Chapter 48 The Queen Mother's Birthday Banquet is Coming
As the ruler of a country, Sikong Yan desperately hopes that his body can get better soon.
During this time, he also turned over the cards of other concubines according to Shen Chaoyan's suggestion.
But——
when those women approached him, he not only did not react, but also felt disgusted and nauseous.
Time and time again, he was extremely sure that the only person who could make him emotional was Shen Chaoyan!
When he saw her, he would involuntarily want to get close to her, and it would be best if he could stick to her tightly.
However——
things did not go as he wished.
Sikong Yan said harsh words, but when they really had to go to the battlefield with real swords and guns, Shen Chaoyan's eyes, as if filled with spring water, looked at him eagerly, but the words she said were as if she was ready to die.
"Your Majesty, please do not pity me just because I am a delicate flower! Even if I have shadows on grilled sausage, bacon sausage, ham sausage, red sausage, blood sausage, and glutinous rice sausage in the future, and everything I eat is not tasty, it has absolutely nothing to do with you! If I die of hunger one day, you don't need to have a psychological burden. There are thousands of beauties in Daxia. If this one doesn't work, we can change it!"
Sikong Yan looked at Shen Chaoyan who was pouting and aggrieved, and he couldn't bear to let her do this.
I thought she was so unrestrained, but now it seems that she is afraid of real swords and guns, and is just a mouth cannon.
"I won't change, I want you."
"Ah?"
So, is she destined to not escape this disaster tonight?
If she kicks the tyrant off the bed at this time, will she be beaten to death?
Shen Chaoyan was struggling with which foot she should use to kick Sikong Yan down so as to appear more natural and more like an accident. She had already been pulled into a broad and warm embrace.
What was going on?
Did the tyrant see through her plan?
Just as she was in doubt, a man's hoarse voice came from above her head, "Go to sleep."
Are you going to sleep now?
Did the tyrant suddenly become ill, or did her beauty trap work?
No matter what, as long as she could escape.
How could she know that Sikong Yan would rather endure the hardship himself than let her suffer.
Sikong Yan was probably really tired. He originally pretended to sleep to reassure Shen Chaoyan, but he really fell asleep while pretending.
Shen Chaoyan lay on his chest, thinking back to his vigorous appearance just now, with a lingering fear: [Heavenly Book, hasn’t the Tyrant ever driven a car? Why does he know so much about the secrets of couples now? He is almost surpassing me, a little driving genius! ]
Heavenly Book: [Haha! It’s all thanks to you, the host! ]
Tsk!
Why is this crappy book so weird?
Shen Chaoyan immediately clarified: [I didn’t teach him these! ]
Heavenly Book: [But, after the Tyrant brought the erotic painting you drew back to the Qianqing Palace, he studied it carefully every night! ]
Shen Chaoyan: [!!! So
, he applied what he learned from her picture book, no, he used the postures, no, the knowledge he learned from her picture book to deal with her?
What a sin, after all, she, a learned and talented person, had to bear all the consequences. ┭┮﹏┭┮
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Next, Sikong Yan was busy with government affairs and rarely set foot in the harem, while Shen Chaoyan had to participate in selecting the address of the store and research new cosmetics and skin care products in order to open a beauty shop, and she was as busy as a top.
At this time, she deeply realized that the mobile phone was really the greatest invention in the world.
However, Sikong Yan was really good to her. In order to facilitate her communication with her family, he directly assigned a guard to run between the palace and the Shen Mansion to deliver and pick up letters for her.
What Shen Chaoyan didn't know was that in order to avoid the eyes of the palace, Sikong Yan assigned her not an ordinary guard, but the commander of the secret guards.
In one letter, Shen Chaoyan instructed Shen Linfeng to choose three shops in Jiangnan far away from the capital.
Although he didn't explain the reason, Shen Linfeng immediately sent people to Jiangnan to buy the three shops and turn them all into beauty shops.
With Shen Chaoyan as his strategist, Shen Linfeng not only made the Shuzhai business flourish, but also worked hard to decorate the new shop according to Shen Chaoyan's design drawings.
He also found a small but high-quality cosmetics shop to cooperate with, working overtime to rush to produce lipstick, rouge, eye shadow, perfume, vanishing cream, hand cream, and shampoo.
To ensure that there would be no shortage of goods after the shop opened.
At the same time, the best mold-making craftsmen in the capital were also hired by him at a high price to make product packaging and exquisite boxes according to the drawings.
Seven days before the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, Shen Linfeng sent the samples to the palace for Shen Chaoyan to review.
After getting her approval, he followed her advice and sent trial products to Lu Qiyun's acquaintances.
Several lip balms of different colors were given to them according to their skin colors, and even different styles of packaging were selected according to their preferences.
Which woman can refuse such a novel and easy-to-use cosmetic?
It is no secret that Shen Chaoyan is favored in the palace. Shen Qingyuan has repeatedly solved strange cases in the Ministry of Justice, and the Shen family is very popular.
Which noble lady in the capital would not be happy to be friends with Lu Qiyun?
They got such beautiful lip balm, and they will show off on the day of the empress dowager's birthday banquet.
Several people even asked Lu Qiyun where she bought the lip balm, and they planned to buy a few more.
And Lu Qiyun also followed Shen Chaoyan's instructions and just said that a distant relative asked someone to buy it and brought it to the capital.
Busy days always pass quickly.
In a blink of an eye, it was April 28th, the Queen Mother's birthday.
Before Xie Qionghua was not yet the Queen Mother, her birthday was celebrated with a simple dinner in the harem every year.
However, this was Xie Qionghua's first birthday as the Queen Mother, and with the good news from the border, Sikong Yan naturally had to hold a grand party for her.
More than a month ago, the palace began to prepare for the Queen Mother's birthday banquet.
After the arrangements by the palace maids and eunuchs, the palace was decorated with lights and colorful decorations, and the atmosphere was full of joy.
From the morning of the 10th hour, there was an endless stream of carriages outside the palace gate, and the civil and military officials, princes and nobles came to the palace to congratulate the birthday.
The birthday banquet was held in Yu Garden. The open space near the lake was filled with tables and chairs, and a wide stage was built in the middle of the tables and chairs.
At this time, the officials' families gathered in groups of three or five, chatting and laughing.
After drinking tea, Wei Daozheng's wife took out a long, rotating lip balm in front of everyone and applied it on her lips.
Because her lip balm was very different from the usual ones in porcelain jars, it immediately attracted the attention of other ladies.
A lady approached curiously, "Madam Wei, what are you using? It's so unique!"
Madam Wei smiled and replied, "This is a new lipstick my husband bought for me. It's not a valuable thing! I just thought it looked fun, so I carried it with me."
The lipstick in her hand was made by Shen Qingwan, who had been staying in Jinhua Palace for some time to prepare a unique birthday gift for the empress dowager.
She took a semi-finished product to Shoukang Palace for a test last month, and the empress dowager liked the lipstick very much.
So, she made the ancient lipstick more carefully.
After she made a lipstick that she was more satisfied with, she asked the third prince's people to give the lipstick to Wei Daozheng's wife, so that she could throw a brick to attract jade at the birthday banquet.
Shen Qingwan believed that these long-haired and short-sighted ladies would definitely praise the lipstick she made.
When she takes out the nine-color lipstick given to the Queen Mother, it will surely dazzle all the women present!
The ladies next to her couldn't help but show envious eyes, "Lord Wei is so thoughtful! You two have been married for more than 30 years, and you are still so loving. It's really enviable!"
Mrs. Wei enjoyed being stared at. Originally, she thought that this lip balm looked strange and shabby, and didn't want to bring it into the palace.
But Wei Daozheng repeatedly told her that she must do so, so she brought the lip balm reluctantly.
At this time, seeing that the group of women around her were so interested in her lip balm, the smile in her eyes gradually grew, and she felt that she really brought the right thing!
One of them asked, "Madam Wei, where did you buy your lip balm? I want to buy one too!"
Madam Wei curled her red lips proudly, "Then you'll be disappointed. This is what my husband brought back from Jiangnan. It's not sold in any store in Beijing! You can't buy it even if you have a lot of money!"
Not far away, Shen Linfeng watched this scene and couldn't help but whispered to Lu Qiyun, "Mom, the lip balm in Madam Wei's hand is very similar to the lip balm designed by my sister! What should I do?"