Chapter 146
Hu Weiyong was shocked and invited Chu Nan to dinner. Chu Nan really ate it!
Chapter 146 Hu Weiyong was shocked and invited Chu Nan to dinner. Chu Nan really ate it!
But Chu Nan thought again and felt that such a thing should not happen. After all, he was an imperial envoy and a favorite of Zhu Yuanzhang.
If Hu Weiyong dared to poison himself in front of so many people, his life would be over.
Thinking of this, Chu Nan no longer hesitated and stepped directly into Hu Weiyong's mansion, and then followed Hu Weiyong to the reception room.
At this moment, a table has been set up in the reception room, and it is filled with tea, but the food and wine have not been served yet.
"Come, come, Lord Chu, please take a seat." After entering here, Hu Weiyong directly pulled Chu Nan and arranged him next to him.
"Lord Chu, please sit down." Then he sat in the main seat, while other officials, such as Tu Jie, Chen Ning and others, sat in other seats in turn.
Officials of lower ranks were not qualified to sit at this table and had to sit outside. However, it was a great honor to be able to dine at the Prime Minister's Residence and sit outside.
"Lord Chu, you are truly a young hero." After sitting down, Hu Weiyong began to praise Chu Nan.
"You are young and promising. You have achieved such a high position at such a young age. Your future is limitless. When Hu was your age, he didn't have this ability. It's really embarrassing to say this."
"These are all trivial matters. I wonder how long it will take for Lord Hu to serve this dish?" But Chu Nan didn't want to listen to Hu Weiyong's nagging. He just wanted to eat.
"Serve the food? Serve it, serve it right away." Hu Weiyong frowned. It seemed like Chu Nan didn't want to listen to him at all. So he gave him face.
After all, people of their status would care about their appetite?
But Hu Weiyong could only follow Chu Nan's idea, and then said to the servants: "Hurry up and serve the food. Can't you see that Lord Chu is waiting impatiently?"
"Yes!" Then the servant immediately went to get the dishes.
Soon, plates of exquisite dishes were served. However, Hu Weiyong was from Huaixi, so most of the dishes were Huaiyang cuisine.
For example, the braised crab meat lion head is made with pork, which is kneaded into balls and then added with crab meat.
Clay pot lion head is also made with pork and kneaded into balls, but because it is made in a clay pot, the taste is slightly different.
In addition, there are boiled dried shredded pork, soup dumplings, yam duck soup, white fish soup, Wensi tofu, stir-fried tiger tail, squirrel mandarin fish, Yangzhou fried rice, peanuts and so on.
"Hahahaha!" When he saw the dishes coming up, Hu Weiyong also started laughing.
"Please forgive me, Lord Chu. I only have these inferior dishes in my humble abode. I hope you can forgive me!"
Then, he personally poured Chu Nan a glass of wine, and then looked at Chu Nan and raised his glass.
"Master Chu, this is the best girl's red wine. Come, drink with me to celebrate our gathering here today."
Chu Nan is really honored! Seeing this, the other officials present were shocked. Hu Weiyong really gave Chu Nan a lot of face.
Although Chu Nan was an imperial envoy, Hu Weiyong was also the prime minister, second only to the emperor and above all others. He actually poured wine for Chu Nan himself? Isn't this too much of a favor?
"Wine?" But in order to save Hu Weiyong's face, Chu Nan just smiled.
"I don't feel like drinking right now."
Then, he reached out, picked up a piece of fish meat and put it directly into his mouth: "Hmm, good, no bones, fresh and fragrant, the soup is fragrant too!" Chu Nan was actually from the south in his previous life and liked spicy food, but this Huaiyang cuisine is well cooked and very delicious, so Chu Nan ate it very sweetly.
But Chu Nan had something to complain about, which was Hu Weiyong's banquet. Peanuts were fine, after all, they were a great way to go with wine, but what was the point of a bowl of Yangzhou fried rice? Was that also considered a dish?
But he still couldn't help himself and took a bite: "Well, damn, it's delicious!"
Chu Nan was a little surprised. The Yangzhou fried rice at Hu Weiyong's mansion was much better than the fried rice sold at the roadside stalls for a few cents. No wonder he was allowed to sit at the table.
However, after eating all these, Chu Nan's appetite was still not satisfied. He had been sleeping in the open air all the way and basically had only dry food and at most some barbecue. He had been craving for delicious food for a long time, so how could he resist seeing so many delicious foods now?
"Let me try this." Chu Nan said, and he took direct action, scooping the entire braised crab meat lion head into his own bowl.
Then, he started to eat it by himself, saying as he ate it, "Meat is still delicious. This meat is really delicious."
"What!" But when everyone present saw Chu Nan's situation, they were all stunned. What are you talking about, Chu Nan?
You are the imperial envoy, right? Have you never seen meat? Can't you afford meat? People who come here are drinking and chatting, who touches that thing? Did you really eat something?
Have you never eaten in your life? That's too much, isn't it?
However, the most shocked person at this moment was Hu Weiyong. His hand that was about to toast Chu Nan stopped in the air and he couldn't pull it back.
He thought that Chu Nan was not giving him face by asking how long the meal would start. Then, when he was toasting, he saw that Chu Nan did not toast him and would rather eat Yangzhou fried rice than pay attention to him. He immediately got annoyed and thought that Chu Nan was not giving him face at all.
But when he saw Chu Nan eating the lion's head, he was shocked. No, buddy, you are really hungry! Will you really eat if I ask you to?
"This..." Hu Weiyong's confidants, Tu Jie and Chen Ning, were both stunned.
Hasn't Prime Minister Hu always been afraid of Chu Nan, thinking that he is a very capable person? What's going on? After seeing him today, why do I feel that Chu Nan is just a good-for-nothing?
Tu Jie was also at a loss, and then he reached out to pick up a piece of the casserole lion head with chopsticks to calm his nerves.
"Huh? Wait a minute!" Seeing this, Chu Nan directly brought the whole casserole lion head in front of him, and then started eating it with big mouthfuls.
"Mm, it's delicious, one bite bursts with juice and full of fragrance!"
After saying that, Chu Nan looked at Tu Jie and Chen Ning who were standing aside: "I am a guest, you should accommodate me first. Is it not too much to eat your two lion heads?"
"This..." Tu Jie and Chen Ning were really confused this time. If you are not a brother, then you are really a good-for-nothing?
Hu Weiyong also frowned. So, for such a long time, Chu Nan, whom he had always regarded as a great enemy, was just a good-for-nothing?
Could it be that the person who had been plotting evil against Zhu Yuanzhang and working against him was really Yao Guangxiao?
The other officials didn't even eat their meals, just stared at Chu Nan while he was eating. They had to say, he was eating so deliciously and it looked so good. They wanted to give Chu Nan some money so that he would continue eating in front of them.
"Burp!" After eating for a long time, Chu Nan was finally full. He ate almost all the dishes on the table. There was nothing he could do, he was just too hungry.
After eating, Chu Nan looked at Hu Weiyong.
"Thank you for your hospitality, Mr. Hu. I'm full. I'm leaving now. I'll come back next time! Make some more spicy food. I love spicy food!"
(End of this chapter)