noffsinger Chapter 128 Taking a Bath
Chapter 128 Taking a Bath
Less than half a month passed before the news of the snow in June reached Jindu.
Unexpectedly, the night after Zhou Chang visited Yuan Yu in Tianlao, the temperature suddenly dropped by more than ten degrees overnight.
It transitioned from summer to autumn overnight, and I couldn't even open the windows at night because it was so cold.
Zhou Chang chose to have dinner in the bedroom that day: "Didn't we tell the kitchen to add a few delicious dishes?"
When the weather gets cold, people's appetite increases and they want to eat more meat.
However, what was placed in front of her was Kung Pao Chicken, Cold Shredded Chicken, Braised Pork, Braised River Prawns with Soy Sauce, Stir-fried Vegetables, Stir-fried Winter Melon, and Mushroom Soup.
Every time they asked for two more dishes, they only added two dishes.
Six dishes and one soup, half meat and half vegetarian.
Although there are meat and vegetable combinations, this is far from the prince's diet.
"This should be enough, Your Majesty. I have added two more dishes as you requested." The skinny monkey set the table.
"I meant to add a few good dishes. What are these?" Zhou Chang said this, but he was so hungry that he picked up the chopsticks and stuffed food into his mouth.
"Braised pork and shrimp, these are both delicious. We can't eat any more. You always say that although we can eat whatever we want now, we should not waste it. We should eat as much as we can." The skinny monkey felt that these dishes were enough for him.
Zhou Chang took two more bites. The dish was not as salty as yesterday, but it still felt like it lacked seasoning and was not tasty.
"Your Highness, how about some wine?" The skinny monkey couldn't stand it anymore. Zhou Chang looked like he was being tortured while eating.
"No, but forget about it today." Regardless of whether Prince Yi drinks or not, Zhou Chang will not drink. He swallows the food in his mouth and keeps muttering, "Tomorrow I want to eat good food, such as roast chicken, braised carp, braised pork, braised duck, sauce chicken, bacon, pine flower tripe, air-dried meat, roast chicken, roast duck, roast lamb, roast beef, roast fish, roast shrimp, roast sausage, roast..., steamed lamb, steamed bear paw, steamed deer tail, roast duck, roast chicken, roast goose."
It’s a pity that “Menu of the Dishes” only has that one sentence.
The thin monkey was confused: "Your Majesty, some of the things you mentioned have never been heard of by me. The restaurants outside are not allowed to operate now, where can we eat?"
"Let the kitchen do it, we'll do it ourselves." Zhou Chang said as a matter of course, "Oh, by the way, if the ingredients are not ready, we can buy them separately, it shouldn't cost much."
The skinny monkey wiped his saliva and said, "Your Majesty, your idea is good, but the chefs in our Prince Yi's Mansion are not as good as those in other prince's mansions. Madam Wang can only cook home-cooked meals."
"You only know how to cook home-cooked meals?" Zhou Chang felt as if he had been hit by a club.
Previously, in order to save money, Prince Yi Fengming did not care about food and drink and did not even hire a professional chef.
Mother Wang can make daily food including some desserts, but don't expect her to make it to the quality of a restaurant.
"Ah——" Zhou Chang grabbed two handfuls of hair.
"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?" The skinny monkey was very surprised.
"It's okay." Zhou Chang pulled out a few hairs and left it at that. Prince Yi's hair was very thick, so these two hairs were not a big deal. "Monkey, when the restaurant opens, let's go out to eat together."
"Okay, Your Majesty, that's all you need to say." The skinny monkey grinned, revealing a row of bright white teeth.
After Prince Yi's mother, Concubine Lan, passed away, Huilan Garden had a hard time surviving, and the rest of the palace people left one after another, each thinking of a way out. Shouhou was a young eunuch who had followed Prince Yi since childhood, but he always stayed with Feng Ming and accompanied Prince Yi until he became an adult.
Although Prince Yi was born and raised in the palace, his life was particularly difficult during the years when he lost his mother. According to the palace rules, the servants' income always came from the food of their masters, but if the masters did not have enough food, there would be no food for the servants.
Skinny Monkey was about the same age as Prince Yi, and they were both growing up at that time. Any good food he could get would be given to Prince Yi, while he himself was often hungry.
Shouhou's original surname was Hou, and he was very skinny, so people gave him the nickname Shouhou, and he has been called that until now.
Prince Yi Fengming didn't know all this when he was young. He only knew that his mother had died and he was left alone to rely on himself. Later, when he grew up, he gradually understood everything. When he left the palace, he had to take the three of them with him. He also did his best to take care of them in the palace and treated them like family.
Aunt Jing still maintained her old habits in the palace, but she was not deprived of food, clothing and other expenses, and she was in charge of all the daily affairs in the mansion.
Uncle Qiu said he was a gatekeeper, but actually he didn't have to do anything. It's just that he couldn't sit still, so he always had to find something to do. He could be considered to be living out his retirement in the palace.
As for the skinny monkey, he was originally a glutton and active person. After being suppressed for so many years, he ate as much as he wanted once he was free. For a while, he ate whatever he wanted. Prince Yi also indulged him and gave him whatever he got from outside. As a result, the skinny monkey has now become a fat pig, but his nickname has not changed.
Zhou Chang felt quite touched by the past experience of playing chess with Wang Fengming, and picked up the chopsticks reluctantly again.
After dinner, Zhou Chang asked Xinxian and Xinmu to prepare bath water.
Since Aunt Jing mentioned a few days ago that she wanted to put two people in Zhou Chang's room, she sent the two people to the bedroom that night.
Zhou Chang didn't say anything at that time, he just asked for their names. Originally, their names had been changed long ago. Aunt Jing's real name was Jing Xin. Zhou Chang was very happy with the two of them, so he took the characters in her name, one was called Xinxian and the other was called Xinmu.
Both of them have good looks, one tall and one short, and are easy to tell apart. The taller one is Xinxian and the shorter one is Xinmu.
After waiting for a long time, the servants of Prince Yi's mansion finally used small buckets to fill the large wooden barrel with warm water.
Zhou Chang sent everyone away and soaked in the wooden barrel. The moment the warm water wrapped around his body, the whole world became warm.
This should be similar to a hot spring. Zhou Chang closed his eyes and leaned against the edge of the wooden barrel. The barrel was big enough for him to move around. The water was a little hot, but it was just enough to relax all the pores on his body.
Gradually relax and become hazy.
It was not until the bath water began to cool down that she reluctantly stood up from the tub, reached out to take the towel that had been prepared long ago to wipe her body, but the towel fell into the tub.
"Xinxian, Xinmu, bring me a towel." Zhou Chang always called two people together. Anyone could come. In fact, it was more considerate to have a maid around to serve.
Xinxian and Xinmu hurried in after hearing the call, one holding clothes and the other holding a towel.
Zhou Chang took the towel and wiped himself: "Look, the towel fell into the water, you can fish it out later."
"Yes." They both answered.
Zhou Chang dried his upper body, then stepped out of the tub and wiped his legs. The bathroom was filled with mist and he did not feel cold for a moment, but rather a little hot. Suddenly he remembered that he had not dried his hair yet, so he simply spread out his wet hair and bent down to dry it.
"Give me another towel." Zhou Chang's eyes were covered by wet hair and he could not see anything.
After a while, a towel was handed over.
Zhou Chang grabbed it and rubbed it vigorously until his hair was half dry: "One of you stay and help me comb my hair later."
"Yes." Two voices answered together, so low that they were almost inaudible.
Zhou Chang didn't care. He stood up and took the robe from the other person's hand.
"What's wrong with the belt? Untie it for me quickly." The belt of the robe was tangled and couldn't be untied no matter how hard she tried, so she threw the robe back onto the tray.
With a "bang", the tray was not held firmly and the robe fell to the ground along with it.
Xinxian and Xinmu both squatted down hurriedly to pick it up: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, Your Majesty, please forgive me."
Only then did Zhou Chang realize that the atmosphere seemed a little wrong.
Xinxian and Xinmu have been bowing their bodies deeply with their heads lowered since they came in. Just now, because their heads were lowered too low, they didn't notice the clothes thrown over to them in time.
Now the two men picked up their clothes and did not stand up, but knelt on the ground. The exposed skin on their necks was completely red.
Zhou Chang was still wondering when he suddenly felt a chill.
what……
She was not wearing anything, and she had not been wearing anything just now. "Being open and aboveboard, that is, having seen the storms of the world; that is, having read this article."