Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

"It smells so good! When today's business is over, ask Aunt Sun to give me more. I like it."

"I know, let's take a rest after eating. We won't start until Chen."

"Oh, why do I like listening to you so much when you are younger than me?"

Xu Zaijing ignored him and leaned on a chair in the palace, chewing dried meat and closing his eyes to rest.

"Hey! You're talking!"

Seeing that Xu Zaijing was silent, Gu Tingye was chewing beef jerky, looking quite intoxicated.

About an hour passed.

Boom!

A big bell rang,

The palace door opened, and the congratulatory gifts from outside the palace were slowly sent into the palace.

Many residents of Bianjing gathered nearby to have a look and enjoy the emperor's blessing.

Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingye were in the palace, so their viewing angle was naturally good. The performance had not yet started, and most of the officials from the Ministry of Rites were commanding the palace's forbidden troops to maintain order.

The emperor's birthday banquet was placed on the square in front of the palace.

The emperor sat in front of the palace, surrounded by all the favored concubines and princesses in the palace.

On the left and right sides are senior civil and military officials, princes and nobles.

On the left and right lower sides are officials of the central government, counts, viscounts, etc.

One by one, the auspicious treasures passed the imperial court amidst the loud voices of the officials. Although the noble and high-ranking officials in the dynasty were well-informed, there were still some things they had never seen before.

From time to time, it will cause everyone present to exclaim.

A place far away from the front of the temple,

Gu Tingye, who was beside Xu Zaijing, said anxiously: "Sanlang, Sanlang, look, that strange beast's neck is so long. Wow, how long is its neck!"

Xu Zaijing looked at it with surprise on his face. He didn't expect that in this great Zhou Dynasty, a vassal country actually brought giraffes to celebrate his birthday.

The giraffe slowly walked towards the front of the palace, making everyone exclaim.

Gu Yankai, who was sitting near the emperor, was quite proud because his father-in-law Bai Wanshu found it for him from a place not far away.

The British Duke next to Gu Yankai looked at Gu Yankai and said, "Gu Hou, I heard that this is a strange beast found by your family?"

Gu Yan opened his hands and said: "My lord, this is a strange beast on a grassland thousands of miles away. The locals call it 'Jilin'."

Not far away, the Marquis of Xiangyang slowly stroked his white beard and said, "Isn't this the unicorn from a foreign land? It is indeed different. Good, good, good. Gu Hou is interested."

"Thank you, Brother Shi! This is the duty of a minister."

The Marquis of Xiangyang is over sixty years old. His ancestors were unhappy with the Marquis of Ningyuan over the matter of his adopted heir, so the order of generations in the family tree is different.

But down the generations, the Marquis of Xiangyang was the same generation as Gu Yankai.

The British man on the side picked up the wine glass next to him and gestured to Gu Yan. The two smiled at each other and drank the wine.

Gu Yankai's explanation naturally reached the ears of the female officials waiting on the side, and soon all the concubines and princesses in the harem knew about these strange beasts called "Kilin" which had the same pronunciation as Qilin.

In less than an hour, the rare birds and animals that had been paid tribute by various countries were almost gone.

Next came the birthday celebrations sent by officials and clans from all over the Zhou Dynasty.

Dancers with thin waists sent from Jinling, Suzhou and Hangzhou danced. As the clothes fluttered, the dancers spun and jumped, and the golden water sleeves seemed to be alive.

People who were used to ordinary singing and dancing would hear cheers from time to time.

These dancers have delicate faces, gleaming eyes, and slim waists and long legs. Everyone who looks at them is confused.

Especially the young noble family members looked at each other a few times and said nothing.

When the dance was over, the dancers used golden water sleeves to form a big Chinese character "longevity".

There was another burst of cheers.

There was a waist drum performance sent by officials from the northwest.

Dozens of men and women were on the stage in front of the hall, beating their waist drums enthusiastically, and a burst of fiery vitality from the Loess Plateau was about to burst out.

The emperor looked angry and kept nodding.

As uncles of the state, the Cao family naturally sat around the emperor. Seeing that the emperor was so satisfied, his heart dropped to his stomach.

King Yong, whose territory is in the southwest, presented a folk song by a mountain singer from among the tribes in the southwest.

Naturally, the female official had already handed the lyrics to the nobles present.

Although everyone couldn't understand it, they felt it sounded good.

The next program was a harvest rice field song sent by an unknown clan member from the fiefdom of Yuzhou.

The song was simple and honest, and farming was an important matter for the country. The emperor nodded, which was regarded as receiving his wishes.

After the performance of the show, the time has arrived at Si hour (around 11 o'clock) unknowingly.

The official reporting the program shouted from the side: "Ting Ye, the second legitimate son of Ningyuan Houfu, is eight years old, and I present Gu's marksmanship."

Everyone at the table looked at Gu Yankai. Gu Yankai stood up and bowed to signal to the emperor. The emperor waved his hand and asked him to sit down.

Then Gu Yan opened his glass and raised a toast, and everyone smiled at each other.

In the palace, there were many inner-official musicians who understood the atmosphere. While Gu Tingye was still walking on the court, the palace musicians had already begun to play heroic songs.

Gu Tingye was wearing a silver-white robe with arrow sleeves and darts, holding a maroon gold-headed red tassel gun, a brown headband, and white boots. He was quite elegant.

Just hearing the rumble of the drum, Gu Tingye exhaled.

The sound penetrated the music and reached the ears of the people in front of the emperor. It was quite the style of the Tiger Roaring Valley.

He performed a set of Gu's marksmanship with style, and even used some of his moves to show his battlefield aura.

The British male who could understand took the lead and shouted "Hello".

Gu Yan opened his face with a smile and looked around his colleagues quite proudly.

Seeing that General Zheng was also present at the Zhongjing Marquis, Gu Yankai hurriedly handed over his hand.

In the last move, Gu Tingye took the spear out of his hand and stabbed it out, but suddenly appeared behind the spear.

This move attracted loud applause from everyone.

Gu Tingye put away his gun and stood in awe.

The musicians also slowly stopped playing.

Before Gu Tingye could maintain his posture for a few breaths, he put away his gun and jumped off the stage and came to the officials' table.

Then he knelt in front of the emperor and said loudly: "Your Majesty, can I dance well? If so, can you reward me with this gun? I use this gun very well!"

Gu Yankai's face turned from sunny to gloomy, and he looked at the emperor. He was about to scold him but the emperor shook his hand and said,

"My dear, please be patient."

Then the emperor said loudly:

"Good boy, you went through a lot of hardships in order to give me a gift, right?"

"Father said that I should be happy to be able to offer a gift to His Majesty."

"Oh? What do you think?"

The emperor asked with a smile. When Gu Yankai heard this, his eyes were quite anxious, but he could not speak beyond the emperor.

"Happy."

"Okay, then I'll reward you with this gun."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Boom."

As he said this, Gu Tingye gave the emperor a real kowtow.

This innocent look made everyone around the emperor laugh.

In the atmosphere where everyone was laughing and Gu Yan was glaring, Gu Tingye ran to the table of Ningyuan Hou Mansion beside him with the spear in his arms.

He handed his spear to Gu Tingyu as a gift, and Gu Tingyu's eyes were filled with envy.

Gu Yankai, who was behind the table, whispered: "This little beast, wait until I get home if you don't beat him to death."

The British father on the side shook his head in amusement and patted Gu Yankai.

"It's a good thing that your brother has such courage."

While the emperor was asking Gu Tingye, an internal official had already ordered the eunuchs to move a row of arrow targets onto the stage.

After Gu Tingye received the emperor's reward, the archery targets on the stage were also placed. ,

In the distance, Xu Zaijing had already put on a carefully crafted white robe and gold armor with the help of Qingyun.

The so-called golden armor is nothing more than the embroiderer making golden silk and satin into armor pieces and embroidering them according to the shape of armor.

It looks like metal, but it's actually very light.

After cultivating it for six or seven years, Xu Zaijing was able to tie her hair into a bun and wear a leather bun. This bun also looked metallic on the outside, but was actually made of leather.

There are two long pheasant feathers on the douchi.

The internal official on the side said sharply: "The third legitimate son of Yongyi Hou Mansion, Zai Jing, is seven years old. He offers his archery skills to pierce Yang."

Following the official announcement, everyone also saw Xu Zaijing, who was wearing a white robe, gold armor, and a double-feathered hood.