The scorching sun was scorching hot, making people’s mouths dry.
It was almost noon when the newly appointed Ritual Minister, Wang Can, set off from the Palace with the honor guards and rushed all the way to Luyuan Garden.
The road from Meridian Gate to Luyuan Garden had long been evacuated by the Honour Guards in advance.
Due to the delay, the envoy team of Ying State failed to leave on time, so there was still no one on the street at this moment.
Both sides of the long street were still guarded by the Honour Guards of Da Yi, and there was not a single civilian to be seen.
When the honor guards arrived, it was extremely noisy in front of the official post.
The formation of the envoys was messy, and the warriors in Ying uniforms surrounded the Honour Guards of Da Yi who were guarding the streets and made a lot of noise. They kept making provocative actions.
The army of Da Yi was strictl
It was at Luyuan Garden, the official post in Jing City.The leopard licked the blood on its mouth and arched its back, fluffing up. The spots on its body were like copper coins.The leopard's eyes were like green jadeites. The leopard looked around and made a terrible roar.Then the hounds which ran amuck were subdued and stopped their attacks with a groan. They ran back to the envoys."Are you okay, Wang Can?" asked Huanan He.In the sudden silence, a delicate voice came slowly. Wang Can who was stunned suddenly realized what happened because of the voice.Beside Wang Can came the sound of bells and hoofs.Wang Can looked to his side and saw a beautiful white horse.The man on the white horse's back was extremely handsome in a dark red robe. His silvery hair was held high on the head with a purple golden crown. His bearing was awesome.The sun shone on him as
It was in the afternoon when the envoys were led into the Palace. They were General Yuancang, Mrs. Yuancang, ten servants, and ten warriors.The Palace was full of palaces and pavilions.The palace roads were wide, and the honor guards were spectacular. All kinds of silks, jades, and swords shone.The magnificence of the Palace overwhelmed the envoys.There was no need to welcome these people from Ying State with such magnificent things.But the envoys aimed for Kunhuang Island, and they were arrogant and aggressive naturally. Huanan Xin did not want others to blame the Royal Family for not being generous.The courtiers and concubines of Da Yi were patient and gentle, and they were used to being submissive. Even though starving for a long time, they also stood well and did not dare to complain about anything.Then came the sound of gun salute and beautiful music.Seeing tha
It was in Chengtai Hall of the Palace."What are you saying?"Instantly infuriated by Gu Yunxi's attitude of contempt, Sakata Aki turned his head in anger with his face burning like a hot iron. Then he replied rudely in blunt Central Plains Mandarin."Please respect the food culture and respect your opponents. If you want to withdraw from the game due to fear, I can ask the General to agree with you. But you can't insult me with a woman!"All the people of Da Yi were amazed on the spot.The interpreter of Ying State looked up and down at those with dumb expressions and smiled arrogantly."So, do you think that only the officials of Da Yi understand our language? Mr. Sakata can understand everything you say clearly.""Therefore, you should respond to his request and quickly call the real imperial chefs."Huanan Xin's patience had reached its limit. He held his forehead with
It was dark with shining stars.Tonight the moon was also bright, illuminating the surface of Jinli Lake like a mirror.The octagonal cornice pavilion in the east of the lake was hung with colorful lanterns. The tassel landscape flags were hung in three directions, which separated the evening breeze and the wetness of the lake for the stone pavilion.With the acoustic resonance of orchestral instruments outside the pavilion, there were songs and dances in the middle.In the pavilion, Emperor Huanan Xin wore a bright yellow brocade robe, on which the five-colored dragon with the sun and moon pattern was majestic and imbued with a spirit that could conquer mountains and rivers.With a yarn crown of two dragons playing with a pearl on his head, he sat down in front of the imperial table. He looked solemn and calm and raised his eyebrows slightly.The first ten seats on the left were the envoy General Y
The night was as deep as water when the wind rustled and blew.Commandery Princess Jingle quietly followed Gu Yunxi and Zhiqi, keeping herself a safe distance away from them.Along the way, she even took off her shoes, just in case some sounds made herself exposed.In the banquet by Jinli Lake, she realized something strange.Soon after Huanan He left his seat, Gu Yunxi should also leave.Immediately, she felt skeptical.It seemed that they would go somewhere and quietly have an assignation.Commandery Princess Jingle tried to refrain her ceaseless ache as if she had been burned by the fire. She tailed after Gu Yunxi, trying to find something.In the moonlight, she walked in the path for a while. Then she found Zhiqi suddenly squatting and going into the left alley with Gu Yunxi.The alley led to Ruyi Gallery!Commandery Princess Jingle stopped for
In the moonlight, Yue Xilou had quickly led people of Imperial Guards to Ruyi Gallery.Behind them, Liang Zhen and Commandery Princess Jingle were respectively on the sides of Huanan Xin's sedan, seriously following them.Huanan Xin squinted his eyes and appeared serious when his heart violently beat.At that time, he still couldn’t believe that Gu Yunxi, who had just been occupied by him, would carry on a clandestine love affair on such an important day.She could never be a silly woman!But it was the truth indeed.After all, she hadn't appeared. She was just to make up, which could never make her not be able to come back after the second round of firework.While thinking and pondering, Huanan Xin was anxious and serious, so he ceaselessly pushed people holding his sedan and Yue Xilou to be quicker.At that time, Yue Xilou was a little nervous.By means of hi
The platform for opera was located in the Chenxi Pond in the center of Imperial Garden.It was a vacant place where the red platform was ornamented with jade. Besides, plenty of colorful lights were connected, which was such an excellent design.In front of the platform, a big tabernacle for vision was located on the ground. Three celeste curtains were all embroidered with golden lotus flowers.The top of the tabernacle was made of gold and silver, which made up intense blessing patterns. The pattern ceaselessly changed and got overlapped, which was sophisticated and royal.Before the opera started, there had been full of people in the tabernacle.There were three rows of tables and chairs.In the first row, there was a gold chair belonging to the Emperor. On both sides, there were seats for Imperial Mother Xiao and the Ninth Prince Huanan He.The seats in the second row were especially
It was sunny and clear now. In the square out of the Palace, people were performing lion and dragon dances when the air was full of the sounds of gongs and drums.Around the place, plenty of members of Imperial Guards and Honour Guards held arms and alertly watched out, trying to find something abnormal.It was the first cook competition between Da Yi and Ying State. Concubine Yun in Jingyang Palace competed with the major chef of Dachui Kitchen, Sakata Aki.As Sakata Aki had said, the competition consisted of three matches. Besides, people should show three kinds of meals in every match, so there must be nine kinds of meals.The field was located in the square out of the Palace, and they had their own competition places, where tables, cookers, food materials, and water were all prepared.Huanan Xin's chair was put in the porch of the Golden Palace, in order that he could clearly see the cooks' skills and behavi
Terra Nova's ninth year of the Daedalic Years, early spring.Kamakawa Yusui is shocked and annoyed when he receives news of a coup at the Imperial Palace and the imminent ascension of Prince Fuchi Yasutaka to the throne as the next Emperor.Since the Kunhuang Island and Huananhe lost a battle, Kamachi sailors suffered a heavy blow, Kamakawa was forced to take the remaining troops retreated to the south of Kunhuang Island, Tsuneoshima stationed.Unexpectedly, just when he was trying to avoid the previous shame and had been intensifying the study of the new combat program, the country had a great turnaround.Can't think too much, Kamakawa by water immediately point all 10,000 Ying army, lead five Anzai ship and a number of ships, with enough artillery Furlong machine fire speed back to Ying, swore to fight with and Shigeru cuts a high and low winners and losers.One night, as Kamakawa's fleet secretly approached Mizumura Harbor in Kyoto, a thick fog sudde
In the banquet hall of the palace, the fire and candles were bright, four dancing girls lined up, green silk buns, colorful makeup, silk sleeves fluttering and swaying, dancing in a slow and rhythmic dance.Two or three male musicians are not far from them, playing strings, flute, drums, each person's face is calm and solemn, but in the eyes of God duh, seems to have the essence of the aura of a hidden flash.The dinner was organized to celebrate the fifteenth birthday of Emperor Fuchi Masaharu, but due to the defeat of the Terra Nova army in Weihai, many of the entertainments were temporarily canceled, and only the traditional Yehime songs and dances were retained.Profound Ya Qing was the main character of tonight's banquet, at this time he was wearing brand new scarlet damask silk clothes kneeling above the chief belonging to him, looking quiet and enjoying the songs and dances.On the seats to his left were the former Emperor's side consort, Daiji, with h
Terra Nova, Kyoto.As night falls, in a short house in the civilian area, the blind man is anxiously waiting for his mother-in-law to return home from work.She hadn't been back for a day and a night, and that definitely hadn't happened in the past.Could it be that the Ninth Princess has encountered something on her end?Rustling footsteps stopped unexpectedly at the door.The blind man's sense of hearing is much more sensitive than normal people, his eyebrows slightly gathered, and without moving, he got up and lightly rubbed his steps to the wooden cabinet, and touched a sharp dagger from the top of the cabinet and quietly hid it in the sleeve of his coat.The door of the room opened, and by the sound of the footsteps coming in there should be two of them."You're Suigo Show's man, aren't you?"The one who asked the question in Terra Nova was a young man.The blind man turned his head sideways, carefully recognizing the source
A cold wind cut through the long, narrow corridor, and the lights flickered dimly.The man's ragged gasps continued to spill out of the closed wooden lattice barricade door, accompanied by the occasional few hushed cries of pain from the woman."Haru, come on, I'll accompany you to your room."Looking at Yuan Ya Qing's stagnant and godless clear face, Yun Shi's heart seized more than just pain as she tugged on one of his arms.The commotion in the room was in no way suitable for a teenager to be listening in.The teenager's eyes were lax as he took two steps with her, speaking quietly in Chinese: ."...Master, you have to trust me as well...it wasn't Mother and I's idea to march into Da Yi."Yun Shi suddenly became miserable inside, opened and closed his nose and said."I believed you, never had a doubt, and it was for that reason that I traveled across the river and across the sea to meet you in person in Terra Nova."The two co
"Yue Xilou, you traitor shall not die!"Qi and blood surged, and a strong hatred that had never been felt before invaded Yun Shi's consciousness.She jumped up with her eyes heavy with red and lunged at her enemy with all her might, reaching for his neck.Yue Xilou laughed scornfully and kicked her backwards with a flying leg.Yun Shi fell out onto the hard floor a few feet away, choking on blood and letting out a pained _groan_.Wamochi stretched his neck to look at it, grinning imploringly.Tsukishiro looks at the samurai on either side :)"Don't just stand there, take her down and keep her under good guard, she'll be of great use in the future.""Slow down ......"Yun Shi forced to endure the pain of bones about to break trembling climbed up, far away from looking at the abyss Ya Qing, the expression of desolate:"Your Majesty, I have something to say to you, please send the counselor."Empress Yuanya immediately s
The fact that the mute applicant, Yun, who was originally scrubbed out of the test, has been recognized by the Emperor as the Imperial Chef, shocks the entire Grand Cookhouse early the next morning.The cooks and handymen who had looked down on her earlier were now gathered in front of the stove in the cooking room, watching intently as she operated it herself.Even in the past days always rigid board a big white face of apricot leaf female master, this time all people before and after chasing after Yun Shi everywhere running, flattery, mouth like a river, all do their best to please. At sunrise, Yunshi was wearing a green coat and pants, put on a large apron to the stove to do the work.With white flour rolled out and crabmeat and shrimp mince and red fish roe in the filling, the meat buns are pinched out with absolutely thirty-three folds.Chicken breast, corn and green beans are sauteed in oil, thickened with soy sauce and pan-fried wine, and wrapped in so
He is, after all, the Emperor!Following the direction of Master Apricot Leaf's kneeling, Yun Shi looked at the teenager, his eyes filled with astonishment.The standing tasseled crown and the yellow coat are indeed the symbols of the imperial nobility of Terra Nova.But, this young man, he is actually the Emperor."Mute, why don't you kneel down!"The apricot leaf matron raised her eyes to the unresponsive Gu Yunshi and chided."Eh, forget it, forget it ...... Master Chief, you get up too."Meeting Yun Shi's eyes, the teenager's face flushed red and blushed as he explained: ."Granny, I don't mean to deceive you ...... I, I didn't eat well in the evening meal, and I was really hungry just now."Yun Shi's complexion returned to normal, pursed her lips and waved her hand, indicating that she didn't mind.Heh, how could she mind?She was begging for it!The hostess rises obsequiously and comes up to nod at the tee
The night fell slowly, blotting out the last rays of red light in the sky.The entire Western Garden was silent.Cloudseeker stood in the tiny compound under the endless sky, raising his head to look up at the dark inky colors of the night sky.In the field of vision, that heavy darkness seems to carry some kind of adsorption magic, only teaching people to look at a glance, want to look through.She failed the test to become a chef and lost her chance to enter the palace and meet the Emperor.Such a result directly disrupted all her latter plans.After losing her temper for a while, she thought of Hua Nanhe, who is still fighting in the battlefield, Yingyu, who is trapped in the palace of Dayi, and brother Mu Xiu, who is waiting for them to return home.Yun Shi's eyes burned as she quickly regained her fighting spirit.Now is not the time to be discouraged, since one way does not work, then find another way.The hour was already
Terra Nova, outside the Abyssinian Palace, West Court.The large cooking room was busy with players in white shirts and blue pants around wooden cases and stoves.In five days, Emperor Fuchiya's fifteenth birthday will be celebrated, and not only will there be a large-scale celebration dinner at the palace, but an all-day parade and festival will be organized throughout Kyoto."Faster, faster, the hour for the king to pass the meal is almost here, and later on your handmade delicacies will be the basis for whether or not you can stay as a loose cook."The woman in charge, Apricot Leaf, is in her thirties, with a purple shirt and pants, wandering around every corner of the cooking room with a stern look, urging the contestants with her mouth, and repeatedly scrutinizing their cooking techniques with her cold and warm gaze.The twenty casual chef applicants came from Terra Nova folk, both men and women, and most of their referrals were cooks and assistant