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Shen Dongsu thought about it and decided that it didn't matter whether Brother Xiao Pan helped King Wu to cause the death of the Crown Prince, or helped the Crown Prince to cause the death of King Wu.

As long as we can attract the attention of the people in Chang'an and prevent them from focusing on Youzhou, that will be enough.

We still need time to develop. At least we have to wait until the three small island countries on the sea are destroyed. Only then will she not fear anything and show the brilliant Youzhou to the people of the world.

In a blink of an eye, it was the day of the one-year-old birthday banquet. Shen Dongsu looked at the pair of jade pendants given by the emperor, which were engraved with the words "Hao" and "Jing" respectively. She was quite satisfied with the names of the twins.

She looked at the twins, boy and girl, wearing new red coats, and smiled as she hung two jade pendants around their necks. Well, they were wearing too many coats, so they looked like little penguins, with no necks at all.

He chuckled and said, "From now on, the brother is Ling Hao and the sister is Ling Jing. Remember your names!"

Xiaobao held the jade pendant and smiled sweetly at his mother, while Dabao habitually put his hands on it before putting his mouth on it. When he found that he couldn't chew it anymore, he started to chew it as a teething stick.

Ling Moxiao came over and held the child: "Let's go, the guests are here."

Shen Dongsu smiled and said, "You take Dabao to the outer hall, and I'll take Xiaobao to the flower hall." The outer hall is for male guests, and the flower hall is for female guests.

This time, Prince Ling personally sent out the invitation, and no family of the Northern Territory nobles dared not come. Not only did the head of the family come, but they also brought their wives and children.

Therefore, among all conspiracies, open conspiracy is the strongest.

When you are not strong enough, you need to use various means to convince others. When you are strong enough for others to look up to you, you don’t need to do anything, they will admit defeat on their own initiative.

The current Prince Ling was so powerful that the nobles in the northern border did not dare to think of becoming his enemy. Even those who secretly sided with the Crown Prince or the King of Wu did not dare to disobey Prince Ling openly.

In addition to the gentry, Shen Dongsu also invited officials and managers from Youzhou's local industries, such as the Mo Men, Wan Shu Ge, and Chamber of Commerce, and even several outstanding female officials and Master Bai.

This made the nobles very dissatisfied. They secretly despised Princess Ling for being unruly and allowing them, the noble children of the nobles, to sit at the same table with those lowly people!

Fortunately, due to the seating arrangement, they would not sit at the same table, but this still made them very unhappy.

If this happened at a banquet in Chang'an, all the nobles and gentry in Chang'an would despise it and leave in anger.

But in Youzhou City, where the gentry had no say at all, they could only swallow their anger.

They thought that Princess Ling was deliberately trying to disgust people, but they never thought that Shen Dongsu felt that it was unfair for her talented people to eat at the same table with this group of old pedants!

Ling Moxiao looked at Dabao and Xiaobao, and then he was unwilling to separate, so he carried one in each hand and left:

"Let's go to the outer hall together. After the week-end celebration, you can bring the baby back."

My twins are so adorable, of course I have to show them to the guests.

The work for both children at the full moon banquet is the same, grabbing the week. Then they can come back to eat and sleep.

Their father would discuss openly in the outer hall and secretly threaten the nobles, requiring all northern states to implement Youzhou laws, and at the same time talk about the matter of demarcating land in the northern border.

Their mothers were in the flower hall bringing goods to the ladies and noble ladies. The fashion show designed by Xie Qingzhi displayed this winter's trendy clothing, jewelry, handbags, perfumes, boots, skin care products and other women's products.

Then we persuaded these ladies to support the enclosure of land in Northern Xinjiang and showed them Northern Xinjiang's gems, precious medicinal materials, valuable furs and other items.

Even the dishes at the banquet were carefully designed by Shen Dongsu and Chen Luoxue in order to fully promote Youzhou's specialties.

In short, in this grand birthday party, our protagonist is only responsible for showing up.

Of course, Shen Dongsu would register the gifts she received and give them all to the children when they became adults.

I don’t want the gift money from my children!

The key point is that the father and mother used the one-year-old party as an excuse to achieve their own goals.

Well, if you think about it, having more children and holding more parties a year would also have its benefits.

Shen Dongsu followed Ling Moxiao's footsteps with a smile and wanted to take Xiaobao, but Ling Moxiao was unwilling and insisted on holding one in each hand.

He was also wearing a rare bright red coat today. Shen Dongsu's was also the same bright red as the baby's, with peonies embroidered with gold thread, which looked extremely luxurious.

Needless to say, this dress was given by Chef Jia. It seemed to be a routine for him to give Shen Dongsu a gorgeous dress every year.

In fact, giving gifts is very difficult. It is less troublesome to give fancy clothes every year like Chef Jia does.

The family of four were dressed like the mascots in New Year pictures. Ling Moxiao even specifically said that they should find a few more painters to make sure the family portrait was painted well.

Prince Ling, holding the child, no longer had the brutality he had on the battlefield, nor the tyranny that comes with being in a superior position. Instead, he was only elegant and noble, and had the joy of being a father for the first time.

At that moment, these aristocratic family heads really felt that Prince Ling had become kinder.

But soon they thought of the completely extinct Jeju Chen family, and everyone felt that their idea was ridiculous.

How could His Royal Highness Prince Ling, who is the true ruler of the entire northern territory, be merciful?

There is also Princess Ling. Today, Princess Ling is dressed in gorgeous clothes, has exquisite makeup, and is extremely beautiful.

The same elegant smile was completely different from the woman who stood on the city wall and ordered Chen Fang to be beheaded.

But think about everything she has done since coming to Youzhou, none of these aristocratic family heads dared to look down on this woman.

No matter how much people scolded her behind her back for not knowing the rules and being a peasant girl, no one dared to say a word against Princess Ling in front of others.

This is a woman who remains calm even in the face of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood!

The housekeeper quickly arranged the items for the one-year-old ceremony and spread a thick red carpet on the ground, with a total of 108 small items placed on the ground.

Shen Dongsu herself was dazzled, let alone the little ones.

She thought that the greedy eldest child would definitely choose the food, and the youngest child would probably choose the brighter colors.

I don't know why the ancients attached so much importance to the "Zhuazhou" ceremony. How could a child's future be determined at one year old?

Anyway, she doesn't care what the child grabs. It doesn't matter to her whether it's a seal symbolizing national destiny or an egg symbolizing food.

The elder brother caught first. Ling Moxiao put Dabao on the blanket and saw that although Dabao walked unsteadily, he could indeed walk.

This surprised the visitors. Princess Ling is indeed a miracle doctor. She has her own way of educating children. She has taken such good care of the child that the child can walk at only one year old!

In later times, it was common for children to be able to walk at one year old, but in this era, few children could walk so early.

I have been keeping this in mind. When I leave Youzhou, I will definitely go to the bookstore and buy a few parenting encyclopedias compiled by Princess Ling.

Dabao walked and laughed, and sat down in the middle, looking at this and touching that, and heard his father chuckle and say:

"Pick one."

Dabao grinned, revealing a few small white teeth. He stretched out his chubby little hand and grabbed a small wooden sword. The guests were about to say that the young prince would inherit his father's career and become the God of War of Great Xia.

The boy swiftly crawled to his father's feet. Ling Moxiao was bending down to hug him, but he saw him stuff the small wooden sword into his father's arms.

He turned around and grabbed another piece of beautiful jade, and this time put it into Shen Dongsu's arms.

The guests were all stunned until someone laughed out loud, and then everyone burst into laughter.

Mr. Pang laughed the most happily, holding his beard and saying, "This is the first time I've seen a child do the "Zhuazhou" ceremony like this!"

"Our little prince is extraordinary!"

As he was talking, Dabao grabbed another egg and this time gave it to his younger sister.

Shen Dongsu was about to stop this farce, but was stopped by Ling Moxiao, who said with a smile: "I want to see how much our little prince is going to catch."

Shen Linzhong ran over to tease him: "Dabao, catch one for your uncle too."

Dabao understood, and with a smile he grabbed a book tied with a red string and handed it to his uncle.

Shen Linzhong said with a bitter face: "It's better to give this to your younger uncle. My older uncle gets sleepy when he reads!"

The guests laughed even more happily, and then Dabao saw Mr. Pang who was laughing the loudest. This was Mr. Pang, whom he knew well and who often came to their house.

Dabao quickly grabbed a piece of cake and walked towards Mr. Pang. Mr. Pang was overjoyed and hurriedly squatted down to answer: "Oh, the young prince is still thinking about me!"

The front hall was so lively that it attracted some female guests from the flower hall.

Although men and women were required to sit at different seats in this era, it was not so strict that unmarried men and women could not meet each other. Young noble ladies came in groups of three or five to watch the fun.

Dabao loves the hustle and bustle, and he has Shen Dongsu's potential to be a crowd-pleaser. Seeing everyone so happy, he became even happier. He would grab something and put it in the hands of anyone who reached out.

What was stuffed into Li Nianyu's mouth was a box of rouge, which made him speechless: "Little Prince, give me another one, this is useless to me!"

Shen Linzhong was quick to exchange his book for Li Nianyu's rouge: "Don't give it to me."

Li Nianyu was confused: "What do you want this for?"

Shen Linzhong quickly glanced at Chen Luoxue behind Shen Dongsu, and coincidentally the other party was also looking at him. When their eyes met, both of them blushed.

There was a person in the crowd who was anxious and wanted to step forward to join in the fun and ask the young prince for something, but he was afraid of Princess Ling, so he could only stand there and stare.

It was Chen Xingyao. Although he was punished by King Ling to open up wasteland outside the city, he was still an imperial envoy after all, so it was impossible not to invite him to such a grand banquet.

The noisy ceremony of grabbing the first birthday took nearly half an hour to end. Dabao insisted on giving away all the things before returning to his father's arms, twisting his chubby butt like a little penguin.

Fortunately, the housekeeper had anticipated various accidents, but he expected that Xiaobao would have his one-year-old birthday celebration at the female guest's place, so he prepared double portions of everything.

Amid the guests' laughter, it was Xiaobao's turn to perform. The little girl was much more reserved, but Xiaobao was as adorable as a little kid, and her pair of dimples were especially sweet when she smiled.

The guests' hearts melted when they saw her, especially the female guests, who all said that the little princess was so cute and well-behaved.

Ling Moxiao was very satisfied, this was exactly the effect he wanted. Dong Su raised the twins so well, of course she wanted everyone to see it.

He personally carried Xiaobao to the red carpet and said gently, "Dear Xiaobao, come and choose one."

The ladies blushed and their hearts beat fast when they heard this. This was the first time they had seen His Royal Highness Prince Ling being so gentle!

However, when they looked at those female officials again, they immediately gave up the idea of ​​marrying Prince Ling as a concubine. Prince Ling didn't even want the noble ladies given by the Queen Mother, so how could he take them in?

Xiaobao obediently picked only one thing, which was a small toy sextant. Only a few people present recognized this thing, and everyone else thought it was a new toy made by Princess Ling for her child.

Xiaobao took the toy and lay in his father's arms with a shy smile, totally unlike his brother's vigorous posture.

Ling Moxiao said to Dong Su proudly: "It seems that our little princess wants to ride the wind and waves!"

Shen Dongsu took the child with a smile: "As long as she likes it, I support her in whatever she does."

Ling Moxiao looked at Xiaobao's innocent smile, then at the sextant, and thought to himself, as a father, I must destroy all the enemies on the sea before you reach the age of 15!

From now on, my little princess will be able to go to any sea area she wants without any obstacles.

Shen Dongsu brought the twins to the flower hall again and showed up. They didn't sit there for too long. She didn't like taking her children to crowded places, and they had already stayed in the front hall for too long.

When she returned to the bedroom, the maids and nannies were laughing about the one-year-old ceremony, and asked Yuejian what the young prince had given her.

Yue Jian smiled and opened her arms. Da Bao actually pulled her out from behind the princess and stuffed a pearl flower into her pocket.

Yue Jian was playing with the pearl flowers and couldn't help but think of Jia Si. If he was here today, what would Da Bao give him?

The two children tossed around in the living room for too long, and when they came back they fell asleep after drinking milk.

Dong Su left Yue Jian to watch over the place while she went to the flower hall to entertain the female guests.

Chen Luoxue and Xie Qingzhi were waiting outside the door. They both said confidently, "We must sell at least 10 million taels today!"

Shen Dongsu tried to hold back his laughter. Am I the one who started the sales model of this era?

The twins' first birthday party was not held for one day, but for three days. Of course, the twins did not show up for the last two days. It was simply an excuse for Prince Ling to keep the guests in the palace.

Dayou has the attitude that if nothing can be agreed upon, the banquet will go on forever.

The heads of the families were detained in the palace, but the noble men and women were free, and they toured Youzhou City for three days.

It is no exaggeration to say that their view of Youzhou today is the same as the reaction of the refugees who have hidden in the mountains for decades when they first arrived in Youzhou.

According to Chen Luoxue, the ladies and rich ladies’ favorite thing to do is to visit Sifang City. I wonder how they have such good physical strength?

Normally I take a breath after every three steps, but when I was strolling around Sifang City, I could walk around for a whole day without ever feeling tired.

Sifang City is really too attractive for women. In addition to the dazzling array of jewelry and clothes, there are all kinds of exquisite utensils, gems and jade.

There are also delicacies and snacks from all over the world. When you are tired of shopping, you can just find a teahouse and eat delicacies that are not available in other states.

What attracted them even more was Youzhou's unique beauty salons. These women knew that there were also stores specializing in hair care, skin care, and hot spring therapy.

This shop is extremely high-end, with luxurious interior decoration, and only female clerks. They attach great importance to privacy, but the prices are extremely expensive.

However, a middle-aged lady tried it and felt that after buying it, she felt ten years younger and thought it was worth the money!

If my home wasn’t too far from Youzhou, I would really like to come here every now and then.

Li Nianyu said that this year, what the nobles liked most was not valley skiing. In the past, when the nobles came to Youzhou, they would definitely experience Chen Li's valley gliding.

What attracted them this year was riding on a horse-drawn tram.

That's right, take the horse-drawn carriage that is specifically used to transport coal to the base.