Rise From the Humble

"I'm ashamed, I thank you for your kindness." Zhu Pingan leaned down, stuck out his buttocks, and thanked Emperor Jiajing.

"Ashamed, ashamed that I didn't see how ashamed you were." Emperor Jiajing glanced at Zhu Ping'an, then laughed and scolded, "Okay, get up, lie down there and it's an eyesore."

"I thank you Lord for your kindness."

After Zhu Pingan thanked him again, he stood up with a look of gratitude on his face.

"Huang Ban, please have someone send this boy's humble work to Master Tao as quickly as possible. Don't miss the time of Jianyuan Mountain." Emperor Jiajing turned his head and whispered to Huang Jin.

"My slave obeys the order." Huang Jin nodded in agreement, walked to Zhu Pingan, folded the couplet that Zhu Pingan had just written, handed it to a young eunuch, whispered a few words in his ear, and then patted him. shoulders.

The little eunuch took the couplet, lowered his head, bent over and walked backwards out of the inner hall.

"Tell me, why did you come from Taicang to see me?" Emperor Jiajing sat on the dragon chair, waved his sleeves, and put half of his Taoist robe on the dragon chair. He leaned back and looked at Zhu Ping'an and asked lightly. road.

"Your Majesty," Zhu Ping'an answered with his hands raised. After saying one word, his stomach let out an uncontrollable "Gurgling~~Gurgling~~".

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There were only a few people in the inner hall, especially with Emperor Jiajing sitting in charge. The inner hall was even quieter. You could hear your hair falling on the pillow, so the sound of Zhu Ping'an's stomach growling must be clearly heard in the inner hall. .

Cuckoo, cuckoo.

The unique structure of the inner hall makes the sound of stomach growling still echo.

Damn it

At that time, Zhu Ping'an's face turned green. Why was his stomach so unsatisfactory? He didn't feel hungry, so he started to growl.

Is this a disgrace to you? !

This kind of thing is as big as it sounds and as small as it is small. It is not impossible if it goes online. Although Emperor Jiajing will definitely not do it, Zhu Ping'an also felt extremely embarrassed. His face turned green and was extremely hot at the time.

To Zhu Ping'an, it was an embarrassing cooing sound, but to Huang Jin's ears, it was nothing less than celestial music. Emperor Jiajing had been without water and rice for a day. Huang Jin was worried about how to let Emperor Jiajing eat. Now when he heard Zhu Ping'an's stomach growling, Huang Jin couldn't help but smile.

Zhu Ping'an's stomach growled, to Huang Jin's ears, it was just the right time to give him a pillow if he felt sleepy.

"Hehehe, please listen, Your Majesty, the No. 1 Scholar's stomach has rebelled. I'm afraid that if I don't appease the No. 1 Scholar's stomach, the first No. 1 Scholar to starve to death in the Ming Dynasty will appear." Huang Jin hehe. He suggested to Emperor Jiajing with a smile.

"I have lost my decency"

Listening to Huang Jin's teasing, Zhu Ping'an looked embarrassed. At this moment, he really had the idea of ​​​​hanging himself on the southeast branch.

"Haha. I can't be called a fool." Emperor Jiajing smiled and shook his head, and then told Huang Jin, "Please pass on the meal, and give me, my hungry beloved, a seat to have dinner here. There are also ministers from outside who asked the imperial kitchen to be built as well."

soon

The ministers who were waiting in the outer hall heard the little eunuch in the inner hall shouting at the top of his voice, "The Holy Spirit has decreed, pass on the meal." Then one after another, the waiting little eunuchs continued to shout out, "pass on the meal."

what happened?

Why did you pass on the food?

Why didn't you punish Zhu Ping'an and just pass the meal around? ! Was it a mistake?

Yan Maoqing, who was waiting in the outer hall, was dumbfounded when he heard this. He felt as if he saw the sun rising in the west. He was completely confused. This was not at all what he thought, and he began to doubt his life.

The dinner in the imperial dining room had been prepared a long time ago and was simmering over a low fire. As soon as the meal was called, dozens of neatly dressed young eunuchs lined up in two lines with white sleeves on their sleeves. Carrying seven large and small dining tables and dozens of gilt food boxes and lacquer plates, they walked in from the outside, neatly and orderly, and silently. Each one of them was like a master in the inner circle, walking without making a sound. .

Dozens of young eunuchs walked neatly into the inner hall, holding food boxes in both hands, and knelt on the side of the dining table in front of Emperor Jiajing.

Emperor Jiajing was running out of water one day, so Huang Jin specially ordered that the dinner delivered today was much richer than usual. Sixty-six dishes of delicacies from mountains and seas were delivered, thirty-six hot dishes, and sixteen cold dishes. , the rest are pastries, snacks, and fruits.

"Prepare the meal!" Huang Jin shouted.

The little eunuch wearing white sleeves opened the food boxes one by one and placed a plate of delicacies from the mountains and seas on the dining table.

Pieces of fragrant delicacies were presented, and each piece was placed on the table in front of Emperor Jiajing.

There is a silver medal on both the dish and the plate. This is to prevent poisoning in the dish.

When the young eunuch was serving food to Emperor Jiajing, Zhu Ping'an knelt down and sat in front of a table, which was empty.

In fact, Zhu Pingan didn't want to look at it, but the aroma of the imperial meal was too strong, and he was really hungry, so when the little eunuch passed the meal around, Zhu Pingan just looked up a few times.

Spicy live rabbit, live shrimp under ice, fried lamb tripe, goose gizzards, steamed and pan-fried fish with willow, winter bamboo shoots and old duck soup, whitebait feet, and many more that are not named, but they look particularly appetizing The delicious food is so dazzling that your eyes are dazzled.

Then even more hungry.

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The scent penetrated straight into his nostrils, causing Zhu Ping'an's stomach to growl again.

"Come on. There's no need to remind me. Go ahead and give him a few dishes so that I don't get the reputation of starving to death again." Emperor Jiajing glanced at Zhu Ping'an, laughed and cursed, waved his hand, and let him go. The eunuch for the meal was given to Zhu Ping'an.

"My Lord, thank you for your kindness." Zhu Pingan thanked him.

Soon, more than a dozen dishes were placed on Zhu Pingan's table, including eight meat dishes, three vegetarian dishes, one soup, one plate of pastries and two plates of fruits.

This is too rich, isn't it? Didn't the Lord just arrange a few dishes? There are already more than a dozen dishes, right? !

Zhu Ping'an was a little surprised. He looked up and saw Huang Jin serving beside Emperor Jiajing. He smiled kindly at him, and the appreciation in his smile was beyond words.

"The number one scholar is today's great hero, you should take good care of him." Huang Jin smiled kindly at Zhu Pingan, then lowered his head and whispered instructions to the little eunuch beside him.

For Zhu Ping'an, who can lip read, Huang Jin's whisper could not be heard more clearly.

After the meal was set, Huang Jin pinched his throat and shouted "put the lid on the bowl" again.

So, the little eunuch wearing white sleeves took away the silver cover from the dishes. There was a little eunuch responsible for tasting each dish. This was also to prevent the food from being poisonous. After two or three minutes of tasting, the little eunuch confirmed that everything was fine. , Huang Jincai came to Emperor Jiajing and bowed down and said: "The meal is ready, please have a meal, Your Majesty."

After this, it was finally time to have a meal.

After Emperor Jiajing sat down, he didn't say anything. He glanced at the table. Huang Jin's eyesight was very good. He quickly and accurately moved the dishes that Emperor Jiajing was looking at to Emperor Jiajing. Emperor Jiajing stretched out his chopsticks to pick up the food. Take a bite.

Finally you are here.

Zhu Pingan had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

If the emperor didn't take the first bite, how could he, a minister, dare to eat it? The food had just been passed around and tasted, and it was almost cold when Emperor Jiajing finally started. After Emperor Jiajing moved the chopsticks for the first time, Zhu Ping'an also picked up the chopsticks and started to use the food in front of him.

He eats without speaking, sleeps without speaking, moves gracefully, and the cutlery and dishes do not make any sound. Zhu Pingan did these things, but with high frequency and high efficiency.

While eating, Zhu Pingan fell into the delicious food and reached a state of selflessness. Soon, the pile of winter bamboo shoots and deer tendons in front of Zhu Pingan bottomed out.

Emperor Jiajing had just eaten a few bites. When he looked up, the two plates in front of Zhu Pingan were all bottomed out. Emperor Jiajing's hand holding the chopsticks was stunned for a moment.

Looking at Zhu Ping'an again, he was eating with great enthusiasm. There was a little oil at the corner of his mouth. Without looking, he used a handkerchief to wipe off the oil from the corner of his mouth accurately. He put a piece of venison into his mouth seamlessly with his right hand. , it seems that you can see the moment when the flesh is torn by the teeth and bounces away.

Why did this boy eat so deliciously? He seemed to have a great appetite. He couldn't help but think that Emperor Jiajing also had a great appetite and ate a lot more.

Your Majesty used an extra bowl of rice.

Huang Jin, who was serving at the side, almost burst into tears of joy. My No. 1 Scholar, you have really made a great contribution today. He has been serving Emperor Jiajing, so he naturally knows what is going on. He looked at Zhu Ping'an with a look in his eyes. The appreciation is even more intense.

I even thought that I would support Zhu Pingan more in the future, take care of Zhu Pingan more, and say good things in front of the Holy Master more often.

From now on, if the Holy Emperor loses his appetite again, bringing Zhu Ping'an to have a meal will be more effective than any panacea.