Except for a few people, almost everyone in the court did not know that it was the people from the patron village who saved Dao, nor did they know that their Majesty had sneaked out of the palace to rescue the villagers from the patron village.
It was only when Mr. Xiahou received the invitation yesterday that he learned that the villagers from the backing village who had saved Dao were actually in the capital.
"It was Brother Ge and his daughter who saved Your Majesty." The old village chief with snow-white hair and beard pointed to Brother Ge beside him and said with a warm expression.
"Mr. Ge, Miss Ge, thank you." Mr. Xiahou looked at Father Ge and Hongzhu with a grateful face.
On the side, Mrs. Xiahou was supported by her two daughters-in-law, and she also echoed with gratitude: "Thank you, thank you so much."
"You two don't have to be polite, we are just doing something with a little help." Father Ge said calmly.
Ge Hongzhu smiled stiffly on the side, seemingly a little reserved.
"Where is brother Agui?" After thanking Hongzhu and his daughter, Mr. Xiahou asked, remembering Agui who had done a great job in taking care of the knife.
"Here, this is Agui." The old village chief pulled Agui forward.
Agui saluted Mr. Xiahou and his wife a little cautiously: "Master, hello, madam."
"Good boy, good boy, there is no need to be polite, I should thank you." Mr. Xiahou touched Agui's head lovingly.
After speaking, the old man Xiahou ordered the palace servants in the main hall: "Come, come, come, please take your seats quickly."
The palace officials responded, and then led the villagers from the backing village to their seats one by one.
After sitting down, everyone in the Xiahou family briefly introduced themselves. Just after saying a few words with everyone, they heard footsteps outside the door, and then the figures of Dao, Yun Jingchu and others appeared at the door of the hall.
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Because it was decided to hold an ordinary banquet, Dao did not make any formalities and asked the eunuch to notify him of his arrival.
Therefore, when he saw the villagers of Kaoshan Village and Mr. Xiahou and others standing up to salute him, he quickly stopped him and said, "You don't have to be polite. There are no outsiders here today. Just be at ease."
However, even though Dao said this, everyone still insisted on kneeling down and saluting.
Mr. Xiahou has always insisted that etiquette should not be broken and he has always been respectful to the knife in public. He said that if he was not respectful in front of the knife, others would look down on the knife, and more and more people would be disrespectful to the knife.
Except for a few villagers in Kaoshan Village, everyone else thought that the sword was just a polite word. It was impossible not to be polite when meeting the emperor.
Dao couldn't stop so many people by himself, so he could only help his grandfather and the village chief of the supporting village immediately, and then said to everyone: "Everyone, please get down quickly."
After everyone stood up, they took their seats.
Dao sat down at the main seat, then briefly introduced Yun Jingchu and others to everyone, and then ordered people to serve the meal.
Of course, music and dancing are indispensable at the banquet.
At the same time as the sound of silk and bamboo was sounded, the maids shuttled in and had their meals in an orderly manner.
After they retreated, the dancer floated in.
Many young people opened their eyes wide in surprise and looked at everything in front of them with novelty.
On the way in, they were very curious about everything they saw. However, because of the old village chief's instructions and the fear of the solemn atmosphere of the palace, they behaved and did not look or say anything.
As for the older ones, although it feels novel, they can just control their expressions well and it's not so obvious.