Chapter 13 Part 2

             Barbecue

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"Sister, the rabbit you hunted is really fat. It will be delicious when you roast it later." Ban Heng saw the fat rabbit in Ban Hua's hand and immediately called the guard to deal with the rabbit. "I also brought a can of the chili sauce from the barbarian land. It will be delicious to eat when it's roasted."
　　
　　"This rabbit was not hunted by me, it was given to me by His Majesty." Ban Hua also stuffed the venison to the guards and let them take care of it. "We have to divide a part and send it to mother, so wait for a while"

　　Ban Heng came near Ban Hua's ear and whispered:  "Swindler!"
　　
　　"Don't eat if you can hunt!" Ban Hua rolled her eyes, still looking beautiful.

　　Ban Heng immediately softened his voice and said: "Sister, I am your brother."
　　
　　"If you weren't my brother, would you be alive today?" Ban Hua asked with eyes as sharp as a knife, "What did you hunt? Where is it?"
　　

            Ban Heng: ...

   Why would she mention the pot that does not boil? (1) Didn't she already know that he could not shoot, but still asked him?


     The female guard brought clean water. After Ban Hua washed the blood off her hands, another female guard brought lemonade. After soaking in the water for a while, Ban Hua took her hand out of the lemonade and wiped her hand with a handkerchief. " you try not to drink. The royal doctor has said that drinking too early is bad for your health."

　　Ban Heng nodded, "Don't worry, I don't drink, and no one dares to pour for me."

　　Ban Hua thought for a while and nodded. Said: "That's true."
　　
　　It was said that more than ten years ago, their father drank a lot of wine. After her father was drunk, he began to act madly. He smashed whatever he got, and slashed people with whatever he saw. Since then, no one has dared to give him drink believing like father like son.

　　Ban Hua once suspected that this was her father deliberately attacking people but pretending to be crazy through alcohol. 
　　
　　But such a proud deed, based on her father's temperament, should have been boasted over and over again, but it has not mentioned it so far, which shows that he was really drunk crazy.

    Autumn hunting was originally an entertainment activity for the emperor and the princes and ministers, so in the afternoon,  a lot of grills were placed on the open space in the center. Some of these nobles could grill them by themselves. And some people prepared had someone bake for them before presenting to them. Nobles.

　　Although Ban Huai had no real power, because his biological mother was the Grand Princess, Ban's barbecue grill was relatively close to the emperor.
　　
　　As the future in-laws of the royal family, Count Zhong Ping's family's barbecue grill was placed next to the Ban's house. 

     There is no one who knows that the two families are not in harmony. 

      In the entire capital, who does not know that the two families were not in harmony(didn't like each other). Now the barbecue grills of the two families were placed together, which makes people wonder that the eunuch who arranged the location is not doing well(didnot think properly). Regardless of the reason, the emperor had already sat on the top, and if the people below changed positions for the sake of comfort, it would be unpleasant for the emperor.

　　
　　 Zhongping bo and Ban Huai looked disgusted. Ban Huai said to the guard: "Move the meat to the right, don't spoil the taste."

　　Count Zhongping scoffed as if he didn't care about it. 

　　Ban-Huai felt satisfied when he saw that Zhongping Bo was obviously angry, but pretended not to care.
　　
　　As a female, Ban Hua did not sit with them, but on the other side, with the queen, princess, and others.

　　She had the best relationship with the Princess Anle and the other princesses were just good with her on the surface and some were not even good on the surface. As princesses, they were not as good as their cousin in front of their father emperor, which made it difficult for them to have affection for Ban Hua.

　　But these princesses were smart people, knowing that the Fu Huang respects the queen and the cousin most, so even though they were jealous of Ban Hua, they were very friendly on the face.

　　
　　"It's so spicy," Princess Anle drank several sips of water before suppressing the spiciness of the tip of her tongue. "I can't stand this thing."
　　Ban Hua handed the grilled rabbit meat to her: "Try This."

　　Princess An Le placed the barbecue onto the plate, picked it up with chopsticks, and tasted it. The barbecue still had a spicy flavor, but it was meatier.
　　 
　　The empress glanced at Ban Hua, who was talking and laughing with Anle, and then at Shi Feixian and Xie Wanyu who was sitting on the other side.

　　As a mother, she naturally understood the thoughts of her son. Shi Feixian was born in a prominent family and had a grandfather who was the Right Minister. Her identity was indeed more valuable than Xie Wanyu, but the emperor did not want her second child to marry Shi Feixian. whatever the second prince said was useless.
　　

       After it was reported that Ban Hua and Shen Yu's marriage contract was dismissed, she was worried that the emperor would let her second child marry Ban Hua. Fortunately, the emperor was not muddled and did not intend to marry such a royal daughter-in-law.

      In the eyes of the queen, Ban Hua was indeed very flattering, but it was limited to this.(2)
　　
       "Empress, his majesty personally roasted the rabbit meat, and let this slave bring it over to let queen niang niang taste his majesty's craft."

        Wang De came over with a plate with a few skewers of meat.
　　
　　Ban Hua took a look and saw that the flesh was red and black, and the appearance was a bit horrible. It seems that servant did not lie,  only his Majesty would dare to send this kind of thing to the queen.
　　
　　The queen looked at the disgusting thing. although she refused in her heart, but with so many people watching, she had to give the emperor this face. So she not only ate two skewers of meat, but also admired the emperor's craftsmanship.
　　
　　"Jun Princess Ban, "Jùn zhǔ Kangning said to Ban Hua, "It seems that you were looking forward to this autumn hunt. You even brought the chili sauce from the barbarian land."

　　Ban Hua looked at the chili sauce in front of her.

       After a long while, "Oh."

　　So what's the point?

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Notes:

1. "哪壶不开提哪壶 (nǎ hú bù kāi tí nǎ hú)" literally means "to pick the kettle that is not boiling." It's used to indicate that someone is saying or doing something that shouldn't be mentioned in front of others, or that someone is bringing up a sensitive subject. 

Idiom Story:(Out of context,you can come after you finish the chapter)

A long time ago there was a father and son who owned a tea-house.The local official, Mr. Bai, was of the greedy miser sort and always came for tea and promptly left without paying even a smile.One day, Mr.Bai took a sip from his cup and grumbled, "This water's not boiled, and the tea itself tastes terrible."The son replied, "My lord, the tea is our prized Longjing (Dragonwell Tea), and the water is piping hot, how could it taste terrible?"A few days later, Mr. Bai stopped coming to their tea-house.The Father asked his son, "Why hasn't Mr. Bai been coming?"The son smiled knowingly and said, "Whenever I make his tea, I always use the water that hasn't been boiled!"

From that time on, the Chinese idiom "哪壶不开提哪壶 (nǎ hú bù kāi tí nǎ hú)" came into use. Now it's used to mean that someone is saying or doing something that shouldn't be mentioned in front of others.

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2. The empress felt Ban Hua was pretty but she did not have special qualities neither special background. 

T/n :

Did you know the drama based on this book is going to come out at the start of next year?

   Way tooooo excited!!!

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So, When I first started reading stories, I didnot knew about this. So, i thought about telling you people.Most of you may know..but I didn't.

 its just that when you click on the numbers(the note numbers) it takes you to the notes and back to you were reading. Try clicking on it and you will find out how it works

I used to scroll the pages to see the notes/meanings....Is there anyone like me?

Hope you liked it!

P.s: School's starting soon! I might be busy!

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