After broadcasting the ancient times live, I handed the system over to the state.

While everyone was still laughing at the earlier "Vice Minister eats shit" and "Minister is a dog," Zhu Qinggu had already started scrolling to the next short video.

[Famous scenes from "The New Female Imperial Envoy"]

This attracted her. Zhu Qinggu knew that this was quite popular recently, and some old jokes were found to be very ahead of their time!

So she stayed there.

A handsome man appeared in the sky, laughing wildly and speaking with seemingly logical arguments, "Power and money are the true tonics of marriage, extremely potent!"

Especially when he said the words "great tonic," his slightly widened eyes were full of certainty, which made people chuckle.

"Vulgar! If you get married, all you'll have is this, without a soulmate, and the rest of your life will be so long..." Zhuo Wenjun felt terrified just thinking about it.

What she didn't know was that people's hearts are fickle.

People who start out well can become unrecognizable even to their own mothers in the end.

"It's hard to win people's hearts, so it's better to seek wealth, which is indeed very beneficial!" Some wise people agree with this.

"This statement may seem illogical, but it does make some sense; it all depends on people's needs," Li Bai said bluntly.

"It's still good to have someone with similar interests, someone to keep you company," the scholar beside him said with a smile.

A woman dressed in slightly luxurious clothes smiled gently at the beautiful woman beside her who looked somewhat worried, and said, "From now on, outside you are the prince consort and I am the princess! At home... I am the crown prince and you are the crown princess. You must wear women's clothing! You must serve your husband well!"

Those under the canopy gasped in shock upon hearing such bold and outspoken words. Couples with children covered their children's ears, while couples without children exchanged knowing smiles, their unspoken understanding unspoken.

Wu Zetian looked at the sky with shining eyes.

"Mother, Mother!" Princess Taiping ran in, her innocent eyes full of longing. "Mother, I want to be like the one in the sky! Mother, I don't want to get married anymore, I want to marry a Crown Princess!"

Wu Zetian scolded, "Where is there a girl who acts like this..." But as she spoke, she seemed to be deep in thought, not appearing to completely deny it.

"Outrageous! This is a rebellion against the Heavenly Spirits!" Such words were a great challenge to Zhu Yuanzhang, an emperor who had always held peasant-minded views. "What kind of woman can become a prince consort? What kind of woman can become the crown prince?"

"Chongba, this is just a later interpretation. Some of the stories they made up are quite interesting. You can't be angry with the future generations. The appearance of this Heavenly Curtain will more or less cause some changes in the world. What we should pay attention to is people's hearts. It's better to guide than to block." Empress Ma said bluntly.

However, her blunt words frustrated Old Zhu.

Although the appearance of the sky curtain allowed Zhu Yuanzhang to know a lot about what would happen next, the situation was also changing more and more.

Sometimes even Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't understand it.

While eating, Zhu Qinggu also wanted to see some food-related videos. It seems that big data could sense her thoughts, and the next video was about food.

"Come to the banquet! Come see what dishes we eat at banquets in rural Hunan!"

[A sea of ​​red, with red ribbons hanging everywhere, was a place where people were enjoying a wedding feast.]

The first dish on the table was a cold braised dish: slightly charred pig ears topped with bright red chilies, their tender surfaces glistening with oil.

The three-delicacy soup, with its golden egg dumplings and mushrooms floating and bubbling in the slightly whitish broth, releases steam carrying the aroma of scallions, tempting everyone's rumbling stomachs.

The stewed pig's head was so tender that when you gently poked it with chopsticks, the soft, juicy skin barely offered any resistance. Red chilies and green cilantro enhanced the unique salty, savory, and spicy flavor. With just a light touch, a piece of the melt-in-your-mouth meat was torn off, and the bouncy juices made your mouth water.

The earthenware bowl is generously layered with several dishes, the yellow, green, and red colors complementing each other beautifully. The bouncy fish balls, when gently bitten, quickly bounce onto the lips and tongue, providing an unparalleled and rich flavor experience.

[Spicy crab: Fresh, live crabs are deep-fried until they turn a vibrant red and curl up; then coated in spices, they become crispy and fragrant.]

Braised pork trotters, sprinkled with green scallions, are incredibly fragrant, tender, and not greasy.

[Stir-fried short ribs, coated in a deep brown sauce, the oily ribs topped with red chili peppers and green garlic sprouts—just looking at them makes your mouth water with their rich, savory aroma.]

The stewed whole chicken, though slightly bland, is sprinkled with red goji berries; it's flavorful and the meat is tender.

The stir-fried hemp seed and stir-fried bamboo shoots that followed also looked incredibly appetizing.

The fried fish is then coated with a glossy sauce that clings tightly to the meat. Even when moved gently, the thick, glossy sauce doesn't run off but stays firmly attached to the tender fish, providing an even richer and more complex flavor profile.

A small bowl of braised pork belly, plump and trembling, topped with a generous layer of braised pork skin, glistening red and tender, soaked in juicy sauce. One bite, and the complex layers of flavor are enough to make your heart leap.

The last dish of green vegetables, equally vibrant and unassuming, possessed a unique beauty amidst the sea of ​​reds and golds, its crispness and refreshing elegance almost unbelievable.

"This is a huge table of food! If we can't finish it all, we'll take the leftovers home!"

Those watching from below the sky were drooling with envy.

People in places suffering from disaster and starving looked at the sky full of meat and were filled with longing.

"Mom, I want to eat meat too." Xiao Fang looked longingly at her mother, who, like her, hadn't eaten for several days and was very weak.

Mother patted Xiaofang's head, "Once the floodwaters recede, we'll go home and farm so we can have food to eat!"

They only said there was rice to eat, not meat.

Xiao Fang looked longingly at the sky, knowing full well that it would be very, very difficult for her to eat meat in this lifetime.

Children of this age are much more mature psychologically and have experienced many things, all of which she knows.

"Mother, I want to be reborn as a person in the next life."

The mother gently stroked Xiaofang's somewhat dry and yellow hair and replied, "Alright, Mother will go too. Let's go eat meat together and see the days when future generations won't have to worry about food and clothing, and can also learn to read and go to school like Miss Zhu..."

It wasn't just ordinary people; even some landlords didn't necessarily eat this well, and there was so much meat that they would pack up any leftovers.

"It seems that the world is indeed rich in resources. Looking at this place, these people don't seem to be from wealthy families. They can eat meat whenever they want..." Li Shimin sighed.

As they watched, they grew a little hungry. When Li Shimin and Empress Zhangsun ate, they felt that nothing smelled as good as what was on the sky. They wondered how the dishes on the sky were made and what that bright red thing was.