Chapter 41 Part 1 – Gifts For The Mid Autumn Festival

Autumn, when the weather was cool, Nanny Wan and some maids made new clothes for the little princess when they were free.

For many years, the palace didn’t have any need to make children’s clothes. The little princess looked beautiful and lovely. She looked good in all kinds of clothes, especially children’s clothes. When she walked in a small palace dress and pestered the emperor for a hug, she looked even more lovely and it made onlookers feel as if they were going to melt at the sight of it.

Some smart palace maids saw the lovely dolls kept in the little princesses chamber, and they also had some strange ideas. Those ordinary children didn’t like embroidering cute little rabbits and civets, etc. on their clothes. But the little faces carved on Princesses things like powders and jade were especially cute, so cute that they could make people’s hearts melt.

Coincidentally, the little princess also liked other patterns. She couldn’t let go of her new clothes and went to show off in front of her father in her little skirt. Was it okay to be this happy?

A Happy person spread happiness. And how can a happy child who was smiling so gleefully ever be ugly?

Seeing the little dumpling’s boastful expression, the man looked up from his table and nodded.

And since she got the approval of her Royal Father, the little dumpling was already on cloud nine. Only her good-looking And handsome Royal Father was qualified enough to praise her!

She had never boasted in front of anybody else in her life!

She was so happy that she started to spin and dance around fluttering her little skirt like the wings of a butterfly in front of her father. She almost fainted from dizziness and sat down on the floor.

The palace people who didn’t have time to hold the Princess: “…”

The little princess smiled foolishly and said that it was OK. Weijue thought of the first time he saw his daughter. At that time, on the street downtown, she was wearing dirty and ragged clothes. She smiled brightly like a small flower in full bloom. Because she ran too fast and hit his leg, she was shocked and fell on the ground by the momentum. Even at that time she had raised her head and smiled foolishly. She waved her hands and said it didn’t hurt.

He felt as if his heart was melting and picked up the little dumpling himself. Thinking that this little dumpling also liked to be praised, he said, “The skirt is very pretty, and YinYin looks even better.”

The little dumpling’s eyes widened in shock. Her father seldom called her name so intimately and praised her. Although she knew that her father always loved her, his frank praise made the little dumpling feel as if she was floating in the sea of happiness. She was happier than when she was praised by the teacher recently.

The little dumpling planted a kiss on her Royal fathers face excitedly and said softly, “Daddy, I’m so happy.”

Wei Jue (smiled) raised his lips.[TL: Probably because he has been expressionless for a long time.)

It was good to be alone, but it was not as good as having a baby to care for.

At first, the little girl shocked the teacher and got praised by the teacher every day. But over time, as the little princess always answered very well in every exam and always answered the teacher’s questions, everybody got used to it.

Now, when the little princess went out to play with her friends outside the palace, they couldn’t help but show off infront of others, “The little princess is my friend. She’s so powerful. Do you know Scholar Zhou? He’s a very strict old man, but teacher Zhou is very kind to the little princess. He praises her cleverness every day and says that she is a little genius! “

The point was: “The little princess is my friend, did you know? We are really good friends!”

After boasting for a while, they went back home happily and contentedly in the face of the envious eyes of their friends and acquaintances.

The parents of these kids were helpless. They sent these kids to the palace to make a fool out of themselves in front of the emperor. They were trying to gain favour with the little princess. However, their stupid child became the princess’s minion. When they saw heavens and earth bowing in front of the little princess, they were not allowed to say any bad word about her anymore. It was no different from provoking a dog by taking away it’s bone.

The children were all small. Last time they had heard that the children pleaded on behalf of the princess and won the emperor’s praises. They had just let the matter go. It was good to get into the good books of the emperor after all.

On the evening of Mid Autumn Festival, the Royal study group was closed. The children were discussing going out to play and experiencing the real world. How could they say that they were children who had studied in the palace and have been rewarded by the emperor? The world that they should see couldn’t be left behind, or they would become a laughing stock infront of their friends later.

But when they reached the palace, thinking that they were already good enough to be on equal standing with the little princess. They hesitated for a while, was it okay to go with the little princess?

The little princess was so pitiful. She stayed in the palace everyday. She doesn’t know how much fun it is outside.

There were countless vendors on the street on Chang’an’s Street. It was even more lively during the festival. It was said that this year’s Mid Autumn Festival’s folk chamber of commerce also organized a poetry competition.

Who could stop themselves from enjoying the limited mooncakes in the Xiyuan building for free, wear fun masks, and they had even heard that there were silver rewards?

They didn’t know how many reward groups there were, but it must be fun!

Even if one doesn’t take part in the poetry fair and goes just to have a look, there were countless snacks on the street. There were good-looking sugar figurines, sour and sweet sugar gourds, meat buns, pies with meat and so on.

As soon as they think about it, their eyes would shine. They wished that they would go out during the Mid Autumn Festival!

After class, they saw that the teacher was far away. The kids rushed to surround the little princess and asked her if she would go with them?

YinYin was stunned. “Was there such a place in the world? There’s a lot to eat and a lot to play with?”

The little princess had seen few people in the world. She was stunned by the scenes described to her by her few friends. Yinyin clenched her fist and promised to come when she was free to learn more about the real world. Then, she went to find her father and told him that she wanted to go out to the palace, which was fun and eat delicious snacks!

The man slightly raised his eyebrows and looked at the ball holding his thigh. “Do you want to go or do they want to go?”

The little dumpling said honestly, “We all want to go…”

The little dumpling, fearing that her father would not agree, held his leg and shook it back and forth, and asked, “How about this, father comes with me too? There are so many delicious and funny things. Yinyin wants my Royal father to eat them too. Royal father will also be happy!”

The little dumpling was very good at putting herself in the other’s shoes. She thought that her father would like what she likes. Then she said, “Father will be happy. It was fun to hear about that place!”

On the day of the Mid Autumn Festival, the kids were waiting outside the palace for the little princess, but what they saw was a pair of two people, one and a small one. Suddenly they turned stupid. The emperor was wearing a black robe and holding the little princess. The children were almost scared enough to pee their pants.

They secretly whispered in each other’s ear and said: “How…how come the emperor also…also came along?”

They were going to cry just standing before the emperor.

They had planned to take the little princess out to see the world and fly together. Now, they can’t fly. It was good not to let the emperor fly with them.

They followed the emperor with fear. They did not dare to glance at him. They cried bitterly in their hearts.

However, the little girl held by the emperor was having a good time. She didn’t notice what was wrong with her friends. She couldn’t see enough with her eyes. She looked around and saw the sugar figurine. She thought it looked funny. She thought the lion dance was powerful. Then she looked at the people coming and going on the street and sighed: “It’s still my father who is the best . Everyone is not my father!”

When he heard that the corner of his lips were raised, there was a smile in his eyes. He held the girl high and put her on his shoulder so that she could see more scenery.

The little dumpling clapped her hands excitedly and exclaimed, “Daddy, I think I’m the tallest person in the world!” She compared her height with everyone. “Look, no one is taller than me!”

The little dumpling also didn’t forget the little friends behind her. When she saw the delicious and funny ones, she always remembered them.they though that it would have been nice if they were invisibl. The little dumplings behind had been scared silly by the little princess again and again. Every time the emperor’s eyes turned around towards them with the little princess, the dumplings thought it was OK to die now. Now they wanted to go home and find their mothers!

The regiment of little radishes followed painstakingly and decided to learn a lesson from this. They can’t call the little princess to play with them anywhere in the future. Otherwise, the little princess will definitely bring the emperor. Hum!

It was better for them to bring fun things from outside into the palace to bring more fun to the little princess, instead. So, anyway, she can’t be called again.

The little dumpling didn’t know that her little friends were going to abandon her. She held her father’s neck and looked around excitedly. She was so satisfied that her beautiful eyes were bent in a crescent.

This scene could be seen everywhere in the street. The delicate and lovely doll like girl in pink dress, looking as if she was a jade carving was sitting on her father’s shoulder, while her little chubby finger pointed to things on the street saying, this one and that one. She looked like a curious little doll who went to the city for the first time.

When the passers-by saw her, most of them smiled kindly at her. This doll was really cute, and her father was not bad either. They stood out in the crowd. Their faces were very beautiful, but the man’s momentum was a little too intimidating. It made people dare not to approach. There was nothing wrong with the little girl though.

It was strange that this pair of father and daughter were followed by a group of male dolls who seemed to have a good family background. The male dolls were not very interested, with their pairs of small shoulders hanging down and dragging themselves behind. It was a strange sight!

Strolling to the back, the little dumpling saw a small stall selling clay figurines. She started making noises for her Daddy’s attention and to come and have a look.

When he got to the stall, he saw an old man who was sitting on the little stall and moulding clay for the customers. He moulded according to the demands of the customers. His fingers were very flexible, and soon a lifelike clay figurine was made.

The little dumpling looked at the clay figurine that the master handed to the customer. The customer had asked for a figurine of his own child. A boy about five years old, the little dumpling specifically compared it to the boy and found that the clay figurine was really similar to that little brother!

“Dad Yinyin wants it too…”

Before the little dumpling finished saying, Wei Jue had already paid for it. Today was the first time in his life that he had paid money to buy things himself. In the past, his subordinates did it for him. He was not curious about the people and was not interested in it. How could he use the money?

The little dumpling looked at the old man with bright eyes and said, “Grandpa, mould a figurine of me, and my Dad!”

After that, she didn’t forget her friends.

She turned around and called the boys at the back to come up, “Let’s make figurines together!”

The regiment of radishes came forward and found something wrong with their friends when they were close to Yinyin. When talking about the activities of the Mid Autumn Festival, they were all very happy and looking forward to it. How come they were not happy anymore now?

The children wanted to cry but there were no tears. They were not unhappy. They were happy as long as the big devil before them was happy!

In order to make her friends happy, Yinyin picked up several things from WeiJue’s hands and handed them over to them one by one. “Well, don’t be unhappy with them. You need to be happy when you come out to play. We can come out next time!”

The children were going crazy inside, shaking their heads. No, no, no next time, they dared not to call their little classmate who only valued her father and their friends!

However, they were always happy to receive the gift from the little princess. Several of them were very pleasant. They were even more happy when they saw the gift. They didn’t think about what the emperor who was watching would think. They were attracted by the gifts.

Just as it happens, the things that the little princess gave to each friend were different. They were the things that everyone liked. For example, Fang Tang liked to put on clothes and collect shiny stones. Jiang Cao’s family was poor and liked silver. The little dumpling then gave a pig made of silver, which happens to be the zodiac pig of Jiang Cao.

Cao Lian liked to play. He was given a tiger kite with great prestige. It looks very handsome. Cheng Li liked to be a big brother. The little dumpling gifted a folding fan. It was said that adults loved to use folding fans these days. Those who used folding fans were all people with reliable knowledge!

Then the black dumpling in the list.

She didn’t forget her partner.

She didn’t know what the black dumpling liked about books, but she could see that he studies hard every day. The little dumpling gave him a reading note. It was said that the number one scholar Lang used it for studying. Anyway, that’s what the boss said!

Wei Jue looked at several little bunnies holding their presents contentedly. What else can’t she understand? He paid money for what the little dumpling wanted to buy. He didn’t ask what the purpose of the dumpling was. But now the little dumpling was giving away these gifts to the cubs. Seeing how happy they were, it was obvious that their hearts had been touched. The man grinded his teeth silently. Wei Jue felt that he hadn’t felt this way for several years, and wanted to attack the cubs with the same impulse as he felt on the frontier.

He looked down at the happy group of radishes and thought about the possibility of throwing people out of Chang’an city while his cub wasn’t paying attention?

A few happy feelings because of the little princess’s intimate gift to heal the injured little heart of the group, were suddenly hit a chill up their spine. What was wrong?

Looking up again, the emperor was staring at the things in their hands with a dark face. What else was needed for them to understand the crux of the matter?

Subconsciously they backed away and hid their gifts to the back, and then they hid behind the little princess, and then only did they feel relieved!

Tut, the little princess was not good at this point. She always lies in front of them, saying how good the emperor was. All of them were lying to children!!!