Chapter 540: Sitting at the same table
Zhao Man looked at the Queen Mother and said with a smile: "This gift has to be seen outside." β
"You, you've liked to sell guanzi since you were a child." The Queen Mother smiled, looked at Emperor Chen, and said, "The time is almost up, let's all go out together, just to see what gift this girl wants to give to the mourning family." β
Emperor Chen nodded, and the princess and princess in the palace, the harem concubine, followed him and the queen mother, and walked out of the palace together.
The Queen Mother looked at Zhao Man and asked with a smile, "You can take it out now, right?" β
Zhao Man nodded, took out a bamboo tube from his arms, lit one of the leads that emerged from the bamboo tube with a fire breaker, and then aimed the bamboo tube at the sky.
Shout!
A flash of fire shot out from the bamboo tube and exploded in the sky.
Everyone was a little surprised, and they didn't know what she was doing.
After blowing the cold wind outside, Princess Yiyang finally came back from her trance, glanced at Zhao Man, and said sarcastically: "Could it be that Xiaoman's birthday gift to the Queen Mother is just a cannon battle?" β
As soon as her words fell, she suddenly noticed that something seemed to light up in front of her, and when she looked up at the night sky in front of her, she realized that it was the night sky that lit up.
Zhao Man's fireworks seemed to release a signal, and after the first explosion, the firelight shot straight into the night sky from a distance, bursting at a high place, just in the direction they were facing.
And when the fireworks explode, a big "Shou" character in the sky is clearly visible, and although it dissipates quickly, a new one will appear soon.
The fireworks are dense and continuous, endless, and the momentum is even greater than yesterday's, and in the park, the guests who participated in the Queen Mother's birthday banquet raised their heads and looked at the sky.
The people of Beijing also hurried to the courtyard from the house to watch this rare scene.
Looking at the word "Shou" spelled out by the fireworks, the expression on Princess Yiyang's face froze, and she couldn't speak anymore.
Everyone was looking up at the fireworks, but Zhao Man was looking at Tang Ning on the side, the fireworks in the distance illuminated her face, and also reflected the sweetness and happiness in her eyes.
"Man'er, you congratulatory gift......" The Queen Mother lowered her head and looked at her with a smile, but saw her eyes looking away, her tone paused slightly, and the two words she said were also muffled by the noisy explosion.
She looked at the smile on Zhao Man's face and followed her gaze.
Tang Ning's gaze only stayed in the sky for a moment, and then retracted it, he had seen this kind of scene too many times, and he had seen fireworks more beautiful and grander than this.
Emperor Chen wants to make the Queen Mother's birthday banquet lively, the best gift is to follow his wishes, this gift is very lively, the people of the Beijing Division can be alarmed, the form is also unique, will not fall into the clichΓ©.
The heavenly font is actually made in the simplest way, using particularly scattered fireworks that will not explode after the explosion, and placing them on the ground in advance to shape the character "Shou", and lighting them at the same time, you can form this scene.
Of course, even this simple operation took countless trials to figure it out.
The amount of effort he put into today's fireworks is actually not as good as yesterday's, but the number of fireworks is twice as many as yesterday's, enough to be set off for a quarter of an hour.
At a certain moment, as if realizing something, he turned his head, looked at Zhao Man who was smirking at him, and gave her a smile back, and Zhao Man immediately looked away.
Tang Ning retracted his gaze, he still had some strange feelings in his heart, and he looked in a certain direction with some feeling, and saw that the Queen Mother's gaze was actually on him.
The Queen Mother smiled at him and looked at the fireworks in the sky again.
The night sky shone brightly for a short time, but finally it turned to darkness.
Emperor Chen looked at Zhao Man and said, "Man'er has prepared this congratulatory gift with heart. β
Rare things are precious, the Queen Mother's birthday today, received more than five Buddha statues, this kind of unique gift, but can give people a feeling of brightness.
Zhao Man smiled and said, "As long as the Queen Mother likes it." β
"I like it." The Queen Mother had a smile on her face and said, "The gift that Man'er gave tonight is the favorite of the mourning family." β
Hearing the Queen Mother's words, the princess and the concubine behind her all showed embarrassment on their faces, no matter how valuable the gifts they gave, after all, there was no alternative gift that could please the Queen Mother.
After watching a fireworks, today's Queen Mother's birthday banquet officially began.
The birthday banquet was separated for men and women, and the female relatives were presided over by the harem concubines, but the princesses accompanied Emperor Chen and the Queen Mother on the side of the courtiers and magnates.
Tang Ning and Xiao Jue shared a table, and before the birthday banquet began, the eunuch palace maid had already placed food on the table, but they couldn't enjoy it immediately.
Similar to the birthday of the king, the birthday of the queen mother, etc., they are all regulated, and they need to be followed by the rules one by one, and finally went through all the processes, and when it was announced that it was okay to start, Wei Jian came around from the rear, walked to Tang Ning's side, and said, "Lord Tang, Your Majesty asked you to go over." β
Tang Ning put back a piece of dessert that had been sandwiched, and asked Xiao Jue to leave a few pieces for him, and then followed Wei Jian over.
He walked to the front, saluted Emperor Chen, and said, "I don't know what Your Majesty has to call your ministers over, what are your orders?" β
Emperor Chen looked at him and asked, "You just said that the Queen Mother's illness focuses on diet?" β
Tang Ning nodded and said, "If you can pay attention to your diet, the Queen Mother's illness can be well controlled." β
Chen Huang pointed to the food on the table and said, "Then take a look, which of these meals the Queen Mother can't eat." β
Tang Ning looked at the food on the table and said, "You can't drink sweet soup anymore, it's best not to eat desserts, you can eat more vegetables......"
The Queen Mother showed a look of regret on her face and said, "Can't you eat anything sweet?" β
Emperor Chen looked at her and said, "The queen mother's body is important, so let's listen to the doctor." β
The Queen Mother smiled and said, "Then I won't eat it." β
Immediately, a palace maid removed the food that Tang Ning had just picked out, and Tang Ning screened it again before saying, "That's all, if there is nothing to do, the minister will retire." β
Emperor Chen nodded and said, "You can go down and eat too." β
Tang Ning was about to turn around and leave, when the Queen Mother looked at Emperor Chen and said, "There are still many dishes to serve in a while, and if you can't serve one, call him over and ask......
She looked at Tang Ning, stretched out her finger and pointed to Zhao Man's position nearby, and said, "Yiyang is not feeling well, go back first, there is a vacant place in Man'er, you go sit there......"
Tang Ning was stunned, and then said: "That is the position of the prince and princess, minister, minister is not suitable in the past......"
"This is the will of the mourning family." The Queen Mother looked at him and said, "Walking over and over, you are not annoyed, but the mourning family is still annoying......"
Tang Ning looked at Emperor Chen, and Emperor Chen said, "Since it is the intention of the Queen Mother, you can sit there." β
"Minister...... Compliance. β
Tang Ning nodded, turned around and walked over, and sat beside Zhao Man in a somewhat dumbfounded look.
Just now, when Tang Ning got up and left the table and walked to the front, he had already attracted the attention of many people.
It was too far away, and they couldn't hear what he said to His Majesty and His Majesty the Queen Mother, but they only saw that there seemed to be a lot of movement here, adding vegetables and removing vegetables......
When Tang Ning and Princess Pingyang Zhao Man sat together, everyone was even more confused, and they couldn't figure out the situation at all.