Xiao An chose two beautiful plum blossoms to cut, one was sent to Ting Yuxuan, and the other was put in a bottle and placed on their own table.

  Xiao An and the little lion were watching the plum blossoms while eating hot pot, and the little bear was also very interested in the onlookers, only Hutou paid the most attention to the food on the table and ate it hard.

  Fan Zijin stood in front of the window, looked down at the tiger's head, then turned to look at Qi Haoran, who was also working hard, and couldn't help laughing with a "puchi".

   Mu Yangling looked up at him curiously, Qi Haoran also looked at him blankly, Fan Zijin covered his mouth and coughed and asked, "Is it delicious?"

  Qi Haoran nodded, nodded with narrowed eyes and smiled: "These muttons are all shipped from the north. They are delicious, and the venison is also delicious. Come and try it."

   Qi Haoran said and took the initiative to give Fan Zijin a few chopsticks and mutton.

  Fan Zijin's face was black and he said, "I can't eat so much..."

   Qi Haoran thought about it too, he liked vegetables, so he immediately picked up the mutton and put it in his bowl to give him vegetables again.

  Fan Zijin: "..."

   Mu Yangling also looked at Qi Haoran speechlessly.

Qi Haoran saw that A Ling was looking at him and misunderstood him. He immediately divided the mutton in his bowl into half of her, and asked with concern, "Would you like to order some venison? This is delicious too. Get someone to get some beef."

   Mu Yangling looked at the mutton in the bowl, then looked at Yin Yin looking at her husband, nodded slightly, "Be fatter."

  Fan Zijin took a deep breath as he looked at the couple who had already started discussing what to eat, and seriously told himself not to be angry, so he picked up the vegetables from the pot.

   Eating the overcooked green vegetables, Fan Zijin was indignant, knowing that he had brought out the little Xia family, to see what kind of love they showed.

   The group was full of food and drink. The tiger head in the Aomei Garden had already followed the little lion, Xiao An, all over the garden, and the little bear did not know where it went.

   Mu Yangling coaxed Xiaofu and Longfengtu to sleep, wrapped the three children tightly and handed them over to grandma to carry them back to sleep.

Qi Haoran and Fan Zijin felt a little drowsy after eating and drinking, and they were about to wave their hands and go back to the room to rest when someone came to report: "My lord, two foreigners came to visit with a post, saying that they were the lord's friends, and the lord has already I entertained it in front, and let the little one report it."

  Qi Haoran was stunned for a moment, then sobered up and asked, "Foreigner? Andre?"

   Mu Yangling frowned, "On the first day of the new year?"

  Fan Zijin was also displeased, and waved his hand: "Just say that the palace will not entertain guests on the first day of the new year."

   The servant looked at the prince and the princess, Qi Haoran yawned and said, "Let's go back like this, let the prince come back."

  Xiao Xiong is already refusing, just a joke, who has seen the door open to welcome guests on the first day of the new year?

   The smile on Andre's face was slightly stiff. He knew this custom, but he didn't know that Daqi people would take it so seriously.

   He glanced at Antonio and saw that his face was still smiling, but his eyes were cold, and he knew that the noble duke was angry.

  Andre hurriedly said that they didn’t know this custom, and I apologize for any offense, and also asked for advice on when to visit.

  Andre said that they have very important things to discuss with Prince Rong, and hope that the sooner the better.

  Xiaoxiong raised his eyebrows and told him that the affairs of the Western countries belonged to the Ministry of Rites, and his father had no right to intervene.

  Andre has been dealing with the Han people for a long time, and he knows that in the elite class, everything can be about human feelings. He has contacted many officials in Daqi, and they all said that finding Prince Rong can solve everything.

   Otherwise, he wouldn't have prepared such an important gift to visit.

  So Andrei expressed his concern about the efficiency of the Ministry of Rites in a veiled way, and hoped that Little Bear would let them see Prince Rong, and it would be better to talk to Prince Rong about some things.

Bear's eyes swept over Antonio, who was looking at him with a smile, and nodded after thinking about it: "Today I really can't open the door to welcome guests. If the two of you are in a hurry, come back tomorrow, and I will ask your father to give you half an hour. of."

   Antonio was still smiling, but he was very unhappy. His status in the country was second only to His Majesty the King. When did he suffer such grievances?

   Even when he came to visit, he was turned away.

   So Antonio asked Little Bear with a half-smile before leaving, "I heard that King An is very capable, I wonder if I can see him when I come."

  Xiaoxiong looked at him in surprise, looked up and down carefully, then turned to Andrea and said, "Mr. An, if you are making the adults, um, it is not very comfortable, you can stay in the inn to rest."

Before Andre and Antonio could understand the meaning of this sentence, Xiaoxiong looked at him sympathetically and said, "I just said that I have the custom of not opening the door to welcome guests on the first day of the new year in Daqi, and so does the Anjun Wangfu. It's the same, so you want to visit my Uncle Fan, I'm afraid it will have to be another day."

  Antonio's face darkened, but he couldn't hold back and asked, "But I heard that the Prince of Anjun came to your mansion early in the morning."

Xiaoxiong seemed to be stunned for a moment before he realized what they meant, and laughed: "Master Zheng must have misunderstood something, Uncle Fan is a member of our family, not a guest, not to mention, Uncle Fan has Grandpa Fan on it, as long as he At home, wealth and fortune will not be lost..."

  The reason of not opening the door to welcome guests on the first day of the new year is of course just an excuse. Daqi does have this custom, but it depends on the individual situation.

  For example, when they are in a good mood, it’s okay to go out and visit a few familiar houses, but are these two foreigners familiar with them?

  Andrei has been dealing with each other for several years, but they are indeed unfamiliar.

   Xiaoxiong’s nonsense with a smile, in short, this custom is described as a rule they must abide by, and this rule is also subdivided. Naturally, a family or a relative does not pay attention to hospitality, just come to the door.

  Antonio's Chinese is not very good. To communicate with Xiaoxiong is half by listening, half by guessing, and Andrea translates what he doesn't understand, so at this time he was directly confused.

   Seeing that Xiaoxiong said something solemnly, I really thought it was custom.

   Andrei said that he was proficient in Chinese, but he didn’t know much about the customs of the Han people, so at this time, although he was skeptical, but seeing the seriousness of Xiaoxiong’s words, he chose to believe it.

   Bear fooled the person away, and then turned back.

   The three Xiao An who came here after hearing the news could only see the backs of the two of them.

   Hutou shouted: "Wen Qian and the others still want to see these Westerners, how did you drive them away, eldest brother?"

Xiao Xiong patted him on the head and said, "Who said I drove them away? I'm asking them to come back tomorrow. Didn't Wen Qian want to see the foreigners nearby? I asked them to come to the house tomorrow and see as long as they wanted. how long."

   The little lion cheered and shouted: "I have not lost faith in them, I will call someone to inform them."

  Xiao An hurriedly grabbed him, "It's so troublesome, just let the carrier pigeons go, just like when we communicated in the morning, it will take a quarter of an hour."

  Little lion thought this idea was a good idea, and sighed: "It's convenient to have carrier pigeons. Let's just raise some more and use them for communication."

   "I can raise pigeons, but I don't know how to train pigeons. We have to find someone who knows how to do it." Hutou said with a serious face.

  Little Lion and Xiao An looked at him and beat him at the same time: "I think you can only raise meat pigeons, so you can eat it."

   Little Bear who was left behind by the three of them: "..." You think carrier pigeons are Chinese cabbage on the street, and you raise a lot of them.