The maidservant is too charming. I want to help her become the queen.

Lu Qingqing, Xu Guannv and others stood up and saluted respectfully.

Li Xuansheng walked up to Lu Qingqing and held her hand, asking curiously, "What are you eating?"

Lu Qingqing raised her little face and said with a proud smile, "Iron plate barbecue~"

Chatting and laughing, Lu Qingqing led Li Xuansheng to the baking tray and personally prepared a few condiments for him.

She creatively placed three square plates on a long and narrow tray, each containing some garlic cloves, green pepper rings, and cumin chili powder.

Li Xuansheng had been busy all day and his stomach started to growl.

He stared at the seasoning Lu Qingqing brought curiously, "What is this?"

Lu Qingqing winked at him mischievously.

"Your Majesty, this is the triple seasoning grid I invented!"

She did it herself, putting the seasoning on the table, picked up a piece of large-leaf green vegetable from the bamboo basket next to her, picked up a piece of roasted and fragrant pork belly with chopsticks and placed it on the leaf, and then added some of the seasoning in the grid.

Li Xuansheng likes to eat chili peppers, so she put more in it.

He looked at Lu Qingqing's smooth movements with curiosity.

The crispness of vegetables mixed with the aroma of oil and the spicy scent of chili peppers all penetrated his nostrils.

But he didn't know how to use chopsticks to pick up this big roll of delicious food.

Lu Qingqing looked at his bewildered look, sneered, and personally picked up a roll of barbecue and handed it to his mouth.

"Your Majesty, would you like to try it?"

Eunuch He Qing watched from the side and was horrified.

This noble lady Ming is so rude!

How can you let the emperor eat food with just your hands? But you absolutely can't do that!

He wanted to step forward to stop it.

However, Li Xuansheng took a step ahead of him and took a tentative bite, and a shining look flashed in his eyes instantly.

"good to eat!"

Lu Qingqing smiled with her eyes curved.

"The campsite is the best place for barbecue!"

"Eating meat and chatting happily under the stars in the autumn night, isn't it a joy!"

Li Xuansheng nodded repeatedly while chewing the barbecue.

Then, he rolled the barbecue seven or eight times himself. The more he ate, the more he loved it and gradually became addicted to it.

The eunuchs and palace maids serving on the side could only watch and smell the aroma of the barbecue, drooling with envy.

Li Xuansheng likes to eat pork belly with alternating fat and lean texture, but Lu Qingqing always chooses lean beef slices.

Even when traveling, she has to maintain the habit of exercising. Pork belly is delicious, so she doesn't just eat a piece to taste it, but she also wants to keep her body slim and healthy.

Seeing that she kept picking up beef slices, Li Xuansheng rolled up a portion of pork belly himself and handed it to Lu Qingqing's mouth.

"Qingqing, do you want to try this? It smells delicious!"

"You always put in dry and lean beef, how can it be delicious?"

Lu Qingqing leaned back nimbly and tilted her little head.

"Pork belly is too greasy. It will make you fat. I don't like it."

"I just like the smell of beef jerky!"

Li Xuansheng smiled helplessly and put the stack of pork belly rolls back into his own bowl.

He just likes Lu Qingqing's sincere character, who speaks her mind, is genuine and enthusiastic without losing her true self.

If it were the Queen, the Consort, or even other concubines, they would definitely take the rolled barbecue with both hands, and even if they didn't like it, they would thank him happily.

But Lu Qingqing is different.

She always sticks to her own ideas about what she likes and what she dislikes, and does not change due to other factors.

This is her, different from the other concubines in the harem.

Thinking in this way, Lu Qingqing's love for him must be from the heart. After all, she is so sincere and passionate towards him.

Thinking of this, the corners of Li Xuansheng's mouth began to rise unconsciously again.

He smiled and shook his head, then pinched Lu Qingqing's beautiful little face lovingly.

"It doesn't matter, Qingqing, eat whatever you like. Don't force her to eat anything she doesn't like."

"But don't worry about gaining weight. I will still like you even if you gain weight."

Eunuch He Qing next to him was once again impressed by Lu Qingqing.

As expected, you are Lady Ming!

She actually dared to refuse the emperor's personally rolled barbecue for her! She even managed to make the emperor smile without getting angry!

The future is promising, the future is promising!

Xu Ming'er, who was sitting nearby, looked at the harmonious appearance of the two of them and began to sigh in his heart.

Fortunately, I didn't love Li Xuansheng, so I switched to martial arts early on.

If he competes with Lu Qingqing for favor, he will definitely not be her match.

Lu Qingqing wiped the corners of her mouth elegantly with a silk handkerchief.

That’s all for dinner. No matter how delicious the barbecue is, it should be eaten in moderation, otherwise all the results of her fitness training some time ago would be wasted.

She had just eaten a lot of barbecue, which was a bit salty and her throat felt dry, so she blinked at Li Xuansheng.

"Your Majesty, where is the rice wine you promised me?"

Li Xuansheng was so engrossed in eating the barbecue that he almost forgot that when he first came, he said he could ask me for some wine.

So he asked He Qing to ask the imperial chef for the osmanthus rice wine that Lu Qingqing liked.

When the osmanthus rice wine was served, the porcelain bottle containing the wine was chilled in freshly drawn well water, and the bottle exuded a slight coolness.

Lu Qingqing poured the wine herself, and Xu Guan's daughter also took part in the ceremony, thanking the emperor for the wine.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the wine."

After saying that, Lu Qingqing took a sip of the wine.

This wine is not strong, but slightly sweet and cool. The light sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance and the mellow rice aroma instantly fill the whole mouth. It is refreshing to drink with barbecue.

Li Xuansheng was drinking with them when a soft female voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Your Majesty, what are you and your sister eating here? It smells so good. I am so jealous!"

Li Xuansheng turned around when he heard the voice.

I saw the virtuous concubine walking forward leisurely, followed by a group of maids. One of them had her head lowered and held a thin silk cloak in her hand.

Lu Qingqing looked at Concubine Xian's posture and sneered in her heart.

There is no invitation for her as a distinguished guest on the teppanyaki menu tonight.

It is impolite to come uninvited.

But for the sake of everyone's face, Lu Qingqing still maintained a decent smile and made an invitation.

"Sister Xianfei, have you had dinner? Do you want to eat with us?"

The virtuous concubine smiled and shook her head, then she covered her mouth and nose with a silk handkerchief in her hand, acting as if she was in great difficulty.

"Thank you, Sister Lu, for your hospitality."

"It's just that my stomach is not good. I can't stand the smell of these greasy things, let alone eat them."

She turned around and continued to say to Li Xuansheng:

"I have prepared some fresh and refreshing seasonal dishes that you always like to eat."

"Your Majesty, would you like to move to my tent and have some light dishes to relieve your greasy feeling?"

Li Xuansheng's face, which had been cheerful just now, instantly fell.

The barbecue smelled so good, and he wasn't full yet, but this virtuous concubine actually wanted to drag him to eat some refreshing side dishes!

Outrageous!

He looked displeased and frowned.

The virtuous concubine always handled other matters properly, but she just couldn't please Li Xuansheng.

"Light side dishes are good, but Concubine Xian should also change her taste from time to time. Don't miss out on the world's delicacies because of your stubbornness."

"I won't go there."

Upon hearing this, Concubine Xian was stunned and looked at Li Xuansheng with embarrassment.

"Yes, the emperor taught me that."

Li Xuansheng is a man, not a sheep.

Seasonal vegetables are refreshing, but even a god would not be able to bear eating them every day.

Now his stomach is firmly grasped by Lu Qingqing, and green vegetable leaves with barbecued meat are his favorite!

Dog man——

Once you have started eating meat with Lu Qingqing, who would want to go back to the plain and simple days?