Poor family mother and son

Although the eldest son is the eldest son, he is born of a concubine, and has a serious heart disease. He only covets the throne but has no power to compete. He can eat with his father, so why can't others?

Except for the third prince, the other eight princes came to a common conclusion after full self-reflection, careful analysis and prediction with their mother and concubine: the timing of their food delivery was not good enough.

They should be like the eldest prince, first observe his father's movements, get in touch with Eunuch Li and his disciples and grandchildren, understand his father's mood in real time, grasp his father's work and rest, and deliver meals when his father is in a good mood, has leisure time, and has appetite .

In this way, they can have the possibility to personally deliver the delicious food to the father, and even get the opportunity to have a meal with the father.

Thus, a new round of meal delivery operations began.

It's just different from the last round, the princes no longer come together after school, but come one today, and another one later.

Recently, the princes spend a lot of money, they all follow the example of the eldest prince, not only carrying bank notes with them, but also carrying silver peanuts, agate beads, etc. in their purses.

Anyone who had the opportunity to reach the emperor, even the little eunuch who helped the emperor carry the chamber pot, or the low-level court lady who cleaned the courtyard, had all been rewarded by the princes.

On Xiaobao's side, he also received a new request from the princes: to provide lunch.

The princes are not limited to ordering only three meals, sometimes four - with one for their mother and concubine.

Xiaobao has no objection to the addition of lunch, who can't eat at noon?Just do one more meal, there is nothing wrong with it.

Not only that, but Xiaobao also discounted the lunch at half price. The reason is: he was moved by the filial piety of the princes, and wanted to do his little bit for him to be taken care of by the emperor.

The real reason is: the lunch break is short, you can only cook some simple dishes, no discounts, and the princes are disgusted, where will the money be earned!

Although lunch is half price, the princes are not greedy for cheap, but choose lunch or dinner according to their needs.

The princes didn't come to order meals every day. Sometimes one prince would give a short notice for lunch, and sometimes another prince would say that he wanted dinner after a few days.

No matter what, Xiaobao will welcome you wholeheartedly, as long as you notify him half an hour in advance.

Moreover, every time the princes came to wait for the meal, Xiaobao would chat with them, express his feelings about the emperor's clothes and food, and praise the emperor's benevolence and thrift.

Finally, I want to summarize: the work of the emperor is really beyond the capabilities of ordinary people. He really dedicated his limited life to serving the people endlessly, serving the public wholeheartedly, and completely forgetting himself.

At the same time, for the prince who ordered four meals, Xiaobao would also like to praise his filial piety, because they know that they love their own mothers; envy the words that there is true love in the world, because they not only have a father, but also have more than one mother who loves them, Much stronger than myself.

Because Xiaobao praised him so much, Xiaobao became more and more popular among the princes.

The emperor has been in sweet troubles lately.

Sometimes, he can eat two meals a day from his sons, and sometimes he can't eat a meal for several days.

This made the emperor have no rules to follow, looking forward to it even more, and tried his best to leave his son to eat with him.

That's the sweet part, but there's also the annoying part.

The emperor found that his sons performed the duty of "three companions" wholeheartedly - eating, drinking and chatting with him, but when they talked to him, their eyes were full of kindness and pity!

Kindly shit, one by one!
Who is the father and who is the son? !

And what's with that look of pity?Who have mercy on?Why are you merciful?
It makes everyone look like a Bodhisattva who saves the suffering. I don't know that this dynasty does not advocate any sects!

Let's just talk about today, the seventh prince came to have dinner with the emperor.

There are many sons, and there are always those who are ignored, such as the seventh prince, who is more introverted and doesn't fight too much on weekdays, which makes him not so prominent among brothers.

When he was eating with the emperor, he would answer whatever the emperor asked. Originally, the emperor ate deliciously, talked smoothly, and was very happy, but when he was about to finish the meal, he saw tears in Lao Qi's eyes.

"Old Seven, are you going to cry? Tell Father, what's the matter?" the emperor asked kindly, and felt that he seemed to care less about this Old Seven.

Who would have expected that the Seventh Prince would burst into tears when he heard this, and then he would choke up and reply: "Father...Father, it's not easy for you..."

In just one sentence, the speech was divided into three paragraphs, and he even sucked his nose once.

Fortunately, the emperor had finished eating, and the seventh prince raised his sleeves and wiped away his tears indiscriminately, before leaving hastily: "Father, please don't be too busy...you must, take care of your health! My son, please leave!"

The one who confused the emperor had no choice but to look at Eunuch Li.

Eunuch Li immediately sent someone to investigate the Seventh Prince's recent abnormalities, but found nothing. It's time to go to class and play, it's no different.

After a few days, the fifth prince came to deliver the meal, and the emperor spared no effort to ask the fifth prince about his homework while eating.

Unexpectedly, the fifth prince said sincerely to the emperor: "Father, my son has been able to keep up with his studies recently. He didn't review much, but spent some time learning how to ride and shoot."

When asked why he wanted to learn riding and archery, the fifth prince unexpectedly showed the same pitiful expression as Lao Qi, and carefully looked at the emperor's temples and forehead, as if he was looking for something.

"What are you looking for?" the emperor couldn't help asking.

The fifth prince replied: "Father, my son said something very disrespectful. Your life is only a hundred years. Even if your father is the emperor, you can't get rid of the laws of nature. You have to plan for yourself."

As he said that, the Fifth Prince pointed to his temples to signal the emperor: "Look, you already have gray hairs, just here...well, here are two temples!
Father, you should take some time to do some activities, keep fit and prolong your life! "

The emperor was a little confused: what happened to me, so I need to prolong my life?I'm quite healthy, what kind of wind is this fifth child?

The fifth prince said again: "Father, my son likes to practice martial arts more. You see, my son has been walking for half an hour recently without panting, and he can draw a bow with a stone by eight points. Don't ask your son to learn those classics too much." No, my son doesn’t want to be a teacher.”

The words are good words, and the food is also good food, but this meal, the emperor didn't like it!
After several days, no one came to deliver food.

The meals in the imperial dining room are all carefully matched. They are good-looking and nutritious, but the taste is not enough, too bland and nothing new.

The emperor was already bored and annoyed with those court meetings and memorials. Without good food, he felt like the tongue in his mouth was starting to clamor.

Finally, at lunch time, the Tenth Prince came.

The ten princes brought a large tray with ten skewers of grilled prawns, twenty skewers of lamb kidneys, ten skewers of grilled lamb tails, twenty skewers of grilled venison, ten skewers of grilled leeks, twenty skewers of grilled oysters, and grilled chicken gizzards. Ten skewers, ten skewers of grilled eggplant, ten skewers of grilled beans, ten skewers of roasted garlic, and ten skewers of grilled shiitake mushrooms.

There is also a large bowl of cistanche mutton porridge and a pot of honeysuckle tea.

It was steaming hot, and in order to keep the temperature warm, a windproof cover was put on the tray. The tenth prince brought it here at a trot, scaring the little eunuch who was following him to stagger and run with him.

"Father!" The tenth prince shouted with sparks and lightning all the way, as soon as the door of the imperial study room opened, "You can rest!"