Transmigrated into the daughter of the prime minister, and thrived in space

The eunuchs brought pots of beautiful flowers and placed them in front of the empress dowager.

"These are peony, bird of paradise, hibiscus, redbud, spring glory, camellia... a total of 47 species, 99 pots of each. I wish the Queen Mother to be incomparable and brilliant, and to have this day every year!"

The Queen Mother patted the eldest princess's hand and smiled: "You are interesting, and the Queen Mother likes it."

Seeing how thoughtful the emperor and empress were in preparing birthday gifts, the concubines, princes, princesses and others tried their best to perform well in front of the empress dowager.

Birthday gifts were presented one after another.

Jade ruyi, birthday embroidered screen, rare corals, Buddha statues... there are too many rare and exotic treasures to list, but what is most amazing is a piece of Shoushan stone.

When officials and princes and princesses of other countries present gifts, as long as they are in accordance with etiquette, most of them are quite proper.

The birthday gifts for Yu Xiaoqiao and Yu Chuwan were the longevity jade bottle and the eternal jade pot of spring water prepared by Yu Wenrui.

She kept the self-ringing clock that Si Wenming prepared for her. Feng Zisu was afraid of causing unnecessary trouble, so she prepared a bamboo birthday star that was unique to the northern border.

However, everyone was not paying attention to these things. Their eyes were all on the royal family members, especially the princes.

When the Shoushan stone was transported into the garden, everyone couldn't help but look amazed.

It is said that the prince ordered people to search for this Shoushan stone several months in advance to celebrate the empress dowager's birthday. It naturally grew into a statue of the compassionate Guanyin. What's more amazing is that the willow branch hanging down in the Guanyin jade bottle vaguely looks like the word "Shou".

It is so lifelike and a wonder!

Everyone was amazed and praised it highly.

The Queen Mother was very excited and moved when she looked at the Shoushan Stone.

The prince puffed out his chest and raised his head with his chin held high, looking at everyone, not hiding his joy.

At this time, the second prince Li Mochen bowed and presented an elegant and exquisite glazed Buddha statue. It was colorful, green all over, and emitting crystal white light, as if it was shrouded in Buddha's light.

The gift was quite standard. The empress dowager glanced at it, gave a mild compliment, and placed it aside.

Li Mochen stood aside, looking calm.

The prince became even more proud and turned to look at Li Lingyan.

Li Lingyan looked indifferent and presented a picture of a rural town.

The prince immediately curled his lips to his ears, his eyes full of disdain, "Third brother, your gift is too shabby!"

Everyone was talking about it.

"How can the Third Prince send a picture of the countryside to the Queen Mother on her birthday?"

"The Third Prince has always acted prudently, why is he like this today?"

"I'm afraid he was so focused on competing with Young Master Si for the woman that he forgot to prepare gifts and messed around, leading to such a disgrace." Xiao Qingdai whispered in Chu Caiwei's ear.

Yu Xiaoqiao rolled her eyes helplessly, thinking: I surrender when someone gets blamed for this.

The Queen Mother, supported by the old maid, walked to the front of the painting.

Li Lingyan said softly: "The painting has been protected, it is safe to touch it."

After hearing this, the Queen Mother dared to put her hand on it and rubbed it carefully, as if she wanted to blend into the scene in the painting through the canvas, and said emotionally: "It's a great painting..."

As he spoke, his eyes became moist.

The painting depicts the Empress Dowager’s hometown, an ordinary small town far away in the south of the Yangtze River. The birds in the painting are all the birds that she often saw in her hometown when she was young.

I entered the palace at the age of fifteen and never went back. For more than forty years, I have found it difficult to relieve my homesickness. But now I find some comfort in this painting.

The Queen Mother wiped her eyes, very moved, and said softly: "Jiangnan is hundreds of miles away from Haojing. Yan'er is thoughtful, and I am very comforted."

“My grandson went to the town in the painting specially before returning to Beijing. Only after seeing and feeling it with his own eyes did he dare to paint it.” Li Lingyan said calmly.

Yu Xiaoqiao thought to herself: He looks so careless, but I didn't expect him to be so meticulous.

The prince was a little embarrassed, and coughed twice to hide his embarrassment, and said to Si Wenming: "Marquis Wennan, although you are not the emperor's grandson, the queen mother loves you the most. What gifts have you prepared?"

Si Wenming stepped forward and said in a clear voice: "Queen Mother, Sun Chen brewed a jar of Suhexiang wine for you."

"The Queen Mother loves you so much, but the richest man in Daxin just gave you a jar of wine. It's really not worthy of being presented, and it's not worthy of the Queen Mother's favoritism towards you!" Princess Lin'an, the daughter of Concubine Rong, glanced at the jar of wine and sneered.

Everyone was talking about it.

At this time, the Queen said calmly, "Is it a magical wine for curing headaches? It is brewed from storax, which dispels cold and relieves pain, and turmeric, which promotes qi and relieves depression. It is said that the process is quite complicated. I asked the Imperial Hospital to try many times, but all failed. I didn't expect that Ming'er actually has this ability."

"Mother, I really care about you. I always have a headache thinking about you." The eldest princess held the queen mother's arm and said in a soft voice.

As she spoke, she smiled and looked at Si Wenming meaningfully.

"That's right. Headache is not a disease, but it is painful. For so many years, the Imperial Hospital has not been able to find a good solution. My son is filial!"

Si Wenming stood upright with his head down, smiling slightly without raising his head.

Yu Xiaoqiao looked at him intently and smiled slightly.

After a while, the Queen Mother took the Queen's hand and said, "The birthday banquet is very well arranged. I am very happy. The Emperor is thoughtful, the Queen has worked hard, and everyone has worked hard."

"Empress Dowager, the Emperor knows that you love listening to music, so he has asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to arrange for a wide range of classic operas. Here is the detailed list, please choose." The Queen smiled and said softly.

The Queen Mother selected two passages, namely "The Female Prime Minister" and "Mulan".

The clear, pleasant and beautiful opera voice came.

"I left my home to save Li Lang, but I didn't expect to win the first place in the imperial examination. I won the first place, wearing a red robe and a flower in my hat. It's so nice and fresh..."

Everyone listened to the music with joy on their faces.

In the evening, the highlight of the birthday banquet was the performing arts performance.

Unmarried princesses vied with each other to go on stage and perform.

However, in the eyes of Princess Lin'an, these were not performances but embarrassing performances. After she had eaten and drunk her fill, she suddenly stood up and glanced at Princess Heshuo.

He walked to the hall in high spirits and bowed, his every move dignified and generous, "Empress Dowager, Lin'an is not talented, but I will sing a song "Hundred Immortals Celebrating Birthday" to bring blessings and longevity to you."

"Lin'an has been very smart since he was young, so he must be able to play the piano very well!" The Queen Mother looked peaceful.

Hearing the Queen Mother's praise, Princess Lin'an only smiled faintly, not too happy. She just glanced at Princess Heshuo proudly, and then slowly walked onto the stage.

The sound of the piano slowly rose up, gradually spreading out like the tide, clear and ethereal.

When the song ended, everyone praised.

Before she could be proud for a moment, Zhuang Simei came on stage after her and played the zither to liven up the atmosphere.

In comparison, Princess Lin'an's zither is still weaker.

Afterwards, the Crown Prince, the Second Prince, the Princess, and the Noble Lady all performed.

Xiao Qingdai and Chu Caiwei performed the Zhezhi Dance.

The ground was filled with five hundred lotus pots, each hundred pots were arranged in an S shape, placed in the five directions of east, south, west, north and center.

When dancing, the two stand at the upper and lower sides of the S-shape in the middle, with their heads touching. Their pearl crowns fit perfectly to form a lotus pistil, and their four legs are bent into four lotus petals.

A giant lotus suddenly appeared before my eyes.

Even before she started dancing, her pose alone had already won applause from the audience.

The two men wore wide robes embroidered with five colors and danced to drums.

Dancing lightly among the lotus flowers, the hanging silks create thousands of wonderful scenes, like misty smoke or flying dragons.

The Queen Mother was delighted, and everyone sighed.

Yu Xiaoqiao was surprised and thought: This is the Zhezhi Dance, one of the three major dances of the Western Regions along the Silk Road, the dance that the Feiyan sisters in the Han Palace danced?

It's hard work! But it's really good.