novelaction Chapter 171 Cooking by yourself?
Chapter 171 Cooking by yourself?
"Your Majesty, are you from Heluo Chang'an?"
After organizing her words a little, Zhen Ji asked curiously.
Rumor has it that Jiang Mingche came from the Celestial Empire, the Tang Dynasty, and he seemed to be the regent who was in charge of the government of the Tang Dynasty.
However, these news are just rumors after all, and have never been confirmed by anyone, so she doesn't know whether they are true or false.
"Yes, I am indeed from Heluo Chang'an..."
Jiang Mingche reached out to smooth Zhen Ji's hair and admitted with a faint smile.
"Then Your Majesty, can you tell me what Chang'an City is like?"
Zhen Ji blinked and spoke.
Zhen Ji had only known about the prosperous Heluo and the immortal Chang'an from books.
"If you want to listen, I can tell you."
After organizing his words, Jiang Mingche began to slowly tell Zhen Ji the story.
"The Tang Dynasty is located in the Heluo area, with a pleasant climate and a vast territory. The land area has reached an unprecedented peak since the empress ascended the throne..."
"The entire Heluo region, with nearly 100 million square kilometers of land, has been incorporated into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, with a population of 10 billion people..."
"Chang'an City is the capital of the Tang Dynasty. It was transformed by Mozi, one of the three sages of Jixia, using an ancient ark. Chang'an City alone covers an area of one million miles and is known as the world's number one metropolis..."
"The imperial examination system I promote comes from the Tang Dynasty, the incomparable prosperity of Chang'an City..."
Jiang Mingche told Zhen Ji tirelessly, and Zhen Ji did not speak to disturb Jiang Mingche, but just listened quietly.
The more she listened, the brighter her eyes became.
The Celestial Empire is indeed not groundless.
One Tang Dynasty is enough to match ten Yunhuang Kingdoms.
And because the ruler was the female emperor Wu Zetian, the treatment of women in the Tang Dynasty was much better than in other countries.
In the Tang Dynasty, no matter whether you are a man or a woman, old or young, whether you are a poor peasant or a royal noble, you can read and write, take the imperial examinations, or join the army to serve the country.
The Tang Dynasty advocated free love and did not attach much importance to women's chastity.
Even if your husband divorces you, you can still find someone to marry again.
Unlike any other country on this continent, women's chastity is extremely important.
Let’s not talk about far away places, let’s just talk about Yunhuang Kingdom.
If a woman is divorced, it is almost impossible for her to get married again.
If a man is not extremely poor, he will not marry a remarried woman as his wife. At most, he will take her as a concubine.
"If I have the chance in the future, I really want to visit Chang'an City..."
After listening to Jiang Mingche's story, Zhen Ji became more fascinated with the city of Chang'an, far away in Heluo.
"If you want to go, I'll take you there when I come back."
Jiang Mingche smiled faintly and said that he could still fulfill Zhen Ji's small wish.
"Really?"
After a moment of silence, Zhen Ji's face became a little suspicious, and she was very surprised at Jiang Mingche's words.
After all, if she marries the emperor, unless something unexpected happens, she will never be able to leave the palace in her lifetime and can only be a canary in captivity forever. This is also a kind of sadness.
So after hearing Jiang Mingche's words, Zhen Ji's first reaction was disbelief.
"Of course it's true. Do you think I would use such a small matter to make fun of you?"
Jiang Mingche reached out and pinched Zhen Ji's tender little face, and said in a somewhat unhappily manner.
She is about to become his woman, so he can still satisfy Zhen Ji with this little thing.
Not to mention going to Chang'an City, even if Zhen Ji wanted to go to the ends of the earth, he could take her there.
Being rubbed on the face by Jiang Mingche, Zhen Ji lowered her head shyly.
Zhen Ji had never had any intimate behavior with a man before, and this was the first time that a man rubbed her face. This made her heart flutter and she felt very shy.
After listening to Jiang Mingche's stories about the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an, and some of his own experiences, the relationship between the two eased a little.
Zhen Ji also had a simple understanding of Jiang Mingche, and was not as afraid of him as she was at the beginning.
It is said that his majesty is extremely good to his women, and now it seems to be true.
At least Jiang Mingche would not be like other emperors, ordering the concubines in his harem around all the time.
Zhen Ji could feel that Jiang Mingche respected her from the bottom of his heart, and he did not look down on her just because she was a bargaining chip sent by the family...
"Your Majesty, may I ask how many concubines you have..."
After hesitating for a moment, Zhen Ji looked up at Jiang Mingche and asked weakly.
Although the topic was somewhat sensitive, she still bravely asked.
After all, this concerns her future life and how many women she will have to compete with for favor...
Being in the harem, the most troublesome thing is nothing more than the open and covert struggles with various concubines.
Even if she didn't want to fight with those women, once she was involved, there was no way she could escape, so she needed to be mentally prepared.
"My concubine..."
"two......"
After thinking for a while, Jiang Mingche directly answered Zhen Ji's question.
In the Wei capital palace, he really only has two women, Diao Chan and Mai Shiranui, and most of his friends are in Chang'an City...
"Only two?"
After hearing Jiang Mingche's words, Zhen Ji's first reaction was disbelief.
Jiang Mingche is the emperor, how could he have only two women?
However, seeing that Jiang Mingche did not seem to be lying to her on purpose, and recalling the previous rumors, she finally believed what Jiang Mingche said.
I heard before that a minister in the court suggested that Jiang Mingche hold a beauty contest to select beauties from all over the country to be included in the harem, but Jiang Mingche directly refused.
People all say that the emperor has always been fond of Diao Chan, the best dancer in the capital of Wei.
Moreover, Jiang Mingche seemed to be planning to directly make Diao Chan the queen.
Now it seems that these rumors are indeed true.
Jiang Mingche is definitely not as obsessed with women as he imagined.
Zhen Ji had met Diao Chan, who was as famous as herself, twice by chance before.
Zhen Ji was about to say something else, but her face suddenly turned red because she had sensed something strange about Jiang Mingche... Zhen Ji, who was well aware of her own charm, was not surprised by this.
After hesitating for a while, Zhen Ji finally went straight to Jiang Mingche and whispered a few words.
Now that she has decided to face her fate, she can no longer keep running away.
"Your Majesty, it is getting late. Let me serve you and take a rest."
That night, Jiang Mingche enjoyed Zhen Ji's extreme tenderness...
Women of this era would always subconsciously try to please their men, which made Jiang Mingche very satisfied.
Moreover, Zhen Ji's physique is somewhat similar to Hai Yue's...
The next day, early morning.
After getting up from the bed, Jiang Mingche washed up and walked directly out of the Yixuan Hall.
After arriving outside the palace, Jiang Mingche took a deep breath of fresh air.
After calming himself down a little, he left the Yixuan Hall directly.
As per custom, he planned to go to the imperial kitchen and cook for Zhen Ji himself to nourish her body.
After arriving at the imperial kitchen, Jiang Mingche went straight to the imperial chef who was in charge of the imperial kitchen.
"Your servant Ji Bo often sees Your Majesty..."
Ji Bochang bowed deeply to Jiang Mingche.
In the imperial palace, ministers holding official positions only needed to bow and salute, but a royal chef like him was only slightly better than a palace maid and did not have that kind of treatment.
"What did you say your name was?"
Looking at the fat man in front of him who kept nodding and bowing, Jiang Mingche's expression became a little strange.
Damn, this guy's parents are really talented at naming.
Why call him Ji Bochang when there are so many other names?
"Your Majesty, my name is Ji Bochang..."
Although the royal chef was a little confused as to why Jiang Mingche asked this, he still answered Jiang Mingche's question honestly.
"What a nice name..."
"Do you have any new hens in the imperial kitchen? Bring them to me..."
"promise....."
Ji Bochang responded, bowed and left.
Although he was very confused about what Jiang Mingche wanted to do with the hen, he did not dare to ask too much and just obediently did what Jiang Mingche instructed.
Jiang Mingche didn't have to wait long, Ji Bochang soon came back with a hen in his hand.
"Your Majesty, this is the hen I just ordered to be slaughtered this morning..."
Ji Bochang said this and became hesitant again.
Wouldn't it be a crime of disrespect to ask him to hand this kind of thing to Jiang Mingche?
"Bring it to you."
After taking a look at Ji Bochang, Jiang Mingche could guess what this guy was thinking.
Not bothering to explain anything to this guy, Jiang Mingche directly took the hen from Ji Bochang's hands.
Then, in front of everyone's confused eyes, he started killing chickens and making soup.
"Your Majesty, you are the emperor, how can you cook for yourself? Please let me do it..."
Ji Bochang said with a somewhat strange expression.
The emperor cooks for the meal himself?
This is really a ghost.
As the Son of Heaven, he lived a life of luxury. He had never seen or even heard of someone cooking for himself.
“You can’t….”
Jiang Mingche glanced at Ji Bochang and attacked him mercilessly.
He would be too lazy to cook it himself if someone could make chicken soup that tasted the same as his own.
However, in this era, there were no various cooking seasonings like those in later generations, so it was impossible to make food that tasted the same as your own.
He didn't have much of this seasoning, all of which he had exchanged with the system. If he were to produce it on a large scale, it would be very cumbersome, so Jiang Mingche gave up the idea.
Moreover, his cooking skills have been systematically enhanced, and ordinary people can't learn it at all.
Normally, he doesn't have to cook himself.
Today is to help Zhen Ji recover, after all, he was a bit inhumane last night...
After being hit so ruthlessly by Jiang Mingche, Ji Bochang opened his mouth and wanted to say something in rebuttal, but he swallowed the words back when they reached his lips.
Jiang Mingche said he was a waste, so he was a waste...
He is just a small servant who is courting death by contradicting the emperor...
If Jiang Mingche gets angry and beheads himself at the Meridian Gate, that won’t be fun…