Chapter 174: A general’s tea party.
It was an exciting day for a group of toddlers that arrived at Mei Mei’s house three days later, escorted by their parents who equally excited after they were informed by their children that they had a play date at the home of the owner of Hua Qi cakes.
When they arrived, the atmosphere surprised them. Small white tents had been set up in the between the garden and the swimming pool. Inside the tents, a children’s tea party had been prepared.
It was a luxurious tea party, not a simple one where a girl and her stuffed toys sat around a table drinking out of tiny plastic cups. This was the epitome of luxury as far as children’s parties went.
For starters before reaching the tents, the guests walked on a runway of pink rose petals. Mingzhu wanted floating petals but with the strength of the wind, they kept flying away so that plan was set aside.
In every tent, golden birdcages housing rare singing canaries and other beautiful birds had been hung mid air or placed on high stools. For those that were familiar with the way the Jun family operated, it was no surprise. But to those new to it, the sight was astonishing.
The tables were draped with silk tablecloths embroidered with gold and silver threads which came directly from the royal castle. The sets that were provided by grandma Jun and grandma Feng--pure porcelain, some were even encrusted with diamonds and sapphires. Others were light transparent crystal glass which was heat resistant.
And then came the guest list. For a children’s tea party, it had attracted a lot of wealthy and influential members of the elite society. The parents that brought their children all chose to sit for a while and enjoy the beautiful environment.
The children themselves were as powerful financially as their parents, some had even come from the royal family, toddlers and teenagers all excited because Phoenix toys was launching some new toys at the tea party. There would be no press conference but pictures would be taken.
The tea itself was not the usual ordinary tea blends. Juan tea had brought out their rare exquisite teas which were sold for hundreds of thousands per spoon of tea leaves. One could not discuss the teas without mentioning the pastries which accompanied it. Hua Qi snacks only, all beautiful, all new and all rare flavors which outsiders had never seen. Their famous cheesecake was not to be missed, different flavors of it were lining up, waiting to fill the bellies of the guests.
For Mingzhu, this was the best party ever and her first party with friends. All of her last birthday parties only had two people, her and her mother. The little girl was going around claiming that it was her birthday.
For Mei Mei, she had an entirely different problem. When Rize had about the tea party yesterday, she had the brilliant idea to put all the children in traditional wear, dressed as princesses and princes from different empires and kingdoms, real and fictional. Some of the costumes had even been taken from Phoenix Ent.
All the children looked lovely and cute, except for two. One was Tao Xiaotong who was dressed as a modern chef and pestering madam Feng and Jingzhe for the secret recipe of Hua Qi’s cakes. Two was Mingzhu who had been dressed as an ancient general, with a red fur cloak she had been given by Jun Lian and waving around a wooden sword which Emperor Junjie had given to her as a gift.