For the emperor, the daily diet was very main, and the ancient imperial palace was not only hierarchical, but also quite careful for the emperor's imperial meal arrangements. Every day, the emperor would have someone check the meal before eating to prevent people from being touched during the meal. In addition, there are many exquisite things to eat every day and the types of dishes, and many dynasties have a large number of imperial cooks, and if the emperor likes to eat, then he will regularly find a chef from different regions to cook for the emperor. No matter what the emperor's previous origins were, once the yellow robe was added, then he could not be sloppy in his diet, and his subordinates who made even the slightest mistake might lose their heads.
The palace people who were waiting for him by Zhu Yuanzhang's side were afraid every day, afraid that if they did not do well and violate Zhu Yuanzhang's taboos, then they would be killed by the rod like a palace maid who was kind enough to send porridge to Zhu Yuanzhang. Many palace people who enter the palace to do things require themselves to be perfect in everything, just so as not to let Zhu Yuanzhang find fault. Many of the imperial chefs who worked in the imperial dining room were worried that their hair would fall into the dishes when cooking, so as not to cause trouble when the time came, so they shaved their heads before entering the palace.
Once, when Zhu Yuanzhang was dining, Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma were eating and chatting, and just when they were about to finish eating, Zhu Yuanzhang found that there was a hair in the bowl. Instantly unhappy, the face also sank, directly pushed to the side, immediately, let the eunuch to find the imperial kitchen, Empress Ma saw that her husband's face was not right, must be angry again, in order not to let others suffer the crime of killing the head, the empress sent out all the eunuchs and guards in the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang was immediately angry and said to Empress Ma that these imperial cooks were not careful at all. After the imperial chef was brought in by the samurai, it was not known what had happened. Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the bowl to be brought to the imperial kitchen,
The imperial chef was frightened to see the hair inside, but the imperial chef hurriedly knelt down and took off his hat and said: I am bald, and the petty officer shaved his hair before entering the palace, and did not dare to defile the imperial meal, really did not dare to bear this crime." This made Zhu Yuanzhang also very difficult to do, and it was actually a bald head. At this time, Lu Guan replied, "This is the dragon's whiskers." The empress suddenly understood this and immediately said, "Emperor, this is not their sin, it is the fault of the concubines, and they did not notice that the emperor's dragon whiskers fell off between the conversations." So Zhu Yuanzhang brushed his beard a few times, and sure enough, the beard fell off, which made him laugh and calm down the matter.