Chen Hancheng said, "Second brother, this is a good idea. Let's settle the reception! As for other ways of welcoming, including the food, singing and dancing at the palace banquet, do you have any opinions?! You'd better think about it carefully, so that the imperial sister feels like she has really returned home!"
The fourth prince nodded hurriedly: "Big brother is right. When I was communicating with the third brother, he told me that the royal sister and the queen planned to return to Chu after participating in the formation master competition."
The brothers' eyes widened when they heard this. What? After participating in the formation master competition, they will become the State of Chu
If my imperial sister doesn't stay in Jin, my father will definitely not stay in Jin!
Then don't they have to stay in the imperial capital to help their eldest brother supervise the country
The brothers looked at each other and saw the words clearly written in capital bold letters in each other's eyes: Absolutely not!
My father is not in Jin State. He has gone to Chu State with my younger sister. Who will handle state affairs
The eldest imperial brother was so cruel. He tricked them into coming back from thousands of miles away to see the imperial sister, only to have them come back in vain. Then he trapped them in the imperial capital for several months, making them accompany him to the morning court every day, review memorials with him, and face a bunch of monsters and demons with him!
Their hands are almost worn out from reviewing memorials. Facing ministers who drool all day long in the court, their brains have become dull and their hair is almost falling out, turning them bald!
Several brothers began to think hard about how to make their sister and mother fall in love with Jin State as soon as they set foot on this land and be reluctant to leave!
The fifth prince: "I heard from my third brother that my sister loves to plant trees and flowers. When my father was in Chu, he carried water for them to water the vegetables, washed clothes, cooked, fed chickens and pigs every day, and then moved them and made them agree to return to the country. Otherwise, we will fill the palace, the streets in the city, and outside the city with flowers to show our welcome! We must make our sister fall in love with Jin! Stay in Jin! The formation master competition is about to start, and these flowers can also be used to welcome the formation master delegations from other countries to participate. Kill two birds with one stone!"
Shen Hancheng nodded: "This is good. Using flowers is more thoughtful than hanging red lanterns. My sister and mother are both girls, and girls like flowers."
He had already asked his third brother, his sister, and the queen about their preferences, and they indeed loved growing flowers, vegetables, and farming.
Although flowers are more expensive than lanterns, the Jin State is not without the financial resources.
The third prince said that the Queen Mother and the Emperor's sister had no plans to stay in Jin State forever, and they would probably follow the Crown Prince of Chu back to Chu State after participating in the formation master competition.
Based on his understanding of his father, the emperor had been longing for a daughter for so many years, and finally his wish came true. How could he bear to let his imperial sister leave
If he couldn't find a way to keep his sister, his father would probably abdicate immediately and let him ascend the throne.
Then he followed the queen and the emperor's sister to the State of Chu and lived a pastoral life in hiding.
His intuition told him that his father was enjoying this pastoral life and seemed reluctant to leave.
How is this possible
I could obviously wait twenty or thirty years before ascending the throne, and then be a canary trapped in a golden cage!
He doesn't want to ascend the throne now!
Therefore, he must keep the queen and the imperial sister!
Let them fall in love with Jin State and feel at home.
He said, "Since my sister and the queen both like to plant flowers, trees, and farm, I plan to find a large courtyard in the palace and set aside a piece of land for my mother and sister to farm. What do you think?"
The brothers' eyes lit up!
The Second Prince: "Brother, this is a good idea! Do you need a bigger courtyard? I will give up the Bamboo Courtyard for mother to live in! My house is not big enough!"
In this way, he can move out of the palace, move out of the imperial capital, move to the ends of the earth, open a blacksmith shop, and forge peerless magical weapons!
The fourth prince: "How can one Bamboo Courtyard be enough? My Tingfeng Palace is right next to the Bamboo Courtyard. Why not just transform the two courtyards into one? This way, there will be more space for farming!"
As long as he doesn't have to live in the palace and doesn't have to stay in the palace to review memorials, he can even live in the toilet outside!
The fifth prince: "The courtyards of the two royal brothers will be renovated for the queen mother to live in, and the Songtao Courtyard and Heluoxuan of my sixth royal brother and I will be renovated for the royal sister to live in! I heard from the third royal brother that there is a large lotus pond near the royal sister's home! The royal sister occasionally goes fishing and grills fish when she has time! It happens that my courtyard is close to the lake, so we will replace the koi in the lake with grass carp and other fish, and then plant lotus roots. In summer, the royal sister can fish and feed the fish by the lake, and pick lotus! In autumn and winter, she can dig lotus roots! Isn't this what rural life is all about? The royal sister will definitely like it!"
The Sixth Prince stretched out his arm and placed it on the Fifth Prince’s shoulder: Good brother!
Fifth brother is still the best to me!
Shen Hancheng glanced at the brothers and thought to himself, there is no need for their courtyards. He thinks the largest one is the East Palace. In fact, he can also move out of the palace. In this way, the Crown Princess can go hiking if she wants to, play in the water if she wants to, go shopping if she wants to, and she doesn’t have to abide by the palace rules!
Tomorrow he will talk to the Ministry of Works to renovate the East Palace!
That's a great idea brothers.
The Seventh Prince was the youngest, and he definitely couldn't compete with his brothers in the matter of contributing a courtyard, so he said, "All the ideas of my brothers are very good. In fact, it's not important which courtyard to build. The most important thing is to know how the vegetable garden and the home of my sister are decorated! We can decorate the courtyard of my mother and my sister according to the style of my sister's home, so that my sister and mother will feel at home, right?!"
The eyes of several princes lit up!
The second prince clapped his hands and said, "I will send a letter to my third brother right away and ask him to draw the vegetable garden of my sister's home, and we will arrange it according to that design! In his letter, my third brother also said that my sister's master, Master Tang, is here this time. Master Tang likes peach blossoms, and my sister often picks a peach blossom to put in a vase at home, which shows that she likes it too. Why don't we plant a peach blossom forest in the imperial garden?"
The other princes nodded one after another: "This is a good idea. Let's decorate the palace with flowers and turn the imperial capital into a flower city, like a dream. The imperial sister will fall in love with it at first sight and won't want to leave."
However, when they returned home, it was already mid-April and the peach blossoms had already faded.
Shen Hancheng thought of "The beauty of April on earth is gone, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temple are in full bloom!" He suddenly remembered that there is a place where the peach blossoms bloom later! So he said: "I know a place where the peach blossoms bloom later!"
The other princes immediately said: "Brother, please arrange for someone to find Taohua immediately!"
"Just in case, if there are no peach blossoms, pear blossoms, apricot blossoms, or cherry blossoms, find some. Plant a patch of flowers or a path of flowers in the imperial garden to welcome the imperial sister back to the palace!"
"In addition, the dishes prepared for the palace banquet must be liked by the imperial sister and the queen mother! And the songs and dances must also be liked by the imperial sister and the queen mother..."
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Soon, several princes worked out a welcome ceremony to make the imperial sister feel at home, and then hurriedly arranged people to implement it.
Their big move alarmed the concubines in the harem, and those concubines would gather together to play mahjong when they had nothing to do.
Let's talk about this when we get together today.
Concubine De: "Have you heard? The Emperor is going to bring back the Empress and the Princess soon! The people from the Ministry of Rites are preparing for the welcoming ceremony! I heard that the ceremony of enthroning the Empress has already been prepared!"
Concubine Shu: "I heard that this queen is as beautiful as a fairy."
Upon hearing this, the talented people present looked at the Imperial Concubine. After all, there has never been a Queen in the palace, so the Imperial Concubine is the most powerful one!