Yun Yibo shook his head, focused intently on the words on the storybook, and continued reading.
"She looked up and saw that the sea was divided into three layers, with divine messengers dressed in different styles of clothing busy in each layer."
"Laughter and conversation drifted over, and a cute little girl and a beautiful woman walked towards us."
Yun Yibo's voice is very gentle, and he reads the stories with emotion according to the plot.
"The little girl was wearing a light green skirt and carrying a sandalwood box with jade and gemstones in her hand."
"The beautiful woman wore a bright red silk dress with a low neckline, revealing her fair skin..."
After reading for a while, Yun Yibo paused, seeing that Yun Duoduo and Jin Zhuangzhuang were both motionless and unresponsive.
He gently poked Yun Duoduo's soft, tender little face. "Royal sister, are you asleep, royal sister?"
Yun Duoduo suddenly opened her eyes again, [She's asleep! She's asleep!]
She clenched her little fist and punched Yun Yibo in the chest.
To Yun Yibo, the little fist was not aggressive at all; he thought Yun Duoduo was just playing with him.
Yun Duoduo glared angrily at her eldest brother, Yun Yibo. She had been happy and grateful when he came to read her a bedtime story, but what was wrong with her eldest brother?
Is there some misunderstanding about "bedtime" stories?
Whenever Yun Duoduo was about to fall asleep, the eldest prince, Yun Yibo, would poke her little face with his finger to check if she was asleep.
After repeating this several times, Yun Duoduo couldn't take it anymore. She glared with wide eyes, furrowed her brows, and revealed a fierce expression.
Why do you look so fat?!
(What's wrong with you?!)
You keep poking me, even when I'm asleep you wake me up!
Her angry expression, with her mouth wide open, only produced sounds like "Waaaaah, hmph hmph hmph, whimper whimper," which made Yun Yibo burst into laughter.
An hour passed, and Jin Jinzhi saw that Yun Duoduo and Jin Zhuangzhuang were about to fall asleep. He saw Yun Yibo reach out his hand, and he rushed to Yun Duoduo's bedside and took Yun Yibo's outstretched hand.
This time, Yun Duoduo escaped unscathed and was not awakened by her eldest brother.
He whispered in Yun Yibo's ear, "Your Highness, the little princess and my sister are asleep. Should we send someone to escort you back?"
"Asleep?" Uncle Yun looked at Yun Duoduo and Jin Zhuangzhuang. The two little girls were breathing evenly, their eyes were closed, and their mouths were opening and closing.
"Hmm, it's good that you're asleep. Do I need to continue reading now that you're asleep?" Yun Yibo rubbed his hands together, put the storybook in his pocket, and tiptoed to the door of the bedroom, where he put on his long robe.
"I can take Xiaobai back myself."
...
Ten days later, in the early morning, sunlight streamed through the windows of the Zichen Palace, casting dappled patterns on the floor.
Yun Beiye put down his brush and asked Zhao Zhongquan, "How are the preparations for the little princess's 100-day celebration going?"
"Your Majesty, the Anqing Palace has been prepared. The imperial kitchen has prepared the food, and the tables and chairs with sharp edges in the main hall have been put away. The female relatives of the ministers have also been invited to the palace for a banquet."
A few days ago, Zhao Zhongquan began preparations, along with the Imperial Household Department. The little princess was born on the third day of the eleventh lunar month, and after the eleventh, twelfth, and first lunar months, she will be exactly one hundred days old.
Since the hundred-day celebration was very close to the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the palace held the two banquets together.
"Yes, take care of this matter."
"only……"
"Just what?" Yun Beiye stopped writing and turned to look at Zhao Zhongquan.
"Your Majesty, shall the ladies of the palace allow them to see the little princess?"
Ever since Yun Duoduo was thrown into a well shortly after birth, Yun Beiye forbade any of the concubines in the harem from visiting her precious daughter, except for Empress Zhaoyuan.
Hearing Zhao Zhongquan ask this question today, he suddenly felt that this might be an opportunity to see through the thoughts of the concubines in the harem.
"They are permitted to attend the little princess's 100-day celebration, but they must prepare a gift."
His precious daughter isn't someone just anyone can meet; he has to prepare a gift beforehand.
Zhao Zhongquan was taken aback for a moment, then replied, "That's right, that's right, Your Majesty is right, then this old servant will go and report it right away."
"What? Is there something else?" Yun Beiye looked at Zhao Zhongquan, who was still standing beside him in a daze, with some curiosity.
"Uh, this old servant suddenly remembered, are the ladies in the Cold Palace also allowed to come out for a visit?" Zhao Zhongquan felt that this task had to be handled thoroughly, but he was afraid that asking the ladies in the Cold Palace whether they should also attend the 100-day celebration would displease Yun Beiye.
After all, the Cold Palace was filled with concubines who had offended the emperor, and reminding the emperor of these people would undoubtedly bring bad luck.
"The Cold Palace? There are still concubines living in the Cold Palace?" Yun Beiye was a little puzzled, as he really didn't know much about the affairs of the harem.
"Your Majesty, Consort Zheng resides in the Cold Palace," Zhao Zhongquan reminded softly.
"Consort Zheng?" Yun Beiye couldn't quite recall who Consort Zheng was.
"Is Consort Zheng related to the Zheng family?" Yun Beiye narrowed his eyes.
"In response to Your Majesty, she is the eldest daughter of the Zheng family."
"Yes, the little princess's 100-day celebration is something worth celebrating, and it's also a good opportunity for them to come out and see how adorable my daughter is!"
"Yes, this old servant will take care of it right away."
...
Inside Fu Shuang Palace, when Yun Duoduo heard that her father was going to hold a 100-day celebration for her, her first reaction was, "Great!" She might be able to make a lot of money.
Her aunts, uncles, and other relatives would certainly not come empty-handed. Besides, she had heard from Granny Liu and the others that there were certain requirements for visiting her; they had to bring gifts!
As expected, her father understands her best and knows she's a little money-grubber.
Yun Duoduo chuckled.
However, she thought again that she would be the star of the 100-day celebration, and there would definitely be a lot of weird uncles and aunts who would pinch and kiss her little face. Her beautiful and cute little face might not be able to be saved.
But it doesn't matter. Opening the door to customers for a day means smiling and working hard. She can earn a lot of money, so she's going all out. It's worth it!
Around noon, unfamiliar faces began to appear before her.
First, Yun Beiye held her on the high platform of Anqing Palace and gave an opening speech, which was nothing more than saying that the heavens had blessed her, how intelligent the little princess was, and that the future of Nanyang was bright.
Yun Duoduo started to doze off as she listened to the official rhetoric.
Then she was placed in the cradle, where her uncles and aunts lined up, holding numbered tags with silver notes, to pinch her little cheeks and praise how beautiful she was.
"The little princess is so cute!"
"He looks like a lucky star reincarnated!"
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