Chapter 198 The Third Prince’s Birthday Ceremony

After the dance, Meng Quande stood beside the Great Chu Emperor and said, "A loyal minister presents a gift."

He took out a long list of birthday gifts and began to read it.

"Prime Minister Lin presented me with a chrysanthemum bonsai made of agate and precious stones."

"The Minister of Personnel gave me a red and white agate flower pendant with a double fish and dragon pattern."

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Then came the gifts from the people in the harem.

"The second princess gave me a piece of gold and gemstone-inlaid auspicious eight treasures."

"The prince gave me a white jade carved peach banquet ornament."

"The Third Prince presented me with a painting of "The Immortals Celebrating Birthday"."

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At this point, the Queen Mother interrupted Meng Quande in surprise: "Is it Kuang Yuanhui's "The Immortals Celebrating Birthday"? "

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at the Third Prince.

The Third Prince stood up respectfully and saluted the Queen Mother: "To reply to your question, Grandmother, it was written by Kuang Yuanhui."

"Quick, open it and let me see it." The Queen Mother had seen this "Immortals Celebrating a Birthday" in a picture book before, and she never expected to see it with her own eyes today.

Meng Quande hurriedly stepped forward and unfolded the scroll together with the young eunuch.

"It really is 'The Immortals Wishing a Happy Birthday'. Jinchen is very thoughtful." The empress dowager sat back contentedly, her heart filled with joy that was difficult to conceal.

Seeing the Queen Mother like this, the Third Prince couldn't help but smile as he sat back down. It seemed that all his hard work these days was not in vain.

The Sixth Princess, who was sitting not far away, also looked at her royal brother with pride.

Thanks to the fact that I have been living in the Imperial Grandmother's palace and accompanying her every day these days, I accidentally learned that my grandmother was obsessed with the "Immortals Celebrating a Birthday" painted by Kuang Yuanhui. This is why my brother was praised by the Imperial Grandmother at this birthday banquet.

As long as the Empress Dowager likes my third brother, he will be favored and ascend the throne.

By then, I will be able to dominate everyone. What does it matter if they are from Qingyun Palace or Jinxiu Palace? They can all be controlled by me.

The gift list was read out for about half an hour, and everyone got to see it for real.

Every gift that was brought up was eye-catching, not to mention that there were so many of them.

Even Lu Xingwan couldn't help but exclaim.

[Wow, it seems like being a queen mother is still a good thing, with so many gifts to receive.]

[This is too luxurious! ]

[Although I like the gold my grandmother gave me, forget it, I am still young after all! ]

When the Great Chu Emperor heard Lu Xingwan's words, he couldn't help but look towards her position and smiled softly.

As expected, my Wanwan is still as greedy as ever.

But when people looked at the eyes of the Great Chu Emperor, they felt that he was doting on the Imperial Concubine.

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart that the Royal Concubine is truly favored by His Majesty.

However, Lu Xingwan was completely oblivious to all this and just continued to mutter to himself.

[Speaking of which, in the story, because the crops were poor, the people were also living in poverty, and the Empress Dowager's birthday was very shabby! ]

[Thanks to my father's foresight, he predicted this year's harvest in advance, thus avoiding a disaster in the world. ]

The Emperor of Great Chu felt quite emotional when he heard what Lu Xingwan said.

"The good harvest this year is thanks to the birth of Yongan, who brought two heavy rains and alleviated the drought."

The Great Chu Emperor said this and looked at the Crown Prince again: "The Crown Prince did a great job in his previous prediction and handled the matter very well."

After saying these words, the Great Chu Emperor looked in the direction of the Queen Mother and said, "You should appreciate it."

"Yes, yes, the emperor is right." The empress dowager was very happy to get the "Picture of Immortals Wishing for a Birthday" today. Moreover, what the Great Chu Emperor said made sense. She immediately ordered Nanny Su beside her to bring up the things she had prepared earlier. "I have prepared rewards for these children. The emperor will arrange them!"

The Emperor of Great Chu asked Meng Quande to give these rewards to his sons and daughters one by one.

It can be regarded as a blessing from the Queen Mother to her children.

After receiving the gifts, the little princesses gathered together and looked at each other's gifts with envy.

Lu Xingwan looked at them and couldn't help but sigh.

[After all, they are just a bunch of kids, they love to compare themselves with each other. ]

【Other people’s things are the best. 】

Song Qingyan complained in her heart: You are obviously the youngest child of His Majesty, and you are still here calling other people children!

Everyone is enjoying their meal together, but there are always some ignorant people who pop up.

"I just heard Eunuch Meng read out the gift list. Why didn't I see my eldest sister giving a gift to the Royal Grandmother?" The third princess listened carefully to the gifts given by her older sisters, fearing that she would be outdone.

Unexpectedly, there was an unexpected gain.

The eldest sister didn't even give the Royal Grandmother a gift.

"Could it be that my sister was so busy with her unborn baby that she forgot to prepare a birthday gift for the Royal Grandmother?" The Third Princess looked at the eldest princess with a mocking look on her face, "The Royal Grandmother really loves my sister for nothing."

"Don't panic, third sister," the eldest princess stood up with the help of Qin Xingyi beside her. After standing still, she bowed to the empress dowager and said, "Grandmother, the birthday gift prepared by your granddaughter is for you. You have to go outside the Xuanfu Palace to see it!"

The Queen Mother watched her stand up and panicked: "Qin Xing, you must help Xing Ruo."

"You are pregnant now, why are you still preparing for a birthday?"

The incident of Xing Ruo falling down in the palace a few days ago frightened the Queen Mother to death.

When all the ladies saw the Queen Mother like this, they realized how much she loved the eldest princess.

The Queen Mother was not angry at all when the eldest princess did not present any birthday gift. She was only concerned about the eldest princess' health.

This kind of friendship is rare even in the royal family.

After making sure that Lu Xingruo was indeed fine, the Queen Mother listened to everyone's advice, stood up with the help of the Queen, and walked out of Xuanfu Palace.

At this time, outside the Xuanfu Palace, the palace servants had already prepared everything under the instructions of the eldest princess.

"What's the secret behind this, Xingruo?" Lu Xingruo had not informed anyone before, so even Song Qingyan didn't know about her arrangement. She was really curious.

The eldest princess waved her hand, and the palace maids came forward and lit the fire.

"It's fireworks?" The second princess said in surprise, "But aren't fireworks something that is only set off at night? It's daytime now, isn't it a waste?"

The second princess naturally expressed everyone's doubts.

Speaking of fireworks, they are not something rare.

But these fireworks look better at night. Isn’t it a waste for the princess to arrange it like this?

However, everyone kept these words to themselves, and no one dared to refute them.

At this moment, the fireworks that had been lit suddenly rose into the air, and then gradually fell down, and exploded at the same height as a person.

And the fireworks were a rare blue color.

The most important thing is that after the fireworks gradually died down, the word "longevity" appeared.