now and then.However, his knowledge is far inferior to that of Taifu Ji, and he inevitably lacks confidence in the face of Taifu Ji, the youngest son, so he did not dare to refute it face to face, but complained to the regent behind his back.

It's just that the regent's attitude has never been answered.

Seeing that Ji Qingzhou has become more and more unruly, the palace school actually taught His Majesty how to wink and wink, how decent!

"The manners of a gentleman, whether you are sitting, lying, or walking, you should exercise restraint..." Lu Tingyi said dissatisfiedly and glanced at Ji Qingzhou outside, and shook his head helplessly.

Ji Qingzhou stayed outside the door and didn't take Lu Tingyi's accusation of yin and yang to his heart, and even secretly ate a sugar ball when he was not prepared.

In fact, Lu Tingyi complained to Li Zhan again and again, but Li Zhan didn't listen to it, but he just didn't have time to deal with it.

Today I finally had some free time, after finishing the matter at hand, I went to the palace school, thinking about asking about Li Cong's recent homework, and by the way, followed Li Cong back for lunch.

As soon as he arrived at the porch outside the palace school, he saw a slender young man leaning on the porch pillar from a distance. The posture looked really unruly, but it carried the laziness and sloppyness unique to young people.Probably did not expect that someone would come over at this hour, the young man looked very casual, the sleeves of the blue robe were rolled up to the elbow, revealing a white and slender arm.

Afterwards, the boy took out a sugar ball from his pocket, threw the sugar ball high, and planned to catch it with his mouth.

At the same time, out of the corner of his eye, the young man caught a glimpse of the people in the hallway, was startled, and swallowed the candy ball unexpectedly.

"Is it delicious?" the man asked.

Ji Qingzhou: ...

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