The lady escaped marriage and became addicted

Chapter 505: A Birthday Gift for the Emperor (2)
After listening to it with a smile, An Qi said indifferently: "You think too much. The child grows well if she can eat. In a family like ours, can pregnant women be prevented from eating what they want? What kind of rumors do they spread? ?”

"But..." An Ran was still worried.There is no caesarean section here. What if the baby's head is too big to be born?But whether she can say this directly, she is really anxious to death.

"Don't worry. Don't worry. Isn't it natural for a woman to have a baby just like a hen lays an egg? Your sister-in-law will be fine. Also, it's time for you to give birth to a baby for His Highness. How long have you been married?" ? My cousin got married later than you, so I'm happy. Could it be that you are still secretly contraceptive..."

As he talked, An Qi began to talk about An Ran again.They are probably the only couple who are not in a hurry to have children after getting married.

"Okay, okay, my mother has been reading to me for a long time yesterday, brother, please forgive me!" An Ran begged for mercy with a wry smile, and quickly retreated.My brother actually thinks that a woman giving birth is like a hen laying eggs. How can they have a common language?

Because of the matter between King Kang and Concubine Lu, the emperor was in good and bad health during this period, and most of the government affairs were placed on Yang Yan, the crown prince.Yang Yan is not yet the emperor, but he has already experienced the hard work of the emperor.

This month is bound to be a busy one.The year-end assessment of the Ministry of Officials has come out, and the promotion and demotion proposals of officials from various places have also come out, so we have to read them carefully and reply as soon as possible.Because the news that the He family had surrendered to His Highness the Crown Prince had been spread, Li Zhengqian, who still had a lot of power in the Ministry of Officials, signaled that all the officials of the He family would be lowered in the performance appraisal.

When Yang Yan saw it, he acted as if he didn't know, and sent back the false performance appraisal of his own people for re-evaluation.

The crown prince's canonization ceremony is also in the twelfth lunar month.Originally, the Ministry of Rites suggested that the canonization ceremony be arranged in February next year, but the emperor was in a bad mood during this time, which led to poor health, so he deliberately chose a date before the year so that Yang Yan could preside over the New Year's sacrifice ceremony in a legitimate manner.

An Ran remembered that she had seen the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven in the Temple of Heaven in her previous life. It seemed to be the winter solstice to worship the heavens. Why did the Great Sui Dynasty offer sacrifices to the heavens during the New Year?

The crown prince's canonization ceremony is not complicated. The most important part is to go to the Taimiao to worship the ancestors. You have to tell the ancestors of the Yang family that Emperor Qifeng of the Sui Dynasty has chosen an heir. The ancestors must bless him to be a promising king in the future.

Enron is not required to attend this ceremony, and Yang Yan also confessed that everything should be kept simple and frugal, which made all the officials, especially the officials of the Ministry of Households, admire them very much.Afterwards, the name of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's diligence and thrift spread, making his prestige among the common people even higher.

In addition, the emperor's Qianqiu Festival is on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, and Yang Yan is too busy, so An Ran is asked to prepare a few gifts to make the emperor happy.

An Ran himself wrote a picture of one hundred longevity, and another picture of birthday stars.

That’s all for the picture of longevity. This is the second time that An Ran has written it. 99 characters of longevity in different sizes and fonts form a big longevity character.After the birthday picture was finished, even Yang Yan was full of praise, saying that his father would definitely like it.

The picture depicts the beautiful scenery above the clouds of the nine heavens. The palace made of white jade in the distance exudes rays of light. On a multicolored cloud, the birthday star Weng sits leisurely on a nine-color deer, holding his hand in his arms. The dragon-headed cane leaned on his shoulder, with a wine gourd hanging on it, and a big birthday peach in one hand.Around him, there are two cranes around.

The birthday star has a white beard and white eyebrows, and looks like a fairy, but the finishing touch is that the appearance of this birthday man is exactly the same as the emperor's majesty!
In other words, as long as these two things are presented, the emperor should be happy, but An Ran feels that it is not enough.People can tell that these two things are her handwriting, so where is the brother's filial piety reflected?

An Ran remembered the birthday cake she ate on her birthday in her previous life. When the candles on it were lit, a lotus lantern would bloom, and happy birthday music would play at the same time.

Otherwise, she also brought a lotus lantern?As for the music, you can let the musicians play it outside the hall. It is best if it is faintly heard when it is heard, so as to create a good atmosphere.

In the evening, An Ran talked to Yang Yan, Yang Yan also thought it was a good idea, but it was just for the emperor, and this material could not be made of ordinary things. After the two discussed it, they decided to use crystal to make the lamp.

The people of the Prince's Mansion quickly dispatched and collected a lot of top-quality crystals in several big silver buildings.All the petals are made of crystal, the inner petals are made of pure colorless crystals, the outer petals are made of pink crystals, and the middle stamens are made of yellow crystals.

When not lit, the gift appears to be a large budding crystal flower bud.After being lit, layers of petals bloom one after another, and at the same time 360 ​​five candles inside the petals are lit at the same time. The candlelight is unusually bright and dazzling under the refraction of the crystal, which is not like a mortal thing.

In order to make such a crystal lotus lamp, Yang Yan invited more than a dozen top jade carving masters to help carve crystal petals, with the focus on carving out more refracting surfaces.He also invited masters from several workshops under the Ministry of Industry to the Prince's Mansion to help make it, and finally added lotus incense to the candles to create a better scene.

On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, there was a dinner party in the palace, but Yang Yan and An Ran entered the palace in the morning.The two talked with the emperor, and An Ran sent her calligraphy and paintings up.

Sure enough, the emperor liked it at first sight.Which emperor doesn't want to live a long life?Manager Hua En watched it and praised the princess for her filial piety.

The emperor looked at it carefully for a while, and finally decided: "Send it and hang it in the Taiji Hall, so that all the officials and family members attending the banquet tonight can see it."

Taking advantage of the emperor's happiness, Yang Yan leaned over and said, "Father, you have been resting for so many days. My son sees that you look very good these days!"

"Huh? What are you trying to say?"

Yang Yan rubbed his nose and said, "Father, although my son knew that being an emperor would be very tiring, but my son didn't expect to be so tired! Father, you have to give your son time to get used to it, right? Wait a minute. In [-], you can't leave all the government affairs to your ministers, at least you can take back half of them, right?"

The emperor was happy when he heard this, but deliberately put on a straight face and said, "How long has it been since you complained? The emperor has been here for decades, and he has never complained."

(End of this chapter)