Chapter 132: Homecoming
"Meet the princesses!" Li Xiu gracefully saluted Princess Pingyang and a few others in the pavilion, just now he was outside directing his subordinates to finish the banquet, but he didn't expect to suddenly receive the news that Princess Pingyang summoned him to come, he was a little strange at first, but when he saw the mirror on the table in the pavilion, he also guessed seven or eight points in his heart. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Li Xianjiu doesn't need to be polite, I have already received your gift, let you bother more!" Princess Pingyang tried her best to be dignified at this time, but her delicate little face still couldn't help but be a little shy, she saw Li Xiu's efforts to help her celebrate her birthday, which also moved her very much, and in her opinion, this may be the happiest birthday she has ever had since she was born.
"The princess is so polite, it's just a gift, the princess can like it, and it's also an honor for the princess!" Li Xiu also smiled at this time, a glass mirror is just a glass mirror, it may be worthless in the later generations, but in this era, it is undoubtedly the best gift for a beautiful woman, it is said that in later generations in Europe, the French queen was willing to exchange a few cities for a book-sized mirror, which can be the attraction of the mirror to women.
"Third sister, don't talk so much nonsense, I'll say it for me!" At this moment, Princess Changguang, who had already dug up the peony, suddenly squeezed to the front and asked Li Xiu, "Li Xijiu, I don't know where you found the mirror you gave to the third sister, can you help us find a few more?" ”
Sure enough, Li Xiu also secretly said in his heart when he heard this, he guessed that it might be this reason just now, but he didn't plan to hide the matter of the mirror, so he replied with a smile: "Princess Qiyu, in fact, this mirror is made by himself, and it is not difficult to make a few more sides, but the difficulty is that he can't find such a large and flat medicinal jade." ”
When Li Xiu saw the glassware sent by Du Fuwei before, he found that the base of a large plate was very large and flat, and the transparency was also very good, so he found a jade workshop and invited the jade craftsmen in the workshop to help him cut the glass and help him smooth the glass. In the end, he failed several times with the tin method before he was able to make a mirror.
"Yaoyu? My family has a lot of medicinal jade, I don't know if it meets the requirements of Li Sacrifice Wine? At this time, Princess Xiangyang also said eagerly, a clear mirror can attract a woman's attention more than anything.
"I also have a lot of medicinal jade, but the medicinal jade needed to make a mirror is very flat, such as the medicinal jade of this mirror, which I asked people to remove the bottom of a large plate and then polish it flat, but unfortunately I can't find any other suitable medicinal jade except for that plate, so I can only make a mirror." Li Xiu said truthfully.
"I see, if I can find the right medicinal jade, I wonder if Li Saijiu can help me make a mirror?" Princess Changguang finally understood what Li Xiu meant at this time, and asked Li Xiu hopefully at the moment.
"Of course you can, but you don't have to use medicinal jade to make a mirror, and if you can find a large and transparent water jade, you can do the same." Li Xiu smiled again and said, the so-called water jade is actually crystal, but the large and transparent crystal is rarer than glass, anyway, he has not seen it until now.
"Great, I'll go back, I'll send the things tonight, and then there will be Lao Li sacrificial wine!" Princess Changguang is a fiery character, and after speaking, she said goodbye to Princess Pingyang, and then trotted away with her skirt.
Seeing her sister leave, Princess Xiangyang couldn't sit still at this time, and also stood up and asked Li Xiu at the moment, and then said goodbye and left, and finally even Princess Changsha also wanted Li Xiu to help her make a mirror, although she didn't like to use it herself, but her daughter was about to get married, and the mirror was also one of the necessary dowries for the dowry.
The three princesses left one after another, and they didn't even have time to eat the birthday cake, and the candles on it were still burning, which also made Princess Pingyang a little shocked, but then she found that only she and Li Xiu were left in the pavilion, which made her suddenly feel a little shy, and even lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Li Xiu.
"Did the princess make a wish?" Li Xiu looked at the birthday cake on the table and lit candles, and asked with a smile, this birthday cake was originally intended to be given to Princess Pingyang by himself, but he didn't expect to be disturbed by several princesses, but in the end, by mistake, he still let him get his wish.
"Not yet, just now I was only talking about the mirror, but I ignored this cake." Princess Pingyang finally raised her head at this time, but there were still two blush on her cheeks.
"Then why don't you ask the princess to make a wish, and then blow out the candles, and then the princess will definitely make her wish come true!" Li Xiu smiled again, in fact, he now strongly hopes that the bearded guest will go to the Americas as soon as possible to get back several high-yield crops, and then he can take the opportunity to let Princess Pingyang and Chai Shao reconcile, and he can also be with Princess Pingyang honestly, although there is still a big gap between the identities of the two, but it is man-made, he believes that he will always come up with a way.
"Well, I hope ......"
Princess Pingyang nodded obediently, and just wanted to say her wish, but was interrupted by Li Xiu: "Don't say it, otherwise it won't work!" ”
Hearing Li Xiu's words, Princess Pingyang smiled shyly again, then closed her eyes and silently recited her wish in her heart, in fact, her wish was similar to what Li Xiu thought in her heart, she hoped to get out of her current nominal marriage as soon as possible and restore her freedom.
After making a wish, Princess Pingyang blew out the candle at the signal of Li Xiu, and then Li Xiu picked up the bamboo knife that had been prepared, and asked Princess Pingyang to cut the cake herself, and the first cake was naturally sent to him, because there was no one else, so Princess Pingyang called a few maids such as helmets to share the cake together, and when they tasted the cake made by Li Xiu himself, they also praised it again and again for being delicious, and a large portion of the cake forced them to eat it up, but this made Li Xiu very happy.
After all, Princess Pingyang is a married woman, and Li Xiu's relationship with her is also affectionate and polite, and she has never overstepped, which is also the bottom line that both of them silently abide by, so after getting along with Princess Pingyang for a short time, he also got up to say goodbye, and Princess Pingyang also knew that Li Xiu was really tired these days, so she didn't keep it.
It's just that when Li Xiu left, Princess Pingyang picked out some of the gifts and asked him to bring them to Qi Niang, during this time Li Xiu was busy with the birthday banquet, and he hadn't seen Qi Niang for several days, so Princess Pingyang asked him to bring some gifts back, so as not to let Qi Niang see him angry, and at the same time to express his apology.
At the moment, I returned home with the gift of Princess Pingyang, I didn't go home for a few days, the house was still very calm, Yuechan and Liu Er sat in the front yard and were busy with needlework, a few maids were preparing dinner, Qi Niang and Xiao Ya were playing hide and seek, when they saw Li Xiu come in, Qi Niang was the first to scream and rushed over, but when she was about to pounce on Li Xiu, she suddenly stopped and said very dissatisfied: "Bad brother, don't go home for a few days, I thought you didn't want Qi Niang!" ”
"Hehe, my brother is helping the princess make her birthday these days, do you see what gift the princess asked her brother to bring you?" Li Xiu said and put down a box in his hand and opened it, revealing the gifts inside, which contained many interesting things, such as beautiful corals, crystal clear gems, etc., which were enough for Qi Niang as a dowry.
"It's so beautiful, it's still Sister Xiuning who is good to me!" Women have no resistance to beautiful things, and Princess Pingyang also knows this, so the things given away look very beautiful no matter what their value is, and even a child like Qi Niang can't resist such a temptation.
"Okay, after reading the gift from the princess, let's take a look at the gift brought by my brother, you will definitely like it too!" Li Xiu smiled at this time and opened another box, and there was another birthday cake in it, which was when he made a cake for Princess Pingyang, he made another one for the fake public and private, in order to let Qi Niang and them also try it.
"It's so fragrant, what is this?" Qi Niang's eyes lit up when she smelled the smell of cream, although the thing given by the princess was beautiful, but it couldn't be eaten, but this thing in front of her seemed to be delicious?
"This is called a birthday cake, and it is also prepared for the princess's birthday, you all come to try it, and whoever has a birthday in the future will also make this cake to celebrate!" Looking at Qi Niang's gluttonous appearance, Li Xiu couldn't help laughing, and immediately beckoned Yuechan and others to eat cake together, and when he distributed the cake to everyone, even the little girl who had always been a little afraid of him took the initiative to say thank you to him, and then he and Qi Niang ate with cream all over their faces.
With gifts and cakes, he finally resolved Qi Niang's resentment, which also made Li Xiu finally relieved, and then he talked to Qi Niang again, and then went back to the room to fall asleep, and had already told Yuechan not to wake himself up at dinner, after all, he had just had a banquet in the afternoon, and he was not hungry at all.
slept until the next morning, when he woke up, Princess Pingyang had already sent someone to come, and sent Princess Changguang and others to make the raw materials for the mirror, among which there were several similar large plates, and even some large crystals, several of which had extremely high transparency, far from being comparable to the glass of this era, if it was only used to make mirrors, it would be a pity.
Looking at the glass and crystals in front of him, Li Xiu also fell into deep thought, just making a few mirrors, he couldn't use so many materials, and he suddenly had a few new ideas, but he could use these materials. (To be continued.) )