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Mou Biao laughed and said,

"Don't worry, father-in-law, these hairs will fall off in a while, and won't be eaten..."

In this box, the wild ducks and bird eggs were covered tightly with river mud, and a fire was lit in the dug out pit, and firewood was put in to burn it. Thick branches were placed horizontally on top, and balls of mud were placed on top to roast. Mou Biao laughed and said,
"It takes the most effort to do this, but it's just a good time to watch the scenery while baking..."

This chamber ordered people to bring the floor mats from the boat, leveled the weeds around the area, spread the floor mats, put futons and small tables on top, and took a small red clay stove to make tea. The prince invited the second prince to sit down ,
"Second brother, let's make tea by the river first, and cook wine and eat duck later, it would be interesting!"

Zhu Houye smiled and said,
"On weekdays, you can see high walls and black tiles in the mansion. In this place, the sky is covered with the ground, and the view is wide, which makes people feel refreshed and happy. It's really good!"

The three of them were sitting opposite each other, talking while having tea, Mou Biao didn't allow others to do anything, and watched the mud ball on the fire by himself, turning it little by little, the second prince laughed again,

"It is to make tea, so playing the piano is indispensable!"

Immediately, he called the maid on his boat, held the piano and played it, the elegant sound of the piano and the rustling reeds blown by the river wind, it was a bit far away, and the deserted autumn atmosphere of the bleak autumn wind made people feel The crown prince and the second prince had been arty for a while, fighting against each other, while Mou Biao just kept silent and concentrated on roasting his own things.

The two people in this room talked about poems and words, but somehow they were dragged into the court. They talked about the battle reports sent from the northwest a few days ago, and they also talked about the floods in the south, the drought in the north, and the barbarians in the southwest. , the two are concerned about the country and the people,
"The barbarians have always refused to accept my teachings in the Central Plains. Every once in a while, they will commit rebellion. They really deserve to be killed. According to my brother, these barbarians can only take them with force, completely subdue them, break them up, and leave them without successors." People, no one has the strength to fight!"

The prince shook his head,

"Surrendering them with force is a temporary measure. After a long time, when they recover, they will still rebel!"

The second prince replied,
"Your brother also knows that subduing them with force is the best strategy, but for so many years, the imperial court has continued to appease and educate the barbarians, and tolerated the barbarians in every possible way, but they are warlike in nature, rebellious, disrespectful of etiquette, and do not obey the imperial court at all. Discipline, only when they are subdued with fists will they be willing to obey, this is also a helpless move!"

The prince still shook his head,

"There are many mountains and miasma in the southwest. Sending troops to encircle and suppress them is time-consuming and laborious, and wastes the treasury. It often takes three to five years to win a temporary victory. After the army retreats, it will come back within a year. In this way, you come and I go back and forth. The imperial court Now...there really is not so much money to support military expenses!"

"Then what should the Prince see?"

The prince frowned and thought for a while,
"According to this palace, it is still necessary to draw it slowly, and the main thing is to educate and appease the foreigners in the southwest..."

The second prince shook his head,
"The prince's method is too slow, it's a bit soft..."

The prince smiled and was about to speak, but someone interrupted abruptly,
"Hahaha... I also feel that the prince's method is too soft. To deal with those uneducable barbarians, how to appease and tolerate them? In my opinion, I should kill them all, cut the weeds and remove the roots. There will be no future troubles!"...

The two raised their heads when they heard the words, but saw the third prince in a hunting suit striding over, came to the front and saluted the two, came over and sat down, and said to the prince,
"Prince, you are too soft-tempered. You are not as domineering as the second brother. If you want to be the king of a country, you should have the aura to rule the world. The prince brother needs to change his temperament..."

The prince smiled slightly when he heard the words, but did not speak, but the second prince's face was serious, and he cupped his hands and said,
"Third brother is impolite. The elder brother of the crown prince is different from us. He is the prince. The prince should care about the world and have the benevolence to educate all people. How dare I compare myself!"

The third prince curled his lips when he heard the words,

"Second brother, we brothers should speak straight to each other. Why are you so careful? The crown prince won't punish us with just one sentence!"

The prince smiled slightly and said,

"What the third brother said is very true. My brother chats casually, but the second brother doesn't have to worry about it, just speak freely!"

The third prince laughed when he heard the words,
"Look, this is the bearing His Royal Highness should have!"

Mou Biao watched coldly from the sidelines. The three brothers of the Tian family came and went, but they kept silent. Seeing that the wild duck was roasted, they said,
"Prince, Your Highness, the game has been roasted..."

Seeing this, the prince smiled and nodded,
"Even if it's ready, serve it up!"

Mou Biao nodded, and put a scorched ball of mud on the small table. The third prince saw it and asked,
"What is this, can a ball of scorched mud still be eaten?"

Mou Biao didn't say much, but ordered someone to get a wooden mallet from the boat, and tapped lightly on the scorched mud ball, the mud ball immediately made a crackling sound, a crack opened in the middle, and the inside immediately rose up. A puff of white air came out, and a smell of meat wafted out, the second prince sniffed and said with a smile,

"Look at this, it seems that the taste should be good..."

Mou Biao waited for the heat to dissipate before he knocked again, the mud clods and feathers of the wild duck fell down one after another, revealing the snow-white flesh inside, the prince wondered,
"I didn't expect to bake it so casually, it would be really delicious!"

Another palace man from this side came over with bowls and plates, and wanted to take out the peeled wild duck meat and cut it into pieces, but the third prince waved his hands and said,
"Why bother, even if you eat wild game outside, it will lose its flavor when you cut it with a knife..."

After saying that, he made a gesture,
"You should tear it up and eat it!"

In this room, he moved his hands first to tear the duck leg. The duck meat roasted in this way was completely wrapped in juice without any loss, so the duck meat was very soft, and a thigh was torn off with a light pull, Third Prince Hold it in your hand and smile at the prince,
"Brother Prince, it's better to strike first, and the younger brother will eat first!"

The prince is still smiling,

"Third brother, be careful, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry!"

The third prince took a bite of the duck meat, and it was so hot that he blew repeatedly, but he refused to spit out the meat in his mouth, and smiled at the prince,
"It doesn't matter if it's hot, as long as it's in your mouth, no one can take it away!"

The prince smiled and said,

"Eating is eating, whether you can bear it or not, that's not certain!"

The third prince took another big bite,

"Even if you can eat it in your stomach, you must be able to bear it!"...

The prince laughed again, and slowly stretched out his hand to tear off the other duck leg, but handed it to the second prince.

"Second brother, you eat..."

The second prince quickly thanked him, the prince saw him take it, then went to tear the meat off the duck breast, smiled at the third prince,
"Third brother, it is the one who has a delicious bento to share with the brothers!"

The third prince sneered, but did not speak.

What are you pretending to be a brother and brother respectful, others don't know you, but I know you, from the youngest to the oldest, I like to pretend to be big, on the surface, I am generous, gentle and generous, but in reality, there is a lot of bad water inside, from the top of the head to the soles of the feet!
The crown prince grabbed the duck breast and refused to eat it, and handed it to Mou Biao. Mou Biao didn't dare to accept it, the crown prince smiled and said,

"If you come out to play, you should be less polite. You roasted this duck, so why don't you eat it?"

After finishing speaking, he handed it to Mou Biao, and Mou Biao had no choice but to take it with both hands. Then the crown prince moved the whole plate in front of him, and said with a smile,
"Share some of you, the entire duck from head to tail belongs to me!"

And then he commanded,

"How can you have meat without wine? Bring the wine!"

……

Soon in Luerwan, the story of the three princes eating duck meat reached the ears of Emperor Hongzhi. After listening carefully, Emperor Hongzhi sent the people down, but he stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back and looked at the sparkling light outside. The surface of the lake has been shining for a long time,
"His Majesty……"

The little eunuch outside stepped in with his head bowed, bowed and asked,
"Your Majesty, it's time for lunch. Does Your Majesty want to eat?"

Emperor Hongzhi turned around, his face could not be seen clearly in the backlight,
"Let them cook whole ducks today!"

"Yes!"

When the prince returned to Mingxin Hall, he dismissed Mou Biao and the people around him, and went into the inner hall to wash and change his clothes. Liu Jin beside him came in with a bowl of soup.

"Your Highness, the wild duck meat is cold, drink a bowl of soup to get rid of the cold!"

The prince nodded, took a sip of the soup delivered to him, Liu Jin looked at his face and whispered,

"Your Highness, the wild duck meat is too rough, and your Highness eats more than usual, why don't the servants let them cook another bowl of soup for digestion?"

The prince shook his head,

"No need!"

While talking, someone came in from outside and whispered something in Liu Jin's ear, Liu Jin turned to the prince and said,

"Your Highness, His Majesty said that they ate whole ducks at noon today..."

"Whole duck!"

The prince smiled slightly when he heard the words, and looked out the window,

It seems that the old man feels that he is young and vigorous, and he has a good appetite. If he wants to eat the whole duck, he is not afraid of being like the third child.

Not to mention that after Mou Biao returned to his residence, he recalled that the brothers of the Tian family were fighting openly and secretly today, and he secretly warned himself to protect himself wisely, but someone knocked on the gate of Jia's house at the other end, and there were two doors opened in the courtyard of Jia's house. , one door is in Xijiao Hutong, and the other door is in Gujing Hutong. When the sisters heard someone knocking on the courtyard gate over there, Si Lian ordered Liu Lian,
"Liu Lian is going to see who is coming?"

There are people in the house, but there are two of them, one is raising a baby, he even eats in bed, and the other is sleeping at home, even if the house is demolished, as long as the house is not demolished on top of his head, he will not get up and come out to open the door , It's still the sisters' business inside and out.

Liu Lian responded, and ran over to open the courtyard door, but saw several officials standing in front of the door, not wearing the official uniforms of Jin Yiwei, but the servants of the Shuntian government office,

"you……"

Liu Lian knew the leader of the team,
"Uncle Shangguan, why did you come to our house?"

The team leader of the Yamen in Shuntian Mansion was surnamed Shangguan and named Xi, and nodded when he saw Liulian,

"It's Liulian, it's grown so tall..."

asked her again,
"Is your father at home?"

Liu Lian thought it was the yamen who wanted to find Jia Jincheng for something, so she replied,
"My father is in the yamen. Uncle Shangguan wanted to find him, so he went to the Fusi yamen in Beizhen..."