C2197 A Wonderful Dinner (1/2)

The spacious banquet hall of the Eastern Palace was filled with round tables that were filled with the charm of the East. The names of the guests were hanging on the backs of every chair and table in each of the ten people present.

These tablecloths with exquisite embroidery were all top grade Su embroidery, embroidered with traditional Chinese patterns of ten thousand years of life. Especially the table at the front, which was covered with a bright yellow tablecloth that could only be used by emperors.

Needless to say, this was the position of the Queen. Xiao Letian's and Emperor Tongzhi's seats were right beside the Queen.

At that time, Europe was a place where long banquet tables were popular, or where buffet parties were free. There really was no such round table banquet, and everyone immediately felt a sense of novelty.

Yuan is a kind of artistic conception advocated in Chinese philosophy, in the round world, it lightens the hierarchical relationship between people, but increases the harmony and friendliness, this kind of atmosphere naturally narrows the relations between the diners.

Looking at the porcelain on the table, this was not ordinary Chinese porcelain, this was a batch of Royal Porcelain produced by Xiao Letian in Jingde Town, which was controlled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The Xiang Army and the Chinese forces were invincible in Jiangnan. The officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Jingde Town dared not to interfere with the transaction, they even sent the orders to the Forbidden City to the back of the line, to the leader's order.

The porcelain represented the highest level of porcelain craftsmanship in China at the time, especially the series of flower tea bowls, which were painted with a variety of flowers, including peonies, plum blossoms, orchids, begonias, hibiscuses … There were at least thirty to forty different types of tea. The first to arrive, the guests walked up to their seats and took a closer look, only to see that there was actually a layer of condensed water droplets on the teacup.

When he opened the lid of the bowl and looked inside, he saw a bowl of black tea soup of unknown variety. Carefully savoring a mouthful of the cold, sour and sweet flavor, he immediately suppressed the heat.

”Oh!” God, what kind of Oriental drink is this? ”This is too strange …”

The servants in charge of the banquet were divided into two groups, Britain and China. One of the English waiters quickly and politely said in a low voice, ”Respected Countess, today's banquet will provide two kinds of summer drinks. One is called sour plum soup for Chinese people, and the other is called medicine to cool tea …”

”What you just tasted is the iced sour plum soup. If you want me to recommend it, I suggest you try the medicine to cool the tea...” To tell you the truth, we drank a lot today, but we were busy the whole day, yet not a single person got heatstroke! ”

The temperature today was even higher than yesterday, at thirty-six or seven degrees Celsius. British people who were used to the cool weather would catch a lot of heat stroke every year, not to mention people who were busy working.

As soon as they heard that there was such a good dish, these European noblewomen, who had eaten too much meat and their skin was rough and oily, fell in love with the fire, quickly came to try it.

Xiao Letian had brought a lot of women with him this time when he came to Europe. These women were obviously not for him to enjoy life.

He was dignified, elegant, and even his smile revealed eight teeth. He couldn't afford to have an extra tooth or a missing tooth.

Not to mention the appearance of these maids, they were the most representative of the gentle winds in the east. This row of girls were all dressed in Han Chinese retro clothing, and even Jing Chai was dressed in emerald jade with a dragon and phoenix pattern on her body.

As they walked, you could see the rhythmic swaying of the hairpin above their heads and the jingling of jade on their bodies.

The Chinese people Peiyu was very particular. The ancient people used jade as an auxiliary tool of etiquette. The imperial court officials had to wear jade instruments. This was to regulate the behavior of humans.

A little of your action steps over the jades of nature makes a noisy noise, then this kind of behavior is rude!