Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

The woman quickly went to the stove and brought over a small porcelain bowl, offering it to Li Yuanzhao.

Li Yuanzhao craned his neck to look, and inside was a blob of mush, mixed with vegetable leaves. He couldn't quite make out the ingredients, but there was a faint sour smell wafting to his nose.

Guo Tianyang leaned in, took one disgusted look, and then retreated.

"What is this?"

"This is porridge made from bran, yellow millet, and wild vegetables, with a little salt added..."

Li Yuanzhao frowned.

He couldn't imagine that this stuff was for human consumption... In Taoyuan County, he had seen people squatting by the roadside eating.

The food inside was rice and vegetables, everything looked normal.

But this thing in front of him had a bad appearance and an unpleasant smell. Could it really be eaten?

"Can this stuff be eaten?"

"Yes, this is what my family eats every day!"

Hearing the woman's affirmative answer, Li Yuanzhao still couldn't believe it.

Curiosity suddenly arose: "Can I have a taste?"

Guo Tianyang shuddered in fright and hurriedly lunged forward to snatch the porcelain bowl, pleading: "You can't eat it! Your Highness can't eat it!"

"What if something happens to your health from eating this unknown thing? The master would kill me!"

After speaking, he glared at the woman with a fierce look.

The woman was so frightened that she quickly shrank into the corner.

"Then you eat it!"

"Ah!?"

Guo Tianyang wanted to cry but had no tears. Why did he have to eat this stuff!

Wouldn't it be good to honestly return to the palace? Why did he have to wallow in the garbage? This damned Fang Zheng, this damned Taoyuan County, did the Crown Prince get cursed after visiting it?

Guo Tianyang held the porcelain bowl and looked at Li Yuanzhao expectantly, not saying a word.

Seeing his appearance, Li Yuanzhao became even more energetic: "Heh heh, you don't dare?! Give it to me!"

After saying that, he directly snatched the porcelain bowl.

"Get out of the way!"

Guo Tianyang hurriedly tried to grab it back, but Li Yuanzhao kicked him away.

Li Yuanzhao looked at the blob of mush in the bowl and suddenly became timid.

This thing... it really doesn't look edible.

Then he glanced at the woman hiding in the corner and asked again.

"Can it really be eaten?"

"Yes."

Li Yuanzhao looked at the contents of the bowl, his throat tightening slightly. Then, steeling himself, he scooped up a small piece with his fingertip and quickly put it in his mouth.

The mush slowly melted in his mouth, and an indescribable taste instantly filled his oral cavity.

Sour, bitter, rancid, with a hint of saltiness...

"Ugh ~ ~"

He couldn't help it this time, Li Yuanzhao bent over and vomited, tears and snot streaming down his face.

The porcelain bowl also fell to the ground with a crash.

Guo Tianyang thought it was terrible and quickly went up to support him, constantly patting Li Yuanzhao's back.

After coughing for a while, Li Yuanzhao finally felt a little better.

At this time, a trace of heartache flashed in the eyes of the woman in the corner, and she trembled as she wanted to go forward to support Li Yuanzhao.

Li Yuanzhao swung his arm forcefully, directly staggering the woman!

He angrily said: "How dare you lie to me! You ignorant thing!"

Guo Tianyang also bared his teeth and shouted towards the door: "Someone!"

Five or six people rushed into the house at once!

The already small house seemed even more crowded at this time.

Li Yuanzhao's chest heaved up and down, obviously he was very angry, he was actually being tricked by these commoners.

Just as he was about to open his mouth, the man in the house heard the noise and woke up, staggering out.

Seeing so many people crowded in the house, he was frightened.

Dragging his lame leg, he knelt down and said in a trembling voice: "My lords! What has my family done wrong?"

Guo Tianyang pointed to the blob of mush on the ground, sneering: "Your wife actually dared to lie to our young master and say that this thing can be eaten! You two commoners!"

The man looked honest and flusteredly explained: "It can be eaten! It can be eaten! I'll eat it to show you, my lords!"

After speaking, regardless of his wife's pulling, he lay on the ground and began to eat the mush.

Li Yuanzhao was stunned... This thing can really be eaten!

And looking at the man's expression, it didn't seem very difficult to eat.

Guo Tianyang saw his doubts and whispered in Li Yuanzhao's ear: "Your Highness, the food of these commoners is mostly like this, maybe Your Highness is not used to it!"

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Li Yuanzhao was stunned on the spot, his face turning from white to red, and for a moment he felt extremely ashamed.

Then he kicked Guo Tianyang and angrily said: "You dog thing! Why didn't you say so earlier!"

Guo Tianyang covered his butt aggrievedly, what should he say! You insisted on eating it, and he couldn't stop you. He really had bad luck!

Looking at the man still lying on the ground eating the mush, Li Yuanzhao said with a red face: "Get up! Get up quickly!"

The man staggered to his feet, and Li Yuanzhao looked at the man's face covered with a lot of dust, his heart felt even more ashamed.

He said in a low voice: "This young master vomited in your house and ate your food, I should compensate you."

"Guo Da, give them ten taels of silver!"

The honest man quickly waved his hand: "My lord, no need! Those things are not worth money! They are not worth money!"

"If I give it to you, you must take it!!" Li Yuanzhao said sternly.

Guo Tianyang directly slapped a ten-tael silver note into the man's hand.

Seeing that the silver had been given, Li Yuanzhao left the room without saying a word, as if fleeing.

Guo Tianyang followed closely behind and came to the street.

Seeing that the Crown Prince's back seemed a bit黯然, he stepped forward and whispered: "Your Highness, let's return to the palace."

"Do you think the little eunuchs in the palace also live in houses like this and eat things like this?"

Guo Tianyang smiled ingratiatingly: "How could that be, Your Highness! Even the worst place in the palace is a hundred times better than this, and the food is much better than theirs!"

"This is after all the outer city, not good! The inner city, good! Your Highness can go to the inner city more often in the future."

"Then what did you eat before you entered the palace?" Li Yuanzhao asked.

After he asked this, Lao Guo recalled his childhood with mixed feelings, Jin Jin Jian was still alive.

He sighed: "Maybe it was not as good as them! It was already good to have porridge to drink every day, eating one meal every three days or two days was also common."

"Your Highness, don't worry, it's only been peaceful for two years. Maybe some people are having a harder time now, but good days are still ahead!!"

Li Yuanzhao nodded, suddenly realizing: "No wonder so many people are willing to castrate themselves and enter the palace to become eunuchs!"

Guo Tianyang: "......"

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