The emperor, Wei Zhi and the others watched the fish flopping down from above in the water nest in front of them, some of them flicked their tails and followed the current and continued down, and then heard the exclamation of the young people...
Others swam around in panic and touched their fishing lines, but they just turned a blind eye to the bait on the hook.
Hearing the exclamation below, Wei Zhi simply put away the hook, and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, how can you eat in fear? It seems that this fish can't be caught today."
The emperor remained silent, staring angrily at the water hole in front of him, stubbornly refusing to accept the hook.
Seeing this, the other people also put away their hooks one after another, and sat beside him, watching the emperor fish.
Gu Zhong was so anxious that his forehead was sweating, and there was nothing he could do.
The water was neither deep nor turbid, otherwise he could have sent someone into the water to string a fish for the emperor, and under the watchful eyes of all the people, he would not have been able to deceive himself.
The emperor saw that there were no more fish coming from the upper reaches, and there were still seven or eight fish swimming away in panic in the water nest. It might be the first time they had come to this water area, so they swam around with their eyes wide open, but refused to bite the bait.
The emperor snorted, put away the hook, pointed to a guard and said, "Go, get all these fish out of the water nest, and let the people below collect them."
The guard let out a breath and bowed his head in response.
He didn't take off his shoes and socks, and directly tucked his robe into the waistband of his trousers. When he got up, he jumped and landed firmly on a stone beside the water hole.
The water that fell from above almost covered the stone, but it didn't, and there was still a place to stay, and the sun was shining on it. This point above was dry and easy to stand.
He took out the knife, aimed at it, and then slapped it, splashing water everywhere, a large splash of water caught two fish and flew down...
Then he goes on.
Bai Erlang caught three fish and was very proud. Seeing that there were no more fish coming from upstream, he stood in the water with his waist pinched and laughed loudly: "Mingda, take the fish back in a while, let the imperial dining room make fish balls for us to eat."
As soon as the words fell, several people on the shore exclaimed, and he was about to ask what was wrong. There was water all over his head, and something rubbed against his shoulders and fell into the water with a snap.
Bai Erlang was a little confused.
The fish that was thrown down was even more dazed, weakly going down the water, and didn't struggle at all after being caught in the hands of Bai Shan and Wei Yu, until it was thrown to the bank and couldn't touch the water, and then jumped up again.
Bai Erlang was moving down cautiously with his head in his arms, he looked up after being attacked by the water flow, and saw a stream of water flying down from above from time to time, with one or two fish caught in it...
Everyone burst into laughter, even the maids waiting at the side couldn't help lowering their heads and covering their mouths.
Bai Erlang walked down carefully stepping on the stream stone, grabbed Bai Shan to stabilize his body, with a puzzled expression on his face, "What are you doing up there?"
Bai Shan easily caught a fish that slipped down, and said with a smile: "It is estimated that His Majesty does not want to fish anymore, and wants to change places."
The emperor really didn't want to fish anymore. After sitting for a long time, he didn't catch a fish. It was fine to be teased. He even made a wedding dress for someone. No wonder he was happy.
But after seeing Mingda and Changyu bring up two fish, he was happy again and asked, "Did you catch this?"
Mingda laughed and said, "We didn't catch it, but the son-in-law caught it."
The emperor was also happy, and after scanning around, he asked, "Where's Bai Er?"
Mingda laughed and said: "His hair is wet and his appearance is not neat. He was afraid of being abrupt, so my daughter asked him to go back and change it."
The emperor smiled, nodded and said, "That's fine."
Looking at Wei Yu and the others, seeing that their trouser legs and clothes were a bit wet, he waved his hand and said, "You all go back and change your clothes too. Today I am inviting Wei Qing and others to dinner in the Shouju Garden, and you all come together."
And said with a smile: "The fish you caught will be confiscated."
Of course, everyone has no objection, I'm afraid these fish are also brought from the kitchen, right
They were indeed brought from the kitchen. Yin Li went to get them in person, turned around, lost two pieces, and sent them back to the kitchen.
The imperial dining room heard that the emperor was fishing. Although they couldn't understand why the fish in the kitchen were needed for fishing, they didn't dare to express their objection, let alone ask where the two missing fish went, and they accepted as much as they sent back. .
It's just a little headache, two fish are missing, so which two should I provide less
The waiter who brought the fish back said: "Your Majesty will entertain all the adults in the Shoutu Garden, and several empresses and the young masters of the adults will also go, and the dishes are also for daily use, but you have to be ready, a table can't Something is missing."
When they heard about it, they were overjoyed, this is easy to make, everyone eats together, one or two fish per table is enough, it is much better than giving a fish to a nobleman.
The servant continued: "Princess Mingda wants to eat fish balls, you can make two plates separately."
This one is also simple, with one or two fish, each table can guarantee a bowl.
The imperial chefs responded with a smile, scanned the list, and counted the number of people, and they knew it.
Man Bao and the others have been in the palace for so long, and this is the first time they have seen the accompanying family and noble sons.
For example, the son of Han Shangshu's family.
Well, Man Bao didn't sit with them, as a fourth-rank official, she was supposed to sit under Xiao Yuanzheng, at the same table as Lord Wei and the others, but Gu Zhong directly arranged her at the princess's table.
Bai Shan followed suit.
Yin or also sat next to them.
The group of people changed their clothes, and there were people from Jiaofangsi walking back and forth on the side table.
Man Bao couldn't help looking over, Chang Yu said: "That's the Jiaofang Secretary arranging musical instruments, Father's banquet happened suddenly, Jiaofang Secretary lives at the foot of the mountain, they just came up, so they came later than us. "
Because they came late, the officials in charge of the Jiaofang Division were scolding them in a low voice, but he didn't dare to scold them for too long. After a while, the whip sounded, and the emperor came with the empress.
Everyone got up and stood up to salute the empress, and sat down only after getting the promise. The emperor smiled and said: "I have intended to hold a banquet a long time ago, and all the nobles dragged their families and their mouths to come with me to escape the summer heat. I was sick when I came here, and today my condition has improved a lot, so I decided to let everyone sit together and eat, come, this cup is my respect for you, the state affairs are heavy, and you have to work for your family."
Everyone toasted, and Li Shangshu replied on behalf of everyone: "Your Majesty loves me so much, I will never be able to repay you if I die."
In terms of seriousness, no one can compare with Li Shangshu; in terms of etiquette, no one can compare with Li Shangshu;
The emperor drank the glass of wine happily, and everyone drank it up one after another.
Man Bao frowned, and after sitting down, Bai Shan stuffed a piece of snack into her mouth, which made her feel better. The palace wine seemed to be more flavorful and spicy, not good to drink.