Flower picking thief, where are you going!

Bao Heihei had already heard about the emperor's birthday.

As the emperor of a country, the emperor's birthday can't be ambiguous. Naturally, he wants to have fun with the court and the people, and hold a banquet to entertain the officials.

Even if the emperor wanted to make things simple, the court ministers would not let go of the chance to win the favor, and they all actively searched for treasures as gifts.

Mr. Zhao from Guanglu Temple had already ordered everyone to prepare for the banquet, while Bao Heihei and Zheng Xuan lazily acted as shopkeepers, leaving many trivial matters to their hands.

You can be lazy in preparing the banquet, but the birthday present for the emperor... Bao Heihei is a bit difficult.

After walking out of the Taihe Tower, Bao Heihei looked up at the sky, but he still had no idea about the offering.

Wen Qizhi wanted to go back to the palace, so he said goodbye to everyone and walked in the opposite direction.

Tang Helin fiddled with the fan in his hand, and followed Bao Heihei, wherever Bao Heihei went, he would go there.

Zheng Xuan was also going back to the mansion, and happened to be on the way with Bao Heihei, so the three of them went on the same road.

"Brother Zheng Xian, what do you plan to give on the emperor's birthday banquet?" Bao Heihei asked as he walked.

"I, I have already prepared it." Zheng Xuan mentioned this matter, looking a little excited, "I plan to dedicate ten Donghai night pearls to the emperor."

"Ten!" Bao Heihei stopped and said in surprise, "Brother Zheng Xian, did you steal the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea? Are you not afraid that the Dragon King of the East China Sea will settle accounts with you?"

Sure enough, we don't understand the world of local tyrants!

There are ten Ye Mingzhu in one shot, which is incomparable, incomparable.

"No way!" Zheng Xuan said with a sneer: "Compared to the Dragon King of the East China Sea seeking to settle accounts with me, I am more afraid that my wife will settle accounts with me."

"Brother Bao, what are you going to offer to the emperor?" Zheng Xuan asked.

"Cough!" Tang Helin, who hadn't spoken a moment ago, coughed lightly, and said to Zheng Xuan: "Master Zheng, isn't he in a hurry to go back to the house? Don't make the wife at home wait in a hurry."

"No..." Zheng Xuan just wanted to say it's okay, but when he looked up, he saw Tang Helin's condensed eyes, and his whole body trembled with fright.

Only then did he realize that he was a bit redundant, the emperor was urging him to leave quickly!

Zheng Xuan understood, and said incoherently: "Yes... yes! Brother Bao, my wife needs me for something, so I will leave first."

After finishing speaking, Zheng Xuan left quickly, leaving only a cloud of dust behind.

Looking at Zheng Xuan's blurred back, Bao Heihei couldn't help shaking his head and sighing, "Brother Zheng Xian is too miserable!"

"Lord Bao, what do you want to offer to the Holy One?" Tang Helin tilted his head and asked with a smile.

Bao Heihei thought for a while, "I might as well give the emperor a bastard."

Bao Heihei stretched out his fingers to move in the air, imitating a tortoise climbing, and said with a suppressed smile: "The so-called thousand-year-old 8-year-old tortoise, giving a tortoise means a long life, wonderful! Wonderful!"

"Wang Ba?"

Tang Helin blushed, put away the folding fan, and tapped Bao Heihei's head, "If Mr. Bao wants to give the bastard to the emperor, he must first learn the same skills as it."

"What ability?" Bao Heihei rubbed his head, pouted and asked.

"Quickly retract your head into your shell."

Just as Bao Heihei was about to ask why, he heard Tang Helin explain: "In case the sage Longyan is furious, Mr. Bao, you have to be careful about getting your head off!"

"Is it so serious?" Bao Heihei touched his head with his hand, and said with a smile: "I'm just joking, how could I really send bastards away."

But if you don’t give bastards, what good would you give them?

Bao Heihei couldn't afford anything valuable.

At that time, all civil and military officials will present rare treasures, so he can't just give two Chinese cabbages!

Thinking about it, Bao Hei's eyebrows frowned.

"Master Bao, the frown of your eyebrows makes my heart ache."

Tang Helin walked up to Bao Heihei, blocking his way, stroking the center of his eyebrows with his fingers, kneading them gently.

Bao Heihei raised his face, looked at the outline of Tang Helin, and felt a slight ripple in his heart.

"Whatever Master Bao wants, just tell me, and I can get it for Master Bao." Tang Helin held Bao's black face and said affectionately.

Bao Heihei was stunned for a moment, turned back to his senses, and asked, "How did you get it for me?"

"Flower pickers have their own methods." Tang Helin replied with a smile.

"You're going to steal, that's not okay." Bao Heihei quickly refused, and took Tang Helin's hand away, "Actually, I already have an idea, but..."

When it comes to birthdays, the first thing that comes to mind is birthday cakes.

Of course Bao Heihei also wants to send a birthday cake to the emperor, but there is an important problem right now.

He can't make birthday cakes!

Even if Bao Heihei knows how to make it, his palm is injured now, the cake he made must be unbearable to look at directly, and he can't take it out at all.

"Since Mr. Bao has an idea, why don't you let me hear it?" Tang Helin stepped forward and walked forward slowly.

"It's a cake!" Bao Heihei described the appearance and characteristics of the cake for Tang Helin, "It's sweet, soft, and melts in your mouth..."

Tang Helin pressed the folding fan against his chin, and listened with relish, "It sounds very good. If you dedicate this thing to the Holy One, he will definitely not want to cover the head of your lord."

Bao Heihe raised his injured hand in embarrassment, "The problem is that I can't do it at all."

"Master Bao, let me help you!" Tang Helin opened his fan and raised his eyebrows, "I have a solution."

"You know how to make cakes?" Bao Heihei asked in disbelief.

"No." Tang Helin's eyes lit up, "I won't, but maybe someone will."

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On the day before the birthday banquet, Tang Helin brought a person, to be precise, an old man.

The old man has a kind face, lean and capable, about 60 years old, hale and hearty and radiant.

"Master Bao, this is Lian Jiang from Huangdinglou, Chef Lian, who came here to help." Tang Helin introduced Bao Heihei.

In fact, Chef Lian is not a chef from Huangdinglou, but an imperial chef in the early palace. Because of his advanced age, he retired and returned to his hometown last year.

This time the emperor personally invited Lian Jiang to be flattered, and immediately left to come here with Tang Helin, and promised to do his best.

"So it's Chef Lian, sorry for your disrespect!" Bao Heihei winked at Tang Helin, smiled and invited Chef Lian into the room for a detailed discussion.

Chef Lian is very reliable at first glance, maybe he can really make cakes.

Thinking of this, Bao Heihei happily came to the room.

"Master Bao, can you explain to me in detail what a 'cake' is?" Lian Jiang sat upright, "This old man knows where to start."

Tang Helin sat aside, listening quietly, rarely making trouble.

Bao Heihei asked Tudou and the others to prepare the ingredients, and began to explain how to make the cake. Although Bao Heihei was not good at making it, he was still familiar with the basic steps.

After a cup of tea, Lian Jiang nodded and said confidently: "The old man already understands, let's start!"

A chef is a chef, and he knows everything.

"Tang Xiaohua, you can do it!" Bao Heihei said joyfully, "You are finally reliable."

"Master Bao, you have to thank me well after it's done!" Tang Helin moved his face closer and said with a smile.

Knowing that Tang Xiaohua had no good intentions, Bao Heihei said perfunctorily: "Okay, okay!"

Several people came to an open place in the mansion and began to prepare.

Bao Heihei handed the bowl containing the egg whites to Tudou, "Tudou, now I have a very important task for you."

"Master Bao, tell me..." Tu Dou took the bowl, trembling in his heart.

"To Tudou, you need to use chopsticks to beat the egg whites." Bao Heihei made a gesture, "Like this, remember to be quick."

"Okay!" Tu Dou thought it was a difficult task, but it turned out to be a false alarm, isn't it just stirring egg whites, simple!

Everyone was gathering firewood and the flames were high. Not only Tu Dou sent the egg whites away, but Yang Cong and others also joined the battle.

But it didn't take long for the hands of several people to cramp.

"Master Bao, when will we fight?" Tu Dou asked with a bitter face, his hands still moving.

"This is definitely not possible!" Bao Heihei took a look and said, "Okay, I will tell you, come on!"

"Tang Xiaohua, don't be idle." Bao Heihei handed Tang Helin some fruits and cut them up.

"Obey! My Lord Bao." Tang Helin frowned with a smile.

All of a sudden, Bao Manor was busy, working back and forth for nearly an hour, and the cake was finally more than half done.

Tu Dou fell to the ground, his hands were shaking all the time, "Master Bao, I want to eat five extra bowls of rice today, no one is allowed to stop me."

"Okay! You can eat ten bowls." Bao Hei's lips curled up, "Everyone has worked hard."

The final mounting work has to be handed over to Chef Lian.

"Just... just make a mask!" Bao Heihei suggested, "The golden mask worn by the emperor."

Tang Helin was a little helpless, Mr. Bao really never forgot the matter of wearing a mask for him!

"Okay!" Chef Lian nodded and agreed, and easily carved a mask out of flour.

"That's amazing!" Bao Heihei was amazed, "Chef Lian, do you want to cooperate with me so that we can get rich together?"

"Hahaha!" Lian Jiang smiled heartily, but did not answer.

"Master Bao, don't embarrass Chef Lian." Tang Helin grabbed Bao Heihei and reminded: "The cake is not finished yet."

"Right!"

At the moment when the sun was about to set, the cake was finally finished.

"It's so beautiful!" Everyone was amazed at the finished product before them.

Even Tang Helin's eyes flashed a hint of surprise. Recently, Mr. Bao has more and more evil ideas.

"It's finally time for business."

Bao Heihei breathed out, wiped the flour on his face, as if he remembered something, turned around and said: "Tang Xiaohua, you will wait for the official to come back at the mansion tomorrow night."

Tang Helin's eyes moved slightly, Master Bao is going to attend a birthday banquet in the palace tomorrow!

"You must wait for me." Bao Heihe reminded again.

"Okay! I will definitely wait for Mr. Bao." Tang Helin's eyes were full of tenderness, he smiled with his lips curled up, and looked at Bao Heihei thoughtfully.

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It was the first time for Bao Heihei to celebrate the emperor's birthday in the palace.

Civil and military officials entered the palace to salute and hold a grand banquet. Compared with other kings, the birthday banquet held by Tang Helin was simpler and simpler.

"My dear friends, don't be restrained, take your seats!" Tang Helin sat on a high place, his golden mask was sacred and majestic.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Bao Heihei dragged Zheng Xuan to find a corner to sit in, because he was going to eat a lot later, and in order not to be disturbed, he had to minimize his presence.

Acrobatics danced, singing and dancing added to the fun, and all the ministers presented gifts one after another, the scene was very lively.

Princes and nobles, civil and military officials presented numerous and exquisite gifts, such as lacquerware, jadeware...there are countless.

No matter how valuable the thing was, Tang Helin just nodded, it could be seen that he was not interested.

The ministers couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

Compared with these, the "cake" presented by Bao Heihei immediately became the focus of attention as soon as it appeared on the stage.

"Bao Aiqing, what is this?" Tang Helin asked pretending not to know.

"Return to the emperor, this item is called 'Birthday Cake'."

Bao Heihei bowed and said: "The emperor can make a wish on the cake, and it will definitely come true."

"Hmm..." The emperor nodded in satisfaction, "I like what Bao Aiqing offered, and I should reward it heavily."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Bao Heihei knew very well that the Emperor was stingy and stingy, and he had no expectations for his rewards, as long as the gifts he offered were not embarrassing, he would be satisfied.

Seeing this, Qin Taiwei and Wan Yushi felt dissatisfied again, why all the favors were monopolized by Bao Heihei.

"Your Majesty." Wan Yushi got up and said, "Today is the Emperor's birthday, so I might as well make a pair to cheer."

"Okay." Tang Helin nodded in agreement.

"A big belly can tolerate, but what can't be tolerated by the world and oneself."

After Wan Yushi finished speaking, he glanced at Bao Heihei in the corner, "The pair is still short of a couplet. I wonder if Mr. Bao can help us to make a match?"

Bao Heihei, who was still eating sullenly, was taken aback for a moment, how could he answer any pair.

But you can't pretend you don't know when someone calls you, after all, so many ministers are watching.

Bao Heihei swallowed the last bite of food, wiped his hands on his clothes, and stood up.

"Hahaha..." He smiled awkwardly, unable to say a word for a long time.

What pair!You can't come up with something creative.

Bao Heihei's heartbeat accelerated for a moment, and his hands were so tense that there was nowhere to put them.

Ask Zheng Xuan, and Zheng Xuan doesn't even know it.

Seeing Bao Heihei making a fool of himself, Wan Yushi smiled contemptuously.

"Bao Aiqing is right!" Tang Helin clapped his palms and said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Bao didn't say anything!" Wan Yushi questioned immediately.

Even Bao Heihei was a little surprised, he really didn't say anything.

"Hey! Bao Aiqing got up and laughed a few times, she was clearly right." Tang Helin explained: "Laugh as soon as you open your mouth, laugh at the past and laugh at everything today."

"Master Bao is right!" Only then did everyone realize that Master Bao was right about this!

Finally saved!

Bao Heihei raised his head, looked at the emperor gratefully, and found that the emperor was also looking at him.

Wan Yushi's face was dark, and he was still unwilling to let go, "I heard that Mr. Bao has outstanding literary talent, can you present a poem?"

Just as Bao Heihei breathed a sigh of relief, trouble came again!

This Wan Yushi is clearly against him!

Isn't it just poetry!Who wouldn't!

Bao Heihei came to Wan Yushi, shook his head and thought hard, and there it is!

"A flower in the sky and a frog on the ground.

The frog croaked at the flower, and the flower laughed at the frog.

When I got closer, I realized that it was a toad. "

When he said "Toad", Bao Heihei deliberately faced Wan Yushi, and repeated with his mouth: "Toad."

"you……"

Wan Yushi's face was as black as coal, and just about to explode, Bao Heihei said first: "Wan Yushi, if you still want to hear it, I still have three hundred Tang poems, five hundred Song poems, plus 5000 years of Chinese history... ..."

[The author has something to say: The small theater——

Class teacher: "Which classmate will get up and answer this question?"

Bao Heihei (bows his head): He said silently in his heart, don't call me, don't call me...

Class teacher: "Bao Heihei, answer it!"

Bao Heihei: (stands up nervously) "Hey! Dahu, what's the answer?"

Big Tiger (very low voice): 4x+...

Class teacher: "Huh?"

Bao Heihei: "Ah... choose B."

Class teacher: "Bao Heihei, have you lost your mind again? This is obviously a fill-in-the-blank question. If you say choose B, go out and stand."

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Bao Heihei (waking up): So it was a dream!I blame Wan Yushi for asking me to play against any pair, I said