Xiyan said happily, while pulling Bei Mingchen to a corner of the yard, leading him to the place where the Green Baby Lotus grew. Following the direction of her finger, he saw the silently blooming green baby lotus.
of Green Baby Lotus.
Although that flower grows in a very remote place, it still cannot hide its beauty.
"This flower looks very beautiful. What's its name?"
Bei Mingchen was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help praising the beauty of that flower. He stared at the green baby lotus blooming in a corner, and slowly asked Miss Xiyan there.
"Qingyinglian." Xiyan answered without hesitation.
Qingyinglian? Bei Mingchen was startled, his eyes narrowed slightly, and then opened again.
He vaguely remembered where he had heard of this variety. It was because this variety was so rare that ordinary people didn't even have the chance to see this variety, let alone see it bloom. He never imagined that Miss Xiyan could actually grow it.
There is such a variety.
"That's very good. Miss Xiyan is interested."
The imperial grandmother must like such a gift very much, Bei Mingchen thought silently in his heart.
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Six days passed quickly, and the Queen Mother's birthday also arrived. On this day, the streets in the capital were decorated with a very festive look, which seemed to be the usual way of celebrating the new year.
Xiyan prepared the stunning gift the day before her birthday party, and left Prince Xiao's Mansion with the Green Baby Lotus.
She just wore the new clothes Bei Mingchen specially prepared for her and followed Bei Mingchen to the palace.
The decoration in the palace is really eye-catching. Every place is extremely luxurious. All the concubines in the palace are wearing auspicious clothes that are only worn on formal and solemn occasions.
And the Queen Mother was even more dressed up to attend.
Although the Queen Mother is now sixty years old, her complexion still looks so good. These things today made her very satisfied. She was in a great mood, smiling from ear to ear, wearing a large and complicated birthday dress.
.The gorgeous diamond headband, matched with the auspicious clothes embroidered with gold thread, is definitely the most shining presence in the audience.
This is the Queen Mother's sixtieth birthday, so it is natural to make it more festive and lively. All the princes, grandsons and nobles are invited to attend this birthday banquet.
The royal family and nobles came to attend this grand birthday banquet, so naturally they couldn't come empty-handed. When everyone came here, the first thing they did was to present their carefully prepared gifts to the Queen Mother.
The Song family, as important officials of the imperial court, were naturally invited to attend this birthday party, and Song Jinse packed up early in the morning and came to the palace.
"My daughter Song Jinse, I present you with a red agate bracelet. I wish the Queen Mother a long and healthy life."
After entering the lobby, Song Jinse first walked to the Queen Mother, gave her a big gift, and then took out the gift she had carefully prepared.
"Okay, okay, that's great, good boy, hurry up and take your seat!"
The Queen Mother kept talking there, asking her to get up quickly. She looked at Song Jinse kindly and couldn't help but sigh.
"You have grown so big. I remember the last time I saw you, you were still a child."
"Yes, more than ten years have passed in the blink of an eye. It is my honor for the Queen Mother to still remember my daughter." Song Jinse replied hurriedly.
Today was a big day. There was an endless stream of guests in the palace, and the two of them were not allowed to talk too much. No, after a while, another guest came.
This time, the third prince, Bei Mingyu, came.
"Royal Grandma," he called eagerly as soon as he entered the lobby. As he spoke, he continued to stride forward.
"Hey, good boy." The Queen Mother said repeatedly.
"My grandson wishes the imperial grandmother to be as blessed as the East Sea and live as long as the Southern Mountains."
When Bei Mingyu walked to the Queen Mother, he stopped and said blessings. After saying that, he clapped his hands gently, and two servants came up carrying a gift box.
He then explained there: "I know that the emperor's grandmother has always liked poems, songs, and other things, so my grandson specially prepared a beautiful landscape painting for the emperor's grandmother this time. I hope the emperor's grandmother will like it."
While Bei Mingyu was explaining there, the two servants slowly opened the scroll. At this moment, the Queen Mother was looking at the painting intently.
It was an exquisite splash-ink landscape painting. Although the colors were very simple, with the whole painting mainly composed of cyan, black and white, the lines of the painting were drawn so perfectly.
Every detail of the landscape painting is drawn with such care, even the smoke in the distance seems to give people a realistic feeling, as if they are being brought into the landscape painting all of a sudden.
"Haha, I like it, I like it. Aijia likes it very much. Go and put that painting away."
The Queen Mother spoke happily. As she spoke, she waved her hand and motioned for Bei Mingyu to sit down quickly.
…
Not long after, the eighth prince Bei Minglang also arrived at the banquet.
"See the Imperial Grandmother. My grandson wishes the Imperial Grandmother a hundred years of peace, health and longevity."
As soon as Bei Minglang walked into the hall, he kept talking. He hurriedly signaled the servants to quickly carry the gifts to the imperial grandmother.
"My grandson knew that the emperor's grandmother had always fasted and chanted Buddha's name, so he specially found several skilled craftsmen to use the best wood to carve this Buddha statue for the emperor's grandmother overnight. This wood also has a soothing effect. The emperor
Grandma puts it in the house, and it will surely give her good dreams every night."
Bei Minglang explained carefully there, talking about the reason why he gave this gift and his good intentions.
"Well, the children are so attentive, and the Ai family will have good dreams every night."
…
Guests continued to come to the palace, and the Queen Mother's place was also very lively.
…
Up to now, among all the princes, only the fifth prince, Bei Mingchen, has not come yet. Xiyan thought that they had set off early enough, but she did not expect that when they arrived, the palace was already full of guests.
Already.
It is said that the road in the palace is really winding and not easy to find at all. Fortunately, Bei Mingchen is familiar with the situation here, so he led Xiyan and walked forward in stride.
In just a quarter of an hour, the two of them walked from the gate of the palace to the scene of the Queen Mother's birthday banquet. When the two of them arrived there, most of the guests were already seated, and the Holy Emperor and the Queen had also arrived.
Arrive at the birthday party.
"My grandson wishes the imperial grandmother to live as long as the everlasting pine trees in Nanshan Mountain and to be as blessed as the ever-flowing waters of the East China Sea."
As soon as he entered, Bei Mingchen hurriedly said the blessings he had thought up early. There he congratulated the emperor's grandmother on her happy birthday.
"Okay, good boy." The Queen Mother said happily.
"Chen'er, what have you prepared for the Imperial Grandmother?" the Queen asked Bei Mingchen leisurely.
Bei Mingchen slowly turned around, winked at Miss Xiyan, and motioned for her to go and present such a gift. After all, she had prepared this gift by herself, and she knew it best.
"Reporting to the Queen Mother, Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, this is the gift prepared by Prince Xiao for the Queen Mother."
Xiyan waved her hand, and a servant carefully held a flowerpot and walked in front of everyone. She slowly opened the gauze covering the flowerpot, and a beautiful lotus came into view.
The bonsai looks so delicate, and the lotus looks particularly beautiful against the cloud baby flowers next to it.
Everyone stared at the lotus in stunned silence, not only because of its beauty, but also because they never imagined that in this cold winter, in addition to admiring the plum blossoms in the yard, they would be lucky enough to see them.
Such a lotus.
At this moment, the Queen Mother was also looking at the lotus with intent, with a faint smile on her face. It could be seen that the Queen Mother was really happy, and her smile looked very innocent, as if she had returned to her young girl.
The times are the same.
"This, this flower is the Green Baby Lotus?"
The Queen Mother asked leisurely, her eyes still looking at the flower intently, her expression slightly dazed.
"The Queen Mother is wise. This flower is the Green Baby Lotus. Prince Xiao presented this flower to wish the Queen Mother eternal youth."
Xiyan hurriedly explained there, talking about their intention in preparing such a gift.
"This little girl is really good at talking." The Queen Mother couldn't help but smile even happier and couldn't help praising Miss Xiyan.
"Thank you, Queen Mother, for the compliment. This is exactly what the prince meant." Xiyan said hurriedly and politely.
"It's really Qingyinglian."
The Queen Mother murmured to herself. She waved her hand gently, signaling the servants to lift the pot of flowers in front of her.
She looked at the pot of flowers carefully, and slowly told everyone there, talking about the Green Baby Lotus, there was an unknown past, when she was just a young and pure girl.
"When the late Emperor was here, the Ai family and the late Emperor once saw the Green Baby Lotus. Unfortunately, it was a pity that we could only take a look at it from a distance. The flower was really difficult to grow. I never expected that I would be lucky enough to see it again today.
Such flowers."
"As long as Grandma Huang likes it." Bei Mingchen kept saying there, with a little pride in his eyes.
"I like it, I like it. The Ai family likes the gift you gave me very much."
The Queen Mother looked at the exquisite potted plant there and smiled from ear to ear. She was so happy. She even forgot that the Fifth Prince and the others were still standing below.
Finally, the queen waved her hands to them and motioned them to sit down quickly.
Simply, Bei Mingchen took Miss Xiyan to the seat prepared for them in advance, and Miss Xiyan sat quietly next to Bei Mingchen.
The palace was very majestic, and there were countless rules at such a banquet. Xiyan was careful every step she took, for fear of accidentally doing something wrong.
It wasn't until she sat on that seat that she breathed a sigh of relief, and then she dared to look around at this glorious hall. She looked around quietly, looking at the dignitaries who came to attend the banquet today.
With other princes.
However, what made her most curious was the empty seat next to Bei Mingchen!