After being left in a barren ravine, it only took him less than three years to get from the ravine to the capital and meet the emperor. It must be said that Li Kui created a miracle of his own.

It's just that in his eyes, the emperor was as numb and thin as a normal person.

If you are a normal person, even if you are thin, you will only look thin and have no flesh on your body. But if you really have no flesh on your face, looking at this appearance will make you feel a little nervous.

Because only sick ghosts can have such a noble appearance.

Unfortunately, that's what Zhao Xu looks like. He also doesn't look good. A literary exaggeration to describe Zhao Xu's appearance is that he has a dove face and a crane's beak, which makes people feel that he is about to die soon.

But Li Kui didn't dare to say this, nor did he dare to ask.

Anyway, the courtiers have already concluded that Zhao Xu died young. Because of this, they even thought about establishing other clans as kings. However, Li Kui felt that it was more due to other reasons. He had a bad appetite and could not eat on weekdays.

If it is the cause, you can use exercise to change your physique. If it is parasites and other causes, it will be difficult to solve.

Emperors all have tempers, but relatively speaking, the emperors of the Song Dynasty were probably the least tempered emperors. Even though Li Kui stared at him several times, he didn't get angry.

The first thing Zhao Xu did after arriving was to invite Li Kui and others to eat, and ordered the servant: "Pass the meal!"

Xiao Huangmen filed out and then brought in the prepared food. Li Kui finally breathed a sigh of relief. He could bear it for a while, but his stomach was empty and uncomfortable.

However, when he held the rice bowl in his hand, which was not much bigger than a tea cup, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. The eunuchs diligently selected vegetables from each bowl, put them in another bowl, and brought them to Li Kui.

The emperor couldn't eat yet, so he had to wait for the eunuch who was tasting the food to be fine before he could use his chopsticks.

On the contrary, Fan Chong took a sniff and decided to eat a bowl first.

He knew the rules. When the emperor and his ministers ate, it was not considered trespassing if the minister used his chopsticks first. Instead, it was a sign of loyalty. Why! He didn't see Xiao Huangmen, who was tasting the food, eating hard.

Seeing that Li Kui and Li Yun didn't respond, Zhao Xu was stunned and asked: "The food is not to your liking?"

Starting from Renzong, the emperors of the Song Dynasty became extremely stingy, reluctant to eat or wear clothes. Zhao Xu was influenced by his imperial grandmother for many years and developed this stingy character. When the emperor ate, there were only a few dishes.

, for many ministers, it is not considered rich. However, where is the skill of the imperial chef? Even if there are not many dishes, the skills are absolutely superb, and the color and aroma of the dishes are first-class, but they are a bit cold.

Li Kui smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, if you eat this meal, the common people may become even hungrier."

Zhao Xu felt very strange. He looked down at the millet rice in his rice bowl and felt it was amazing. He could eat enough food, so why did Li Kui outside the palace become more and more hungry as he ate?

Is it possible that the cause of the famine among the people is?

If the people of the Song Dynasty were as hungry as locusts like Li Kui, the Song Dynasty would have perished long ago.

The reason for the collapse of the country was that the people did not have enough to eat and rebelled. Don't expect Li Kui to be loyal to the Song Dynasty. If he had not found a way to study and a legal way to make a fortune, this guy would have been the king of the mountain long ago.

During the battle at Niubei Mountain, Li Kui became rich overnight after taking advantage of others. At that time, Li Kui wished there were more copycats like this around for him to rob.

Li Kui didn't think it was a shame to have a big appetite. Only when you can eat and sleep can you have good health. He said with a shy face: "Your Majesty, the appetite of ordinary people is a little bit big."

"How big is it?" The emperor can't send hungry soldiers, right? Besides, from the time he was born to the time he took charge, Zhao Xu had never left the palace and seen the life of ordinary people. He had an inexplicable yearning for outside the palace walls.

It cannot be said that there is no such thing at all. Every year, the emperor has to go out to the suburbs of the city to offer sacrifices, which is to pray to heaven and earth. It is the most important sacrificial activity. As the saying goes, the great ones of the country are sacrificing and fighting.

Since it is such an important sacrificial activity, there is definitely no possibility for him to get close to the people.

The emperor asked, and Li Kui had no choice but to gesture for a while, and finally said in frustration: "Forget it, let's cook a bucket of rice! If it's noodles, the soup cakes will cost fifteen kilograms."

General Han Deqin, who was standing behind the emperor, turned away, secretly amused.

He felt that the emperor had nothing to do to attract a loser, and he was too busy to do anything.

However, Zhao Xu said seriously: "Tell the imperial chef to cook fifteen kilograms of soup cakes, and be quick!"

"Really do it!"

"My slave will take care of it right away."

The eunuch trotted out of Nuan Pavilion. For a while, the emperor couldn't eat. The eunuch who tasted the food was still trying to eat. Even if he finished eating, he still had to wait for the poisoning time. After going back and forth, the food turned into cold food.

That's right. In fact, this set of rules in the palace is completely useless. That idiot used strong poison to poison. Wouldn't it be better to do it chronically?

With strong poisons, if the emperor was really poisoned to death, all the people in the palace who had come into contact with the royal meal would be unlucky, and they might even be buried together. But with chronic poisons, there is no such problem. The emperor might have died suddenly that day, leaving no trace at all.

You can't tell. It also gave the poisoner time to escape secretly.

When two large pots full of noodles were served, the so-called soup cakes were steaming, obviously freshly cooked. Of course, the imperial kitchen did not have the habit of simmering two pots of noodles for no reason.

If you don't eat this thing while cooking, it will turn into a pot of porridge if you delay it for even half a moment.

Hula

Wow

The eunuch who tasted the food was dumbfounded. Li Kui and Li Yun served him a bowl of noodle soup and noodles in a decent manner. The eunuch went crazy. He was the person who tasted the food for the emperor. When did he even have common people outside the palace?

Are you qualified to let him taste the food?

In fact, Li Kui knew that this was a eunuch who tasted food, and he didn't want to do this. What if he was accused of contempt for the emperor?

But Li Yun was so stupid that he didn't even have time to stop Li Kui, so he took the pot to the eunuch and scooped out a bowl for the eunuch. Li Kui was a loyal person, how could he make Li Yun look embarrassed?

I had no choice but to bite the bullet and scoop out a bowl for the eunuch. At the same time, he pretended to be stupid and muttered: "How can you be full after eating so little?"

Zhao Xu was the emperor after all, and he was a little unhappy before, but after hearing Li Kui's words, he suddenly realized that they were in such a hurry that the Ministry of Rites did not take them to teach etiquette at all.

As the emperor of the Song Dynasty, those who don't know are not guilty. Even if they are offended, they still have this tolerance.

He picked up the bowl and said to the eunuch: "Eat, eat together!"

Hululu, hululu.

Li Kui's eating movements were like fighting. He picked up half a bowl of noodles in the pot with his chopsticks, put it to his mouth and blew it, and it was sucked into his stomach. Li Yun was also not satisfied with his speed, although he could not match Li Kui's speed.

.But it was also a speed that ordinary people could not match. Although the two of them started to eat at the end, when they were more than halfway through eating, Zhao Xu managed to take a few mouthfuls of rice, chewing it carefully and swallowing it with great effort.

Seeing Li Kui eating happily, he seemed to be trying hard to catch up.

Unfortunately, the gap in strength is too big and it is impossible to catch up with Li Kui's speed.

Fan Chong has long been accustomed to this. The restaurant in Youyi Lane originally had only two people. After Li Kui and Li Yun moved into the Huang family, two more helpers were added.

It can be seen that the appetite of these two people is comparable to the appetite of the entire lane of Youyi Lane.

Of course, even in Bianliang, Tokyo, there are not many residents eating out at Dunden. If it is a breakfast shop, it would be good to have less than half of the people come to support it.

Most people can only save one meal, and there are many people who skip the morning meal. There are also those who cook at home, which is always more economical than going out. But even so, there are many people who eat out. A shop,

Without dozens or hundreds of patrons to support it, it would simply not be able to sustain itself.

Fan Chongzhao had experience. After finishing a bowl of millet rice, he served himself another bowl. Watching Li Kui eat, even a patient with a bad appetite would have the urge to eat meat. But what made him a little sad was that he

I'm still young, but I've started to have a belly. It's only recently, and it's all Li Kui's fault.

Sure enough, Emperor Zhao Xu did the same. He pulled out the last bite of millet in the bowl, reached out and handed the rice bowl, which was not much bigger than a tea cup, to the eunuch who passed down the meal. He said proudly: "One more bowl."

"emperor!"

What is the identity of the eunuch who passed down the meal?

In the palace, they were just a little higher than the eunuchs in the Huanyi Bureau, but not much higher. If the emperor overate and got sick from eating, they would suffer. They knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Zhao Xu to beg for mercy.

: "Your Majesty, you can't eat anymore."

"Didn't you hear what I said?"

Zhao Xu had a soft temper. Seeing how pitiful the eunuch was, he changed his tune and said, "Just another half bowl!"

But even with half a bowl of rice, Zhao Xu was full in the end. After the meal, Zhao Xu's eyelids drooped a little and he felt sleepy. Li Kui was drinking noodle soup leisurely. Youdao was the original soup and the original food, but others were drinking a bowl.

, just pretending. But he had been drinking from a bowl as big as a washbasin for three nights. When he was almost done eating, he put down the bowl and said to himself: "It's almost done. Just drink enough water and that's it!"

Li Kui had long noticed that the emperor seemed a little lethargic and seemed to be sleepy. He thought to himself: How could this be possible?

So he encouraged: "Your Majesty, after eating, take a walk. My third uncle often said that if you take a walk after eating, you will live to be ninety-nine."

The eunuchs around the emperor couldn't bear it anymore. Ever since Li Kui appeared in front of the emperor, he had been quietly guiding the emperor. This was an extremely dangerous move for the people around the emperor. The eunuch's hands were shaking with anger.

Then he pointed at Li Kui's nose and cursed: "You bastard, how can you control the emperor's body of thousands of gold? Do you want to die?"

But after eating, he took a walk and lived to be ninety-nine. When Zhao Xu heard these words, he felt a thunderous shock in his ears.

Zhao Xu, who has been frail and sick since he was a child, is most afraid of someone saying behind his back that he will not live long. People have said this since he was young. Although he dare not say it in front of him, the emperor is frail, sick, and sensitive.

, why do I always feel the pity in the eyes of courtiers, and even the strange looks of clan brothers, showing that they are full of malice toward him?

Being said to be a short-lived boy for more than ten years, Zhao Xu longs for a strong body more than anyone else.

He dreamed of having a good body, like Li Kui's, majestic and as solid as a hill. In his harem, just like his status as emperor, he could be omnipotent and have a lot of sons.

Whenever Zhao Xu hears about health-preserving methods, he will always give it a try. What's more, what the old man said must make sense. And it is very convenient. If you walk around for a while after a meal, you can live longer. This is simply for the emperor.

It was the health regimen that he had dreamed of. Zhao Xu asked Li Kui expectantly: "I wonder how old is the old man in Aiqing's family?"

"Almost eighty, right?" Li Kui curled his lips, thinking that with his bad temper, his third uncle probably didn't care at all when he was eighty years old. He muttered, "But he has a very good body and is a scornful boy in the clan.

He deserves a beating."

If you can hit someone, you must be in good health.

Zhao Xu didn't want to waste a moment, so he stretched out his hand to let the eunuch help him up, and walked in the Nuan Pavilion for a while. He still didn't feel satisfied, so he wanted to go out for a walk. In the palace compound, the palace of the Song Dynasty was actually not small, at least according to Li Kui's view

Yes, it is bigger than the Forbidden City, but it cannot be compared with super palace complexes such as Changle Palace and Weiyang Palace.

But there are not many buildings and it seems a bit empty.
To be continued...