Jiang Shuyue: [Wow, the Empress Dowager's fortune is worth that much? One sentence doubled my Green Tea Points. What kind of cheat is she running?]
Huahua: [That's the power of being blessed with imperial aura! Jealous?]
Jiang Shuyue was green with envy. If she had that ability, she could rake in a fortune every day.
Consort Shu had never imagined that her aunt would make her lose face. Her expression immediately soured.
The Fourth Prince noticed it too. His mother seemed... to have fallen out of favor...
His brooding gaze turned toward Jiang Shuyue.
Look at how excited she was. What an idiot...
"Enough. Let's not delay any longer. Begin the banquet."
The emperor swept his sleeve, and the princes presented their gifts first: the Second Prince's Longevity Quilt, the Jade Buddha the Fourth Prince had commissioned, the Crown Prince's Petition of the People. Little Six even offered a perfectly ordinary dish.
Once the princes and princesses had finished presenting their gifts, the other offerings came forward in waves according to rank.
Coral, agate, treasured classics-all manner of fine things were presented one after another.
Jiang Shuyue did not want to miss a single item and examined each one carefully. Before long, her eyes grew tired.
Jiang Shuyue: [The Empress Dowager told me to choose one, but there are so many wonderful things. How am I supposed to choose? Huahua, do you think her bedchamber can hold all this?]
Huahua: [The Imperial Palace is so big. They'll find somewhere to put it.]
[Ah, no wonder so many people fight over the Supreme Throne. All these valuables for a single birthday! Just one or two would be enough to feed an entire town for three to five years.]
As Jiang Shuyue once again sighed over how people shared the same humanity