At the beginning, his wife came to him, and he became rich by selling kidney treasures.

Wen Yan and Li Shiji both wanted to give it a try, so they followed Ren Hao's example and tried it.

As a result, this attempt was simply out of control.

Just as Ren Hao said, this is a rare delicacy!!!

"This is the first time that Century has eaten it this way."

"It's really enjoyable, really enjoyable." Li Shiji sighed and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"It's a pity that this sesame hotpot is still missing a kind of condiment. If it had that condiment, it would be the real delicacy in the world." Ren Hao said to the two of them.

"What seasoning is missing? Let me see if there is any in the imperial kitchen in the palace. If there is, I...I will have someone send it to you." Wen Yan said at the end, covering her mouth and burping.

"Even if I tell you this, I'm afraid the royal chef in your palace may not know it." Ren Hao shook his head. After all, the origin of chili peppers is in South America, which is far away from the Central Plains.

"What kind of condiments and spices does the imperial chef in the palace not have? Don't underestimate the imperial chef in the palace." Li Shiji echoed.

"That's right." Wen Yan nodded confidently, not believing that there was no such thing in her palace.

Seeing that the two were so confident that there would be one in the palace, Ren Hao asked, "Chili, have you heard of it?"

"chili?"

"What is this?" The two were confused for a moment. They had never heard of this word before, and it was difficult for them to associate spicy with pepper.

The degree of difficulty in associating this is like associating basketball and chicken together.

"Are you mistaken? You should be talking about garlic," Li Shiji asked puzzledly.

Wen Yan, who was standing next to him, also thought that Ren Hao had made a mistake.

"I can still tell the difference between garlic and chili peppers." Ren Hao shook his head and told the two that the chili peppers were pungent and spicy enough to make people cry, and it felt like fire in their mouths and made them sweat.

After hearing Ren Hao's description, Wen Yan immediately became interested in chili peppers: "Where can I find this condiment? I can ask my brother to send an envoy to look for chili peppers."

"South America." Ren Hao blurted out.

The two were confused again. Where is this so-called South America?

But never heard of it.

"The place is very far away, more than 20,000 miles away from the Central Plains." Ren Hao dispelled the two's idea. After all, with the shipping technology of that era, let alone reaching South America, reaching Japan was already the limit.

More than 20,000 miles?

The two of them gasped and felt that it was very far away and they had no idea what was going on.

"Since this place is so far away, how did you know?" Wen Yan asked curiously.

Ah this...

Ren Hao reacted quickly and explained, "This is what an old gentleman told me when I was wandering around Dongwu. He also let me taste the chili peppers he brought back from there."

After all, he couldn't say that he had seen a globe in his previous life and knew the five continents and seven oceans.

"Such a strange man, I wonder where this old gentleman is now?" Wen Yan asked curiously.

"Don't even think about meeting him. He has passed away." Ren Hao shook his head and explained. But fearing that he would say something that would be incompatible with the current era, he dragged Li Shiji out to become sworn brothers with him.

Wen Yan followed and said, "Since you want to become sworn brothers, how about adding me?"

"This is absolutely not allowed. This is not allowed."

"As the eldest princess of the Han Dynasty, how can you become sworn brothers with us?"

"This is really detrimental to your noble status." Li Shiji quickly refused and Ren Hao next to him nodded, also thinking it was inappropriate.

If this matter were to reach His Majesty's ears, He would not know how to punish him.

"As His Majesty's in-law, you can become sworn brothers with Ren Hao, so why can't I do the same?" Wen Yan asked.

"Although I am a relative of your majesty, my status is not as noble as that of the princess."

"Princess, please do not lower yourself and displease His Majesty."

Li Shiji advised again, and Ren Hao beside him nodded in agreement.

If Wen Yan insists on interfering, the matter of sworn brotherhood will have to be put on hold.

"Huh, you guys are so boring."

Faced with the repeated rejections from the two, Wen Yan had no choice but to give up and leave.

After Wen Yan left, Ren Hao and Li Shiji knelt in front of the burner with incense in their hands, looking up at the bright moon together.

"I, Ren Hao and Li Shiji, have become sworn brothers tonight. From now on, we will share happiness and hardships. We do not ask to be born on the same day, but only to die on the same day."

"The heaven, earth, sun and moon can bear witness to this!!!"

The two men placed the burning incense in their hands into the censer, picked up the ear cups beside them, and drank it all at the same time.

"Brother." Li Shiji shouted excitedly.

"My dear brother." Ren Hao patted Li Shiji's shoulder and stood up at the same time.

"Let's go and continue drinking." Ren Hao invited with great joy.

"Brother, let's call it a night. We still have to go to court in the morning."

"Brother, please prepare some wine and food some other day, and we can get drunk together." Li Shiji declined the suggestion.

"Alright."

"Then we'll meet outside the palace tomorrow." Ren Hao nodded, and ordered Zhang Tong to drive Li Shiji and the drunk Liang Hao back to the Prince's Mansion.

Ren Hao went into Xu Yating's room and had a very intimate time with his wife.

When it was dawn and the hour of Mao, Ren Hao felt that he had just fallen asleep, but Qingzhu was already knocking on the door outside the house, calling him to get up.

With no other options, Ren Hao had to wash, dress, and ask Zhang Tong to drive him and Shen He to the palace for the morning court session.

Since Erika is a woman and it is inconvenient for her to enter the palace, the position of guard was given to Shi Huan.

And Huili Xue was also sent by Ren Hao to protect Xu Yating.

Although Zhao Qian no longer asks people to go to Ren’s Trading Company to cause trouble, it is still better to be more careful in everything.

Since it was Shen He's first time entering the palace, Ren Hao wanted to explain to him the rules of visiting the emperor, but Shen He waved his hands to indicate that he already knew the rules, as Liu Min had already taught him in the evening.

"That's fine." Ren Hao nodded and said no more.

About a quarter of an hour later, Zhang Tong drove to the outside of the Weiyang Palace.

Outside the palace were parked the ministers' carriages and the ministers who accompanied them into the palace.

Since it was the first time entering the palace, not only Shi Huan felt it was new, but even Shen He next to him also felt it was new and looked around.

The palace of King Linnan was big and grand enough, but compared with the imperial palace in front of him, the latter was so small that it was insignificant.

If Ren Hao hadn't led the way, Shen He and Shi Huan would have been captured by the imperial guards long ago with their looks around.

"Brother Ren, here."

At this moment, Li Shiji, who had been waiting outside the hall, waved towards Ren Hao.

"Brother, you came early and even put on your court dress." Ren Hao walked up to greet him and took a look at the black court dress on Li Shiji.