Chapter 166 Setting off Firecrackers
The Fifth Prince took Xia Miaoyuan's hand and ran to the palace road.
Xia Miaoyuan looked to the side of the road and saw a pile of fireworks and firecrackers more than two feet high on the ground, with a little eunuch watching next to him.
"You are finally here!" A boy's voice came.
Xia Miaoyuan looked and saw that it was the Seventh Prince Xia Chengkang, the one who almost choked to death on the jujube mud cake this morning.
Next to the Seventh Prince, there was an even younger child standing, holding a thin firework stick in his hand, grinning at Xia Miaoyuan and said, "Xiaojiu! Call me brother! My mother said that if you want to call me brother, call me my eight brother."
Xia Miaoyuan took a closer look and found that it was the five-year-old Eighth Prince Xia Chengtai.
[Cut, my eight brother, how about calling you my eight brother? 】
The fifth and seventh princes chuckled and quickly covered their mouths.
The eighth prince blushed and raised the firework stick in embarrassment.
【What's wrong with these guys? 】
"Eighth brother!" Although Xia Miaoyuan was very disdainful of the self-righteous brat like Xiao Ba, she still called him sweetly.
"Miao'er, fifth brother will take you to set off firecrackers, okay?"
"Yes, yes!" Xia Miaoyuan jumped up excitedly.
【Damn it, when I was a social animal, I was not allowed to set off fireworks and firecrackers. I haven't set off firecrackers and fireworks for so many years. 】Social
animal? What does social animal mean.
The three princes looked at each other in confusion.
Maybe social animal is a kind of position in heaven?
Presumably, that was the position my sister held when she was a fairy in heaven, just like the official titles in the court.
Thinking of this, the three little boys nodded in admiration.
It's really amazing that my sister was a social animal in heaven. I guess her official position is not low, otherwise how could she know so much?
Alas, but I didn't expect that fireworks and firecrackers were not allowed in heaven. It's really pitiful. It can be seen that the gods in heaven are not living a happy life.
Thinking of this, the three princes couldn't help but fall in love with their sister.
"Xiaojiu, you light this!" The seventh prince took out a one-foot square fireworks box, put it on the ground, and handed the fire starter to Xia Miaoyuan.
"No, no, no, that one is not good, it's not strong enough, you set off this one! This one is loud!" The eighth prince took out a double-kick firecracker and handed it to Xia Miaoyuan.
"No, no, the princess is still too young, how can you let her light fireworks? It's very dangerous."
At this time, a boy's voice came over: "Now my stomach feels better."
Xia Miaoyuan looked up and saw that it was the sixth prince Xia Chengan.
"You are really lazy!" The fifth prince joked.
"You just brought the fireworks over and you're complaining about your stomach!"
The sixth prince shook his head embarrassedly, and when he saw Xia Miaoyuan, he quickly changed the subject and said: "It's Xiaojiu sister! Let the sixth brother hug her."
Xia Miaoyuan squinted his two big black eyes and shouted fiercely: "No!"
"Have you washed your hands?"
The other three princes all laughed.
"Hahaha! My sister dislikes you."
The Sixth Prince blushed. He had just finished defecating and indeed did not wash his hands. He did not expect that his sister would know it at a glance. It can be seen that his sister is really a fairy who has descended to the earth. It is really amazing.
The four princes picked out the styles they liked and placed them on the ground.
Then they lit the incense sticks with a fire stick, and then used the incense sticks to light the fuse of the firecrackers.
Nanny Li and Yingxue insisted on not letting Xia Miaoyuan light the firecrackers herself. They picked her up and stood in a safe place to watch.
Although Xia Miaoyuan felt a little disappointed, she thought that she could still watch the fireworks and firecrackers on the spot, which was much better than when she was a social animal, so she laughed heartily.
"Wow! Great! Great! Great!"
A box of colorful fireworks shot up to the sky one by one, and then bloomed, looking particularly beautiful in the dark night sky.
Xia Miaoyuan couldn't help but applaud.
It was unknown how long the fireworks had been set off, but most of them had been extinguished. The eunuch beside Emperor Mingxi came running to report: "The family reunion dinner is ready. Please hurry over, princes and princesses."
Several children were still not satisfied, but seeing that it was their father who called them, they did not dare to delay, and hurriedly threw the fire starter to the entourage, got on the sedan chair and left.
The reunion dinner was held in the Empress Dowager's Shoukang Palace. The emperor, empress, concubines, princes, and Xia Miaoyuan were all there.
Because it was a family reunion day, Mrs. Liang and her daughter went home to reunite tonight. They agreed with the Empress Dowager that she would send someone to pick them up on the first day of the new year.
The reunion banquet was a royal family banquet. Although the dishes were not as good as the state banquet, the atmosphere was much more relaxed than the state banquet.
The young princes could not sit still after eating for a short while and ran around playing in the open space.
Xia Miaoyuan ate too much at noon, and her fighting power decreased a lot at the family banquet. She only ate a few dumplings and some fruits and was full.
After eating, she also ran to the group of children and played with a few little brothers.
In the courtyard of Shoukang Palace, a stage had already been set up. While the nobles were eating, the actors from the Jiaofangsi performed songs and dances.
"This song and dance is still the same old routine, nothing new." Lipin complained to Lin Zhaoyi beside her in a low voice.
"Sister, don't talk nonsense, the emperor will be unhappy if he hears it." Lin Zhaoyi glanced at the emperor and empress worriedly.
At this time, the eunuch in charge of the announcement shouted: "Please invite Master Xiyun to sing for the nobles!"
Xia Miaoyuan was squatting on the ground playing pinball with the little princes. When he heard the words "Master Xiyun", he was shocked.
[What? Master Xiyun! ]
[The palace dinner actually invited Master Xiyun to perform! ] Xia Miaoyuan was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth.
"What's wrong with Master Xiyun?" Seeing Xia Miaoyuan's intense reaction, the fifth prince couldn't help asking.
"Very handsome!" Xia Miaoyuan could only perfunctorily reply in a childish voice.
At this time, the concubines at the table were already discussing it with great excitement.
"You actually invited Master Xiyun!"
"I heard he's very handsome!"
"Are you bragging? He keeps covering his face, how do you know if he's handsome or not?"
"He is handsome, he is handsome!"
Xia Zhengqi's face turned red and white.
These women are really outrageous. I'm still sitting here, how dare you talk about these things in front of me!
The empress dowager listened attentively to the concubines' discussions, and her old eyes lit up.
"Lipin, is Master Xiyun really handsome?" The empress dowager asked, suppressing the excitement in her heart.
Lipin shuddered. She was originally discussing it in a low voice with a few sisters, but she didn't expect that the empress dowager actually heard it. Could it be that the rigid old woman wanted to punish herself? Lipin raised her head and
looked at the Queen Mother stupidly, unsure whether to tell her or not.