Li Hong was unmoved and continued to grab the meat from Yiyang's hand and said, "Oh, just let him take a look at it, and you won't lose the meat."
"No, that guy has a sinister look on his face. He is not a good person at first glance." Yi Yang said angrily.
Hearing what Yiyang said, Li Hong became a little curious. In the Palace of the Tang Dynasty, there were still people who dared to stare at the Princess of the Tang Dynasty? Didn't anyone warn the princes and khans of those small countries when they came
At this time, the Linhu Palace was already lively. The courtiers were drinking and chatting with each other. The foreign guests were enjoying the singing and dancing. They were holding wine bottles and trying to build relationships with the officials they wanted to find.
The people in the Ministry of War were surrounded by envoys from Silla, hoping that the Tang Dynasty would send troops to help them resist the siege of Goryeo and Baekje. Baekje and Goryeo hoped that Tang Dynasty would send troops to help them destroy Silla together.
But this has nothing to do with Li Hong and the others in the corner. Li Hong followed Yiyang's eyes and turned around to look, and saw a boy about the same age as Li Zhong winking in his direction and teasing the person next to him. The angry Yiyang behaved very arrogantly.
Li Hong frowned, knowing that this was Ashinu, the young Khan of the Western Turks. When they visited their father in the Taiji Hall just now, the etiquette officer had reported their names.
Yiyang turned his head away angrily, holding on to his clothes with his little hands and sulking. The only person in the palace who can stand up for her is Li Hong. Li Sujie has become timid and cowardly since his mother-in-law was moved to the deep palace. Li Xiao and Li Shangjin followed Li Hong everywhere. At this time, Li Hong did not move, and they did not dare to do anything to Ashinu.
Li Hong looked around and saw that no one was paying attention. The Western Turkic envoy seemed to be talking loudly with his father, mother, and Li Zhong, so he got up from the futon and walked to Ashinu.
Ashinu glanced at Li Hong who came to him and ignored him, as if Li Hong was just air and not worthy of his attention. Then he put one arm on the table even more brazenly. The hand on the table rested on his head, and he looked at Yiyang who was blushing with anger even more unscrupulously.
"Hey, that's almost it. Hurry up and eat your food." Li Hong said standing aside.
Ashinuxie glanced at him and continued to look at Yiyang. He didn't pay attention to the three or four-year-old child in front of him at all. It was expected that he would not dare to do anything extraordinary in this court.
Li Hong looked at Ashinu with an indifferent and unconcerned attitude. Knowing that I was ignored by the other party! Is this a big deal? So he stopped saying anything and looked around again. No one was paying attention to them. Then he raised his calf. When the two sisters Yiyang and Gao An happened to turn their heads to look over, Li Hong's little foot was printed on Ashinu's face. superior.
Yiyang and Anyang turned around and saw Li Hong's little foot leaving a footprint on Ashinu's face. They were so frightened by Li Hong's bold move that they couldn't help but scream, and hurriedly covered it with their little hands. Shut up, I'm afraid of being discovered.
"You don't understand if I talk to you properly, do you? I have to treat you like a beast before you can react, right?" Li Hong took his foot back and looked at the angry Ashinu and provoked.
"You..." Ashinu was angry. He didn't expect that a three or four-year-old child would dare to kick him in the face.
With his eyes blazing with anger, he stood up from the futon and reached out to grab the clothes on Li Hong's chest, so as to teach this Tang prince who dared to insult him a lesson.
Hua Meng seemed to appear out of thin air, grabbing Ashinu's outstretched hand tightly, and said in a conspiratorial manner: "Little Khan, please pay attention to your behavior at my Tang Dynasty banquet. "
Ashinu and Li Hong were both startled. Neither of them noticed how the eunuch appeared in front of them. He appeared suddenly like a ghost.
Ashinu looked at his grabbed wrist and pulled it hard a few times but failed to pull it back. His wrist seemed to be held by an iron hoop. No matter how hard he tried, this man with a sinister smile on his face , but remained motionless, as if nailed there.
Li Hong smiled, raised his head and said to Ashinu calmly: "Be careful in the future. You can't see everyone. Take care of your eyes and be careful not to lose them."
Li Hong didn't know that after arriving at Linhu Palace, Wu Mei called Hua Meng aside and gave a few special instructions, asking him to keep an eye on the little monkey and not let him cause any trouble today.
And where the ministers gathered over there, the Western Turkic envoy and the Guizi envoy were obviously encouraged by someone who was interested. At this moment, they were loudly saying to Prince Li Zhong in the lobby: "Your Highness, you have to eat meat with your hands. , We cannot learn to use chopsticks like you in the Tang Dynasty, and it is not in line with the Taoism of the Tang Dynasty. We should give up using chopsticks and eat with our hands like we do. This is the most noble way of eating. method."
Li Zhi and Wu Mei frowned when they heard this. These envoys obviously intended to make things difficult for the honest, cowardly and cowardly prince, and they just wanted to make Li Zhong look embarrassed in front of everyone.
"Chopsticks are rules passed down from our ancestors, so we must abide by them." Li Zhong stammered and spent a long time trying to squeeze out a sentence.
The Western Turkic envoy saw that Li Zhong was honest and cowardly, so he poured a glass of wine for Li Zhong with a wine flask and said: "Come, I will give you a glass of wine for His Royal Highness."
Li Zhong had no choice but to pick up the cup and drink. As soon as he put down the cup, he saw the Western Turkic envoy grabbing a piece of meat on the table next to him and said: "The Tang Dynasty is a country of etiquette and civilization. It abides by Taoism and law." Of course, why use two wooden sticks to eat? Doesn't this go against human instinct, forget the fundamentals of Taoism and nature, and lose the proper etiquette and civilization? Therefore, Your Highness, you should also give up using that? Chopsticks and your hands are the noble way to eat.”
Li Zhong didn't know what to do. He just picked up the chopsticks in his hand. Because of the messenger's words, he couldn't put them down or take them out.
"Really? Can you eat anything you're good at?" Li Hong ran to the prince's side at some point and asked, lying on Li Zhong's shoulder and looking at the envoy below, with his lazy smirk on his face.
Li Zhi and Wu Mei, who had serious faces, saw Li Hong suddenly appear. They were relieved for no reason. At the same time, they thought that in this way, the prince would not lose face in front of everyone.
At the same time, Wu Mei glared hard at Hua Meng, who was not far from Li Hong, as if to say: "Why did you let this skinny monkey out?"
"That is, no matter what kind of food you eat, there is nothing more noble than eating it with your hands." The Western Turkic envoy said boldly, and the other Guizi envoy nodded in agreement.
"Okay, today I have prepared new meals for my father, mother, and others. I will ask you to help me show how to eat with my hands in a moment." Li Hong said as he hung on Li Zhong's shoulders like a boneless person. .
Li Zhi, Wu Mei, Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong in the court, as well as Changsun Wuji and others who were always there, were all shocked when they heard Li Hong's words, and they all looked here involuntarily, feeling in their hearts I'm guessing what kind of bad thing Dai Wang is holding in his heart.
"Haha... Okay. The king has his orders, and I will obey them."
"Xia Zhi, bring it up as soon as it's ready." Li Hong said to Hua Meng.
When Hua Meng heard this, he hurried back. After a while, he saw Mang Zhong, Xia Zhi, Xiao Xue, Xiao Han and Hua Meng walking in each carrying a plate.
There was a delicate brass hotpot placed on each person's plate, as well as several small plates and a small bowl. There were various kinds of raw meat on the small plates, and the contents in the bowl looked like condiments. Hot pot has been around for a long time. This is Li Hong's modified hot pot. It is easier and more convenient to eat than the previous one, and it is also much simpler.
The water in the copper hot pot is bubbling at the moment, and wisps of water vapor rise straight into the air from the copper hot pot. Now you only need to put the meat in the delicate small plate into the hot pot and cook it for a while.
Hua Meng placed a copper hot pot on the desk of Prince Li Zhong, while others gave it to Li Zhi, Wu Mei, Changsun Wuji, Zhu Suiliang and others.
Li Hong chuckled and picked up his chopsticks. Wu Mei, Li Zhi, and other court officials who were watching everything here sighed helplessly. When they saw this hot pot, they knew that the little guy was going to trick people again. It's a shame that this little guy can figure out what's going on in this little head. He can even think of such a damaging move.
Li Hong picked up the chopsticks unfamiliarly, and while putting the meat on the small plate into the hot pot and stirring it, he said to Li Zhi and Wu Mei: "Father and Queen, I want you to try this meat today." It’s not fresh, so I’ll give it to the distinguished foreign envoys to try. They are meat eaters, so they can naturally taste the quality of the meat at once.”
In a short time, Wu Mei had not thought of how to say something to stop Li Hong from attacking foreign envoys like this. However, Li Zhi, who was slow to respond, later realized that he had done something to help the foreign envoy, saying: "It's so good. It's rare that Hong'er likes it. You should try the quality of this meat." "
The Western Turkic envoys, the Guizi envoys and other envoys felt something bad when they first saw the copper hot pot. Now looking at the hot and bubbling water inside, especially when I saw Li Hong using chopsticks to put the meat into the pot, I already knew in my heart that I had been tricked by this acting king. When I was thinking about how to refuse, I didn't expect that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty Even more ruthless, he even ordered them to taste it? ! Suddenly, their faces became uglier than those of a dead person, and they looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a moment.
When Li Hong heard Li Zhi's words, he chuckled and almost fell off Li Zhong's shoulders. Thanks to Li Zhong's quick eyes and quick hands, he caught him.
"Come on, there are fresh seasonings here. This is the royal family's secret recipe. You can't eat such delicious hot pot anywhere else." Li Hong usually uses a spoon, and he has trouble using chopsticks, but today he said You have to use the chopsticks well in front of the envoys from various countries.
As if even God was helping him, Li Hong unexpectedly put a piece of meat into the condiment bowl for the first time. After dipping it in the ingredients a few times, he opened his little mouth and chewed the piece of meat into his stomach.
Then he looked at the two messengers with red faces and sad faces and said: "Come on, use your most noble method to try whether our Datang hot pot is delicious. Of course, you can also buy some of our Datang's hot pot." Take the hot pot and bring it back to your country to eat."
Messenger Guizi looked at the gushing hot water, and clenched his fists tightly with his hands hanging on his sides. He originally wanted to embarrass the prince of the Tang Dynasty, but unexpectedly he was embarrassed by a three or four-year-old child.
Standing there in embarrassment and not knowing what to do, the Western Turkic envoy also looked embarrassed. After being silent for a few moments, he said nonchalantly: "Such boiling water is naturally not suitable. Is it possible that anyone can put their hands into boiling water?" Fishing out something from the frying pan?”
"I can." Li Hong hadn't chewed all the meat in his mouth, and he said again in a nonchalant manner, with the intention of fighting you to the death today.
"Uh..." The two envoys almost choked and fainted at Li Hong's words.
(End of chapter)