Have a meal.
The so-called eating has a completely different meaning.
Having a home-cooked meal counts as a meal.
Treating guests to a meal and entertaining them is considered a banquet.
If a banquet is held for an important event, it is regarded as a feast.
His Highness will host a banquet for the Grand Duke of West Asia today. This arrangement comes so suddenly that the entire imperial dining room is so busy that the soles of their feet are in the sky.
There are six pieces of fruit, including green and yellow peaches, plums, apricots and lotus. All of them have withered into pavilions and flowers and birds. Their value for viewing is probably higher than eating them.
There are eight kinds of cold dishes, which are appetizing and refreshing. Each dish is only served in small quantities, but the preparation is not a lot of work. Each cold dish is decorated with a flower. If it is oil duck, it is sealed with osmanthus. If it is fresh shrimp, it is covered with osmanthus. On the lily petals, we try our best to satisfy the taste and visual enjoyment at the same time.
Among the main hot dishes, there are twelve kinds of beef, sheep, pig and deer, twelve kinds of chicken, duck, goose and falcon, twelve kinds of fish, shrimp, crab and turtle, a total of sixty-six and thirty-six dishes, all of which are the essence of each dish. The sign of Dacheng.
There are eight desserts, including eight types of noodles, cakes, soup and fruit, and tea, milk, and dew.
According to common sense, such a banquet needs to be prepared one to two weeks in advance.
But His Highness wants it today, which is very exaggerated.
Some people took a peek and concluded that the beauty of the Grand Duke of West Asia must be more exaggerated than the rumors.
Such a scale is really staggering.
Almost all the servants in the palace were on the move, helping the royal dining room enter and exit the palace. If the imperial ingredients could not be made in time, they would pick them up directly from all the restaurant stalls in Siyang. The whole of Siyang was almost heated up.
Soon, even the old fish seller basking in the sun at the Siyang intersection knew that the Grand Duke of West Asia was now in the palace.
However, the appearance of the palace at the moment is probably much more deserted and boring than most people imagined.
"Your Highness, we have a successful report on the border rebellion. Three officers, Tantai Ming, Gongsun Changzheng, and Liu Cheng, have joined forces to fight against the enemy. They have driven the West Asian rebels out of five cities and captured the stronghold of Wangying City. They have wiped out nearly a thousand enemies and damaged 300. The rest are mostly strangers.”
In the health pavilion, Han Dongwen sat safely at the table next to Tilda's bed and began to listen to Tantai's report on the situation at the Bailan Mountain border.
This was what he insisted on asking, so Tantai Fu naturally picked up what he could say.
"Very good, guard the five cities of Watching Eagle. There is no need to rush." Han Dongwen thought for a moment and made arrangements.
"Yes, Your Highness."
Tantai Fu was very considerate. Han Dongwen pondered for a moment and then asked: "Where is Manjusri, the director-general of the National Finance Bureau now?"
Jiang Ningyun on the side said: "Your Highness, today the National Finance Department has an appointment with the Mianjiang Business Group and other Simeng Foreign Chamber of Commerce and foreign envoy representatives to prepare for the evacuation of the representatives from Simeng."
"The Sword Comes"
Han Dongwen nodded and repeated knowingly: "Are they the foreign envoys and business groups who are preparing to evacuate from Simeng because of the tense situation with West Asia?"
These words were naturally spoken to Tilda who was standing next to her. The purpose was to make her understand the interlocking impact that the current situation in Simeng or the two countries would have.
Jiang Ningyun lowered his head and responded: "Exactly."
Han Dongwen nodded, pretended to sigh, turned around and said to Tilda: "Since the sword formation was set up by the commander-in-chief, I should have let him make amends. I hope the Grand Duke can forgive me."
Tilda looked at him sideways, and then spoke after a while:
"Han, what do you want?"
Han Dongwen said happily: "The Grand Duke is a distinguished guest from Simeng, and he is also a distinguished guest here. All I need is for you to take a good rest. After all, you have to get used to it without a hand."
After hearing his rather naughty words, Tilda frowned slightly, and a cold wind suddenly blew around her.
Almost at the same time, Tantai Fu and Jiang Ningyun both exuded intimidating auras, and immediately started to confront Tilda again.
Han Dongwen, who was caught in the middle, felt extremely proud.
Is this the feeling of a fox pretending to be a tiger?
How exciting!
It's nice to have the rare feeling that Sansi is really protecting him, but that's not the main purpose of Han Dongwen's behavior.
He did not forget his persona in front of this Grand Duke: he coveted this beautiful Grand Duke in West Asia and did not hesitate to give immortal gifts.
The whole thing about going to war with the church was possible because it made sense.
Yu Li, this is a great opportunity for Simeng to take back the five cities.
In terms of love, it was Han Dongwen, the dog emperor, who wanted to kiss Fangze and rushed to quell the rebellion on behalf of the sleeping beauty.
Now that Sleeping Beauty is awake, it is natural for her to launch an offensive or even be alone for a while.
"Ahem, Tilda, you don't have to be so nervous."
Han Dongwen smiled and spread his hands: "Look, if Simeng has this kind of problem, your West Asia must also have it. The most important thing at the moment is to tell the world that the church is a traitor and let West Asia return to the hands of the Grand Duke. This is a win-win situation. Good thing."
Tilda looked at him, put away her aura without saying a word, and spoke after a while:
"West Asia will give you the five cities north of Morne Mountain. In contrast, Simeng will provide manpower to resettle the people of West Asia."
She paused for a moment: "If I come forward to announce the rebellion of the Catholic Church, it will have a considerable impact on the believers in the diocese, and it may even turn into a confrontation among the people. There is already tension between Western Christians and non-believers, so it is necessary to Find a statement that is more acceptable to the public."
Han Dongwen immediately replied: "It's easy to talk about. I've thought about this. When I made a formal statement, I described it as Bishop Gascón betraying the church and inciting his followers to treason. In this way, the church itself will not be a bad person." .”
Tilda raised her eyes and looked at him: "You know more about the Holy Father's Church than I thought."
Han Dongwen grinned: "We are neighbors after all."
Tilda frowned slightly and glared at him, then continued unhappily: "Let's just follow what you said. We can discuss what we will say after the people of West Asia know about this matter."
"Let's talk, let's talk now." Han Dongwen nodded, then suddenly thought of something, looked around and said, "Since we can cooperate, I don't think there is any need to be so vigilant. How about you?" How about moving to the palace to recuperate? There are always some side halls in the harem that are empty."
"Harem?" Tilda blinked in confusion.
"It's the palace at the back." Han Dongwen said seriously.
"So this is the front palace?" She looked around and sighed: "You Simeng really like this kind of luxury."
Indeed, the Grand Duke's residence in West Asia is not a collection of extravagant national power. In West Asia, more manpower and material resources are used to build luxurious and solemn huge churches.
As for the grand residence where Tilda works, let alone luxury, it can only be described as adequate.
Hearing what she said, Han Dongwen smiled: "It's okay, it's okay, this is... this is just the health pavilion of the imperial doctor's building, not a main hall."
"It's just a hospital building—?"
Tilda's eyes widened slightly and she looked around in disbelief: "You mean, this is a hospital? The people of Simeng come to your palace to see a doctor?"
Han Dongwen shook his head: "This is... the hospital in the palace. People in the palace visit the hospital in the palace. People have hospitals for the people. If you had a headache or fever when you were in West Asia, a specialized doctor would come to your door. It’s impossible to queue up with other people to see a doctor, right?”
Tilda blinked and her expression returned to its usual indifference: "I am a saint of the church and I have never had any illness in my life."
…
All right.
I have never had a cold in my life, but my hands were dry in one fell swoop, and I became famous even if I didn’t make a sound.
Han Dongwen let out a long breath, turned to look at Jiang Ningyun and Tantai Fu beside him and said: "Since the Grand Duke is willing to conspire with me, he should naturally treat him with courtesy and guard against any offensive behavior. Just don’t do it again, it won’t happen again.”
"I hope Grand Duke Haihan." Jiang Ningyun and Tantaifu lowered their heads in unison.
Tilda didn't say much. Han Dongwen, who was standing aside, pondered for a moment and suddenly spoke again:
"Zhong Lilin."
Zhong Lilin has been waiting by the door. With his spiritual roots gone, he is not as strong as Han Dongwen. Standing in front of the two chief executives and the Grand Duke, who are at the ceiling level, he only feels that the value of his presence is infinitely close to zero.
Han Dongwen suddenly called him this, which frightened him:
"I'm here."
Han Dongwen looked at Zhong Lilin, and the expression on his face became intriguing:
"We have issued an edict to Manjusri Tong, the chief minister of state finance, that all business envoys who are leaving Simeng today must be invited to the palace and hold a state banquet together as a courtesy!"
