Chapter 70: Falling Cherry Blossom Divine Axe Heavenly Khan

Li Xiang stretched his legs, thinking that since someone was already grinding the ink, it would seem like something was missing if he didn't take off his boots.

But the only person who could be roughly equated with Old Li was the young aunt who was resting in the side hall.

The emperor is grinding ink, and the princess is taking off her boots. How pleasant it sounds...

But considering that my aunt is not in good health, I'd better forget it.

Li Xiang made a rough draft in his mind and finished it in one stroke.

"When I was a child, I lived with Emperor Gaozu in Jinyang. There was a garden in my palace called Changchun, in which there were oriole and peach trees, which Emperor Gaozu loved very much."

"King Chaola and the emperor were playing in the garden. They saw a flourishing oriole peach tree, so the emperor asked the emperor to chop the tree into a spear. The emperor drew a city on the ground and asked his brothers to attack and defend it as a game."

"The next day, Emperor Gaozu was strolling in the garden and saw orioles and peaches being broken. He was furious and asked his sons for advice, but they were all silent and dared not speak. Only the emperor confessed the matter of hiding the affairs of Prince Chaola and his brothers."

"Princess Pingyang told the Emperor Gaozu everything, and he was delighted and said, 'Erlang loves his brothers and is willing to take on difficult tasks. If I had a son like him, even a thousand oriole and peach trees would not be as good as him!'"

After writing, he picked up the paper, blew on it, and handed it to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin took the paper, glanced at it briefly, and immediately slammed the paper on the table.

His face turned red and he kicked Li Xiang on the butt.

"Oh my! My lifelong reputation was almost ruined by you, kid!"

"Why do you say that, old man?" Li Xiang asked, scratching his head.

"This... compiling such fictitious things is not what a gentleman does!" Li Shimin pointed at Li Xiang with a trembling finger, his lips trembling.

"Okay, okay, if Grandfather doesn't like it, then forget it." Li Xiang saw that Old Li might be really angry, so he immediately changed the subject and said, "My grandson just visited Duke Lu's house and got a few pieces of good beef. Grandfather, do you want to try it?"

I was still sighing in my heart, he is the Khan after all, his moral standards are too high!

At the same time, I also felt a little ashamed of myself and was reflecting on myself. Could it be that I really had a broken hand?

When he heard that there was meat, Lao Li no longer cared about being angry.

"Can...can I eat it?" he asked hesitantly.

"Hey, grandpa, this is beef!" Li Xiang said in a gentle and persuasive way: "Beef has no effect on rheumatism. Besides, we can't keep eating such light food. It's not good for our health."

"Really?" Old Li was immediately interested.

"Of course, this beef is best eaten with Western wine." Li Xiang said with a smile: "Drinking some wine is also good for rheumatism and can clear the blood vessels..."

"How many people can eat this beef?" asked Old Li with a groan.

"About seven or eight people should be enough." Li Xiang scratched his head and said.

"Wang De!" Li Shimin shouted.

"I'm here." Wang De said with a bow.

Li Shimin smiled happily and said, "Go, go and invite Duke Zhao, Duke Lu, Duke E, Duke Liang, the Crown Prince, and the King of Wei to enjoy beef with me!"

Wang De took the order and left, leaving Li Xiang sitting there alone, confused.

But it is understandable. Li Shimin was a man who expressed his emotions and was loyal and valued friendship. It was normal for him to think of his old brothers when he had something delicious.

Of course, the dinner was not held in Lizheng Hall, but in Liangyi Hall. They set up a stall in the palace and fried and ate the food right away.

I haven't seen Li Tai for a few days. He seems to have lost some weight.

Li Chengqian looked up and down, and felt that this second brother seemed more pleasing to the eye.

"Brother!" Li Tai immediately stepped forward to greet Li Chengqian after seeing him.

"Oh, Qingque!" Li Chengqian came forward enthusiastically, shook hands with Li Tai and said, "I haven't seen Qingque for a long time. You look a little thinner..."

As soon as he said this, Li Tai's face turned dark.

"Thanks to my great kindness, brother!" He said this with gritted teeth.

Of course Li Chengqian knew that the gnashing of teeth was 100% due to bringing him to eat vegetarian food.

Thinking of this, he became even happier.

"Don't worry, Qingque. Xiang'er got some top-quality beef from Duke Lu's mansion and asked Fubao to cook it..." Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the impatient Li Tai.

"Fubao? But that 'Heirloom of the Kitchen God'?"

"That's right!" Li Chengqian said with a smile.

Li Tai was no longer sleepy. Having meat to eat was a great thing.

"Don't worry, Master Sun said that you still need to eat some meat every few days, otherwise your body won't be able to take it." Li Chengqian smiled and comforted Li Tai.

Li Tai didn't listen at all, his mind was full of meat.

I want to eat meat, I want to eat meat...

Soon, everyone arrived in a row.

Cheng Yaojin sat on the stool, staring at the steak being fried on the shield.

"Old Cheng is such a loser. Your family has no shortage of beef." Yuchi Gong looked at Cheng Yaojin and joked.

Under normal circumstances, Cheng Yaojin should have refuted and ridiculed Yuchi Gong.

However, to everyone's surprise, Cheng Yaojin's tone was full of emotion.

"You don't understand, you don't understand..."

Li Shimin smiled and said, "Jingde, you don't know that this meat was brought from Yizhen's house. He has already tasted it."

With this explanation, everyone will understand.

Combined with the "Chef God's inheritance", I instantly figured out what was going on.

"Could it be that this new cooking method is really delicious?" Yuchi Gong stared with his eyes wide open, his body shaking.

"Has Old Cheng ever lied to you?" Cheng Yaojin waved his hands impatiently.

Soon, Fu Bao had fried the steak. After the meat was cooked, he sprinkled some seasoning on it and asked the eunuchs to serve the beef on the plate.

For this beef meal, Lao Li took out all his treasured Western Region glass cups, just to go with the grape wine.

He raised the glass cup and said to everyone, "Drink to victory, everyone!"

Everyone bowed to Li Shimin and drank the wine in their cups.

Lao Li picked up a piece of steak with chopsticks and put it into his mouth to taste it carefully.

Ah...it's meat.

Old Li's face was full of happiness.

Before I knew it, my eyes were moist.

"This is really delicious." Changsun Wuji was also amazed that there was such a novel way to eat beef.

Li Shimin glanced at Changsun Wuji and saw his brother-in-law's plump figure, and an idea came to his mind.

Fu Ji is Guan Yin Bi's dearest brother. Now that Guan Yin Bi is gone, I must make sure he is healthy...

The more I think about it, the more appropriate it seems. I must let Master Sun go and give this uncle some strength!
After three rounds of drinking, Lao Li's face was flushed and he was a little drunk.

According to the usual procedure, they should go to the field to dance together at this time.

But today, Old Li did not ask the musicians to come over. Instead, he looked at Li Chengqian who was sitting below him, then looked at Li Tai, and placed the glass cup in his hand on the shore.

"Gao Ming, Qing Que, today I will tell you a story from the time in Jinyang!"

Li Xiang was feeling drowsy at first, but he was no longer sleepy after hearing these words.

No, Lao Li, what do you mean?
Didn’t you just say, “It is ungentlemanly to compile such fictitious things”?

So that kick you just gave me was in vain?
Just when he was speechless, he heard Lao Li starting to speak.

"Back then, there was a cherry tree in the mansion of Duke Tang of Jinyang..."

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