Ying Xiaozheng looked at the envious expressions of others, then lowered his head to look at the osmanthus cake in his box.
As his cousins' eyes became brighter and brighter, Ying Xiaozheng picked up the cake with both hands and continued to nibble on it.
Cousins: “?”
Did you see our expectant eyes? ! Shouldn’t you give us a piece now? ! Why are you so stingy? !
At this moment, Ying Xiaozheng's reputation, which was already low in the minds of his cousins, dropped further.
Ying Xiaozheng knew that this group of people wanted him to give out the osmanthus cake.
But why
This box of osmanthus cake will last me a whole day, and I will even have to rely on it to fill my stomach on the way back tomorrow.
Although there will be barbecue in the evening, eating too much barbecue will make you sick, so Ying Xiaozheng wants to eat the slightly sweet and fragrant osmanthus cake. The seasonal osmanthus cake is the most fragrant. My uncle doesn't have much pickled osmanthus and osmanthus syrup, so he has to give it to others. And since I am changing my teeth, my uncle strictly forbids me to eat too much, only a small piece a day.
He finally had the chance to monopolize a whole box of osmanthus cake.
How to share it among so many cousins? If each of them gets a piece, will there be any left for my osmanthus cake
Don't even think about it.
Ying Xiaozheng, who has a domineering nature in his bones, ignored these people who wanted to take food from him.
My food is not worthy of you!
Ying Xiaozheng was unwilling to give up the delicious pastries in his home. His cousins were not familiar with Ying Xiaozheng and were too embarrassed to ask him for them. They could only look at him with condemnation and contempt.
They have decided to go back and spread rumors that Ying Xiaozheng is greedy and unfriendly to his brothers.
This is a sign of poor character!
Ying Xiaozheng ate three pieces of cake, patted the crumbs on his hands, and opened the lid of the instant noodles.
Another fragrance wafted into the air.
Different from the sweet fragrance of osmanthus, this is an appetite-stimulating scent... meaty aroma
As a guard, Meng Tian was even more arrogant than these princes.
He asked curiously, "What a nice smell! The dough has turned into noodles!"
Ying Xiaozheng said, "My uncle made braised beef flavored instant noodles. Slurp."
Ying Xiaozheng blew on the instant noodles and put the noodles dipped in soup into his mouth, getting his mouth full of red oil.
The instant noodles made by Zhu Xiang were Yifu noodles, which are fried egg noodles, and can be regarded as the predecessor of instant noodles.
Flour is mixed with eggs and a little water to form a dough, which is then made into noodles. After cooking, the noodles are put into a colander and fried until golden brown. The noodles can be kept for a long time without going bad.
Zhu Xiang cooked the braised beef sauce overnight, let it cool and solidify, then cut it into cubes and wrap it in pickled leaves, then add the prepared powder and dried meat and eat it whenever you want.
Even if Ying Xiaozheng can't cook, pour boiling water into the sauce, powder and noodles and simmer for a few minutes to make a bowl of fragrant and chewy braised beef noodles.
Although instant noodles are less nutritious than meals, the King of Qin said that hunting is to let the nobles experience military life, so they can only bring dry food and eat barbecue only after the hunting is over. Instant noodles are better than dry steamed buns, dried meat and dried beans.
Zhu Xiang also took advantage of the fact that there were not many cakes in this era, and pretended that steamed buns made of rice flour were dry food, so he asked Ying Xiaozheng to bring his favorite sweet-scented osmanthus cake. In this way, even if the food was bad, his little fat boy could barely swallow it with the sweet-scented osmanthus cake.
Although Ying Xiaozheng has grown taller, he still has baby fat and is still a little fat.
There were also two pieces of noodles in Zhu Xiang's lunch box, and two kinds of seasonings: chicken stewed with mushrooms and sauerkraut beef, which are the most typical flavors of instant noodles.
Regardless of whether instant noodles taste good or not, they definitely taste delicious.
Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, ate a lot of palace delicacies throughout his life, and one of his wishes when he abdicated was to eat instant noodles.
Ying Xiaozheng lowered his head and ate noodles. Everyone around him was swallowing their saliva.
Ying Xiaozheng quickly finished his noodles and drank the soup from the bowl. The people around him were swallowing so loudly that they were embarrassed.
Ying Xiaozheng was not embarrassed.
He touched his stomach and felt that a bowl of instant noodles was not enough to fill him up, so he opened another layer of the lunch box and took out a piece of fried bread with a sausage in it.
Zhu Xiang still couldn't find the right temperature for baking bread, but he did succeed in making fried bread.
Fried instant noodles with fried bread, carbohydrate bombs and fat bombs, Ying Xiaozheng usually doesn't dare to eat like this.
But he could only eat dry food when hunting, so his uncle couldn't care less. Hunting was very tiring, and it was impossible not to replenish enough calories.
"Burp." Under everyone's dull gaze, Ying Xiaozheng put the last bite of sausage into his mouth, licked his fingers, and burped unsatisfactorily.
Just eat until you are 70% full today.
"I forgot to take out the tissues!" After eating, Ying Xiaozheng said in annoyance, "Meng Tian, can you help me get the tissues out of my backpack?"
Meng Tian helped Ying Xiaozheng open his backpack and took out a roll of straw paper. This was also used at home, so he knew it.
After wiping his hands, Ying Xiaozheng took out a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus soap wrapped in oil paper and went to the water to wash his hands and face. After washing, Ying Xiaozheng applied sweet-scented osmanthus-scented sheep fat on his face and hands, and turned back into a fragrant little chubby boy.
"The fragrance is too strong, I don't like it." Ying Xiaozheng complained, "Why make osmanthus soap and osmanthus balm? Wouldn't it be better to make them all sugared osmanthus?"
Everyone: “…”
Could it be that what Gongzi Zheng used was the priceless osmanthus soap and osmanthus balm that the queen in the palace had boasted about? !
"This... aren't you too extravagant?" one cousin couldn't help but ask.
Ying Xiaozheng was puzzled: "Luxury?"
One of the cousins tried to smooth things over: “Maybe it was a reward from the king?” His tone was a little sour.
Ying Xiaozheng was even more confused: "Reward?"
Meng Tian explained to his future master: "The soaps and perfumes you use are all worth a fortune."
Ying Xiaozheng was even more puzzled: "It's worth a fortune? My uncle made it casually, so it's very expensive?"
Everyone: “?!”
Meng Tian looked at Ying Xiaozheng's stern face and almost laughed.
He knew a few years ago that the late king intended to arrange his brothers to serve as attendants to Prince Zheng, so he had been training himself and his younger brother.
He had heard many rumors from his father about Gongzi Zheng's intelligence, saying that Gongzi Zheng's mind was comparable to that of an adult.
So, is Gongzi Zheng's innocent and ignorant appearance real or just an act
If it was an act, was Gongzi Zheng showing off
Meng Tian wrongly blamed Ying Xiaozheng. He was neither ignorant nor boastful, he simply ate a meal and washed his hands under the harassing eyes of others, and then learned that the soap and balm made by his uncle were hard to come by.
Ying Xiaozheng didn't take this group of people seriously at all and was too lazy to think about them.
He had never seen this group of people in his future self's memory, which meant that they were not important.
Besides, his father was already the crown prince of Qin, and he himself was also designated as the future crown prince of Qin. They had already lost the possibility of inheriting the throne. They had to follow him even when he had asked them to leave several times. And they even gave him a cold face when he didn't want to share the sweet-scented osmanthus cake with them. It was simply disrespectful to him. He was so stupid, why should he care
Ying Xiaozheng quickly finished his meal. Seeing that the group of people were still standing there with their food in their hands, he cupped his hands and said, "I promised to hunt a rabbit for my grandfather, so I'm leaving first. Please enjoy your meal."
After saying this, he rode away on horseback, taking advantage of the fact that the group of people had not finished their meal and were embarrassed to stop him.
"Wait!" A cousin pulled Ying Xiaozheng back, "Wait for us!"
Ying Xiaozheng said helplessly: "With so many of us gathered together, the prey would not dare to show up."
The cousin said, "Hunting is none of our business. It's not easy for us brothers to meet each other. Why don't we chat for a while?"
The other cousins echoed.
Ying Xiaozheng wanted to sigh to the sky. Are you guys following me today? It's so annoying! Why am I not the King of Qin now
In the end, Ying Xiaozheng still patiently held his chin and waited for them to eat dry food and talk nonsense.
After all, they were clan members. Although he could have not given them any osmanthus cake when he was not even the crown prince, it was too much to abandon them and leave without a suitable excuse.
Finally, they finished eating.
The cousins smiled warmly and invited Ying Xiaozheng to hunt with them, saying that they knew a place with many rabbits.
Ying Xiaozheng had no doubts and followed him.
The forest was getting denser and denser, so in order not to scare away the rabbits, the guards stayed behind.
A group of Qin young masters said they would take the lead. This area was not an area for wild animals, but it was indeed a place for rabbits. The guards could only obey orders.
Only Meng Tian remained unmoved and followed Ying Xiaozheng.
He is a personal guard and a member of the Meng family, so Master Qin can't do anything to him.
Then he saw a masked man jumping down from the tree and rushing towards him.
Ying Xiaozheng: “?”
His cousins beside him smiled as if they had pulled off a successful prank.
Originally they didn't intend to do something so drastic, but Ying Xiaozheng was so annoying while eating just now, so they wanted to scare Ying Xiaozheng. They asked people to pretend to be assassins to scare Ying Xiaozheng to tears, and then said it was a joke.
For this purpose, they deliberately placed the guards at the back.
With a whoosh, an arrow hit the masked man.
After the scream, everyone looked at Ying Xiaozheng and found that Ying Xiaozheng had taken out a small crossbow and had already put the second arrow on it.
"wait… "
Before they could finish their words, Ying Xiaozheng had already shot the second arrow, which hit the man's leg and caused him to fall to the ground.
The third arrow.
The fourth arrow.
The fifth arrow.
Ying Xiaozheng put away his crossbow, rode his horse forward, looked down at the masked man lying on the ground, with a hint of sneer on his face.
"The assassin has been killed." Ying Xiaozheng lowered his head, "Go back and report to Grandfather."
Ying Xiaozhengce turned his horse and looked at the people behind him: "My brothers, I'm sorry to frighten you."
He had a mocking smile on his face and glanced at his dazed cousins.
Ying Xiaozheng knew it was a joke.
Not only was the masked man wearing the clothes of a servant, he was also unarmed. Moreover, the cousins had even specifically greeted the guards, but kept it a secret from him.
They said they wanted to play a harmless little joke on themselves.
Meng Tian reported this to him quietly, stopping him from going this way, hoping that he would avoid any mischief.
Why did he avoid it
Ying Xiaozheng glanced at these terrified cousins and the group of guards who knew the situation.
He knew that it was just a small, harmless prank request, a joke between brothers, and the orders of a dozen grandsons of the King of Qin, so this group of guards agreed.
But he needs to tell everyone that all princes are different.
He is not only a prince, but also the future King of Qin.
He had to tell these people who they should listen to when faced with something that offended them.
"Cut off his head and go back." Ying Xiaozheng said calmly.
(End of this chapter)