When Jiang Li came out of Xiao Qiheng's bedroom, he did not forget to close the door for him. Zhao Qing, who was guarding outside, saw him and asked aloud, "Your Highness is asleep?"
"No, I'm reading." Jiang Li said, but he thought that the other party was probably too angry to see him.
"What are you laughing at?" Zhao Qing saw that the corners of his mouth were crooked, like a stealing cat, and asked with a smile, "Could it be that His Highness praised you?"
"Yes, Your Highness said that I cooked well tonight, and he likes it very much." Jiang Li opened his eyes and said nonsense, it would be great if His Royal Highness didn't beat him.
"This is true." When Zhao Qing heard him mention the dishes tonight, he became interested, "How did you come up with this way of eating? It's the first time I've seen it, and it's really exciting."
"I dreamed about it." Jiang Li left this sentence and walked towards the door. He has to go back to take a bath, and he will come back to watch the night later.
"Ah? That's fine too." Zhao Qing looked at his back with a confused face, and said a little loudly, "Then why don't you dream about something tonight, can we eat tomorrow?"
Jiang Li didn't answer, but raised his hand and waved, indicating that he knew.
Although Jiang Li moved to the main hall to serve Xiao Qiheng nearby, he still washes in the side courtyard where the servants live. He took his clothes to take a bath, and happened to come across a small path that had just been washed.
Since the last scolding, although Xiao Luzi has resentment in his heart, the two have switched identities. Now Jiang Li is the one who serves by the side of His Royal Highness, so he can only swallow his anger.
Seeing Jiang Li, he clenched his hand holding the wooden basin tightly, avoided Jiang Li in the other direction, and left without saying hello.
Naturally, Jiang Li also saw him, and didn't care about his attitude, and went in to take a bath with a wooden basin and a towel.
"Master Host, he seems to be very afraid of you," the system said.
"It's not about me, it's about the prince." Jiang Li said while taking off his clothes, and when he got down to his pants, he still couldn't help sighing, "The reality is really melancholy, sad, and makes me want to cry."
"Eh..." The system was speechless, silent for two seconds, "Sorry."
"Don't use words indiscriminately." Jiang Li was speechless.
"..." the system thought to itself, after all, neither did I.
After taking a bath, Jiang Li returned to the main hall. He gently pushed open the door of the bedroom, looked inside, and found that Xiao Qiheng was still awake, so he went in and reminded: "Your Highness, it's already late."
Calculated according to the time in the modern world, it was past twelve o'clock at this time.
People in ancient times did not have the habit of going to bed late. After all, they didn’t have any entertainment. They didn’t have a series of entertainment devices such as TV, mobile phone, and computer like modern times, so they generally went to bed earlier.
However, Xiao Qiheng's legs are often sore due to the invasion of cold air every winter, which makes it difficult to sleep at night. But fortunately these days, after Jiang Li massaged the acupoints of his feet every day, his condition improved a lot and he slept better.
Hearing Jiang Li's voice, Xiao Qiheng closed the book in his hand and handed it to him.
Jiang Li took the book, put it aside, stepped forward to help him lie down, then covered him with the quilt, and said, "Good night, Your Highness."
Xiao Qiheng didn't understand: "What did you say?"
"I say good night." Jiang Li smiled, with a soft tone, "It's a saying in our hometown, I hope you have a good night's sleep and good dreams."
This is the first time Xiao Qiheng heard such a saying, "sleep well, have a good dream" is just a simple eight words, but it has been a very extravagant thing for him for so many years.
"Go down." Xiao Qiheng closed his eyes, suppressing the haze in his heart.
"Yes, the servant is next door. If you need anything, you can order it at any time."
"Um."
Jiang Li lowered the curtain for him, turned around and walked out lightly. When he reached the door, he suddenly heard a shallow "good night" from behind.
The simple two words made his footsteps stop suddenly, and he looked back to the other side of the bed. The thick curtain blocked his sight, but he didn't care. for pleasure.
The next day, Jiang Li told Cui Ya early in the morning that when he went to the kitchen to pick up the ingredients, he brought back some pork belly and some chickens.
Pork belly is a kind of pig offal. Many people here don't eat it, thinking it is unclean.
As soon as Jiang Li finished speaking, Cui Ya stared and said in disbelief: "Little Ion, are you out of your mind? Take this stuff back and eat it, be careful that Your Highness will pick off your head."
"This stuff is delicious." Jiang Li said sincerely, "Trust me, I'm right, if His Highness doesn't eat it, I'll make him something else."
Cui Ya didn't believe it: "...Really?"
"Is the mutton delicious?" Jiang Li asked bluntly without talking nonsense with her.
Cui Ya thought of the hot pot meal last night, and she really couldn't tell if it was delicious: "... delicious."
Cui Ya finally agreed, but she also prepared extra, besides the pork belly, she also brought back other dishes.
Since no one wanted pork belly, the kitchen secretary didn't make things difficult for her this time, and gave her two more.
For lunch, Jiang Li made pork belly chicken. The pork belly had been cleaned in the dining room before, but just to be on the safe side, he cleaned it again with white vinegar and flour until there was no smell at all.
After blanching the pork belly with boiling water, he removed the head and tail of the cleaned chicken, cut it in half, stuffed half of the chicken directly into the pork belly, tightened both sides of the pork belly with cotton thread, and put it in the pot stew.
After finishing this series of tasks, he clapped his hands and said to himself, "It's a pity that there is no pressure cooker."
"What kind of pot?" Cui Ya, who was burning next to him, didn't hear his words clearly, and asked aloud.
"It's nothing, just calculate the time." Jiang Li said to her, "Sister Cui Ya, watch for me, I'll go get something else."
"Okay."
Jiang Li turned around to prepare other side dishes, and even made a plate of hot and sour vegetables to relieve the greasy.
Pork belly chicken is different from mutton shabu-shabu. Its essence lies in the soup. The rich and delicious taste bursts out at the moment the pot is uncovered, pouring into the nasal cavity without reservation, which makes people move their index fingers.
"What is this?" After eating Jiang Li's cooking once yesterday, Xiao Qiheng was quite curious about what he would prepare for himself today. Looking at the small pieces of meat churning in the pot, he couldn't tell what it was for a while. .
"This dish is called 'Phoenix Reincarnation'." Jiang Li filled a bowl of soup and put it in front of him, "It has the effects of invigorating the spleen and dispelling cold, and it is very good for His Highness's body. Please try it."
Xiao Qiheng picked up the bowl and took a sip of the soup. The soup was delicious and sweet with a hint of pepper. The combination of the two constituted a wonderful experience, which firmly grasped his taste buds.
Seeing him finish a bowl of soup, Jiang Li asked next to him, "Is it delicious?"
"Yeah." Xiao Qiheng picked up a small piece of unidentifiable soup in the bowl, put it into his mouth, found it very refreshing and chewy, he couldn't help but ate two more pieces, then picked up one piece, raised his head and asked Jiang Li :"what is this?"
"Does your Highness think it is delicious?" Jiang Li didn't tell him directly, but asked with a smile.
His body is still young, he eats a lot and grows fast. During this period of time, he has grown some flesh on his face. When he smiles, he looks very cute and cute, which makes people feel happy when he sees it.
"It's okay." Xiao Qiheng said and put the piece on the chopsticks into his mouth, and just chewed it twice, then he heard Jiang Li say: "Your Highness, this is pork belly, which is a kind of pig offal. .”
"puff!"
Xiao Qiheng was choked, coughed suddenly, and the piece of pork belly in his mouth was vomited out.
"Your Highness, are you alright?!" Seeing this, Jiang Li hurriedly picked up a clean brocade handkerchief to wipe his mouth, and poured tea for him, "Slow down, you can't be so excited about delicious food!"
Xiao Qiheng: "..." Does Gu look as if he is so delicious that he is excited? !
After pouring a cup of tea, Xiao Qiheng felt a little better, threw the brocade handkerchief in his hand on the table, and looked at Jiang Li with an uneasy expression: "How dare you eat this kind of thing for Gu!"
"This is a good thing. It nourishes qi, nourishes the stomach, and dispels the cold." Jiang Li looked innocent, "Didn't you just say it was delicious?"
Xiao Qiheng: "..." He not only said it was delicious, but also drank a bowl of soup made from this stuff! !
Jiang Li had lived with him for several lifetimes, seeing his strange face, he could tell what was going on in his mind without guessing, he must have thought it was delicious and wanted to save face, so he asked, "Why don't you drink another bowl? It's very clean, you can rest assured to eat."
"Get away!" Xiao Qiheng patted the chopsticks back on the table, and said with a dark face, thinking about what he was eating made him feel uncomfortable, but he still thought it was delicious, it was a shame.
Jiang Li was afraid that he would have a lump in his mind, so he made two-handed preparations. He cooked other dishes besides the pork belly chicken. As soon as he heard what he said, he swiftly moved the pork belly chicken to another table, and then gave it to him again. cloth dish.
For the next time, while eating, Xiao Qiheng smelled the smell of pork belly and chicken wafting from the other side. No matter what, he felt that the food in his mouth was a bit tasteless, and he lost his appetite after half a bowl of rice.
Seeing this, Jiang Li asked without fear of death: "Your Highness, may I serve you a bowl of soup? For the slave's busy day, can you show me some face?"
Xiao Qiheng remained silent, but the chopsticks in his hands did not move any more, and his interest in the dishes on the table faded.
Jiang Li changed a bowl and filled another bowl of soup for him, and put it in front of him again: "Your Highness, this is really good for your health, and Nuli will not lie to you."
Xiao Qiheng glanced at him, remained silent for a while, and struggled in his tone: "For the sake of your hard work, Gu will give you this face."
Jiang Li has long been used to his duplicity, and secretly smiled inwardly, but kept saying, "Thank you, Your Highness."
Xiao Qiheng looked at the soup in front of him and thought, forget it, I've already had one bowl, and it's no big deal to drink another bowl.
After lunch, Xiao Qiheng did not go to the study, but played chess on the couch in the main hall.
Zhao Qing was not there, only him and Jiang Li were in the hall, Jiang Li was waiting by the side, and he played against himself alone.
Over the years, Xiao Qiheng spent most of his time playing chess alone. After a long time, it became boring. After playing two games, his mind gradually lost focus on the chessboard. He held the chess pieces between his fingers for a long time, and his eyes seemed to be on the chessboard. It's like there's nowhere to go.
Jiang Li was next to him and was in a trance for about ten minutes. He walked over and called softly: "Your Highness."
Xiao Qiheng came back to his senses and took back the chess pieces in his hand: "What's the matter?"
"My servant is bored watching Your Highness playing chess alone, and I want to share your worries for His Highness. If Your Highness doesn't mind, I will come and play chess with you." Jiang Li said.
"You?" Xiao Qiheng looked at him suspiciously, "Can you play chess?"
Jiang Li said very modestly: "I will do it a little bit, I hope His Highness will not laugh at you."
Xiao Qiheng was feeling bored, so he nodded after hearing what he said, motioning him to sit down.
Jiang Li thought that he could sit down now! Shouting "Thank you, Your Highness", he sat across from Xiao Qiheng, cleared up the half-played chess game, and divided the chess pieces.
Xiao Qiheng held the black pieces, Jiang Li held the white pieces, the game ended, Xiao Qiheng frowned: "Who taught you how to play chess? It's a mess."
"When I was young, I learned a little from the doctor who taught me massage, which made His Highness laugh." Jiang Li said embarrassedly.
"Come again."
During the second game of chess, Xiao Qiheng instructed Jiang Li from below. He found that Jiang Li was learning very fast. By the end of the third game, Jiang Li's level had improved a lot.
In the fourth game of chess, Jiang Li suddenly asked before the game: "Your Highness, if the servant wins, can I ask you for a reward?"
"Win?" Xiao Qiheng sneered as if he had heard some joke, "Are you dreaming?"
"Dreams are still necessary." Jiang Li asked again, "Can Your Highness agree?"
Xiao Qiheng felt ridiculous for his overreaching: "So what if I agreed."
"Then thank you, Your Highness."
At the end of the fourth game, Jiang Li narrowly beat Xiao Qiheng with half a piece.
Facing Xiao Qiheng's unbelievable eyes, Jiang Li raised the chess piece in his hand, smiled and said sincerely: "Thank you, Your Highness, for letting me serve as a slave. I am very grateful for your kindness."
Xiao Qiheng: "..."
Who let you? You still have the face to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger? !