O43novel Chapter 228
Chapter 228
This year's palace banquet, Jiang Yuqing and Jing Yan discussed it and set it on New Year's Eve.In this way, on New Year's Eve, all the officials don't have to come to the palace anymore, they can just spend the New Year at home with peace of mind.
Such an arrangement couldn't be more reasonable and considerate, and won the unanimous approval of all officials.
The palace banquet is still placed in Liangyi Hall.There is no longer a small desk for two people in the past, which is time-consuming, labor-intensive and takes up space.All use ordinary round tables, classified according to grades, or by family, with a maximum of eight people per table, saving time and effort.
In addition to the song and dance performances of previous years, the palace banquet specially invited ventriloquists and jugglers from outside the palace, which increased the fun of viewing and appealed to both refined and popular tastes.
In addition, a lottery activity has been added, which can be regarded as another benefit for the officials.
The prizes are varied.There are real gold, silver, antique jade wares, various ancient books or overseas rare treasures, and even an intermediate beauty pill that Jiang Yuqing specially put in.
There are valuable items, and of course there are ordinary items, such as a jar of wine or a plate of fruit.
What you draw depends on everyone's luck.For example, her father's luck is very average, he only won a plate of fruit.Her brother was lucky and got a rare ancient book.
A small official was the luckiest, and he even won the most valuable mid-level Dingyan pill here, and he immediately gave the pill to his wife.
This made the wives of other officials present envious, and pushed the whole banquet to a climax.
The Jiang family sat at two tables, one for the women and one for the men.Jiang Yuqing sneaked to her mother's table when she was free, and ate a few chopsticks dishes with the female elders in the family.
Then he brought a plate of beef jerky to her father's table.
There are few men in the Jiang family staying in the capital, except for her father and grandfather, her third brother and her own brother Jiang Yuchuan.In addition, Miracle Doctor Qiu, her eldest brother Tian Guang, and Li Deshun who was specially invited to the palace.In this way, the table was not full.
Her master Qiu Miracle Doctor has very good teeth regardless of her age.Beef jerky is the best, and there is good wine at the moment, so of course this is indispensable.
The old man was very satisfied with the little apprentice's thoughtfulness, and he glanced at Tian Guang, the eldest apprentice who carefully waited for him to drink.Tian Guang is also very helpless, as long as there are junior sisters around, their apprentices will be scumbags.
Her father peeled a few shrimps, and Jiang Yuqing ate them all.Jiang Wenyuan is also willing to pamper her, and she peels it if she likes it.The way father and daughter get along as father and friend, in the eyes of the surrounding officials, everyone is thoughtful.
It turned out that Jiang Shangshu and the empress got along like this in private, and it felt very, very good.
As for Jing Yan, his eyes never left Jiang Yuqing the whole time.No matter where she went, he could always see her first.
For the officials, this year's palace banquet is finally no longer boring and rigid.
This is the best atmosphere and the most relaxing and pleasant year in the past years, and everyone has received unexpected little surprises.So as soon as they left the palace, everyone began to look forward to the palace banquet next year.
Just before the Lantern Festival came out after the new year, the envoys from the Peacock Kingdom came.No one expected that they would come so fast.However, it is understandable that there is no New Year in the Peacock Kingdom.
It was still the officials from Honglu Temple who came forward to receive them and arranged for them to stay in the State Guesthouse.Unexpectedly, a fire broke out in the State Guesthouse the night they stayed. Fortunately, the fire was extinguished in time and no catastrophe was caused.
Later, the reason was investigated, because most of the envoys of the Peacock Kingdom believed in the peacock god of their country.After staying at the hotel, these people lit candles and looked at them to pray for blessings, but they did not blow them out.
Because the window was not closed when I was sleeping, the wind blown down the candle in the middle of the night and ignited the curtain, which caused the fire.Fortunately, the Habayashi Guard guarding the State Guest House was alert and rescued people in time so no one was burned to death.
Even so, nearly one-third of the house where the Peacock Countryman lived was burned down.The people from the Ministry of Industry went to fix the damage, and it would cost at least 5 to [-] taels of silver to repair it all.
The wronged money has to be taken from the treasury of the building.This made Jiang Wenyuan so angry that he always wanted to get it back somewhere else.
Before he could think of Zhao'er, two groups of troops came in from the capital, the teams from Jinxi Kingdom and Dongnu Kingdom.This is getting together.
Dongnu Kingdom is a vassal state of Daxia, so it is considered half of its own people.And this time it's the Queen of the Eastern Girl Kingdom.
And because Dongnv had an unhappiness with the Peacock Kingdom, the officials of Daxia were afraid that it would be ugly if their enemies met again.
Therefore, the Queen of the Eastern Women's Kingdom and her party were specially arranged in the most luxurious Yuelai Pavilion in the state guesthouse, Yunji Pavilion.
It was Jin Xiguo's first visit to Daxia.Jin Xi is the neighbor of the Mauryan Kingdom, just to the northeast of the Mauryan Kingdom, and is on the same continent as the Mauryan Kingdom.
All the people of Jinxi Kingdom worship Allah and do not eat pork. There are many territorial disputes with Maurya Kingdom on the border, and the two countries are regarded as sworn enemies.
Originally, the officials of Honglu Temple wanted to separate them.But after finding out that both countries wanted to come to Daxia to buy treasure ships and ironware, a flash of inspiration flashed in their minds, and they were immediately arranged in the same museum room.
Cough, then what, since you are all neighbors, then continue to be neighbors.They all come from the same place, and they look kind.
The envoys all handed over their credentials, and no matter what the reason for their arrival, Daxia, as the host country, had to hold a banquet to entertain them, so the reception lunch was scheduled for the day of the Lantern Festival.
The queen of Dongnu country came here in person this time because she was seriously ill and came to Daxia for medical treatment.The gift she gave was very important. It was a newly discovered silver mine that had not yet been mined.
The prince who came to Peacock Kingdom is still the last time.The gift is a golden pagoda.
Jin Tiguo also came from a prince. Although it was his first visit to Daxia, the gifts he prepared were very thoughtful.
A red coral nearly one meter high, a box of well-proportioned longan-sized pearls, and a box of gold bars.Ming people don't talk dark words, Jiang Jingqing likes such arrogant and down-to-earth guests.
Daxia's reception luncheon was also prepared very carefully.Because people in Jinxi believe in Allah and don’t eat pork, they choose mutton instead of pig.
Neither the Peacock Country nor the Jinxi Country can use chopsticks, so Daxia prepared spoons for them.Jin Xi is fine, Da Xia uses whatever he gives, very polite.
Peacock people have always been used to being self-centered, and they dislike eating with a spoon because it is not warm, so they just grab it with their hands.While eating, I still hate that there is no curry, it is not delicious.
Such behavior, compared with their polite neighbors, is really too different.
The officials of Daxia had already experienced it, and they pretended not to hear it.Didn't they come to buy a boat?At that time, it would be nice to spend more money on them.
I heard that today is the annual Lantern Festival in Daxia, and there will be a large-scale beautiful lantern festival in the capital at night.The envoys of the Three Kingdoms were very excited and wanted to experience the prosperity of Great Xia.
So after the luncheon, they went back to the museum one after another, preparing to go to the Lantern Festival at night.
Jing Yan specially told the people of Honglu Temple to send more people to follow them.Especially the peacock people, you must keep an eye on it, it is not good to make trouble during the big festival.
The officials of Honglu Temple are Weiwei.In fact, even if His Majesty doesn't say it, they will do it.
When the peacock people came to Daxia last time, they learned a lesson in the capital, knowing that although Daxia people are friendly to others, they will not spoil them.
Therefore, although there were some minor problems this time, there was no major disturbance at all.Passed this festival in peace.
The sixteenth day of the first lunar month.Jiang Yuqing personally received the Queen of Dongnvguo at He'an Hospital.
This is a very calm, introverted and wise middle-aged woman.Jiang Yuqing scanned her whole body with his spiritual consciousness and did a detailed examination, and found that she had breast cancer known as the "pink killer".
Jiang Yuqing concluded that if she hadn't met her, the queen might not live for three months.Because the sick place was too private, even if her medical skills were as good as her master Qiu's, the Queen would not dare to speak easily.
Her situation definitely cannot be removed. Jiang Yuqing can only use golden needles and rejuvenation technique to clear away the cancer cells in her body bit by bit.
This process has to be carried out several times and takes up to half a month.
The queen of Dongnu Country was overjoyed when she heard that the cure could be cured in half a month.On the way to Daxia, she also consulted many famous doctors and medical women in private, and they all said that there was little hope of a cure.
Empress Da Xia and Miracle Doctor Qiu were her last hopes.If possible, she would prefer to ask Empress Daxia to treat her. After all, everyone is a woman, so it is more convenient.
And because of the high status of Empress Daxia, she gritted her teeth and offered the newly discovered silver mine as a gift.If the silver mine is gone, you can still find it again. If your life is gone, you will have nothing.
Here, the business negotiations for the export of Chuanbao have officially started.
The people of the Peacock Kingdom have a big appetite, and they want [-] state-of-the-art large treasure ships, and they also need to install matching sky thunder bombs and their launching devices.
Officials in Daxia said that the boat can be sold, but the sky mines are state secrets and will not be sold for any amount of money.
Seeing that the road was blocked, the people of the Peacock Kingdom said that Jinxi was their sworn enemy, and asked Daxia not to sell them treasure ships and ironware.
The officials of Daxia immediately expressed their embarrassment: "The door is open for business, and everyone who comes is a customer. We must not offend anyone.
Do you think this will work?We are all old friends.How about we give you the lowest discount at the original price? "
When the people of Peacock Kingdom heard that there was a bargain to take, their eyes immediately lit up and asked, "How much is the discount?"
"Eighty percent of the original price."
"It's expensive, let's make it cheaper."
"..."
The two sides have been talking for two days, no matter what Da Xia said, the peacocks are too expensive.Therefore, after two days of talks, Mao failed to negotiate, and let these guys spend two days in vain, but the officials in charge of this matter were very angry.
After Jiang Yuqing heard about it, she found her father: "Don't peacocks think it's expensive, we also have cheap ones."
Her father glared and said: "There are no cheap ones, and there are no cheap ones on treasure ships."
Jiang Yuqing clicked his tongue and said with a smirk: "Father, have you forgotten the ships we confiscated when we played Liju and Wa Kingdoms. Although they are broken, they are still treasure ships.
Don't they want both cheap and new.Just paint the outside of the hull to look like new.I didn't say how good the lining is.
If it doesn't work, we can send them another one.For example, how about the Fengxue number, which is so perfect in face and face?If it doesn't work out, is there still business to do? "
Jiang Wenyuan also heard his daughter talk about the Fengxue, and this time when he heard its name, his eyes lit up: "Come on, baby, let us sit down and talk about it..."