Chapter 49: Visiting the Forbidden City
No matter what mess happens elsewhere, it cannot affect Bai Tang and Jin Duoduo now.
The traffic environment in Kyoto is indeed not very good during rush hour. Under the guidance of Jin Duoduo, Bai Tang drove around the Forbidden City for a long time before finding a parking space in a parking lot.
The parking lot security was even a little reluctant to open the door to let the car in. My goodness, if a car of this level was bumped in the parking lot, they would cry.
The two locked the car and left happily with their bags on their backs, leaving the parking lot security guard standing there in dismay. The young security guard thought for a long time and finally reported the incident to his superior.
The leader directly arranged for him to stroll and patrol around Rafah, for fear that someone would be careless and secretly scratch him. There are really a lot of people who hate the rich now.
The Forbidden City had already begun to implement a policy of limiting the number of visitors per day, but Jin Duoduo still managed to get two spots for today through his connections early in the morning.
After walking out of the parking lot for more than ten minutes, Bai Tang saw the magnificent Forbidden City complex from afar.
After following the surging crowds to queue up to enter the palace gate, the sense of antiquity of history suddenly hit me. The collision of the 600-year-old beautiful buildings and modern tourists brought a sense of destiny as if crossing time and space.
Each tour group, wearing small hats of different colors, measured the ancient stone brick road step by step, led by a tour guide holding a guide flag, and listened to the tour guide's explanation. It seemed as if the ancients and us were only separated by a layer of paper called time and space, while strolling in this magnificent imperial city.
Yes, that's right. In order to have fun, Bai Tang and Jin Duoduo quietly followed a senior tour group and listened to the tour guide's explanation.
Red walls and green tiles, deep palace courtyard. Bai Tang didn't know what the daily life of the palace servants was like a hundred years ago, but she knew that her legs and feet were sore now.
The Forbidden City was so huge. In the middle of the day, they followed the tour group and walked through most of the Forbidden City. They visited Xiaoyanzi's Shufangzhai and walked through the Empress' Kunning Palace. When passing by Chuxiu Palace, Bai Tang was still thinking about how many beautiful girls there were in this small courtyard hundreds of years ago.
They took a lot of photos. Especially when Bai Tang, who looked like a fairy in a white dress, took photos in the alley with red courtyard walls and bluestone slabs, Jin Duoduo said frankly that she finally understood what it meant to feel like traveling through time.
They were so tired that they bought some Forbidden City ice cream and sat on a stone bench under the shade of a tree to rest. Bai Tang looked at the ice cream in his hand, which was so exquisitely shaped that he couldn't bear to eat it. But when he turned around, he saw that Jin Duoduo had already nibbled off the eaves of the ice cream in his hand.
Bai Tang was speechless for a while. But seeing that the ice cream in his hand was about to melt, he didn't care about it anymore and bit off a large section of the eaves in one bite.
As the two were eating ice cream and chatting, they felt a furry touch on their legs and heard a kitten's meow.
Bai Tang was startled and jumped away a long distance.
They both looked down at the same time and saw a large yellow tabby cat crouching under the stone chair, with a frightened look on its face.
Jin Duoduo looked at the big yellow cat and suddenly remembered something. "This big yellow cat should be the most popular Papa among the royal cats in the Forbidden City."
Sitting back in the chair, Bai Tang asked in confusion after hearing Jin Duoduo's words: "Imperial Cat?"
Then he picked up the big fat cat at his feet, petted the cat and asked, "You are called Papa."
"The Imperial Cats of the Forbidden City are a group of cats that have been living in the Forbidden City. They may be descendants of cats in the palace of the previous dynasty, or they may have escaped from outside. They have lived here for a long time, and the administrators will not drive them away because they will catch mice and protect these centuries-old wooden buildings." Jin Duoduo explained, and then saw Bai Tang picked up the cat and started petting it, and the cat did not resist.
"Wow, what kind of divine physique do you have? Royal cats usually don't let people touch them, especially this clever Papa, no one can touch it at all. And it actually let you hug it." Jin Duoduo said in surprise.
Bai Tang stroked the papa that lay on her legs and purred loudly, "No, I don't think it hid. It's just that it's too heavy, and my legs are a little numb from the pressure."
Jin Duoduo curled his lips and said, "You're just being ungrateful after getting the advantage." After saying that, he reached out and rubbed Papa's head hard twice to satisfy his urge.
After playing with the royal cat Papa for a while, Bai Tang picked it up and put it on the ground, "Go, go, play by yourself. We are leaving too." At the same time, he waved to Papa.
The cat may have become more human-like after a long time, and it seemed that it understood what Bai Tang meant. Papa shook his feet, wagged his tail and ran away. Finally, when he turned the corner, he looked back at Bai Tang.
After sending Papa away, the two discussed and went to the cultural and creative store in the Forbidden City.
After entering the store, I found that this place is really a different world. The overall quaint atmosphere is dotted with some modern styles. There are not too many people.
Looking at the dazzling array of creative jewelry and gifts in the house, Bai Tang's shopping spirit was aroused. He quickly pulled Jin Duoduo and rushed in with a small basket each.
At the beginning, Bai Tang went for the dolls and ornaments.
Jinyiwei's whole set of black cat ornaments, each black cat is cute and nimble, posing in various postures. Bai Tang bought the whole set.
Then there were all kinds of Forbidden City cats, small ornaments and pendants, each with a lively and adorable expression. Under the gaze of the surrounding tourists, Bai Tang directly picked out one or a whole set of all the different ornaments.
All kinds of small animals, as well as Q version dolls and ornaments of characters such as the emperor, concubine, and palace maids were bought.
Bai Tang's shopping spree stunned the salesperson. When Jin Duoduo saw that the little sister's basket was almost full, he hurriedly handed her a new empty basket.
In the following time, Bai Tang searched the place thoroughly.
Various refrigerator magnets, artistic paper fans, creative accessories, and ornaments. She even bought a lot of creative lipsticks, sachets, and perfumes. She doesn't use them much herself, but she can give them to others.
The main reason is that they are too beautiful. Bai Tang really wants every one of them. In the end, he could only sigh. My charming ancestor's aesthetic taste is really very high.
After the frenzy, Bai Tang felt a little embarrassed when he saw the pile of baskets at the checkout area and the cashier who was busy calculating the bills with sweat all over his forehead. He turned around and realized that it was impossible for him and Jin Duoduo to take the goods away. And today's itinerary was not over yet.
Seeing the two girls helpless, the clerk was also troubled. In the end, he kindly asked a courier to deliver the goods to the city. After the courier filled the entire delivery tricycle and left, Bai Tang, with a look of shock on his face, thanked the cultural and creative clerk for his help again.
Today's Forbidden City tour is almost over. The two discussed and prepared to eat roast duck for lunch. Finally, under the recommendation of Jin Duoduo, the local snake, the two decided to go to Bianyifang for lunch.
They had to walk out and drive again. Bai Tang and Jin Duoduo encouraged each other, then turned around and continued to complain. I really don't know how those old men and women in the tour group managed to stick to the day's itinerary.
They walked back to the car until they were almost exhausted. They quickly drank some water and took off their shoes to dry their feet. After a long rest, they felt a little more energetic. It was then that Bai Tang discovered that there were several small footprints of the royal cat Papa on her white skirt, like several small plum blossoms reflected on the snow.
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