Chapter 1862 Good Risk (1)

After the Empress arrived, everyone entered the Lixiangyuan. Lixiangyuan is a place where Duke Li Guo's palace specializes in entertaining guests. A spacious hall can accommodate hundreds of people to dine and sit.

Because today is the birthday of the second lady, there are many female guests. Mo Qingshan is not an official or has any colleagues, so the male guests only have relatives at home, and there are no outsiders. Therefore, the few male guests are arranged in Ou Xiang. The pavilion gave the most spacious Lixiang Courtyard in the house to the female guests.

Entering Lixiangyuan, Caiwei was invited to sit on the main seat, and the old lady Liu sat on her left. Everyone also urged Bai to sit on the right side to accompany the banquet. Bai repeatedly refused, but Caiwei said something. , the oldest birthday boy, reluctantly took his seat and sat on the right side of Caiwei to accompany her.

The rest of the ladies sat down in order of rank. The young ladies sat in the cubicle on the left. The right was prepared for respectable servants, such as the eight maids and eunuchs Caiwei brought out from the palace. Except for Huanqiu and Xiaozhi, who were waiting next to Caiwei, everyone else was invited to the room on the right, including the eldest girls beside the old lady, the eldest lady, the second lady, and all the ladies who came. The first-class girls were also invited to sit in the booth on the right.

When sitting in the seat, Juhua was embarrassed. She came with Miss Ning, but Miss Ning sat in the examination room on the left. However, she was no longer a young lady but a married woman. Naturally, she could not sit with Ning Huaixiu. At the same time, there is no place for her at Madam's side, and there is nowhere to sit.

Just as she was embarrassed, Caiwei discovered Juhua. She was very surprised as to why Juhua was here. Since she was already married, it meant that it was impossible for her and Mo Zili to be separated. Logically speaking, the Duke's Palace should not invite her here, but Why is she here?

Sensing her embarrassing situation, Caiwei quietly called Fei'er, who was arranging on the ground, and asked her to place Juhua next to Du Shi to prevent her from being pointed at.

It's not yet time for the banquet to begin, and all the families who came to pay their respects came forward one after another to send birthday gifts and say a few auspicious words of blessing. The second lady, Mrs. Bai, sat on her seat and greeted everyone with a smile. , she has been married to Duke Li Guofu for more than 20 years. Although she is the daughter-in-law of Duke Li Guo, she has never been so decent because her man is white.

The first one to give gifts was naturally the Queen.

What Caiwei gave to Bai was a fine Guqin, three feet, six inches and a half long, symbolizing the three hundred and sixty-five days in a year, about six inches wide and two inches thick. The lower part of the body was flat and the upper part was round. The arc-shaped protrusions symbolize heaven and earth respectively, corresponding to the theory that the sky is round and the earth is round. The body of the piano is made of the interruptions of sycamore wood in the space. The upper end of the sycamore wood is the lute, which makes a light sound, and the lower end is the lute, which makes the sound turbid. Therefore, only the interruptions are suitable for making a piano.

The strings are made of silk from the south of the Yangtze River, and when played with the sycamore wood body, the sound is loud, exciting, melodious, and lingering, which is wonderful.

Bai played it a few times, and immediately received applause from the audience. Some people praised the sound of the piano, while others praised Bai's playing. Caiwei smiled and said, "I heard that both my aunt and uncle like music. I hope that this birthday gift from me can satisfy my aunt and uncle."

Mrs. Bai stood up and thanked her, saying, "The Qin given by your Majesty is of excellent quality and beautiful sound. Even the 'Zhong' and 'Rao Liang' are nothing more than that!"

Then, the old lady also gave her daughter-in-law a congratulatory gift, which turned out to be a huge village in the suburbs of Beijing. The scale of the handiwork was staggering!

What the eldest lady Wu gave to her younger siblings was a set of jade noodle dishes with excellent water quality. Although it was a bit tacky, it was extremely valuable. If it were placed in a craftsmanship building, it would be impossible to buy it without four or five thousand silver; Fei What my son gave me as a gift was a double-sided embroidered screen that I embroidered by myself. The embroidery on the front was blessings, wealth, longevity, and happiness, and the embroidery on the back was bamboo, orchids, plums, and chrysanthemums. After several years of unremitting practice, Fei'er's embroidery skills have become more and more sophisticated. Now, there are few people in the entire Jin Dynasty who can match her embroidery skills. If her double-sided embroidered screen is sold outside, the price will never be lower than the set of jade head jewelry given by her mother-in-law...