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Chapter 17 Dining Together
The head of the palace in Sathya is different from the head of the Chinese royal family. He is not only a normal person, but also a nobleman. At the same time, his functions are also different from the head of the big house.
The chief of the palace does not need to serve King Sathya personally. His main responsibility is to manage all the court servants and supervise the king's small treasury, so the things Lucis bestows on Ella will be sent by the chief.
Hearing that Ella said that she wanted to see the king, the manager Wadiye readily agreed to help her pass the message, and it happened that he was going to report to the king.
Wadiye, who was born as a nobleman, also attended last night's banquet. Although his position was relatively low due to his position, he also saw the way the king treated Ella differently at that time.
And because he was working in the royal palace, Wadia knew that the king did not achieve good things with Ella last night, but the king obviously did not mean that, otherwise he would not have arranged people here.
So Wadia knew that the king at this time would be very happy to see Ayla, so he was naturally happy to sell this to Ayla.
The facts also proved that he was right.
When Wadiye told Lucis about Ella's willingness to see her, the latter's originally disinterested expression immediately changed, and even his lazy sitting posture corrected.
He even told his valet: "Get the kitchen ready, I want to have lunch with the princess."
The servant near was shocked when he heard this, not only him, but everyone in the hall who heard this was also surprised.
An invitation to a meal is different from a banquet. During a banquet, everyone eats their own food, while in the former most of the time they sit together and share the same food, and the attendants who serve the king know that their king hasHaven't dined with other people once since.
So the near servant asked again: "Your Majesty, do you need to separate the meals?"
Lucis didn't think of this question. Inviting Ella to have lunch was just a subconscious move on his part. He didn't realize it until he was reminded by the aide.
"Let's separate."
The servant officer then went down to prepare.
Ella, who was counting things, was soon notified that she was going to have lunch with King Sathya.
When the maids heard this, they were a little excited, and immediately expressed that they were pulling Ella to make preparations for her.
"You can't be too impolite when you go to see His Majesty. It just so happens that His Majesty has sent you a lot of clothes and jewelry. Please see which one you like, Your Highness, and we will dress up right away."
Naturally, Tetis would not let Ella wear the clothes sent by the Kata mission, and directly asked Ona and others to bring all the clothes and jewelry sent by the king to Ella for her to choose.
Ella actually thinks that these clothes don't look much different. At most, the sleeveless dress on her is a little more wrinkled due to the characteristics of linen, but this is something that can't be helped, and it can't be considered a disrespect.
But she still couldn't resist the maid's enthusiasm, so she changed into a new skirt without wrinkles, and Tetis picked out a long gold-embroidered belt and tied it in a beautiful knot at the waist, letting the two ends of the belt hang down from the navelPress down the skirt to outline the slender waist and slender legs, and then wear a gold amulet necklace with blue, green and red gemstones in the shape of a winged eagle and a pair of gold bracelets with the same pattern.bracelet.
After changing this outfit, the maids originally wanted to recomb Ella's hair, but seeing that the purple water lily in her hair was still blooming brilliantly, they didn't do it, but took another light and elegant cloak for her.she puts on.
"The midday sun can damage your delicate skin, so be sure to protect yourself."
In fact, it is difficult to be exposed to the sun unless you deliberately stay in the sun when you are active in the palace, but Ella did not refuse the cloak, because the temperature in the palace is much lower than outside, and it is a bit cold after staying for a long time.A cloak is just right.
After finally changing a pair of shoes, Tetis estimated the time: "Your Highness, it's time to go."
The place for lunch is not in any room, but in a beautiful pavilion.
There is still a garden under the promenade, but it’s not the one where Ella stayed in the morning. This garden is next to the palace and the city wall. From the promenade on the second floor, you can see not only the garden, but also Yinlu in the distance.La River.
The floating gauze is propped up on the promenade, and the ground in the middle of the gauze is covered with a soft carpet. There are two low tables on the carpet. The low tables are placed sideways, with cushions on both sides, and Lucy sits on one side., looking sideways at the scenery.
But Ella appeared at the end of the corridor, and Lucis immediately noticed her arrival. His eyes fixed on her through the translucent floating veil, and he watched her slowly approaching with admiration in his eyes.
As Ella came closer, the attendants lifted the fluttering veil, and Ella bent towards Lucis, with her right hand resting on her chest.
"Good day, Your Majesty."
She spoke this sentence in Sathiya, and paired with her cool and gentle voice, it was like a cool breeze blowing away the heat of the noon.
"This outfit suits you very well." Lucis praised and waved to her: "Come and sit."
Debbie translated in a low voice behind Ella, but even if she didn't translate, Ella could see his appreciation and amazement from Lucis's expression.
She sat down opposite Lucis. Sathiya people don't care about the sitting posture, basically how comfortable they are. She also habitually puts her legs together on one side, with her upper body straight, like a cat sitting on a rock.mermaid.
Immediately after Ella sat down, court attendants brought various delicacies with trays.
Sathya's three meals a day are almost the same. The food is mainly stewed and grilled, and the taste is also light and sweet.
The attendants placed pure gold utensils on the low table one by one, and there were thirty plates. Although there were many dishes, the portion of each dish was not much. Larger dishes such as roast duck would be served in the kitchen.Decompose it when it is ready, cut it into a suitable size and put it on the plate, and then arrange it with flowers, spices and green vegetable leaves, which is pleasing to the eye and delicious.
In order to make it easier for the owner to grab and eat, these foods are placed at the right temperature before being served on the table, so that they can be eaten directly without waiting for them to drop to a suitable temperature for entrance.
Like the current meal, the staple food in front of Ella is bread and beer—yes, because the current beer is fermented with bread.A must, so it's as much a drink as it is a staple.
Besides beer, there were wine and milk to drink—the latter Ella hadn't seen at the banquet, nor was it on King Sathya's table, which she reasonably guessed was reserved for her.
Meat dishes include grilled fish, roasted duck, roasted mutton, roasted beef, roasted pigeon and even roasted crocodile... In short, all meat can be roasted.
There are also many types of vegetarian dishes. Ella alone knows lettuce, lettuce, cucumber, radish, onion, garlic, chickpeas, broad beans, and lentils. There are also several kinds that she doesn’t know, but like meat dishes, vegetables are cooked in different ways.It's very simple, except that it can be eaten raw, everything else is stewed.
In addition, there was a large fruit plate on the table, in which, except for dates and figs, there was no name for Ella.
Such a rich dish did not arouse Ella's appetite.
While the dishes were on the table, the maid brought clean water for them to wash their hands. Seeing that Lucis was going to eat first, Ella thought about it and didn't want to spoil his appetite. She silently washed her hands and began to eat.
The royal chefs in the palace can be said to be the best cooks in Sathya, and the barbecue they make is indeed delicious, but Ella has long been tired of eating it for so many days, and when they cook vegetables, it is also very delicious.She can't appreciate the way of adding a lot of spices to stew together, but she can't be rude in front of King Sathya, so she can only reluctantly grind the foreign work with a posture, which can be said to be very tormented.
Lucis has been paying attention to Ella. Seeing her eating gracefully, it is not difficult to find that she actually eats very little, so he asked, "Is this food not to your liking?"
His tone was very flat, but the hairs of the attendants around him stood on end in an instant.
Ella also faintly sensed a hint of danger.
She replied cautiously: "No, it's just too hot. It's almost never this hot in my country. I'm not used to this kind of weather."
After Debbie finished translating tremblingly, Lucis nodded, agreeing with the reason.
Probably because the atmosphere was too silent, Lucis then asked him, "Wadier said you have something to ask me?"
Now that she was noticed, Ella didn't push herself any more, she just reached out to take the fruits from the fruit plate and tasted them one by one.
Hearing his words, Ella's expression lifted: "It's about those rewards."
She thought about it, and found that there seemed to be no way to tactfully evade it, so she simply said: "You will not be rewarded for nothing, I cannot accept your reward."
Debbie had never heard of this saying, but there were similar sayings, so she could understand the meaning. After carefully translating it, she lowered her head and dared not look at the opposite Wang.
Although she had been a slave before, it was the first time she saw the young king up close, but the whole palace and even Boiman knew about the king's bad temper, and she also heard that the king had a bad temper when he ascended the throne.The entire palace and even the harem were bleeding like rivers. don’t know how many people died. Since she was bought by the palace, she can often hear the news of who the king killed. Facing such a king who kills without batting an eye, no oneWill not be afraid.
This is especially true for those who serve the king, because in the entire palace, they are the most frequent servants who serve the king.