"Haven't you heard that no one is perfect? Everyone has strengths, and everyone has weaknesses."
"Shixian excels at calligraphy and painting, but is a complete mess at playing the zither. Huaiying is good at everything, but none of them are top-notch. Hushan is a master of both civil and military arts, but his calligraphy and paintings lack any spirit. Zhongming is good at playing the zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting, but when it comes to numerology, he's only nine out of ten and has no clue at all."
Everyone: ...
The eldest prince, the only one who had not been verbally attacked, could not help but chuckle when he heard this. "Well, if Zizhen wants to learn, then let her learn. It would be great if she could learn medicine."
At this time, the eldest prince and others did not know that Yu Zizhen would soon show her amazing talent in all aspects other than reading, chess, calligraphy and painting.
Of course, that’s a story for later.
After a month of regular life, it was June 21st, the Queen Mother's birthday.
Although the Empress Dowager’s birthday is not a full birthday celebration, officials and royal relatives from all over the country still have to prepare birthday gifts for her.
The congratulatory gift from the Zhenbei Palace was sent from the northern border, and the Zhenbei Prince had it delivered directly to Mr. Jiang. On the Queen Mother's birthday, Mr. Jiang would represent the Zhenbei Prince in entering the palace to present the gift.
As for Yu Zizhen, the picture of a hundred years of longevity that she had started to draw more than a month ago was the birthday gift she prepared for the Empress Dowager Dalu.
She carefully wrote one hundred longevity characters of different sizes, using five different fonts: running script, regular script, cursive script, official script, and seal script. During this period, she wrote more than one hundred pictures of a hundred longevity characters just for her practice, not to mention that she also spent some time asking those people in the Hanlin Academy how to write longevity characters in different fonts.
Of course, even though she tried so hard, the quality of the Hundred Longevity Pictures she wrote was still very average and could not be compared with those who were good at calligraphy.
Fortunately, she was just a child, and no one would ask her to give an expensive or rare birthday gift.
Perhaps influenced by her stingy style, the eldest prince, Fang Huaiying, Yang Shixian and others also gave similar gifts.
Things like handwritten Buddhist scriptures, hand-painted pine and crane longevity paintings, hand-carved wooden Buddhist beads... In short, they are all worthless little things.
The Empress Dowager, Mrs. Lu, had no objection. She had seen and used all kinds of good things in her life. She had no interest in things like gold, silver, pearls and jade, just as she had no interest in the handicrafts of Yu Zizhen and others.
But the Empress Dowager's biological daughter, Princess Anqing, was different. She was the only surviving heir of the Empress Dowager. Although she was just a girl, she always considered herself one of the two most noble people in the world.
Except for the Empress Dowager, who in her eyes was as noble as herself, the Princess dared to offend everyone. Not only did she make sarcastic remarks about the Emperor and the disabled eldest prince every time she entered the palace, but she also openly kept no less than forty lovers in the Princess's Mansion, and the two children she gave birth to were not the Prince Consort's.
This big news was revealed by the system after the palace banquet on Dragon Boat Festival. Yu Zizhen was so surprised by what he heard.
With more than forty male favorites, this number is more than three times the number of concubines in the emperor's harem. He is truly one of the two "most noble" people in the world.
After eating the melon with satisfaction, Yu Zizhen also instructed the baby voice system to help him pay more attention to Her Royal Highness the Princess, who was obviously not mentally normal.
After all, judging from what she had done in the past, she would not be as concerned about her "hostage" status as the Empress Dowager Da Lu and others.
Who knows, one day the other party might suddenly dislike her and do something weird to her without any warning.
To be on the safe side, Yu Zizhen felt that she should first grasp the other person's braid in her own hand.
As it turned out, Yu Zizhen's concerns were not unnecessary at all.
Look, right now, Her Royal Highness the Princess is attacking these children at the birthday banquet of Empress Dowager Da Lu.
The birthday gifts they presented were belittled by her as worthless. Her voice was sharp, and the entire Jiaxiang Palace echoed with her voice scolding a group of children headed by the eldest prince.
The eldest prince was already accustomed to being bullied by his aunt, so this time he just lowered his head and acted submissive.
Yang Shixian and others did not dare to provoke this mad dog-like weird princess, and everyone listened to her lecture silently.
Yu Zizhen wanted to cry to her directly, but the eldest prince seemed to have expected it. He shook his head slightly, indicating that Yu Zizhen must not go against Princess Anqing at this time.
He was not afraid that Yu Zizhen would suffer in Jiaxiang Palace. In public, the Empress Dowager Da Lu would definitely suppress Princess Anqing and try to appear fair. But when the birthday banquet was over and Princess Anqing was out of the Empress Dowager Da Lu's sight, she would definitely retaliate doubly.
He is a mad dog without any scruples. The eldest prince doesn't want Yu Zizhen to get involved with such a person.
Fortunately, Empress Dowager Da Lu reacted very quickly. She knew that her daughter's behavior was inappropriate, so she called Princess Anqing's name three times in a row.
Princess Anqing did not stop scolding and ridiculing the children at first just because Empress Dowager Da Lu called her. It was not until the smile on Empress Dowager Da Lu's face completely disappeared and her tone became so serious that she was obviously about to get angry that she reluctantly reached out and held Da Lu's arm.
"Alright, alright, I won't say any more. You too, Mother, are always so tolerant. Otherwise, you wouldn't let these little bastards treat you so casually."
Da Lu frowned, "Don't talk nonsense!"
She actually called the prince, the crown prince, and the young master of an important official a little bastard. If he was not her only blood descendant, she would have to have someone slap her in the face.
She looked at Yu Zizhen, the little troublemaker who always cried and shouted about going back to the northern border, with some worry, only to find that the little troublemaker was arguing with the eldest prince with an unhappy look on his face.
It looked like the little troublemaker really wanted to cause trouble, but she was barely suppressed by the eldest prince who knew her very well.
Mrs. Lu breathed a sigh of relief and simply sent them outside. "You little kids, don't just sit there. Go out and play."
As soon as she finished speaking, the eldest prince immediately signaled the young eunuch to push his wheelchair, while he still held Yu Zizhen tightly, "Thank you, Queen Mother, for your consideration. We will leave now."
Yu Zizhen was obviously unwilling. While she followed the eldest prince and others out reluctantly, she did not forget to turn her head to look at the Queen Mother Da Lu with an expression that said, "I have something to say."
Mrs. Lu felt a headache. She thought to herself, it seems that she will have to ask someone to reward these children with some valuable items later, otherwise that little troublemaker will definitely yell that she has been wronged and want to pack up and return to the northern border.
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