kvmb Chapter 456 The banquet begins
Chapter 456 The banquet begins
"Old Madam Xianyi is right. Wen Yao heard that Prince Xian loves beauties and is well-known in the capital for his sympathy for women. Prince Xian's wife should have more experience in this regard," Wen Yao replied with a smile. Old Madam Xianyi had been smiling all the time, waiting for her to finish her retort. When everyone's attention was focused on the matter of Concubine Li Jia, she quickly changed the subject and spoke only at this time.
Wen Yao felt that she had to retort to Prince Xian's wife, otherwise she would appear to be easy to bully. After all, Prince Xian Danzhen was well-known for his love of beauties, and he had countless concubines in his backyard, of all kinds.
Old Lady Xianyi was willing to give Concubine Yi some face. After hearing Wen Yao's words, she pretended not to have heard anything. Besides, she didn't like this daughter-in-law very much. She had no children herself and she wanted to harm her good grandchildren. If she hadn't protected them, her four grandchildren would have died young. Even now, the oldest of the four grandchildren is only twelve years old and the youngest is six years old. She doesn't know if she can protect them until they grow up!
Although there were so many people present, Old Lady Xianyi still felt that this daughter-in-law should be dealt with. If it weren't for this daughter-in-law being too much, she would have to protect her family and their own affairs even when they were outside!
But she doesn't want to protect it anymore now. The protection just now is enough!
The wife of Prince Xian looked stiff, and she glanced at her mother-in-law without saying anything for a long while. A trace of anger flashed across the wife's eyes, but it was only for a moment. "My prince is indeed kind and compassionate to women, and he is also a kind person. I just didn't expect that my prince's reputation is known to everyone."
Wen Yao smiled but didn't say anything, and changed the subject. She said she wouldn't answer the question anyway, so whoever wanted to answer it could do so!
The atmosphere became a little cold. Everyone present was very discerning, or in other words, their hearts were as sharp as durian thorns.
Behind Old Lady Jian, the wife of the Crown Prince, Guaerjia, smiled and said, "I heard that Prince Xian has recently married a beauty from the Western Regions. She is said to be extremely beautiful and makes people linger."
Fortunately, the situation was not so awkward. Although Xian Prince's wife did not want to hear this, fortunately someone broke the awkwardness, so she continued, "There is no such thing as lingering, that was just a joke from some of my prince's old friends..."
The scene became lively again, but Prince Xian's wife did not dare to speak to Wen Yao. She was really afraid of saying something else!
Just what Wen Yao had just said about Concubine Li Jia was enough. There was no need to say anything else. Everyone was already looking forward to the banquet!
After all, after hearing what was said just now, there are so many old ladies and other cunning people present. Although they are old, they can still watch the show. As long as they don’t leave, it doesn’t hurt to watch it!
When you get older, you sometimes like to have fun!
In fact, this birthday banquet was not big at all, but because there were so many people coming, it seemed a bit grand. Usually, the emperor was the last to arrive at a banquet in the palace, but although Yinzhen's birthday banquet was a bit big in the palace.
Kangxi thought about it and decided to go there later. If some ancestors had not arrived, Kangxi would not have wanted to go. It was not that he did not want to join in the fun, but when other princes had their birthday banquets, except for the crown prince, he only gave rewards.
Yinzhen has so many older brothers, and it is already an exception to let him hold the banquet in the Imperial Garden. If he were to host it again, it would be comparable to the prince's birthday banquet, which is not a good thing!
Although this may sound a bit exaggerated, it would also make people think in that direction, which is something Kangxi did not want to see!
However, Concubine Yi would definitely come, and all the other concubines who could come would come, even the Imperial Concubine Tong Jia. The banquet usually started with the giving of gifts, but Wen Yao didn't want that to happen!
Since holding a birthday party for Yinzhen in the Imperial Garden was already outrageous, let’s make it even more outrageous. A three-layer cake with small candles was pushed up.
What surprised Wen Yao the most when making the cake was that an apprentice of the imperial chef in the imperial kitchen made a manual egg beater that could quickly beat egg whites into cream. It was hand-cranked and not as good as a machine egg beater, but it was much more labor-saving than stirring by hand.
Naturally, he received a reward. After Yinzhen found out about it, he directly bought the production drawings from that person. The imperial chef apprentice received a thousand taels of silver for a small invention and even got a chance for promotion.
Therefore, the originally one-layer cake was turned into a luxurious three-layer extra-large version. When the imperial kitchen was making the cake, the little Sixteen rode his little car and took his nephews to the imperial kitchen to get some small cakes. They all ate so much that their cheeks were bulging.
Wen Yao stood up and walked towards the big cake that was pushed over. Everyone's eyes were focused on Wen Yao... Looking at the big cake next to her, Wen Yao raised her eyes and looked at Yinzhen, "It's Master Jiu's birthday. Wen Yao wishes Tangtang peace, happiness, health and harmony. This birthday cake comes from a foreign tribe, which Wen Yao learned about occasionally. The tradition of that foreign tribe is to protect the soul from being disturbed by demons. Wen Yao also wishes Tangtang not to be disturbed by everything."
Yinzhen walked down and was about to say something with emotion when he heard what his own Yaoyao said in her heart. He almost vomited blood!
[But please don’t say: I don’t know what surprises you have! Emma, I don’t know why, but the lines of the fourth master in Legend of Zhen Huan suddenly appeared in my mind, ugh~]
Yinzhen: ...
At this moment, Yinzhen felt that the touching atmosphere suddenly disappeared, and it was gone in an instant!
Yinzhen glanced at his own Yaoyao with an accusing look, "You are really good at ruining the atmosphere!"
The other princes who could hear Wen Yao's thoughts also grasped one of the key words: The Legend of Zhen Huan!
"Yaoyao, you have touched me so much. You and I, as husband and wife, have shared the joys and sorrows together and will grow old together," Yinzhen held Wenyao's hand, "Why is there a candle on it?"
"The number of candles represents the age, but I thought of using only one candle, and in front of it is the age written by the ingredients used by the imperial chefs. This way it looks better," Wen Yao had to say that the task of cooking should be left to the imperial chefs!
After a slight pause, he continued, "Master, you need to put your hands together, close your eyes, make a wish, but don't say it out loud, and then blow out the candle. This wish will come true one day in the future."
Yinzhen let go of Wen Yao's hand, clasped his hands together, and wished Yaoyao and his master happiness and health.
Yinzhen didn't want to make any big wishes. He felt that only such small wishes would have the possibility of coming true. Moreover, his birthday only comes once a year, and if he makes a wish every year, he will be happy and healthy every year.
"Huh!" Yinzhen blew out the candle the moment he opened his eyes.
Yinzhen and Wenyao looked at each other, and Yinzhen looked at everyone, "Everyone came to attend my birthday banquet. I would like to thank you all for giving me face. We will not say any more flattering nonsense. Qianbao, divide this blessed cake into small pieces and distribute them to everyone who comes here," Yinzhen then continued, "No one gets less. This is my blessing to you all. May everyone be happy and healthy every day."