The First National Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 918

"I never imagined your food would be served at a state banquet. It really does seem you have connections in the court."

Li Shen was sarcastic and cynical; in short, he simply didn't like Xu Tian.

Xu Tian glanced at Li Shen directly.

He didn't respond to what he said.

Li Zhi stepped forward and said, "Li Shen, watch your words. My master's fried chicken was personally selected by the Empress Dowager. Your words are not only an insult to my master, but also an insult to the Empress Dowager."

He directly brought up the Empress Dowager.

I refuse to believe that I can't control Li Shen.

Li Shen snorted coldly.

"Li Zhi, you don't need to use the Empress Dowager to pressure me! Xu Tian's food is simply not presentable, isn't it? It's just common street food, how could it possibly be fit for a state banquet?"

Xu Tian sneered.

"If the Tenth Prince thinks my food is unfit for the state banquet, then why did the Empress Dowager still personally select my food for the banquet? Can you be so sure that my food is not delicious?"

"Or do you, Tenth Prince, think that this state banquet is simply not worthy of having my things placed here?"

Li Shen found Xu Tian's words laughable.

"Xu Tian, ​​you really overestimate yourself. Don't you know your own limitations?"

"And what are you anyway? You're just a nobody in the marketplace. How good can your food be? It's only good for those common folk."

Xu Tian took a step forward.

Li Shen couldn't help but take a step back.

"Xu Tian, ​​what are you doing? This is the imperial palace! Do you intend to hit me?"

He's not afraid of Xu Tian hitting him now.

If he were beaten inside the palace, he would immediately file a complaint with the emperor.

We'll see then whether he's right or Xu Tian is right.

Xu Tian gave a cold laugh.

“Hitting you will only hurt my hand. Let’s get this straight today. If the Tenth Prince really thinks these are just things commoners eat, then why did you want my shop in the first place?”

"Does the Tenth Prince also consider himself just an ordinary commoner?"

"Tsk tsk tsk! This is really true! Tenth Prince, you really lower your standards. You absolutely must not eat what I make later."

"So that others will not think of you as just a petty person, no, a commoner."

Xu Tian retorted directly, infuriating Li Shen.

Watching Xu Tian and the others leave, he was so angry he could hardly breathe.

Looking at Xu Tian's back, one might want to crush him into mincemeat.

It was like hating someone to the bone.

After Xu Tian finished speaking, he left with Li Zhi.

This time, he only brought one helper with him when he entered the palace.

After all, the shop needs staff even if they go to the palace.

After a heated debate with Li Shen, he went about his own business.

Li Shen, on the other hand, sent someone to deliberately frame Xu Tian.

"Go and fetch the imperial chef for this prince."

He gave orders to his men.

After the imperial chef arrived, Li Shen immediately pushed out the silver he had prepared.

"As long as you put something in Xu Tian's fried chicken, all of these are yours, and there will be a generous reward after you succeed."

The imperial chef was naturally greedy for money, but more importantly, he dared not offend the person in front of him.

In the end, without even hesitating, he agreed immediately.

After entering the imperial kitchen and seeing that no one was around, he began to put the ingredients that Xu Tian had prepared into the kitchen.

Then the items were carefully restored.

Xu Tian was prepared and secretly observed that the imperial chef was up to no good.

He knew that he had a falling out with Li Shen, and that guy would definitely not let him off the hook.