Adore Trick of Beauty

Nie Wushuang smiled slightly and was not upset: My sister was wrong. The second prince is indeed different. She said it calmly and seemed to have other meanings, but Concubine Shu choked up like a fish after hearing this. , I can't swallow the unhappiness in my heart, and I can't spit it out. I can only pretend not to hear everything.

Nie Wushuang said something else, and then a smile gradually appeared on Concubine Shu's face. After a while, a chamberlain hurriedly came in and reported: The Emperor and the Queen have arrived——

Everyone stood up to greet him, and Concubine Shu came forward to greet him with the second prince in her arms. The emperor and the queen, wearing bright yellow court clothes, walked in together.

Concubine Shu diligently stepped forward and blessed her with a smile: I respectfully welcome the Emperor and the Queen. Long live the Emperor, and a thousand live the Queen.

Xiao Fengming stepped forward and helped her up with a smile, looking at the second prince in her arms with a pair of deep eyes: Thank you for your hard work, Qing'er. The second prince has been raised very well.

A flash of joy flashed across Concubine Shu's face, but she said humbly: Your Majesty is so complimentary. This is what I should do.

With a decent and dignified face, the queen smiled at Xiao Fengming and said, I also like this second prince. The cleverness on his face is not much worse than that of Yi Xuan.

Xiao Fengming nodded and said, Yes, Yi Xuan was so beautiful when she was a hundred days old. As he spoke, a loving father's tenderness flashed across his face. Concubine Shu's face darkened slightly when she heard this.

Originally, the purpose of dressing up the second prince carefully and hosting this hundred-day banquet was to attract the emperor's attention, but the queen succeeded in reminding the emperor of the eldest prince with just one word. This tone...

Concubine Shu was unhappy in her heart, but she had finally mastered her self-restraint, and said with a smile: Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please——

Xiao Fengming and the empress sat on the main seat. At this time, a ceremony official came forward. He first recited a prayer that had been written long ago, and then a gray-bearded ceremony official came forward to remove the fetal hair from the second prince's head. Then the emperor ordered his servants to read out the imperial edict to name the second prince.

Xiao Fengming named the second prince Xiao Yihan. Concubine Shu was overjoyed that Han had a great meaning and thanked her hurriedly.

Step by step, it is grand but not without royal nobility. After the emperor's imperial edict was given, Concubine Shu bowed to the second prince three times to accept the order, and then the guests presented their own 100th birthday gifts. Concubine Shu held the second prince in her arms and, with a smile on her face, accepted the family members of the clan and the palace. Congratulatory gifts from the concubines.

Nie Wushuang presented her with a pair of fine mutton-fat jade pendants, and Xiao Fengming gave her the pen, ink, paper and inkstone produced in Gan County of Qi State as a tribute to the royal family of Qi State, which symbolized the literary talent of the second prince in the future. Ya Chongrong presented two sets of children's clothes made by himself, as well as several Ruyi golden nudes and other children's toys.

There were also many members of the royal family and family members who presented generous gifts one by one, to name a few. The smile on Concubine Shu's face almost froze, and she reluctantly accepted it all.

When the Hundred Days Banquet started, Nie Wushuang sat under the queen. The queen took a few bites and ate very little. From time to time, a pair of phoenix eyes stared at the second prince who was being held by the wet nurse behind Concubine Shu. Xiao Fengming had state affairs to attend to, so he ate a few bites and left in a hurry. Since there was no emperor present at the 100-day banquet, the sects and palace concubines felt much more relaxed and began to joke. Concubine Shu was so beautiful that she naturally went down to say hello. The queen plucked the pearl balls in the bowl and looked at Concubine Shu's figure in flowers, with a slight sneer on her lips.

Nie Wushuang glanced quietly and said with a smile: Queen, the food is not to your taste?

The queen withdrew her gaze and glanced at her lightly: How could it be possible? Don't you know, sister Xian Fei? This dish costs a hundred taels of silver, which is enough to feed a wealthy farmer's family for a year.

As she spoke, she picked up the pearl meatballs in the bowl, picked one and handed it to her eyes: Sister Xian Fei, guess what these meatballs are made of? Nie Wushuang looked at it, and she didn't know what kind of fish meat the pearl meatballs were made of. It was crystal clear, chewy, and tasted very delicious. She couldn't help but eat a few pieces just now, but she really didn't know what kind of fish it was.

This is made from the flesh of a kind of 'whitebait' from the South China Sea. The queen said, throwing the meatballs back into the jade bowl, with a sneer on her lips: This kind of 'whitebait' lives in the deep sea. Needless to say, fishermen like this kind of fish live in the deep sea. It is difficult to catch. Even if it is caught, it must be raised in seawater and the water should be changed every day. It takes ten days and a half months to travel from Nanhai to Yingjing by water. Needless to say, there is no luck on this journey. It is just a bumpy road. These ten whitebait are lucky. I’m going to kill nine when I get to Yingjing. I don’t know how many fresh whitebait are needed to make this plate of pearl meatballs.”

Nie Wushuang heard the empress rarely open her mouth to explain in detail, and suddenly remembered what she had seen along the way to Qi State, where people died of hunger everywhere. She couldn't help but feel sad and blurted out: It is indeed too wasteful.

The queen took the wet handkerchief handed to her by the maid behind her and wiped her mouth gently: This plate of pearl meatballs is still the most common dish on this table. Sister Xianfei, look at the 'Dragon and Tiger Fight', and The 'Emerald Ruyi Soup' is all rare treasures, but when I think that these are all Xuehuahua's money, alas... The emperor still asks me to be frugal every day, but I just can't eat it.

The Queen and Nie Wushuang sat at the top, far away from the people below, and their voices were quiet, so there was no need to worry about anyone hearing them. Seeing the Queen talking to Nie Wushuang, Concubine Jing came over and said with a smile: What is the Queen talking about? Let me join in the fun.

The queen glanced at her and half-smiled: I'm talking about how well Sister Concubine Shu hosted the 100-day banquet. By the way, Sister Concubine Jing, how did you manage Yuying's 100-day banquet? Life was too much. It’s been a long time since I forgot about it.”

Concubine Jing thought about it and felt slightly sad: There was a war at the border at that time, and the emperor was leading his troops to fight. Ying'er's hundred-day banquet was just a hasty meal.

The queen sighed: Yes, I think Xuan'er's 100-day banquet was not so lively back then. She said and took a sip of the thin wine.

Nie Wushuang looked at the expressions on the faces of the Queen and Concubine Jing, and lowered her head.

He looked at it and smiled secretly in his heart: No wonder the queen couldn't eat it. It turned out that it wasn't because she felt sorry for Concubine Shu that she spent a lot of money, but because she was unhappy with Concubine Shu for making the event so lively and grand. The eldest prince and the infant second prince were still ignorant and immature, and the two mothers had already begun to secretly fight with each other.

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