Early the next morning, Xiao Ding got up early, finished freshening up, and had breakfast with Liu San and Jiang in the lobby on the first floor of the inn.

Seeing that the clothes on Jiang and his son were worn, he instructed Liu San to take Jiang to the street during the day to help her buy some daily things for their mother and son, as well as things needed on the road.

After attending the royal birthday banquet today, I still have to continue to hurry, this time there is a mother and son of the Jiang family, so naturally I need to prepare some items needed on the road in advance.

After hearing this, Liu San agreed one by one, and his face unconsciously showed a look of joy. After hearing this, Jiang thanked him again and again.

After breakfast, Xiao Ding changed into a new dress, which was the brocade robe made for him by Tinker Bell in Fairview Fang, which was very gorgeous and immediately noble after wearing it.

I combed my short hair, although it has grown a lot during this time, it is still much worse than the hair of people in this era.

I looked in the mirror, and I felt that after I changed into this dress, I did increase the temperament of a lot of noble children, this is really a person with clothes and horses with saddles!

It's just that his hairstyle looks a little nondescript, which slightly damages his tall and mighty image.

Bringing the gifts, he asked the innkeeper about the location of the Yanzhou Palace, and Xiao Ding asked Liu San to drive him to the palace.

Although the palace was not far from the inn, Xiao Ding still decided to go by car. In this era, going out to ride a carriage is equivalent to going out to drive a car in later generations, representing a person's status and low position.

The mansion of the king of Yanzhou is near the Zhizhou Mansion, but it is much more brilliant than the Zhizhou Mansion. Although it is not as good as the Imperial Palace in Nakashu Castle in Kyoto, it is not much inferior. It is also a high-walled compound, with blue bricks and red tiles, and the gate of a mansion alone is five or six zhang wide, and six or seven carriages drive side by side, and they will not bump into each other.

There is a pair of tall and mighty stone lions on both sides of the door, majestic, the vermilion lacquer gate is dazzling, it seems that it has just been painted recently, as if it is new.

On both sides of the road next to the door, there are two rows of palace guards standing at this moment, assisting the palace butler to greet guests from all walks of life.

Xiao Ding jumped out of the carriage and still told Liu San to return by himself. Then he walked towards the gate of the palace with the gift box.

Before he reached the door, Xiao Ding saw waves of guests coming to the door to pay their respects. The housekeeper-like person at the gate of the palace led more than a dozen family members to greet them one by one and register the register.

Xiao Ding followed the other guests and lined up to come to the front, handing over invitations and gift boxes. The palace housekeeper greeted him with a smile, and after reading the invitation, he said politely with a smile: "It turns out that General Tian has arrived, please come inside!" ”

As he spoke, he took the gift box in Xiao Ding's hand, opened it and took a look, and then shouted to the bookkeeper on the side: "General Tian Xiaoding of Pingxi, a pair of high-quality jade and jade pixiu gifts!" ”

Then he ordered a young man next to him: "Mao San, quickly lead General Tian into the mansion!" ”

The family named Mao San hurriedly came to Xiao Ding and said in a low voice: "General Tian, you come with me!" ”

Xiao Ding followed his family Ding Mao San all the way to the palace, only to see the carved beams and paintings in the palace, magnificent, layers of courtyards, and countless houses.

Colorful silk was pulled everywhere in the palace, red lanterns were hung, and the big red word "longevity" was pasted everywhere on the windows or walls of the houses. The maids, servants, and guards are all busy, and there are specially invited drum groups beating gongs and drums, gongs and drums are noisy, and there is a festive atmosphere everywhere. The guests were all led by the family members in waves of fish.

When you come to the courtyard of the main palace of the palace, it is even more lively. Not only did five or six sons and godsons of the king of Yanzhou personally receive the guests, but there was also a temporary stage in the courtyard, and there were operas singing.

After the young prince looked at Xiao Ding, he immediately sang loudly to the inside of the main hall hall: "Pingxi General Tian Xiaoding has come to congratulate him on his birthday!" ”

Then he came to Xiao Ding and politely hugged his fists and said: "General Tian is here, please come inside!" After speaking, he pointed to the inside of the main hall.

Xiao Ding didn't know which son of the king of Yanzhou was, so he had to return the salute with his fists, nodded to him, and said, "Thank you, thank you!" Then he walked towards the hall of the main hall.

Entering the hall, I saw that the hall was resplendent and shining. On the wall behind the main seat in the center, there is a big "Shou" word, and there is a pair of Shou couplets on both sides of the word "Shou", which reads:

The crane has a thousand years of life, and the pine is eternal spring.

On the table under the word "Shou", there are full of shou cakes and peaches, as well as various dim sum. There are also several arm-thick red candles, which are still lit even though it is daytime, symbolizing eternal immortality.

On the chair under the table, there was an old man with half-white hair, who looked slightly similar to Emperor Song Yuanting, but he was sitting majestically, with extraordinary momentum. Beside him sat a noble lady of his age, and several younger women lined up.

Xiao Ding had already guessed at first sight that the old man sitting on the main seat must be the protagonist of today's birthday banquet, the king of Yanzhou, Song Yuanfang, the noble lady sitting next to him is naturally his princess, and the other women must be his side concubines and partial concubines.

The hall of the main hall is very large, in addition to the main seat of the Yanzhou king Song Yuanfang and his concubines, there are also dozens of tables in the hall, each table is already in front of the seat. Some tables are already full, others are not yet full. The people in the hall were all bustling with each other.

Song Yuanfang, the king of Yanzhou, heard his son shouting: "Pingxi General Tian Xiaoding has come to congratulate him on his birthday!" And he looked to the door. Seeing his son leading Xiao Ding into the door, he quickly stood up, smiled at Xiao Ding and said, "General Tian is here today, and he is really full of flowers!" The old man is deeply honored! Haha, haha! ”

Xiao Ding hurriedly walked a few steps, stepped forward to salute, and said: "The East China Sea is boundless, the South Mountain has a top, Tian Xiaoding wishes the old prince a long and boundless life!" ”

Song Yuanfang hurriedly waved his hand and said, "General Tian doesn't have to be polite, please sit down!" ”

Xiao Ding saluted several princesses one by one, and then sat down at a table in front of him according to Song Yuanfang's instructions.

At this time, Xiao Ding realized that there were already several people sitting at this table, and they were all people he knew.

These people are the Zheng nationality of Yanzhou Zhizhou, as well as other large and small officials such as assassins, general judges, inspection envoys, regimental training envoys, and supervision envoys in Yanzhou City.

When Zheng Ji and several other officials saw Xiao Ding's arrival, they also greeted each other and said some kind words to each other. The king of Yanzhou saw that Xiaoding and Zheng Zhizhou and others knew each other, so he did not come to introduce them to everyone.

The guests who came to pay their respects to the birthday walked into the hall one after another, in addition to the officials, celebrities, and wealthy businessmen in Yanzhou, there were also many people from the rivers and lakes, including the people of the Cangyu faction and the Iron Sword Gate.

The people who came to pay their respects on behalf of the Cangyu Sect and the Iron Sword Sect were none other than Bai Junfei and Feng Wudi, and both of them had brought several disciples with them today. Although they didn't like each other, they didn't dare to make a mistake in the palace.

When Xiao Ding saw Bai Junfei, he nodded at him secretly. At this moment, Xiao Ding suddenly saw a little prince leading a person in at the door.

Xiao Ding Xin said, why is she here today?