Chapter 357: Thoughts Arrive
At this time, the chief eunuch came over and said that the eldest princess, the fourth princess and the fifth princess came to ask for an audience.
System: [Aruan, do you want to eat melon now? ]
Yuan Ruan stood up in surprise: [I won’t eat anymore. The princesses are here. This is a surprise that everyone has prepared for my brother. There is also a gift that I have prepared for my brother. I have to concentrate.]
The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty: ...
Huh? Little Imperial Master! Aren’t you going to tell us about the love affair between the Emperor and Empress? !
The emperor felt relieved when he heard this.
He did not even raise his cup to drink, but immediately asked the chief eunuch to bring the princesses over.
Yuan Ruan said again: [Strange, why is the second princess not here? ]
System: [She was in the late stages of pregnancy and was forcibly taken back by Cheng Weining.]
Yuanruan: [That’s right. You can’t run around when you’re about to give birth.]
At this time, several princesses came in to pay their respects. They first said some auspicious words to celebrate the New Year, and then said that there was a New Year gift specially prepared for their father, which was around the waterfall in the back mountain.
The emperor was very polite and said he would go over to see it immediately.
The court officials were also very considerate and made comments such as "The princesses specially prepared unique gifts" and "I envy Your Majesty for having such a filial daughter".
In order to flatter the emperor, Prime Minister Li also complained about some of his useless daughters, who only knew how to take gifts from him every year, but never prepared any gifts for him.
This caused several of Prime Minister Li's relatives and sons-in-law to twitch their lips and roll their eyes: Come on! Didn't you say that you don't allow your daughter and son-in-law to give gifts in order to avoid suspicion?
In the emperor's ears, it was his daughters being praised in various ways by the court officials. Although the emperor remained expressionless, the corners of his mouth were always slightly raised by thirty degrees.
Waiting for the dance to end.
The emperor suddenly stood up, waved his hand, and announced that he would celebrate the New Year with all the people. Court officials who were interested could go and see the gifts the princesses gave to the emperor.
The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were just flattering each other out of courtesy: …
Wait, Your Majesty! They just want to exchange polite words and plan to go back to their own homes to celebrate the New Year.
The Minister of War, on the other hand, was somewhat expectant, and whispered, "The telescope that the little imperial teacher prepared for General Wu Yi before seemed to be made of glass. Could the gift prepared for Your Majesty this time be something better?"
After this was said, other officials began to look forward to it.
However, the smiles of the officials from the Ministry of Revenue disappeared.
When the princesses heard what the emperor said, they were also stunned.
When the eldest princess thought of the gift Yuan Ruan suggested preparing, a trace of embarrassment flashed across her face.
The eldest princess coughed lightly and reminded him, "Father, the glass this time is just the daughters' imagination, not something as powerful as a telescope."
After this was said, the court officials didn't want to go even more.
If it was just glass, they had taken a sneak peek some time ago and saw a pile of grey, fragile items. What else could they do with that pile of stuff besides holding water or some food?!
The emperor said, "It doesn't matter. The most important thing is the intention."
The princesses looked at each other and fell silent.
The court officials were afraid to say anything after hearing this. His Majesty had already said that "the intention is the most important thing". Even if it was to show their own "intentions", they had to go and take a look and praise it first.
The emperor took the lead.
The Minister of War helped the slightly drunk Minister of Revenue, and the two Vice Ministers of the Ministry of Justice also helped the Minister of Justice in a low-key manner. Regardless of whether they were drunk or not, they all followed the team.
Soon, the court officials arrived at their destination.
The moment they arrived, everyone was stunned by the scene before them.