Chapter 33 - State Banquet (2/2)
Due to the presence of a little princess, after asking for the emperor’s advice, Mr. Xiao Yuzi said to the officials and eunuchs in charge of the banquet specifically that all the songs and dances with meanings not suitable for children should be put away, and the decorations of the whole banquet was also quite simple.
If it was not for such a dignified occasion as the state banquet,Chief Eunuch Mr. Xiao Yuzi, would even have proposed that children’s programs be held so that the little princess could also open her eyes to the big world and enjoy herself.
The banquet program, which was so dignified that the officials couldn’t help but look at the emperor again and again, Chief Eunuch Mr. Xiao Yuzi, who was waiting on the side, was showing a reserved smile and hiding his pride.
But in the end, it was Royal songs and dances, and the choreography was dignified. This also opened the eyes of this little illiterate girl who hadn’t seen much of the world. Her eyes were bright, her tiny mouth was opened, and she didn’t even care about her favorite food. Her eyes were glued to the beautiful big sisters who were dancing and playing the instruments. She was clapping her hands and exclaiming, “Wow! It’s so powerful. Beautiful sisters are so powerful. They dance so well! “
The little dumpling had some vision and some envy. Even a small dumpling loves beauty and has a dream in her heart. She wondered if she could grow up as beautiful as these big sisters, dance, play the instruments and be the most beautiful girl!
Wei Jue raised his eyelids and glanced casually at the dancers. He was not interested and lowered his eyes. He saw the little dumplings excited face and admired it. Her eyes were so bright. He looked at her in silence.
He wrinkled his brow and reached for a chopstick, took some chicken and placed it before the mouth of the little dumpling, and said simply: “Eat.”
The little dumpling’s attention was drawn back to the emperor. She turned her head and looked at her father. She smiled and opened her mouth to eat. She did not forget to praise that the meat from his father’s plate was delicious!
Just to share with him what she saw, she said “Father, these beautiful sisters dance so well and look good!”
She was a little worried and with a yearning look she asked, “Daddy, can Yinyin look so beautiful when she grows up?”
The man looked at the little dumpling’s big bright eyes, and after a little silence, he said, “Aren’t you the second best-looking person?”
If he had said this to others, maybe they wouldn’t understand it, but the little dumpling knew it too well. Her eyes brightened suddenly and she clapped her little hand and said, “Yes, my father is right. YinYin is the second best-looking person in the world. How could she not be beautiful and powerful! When I grow up, I may be more powerful than any of these beautiful sisters! “
For the first time, the cold corners of the man’s mouth were hooked, and the people who saw this scene were stunned. The princess who just fed the emperor a pastry and the emperor who had raised his noble dragon’s hand to feed the princess with chicken, the psychological endurance of the people improved step by step.
Now it was hard to see the scene of the emperor with a smile in his eyes. It was even more incredible!
That was the young emperor who dared to personally chop people’s heads and kill people without blinking! The emperor smiled, and it looked so funny that people couldn’t touch their heads. However, people’s mental barriers were broken again and again.
The little dumpling didn’t feel that anything was wrong. In her opinion, it was strange that dad doesn’t smile and hurt himself!
When this group of dancers did the closing ceremony, the performance was over, the girl clapped her hands hard with obvious delight on her face. Little YinYin shouted loudly, “You all are so wonderful!”
The dancers were stunned and bent down. Since the beginning, they had felt an extremely hot eye on them. They were the most attentive while they were dancing. But they didn’t dare to look up in the middle of their performance. Only now did they see that the person was a little princess.
They were appreciated by the three-year-old princess, but not by the emperor, and the dancers were very happy. When the little princess praised people, she was very sincere. Just look at her bright eyes, which seemed to have starlights in them, and her small hands were all red from clapping too hard. You could see how much she liked their dancing.
When the dancers left the stage, several brave people secretly looked up at the little princess sitting on the edge of the emperor’s seat with their spare eyes.
The little princess was small. Her body was mostly hidden away by the large table. Only her face was seen. She looked delicate and lovely. She was waving her little claws to say the dancers goodbye.
From this day on, there was a legend that there was a little princess in the dance shop(2) of the palace. The dancers loved the little princess very much. It was a pity that they couldn’t see her easily, but it didn’t prevent them from practicing dance more diligently, so that they could be chosen again at the next party and dance for the little princess.
The world only regarded them as lowly dancing prostitutes, and they weren’t appreciated for their talents. Only this small dumpling appreciated them sincerely. How could they not be happy?
The officials had come with their families in this state banquet. The children of these families were brought out to see the world. For the children with father’s with high grades , the children were also sitting close to the front, closer to the emperor’s seat.
The adults were secretly watching the emperor and the little princess. They dared not be bold. The young kids didn’t have such scruples. They open their eyes wide and look at the little princess beside the emperor.
It was said that she was picked up by the emperor outside the palace.
Young children watched for a long time, they ate and they watched. They were not interested in singing and dancing. They did not dare to be interested in the emperor, but they were very interested in the little princess. After seeing the beautiful little princess, they immediately admired the little princess.
Look, the little princess is so brave that she even sits beside the emperor who was so fierce that he could scare the children so much as to stop crying babies at night. How powerful!
In the young children’s mind, under the influence of the adults at home, the impression of the emperor was that he was fierce and terrible, and he would eat people, just like a tiger.
So the little princess who dared to sit beside the emperor aroused their respect.
Sitting in the front row, the grandson of the Taishidda family looked at the little princess with bright eyes, without blinking. His mother slapped him and scolded him to sit down and eat obediently. To not look blindly here and there. She also whispered in her son’s ear: “Look down, or the emperor will throw you to feed the tiger.”
Cao Lian, the prince’s(3) own young grandson, reluctantly took back his eyes. “Mother, I like the little princess. Can I make friends with her?”
The same scene happened among several other children.
At ordinary times, these arrogant and gifted children would not have made friends with such a little girl. But when they saw that the little princess was not afraid of the scary emperor, they all thought that the little princess must be very brave!
The great grandson of the old Prime Minister’s family took two bites and swallowed the whole thing in his mouth. He asked his great grandfather: “Grandfather, why is the little princess not afraid of the emperor?”
The old Prime Minister narrowed his eyes and his voice was very soft, “Because, ah, the princess is the emperor’s child.”
Beloved child, did the emperor even feel like a father?
The child didn’t hear clearly, “What do you say, Grandpa?”
The old Prime Minister touched his little head and joked lovingly: “Do you want to make friends with the little princess?”
The child nodded heavily with an eager red face.
Just think about it.