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In the early morning of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Chang Shi came to report that Wen Zhi, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, presented a hundred taels of silver, saying that this was to repay the loan of His Highness King Yong that day, and there was also a piece of new ink as a thank you gift. Li Ci took a look and was quite interested. She had planned to forget about it, but she didn't expect that this new top scholar would still remember it.
"Put the things away, Wen Xiuzhan is also thoughtful." Li Ci ordered.
Changshi naturally agreed, and then asked: "Your Highness, how should we prepare for the Mid-Autumn Festival this year? Is it still the same as in previous years?" The Mid-Autumn Festival is the reunion festival. In addition to the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, there are also During the family dinner, give some gifts at that time to bring closer the relationship between the families, and also to show the harmony of the heavenly family.
Hearing this, Li Ci frowned slightly and muttered: "According to previous years' practice, just add 30% to this." The fixed number in previous years remains unchanged, and the population of the royal family and even the clan is growing rapidly, and some people in the clan need Moving around, some married princesses gave birth to children this year, and the extra people will definitely be added.
"Is there anything left in the house?" Li Ci asked again.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, the palace's treasury is still full." Chang Shi replied, his responsibilities were too wide-ranging, and besides Aunt Sufang being in charge of the palace's accounts, he was also involved. The land rent and the manor are a big part, and some profitable shops also earn a lot of money. Add in some side income, and the money that Prince Yong's Mansion brings in every year is a huge amount. Recently, the palace's expenditures have not been large, and there is still a lot of money left in the treasury.
"Let's do it like this over there. Remember to pay special attention to the homes of the older sisters who are orphans. Gifts for the children should be pleasing and auspicious." Li Ci felt relieved and warned again, then asked Chang Shi to go down and prepare. .
On this day, Emperor Zhaohe got up early and finished handling some of the remaining matters from yesterday. There will be no more government affairs today. Because today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, according to custom, the emperor can take a full day off today, and the people below will naturally not bother him anymore. Seeing that the time was right, Su Changshi served Emperor Zhaohe a cup of hot tea and said: "Your Majesty, you have free time now. There is still a short time before the dinner. Do you have any plans? I can give you instructions. I will do it then." There will be no rush.¡±
"No need to bother." Emperor Zhaohe waved his hand and said, "Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. There are many people needed for the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the palace, so I won't go and grab people. I finally got free time, and it is comfortable to sit here."
"Your Majesty is kind." Su Changshi praised him.
The Mid-Autumn Festival banquet is a state banquet, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs has already been busy. When Li Ci entered the palace, the stone auspicious beasts on both sides of the palace road were hung with red silk. Looking around, the eaves of the palace corridors of all sizes were covered with lanterns. , with different shapes, some of which are extremely interesting, which shows that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has put great care into them.
"Nine aunts." A young and cheerful child's voice came from behind. Li Ci turned around and saw a graceful and gentle lady walking towards her with two little people, one on each side, one boy and one girl. Carved with jade and extremely cute, she was led by her mother as she jumped over.
According to the rules of the palace, no one is allowed to ride horses or sit in sedan chairs on the palace road, so Li Ci met the mother and son on the palace road. Li Cike was happy when she heard the cute pink child calling her. She took three steps and two steps at a time. It happened that the two children let go of their mother's hands and ran towards her.
"Aunt Ninth, Lan'er (Ting'er) hasn't seen you for a long time." The two villains jumped on Li Ci and refused to let her go. Li Ci cared about these two little ones, so he lowered his body and pulled them away. Holding each other on the left and right, the two similar-looking twins gave their dear aunt a kiss, and then they laughed happily.
"My aunt has been busy recently and can't spare the time to come and see you." Li Ci answered the two nephews' words and pinched their soft cheeks. "But today, my aunt has prepared gifts for you all. Do you want them?"
"I want it." The two small dark eyes suddenly shone brightly. They looked at Li Ci expectantly, and they were very eager. They said softly and coquettishly, "Auntie, when will you be able to give us gifts? If it comes If we don¡¯t get the gift until tonight, we will have to wait for a long time.¡±
These two are also very clever.
Li Cigang was about to speak when the mother of the two little ones came closer and said with a straight face: "Lan'er and Ting'er, why are you so rude? What should you do first when giving gifts to elders?"
The two children were obviously in awe of their mother, and they immediately became obedient. They ran to their mother and bowed their hands to Li Ci in a decent manner, "Lan'er (Ting'er) thanked aunt for the gift."
Li Ci couldn't help but want to laugh, a smile leaked from the corner of his mouth, he saluted the lady and said, "Ci has met the third sister."
Princess Xining¡¯s soft temperament made her look very comfortable. She shook her head.As the eldest son, he got married early, had many concubines and concubines in his house, and had more children than a palm of his hand. King Zhou was no less good, with two sons and two daughters.
At the banquet, King Xiang and King Zhou also brought the princess and their children. King Xiang brought a son and a daughter. The son was the legitimate son of the princess. He was still timid at the age of ten, while Qi, who was only four years old, was His lively, bold and lovable son pales in comparison. Li Ci glanced at Princess Xiang and felt timid. When he looked at King Xiang, there was fear in his eyes. King Xiang also looked uninterested. It seemed that the rumor that Princess Xiang was not liked by King Xiang was true. .
Thinking of the origin of this sister-in-law, Li Ci sighed. Princess Xiang's natal family could not bring any help to King Xiang. No wonder King Xiang didn't like it, but it was his father who granted the marriage himself, so King Xiang was angry. She can only hold it in, but Princess Xiang's life may not be easy.
King Zhou also brought a son and a daughter, both of whom were born to Princess Zhou.