This means it's time to give birthday gifts.
Birthday gifts that can be brought before the emperor and empress are naturally very rare.
Chen Huaixu also prepared a birthday gift. It was not expensive, but it would benefit the people of the world.
The rare items presented by the princes and ministers were brought up one after another, which made Shen Huaixu marvel at it. When it was his turn to present his birthday gift, everyone in the hall couldn't help but look at the green color with curiosity, feeling confused.
The eunuchs called it "sweet potato." What is a sweet potato? A rare and exotic plant? I've never heard of it.
The emperor and empress looked at Shen Huaixu at the same time, and the emperor asked with a smile: "Mingyi, what is this?"
Chen Huaixu stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I found this by chance while fleeing from famine. It's found deep in the forest, with green vines and fruits buried underground. A vine can bear two or three fruits, and some can have four or five. It can be boiled or roasted..."
Some people felt that it was a disappointment. After all the fuss, it was just a matter of wanting to eat something. The Empress Dowager was not a person who cared much about food. The flattery of Princess Mingyi was probably not in the right place.
Many ladies at the table looked disgusted. They had never imagined that the Emperor and Empress's favorite, the newly found only daughter of Marquis Xuanping, had actually escaped the famine? They even shamelessly spoke of it in public. How despicable!
Among the men, only Chen Su and Cang Heng looked at Chen Huaixu intently, one with eyes and heart filled with joy and pride, the other with an expression of immense surprise.
Chen Huaixu continued, "... The most important thing is that this plant is very filling. I've been tending to it for a while and have found it's easy to grow and thrive, whether in the countryside or in the fields. I'm offering it to Your Majesty as a birthday gift, thinking that with the famine finally over and the land barren, Your Majesty and Your Majesty might be able to use it to save the people of the world from starvation."
No one spoke in the hall for a moment.
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