43 Feast
In the small courtyard separated by the courtyard, Ding Guoguo and Ding Ning sat at the stone table in the courtyard, talking and laughing quietly.
"Like it?"
"It's like it!" Ding Ning picked up the tumbler made of eggs on the table and played with it in his hand.
"What is so like?"
Ye Ke Lan walked in from outside the courtyard arch and asked Ding Ning with a smile.
Ding Guoguo just wanted him to stop talking, but Ding Ning's mouth was too fast, he shook the tumbler in his hand, looked at Ye Kelan who came over, and said with a smile, "Like King Anle." ”
"Really? Let me see. Ye Ke Lan sat down at the table, picked up the colorful tumbler on the table, and said with a smile while looking at it, "It's really like it!" This is King Anle frowning, this is angry, this is angry, haha, interesting, interesting! ”
Ding Guoguo smiled, didn't answer, and continued the movements in his hands.
"This is a congratulatory gift for King Anle's birthday?" Yayama also sat down at the table, picked up the tumbler and looked at it.
Ding Guoguo nodded.
"Why are they all unhappy expressions?" Ke Lan read it in turn, and then looked at what Ding Guoguo was drawing in his hand, and asked in wonder.
"Master, have you ever seen King An Le smile?" Before Ding Guoguo could answer in a hurry, Ye Shan laughed and said.
"I haven't seen it before." Ye Ke Lan smiled and nodded.
Ding Guoguo put down the paintbrush in his hand, blew dry the damp ink on the eggshell, and a gently smiling King An Le was born. Then put the tumblers in turn into the wooden box that had been prepared long ago and close the lid.
There are eight of them, seven of them are either sad or angry, and only one is smiling. Nangong Li was originally ranked seventh, but the ancients tabooed seven characters, so she made eight tumbles, meaning hair.
Last time she was sick at the palace banquet, but this time she couldn't hide anyway. Yesterday morning, Qingzhu brought Nangong Li's invitation and asked her to go to the banquet with Ding Ning, and thoughtfully sent new clothes.
Since it's a birthday party, how can you go without a gift? She can't afford to give away things that are too valuable, and she can't do complicated handicrafts. A tumbler is made out of eggshells, painted with paint, and a dressed figure is painted on it. Although it is cheap, she also makes it herself. As for whether Nangong Li was happy or angry when she received such a gift, it was not her concern.
Early the next morning, Ding Guoguo and Ding Ning waited at the gate of Anle Wang's Mansion and waited for the arrival of the emperor and his party. There is a small table on the left side of the gate, and the royal palace bookkeeper sits behind the table and is responsible for recording the congratulatory gifts sent by everyone.
Ding Guoguo asked Ding Ning to send the wooden box over, and then stood outside the gate and waited.
In ancient times, the elders did not allow the younger generations to congratulate their birthdays, but Nangong Li's birthday banquet was in the form of a family banquet, and the people invited were all relatives in the royal family, so the emperor came and was not considered a courtesy.
As soon as the emperor comes, some civil and military ministers will definitely come. In this way, the number of people increased. Outside the gate, there were already civil and military ministers, and King An Le was standing among them, laughing and laughing with the guests.
Ding Guoguo led Ding Ning from the door to the back of the crowd and stood far away.
Soon, the emperor arrived in a dragon chariot. Ding Guoguo knelt down with everyone to worship, and after everyone surrounded the emperor and went in first, she and Ding Ning entered the gate.
The feast was set up in a pergola, and it was set out outside. He also set up a stage for the feast to be used for the pleasure of the people.
The noon feast is just a warm feast, and the evening meal is the real birthday feast.
After everyone sat down around the emperor, someone held an excerpt and asked the emperor to order it first. The emperor pointed out "Happy Eyebrows", and asked King Anle to order. King An Le politely asked the prince to order first, but the prince smiled and said that he was the protagonist today, and he was just a companion. King Anle then pointed out.
Ding Guoguo stayed away from everyone and found a place in the corner, drinking tea while watching the play.
The story told in "Happy Eyebrows" is somewhat similar to that of the female champion. Ding Guoguo didn't have much research on opera, and after only a few glances, he chatted with Ding Ning in a whisper.
After a while, Ke Lan and Yashan came. Because they are not from the Celestial Empire, they don't have to bow down to greet the emperor.
"Why don't you sit in the front?"
Ye Ke Lan was left by the emperor, and Ye Shan went to the back to find a place to sit down, and at a glance he saw Ding Guoguo and Ding Ning sitting in the corner, and he walked over quickly.
"It's quiet here."
"I don't think you want to be polite to those people, do you?" Yayama sat down and pointed to the crowd gathered in front of him.
Ding Guoguo smiled slightly.
After the three plays, it was already noon, and the servants came in to remove the tea and cakes, and brought the seasonal melons and fruits to be put on the table. The emperor led the people out of front of the stage and sat down in the shed in turn.
Ke Lan also had to avoid eating because of his face injury, and the Anle Palace, after all, was not as good as the palace. There were so many of them that the servants couldn't keep themselves busy, let alone the back kitchen. He was so busy that he couldn't take care of him, so he didn't deliberately open a small stove for him. Ding Guoguo sat down beside him and picked out food for him that he could eat.
As soon as she sat down, she felt someone watching her. She looked up and saw that it was a concubine sitting next to the emperor. When the concubine saw her coming, she nodded at her and smiled, which was a greeting.
Ding Guoguo was stunned, a little familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was. But he still smiled at the concubine and nodded. Although she said hello, she still couldn't remember who this concubine was. Later, it wasn't until she heard the emperor call the concubine to be Concubine Xue that she remembered that Concubine Xue was Zhuoma's sister, Zhuoya! No wonder she has lived in the Anle Palace, and she has never seen her, it turns out that she was sent to the palace.
"What's wrong?" Ding Guoguo was distracted, and suddenly her sleeve was gently pulled, she came back to her senses and asked Ye Kelan, who was looking at her.
"Do you know that Xue Fei?" Ke Lan leaned next to her and asked in a low voice.
"I know, but I don't know each other." She and Zhuoma don't know each other, and they are really not familiar with this Zhuoya. It's just that I heard that she is rich in five cars, can sing and dance, and is a rare talented woman.
Ke Lan also sighed and stopped talking.
At this time, the hot dishes had been served one by one, and Ding Guoguo carefully selected what he could eat for Ye Kelan.
Because Ke Lan is wearing a veil, every time he eats, he has to lift the veil with one hand and pick up the vegetables with chopsticks in the other, and he eats very hard.
Ding Guoguo looked at it, and then directly took the vegetables to his mouth and fed him.
Ke Lan was stunned for a moment, but still opened his mouth to eat.
Although Ding Guoguo also felt that feeding him was too ambiguous, she was a doctor, and there were no men and women in front of the doctor, only patients. When she thought about it, she became much calmer.
"Okay, I'll eat it later." Ke Lan ate for a while, then took the tea bowl and asked for tea.
Ding Guoguo knew that he didn't want to go, she kept feeding him, and wanted her to eat the dishes first. She changed her chopsticks, put the dishes in the bowl, lowered her head and prepared to eat, and suddenly felt that someone was looking at her, so she looked up.
Nangong Li was glaring at her coldly.
Ding Guoguo's scalp was numb from his glare, and she didn't think about it, so she glared back fiercely.
Nangong Li didn't seem to expect her to fight back, he was slightly stunned at first, then hooked the corners of his mouth and laughed.
Be all abroad! Ding Guoguo rolled his eyes, lowered his head and ate the vegetables, but he didn't see it.