Just as the three of them were enjoying their meal, there was an announcement from outside.

"The emperor is here!"

The three people who were gnawing pig's trotters: ...

While hesitating, Emperor Huizhao had already walked in, followed by the two, three, four, five princes behind him.

For a moment, Fei Ran could neither swallow nor spit out the pig's trotters.

Fei Ran murmured and was about to get up to salute, but Emperor Huizhao saw his puffed cheeks and oily mouth, and hurriedly waved his hands, "Excuse me."

In an instant, Fei Ran's mouth began to chew, and his eyes asked: Why is the father here?

Fei Ran held a pig's trotter in his hand, his mouth was stained with oil, and his cheeks were bulging. Behind him, the two small movements were exactly the same as his.

When the princes saw clearly what they were holding, they couldn't help breathing.

The brows of the First Prince and the Crown Prince were directly twisted into twists, and their expressions turned into disapproval.

In the Great Yang Dynasty, only the poor who could not afford to eat would eat this kind of food.

However, now is not the time to talk about it, and Emperor Huizhao didn't notice what his son was eating at all, and his mind was on the waterwheel at this time.

After the prince reported the matter of the waterwheel to Emperor Huizhao, Emperor Huizhao immediately summoned the ministers and carpenters to discuss the matter, and was very happy when he got the confirmed news.

In the Dayang Dynasty, farmland irrigation was a major event every year, not to mention the number of people and animals that were exhausted. In some areas, when the water rose every summer and autumn, hundreds of acres of surrounding fields needed to be irrigated around the clock. The duration lasts until the water falls in winter, and the manpower and material resources consumed in this process are also very large.

The waterwheel that can rotate without humans and animals is definitely a blessing to the people!

This is a good thing for Emperor Huizhao, who values ​​people's livelihood.

"Take me to see your automatic water wheel!"

When the water wheel started to run, it poured on the roof with a clatter, and then fell with a clatter along the rain eaves. Emperor Huizhao, who was standing by the side, felt cool all over his body, and said several good words again and again.

He even patted Fei Ran's shoulder heavily: "Liulang, you are worthy of being the prince of my Great Yang Dynasty!"

Emperor Huizhao thought that Fei Ran was just playing for fun, so he let him go, who would have thought that he would come up with such a useful thing casually.

Emperor Huizhao was very pleased, and immediately sent people to reward Fei Ran with many things, and the other princes who helped build the car were also rewarded.

The princes who followed at the side, when they heard Emperor Huizhao mentioned their assistance, they couldn't help but look embarrassed. They naturally knew what they were doing. At that time, they made excuses to avoid it several times.

The princes couldn't help but feel a little guilty when they thought of their various excuses before. They glanced at Fei Ran, and the credit should be attributed to Fei Ran.

Fei Ran didn't care about these things, and after demonstrating the waterwheel, his pig's trotters were almost cold.

"Father, the brothers are the ones who made the most contribution to the waterwheel. If you have any questions, the brothers must understand better."

He just builds a car to enjoy the shade, and it is the princes who associate the car with people's livelihood, it has nothing to do with him, his pig's trotters are getting cold.

Emperor Huizhao laughed loudly, "All of you are the pillars of the great central government."

"No, I'm not." Fei Ran took a bite of the pig's trotter in his mouth, and quickly shook his head, "The pillars are all imperial brothers."

Dongliang has to work, but he is not Dongliang.

When prince one, two, three, four, five heard Fei Ran's words, he was immediately moved, and at the same time felt a little guilty.

Fei Ran is not greedy for credit at all, but puts all the credit on them, and doesn't care about what they can't shirk, he really trusts them.

Thinking of this, the eyes of the princes looking at Fei Ran were instantly filled with love.

Fei Ran met their eyes, raised his pig's trotter and took a bite: "You want to eat too?" Fei Ran shook his head: "This is mine."

……silence.

Emperor Huizhao laughed loudly: "What to eat—"

After noticing what Fei Ran was holding, Emperor Hui Zhao's smile froze suddenly.

"How do the slaves in the Prince's Mansion do things?" Emperor Huizhao sullenly said, "They let you eat this kind of thing."

In the eyes of nobles, pig's trotters are not only something that poor people eat, but also the most inedible thing on pigs, but now this thing is being held and chewed by Fei Ran like this.

Fei Ran turned around and shouted at Fei Yi, "Get one for your imperial grandfather."

Before everyone could react, a grilled pork trotter skewer was handed to Emperor Huizhao.

Fei Ran: "Father, try it, it's delicious."

Emperor Huizhao scolded: "How can such a dirty thing be eaten?"

"Father, this is my son's favorite thing in Qiong Nan. I have always wanted to let you taste it when I come back. You think the child is dirty?"

Fei Ran's spirit was visibly sluggish, his head drooped, his shoulders drooped, and he muttered: "In your eyes, the child is actually a dirty person."

Emperor Hui Zhao's eyelids twitched.

No, that's not what he meant...

At this moment, a majestic female voice came out from outside the courtyard: "Who thinks my son is dirty?"

The queen heard that Fei Ran's water curtain project was completed recently, and it had aroused some discussion in the previous court, so she came here specially to have a look, and she didn't expect to hear Fei Ran's words as soon as she came.

Seeing that the emperor was also here, the queen was stunned for a moment, and greeted An, "My concubine greets your majesty."

As soon as she got up after paying her respects, the queen heard Fei Ran's loud voice: "Mother's queen!" After shouting, he raised his voice again, "Yi'er, come, get one for your imperial grandmother."

The queen's eyes couldn't help but smile, Liu Lang always missed her so much.

"Imperial Grandmother." After a while, Fei Yi walked up to the Queen and handed over a bunch of pig's trotters that had been tested, "This is delicious."

The queen smiled and took what Fei Yi handed over, and when she lowered her eyes to see what it was, her face froze instantly.

Fei Ran: "Empress, father thinks the things his son likes are dirty, surely you won't despise him?"

Fei Ran looked at the Queen expectantly.

The queen's fingers were stiff while holding the pig's trotters. She took a deep breath and said slowly, "This is naturally—" inedible.

"Of course I don't dislike it." Emperor Huizhao glanced at the queen, and said first, "Since it's something that Liu Lang never forgets when he comes back from Qiong Nan, there must be something special about it."

After speaking, Emperor Huizhao immediately called someone to come and ask him to cut and plate, as if he really planned to taste it.

The queen at the side heard that this was Fei Ran's favorite thing in Qiong Nan, and seeing the emperor's attitude, she immediately corrected her voice: "Of course the queen mother doesn't dislike it."

After the queen finished speaking, Fei Ran cast her eyes on the elder brothers, "Elder brothers love my younger brother the most, so you don't need to ask to know that you will definitely not despise my younger brother."

Princes: ...

No, whether you like it or not, you should dislike what you should dislike...

Fei Ran walked towards the fire, "Since parents and elder brothers are all interested in this, everyone might as well try it, this is a great delicacy that cannot be missed in life."

Everyone:——

Please let them miss it.

The last group of people gathered around the fire.

The emperor and the others looked at the plates brought to the table by the attendants with stiff faces.

On the plate, the soft and glutinous pigskin was neatly stacked together with lean meat and soft tendons.

Everyone's fingers holding the chopsticks moved again and again, and they still felt a little difficult.

Fei Yi Feiye looked at the plate with bright eyes, and then looked up at the crowd: "Aren't you going to eat?"

If you don't eat it, give it to them.

The two of them, who had gnawed until there was only one bone left in their hands, stared eagerly at the plate of roasted pork knuckles.

In the end, it was the emperor who was cruel, and took the lead to pick up the chopsticks, picked up a piece, and stuffed it into his mouth with a tense expression.

The emperor chewed a few times stiffly, and after a pause, he chewed again slowly. Slowly, his tense face unfolded.

The meat in the mouth is soft and slightly elastic. It is fat but not greasy, with a strong soy sauce taste. The skin is a bit spicy, and the taste is rich and sticky. It tastes like stewed bear's paw, but it is more than bear's paw. A layer of smoky burnt aroma.

The reactions of the other people were not the same as the emperor's, and the feeling of being full of strange smells and being unable to swallow was completely gone.

"The pig's trotters have been stewed in a large pot for a long time beforehand. Sprinkling spices after roasting is a rare delicacy." Fei Ran licked his lips: "I only stewed a few..."

Everyone here unexpectedly understood what Fei Ran meant in seconds.

The chopsticks that were about to be raised again were pressed back stiffly in an instant.

When the plate was taken away, the eyes of several people could not help but wandered around, but Fei Ran didn't seem to notice it at all. He said he wanted to taste it, but he really just wanted them to taste it...

But there are no pig’s trotters, and there are many skewers grilled by the attendants on the table in front of them, such as grilled pig intestines wrapped with green onions, grilled thin slices of pork, grilled lamb skewers, grilled chicken wings, grilled venison, grilled... Meat, and various vegetables, such as roasted cabbage, roasted eggplant, roasted dried tofu, roasted leeks... Not far from these roasted items, there are many iced fruits and washed lettuce.

At the back, everyone followed Fei Ran's example and took a piece of lettuce and wrapped the roasted meat in it.

The fragrance of the lettuce is balanced by the mellow texture of the meat, the taste is rich and delicious, just one time, everyone loves it.

When eating to the fullest, Emperor Huizhao even asked people to recruit the mothers and concubines of several princes.

After the concubines arrived, they happened to have a long table with the queen. At first, they were disgusted, but soon the movements in their hands became faintly faster.

It's a taste they haven't tasted before.

good.

Not far away, the running water on the eaves was still dripping down. Everyone sat around the table with a bonfire in the middle, talking and laughing while eating. Emperor Huizhao even sent someone to get wine, and drank with several princes .

The queen also asked people to fetch some fruit wine and drank a few glasses with the concubines.

The burning bonfire shone on the faces of the surrounding people, reflecting the flickering light, and the scorching heat in the air was dissipated behind them. For a while, the yard was full of excitement.

Sitting beside Feiran, Fei Yi stretched out his hand to peel a grilled shrimp for Fei Ran, dipped him in the dipping sauce, and put it on his plate: "Father, eat the shrimp."

Fei Ran glanced at the prawns on the plate, remembered his son's almost full piggy bank, and immediately peeled one and handed it over: "Son, eat the prawns."

Fei Yi refused: "Father can eat by himself."

Fei Ran: "No, this is specially stripped for your father."

Seeing this, Fei Qi, who was sitting next to Fei Ran, stared at his son who was sitting beside him: "Fei Ye, peel a shrimp for my father."

Fei Ye chewed the shrimp in his mouth and shook his head: "Father, you should peel it for me."

Fei Qi: "Brother Yi stripped it all for you Uncle Sixth Emperor."

Fei Ye: "Uncle Liu Huang was also stripped by Brother Yi."

Fei Qi: ...!

His heart hurts.

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