Chapter 103 This Faint King!

Zhao Sum did not respond to her, but continued to ask them, “And where are you planning to go?”

Zhao Su sighed, “What can we be up to? Of course it’s just to go deeper into the people to learn about the people’s situation and share the Emperor’s worries.”

The guards were surprised that she actually had such a thick skin and could talk about going out to eat, drink and have fun in such a refreshing manner, surely it wasn’t for nothing that she could become the leader among them.

“I’ll be damned if I believe you!” Zhao Sum looked at her askance, then looked at the guards another round, saying, “No fighting this time.”

The guards looked at each other in disbelief and smiled and jawed, “Yes.”

Zhao Su couldn’t let go of the matter of the envoy’s visit and brought it up again when she sent Zhao Sum out, “Which country’s envoy is visiting?”

According to her memories, the northwestern part of Da Liang is not open to mutual markets nowadays, the late emperor reopened it for a few years when he ascended to the throne, and then there was some friction at the border, so it was closed again. Therefore, Da Liang has been using sea trade for most of these years.

Could it be that the ambassadors from Europe? But at this time there is no Napoleon, Marco Polo is a merchant and not an ambassador, the two sides of Central Europe at this time has not officially diplomatic relations, right?

“A country called the Kingdom of England, to negotiate the maritime silk trade.”

England ah!

Isn’t this in her rice bowl?

Back then, in order to be a salesperson, she had studied English properly and then passed the sixth grade.

“Do you want to take me?”

Professional business English she is not very proficient, daily communication is not a problem.

Zhao Sumi squinted: “You’re not going to investigate the people’s situation?”

“There are priorities, that can be pushed.”

“That is also inconvenient.” Zhao Corner sleeves two hands: “I was ordered to serve as a mission, but also with a family like what words? There is no need to be exploited.”

“Then you invite the emperor to go with you? I’m a royal guard, it’s only right that I go with him!”

“Do you think the Emperor is my own brother? If I say invite him, he can go? Besides, do you know who you’re talking about? That’s the Emperor!” Zhao Sum glanced at her, “No rules!”

Zhao Su looked at him for a moment, “Forget it then.” She was just asking anyway.

Zhao Sum left her behind and went to Qianqing Palace.

After getting permission to enter, he saw the emperor sitting cross-legged on the Luohan bed, contemplating over a table of rice in front of him, to be exact, he was holding a brand new silver fork, forking a piece of fatty and juicy beef, repeatedly placing it in front of his eyes to take a closer look.

“Your Majesty, what are you doing?”

Zhao Sumi was a bit puzzled.

The emperor pointed at the steak in front of him, “Have you seen this before?”

Of course he had seen the beef, but this beef was clearly undercooked! Who would dare to give the emperor this?

The emperor took another book and spread it out to him, “Look at the picture on the book, this thing is called lavender roast beef in the Westerners. Though we also have the practice of roasted beef, the picture in this book is obviously different from our practice.”

Zhao Sumi came over to take a look, carefully comparing the patterned text, then said, “This is something the Imperial Cuisine Room has newly learned?”

The emperor raised his head and gave him a deep look, “It was made by Sister Su.”

“……”

Zhao Sumi wondered, “Then she made it according to this book?”

The emperor’s gaze deepened and dimmed a bit more, “This book, is the envoy who arrived in the capital, only yesterday evening let the officials of the Hall of Congregation forwarded to me.

“It is a book that introduces the customs of the country of England, although it is also labeled with our Chinese characters, but it is obvious that Sister Su could not have learned the cooking method of this dish through this book.

“I am puzzled as to why Sister Su’s way of cooking is so different from the local cooks and so similar to the Westerners?”

Zhao Sumi was also puzzled. “Then according to the Emperor’s opinion?”

The emperor ate a piece of beef and after chewing it finely, he said, “Does your family have relatives in this area of maritime trade?”

Zhao Corner stretched his waist, “Our Zhao family has been practicing martial arts for generations, and we have never had any traveling relatives.”

The emperor raised his eyebrows.

Zhao Corner couldn’t help it, “Why does the emperor ask?”

The emperor slowly swallowed the beef: “Just asking.”

He was a bit inscrutable when he did that.

Zhao Sum couldn’t help but turn around, “I’ll go look for Sister Su!”

“A little thing, why do you need to raise a fuss?” The emperor finished and withdrew his gaze, “You go and pass a message to the Hall of Congregation and ask them to set up two more pairs of chopsticks at the banquet to receive the ambassadors this evening.”

“Huitong Hall?”

The emperor gave a hmmm and picked up the second piece of beef: “The westerners are interested in our silk, sending envoys to come all the way here to trade with us, this is a good thing, I’ll take the imperial guards to go and meet him to show their welcome, and in the meantime, they will also follow to see the world.

“You go out and look for Sister Su to pass a decree, so that she can prepare for it.”

……

Zhao Su’s sudden mention of the meal was also intentional.

According to what Empress Dowager Lu had explained to her before and after, their future task was to extend the Flower Moon Society to the counties below the state, striving to raise women’s consciousness awakening on a larger scale. To put it bluntly, letting women know self-respect and self-love is the ultimate goal, Flower Moon Society or otherwise is just a way for them to implement their plan.

Pei Zhan and their seven people, family history is not first-class prominent, but they represent the majority of the volume of the court middle class, the seven people into a heart, through them to influence the seven families, that at least also for their plan to win some power.

For tonight’s meal, she was planning to find a chance to instill in them, so that they would support everything he was going to do from the bottom of their hearts.

Just as she was planning to have someone send word to Hua Wanyong, who was waiting for her outside Donghua Gate, to book a room, her afterglow saw Zhao Sum, who had only left a short while ago, hurrying this way again, and waving his hand in greeting at her from a distance.

Zhao Su ran over and looked at her puzzled face: ”Here again? Could it be that you can’t let go of me?”

Zhao Sum slapped her on the back of her head, “The Emperor ordered you to go with him to the Huitong Pavilion tonight to meet the Western envoys at a banquet!”

Zhao Su covered her head and was shocked and delighted: “You told the Emperor?”

She said she wouldn’t help, but actually did it for her!

“I didn’t say anything!” Zhao Sum said, “It was the Emperor himself who said it. I don’t know what you’ve been talking about in front of the emperor, I’ll tell you, the emperor has a good memory, when he was a child, he memorized his books, but he can’t forget it, what you’ve said, he can figure out clearly!”

Zhao Su was confused: “What did I say?”

In the end is the pro sister, Zhao Sum can not not leak a little bit of wind: “You today to the emperor to do that beef, can there be any weird?”

“Steak?”

“What do Westerners call it?”

The Westerners of this period didn’t have such a call, and hadn’t invented steak yet, there was roughly only lavender roasted beef, but what could that mean?

However, she had suffered many losses under the dog emperor, in any case, she did have to be careful in front of him, and since she was there, she couldn’t show her stuff.

At that moment she promised, “I promise to stay out of trouble!”

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