I opened the Taoist Temple in Datang

Wang Yuanbao made his fortune selling colored glaze, and now the small temple of Caibo Xingjun also has a lot of colored glaze products, such as statues and incense burners.Even the tiles on the roof are also high-quality glazed tiles.

It's a pity that the ridge of the roof was covered by heavy snow, most of which hadn't melted yet.However, the flying dragons and beasts on the roof are also made of crystal clear glass, shining brightly in the sunlight.

Although Li Longji is the son of heaven, he has always claimed to be a descendant of Lao Tzu, so he respects Taoist gods very much.The good day has arrived, and the sound of rites and music is played. He brings the prime minister Yang Guozhong and the important officials of the court to offer incense to Caibo Xingjun.

"Xuan—Wang Yuanbao has an audience!"

In the past, it was Wang Yuanbao who came to the Caibo Xingjun Temple to offer the first incense stick on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. This year, when the emperor came, this privilege would of course be given to the emperor.Li Miaozhen looked at Wang Yuanbao with great interest, because the location was a little remote, he could be vaguely seen wearing a sapphire blue Hu suit, and he was quite thin from the profile.

He seemed to be holding a tall box in his hand, which should be a gift to the emperor.

"I heard that the floors and walls in his house are covered with gold and silver!" Ajiao held his face and looked forward to it: "I really want to live in such a shiny house!"

Li Miaozhen couldn't help laughing, and turned her head to look into the distance, and saw that every household had hung ingot fish in front of the door.In other workshops, there are opera performers, those who pretend to be God of Wealth to patrol the streets, and those who set off firecrackers...everywhere is more lively than here!

She pulled Ajiao up: "Let's go, we came to the wrong place!"

Let's see what the emperor's offering of incense means!Li Miaozhen thought that Xingjun Temple would be a big show, but in fact the place was too small, only enough for a dozen people to settle down.She and Ajiao walked into the most lively Liquanfang in Chang'an City with great enthusiasm, where delicacies from all over the world gathered, and merchants invited guests to the store to drink the God of Wealth Wine for free.

Seeing a shop full of people, Ah Jiao stopped her and said, "Let's go and eat mutton?"

Li Miaozhen had Yang Xiezi hot pot in her mind, although she knew that it was unrealistic to eat hot pot in Datang, she still nodded her head and agreed.After finally finding a clean place upstairs, when Xiao Er Duan served the shop's signature food, she took a look and almost fainted.

Why did the store serve up the mutton dumpling stuffing! ! !

Just as she wanted to make a sound, she found that Ajiao, who was sitting across from him, had already scooped up a spoon, put it into her mouth and ate it with relish.Li Miaozhen saw that the minced raw mutton was mixed with some strange seasonings, and there was a strong smell of mutton...

In the palace, because Xue Cairen of Anren Hall is not used to the smell of mutton, she seldom eats mutton, and has never seen such a perverted practice.Just as I was thinking about it, the 'cut carp' I ordered was also served, which turned out to be a plate of sashimi.

Seeing her sitting stiffly, Xiao Er noticed that her eye color was different from that of Zhong Yuan, and thought that she was a very good-looking foreigner, so he said earnestly: "My lord, this 'raw mutton' is not to your liking. ?"

"In your store—" Li Miaozhen was at a loss for words as he faced the two servings of raw meat.She was just about to ask Xiao Er if she had any meat, when she looked up and saw the flag flying downstairs, the original name of this shop was: Fresh.

She could only give up struggling.

"Give me a pot of charcoal fire, a large pot of bone broth, and some seasonings." Li Miaozhen ordered him: "Add mutton bones, thinly sliced ​​mutton, and mustard cakes, green onion and ginger, and cabbage..."

She threw a bag of Kaiyuan Tongbao to Xiao Er. Although Xiao Er felt strange, he went anyway.In less than a quarter of an hour, all the dishes were ready, she set up the hot pot, looked at the steaming mist, and almost shed tears.

After living in Datang for more than ten years, I can finally eat hot pot!

Now it was the turn of Ajiao and the others to stare at her in astonishment. Li Miaozhen felt that the chefs in the shop were good at knife skills, and the fish and sheep were sliced ​​extremely thin.Although it is not as satisfying as the spicy butter pot, the bone soup bottom is also acceptable.In addition, common peppercorns and bean paste are available in this era, which can be used as dipping sauces.

Lamb bone absorbs the marrow, and the steamed buns are soaked in cakes.Siong is the Chinese cabbage of later generations, and it is a bit expensive these days.

She ate happily, Ajiao looked at her, and whispered: "Princess, so you can eat so well..."

"Come on?"

Ajiao nodded, not only did she want to have a little, but everyone onlookers were eager to try.The longer the hot pot simmers, the more fragrant it becomes. When the fragrance wafted to the whole street, the owner of this shop also came.

The owner has obviously tasted the delicacy of hot pot. When he came to Li Miaozhen's side, he laughed loudly and said, "You two distinguished guests, why do you want to come to the store to taste 'antique soup'?"

Someone next to him introduced the owner's identity, Li Miaozhen put down the bamboo chopsticks and saw that the owner of this shop was a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old.He was wearing a moon-white round-neck robe, with a fair face, a pair of crescent eyes always smiling, and a gentle and elegant demeanor.

He was also taken aback when he saw Li Miaozhen's true face, and realized that he was absent-minded for a moment, then smiled and said, "Could it be that the young master is from the Western Regions?"

Li Miaozhen didn't answer, but Ajiao had shown a ferocious look like protecting a cub.She saw that the owner had no malicious intentions, so she didn't take it seriously, and said with a smile: "No. What is antique soup?"

"Young master, don't you know?"

The host showed a slightly surprised look, then smiled gently, and patiently explained to them.It turns out that "antique soup" means ancient hot pot, because the sound of "gudong" will be made when cooking in the pot, so it later evolved into "antique soup".

Li Miaozhen lived and ate in the Tai Chi Palace, and only then did she know that folks have had hot pot for a long time.She smiled unconsciously: "Since there is already this way of eating, why do everyone..."

Looking down from the second floor, almost all the guests who came here came for the smell of hot pot.The owner shook his head and smiled, and said: "Although antique soup is common, I have never seen how you eat it! Cut the meat into thin slices, cook it and then dip it in the sauce. The taste is so good..."

Li Miaozhen finally understood that although there were hot pots in ancient times, they were simply stewed meat without any technical content.And what she ate was called 'boiled mutton'!

Seeing that she wasn't bothered, the owner stood aside again, talking about his views on the ingredients. He ate extremely carefully, even as good as the stewed eggplant in the Grand View Garden.

In the end, he still had more thoughts: "If it is convenient for you, you can come to me at any time. My surname is Wang, and all my acquaintances call me Wang Ruyi."

"Yes, yes, yes! You have everything if you take the initiative!" Ajiao quickly replied.She had already thrown away the previous hostility to the sky, if there was something better than stewed goose, of course she would eat it!

Wang Ruyi: "..."

Li Miaozhen was slightly taken aback, her first reaction was not that men and women were different, but hearing the name, could it be that he has something to do with Wang Yuanbao, the richest man in Chang'an?

After Li Miaozhen left Liquanfang that day, he inquired in the shop, and the owner of the hotel, Wang Ruyi, really had something to do with Wang Yuanbao.He is the youngest son of Wang Yuanbao. The Wang family's son has learned to do business since he was a child. Wang Ruyi mainly deals in food.

She taught Wang Ruyi some modern hot pot recipes, and of course she had a little selfishness, so that she could go out of the palace to eat delicious food in the future.However, it’s fine to eat those famous dishes. For example, there is a dish called “Sizzling Goose and Duck”, which requires live roasted duck and goose, which is really cruel.

After the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Li Miaozhen sneaked out of the palace again on the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Every year, the Lantern Festival is the only day when the night ban is opened in the Tang Dynasty.She took Ajiao and ate a modified version of the mandarin duck pot in Wang Ruyi's restaurant, but she only ate half of it. Wang Ruyi had something to do at home, so she left in a hurry.

During the Shangyuan Festival, Chang'an City is filled with lanterns and festoons, making it extremely lively.It was not until late at night that Li Miaozhen returned to the palace.

There were a lot of people standing in front of the mountain gate of Guizhen Temple, the leader Gao Lishi was in a hurry, seeing her coming, his eyes lit up, and he almost rushed over: "Princess, you are back!"

Li Miaozhen glanced at him, of course Gao Lishi didn't dare to ask her where she was going, but said anxiously: "Your Majesty calls you, hurry to Xingqing Palace!"

"Me?" Li Miaozhen frowned.

"Of course, the chariot is ready, please, princess, I will tell you about the matter on the way." Gao Lishi bowed humbly, behind him, there were still several Qianniuwei standing quietly.

Li Miaozhen didn't even need to calculate, she could guess what happened.In the middle of the night, she was urgently summoned to Xingqing Palace. It seemed that either the emperor was ill or the imperial concubine had collapsed.

Ever since she exorcised evil spirits for several palace officials last year, her reputation has spread to Li Longji's ears.

Facing the wind, she said lightly, "Let's go."