eurekapd Chapter 113: The Concubine Provides Ideas, the Emperor Provides Money
Chapter 113: The Concubine Provides Ideas, the Emperor Provides Money
Chapter 113: The Concubine Provides Ideas, the Emperor Provides Money
Since moving to the Old Summer Palace, Huang Guiquan has been busy and finally managed to prepare for Princess Wen Yi's first birthday.
Princess Wen Yi's first birthday was personally supervised by Concubine Hua. At that time, the Queen was unwilling to hold a grand celebration for a princess who had lost her mother. Concubine Hua could not stand the Queen's stingy appearance of always claiming to be "thrifty", so she went to find the Emperor herself and took over all matters related to Wen Yi's birthday.
The Emperor was of course happy to see this happen. The previous few large banquets were rather simple because Concubine Hua was ill and the Empress used the excuse of frugality to organize the household.
Now that we are in the Old Summer Palace, with its prosperous scene and clusters of flowers, it would be unacceptable if the first birthday party for one's own children was too shabby.
Fortunately, Concubine Hua is virtuous and able to understand his difficulties and not put himself in a difficult position. Concubine Hua is worthy of being his most beloved concubine.
Concubine Hua: I just want to compensate Wen Yi, you think too much.
Because this was the child's first birthday party, Concubine Hua did not follow the usual banquet rituals. Instead, she asked Nian Xi outside the palace to draw up a lot of drawings, and asked Huang Guiquan from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to find craftsmen to make a lot of cute wooden toys according to the drawings.
He also bought many dough figurines, windmills, Journey to the West masks, kites, etc. that children liked from outside the palace.
It was not until the day of Wen Yi's birthday that Huang Guiquan went to the palace of Jiuzhou Qingyan early in the morning with the freshly purchased strange things and things to set up.
Although Lipin went to Jiuzhou Qingyan to practice dancing every day, she never saw these things.
The seats of the guests in the hall remained the same, with the emperor and the empress sitting in the main seats, and the concubines sitting according to their status.
But what is more special is that Concubine Hua also placed duck wind wheels, frog wind wheels, etc. between the seats of the concubines, which really caught people's attention.
"Whose ingenuity is this? Such a lovely toy. Not only Princess Wen Yi, but even I like it." When Chun Changzai saw the wind wheel that looked like a frog, she couldn't help but shake it.
"Oh my, this wind wheel is the same as the one at Sister Wan's place, and it can move. It's really cool."
Zhen Huan, who was following Chun Changzai, walked in and also felt that this arrangement was very novel, mainly because the animal-shaped wind wheel looked much more exquisite than the one in her own palace.
"Princess Wen Yi will definitely like it when she sees it later." Zhen Huan sat in her seat and pulled Chun Changzai to sit behind her.
Every concubine who came in afterwards couldn't help but exclaim that this scene was novel and interesting.
When the Fourth Prince arrived, even though he had long since left his childhood, he couldn't help but feel fondness and envy when he saw these toys that he had missed in his childhood.
As a child without a biological mother, Wen Yi is much luckier than himself.
Most of the clan members and concubines were present before the emperor and empress walked in through the main gate.
The queen, who was smiling politely, almost couldn't hold back her smile when she walked in and saw the uniquely shaped wind wheels of ducks, frogs, dragonflies, tigers and rabbits.
What's going on? Why were these strange things not on the list when Huang Guiquan submitted the accounts?
What should I do when Lipin dances later?
"Long live the emperor, long live the emperor, and a thousand years and a thousand years of long live the empress."
The emperor and the empress sat on the high throne amid the people's worship.
This was the first time that Yixiu was unable to concentrate on enjoying everyone's congratulations.
"Everyone, get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"The arrangement of today's banquet is really unique. Concubine Hua, you are very thoughtful."
Hua Fei stepped out in response, smiled ostentatiously, and saluted the emperor.
"Your Majesty, thank you for the compliment. I thought that since this is Princess Wen Yi's first birthday, this birthday should be special to show Your Majesty's love for Wen Yi."
"That's true. Wen Yi is well-behaved and cute. I think when Wen Yi grows up, she will remember everything you have done for her."
"Your Majesty, look at what you are saying. This is the birthday gift that you and I gave to Wen Yi." Concubine Hua took an account book and some drawings from Song Zhi behind her.
"Your Majesty, I came up with these novelties based on the wind wheel you gave me to decorate Wen Yi's birthday. Look, I have come up with all the ideas. As your father, shouldn't you express your appreciation?"
The Queen gritted her teeth at the sight of Concubine Hua's deep love for the Emperor.
"We agreed at the time that I would provide the ideas and Your Majesty would provide the money. Your Majesty, you must not break your promise."
"You are still as petty and unforgiving as you were when you first entered the palace. Can I owe you a little money? Su Peisheng!" The emperor couldn't get angry at all when he saw Concubine Hua's coquettish expression. Concubine Hua took all the credit for such a clever idea. It was just a little labor cost. He should pay for it.
Su Peisheng walked down the steps and took the account book from Concubine Hua's hand readily.
"Tomorrow, I will ask Huang Guiquan from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to give you the silver. This will save you from nagging me all the time."
"Your Majesty~" Concubine Hua threw a coquettish glance at the emperor.
The silver was not much, and Concubine Hua simply included the cost of giving two wind wheels to each palace sister.
But the Emperor's behavior of preparing a birthday gift for his child in front of all the clan relatives and Concubine Hua is too much like an ordinary couple in the folks. Concubine Hua is truly favored.
Even though the emperor had many favorite concubines around him, Concubine Hua's status remained unshakable.
Concubine Jing held Wen Yi and stood up, bowing and thanking her: "Your Majesty and Concubine Hua for their kindness. I would like to thank you on behalf of Wen Yi. When Wen Yi grows up, I will tell her about this and let her see how much her father and Concubine Hua love her."
Shen Meizhuang stroked her belly and said, "The emperor and Concubine Hua are so harmonious and harmonious. I really envy them. I don't know if the child in my belly will have such a blessing in the future."
"Look, Your Majesty! The baby is still in the belly, and Sister Mei has already started to fight for the baby's favor." Zhen Huan also joined in and made jokes.
Since Concubine Hua wants to perform well in this play, of course I have to do my part.