The moon rises above the willows, and we make an appointment after dusk.
Zhu Ping'an had a mouthful of greasy food. As he walked out of the room with a bulging belly, he met Yang Guoliang, who was also walking out under the guidance of a eunuch.
"Dr. Yang, hiccup..."
Zhu Ping'an bowed and greeted Yang Guoliang, but halfway through he couldn't help but burped.
Yang Guoliang had just drunk two pots of tea and was full. He had a strong urge to urinate. What he wanted to do most at this moment was to leave the palace as soon as possible and find a deserted place to relieve himself.
But as soon as he stepped out of the door, he was stopped!
Who is it? !
You are so blind. I can't hold it in any longer. You still say hello to me? ! Say hello, say hello, what kind of hello is that
Yang Guoliang raised his head with an unhappy look on his face, and then saw Zhu Pingan. Oh, who did I think was so blind? It turns out to be you, you little bastard named Zhu!
Do I have a conflict with you? Whenever I meet you, everything goes wrong!
Last time I went with you to the teacher appreciation banquet of Prince Jing and Prince Yu, but you made a crappy couplet that made me unable to even drink a sip of water, and my lips were dry and cracked! By the way, which crappy couplet did you spend years thinking about? I still haven't figured it out yet!
Let’s not talk about the couplets first, let’s talk about the banquet.
Today, I went to the banquet given by His Majesty with you. We were not in the same room, but you rushed me. There was a full table of dishes, but there were no chopsticks. Can you believe this?! I drank a bellyful of tea, and my bladder was about to explode.
Of course, even though Yang Guoliang wanted to curse Zhu Ping'an to death in his heart, he still had to keep it up on the surface.
It's just a show.
Yang Guoliang does have this awareness.
"Mr. Zhu..."
Yang Guoliang held back the strong urge to urinate, suppressed the impatience on his face, raised his head, forced a stiff smile, and returned a salute to Zhu Ping'an.
As a result, after saying the two words "Zhu Da" in "Mr. Zhu", Yang Guoliang saw Zhu Ping'an's greasy lips shining in the candlelight. He was stunned for a moment and then felt very unbalanced in his heart. When he said the last word "Ren", he also felt very dissatisfied.
You actually have chopsticks?!
Why?!
Why can you, Zhu Ping'an, eat with a mouth full of oil while I can only drink a belly full of water
A moment
Yang Guoliang's eyes were as red as a rabbit's, very red.
Next second
Zhang Juzheng also came out and exchanged greetings with Zhu Ping'an and Yang Guoliang.
Yang Guoliang looked directly at Zhang Juzheng's lips. Well, they seemed to be greasy as well. Although not as greasy as Zhu Ping'an's, he must have eaten the imperial meal.
So
Yang Guoliang's eyes became even redder.
etc.
Am I the only one without chopsticks for this imperial feast?!
Did I offend you?!
Why do they all have chopsticks
Yang Guoliang slowly turned his inquiring gaze towards the eunuch beside him, as if he was feeling aggrieved but didn't dare to speak out.
"Lord Yang, ladies and gentlemen, please come this way." The eunuch looked calm and extended his hand to respectfully invite Yang Guoliang and others to come forward.
"Thank you."
Zhu Ping'an bowed to thank the eunuch, then walked out along the path led by the eunuch.
Zhang Juzheng followed closely behind, and Yang Guoliang came last.
The eunuch accompanied Zhu Ping'an and the other two all the way to the palace gate, then stopped and gave each of them a sign saying "Peace and Good" and then watched them walk out of the palace gate.
The Peaceful Badge is a wooden waist badge that is used to pass the curfew. Anyone holding this badge can ignore the curfew and freely travel through the streets of the Forbidden City. No matter if they are runners from Shuntian Prefecture, Jinyiwei, or Dongchang Factory Guards, they will be allowed to pass when they see this badge.
Of course, when the eunuch delivered the card just now, he also explained that this card was only for them to use when they return home tonight, and it had to be returned to the palace gate guards tomorrow.
"Sir."
Zhu Ping'an hung the "Peace and Trouble" sign on his waist, walked out of the palace, bowed to Zhang Juzheng and Yang Guoliang and said goodbye. He turned around and took a step when he heard Liu Dadao's excited shout. He raised his head and saw Liu Dadao walking towards him leading a horse not far away.
"Hehehe, I heard that the young master is having imperial meal tonight. How is it? Is the imperial meal delicious?" Liu Dadao asked curiously after leading the horse over.
"Of course the imperial meal is delicious." Zhu Ping'an took the Shamatte dark horse and smiled.
"It's delicious. How much do we have? Is it as good as the braised pork offal in our store?" Liu Dadao was very curious.
Ever since he ate the braised pig offal, Liu Dadao could not forget the taste, it was simply too delicious. Especially with the booming business today and the diners' rave reviews for the pig offal in the store, Liu Dadao is now full of confidence in the pig offal in his store.
"Ahem..."
Yang Guoliang, who was about to get on the sedan chair, almost laughed out his urine after hearing what Liu Dadao said. Comparing the imperial meal with pig offal?! This servant in Zhu Ping'an's house, who had strong limbs but a simple mind, didn't have a brain in his head, but pig offal!
Zhang Juzheng at the side couldn't help but smile when he heard this. This was the first time he heard of comparing pig offal with imperial meals. It was as funny as hearing a beggar say that after he became emperor, he only ate the yolks of eggs for three meals a day.
"It's much more delicious than the braised pork offal in our store." Zhu Ping'an smiled.
Isn't this nonsense!
Yang Guoliang rolled his eyes, snorted, got into the sedan chair, and was about to lower the curtain with a wave of his hand, preparing to urge the sedan bearers to move faster. He was still holding back.
As a result, before Yang Guoliang put down the curtain in his hand, he heard Zhu Ping'an talking again.
"How delicious is it? Let me tell you this. It was so delicious that my father-in-law even forgot to put down his chopsticks, and I didn't even notice it." Zhu Ping'an climbed onto his horse while describing it to Liu Dadao, "Next time, when I have a chance to eat the imperial meal again, I'll ask if I can pack some and bring it back for you to try."
"Really? Thank you, sir. If I could eat the imperial meal, my life would not have been lived in vain." Liu Dadao grinned excitedly.
After hearing what Zhu Ping'an said, Yang Guoliang stopped lowering the curtain.
What did Zhu Pingan just say? !
It was so delicious that my father-in-law even forgot to put down his chopsticks, and he didn’t even notice?!
So?!
Zhu Pingan didn't even put chopsticks in front of him at the beginning? !
I thought I was the only one who was unlucky because my father-in-law forgot to put chopsticks in front of me?!
It turns out that no chopsticks were placed for Zhu Pingan!!!
What about Zhang Juzheng
Yang Guoliang quickly turned his gaze to Zhang Juzheng, and then saw that Zhang Juzheng was also looking at him with suspicion.
That’s confirmed!
It turns out that during this meal, the father-in-law even forgot to place chopsticks?!
How could it be such a coincidence?!
It is possible to forget one pair of chopsticks, but it is impossible to forget three pairs, not to mention that this is inside the palace.
So this is intentional?!
Thinking of this, Yang Guoliang's heart trembled suddenly. The three of them didn't have chopsticks at the beginning, so why did they give chopsticks to Zhu Ping'an and Zhang Juzheng later, but not to me? !
Yang Guoliang was so frightened by the deep thought that his urge to urinate disappeared instantly.
The moment Zhang Juzheng saw Yang Guoliang turn his head to look at him, he already realized that the chopsticks were not placed there on purpose.
When thinking of this, Zhang Juzheng thought of his action of asking for chopsticks at the banquet...
His face turned gray in an instant.
The smile was long gone.
Only Zhu Ping'an was heartless and rode away with Liu Dadao, and the sounds of talking and laughing could be heard all along the way.