The dishes were served one after another, and the food boxes were specially designed to keep warm. Therefore, when the dishes were served, they were not as cold as in previous years, but were still steaming.
In the center is the hard-working performance of the palace musicians, who have been rehearsing for a whole year for today's birthday banquet.
Even Su Yueling, who is used to seeing high-level performances, has to admit that the level of this performance is indeed the highest level. Especially the water sleeve dance, which has both strength and softness. Those musicians may not be the most beautiful, but when they are in
When she dances gracefully on top, she exudes the aura that only a peerless beauty can have.
Su Yueling watched it with gusto. Compared to the ladies around her who were still digesting the big news, she was the one who was enjoying it without any distractions.
Even if Yuan Suijun becomes the king of the county, he will still be the Yuan Suijun she knows, and his attitude and behavior will not change because of this. How he lived in the past is still how he lives now.
After each of the wonderful performances comes to an end, the highlight of the birthday banquet comes - the chamberlain will read out the birthday gifts delivered to you.
If the emperor particularly likes it, he will also give additional rewards.
The first thing to be read out was the birthday gift presented by officials from other places (not just any local official is qualified to prepare gifts). The most eye-catching thing here is naturally the dragon-shaped pine tree.
The emperor obviously liked this gift very much and even showed it in front of others.
Su Yueling could see clearly because of her position in the front. The pine tree was indeed growing well, especially the power of the dragon.
Next it was the turn of the royal family and relatives...
The birthday gifts prepared by the two princes are all rich and expensive, including gemstone bonsais with sapphire leaves and amber fruits, a large screen with colorful birthday pictures, a white jade bonsai with a fairy holding a peach, a nine-foot-tall pure gold Buddha statue, a complete set of glass bottles...
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Su Yueling calculated that the birthday gifts prepared by these two princes were worth more than 200,000 taels, which can be said to be a huge hemorrhage. Fortunately, the usual birthday banquet does not need to be so grand, and it only happens once every ten years, otherwise
No matter how rich these two princes' palaces are, they cannot afford this annual birthday banquet.
The gifts from the two princes were placed there, which immediately calmed everyone down and raised the threshold of the gifts.
Rong Ji couldn't help but said: "The two imperial uncles are serious about it. There is no need to spend so much money next time."
King Nan said: "The emperor's birthday banquet cannot be ignored."
Although they are the emperor's elders, they have to behave when they should. Seeing that they are so sensible, the emperor will also give their family face and give some extra grace to his descendants.
At their age, they have enjoyed everything, and now they are undoubtedly worried about the future of their children and grandchildren.
Princess Zhen immediately breathed a sigh of relief. According to her status, the birthday gifts to be read out next were those of Yuan Suijun and his wife. The birthday gifts prepared by their palace were all rare and rare treasures, but the birthday gifts given by these two princes were too expensive.
All of them were compared. Those who ranked behind the two princes would naturally suffer a loss and would directly compare them. If they were too shabby, they would definitely be laughed at. Now Su Yueling and the others are in the lead.
Su Yueling and Yuan Suijun have such little background, how can they prepare such a good birthday gift? They can't give out the daily rewards from the emperor and the queen mother, right?
Thinking of this, Princess Zhen was filled with anticipation. She couldn't help but glance at Su Yueling, waiting to see their family's joke.
The two princes and queens are indeed the Yuan family's turn.
The birthday gifts from the first two Qin Palaces were too much for five people to carry. They were placed there like a hill. The gemstones were so dazzling that people couldn't take their eyes away.
It was Yuan Suijun and Su Yueling's turn. Everyone present saw the two chamberlains holding a box in each hand. One box was slightly larger, but judging from the size, it couldn't even hold a bonsai. The other box was called a small one.
The makeup boxes for hairpins in their homes are bigger than this.
Everyone was stunned. Is this the birthday gift prepared by the couple?
Isn't this really a joke?
In the dead silence, the chamberlain read out the birthday ceremony.
"The birthday gift paid by Princess Wei's mansion is: two bottles of wine and one prescription."
wine……
The brewing method of this wine has always been in the hands of other countries. The wine that occasionally spreads to Daxia can be sold for a high price of more than a thousand taels per bottle.
But even ten bottles of wine are not as good as the gem bonsai presented by King Nan.
Su Yueling's voice was clear and crisp, "Your Majesty, this wine is brewed by our own house. It tastes ten times better than foreign wine."
Ten times is already a modest statement. Su Yueling's wine is better than the most high-end wines in modern times, let alone the wines of this era.
She also drank wine from this era - not even comparable to modern wines that cost tens of dollars per bottle. She took a sip of the wine and poured it down.
"Are you serious?" Rong Ji knew that Su Yueling was always picky and never exaggerated. If she said more than ten times, it must be more than ten times.
He even opened the box himself, and it happened that King Nan had given him a set of glass cups. The maid cleaned the cups and brought them up.
As soon as the wine was opened, the mellow and charming aroma filled the air. All the people sitting near the front could smell it, and their eyes couldn't help but light up. Just by smelling this smell, they knew that this wine was not ordinary.
The wine poured into the glass is like bright red blood, pure and translucent in color, more attractive than the finest gemstones.
Rong Ji took a sip and his eyebrows widened. He felt that the wines he had drunk before were not worthy of the wine he gave Su Yueling.
"Okay! This wine is the best I have ever tasted in my life. It is much better than the previous wines."
He looked at Su Yueling and said with emotion: "This is not only better than ten times, it is clearly a hundred times better."
His words directly raised everyone's curiosity to the highest level. Everyone stared at the two bottles of wine with keen eyes - they were both opened, could they also try it?
King Nan coughed slightly and looked at the emperor expectantly.
Normally, Rong Ji would definitely grant his wish. But thinking that there were only two bottles of wine... he could only pretend that he didn't see it and ordered: "Put these two bottles away and put them in my bedroom."
When the birthday banquet is over, he will have a good taste.
The emperor's attitude fell into the eyes of everyone, making everyone more and more curious - I really want to drink it. It's better than a hundred times the wine... How did Su Yueling make it?
At this time, no one thought that the princess's mansion's gift was shabby. Even if they could find the best and most expensive jade bonsai, they still couldn't get more than a hundred times the wine.
Rong Ji's expectations have been raised by the wine, which leads to the second gift, which he plans to open personally.
He opened the box and saw several pieces of paper in it.
Rong Ji picked up the paper and petrified it on the spot. This chapter has been completed!