Chapter 194: The Little Flower Fairy
Qin Wanwan’s prepared sachets were all given away.
She had tinkered with all those flowers, making a total of fifteen sachets, and had Xuehua deliver one each to the Crown Prince, the Tenth Prince, the Eleventh Prince, and the Twelfth Prince.
The several imperial princes went around with the sachets that very day.
The scent was so pleasant that not only did the other imperial princes smell it and ask where it came from, but the consorts in the harem also inquired about it.
The sachets of the Tenth Prince and the Eleventh Prince were even snatched by their imperial consorts.
“Without Mother, Sister Wanwan only had so few flowers, and you made a few sachets, and mine was snatched by you.
Consort Yun said with regret, “You know Mother has been having trouble sleeping lately. With this sachet, I sleep soundly, and I feel much more comfortable.”
“By the way, I also saw this kind of sachet on your Imperial Father. He wears it every day lately and seems to like it very much, although the scent is different.”
“You should get along well with that little girl. If you have more later, make some for Mother.”
The Tenth Prince was speechless. His imperial consort was already thinking of other sachets while wearing one.
Not to mention, Qin Wanwan’s floral sachets caused quite a stir in the imperial court.
The reason was that Rong Zhi brought his orchid sachet to the morning court.
Although some people had smelled the fragrance and liked it when they came to ‘visit’ him before, there hadn’t been many.
It was different now. Wherever he walked in the imperial court, people around him could smell the orchid scent from his body.
The scent was rich but not cloying. Orchid fragrance was naturally elegant and pure, making those standing around him, whose minds were not yet clear from waking up too early for the morning court, feel more invigorated.
These flowers all possessed spiritual energy, which emanated through the scent, enough to invigorate people.
Although the Emperor also wore a sachet, the distance was too great, and only the eunuchs beside the Emperor and the ministers standing nearby could smell it.
After the court session, many people gathered around Rong Zhi, indirectly asking him what incense he used.
“It smells like orchid incense. Does the Prime Minister love orchids?”
Rong Zhi replied, “Yes, my daughter’s orchids, she gave them to me.”
The pot of orchids he brought back had bloomed again. Perhaps seeing that he liked them, Qin Wanwan took better care of them than other flowers.
The orchid had four or five blooms. The mutated orchids had larger flowers than ordinary orchids, and they were a gradient of jade white to ice blue, emitting a faint fragrance in the room.
He placed them in his study, and the entire study was filled with orchid scent.
“Prime Minister, what incense are you using? It smells quite pleasant.”
Rong Zhi smiled, “It’s not incense. It’s a sachet my daughter made for me.”
He pointed to his waist, “This orchid scent is unique.”
Everyone:…………
He was showing off again.
But it had to be said that he did have the capital to show off.
After all, none of them could grow such unusual orchids, nor did they have a daughter who made sachets for them.
Qin Wanwan was unaware that her dried flower sachets had become a sensation in the entire aristocratic circle.
And they were even more sought after than anything available for purchase.
The Emperor had one, and so did the Prime Minister.
Just the fact that these two people possessed such items was enough to make many people clamor for the same ones.
Nothing could compare, especially when your arch-rival had something you didn’t.
This was the situation in the Emperor’s harem; the imperial consorts of the Tenth and Eleventh Princes had sachets identical to the Emperor’s, and the Empress also had one.
The Empress’s was an extra one Qin Wanwan gave, as she had the best relationship with Yin Yuanli among the princes.
Yin Yuanli wrote to inquire, and if Qin Wanwan had any extra, she would send him one.
However, other consorts did not have them, especially their arch-rivals. They immediately sent word to their maternal families, insisting on finding the same sachets, preferably with the same scent as the Emperor’s.
This led to Qin Wanwan’s floral sachets gaining more and more fame, with many ladies discussing them at gatherings.
Of course, Qin Wanwan knew nothing about all this.
Rong Zhi protected her very well, preventing anyone from disturbing her with such matters.
On the day of the temple fair, Qin Wanwan wore a pretty peach-pink skirt, with exquisite makeup painted on her forehead, and a light pink rose flower tucked into her cute little bun.
It was a bloom as large as a palm, with layers of petals opening beautifully, like a carved work of art, and it even carried a floral scent.
Red butterflies fluttered and landed on the flower.
Today, the little Qilin was dressed as a little flower fairy child.
As the Spring God Festival was approaching, many children in Shangjing, like Qin Wanwan, were dressed as little flower fairy children by their families.
Even unmarried young ladies liked to dress themselves up beautifully.
Everyone happily welcomed spring and the time when all things grow and flowers bloom.
Qin Wanwan wore a sachet at her waist and held an exquisite small basket in her hand.
She bounced along beside her two daddies, watching them use scissors to cut beautiful flowers and put them into the basket.
The roses planted in the courtyard wall by the little Qilin had also bloomed! She had planted roses for Father Shang and Father Rong.
When the roses bloomed, it was truly a spectacular sight.
Now, roses were the favorite of red butterflies.
Of course, it also attracted many other butterflies and birds.
Since the roses bloomed in abundance, the two of them didn’t mind cutting them.
With the small flower basket filled with roses of various colors, Qin Wanwan, carrying the basket, truly looked like a little flower fairy.
“Let’s go, let’s go, we’re off to the temple fair~”
Qin Wanwan eagerly walked ahead, her short legs moving quickly.
Shang Wuyang and Rong Zhi followed behind her.
Eagle Boss and Big Goldy escorted them to the doorway, looking at them with longing and deep resentment.
Qin Wanwan stood on her tiptoes and patted their large heads.
“Big Goldy, be good. Eagle Boss, be good too. The place we’re going has too many people, so we can’t bring you.”
After soothing the two large creatures with her milky voice, Qin Wanwan took the remaining smaller animals to the temple fair.
Shang Wuyang was not in disguise today, but he wore a mask.
It was a white cat mask.
Rong Zhi also wore a mask, a fox mask.
Many people were wearing masks like them today, so they didn’t stand out as particularly unique.
A temple fair, naturally, is meant to be visited at a temple.
The carriage stopped at the foot of the mountain, and Qin Wanwan, with her two daddies, began the arduous climb up the mountain.
Qin Wanwan was very excited at the beginning of the climb, her short legs full of energy.
The two daddies followed slowly behind.
It was early morning, but many people were going to White Horse Temple on the mountain. Some even started climbing as early as four or five in the morning to be the first to offer incense.
Today, the trees on both sides of the stone steps leading to White Horse Temple were adorned with lanterns, waiting to be lit when it got dark. The temple fair was most lively at night.
The weather today was excellent, and it would surely be beautiful once the lanterns were lit at night.
As Qin Wanwan climbed the mountain ahead, from behind, she looked like a soft and chewy glutinous rice ball, especially adorable and cute.
People climbing the mountain in front and behind her couldn’t help but cast their gazes upon her.
“Mother, is she a little flower fairy?”
Many children’s eyes lit up as they looked at Qin Wanwan.
They saw a real little flower fairy!
It had to be said that Qin Wanwan’s costume today was very successful.
