Chapter 33: The First Birthday of the Princesses
Seeing that Xiao Yue'er was approaching her first birthday, Zhan Li also began to gradually start thinking about Xiao Yue'er's teaching, and took a rough look at the list of books left by Yan Moyu, divided them into different categories, and arranged for Fan Zhangshi to sort them out little by little.
In the Ying Huan Garden, there was a lot of laughter, Xiao Yue'er's actions amused a room of people, and he let people carry all kinds of items that Qing Feixue had prepared for Xiao Yue'er before, and he looked at and selected a lot, and all those who were estimated to be able to use it in the near future moved over, and filled the wings on the east side.
"Wow, so many, so beautiful", Hong Su danced and picked up this and looked at it, picked up that and looked curious.
"High Priest, these are enough for Princess Ziyue, and there are still a lot of things that I didn't use at all", Meng Niang looked at it and moved it in one by one.
Yun Su watched silently from the sidelines, thinking of his younger brothers, who couldn't eat enough, such a gap, not only inferior but even a little deep envy in his heart.
Yan Ziyue's body is still small, but her eyes have long been adults, although her body functions are still very weak in all aspects, but she is trying to learn to control her body first, holding on to the wall and moving slowly, she sees everything in her eyes, including Yun Fu's small emotions, in order to match her current age and identity, she can only pretend not to know.
Yu Li let Meng Niang look at the arrangement, and she walked up to Xiao Yue'er and touched her little head, such a little person's fleshy little face is very cute, a pair of big eyes occupy almost half of her face, her smart and clear eyes are as attractive as Gu, and she accidentally indulges in the shining black.
Yu Li picked up Xiao Yue'er and took out a drum to get her. The black lines on poor Xiao Yue'er's face were ignored, so she had to cooperate with the giggles, but she was more interested, and raised Xiao Yue'er from time to time, which was in line with Xiao Yue'er's wishes, and her vision was different when she was a little higher, and she looked forward to growing up soon.
The next morning, he entered the court, and he was instructed to arrange the first birthday ceremony of the princesses.
"High priest, the princesses' rituals will be handed over to you, in addition, Princess Ziyue has been fostered in your Grand Si Ming Palace, and the first birthday ceremony will be together, and you will not have to make other arrangements", Bai Qi returned to Qixia Hall after explaining to Yu Li.
After sending Bai Qi away, he rushed to the priest's office and was busy preparing for the ceremony.
On the day of the first birthday ceremony, the palace was full of people, not only the civil and military officials congratulated, but also brought a lot of prestigious bachelors of the six arts and the children of the princess who were not much different from the age of the princess, and the noise was constant for a while.
Zhan Li looked at Bai Qi's arrangement, and after careful questioning, he realized that it was Prime Minister Bai Lu's head, and many people followed suit.
Everything was ready for the ceremony, and when he came to Qixia Palace, the house was full of congratulatory gifts, but he didn't see anyone from Chaohe, and he saw that Bai Qi's anger had not disappeared, and he thought that he must have had some opinions on Prime Minister Bai Lu's move.
"Qihou, the sacrifice can already begin," said Yu Li softly.
"Well, I know", Bai Qi replied coldly.
"Qihou, do you want everyone to go to the Ronghua Hall to watch the ceremony", Zhan Li asked.
"Well, you arrange it".
"Okay", Yan Li retreated in response, and asked everyone to go to the Ronghua Palace.
Under the attention of everyone, the three princesses were welcomed in, and Zhan Li led a group of priests to pray for the princesses, and told the fire phoenix god ancestor.
After the ceremony, the chief of internal affairs, Kou Sen, presented the edict, read out the holy edict that bestowed the princesses, and presented the gold-inlaid jade pendant that symbolized their respective identities, which was made of high-quality topaz, shaped like a full moon, the whole body was translucent, and the edge was wrapped in pure gold engraved flowers, and the front was engraved with the words Yi, Yuan, and Yue, and the back was a Luan bird pattern, which was given by Bai Qi himself.
Yan Ziyue has never felt anything about these ritualistic things, and she doesn't need to do it herself anyway, someone will do it for you, so let it be. But today's thing, so exquisite, it must be worth a lot of money, and I was happy in my heart. Yan Ziyue grabbed it tightly in her hand and played with it, but her poor little hand was too uncoordinated, she could only hold it, that one was angry, she was almost angry with herself, and she finally raised it to the front and back of her eyes to see it, the more she looked at it, the more she liked it, and she couldn't put it down, and she made a sound with satisfaction.
Yan Li took Yan Ziyue's movements in her eyes, thinking that she liked it and acting more lively than others.
When everything was successfully completed, everyone hugged the two princesses back to Qixia Palace, left Xiao Yue'er behind, and took her back to the priest's office.
Yan Ziyue had the impression that this was also the first time she had entered the palace, and she was also curious, looking around.
"Damn, can my eyes be a little better, I can't see it from afar, and the close distance is also controlled by people", Yan Ziyue looked at the woman holding her and opened her mouth and said: "Can you let me down, I can go by myself." However, the sad baby professional language, let alone the other party, I can't hear what I said, Yan Ziyue was choked by her anger again, self-deprecating, her mind was full of desire, eager to grow up quickly, I want to take the initiative Wow, this kind of day as a baby is ignored The spiritual needs of the day can not be lived...... After a deep voice in her heart, Yan Ziyue calmed down and warned herself, you have to endure, you must endure, I have endured it for a year, and sometimes I almost think that I am a baby, but I am not wow, but I can't remember what happened before I came.
After handling the follow-up matters, it was already noon, and he was about to leave the palace when he saw an attendant who looked like an internal affairs coming towards him.
"I've seen the High Priest, Her Royal Highness Princess Ziyue Sheng'an, High Priest, Her Royal Highness Qihou invites you to go to the Imperial Palace."
"Well, let's lead the way", Yan Li asked Yan Ziyue to send him back to the Great Si Ming Palace first, and then followed him to the Imperial Ce Palace.
In the Imperial Palace, Prime Minister Bai Lu and General Hou Nangong were far away, Nangong Yuan came in and owed a debt, but Prime Minister Bai Lu turned a blind eye.
"The high priest has come just in time, please take a seat", Bai Qi said deliberately, "I also want to listen to the high priest's opinion on this matter."
"Qihou, Bai Xiang, General Nangong", Yan Li greeted them one by one, and walked lightly to the circle chair on the other side and sat down.
"Prime Minister Bai, let's talk about it", Bai Qi glanced at Bai Lu Dao.
"The princess is the future princess, and the selection of the princess's teacher is naturally related to the country, so how can you be sloppy", Bai Lu said eloquently.
Nangong Yuan glanced at Bai Lu with disdain and snorted.
"This is the list of candidates for the princess to teach the princess that Prime Minister Bai Cheng reported", Bai Qi handed the fold in hand to Yu Li.
When I opened it, most of the people on the list were still some worthy of the name, and they could indeed be good candidates for the princess division, while some people were in vain, and it was rumored that the teacher was not right, and some people were not familiar with it, so they were noncommittal.
"What do you think"? Bai Qi asked, Bai Lu and Nangong Yuan looked at Yan Li at the same time, waiting for him to speak.
"His Royal Highness Qihou, before choosing a princess teacher, there is one thing that must be clear."
"You say...", Bai Qi gestured to leave but said it was okay.
"Princess Fengyi and Princess Fengyuan, since they have been fully entrusted to His Royal Highness the Marquis of Qi to raise, then the candidates for the princess division, if there are good candidates for the ministers, they can be recommended, as for whether it is suitable to become a princess teacher, His Royal Highness the Marquis of Qi can be judged", after Yan Li finished speaking, a satisfied smile immediately appeared on Bai Qi's face, and he naturally liked Yan Li's words.
"High Priest, have you forgotten that the princess will be the princess when she becomes an adult...", Bai Lu was about to say something but was interrupted by Yu Li.
"Bai Xiang is a little restless, whether the princess will become a princess in the future or not, but she is still under the guardianship of her parents before she becomes an adult, His Royal Highness King Kang and the princess have already chosen a teacher for Princess Ziyue before leaving, although I am now raising Princess Ziyue, I will never rebel against the arrangement of His Royal Highness King Kang, of course, if I really meet a high-level talent, I will naturally consider inviting Princess Xi Ziyue to teach Princess Xi", after saying that, he got up and took a step closer to Bai Lu, the difference in height and the momentum of Zhan Li's anger and majesty, an invisible pressure pressed down, Zhan Li looked directly at Bai Lu and said, "If Bai Xiang has a good candidate to teach Princess Ziyue, I should consider it."
"The High Priest... You...", Bai Lu couldn't find the words to argue for a while.
Bai Qi looked very happy in his heart, but he didn't expect Bai Xiang, who could speak well, to be speechless by Yan Li, who was not good at words.
"Since, Prime Minister Bai Cheng agrees with the high priest's opinion, then the selection of this princess division is submitted, Ben Hou accepts it, and has his own arrangements after careful consideration", Bai Qi put on a somewhat arrogant posture, obviously proud, seeing Bai Lu's iron-blue face, and then seeing that Yan Li and Nangong were very cold on their faces, they restrained a little, and then said: "As for the matter of the princess's companionship, it will be handed over to the chief of internal affairs, Ko Sen, and all children who are above the third grade and the princess are almost the same age can be sent to the Si Xue."
Bai Lu was silent, sitting sullenly, Nangong Yuan heard the words and looked at Zhan Li again, the two of them nodded slightly, and then got up and said, "In this way, the minister will retire first."
Yu Li also turned to Bai Qi and said, "Marquis Qi, there are still trivial matters to deal with in the Great Si Ming Palace, and the minister will go back first."
"Okay, you all go back", Bai Qi said and glanced at Bai Lu deliberately, clearly meaning to chase away customers.
"Minister, retire", Bai Lu got up, threw down the three of them, and shook his hands to leave.
Yan Li and Nangong Yuan came out of the Imperial Palace, and Nangong Yuan thought about it: "High Priest, are you going to let Princess Ziyue's boss learn?"
"No, Xiao Yue'er is too young, let's be in the Da Si Ming Palace first, and then decide for herself when she is older", Yu Li thought of Xiao Yue'er, and her face was dyed with a trace of love without being careless.
"It's okay", Nangong Yuan replied, "I'll go to the Dasi Ming Palace to see Princess Ziyue another day."
"Okay, welcome at any time, General Nangong can bring Xiao Shizi with him, Xiao Yue'er doesn't have a playmate in my Da Si Ming Palace", Yu Li said and laughed, and the meaning of his words couldn't be more obvious.
Nangong Yuan nodded when he heard this, and when he was mentioned like this, he also thought of the children in the house, and a sense of pride arose.