After I traveled through the book, I was spoiled by five little villains

Nanny Deng's hand skills are very good. After only pressing for a short while, Qin Yaoguang felt that his right hand, which was sore from holding the pen, became comfortable.

It is really not convenient to use a brush to make a draft.

She answered Nanny Deng's question first, saying, "It is precisely because he is an outsider that I want to use him. The forces in the mansion are intertwined and complicated. No matter who I use, there will be many ties behind the scenes. It is better to use someone who can only rely on me."

He has no one to rely on and must be faithful.

Madam Deng was surprised for a moment, then showed a look of admiration: "As expected of His Highness, you have thought it through thoroughly."

Why didn't she think of it?

"But, Your Highness, do you think he is capable of doing the job?" Nanny Deng asked again.

Qin Yaoguang smiled faintly and said, "If he can't, I will just spend more time to find another one."

She gave Zeng Xiangjin a chance, and if he couldn't suppress it, it meant he was not capable enough.

Qin Yaoguang turned her attention back to the draft in front of her and asked, "Mammy, do you know where I can buy graphite?"

"graphite?"

Aunt Deng was surprised and asked, "Why did your Highness think of graphite? It is a tool used by carpenters to draw lines."

Qin Yaoguang just asked casually, but she didn't expect that there would be a result. She immediately said happily: "What tool? Find it for me, it may be of great use."

She looked at the paintings hidden in the princess's mansion and the precious paintings hung on the wall. They were all ink paintings with elegant colors, divided into two categories: freehand and detailed.

If she wanted to present a painting of "Eight Immortals Celebrating Birthday" that the Empress Dowager would love, she had to be different and use her skilled modern painting techniques.

Due to the raw materials, oil painting is not possible for the time being, but she can incorporate sketching techniques to make the characters more lifelike and the scenes more realistic.

The prerequisite is that she must have a pencil!

However, she was not a science student and only knew that the most important material for pencil lead was graphite, but she was completely clueless about the rest.

It doesn’t matter. She is the rich and powerful princess. She will find the graphite first and then let the craftsmen develop it.

Making a pencil is not a very complicated thing. Before she came here, she had seen a tutorial on how to make your own pencil in a book. But she didn't believe that she couldn't make it.

After giving the order, Guyu came to report with a smile: "Your Highness, would you like to have the 'Hundred Flowers Banquet' for lunch? The kitchen has prepared a few dishes and I specially asked this servant to taste them. They tasted good."

Hundred Flowers Banquet?

Qin Yaoguang then remembered the nonsense excuse she made up to ask Guyu to pick flowers in Chuntang Garden.

She just didn't want to see the Xiao mother and daughter living too comfortably, but she didn't expect it to be taken as a request and someone actually took it seriously.

At this time, Qin Yaoguang truly felt the weight of the three words "Princess". It meant that even if she said something casually, it would be seriously executed.

While she felt a little secretly happy, she also felt more responsible.

No wonder the emperor is called “the one with the golden mouth and jade words”; when one’s power reaches a certain level, one must be careful in what he says and does.

Thinking about it this way, those five children must have suffered much more than she knew.

The entire princess's mansion acted according to her mood. When she didn't like these five children, there would naturally be servants who knew her mind and bullied them to please her.

Thinking of this, she felt an infinite love in her heart: "Go. Go to the Wind-Chasing Courtyard and call all the children over to have this 'Hundred Flowers Feast' together!"

If she had said this a few days ago, Guyu would probably have thought she was crazy.

However, at this moment, with the previous preparation, it feels natural and does not seem abrupt.

Nanny Deng has always advocated treating children well.

Apart from other things, the Prince Consort has not been back to Beijing for ten years, but he will come back one day. When that time comes, if he can see the loving mother and filial son, it will help the couple to cultivate their relationship.

The sun was shining brightly today, so Nanny Deng prepared lunch in the open pavilion.

Under the colorful glazed tiles, layers of drooping green gauze curtains are blown by the autumn wind, with delicate and small golden bells hanging at the hem, making pleasant sounds in the wind.

There are a few plum blossoms in the floor-standing blue and white landscape plum vase, and the bronze auspicious beast incense burner emits wisps of green smoke and a faint fragrance.

After turning around a gold-woven screen, I saw a Huanghuali Eight Immortals Table decorated with exquisite dishes made of fresh flowers, with servants standing on both sides with their hands hanging down.

With a "slurp", Lao Wu sucked back the saliva that was flowing out.

The fourth brother secretly pinched his palm, and the fifth brother quickly straightened his expression and stood on tiptoe to look at the dining table.

Not only him, but also the third brother who was finally able to get out of bed and walk today couldn't help but take a few more glances when he saw such a beautiful table of food.

The eldest brother had the word "happy" written on his face without any concealment.

He is the oldest in the Feng Zhuyuan, and has always taken on the responsibility of being the eldest brother, taking care of his younger brothers and sisters. Now that life is getting better day by day, how can he not be happy?

Only the second brother had no special expression on his face.

They didn't have to wait long. After a while, there was a tinkling sound of bells and pendants, and Qin Yaoguang arrived.

After the five people bowed and greeted each other, she sat down first, and then they sat down one after another.

Among the four children above, the youngest, the fourth child, is also ten years old. Although their heights vary, they are all much taller than the fifth child.

Lao Wu sat on a carved yellow rosewood chair, with short arms and legs, unable to step on the ground or reach the food. But he sat obediently, staring at the dish of crab roe and chrysanthemum petals and shrimps closest to him, with a string of crystal saliva dripping from the corner of his mouth.

Qin Yaoguang looked at him and her heart was almost melted by him!

"Move the chair closer," she ordered repeatedly, "and get a footstool so Xiaowu can stand firmly! Be careful, and give Xiaowu whatever he likes."

Lao Wu was flattered for a while, but when he stepped on the wooden stool and a bowl of crystal clear osmanthus porridge was placed in front of him and a thin porcelain plate was piled full of dishes, he ignored everything else and started to eat.

Seeing that he was enjoying his meal, the atmosphere in the whole pavilion became very relaxed.

Although it was quiet and no one was talking, the meal felt like a family affair.

The kitchen put a lot of thought into using fresh flowers in dishes, drawing on cooking methods from the south to make this "hundred flowers banquet" particularly exquisite and delicious. Qin Yaoguang was also very satisfied with the meal.

Putting down the chopsticks, Qin Yaoguang asked Guyu to add chrysanthemum tea to everyone's cup and said with a smile: "You all know that starting from tomorrow, Mrs. Zhou will come to Zhufeng Courtyard to teach you how to read and write."

The five children nodded.

She added: "When you learn to read and understand the principles of life, you should know that boys and girls should not sit at the same table when they are seven years old."

Qin Yaoguang looked at the fourth child and said, "You are all grown up. As a girl, you can't hang out with a bunch of boys all day. I was trying to train you in the past, but from now on you should all be more polite and courteous."

As soon as she said this, the atmosphere in the pavilion became tense.

The four boys looked at her nervously, then at the fourth boy, and the third boy slowly reached for the silver dagger next to the roasted suckling piglet used to share the flowers.