Chapter 1959 Longevity Festival (5)

She felt warm inside, but Caiwei suddenly felt her eyes were sore.

She saw how hard Nangong Yi had worked in the past few months, and it hurt her heart.

In front of others, he never showed any signs of fatigue, let alone any worry or impatience. He handled government affairs in an orderly manner every day. In the eyes of outsiders, he was always a wise and unfathomable emperor.

But Caiwei knew that he must be very anxious and even under great pressure. He would only show his exhausted and even fragile side in front of her. At this time, Caiwei didn't need to do anything, just accompany him quietly.

On the second day, he would handle government affairs in high spirits again.

But recently, Caiwei obviously felt that Nangong Yi was much more relaxed, and there were more smiles on his face, because everything was moving in the best direction.

That night, both of them drank a lot of wine. Nangong Yi has always been self-controlled and never drank too much, but this time, he drank one glass after another. Caiwei did not stop him. Three years after he ascended the throne, such a large-scale earthquake occurred. Two years later, there would be another severe drought. Someone would definitely make a fuss about it and spread rumors.

In the face of difficulties, he needed to fight hard and vent his emotions.

The emperor was also a human being, not a god.

Caiwei stopped him until he was a little drunk. She asked someone to prepare a hangover soup for him. After washing, she served him to bed.

Ten days later, the Wanshou Festival arrived. Nangong Yi held a birthday banquet in Shuntian Hall. Civil and military officials, foreign envoys, royal relatives, and several princes and princesses were all present. Caiwei sat next to Nangong Yi and accepted the worship of everyone with him.

Jin'er, Yu'er and Mingzhu sat with several uncles and princesses.

After everyone knelt three times and kowtowed nine times and read the birthday congratulations, they congratulated and sent gifts.

First, the two princes and Princess Mingzhu presented gifts to Nangong Yi, followed by the foreign king, the eldest princess, civil and military officials, royal relatives, and foreign envoys.

Jin'er and Yu'er presented Nangong Yi with flower wine brewed by their own hands. Although Caiwei was on the side as a guide, the brothers did not ask Caiwei for help at all from picking flowers to fetching water. It can be said that this jar of wine was completely completed by the two brothers, which is very memorable.

Nangong Yi was very polite and ordered someone to open it, pour a cup, and drink it all.

Mingzhu presented a cartoon she drew, in which five people were leaning against each other affectionately. The two older ones were her father, the emperor, and her mother, and the three younger ones were their three brothers and sisters. Although the painting skills were not very exquisite, Nangong Yi was still very touched to see this warm gift, and ordered someone to put it away well.

The gifts sent by others were all rare treasures, some were rare books, some were Buddha statues, and some were poems, calligraphy and paintings made by themselves. No matter what gifts were sent, Nangong Yi nodded and accepted them, and encouraged everyone.

Only the gift sent by Miaojiang, Nangong Yi did not even look at it, and directly rewarded it to Huang Youshan, the Minister of Works.

The birthday gift sent by Miaojiang was two beauties who were good at singing and dancing. It is said that one of them had a natural fragrance that made people intoxicated, and her name was Xiangxiang; the other was good at music and had the ability to linger in the ears for three days, and her name was Piaopiao.

However, Nangong Yi had no interest in the beauties they sent. It happened that the Minister of Works had recently lost his wife, so he sent the two delicate beauties away.

After three rounds of wine, Nangong Yi suddenly stood up and said to everyone in a loud voice: "Today, I have an important announcement to everyone."