Chapter 171 The drunkard doesn’t care about drinking
Chapter 171 The drunkard doesn’t care about drinking
Knowing that it was Fu Lingan who had specially sent someone here, Jing Yan also stepped forward, handed the troupe owner a purse of silver, and asked with a smile: "Boss, I wonder if you still remember me?"
The leader kowtowed to express his gratitude and then looked up cautiously. At a glance, he recognized that the person in front of him was the girl who had once rewarded him with a silver ingot because she liked watching him swallow a sword.
She is so beautiful and generous that it is hard for the class owner to forget her.
I didn't expect that the girl in front of me was actually a princess.
Now there was nothing he didn't understand. The young nobleman who brought them to the palace was the one who accompanied the princess to watch their performance that day.
It turned out that all this was because their performance won the princess's favor, which was why they had such great fortune. Thinking of this, he kowtowed to Jingyan again.
"Princess, how could I forget? You are my benefactor."
Hearing the two say this, the emperor was a little curious: "Why? It seems that Yan'er is also familiar with this troupe?"
Jing Yan smiled and said, "The troupe owner and his crew are very famous in Beijing. We have all come to watch their performances."
After saying that, Seya couldn't help but nodded: "Yes, they are very powerful."
The emperor then raised an eyebrow and looked at Fu Ling'an, teasing: "It seems that some people who recommended this troupe to me have ulterior motives~"
Fu Lingan smiled and stood up, bowing and replying, "Your Majesty, you are wrongly accusing me. I just thought it would be inconvenient for you to leave the palace, so I thought of bringing you into the palace so that Your Majesty can relax after finishing his work."
Although it is true that most of the reason is because a certain princess likes it very much.
Hearing Fu Ling'an's words, the emperor laughed out loud: "I understand your filial piety, hahahaha."
The ice skating ceremony also ended with the emperor's laughter.
According to usual practice, everyone would go to dinner together after watching the ice skating show, but Jingyan looked at the snow, the lights, and the tents that had already been set up, and felt that the time should not be wasted.
So she suggested that everyone get together, set up a hot pot, and eat it around the campfire, which would be a unique experience.
This way, those who are still not satisfied can continue playing on the ice rink.
The emperor was a person who was very open to new things. When he heard this, he immediately agreed.
As the sun set, the emperor, Ziker and his trusted ministers sat in the main tent, roasting a bonfire and using a hot pot, eating, drinking and chatting, looking very comfortable.
The younger generation also gathered in a circle, chatting and laughing around the campfire, talking about today's ice skating festival.
There were still many people who were not satisfied or who did not get the chance to show their ice skating skills, and they gathered in Taiye Lake to continue skating.
Among them was Seya.
She shouted that she wanted to let Ziker see her strength, put on her ice skates and ran to the lake.
Ertai was unable to stop her, and as soon as Seya reached the lake, she fell flat on her face.
Seeing this, Zikel laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten his back. He stood with his hands on his hips and laughed at Seya without restraint.
Jingyan tried to pull Seya back to enjoy the hot pot, but Seya had already completely clashed with Qikel and was determined to make Abu look at her with new eyes.
Qikel's education of Seya may be provocative, because although he said that Seya was not good enough, his eyes showed clearly that he still hoped that she could learn it.
The four of them sat around the campfire. Jing Yan raised the hot milk in his hand and suggested, "I think we should have a toast to commemorate Fu Ling'an's victory in the ice skating event again after so many years!"
Hearing Jingyan say this, Yongheng immediately followed up with a smile: "Yes, someone's performance today really opened my eyes. If I had known that a certain peacock was going to spread its feathers today, I would have joined Team Yellow to stop it."
Hearing this, Qing'er also raised her glass and said with a smile: "You couldn't beat Fu Ling'an when you were young, and it's hard to surpass him now."
Fu Lingan stood up coolly, clinked the cup in his hand with Jingyan, and said to Yongheng, "Your coming here will only make me more outstanding."
Ah! Such arrogance! Yongheng couldn't stand it any longer. He drank the hot tea in the cup in one gulp and pretended to go into the lake. "Do you dare to compete with me?"
Jingyan laughed when she heard this. Her silly brother really couldn't understand the provocation in Fu Lingan's words, but in front of so many people, Jingyan decided to protect her brother's face.
"Brother, don't get excited, don't get excited. It's so cold. Why don't you sit down and eat? Besides, Qing'er is afraid of the cold. If you go to compete, we have to go to the lake to watch. What if Qing'er and I get frozen?"
Yongheng felt it made sense. He snorted coldly and looked at Fu Lingan: "Did you hear that? A gentleman like me should be considerate of girls."
Fu Lingan smiled and nodded: "Yes, yes, gentleman."
On the other side, Benjamin finally finished today's painting and was released by his master.
The first thing he did was to take the painting to find Fu Lingan.
"Ling'an, you looked so handsome on the ice today. I couldn't help but draw a picture just for you."
Benjamin has been in the palace for a long time and has seen many ice shows, but he has never learned how to do it. So for ice masters like Fu Lingan, he has nothing but admiration and worship.
Upon hearing this, everyone came forward curiously, wanting to take a look.
Fu Ling'an took the painting and slowly unfolded it. It was a picture of him swinging a stick and hitting the ball on the ice. Benjamin's painting skills were indeed very strong. Even the moment when the action was frozen was painted so smoothly.
Seeing this painting, everyone thought of the scene where Fu Lingan scored the goal, and they all exclaimed: "Wow, Benjamin, your painting is so great."
Benjamin smiled and scratched his head. In order to paint this picture, he still owed his master a few paintings that had not been colored. If it wasn't so late, his master might not have let him come.
Fu Lingan carefully put the painting away and thanked him sincerely: "I like it very much, Benjamin, thank you."
Benjamin grinned: "As long as you like it."
Jingyan smiled and asked Benjamin to sit down, handing him a cup of milk tea: "Come and warm up by the fire, and we'll eat together when the pot boils."
Fu Lingan did not move. He looked at Jing Yan and reminded him softly, "It's just that some people seem to have forgotten something."
Jingyan smiled awkwardly. In fact, she just remembered it when she saw Benjamin giving her the painting.
The truth is that she had already finished adding colors to the landscape and Qing'er paintings she had painted during the southern tour, but she had never dared to start on Fu Ling'an's painting.
Always worried that he might ruin the painting by not mixing the colors correctly, Benjamin also gave a lot of suggestions, but Jingyan didn't dare to do it.
Then Jingyan let it go, thinking of asking Master Lang Shining when he returned to Beijing.
As a result, after returning to the palace, Seya came and everyone was busy getting together and playing every day, so Jingyan completely forgot about the painting.
Seeing Jingyan's guilty smile, Fu Lingan naturally knew that this confused little boy had forgotten about it because he was busy playing every day.
He pretended to be aggrieved: "Alas~ I didn't expect that the first painting I received in my life would be given by Benjamin."
When Benjamin heard this, he immediately looked at Jingyan in shock: "You haven't finished painting yet?"
Since returning to the palace, Benjamin has been running out of the palace whenever he has the chance. He didn't notice that Jingyan hadn't finished painting yet.
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