Cunning General Si Ning
Chapter 209: The Birthday

Chapter 209: The Birthday

Birthday?

Oh.

Si Ning had totally forgotten about the Queen Dowager’s birthday he managed not to be the event planner, he should have at least asked why the palace seemed to be bustling even everyone at the Jasmine palace seemed to be decorating the palace that it had gotten to the point of annoying, it wasn’t even his birthday so he cooped up in his room working on some changings needed to be made in his army without taking note of the time, he didn’t even bother to go and check the arrangement made by Concubine Ling, he had already placed his trust in her and he knew she was going to make the birthday ceremony perfect.

When Si Ning was done with his writing, he took note that he was going to start attending the court meetings the next day which means he was putting an end to his honeymoon. He knew he shouldn’t leave all his work to his Commanders because they were also humans too.

After crosschecking his writing, Si Ning closed the report and turned to Ah Dai who was waiting after dropping the bomb on him to dress up for the Queen Dowager’s birthday ceremony and Si Ning would have loved to lie that he wasn’t feeling too well in order not to attend but it just had to be the same birth date with Xiu TianZhao which means it was a mother and son ceremony, he would be expected to attend as the Empress and for his best friend Xiu TianZhao’s sake, he would stay till the end.

It was still funny to him that the last time he saw Xiu TianZhao, he made no mention of it which means he might not be looking forward to it or doesn’t care about his birthday like the Queen Dowager.

"Master, have picked up the silk for the Queen Dowager and the brand imported medicinal dried fragrance tea leaves from Yokohama, pluck and dried by the finest tea maker which was so hard to get." Ah Dai told Si Ning.

"Hmmm." Si Ning was glad that he had a sensible Servant but what he doesn’t understand was why they had to gift the Queen Dowager something common, the tea leaves might be special since it was imported but what of the silk.

In the modern era, Si Ning would have appreciated someone to gift him a car on his birthday and what could replace a car in the era he found himself in should be a carriage yet he had no idea if it was even a proper gift but he doesn’t like the idea of gifting her silk when it was mostly found everywhere and the Queen Dowager would also have lot of expensive silks which quality might surpass his gift.

"Madam ordered the tea from Yokohama and ordered the silk to be made by the legendary silk maker in Zhonghua, you know Young Master that the legendary silk maker had already retired but the Imperial family does order from him but he leaves the work to his apprentices but Madam was able to make him personally make the silk and for Madam sake, he made the silk and embroidered on it personally, isn’t that great Young Master?"

Si Ning’s eyes widened, he couldn’t believe his mother was involved. "Bring it." He was glad his mother had taken great measures in making his life go well in the palace, if he doesn’t have a gift he would have to prepare one in a hurry which means he might end up gifting out what he owned. He had no idea how his mother knew about the birthday but he was happy and curious about what the legendary silk maker he heard of made.

Ah Dai brought a box and opened it before carefully bringing out dark protective silk and he unwrapped it to reveal a plain sparking golden silk, he brought it out carefully to show the tip which was embroidered with a pure golden thread. "Young Master see." He said happily as he moved closer to show Si Ning.

Si Ning instantly sat up when Ah Dai got close and he touched it, it was so soft to the touch, dazzling in the sun and the embroidery lotus flowers pattern on the tips were perfect, there was no doubt it was really made by a master because he had never seen a top-notch quality material even the silk he received as a gift from Xiu Zhicheng was nothing compared to this, it was also on a per with his wedding attire. It would be a shame to part with a gift like that but it was a gift his mother prepared and he shouldn’t keep it for himself after all the embroidered pattern on it showed that it was female clothing.

Si Ning handed the silk to Ah Dai. "Good." He looked away, avoiding taking another look at the material. He doesn’t need to look at tea leaves, he had seen different kinds of tea leaves he had no interest in seeing another but he was sure it was going to be a nice one. "What about the Second Prince gift?" He asked hopefully and turned to Ah Dai after he closed the box, he hoped someone like Chen An had taken care of it because he doesn’t think he could come up with a suitable gift.

"Madam found a wine in the store but it seemed too small for a gift so Young Miss was able to contact Yueqing to dance as the perfect birthday gift for the Minister of Works." Ah Dai said. "Madam found it a little difficult to think of a grand gift so Young Miss decided to interfere saying she knows the perfect gift for the Minister of Works" He explained after Si Ning raised an eyebrow.

"Yueng?" Si Ning was dumbfounded. It was true he couldn’t ’t think of any gift for Xiu TianZhao, having a dancer to dance was a perfect gift because Xiu TianZhao was someone who enjoys life to the fullest.

But who was Yueqing?

"Young Master it is Yueqing, Yanlin’s sister that went to live in Cheng city to become a dancer, and from what I heard she is now a great dancer and responded to Madam’s invitation at once." Ah Dai explained

It was so confusing because Si Ning had no idea Yanlin had a sister or Yanyu had another daughter. It wasn’t unusual for him not to know since he never needed to ask questions about Yanlin’s family because he never had the business of knowing. He wouldn’t even be surprised if Xiao Pei tell him one day he had ten wives and twenty children.

"When will she get here?" Si Ning asked not wanting to ask any more questions that might confuse Ah Dai because he was supposed to know Yueqing but he doesn’t.

"She had already arrived yesterday night but had to rest and prepare, she will be here tonight but she was still shocked by Yanlin’s eloping."

Si Ning had no idea when or how Ah Dai was communicating with his home but it seemed the flow of communication was so smooth he was always updated. It was after Si Ning had dinner with the Emperor and the Emperor left did Xiao Pei showed up, he inform Si Ning that Wei took care of everything, and the rumour that Yanlin eloped already floated around that he had to control the situation which means everything was perfect, no one except them and Song Feng would know about what happened.

"Good." Si Ning made a mental note to thank his mother for her preparation, she had always been taking care of him and bringing him out of a tight situation he would likely find himself in and he was also going to thank Si Nan too because finally, it seemed his eyes would be feasting to a type of dancing style that the skill needed to be acquired and learned in Cheng city.

Just thinking of this made Si Ning stand up to his feet, finally, it was time for him to dress up as the perfect Empress.