Chapter 1128 Entering the Banquet
But in fact, it was still delayed for a while, and they had to go to congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday early in the morning, so they only saw the things presented by the palace servants when they returned to the palace.
They were pressed for time and genuinely curious, and since their brothers and sisters who also lived in the palace came to visit them, they brought the box here.
Princess Changyu pulled Manbao into the house. Everyone had met the queen before, so there was no need for formalities. They just raised their hands to greet her.
However, it was the first time for Bai Shan and the other two to enter the palace, so everyone was curious.
Manbao introduced them, "This is my second junior brother, this is my third junior brother, and this is my friend Yin Huo."
Then she introduced the princes and princesses, of course the most important ones were Princess Mingda and Princess Changyu, who got along well with her.
The princes and princesses ignored Bai Shan and Bai Erlang and stared mainly at Yin Huo.
Although they had never met Yin Huo, they had heard of his great name. Chang Yu looked him up and down without any hesitation and asked, "Didn't they say that Master Yin was in poor health? He seems to be doing well now."
Yin Huo bowed and replied, "Thanks to the little doctor's skillful hands, I'm feeling much better now."
Chang Yu nodded and said, "Young Doctor Zhou's medical skills are indeed excellent. Mother has looked much better these past few days."
Mingda, who was sitting in the middle, nodded in agreement, waved to Manbao, and said softly, "Manbao, come over here and see what these are."
Manbao went forward to take a look, picked up one and said, "Isn't this a centipede?"
She stretched the bamboo centipede, letting its joints extend out, and said with a smile, "Look, it's segmented like this. It's called a centipede. It's poisonous, but it can also be used as a medicine."
The Fifth and Sixth Princes, who were about the same age as them, stepped back in fear. Seeing the sisters enjoying themselves, they couldn't help but shield their eyes with their sleeves, "You actually like playing with insects."
Chang Yu then brought a bamboo centipede close to their faces and frightened them while laughing happily, saying, "You are so timid that you are even afraid of fake ones."
The fifth and sixth princes both felt that they were on different paths, so they fled from the room, but refused to go far. They just stood at the door and shouted to Manbao, "Can't you bring some good things into the palace?"
Manbao said: "I think this is pretty good."
"What's good about it? By the way, do you have a bigger wooden sword with nice carvings?" the Fifth Prince asked. "Please buy me a better, bigger one."
Manbao shook his head directly, "No."
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang looked at her together.
The Sixth Prince saw their expressions and immediately pointed at Manbao and said, "Okay, you lied to us."
Bai Shan coughed lightly and said, "She really didn't lie to you. There's no wooden sword that good on the street. After all, it only costs about ten cents. How good can it be?"
"But you can make it to order," Bai Shan said, "but it's very troublesome."
The Fifth Prince immediately said, "What are you afraid of? Trouble is what we fear the most. How can we make it custom?"
Bai Shan asked, "What kind of thing do you want to make?"
Among their servants who had come to the capital, some were skilled carpenters and often made things for them. They also had toys made for them, especially wooden swords, which they had played with before they went to school in Yizhou City.
The toys they play with now are all leftovers from their past activities.
The Fifth and Sixth Princes saw that Chang Yu had returned to the table and had ignored them. They then poked their heads in and quietly stretched out a leg. Seeing that she still didn't react, they immediately walked over happily and pulled Bai Shan to their side. "Come on, let's talk about this aside."
Since it has to be custom-made, the scabbard, sword body and hilt must all suit their preferences. Bai Shan taught them how to design their own swords.
The fifth prince and the sixth prince just wanted a sword at first, but when they saw Bai Shan pick up a pen and quickly draw a particularly beautiful wooden sword on the paper, they were stunned for a moment.
"Can cloud patterns be engraved on this?"
Bai Shan nodded: "Of course."
The fifth prince's eyes turned and he asked, "Can you carve a Taotie?"
Bai Shan paused and asked, "Of course, but why do you want to carve Taotie on the sword?"
The fifth prince said confidently, "I like it!"
Bai Erlang imagined the hilt and couldn't help but burst out laughing. He asked, "Can you still hold the sword after it's engraved with Taotie?"
"Then I won't carve it on the hilt, I'll carve it on the blade."
Bai Shan handed him the pen and said, "Can you draw? Draw it and let me see."
The fifth prince stared at the pen handed to him and asked, "Why should I draw?"
"My family's carpenter said that as long as I can draw something, he can basically make it, so you have to draw it first."
The fifth prince took the brush with a troubled look on his face, "I don't know how to draw. How about asking my third brother for help?"
The Sixth Prince said, "Third brother won't help you draw something like this. He's busy right now. Go to the East Palace and ask eldest brother's servant to help you draw it."
The fifth prince nodded, "That makes sense."
Chang Yu came over and said, "It's just a sword, it can be painted with just a few strokes. Why did you go all the way to the East Palace? When you see Third Brother later, just ask him to help you draw it."
The Fifth Prince looked at her and asked, "Speak?"
Chang Yu said, "I'll speak if I want to."
The fifth and sixth princes became happy.
Mingda looked at it and said softly, "But after painting the sword body, we still need to paint the hilt and the scabbard. You will definitely have many requests. Today is the Royal Grandmother's birthday, so I'm afraid Third Brother doesn't have time. It's better to make a note of it first. When we have time later, we can go to Big Brother and ask someone to paint it."
The fifth and sixth princes thought what Mingda said made sense, and they immediately discussed the design of their scabbards.
Changyu ignored the matter and turned around to continue looking through the other toys in the box.
Manbao and Baishan met each other's eyes in the air, separated by many people, and then they dispersed.
Mingda took Manbao's hand and said, "I'll sit at the end later. Can you sit with me?"
She glanced at Bai Shan and Bai Erlang and said with a smile, "Ask your fellow apprentices to come too."
Manbao naturally nodded happily.
When the time came, the palace servants came to invite the princes and princesses to take their seats.
Their position was separate from the families of the officials below them, and was slightly above them.
Mingda was the youngest, and although she was the eldest daughter, she insisted on sitting in the last seat, and no one said anything.
Changyu took a look and simply chose the seat above her, letting Manbao sit between them, while Baishan and the other two sat at the back.
The steward in charge of the palace banquet saw them, glanced at them, and immediately added a low table and seats for them. He then whispered to his subordinates, "Who are those three young men following the little princess?"
The servant went down for a while and immediately came back to report, "One is the young master of the Yin family, and the other two are the junior brothers of Doctor Zhou. They are letters from the Queen Mother."
The steward nodded slightly and whispered, "Have someone keep an eye on it. Don't be too restrained. Just don't make any big mistakes."
This means preferential treatment. The palace maid responded and kept it in mind.
The next update will be around 9pm
(End of this chapter)
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