"Meet the princesses!" Li Xiu saluted to Princess Pingyang and others in the pavilion. He was just commanding his servants to finish the banquet, but he didn't expect to suddenly receive the news that Princess Pingyang summoned him. At first he was a little strange, but when he saw the mirror on the pavilion table, he guessed seven or eight in his heart.

"Li Jijiu doesn't have to be too polite. I have received your gift, so I'll worry you!" Princess Pingyang said as dignified as possible, but her beautiful little face still couldn't help but feel a little shy. She saw Li Xiu's efforts to help her birthday, which also touched her very much. Moreover, in her opinion, this may be the happiest birthday she has ever had since she was born.

"The princess is so polite. It's just a gift. It's a privilege for the princess to like it!" Li Xiu also smiled at this time. It was just a glass mirror, which might not be worthless in later generations, but in this era, it was undoubtedly the best gift for a beautiful woman. It is said that in later generations, the French queen was willing to exchange several cities for a large mirror with a book size, which made the mirror attractive to women.

"Sister Three, don't talk so much nonsense, let me say it!" At this moment, Princess Changguang, who had already poached Shaoyao, suddenly squeezed in front and asked Li Xiu, "Li Jijiu, I wonder where the mirror you gave to the third sister was found. Can you help us find a few more?"

Sure enough, Li Xiu also thought to himself when he heard this. He guessed that it might be the reason, but he did not intend to hide the matter of the mirror, so he replied with a smile: "Princess Qibing, in fact, this mirror was made by himself, and it would not be difficult to make a few more sides. The difficulty is that he could not find such a large and flat medicine jade."

When Li Xiu saw the glassware given by Du Fuwei, he found that the base of a large plate was very large and flat, and had good transparency, so he could make a mirror. So he found a jade workshop and asked the jade craftsman in the workshop to help him cut the glass and help him smooth the glass. These jade craftsmen often deal with harder jade and had rich experience in this area. Finally, Li Xiu got a round flat glass. In the end, he failed the tin sticker method several times before he made a mirror.

"Yaoyu? My family has a lot of Yaoyu. I wonder if it meets Li Jijiu's requirements?" At this time, the princess of Xiangyang also said anxiously. A very clear mirror could attract women's attention than anything else.

"I have a lot of medicine jade, but the medicine jade needed to make a mirror is very flat. For example, the medicine jade in this mirror is that I asked someone to remove the bottom of a large plate and polish it flat. Unfortunately, except for that plate, I can never find any other suitable medicine jade, so I can only make one mirror." Li Xiu said the truth.

"I understand. If I can find the right medicine jade, I wonder if Li Jijiu can make a mirror for me?" Princess Changguang finally understood what Li Xiu meant at this time and asked Li Xiu with hope.

"Of course, but you don't have to use medicine jade to make mirrors. It's also OK if you can find big and transparent water jade." Li Xiu smiled again. The so-called water jade is actually crystal, but the big and transparent crystal is even rarer than glass. Anyway, he hasn't seen it yet.

"That's great. I'll go back now and I'll bring the things tonight. Then there will be a lot of money to Li Ji!" Princess Changguang was a hot-tempered person. After saying that, she said goodbye to Princess Pingyang, and then trotted away with her skirt.

Seeing her sister leaving, Princess Xiangyang couldn't sit still at this time. She also stood up and asked Li Xiu to ask her to leave, and finally even the Princess Changsha also wanted Li Xiu to make a mirror for her. Although she didn't like it, her daughter was about to get married. Mirrors were also one of the essential dowry. With such an luxurious mirror as a dowry, I believe that my daughter would definitely be very proud of her husband's family.

The three princesses left one after another, and they didn't even have time to eat the birthday cake. The candles on it were still burning, which also surprised Princess Pingyang, but then she found that she and Li Xiu were the only ones left in the pavilion, which made her suddenly feel a little shy, and even lowered her head and did not dare to look at Li Xiu.

"Did the princess make a wish?" Li Xiu looked at the birthday cake on the table and lit candles, and asked with a smile. He originally wanted to give this birthday cake to Princess Pingyang personally, but he didn't expect it to be disturbed by several princesses. However, by accident, he still got what he wanted.

"Not yet. I just talked about the mirror and ignored this cake." Princess Pingyang finally looked up at this time, but there were still two blush on her cheeks.

"It would be better to ask the princess to make a wish and then blow out the candle. At that time, the princess will definitely realize her wish!" Li Xiu smiled again. In fact, he now strongly hopes that the bearded guest will go to America early to get back several high-yield crops. Then he can take the opportunity to let Princess Pingyang and Chai Shao and live with Princess Pingyang. He can also be with Princess Pingyang in a legitimate manner. Although there is still a big gap in their identities, the matter is due to humans. He believes that he will always come up with a solution.

"Yeah, I hope..."

Princess Pingyang nodded obediently, and was about to express her wish, but was interrupted by Li Xiu and said, "Don't say it out, otherwise it won't work!"

Hearing Li Xiu's words, Princess Pingyang smiled shyly again, then closed her eyes and recited her wish in her heart. In fact, her wish was similar to what Li Xiu thought, both of which hoped to escape from the current nameless marriage as soon as possible and restore her freedom.

After making a wish, Princess Pingyang blew out the candle at Li Xiu's instructions. Then Li Xiu picked up the bamboo knife that had been prepared long ago and asked Princess Pingyang to cut the cake in person. The first piece of cake was naturally delivered to him. Because there was no one else, Princess Pingyang also called several maids to share the cake together. When they tasted the cake made by Li Xiu, they also praised it repeatedly. A large portion of the cake was hard for them to eat it, but this made Li Xiu very happy.

After all, Princess Pingyang is a married woman. Li Xiu’s relationship with her is also based on affection and politeness. She has never surpassed her. This is also the bottom line that both of them silently abide by. So after a brief time with Princess Pingyang, he stood up and said goodbye. Princess Pingyang also knew that Li Xiu was really exhausted these days, so she did not try to keep her.

However, when Li Xiu left, Princess Pingyang selected some of the gifts for him to bring to Qi Niang. During this period, Li Xiu was busy with the birthday party and had not seen Qi Niang for several days, so Princess Pingyang asked him to bring some gifts back so that Qi Niang would not get angry when she saw him, and at the same time she also expressed her apology.

Now he returned home with Princess Pingyang's gift. He hadn't been home for a few days. The house was still very peaceful. Yuechan and Liu'er sat in the front yard busy with needlework. Several maids were preparing supper. Qi Niang and Xiao Ya were playing hide-and-seek. When they saw Li Xiu coming in, Qi Niang was the first to scream and ran over, but when they were about to pounce on Li Xiu, they suddenly stopped and said dissatisfiedly: "Bad brother, I haven't been home for several days. I thought you don't want Qi Niang anymore!"

"Haha, my brother has been helping the princess for birthday these days. Look what gift did the princess ask her to bring you?" Li Xiu said as he lowered a box in his hand and opened it, revealing the gift inside. There were many interesting things in it, such as beautiful corals, crystal clear gems, etc. These things were enough to serve as dowry for Qi Niang.

"It's so beautiful, Sister Xiuning is nice to me!" Women have no resistance to beautiful things, and Princess Pingyang also knows this well, so no matter how valuable the things you give look very beautiful, even a child like Qi Niang can't resist such temptation.

"Okay, I've finished reading the gifts given by the princess. Let's take a look at the gifts brought by my brother. You will definitely like them!" Li Xiu smiled and opened the other box, which contained another birthday cake. This was when he made a cake for Princess Pingyang, and he made another one for personal gain, so that Qi Niang and the others could also try it out.

"It smells so good, what is this?" Qi Niang's eyes lit up when she smelled the cream. Although the things given by the princess were beautiful, they were not edible. However, the thing in front of her seemed delicious?

"This is called a birthday cake, and it is also prepared for the princess' birthday. You all come and try it. Whoever has a birthday in the future will make this cake to celebrate!" Looking at Qi Niang's greedy look, Li Xiu couldn't help but smile, and immediately called Yue Chan and others to eat the cake together. When he distributed the cake to everyone, even the little girl who had always been afraid of him took the initiative to say thank you to him, and then her face was covered with cream with her and Qi Niang.

With the gift and cake, the resentment of Qi Niang was finally resolved, which made Li Xiu finally relieved. Then he had a conversation with Qi Niang, and then returned to the room and took a deep sleep. He had already told Yue Chan not to wake herself up during dinner. After all, he had just had a banquet in the afternoon and was not hungry at all.

I slept until the next morning. When he woke up, Princess Pingyang had sent someone to come and sent the raw materials for Princess Changguang and others to make mirrors. There were several similar large plates, and even some large crystals. Several of them had extremely high transparency, which was far from comparable to glass of this era. If it was just used as mirrors, it would be a pity.

Looking at the glass and crystals in front of him, Li Xiu fell into deep thought. He only made a few mirrors, but he couldn't use so many materials. And he suddenly had a few new ideas, but he could use these materials. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!