The Farm Girl's Charismatic Fortune-Chapter 309 - 305: The Divine Monarch’s Gifts Always Win the Heart

Chapter 309: Chapter 305: The Divine Monarch’s Gifts Always Win the Heart

After the palace banquet, the Ruo Family had become thoroughly famous within the circles of power in the Capital City.

No matter what everyone truly thought of the Ruo Family, they had to be courteous on the surface because the Emperor liked them.

So when hosting banquets and sending out invitations, not one excluded the Ruo Family.

Especially when it was known that the gifts the Ruo Family brought were cosmetics and skincare products from Immortal Technique, even those originally reluctant to invite them hurriedly sent an invitation!

Who cared whether their men agreed or not!

First, they had to get their hands on the Immortal Technique gifts that couldn’t be bought with silver.

The Ruo Family also hosted a banquet the day before the Lantern Festival to entertain guests, giving each visitor a set of cosmetics in return.

Each leaving lady and miss had a smile on her face.

On the day of the Lantern Festival, there was a lantern appreciation banquet in the palace, and from the moment the Ruo Family’s carriage left their home to the palace gates, there were people lifting the curtains to greet Madam Liu and her sisters-in-law!

Ruo Xuan noticed that there were many rabbit and goat lanterns, and those lanterns were exceptionally beautiful!

Upon seeing them, Ruo Xuan felt a bit sulky and quietly asked Xuanyuan Que beside her, "Do the lantern makers in the palace only know how to make rabbit and goat lanterns?"

Looking at these shiny rabbits and goats, she really wanted to burn them all with an Immortal Technique!

Xuanyuan Que couldn’t help but laugh. It wasn’t that the palace lantern craftsmen only knew how to make rabbit and goat lanterns, it was clearly that the Emperor and the Empress Dowager thought she liked rabbits and goats and had intentionally ordered more to be made.

Little did they know, her fondness for eating rabbit and goat meat was because she detested them, her natural enemies! In her previous life, she was always eaten by them, and this was her revenge!

Fearing she couldn’t restrain herself from really burning all the rabbit and goat lanterns, Xuanyuan Que said, "Let’s go."

He led her to see what she wanted to see.

Ruo Xuan couldn’t bear it anymore, aside from the flower-shaped lanterns, she disliked all others.

But flower-shaped lanterns were rare, mostly animal ones, and while other children screamed in delight, Ruo Xuan found them annoying and lacking in taste for not appreciating flowers.

She could not stand it any longer; not a single Xuancao Flower lantern was in sight! freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

They should not be called flower lanterns but animal lanterns!

Ruo Xuan internally ranted furiously.

"Alright, let’s go! Let’s go!" Ruo Xuan pulled Xuanyuan Que by the hand, heading towards his palace, "I’m hungry, I want to eat meat. Have the Imperial Kitchen make it for me, Brother Xuanyuan."

Ruo Xuan had lost all interest in guessing lantern riddles, what, to take home a rabbit if she guessed right?

Xuanyuan Que: "..."

Was she so upset that she needed to eat rabbits and goats to soothe her wounded heart?

He drew her along, "Let’s go over there and take a look."

"No! I don’t want to look anymore, I want to eat meat."

Xuanyuan Que insisted, "Let’s look first, then eat."

"I don’t want to look, they’re not pretty," Ruo Xuan turned around and walked off.

Xuanyuan Que: "..."

Xuanyuan Que took hold of her, and as a last resort said, "There’s a King of Lanterns over there, a Xuancao Flower lantern."

Ruo Xuan’s eyes lit up, and then she glared at Xuanyuan Que, "Then why didn’t you lead me to it in the first place?"

Xuanyuan Que: "..."

He had hoped to surprise her as they wandered and stumbled upon it.

But she was so petty; not only could she not stand living rabbits and goats, she couldn’t even bear lanterns shaped like them!

Ruo Xuan dashed eagerly towards the King of Lanterns.

There was already a crowd gathered around it.

Ruo Xuan saw a huge Xuancao Flower glass palace lantern placed at the very center of the Imperial Garden, surrounded by numerous other smaller flower lanterns, as if the king of flowers was holding court amidst their worship.

The people around were discussing animatedly, children exclaimed, "Mom, what kind of lantern is this? It’s beautiful!"

"That’s the King of Lanterns tonight."

"I want to win this King of Lanterns! Mother, please help me win it back!"

"What kind of flower is this King of Lanterns? It doesn’t look like a peony flower, does it?"

"Why isn’t the lantern made to look like a peony flower? Isn’t the peony the king of all flowers?"

"Last year’s King of Lanterns was a peony. I don’t recognize this year’s flower."

"This one is much more beautiful than last year’s peony King of Lanterns."

"Of course, it’s beautiful. Haven’t you seen what materials were used for this King of Lanterns? It must have cost a fortune! How much silver would it take to make this?"

"I don’t know why, but the way this lantern lights up makes it look as if it’s about to transform into an immortal, it’s so beautiful!"

"It’s so beautiful and dreamlike. It doesn’t seem to have a candle inside, does it? How does it light up?"

"It seems not to have one, it’s magical! And what kind of gem is that? Could it be made from Luminous Pearls?"

...

Ruo Xuan laughed when she saw the lantern in front of her. It looked just like her when she had transformed into a human!

Shining brightly, dazzling and intoxicatingly charming.

No wonder there weren’t many flower-shaped lanterns around tonight. They must have all come to pay homage to her!

Ha ha....

Ruo Xuan looked at Xuanyuan Que: "Brother Xuanyuan, you made this, didn’t you?"

Only the Divine Lord Xuanyuan had seen her in her human form after transformation.

And only he could have made such a beautiful lantern.

What’s more, this was the scene of a Flower Demon receiving the homage of hundreds of flowers during its immortal transformation. She had looked forward to that moment for so long!

It was such a pity that she had been just a bit short of that opportunity.

She had not expected that Divine Lord Xuanyuan would allow her to experience it in this way.

Xuanyuan Que did not deny it, simply saying, "Happy Lantern Festival."

Every flower that cultivates into an immortal receives the homage of hundreds of flowers during its transformation.

But she, in order to save herself, had been just a step away from never being able to transform into an immortal and receive the homage of a hundred flowers.

This was what he had owed her, and now he could only make it up to her in this manner.

Ruo Xuan smiled very sweetly, "Thank you, Brother Xuanyuan. Happy Lantern Festival! I love it so much!"

Ruo Xuan happily circled the King of Lanterns and liked it more and more the more she looked at it.

There was a riddle hanging on the lantern, which read "Sought by the divine—a word puzzle".

Many people were guessing.

What did the deities seek?

Aren’t deities able to have whatever they want?"

Ruo Xuan said directly, "Wuyou, the riddle on this lantern is ’wuyou’."

The eunuch standing beside the lantern said cheerfully, "Congratulations, Princess Wuyou, you guessed correctly. The King of Lanterns now belongs to Princess Wuyou!"

The crowd suddenly realized, "I just thought, what flower is this? Isn’t this the Xuancao Flower?"

"Xuancao for a carefree life! Deities also seek freedom from care. Who doesn’t wish for such carefreeness? Ha ha, clever!"

So, this is the Xuancao Flower? Is the Xuancao Flower this beautiful?"

"The Xuancao is just a common weed by the river, who would recognize it? Perhaps only Princess Wuyou would know! To think that people might have believed tonight’s King of Lanterns was specially prepared for Princess Wuyou!" said the Crown Princess of Protectorate Duke with a sour tone.

The frame of this King of Lanterns was made of agarwood. As the saying goes, "A half a room of agarwood is better than a chest of jewels." This palace lantern was as tall as a house; how much agarwood would have been used for the frame alone?

Just the agarwood frame itself was worth a fortune, not to mention that the base was adorned with gems!

And then there were the petals made from gold, which must have weighed hundreds of pounds? The main body also shone brightly, though it was unclear what precious substance it was made of.

Such a lantern, clearly worth a fortune, yet won by a country girl. She was green with envy!