bad, i'm a fool

Chapter 288
eat.

The so-called eating also has a completely different way of saying it.

There are home-cooked potlucks, which count as meals.

Treating guests to a meal is considered a feast.

If there is a big event and a banquet is held, it is considered a banquet.

His Highness will be hosting a banquet for the Grand Duke of West Asia at the opening night. Such an arrangement came too suddenly, and the entire imperial dining room was extremely busy.

Six pieces of fruit, together with green and yellow peaches, plums, apricots, and lotus, are all carved into pavilions, flowers and birds, which are probably more valuable for viewing than eating them in the stomach.

The eight dishes of cold dishes are appetizing and refreshing. Each dish is served in a small amount, but the preparation effort is not small at all. Each cold dish is served with a kind of flower. If it is oily duck, it will be sealed with osmanthus flowers. Lying on the lily petals, try your best to satisfy the simultaneous enjoyment of taste and vision at the same time.

Among the main dishes, there are twelve dishes of beef, sheep, pigs and deer, twelve dishes of chicken, duck, goose and falcon, and twelve dishes of fish, shrimp, crab and turtle. signboard.

There are eight desserts, which are also made up of eight styles of noodles, cakes, soups, tea, milk and dew.

Such a banquet, according to common sense, needs to be prepared one to two weeks in advance.

But His Highness wants it today, which is an exaggeration.

Some people took a peek at the leopard 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 got into action, helping the imperial dining room to enter and leave the palace gate, and if the ingredients for the imperial use could not catch up, they picked them up directly from all the restaurants in Siyang, and the whole Siyang was almost heated up.

Soon, even the old fish seller basking in the sun at Siyang intersection knew that the Grand Duke of West Asia was in the palace now.

However, the current appearance of the palace is probably much more deserted and boring than most people think.

"Your Highness, the border rebellion has been successfully reported. Tan Taiming, Gongsun Changzheng, and Liu Cheng have joined forces to fight against the enemy. They have driven the West Asian rebels out of five cities, captured the stronghold of Wangying City, wiped out nearly a thousand enemies, and injured three hundred. Most of the rest are strangers."

In the Yangsheng Pavilion, Han Dongwen sat safely at the table next to Tilda's sickbed, and began to listen to Tantaifu's report on the situation at the border of Bailan Mountain.

This was what he insisted on, so Tantai Fu naturally picked up what he could say.

"Very good, don't rush to defend the five cities of Wangying." Han Dongwen thought for a moment and made arrangements.

"Yes, Your Highness."

Tan Taifu was very face-saving, Han Dongwen pondered for a moment, and then asked: "Where is Wen Shutong, Director General of National Finance?"

Jiang Ningyun, who was on the side, said, "His Royal Highness, today the State Finance Department has an appointment with Mianjiang Business Group and Simeng foreign chambers of commerce and representatives of foreign envoys to prepare for the evacuation of the representatives from Simeng."

Han Dongwen nodded, and repeated knowingly: "Because of the tense situation with West Asia, the foreign envoys and business groups who are planning to withdraw from Simeng?"

Naturally, these words were spoken to Tilda next to her, and the purpose was to let her understand the linkage impact that the situation in Simeng or the two countries would have at the moment.

Jiang Ningyun bowed his head and replied, "Exactly."

Han Dongwen nodded, sighed pretentiously, turned to Tilda and said, "Since the sword array was laid out by the widow, the general manager, he should have paid for it. I hope the Grand Duke can forgive me."

Tilda looked sideways at him, and it took a while before she spoke:
"Han, what exactly do you want?"

Han Dongwen said happily: "The Grand Duke is a distinguished guest from Simeng, and even more so as a guest on the widow's seat. As long as you rest well, the widow is fine. After all, you don't have a hand, and you have to get used to it."

Hearing his rather rough words, Tilda frowned slightly, and a cold wind suddenly blew up around her.

Almost at the same time, Tantaifu and Jiang Ningyun exuded a deterrent aura, and immediately confronted Tilda again.

Han Dongwen, who was caught in the middle, was extremely arrogant and proud.

Is this the feeling of a fox pretending to be a tiger?
How exciting!
It's nice to have a rare feeling that Sansi is really protecting him, but it's not the main purpose of Han Dongwen's behavior.

He didn't forget his personality in front of this grand duke: coveting the beautiful and beautiful grand duke of West Asia, a big grievance who didn't hesitate to give a fairy gift.

The whole thing about going to war with the church works because it makes sense.

Yu Li, this is a great opportunity for Simeng to take back the five cities.

Yuqing, it was Han Dongwen, the dog emperor, who tried to kiss Fangze in vain, and rushed to put down the Sleeping Beauty's rebellion.

Now that Sleeping Beauty is awake, it is natural 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, Simeng has this kind of problem, and your West Asia must have it too. The most important thing right now is to tell the world that the church is a traitor, and let West Asia return to the Grand Duke's Mansion. 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:
"We will return you the five cities north of Morne Mountain in West Asia. In contrast, Simeng will send people to resettle the people in West Asia."

She paused for a moment: "If I announce the rebellion of the Catholic Church, it will have a great impact on the believers in the diocese, and it may even turn into a confrontation among the people. There is tension between West Asian believers and non-believers, so we must Find a statement that is easier for the public to accept.”

Han Dongwen replied immediately: "It's easy to say, I've thought about this, and when I made the official statement, I described it as Bishop Gascon betraying the church and instigating his followers to treason. In this way, the church itself will not be a bad person." .”

Tilda looked up at him. "You know more about the Catholic Church than I thought."

Han Dongwen grinned: "We are neighbors after all."

Tilda frowned slightly and stared at him, then continued to say unhappily: "Let's just do what you said, after the people in West Asia know about it, how to say it, you and I will discuss it alone."

"Talk about it, let's talk about it now." Han Dongwen nodded his head, and suddenly seemed to remember something, looked around and said: "Since we can cooperate, I don't think there is such a big battle to be on guard, how about you?" Move to the palace to recuperate, there are always some side halls in the harem that are empty, how about it?"

"Harem?" Tilda blinked suspiciously.

"It's the palace behind." Han Dongwen said seriously.

"Then this is the front palace?" She looked around and sighed: "You Si Meng really like such luxury."

Indeed, the Grand Duke’s residence in West Asia is not a collection of extravagant national power. In West Asia, more human and material resources are used to build luxurious and solemn huge churches.

As for the grand duke's 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 care pavilion of the Imperial Medical Building, not a hall."

"It's just a medical building—?"

Tilda stared slightly, and 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. The people in the palace look at the hospital in the palace. The common people have the common people's hospital. If you had a headache or something when you were in West Asia, there must be a special doctor who came to you To see a doctor, it’s impossible to line up with the common people, right?”

Tilda blinked, and her expression returned to her usual indifference: "I am the saint of the church, and I have never had any illness in my life."

……

Ok.

I have never caught a cold in my whole life, and as a result, my hands are dry in one fell swoop, and if I don't cry, I have become a blockbuster.

Han Dongwen let out a long breath, turned his head to look at Jiang Ningyun and Tantaifu, who were beside him, and said, "Since the Grand Duke is willing to conspire with the widow, he should be treated as a guest. Then you have to stop and do it again, and the next one will not be an example."

"Look at Grand Duke Haihan." Jiang Ningyun and Tantai Fu bowed their heads in unison.

Tilda didn't say much, Han Dongwen, who was standing aside, pondered for a moment, then suddenly spoke again:
"Zhong Lilin."

Zhong Lilin had been waiting by the door all the time. With his spirit root already crippled, his strength was not even as good as Han Dongwen's. Standing in front of these two ceiling-level figures such as the chief executive and the grand duke, he felt that the value of his presence was infinitely close to zero.

When Han Dongwen called him suddenly, he was startled:
"The minister is here."

Han Dongwen looked at Zhong Lilin, and the expression on his face became intriguing:

"Wen Shutong, General Director of Jinxuan State, all merchants who are invited to leave Simeng today, must be invited to the palace together, and hold a state banquet together, counting it as a practical gift!"

(End of this chapter)