As the Banquet started, all the guests came one by one to give their wishes and gifts to the Empress Dowager.
Seeing all the expensive gifts, Lalisa was stunned and surprised as well.
Liwei was the richest and the most powerful business tycoon in the 21st century but compared to this wealth, he was nothing.
Many times, when the expensive gifts were presented Lalisa's mouth opened in awe. But for others, it was 'normal'.
Eunbi was noticing Lalisa and chuckling inwardly. Compared to Eunbi, Lalisa came from a lower background.
But she was not greedy like other consorts. Even after getting married into the palace, she never showed her greed towards the expensive gifts and clothes.
Every time, this kind of Banquet was held, her expressions remain the same for the whole time.
But.. This was not Lalisa.
It was Kim Lisa, who came from the 21st century. She loves to spend money like water while shopping.
When she saw all the expensive gifts made from gold and jade, her eyes were twinkling with brightness.
Seeing Lalisa's expressions, Eunbi snickered.
Now it time for the Royal family to present their gifts to the Empress Dowager.
It started by the consorts under Eunbi. They placed their gifts in front of Sandara one by one.
Some gifted were ornaments of gold, a dress, a jade stone, or a ring. There are so many gifts that many of them were repeated many times.
Sandara was also tired by now from receiving the same gifts.
Even Lalisa was also getting tired and bored from all the gift session. She started to yawn, when suddenly she felt a gaze on her.
It was Jeongguk.
She froze when she realized she was in the palace, that too she was the Empress.
She felt his gaze on her when she was in the middle of yawning. She froze.
Her mouth kept open in shock. She hesitantly closed her mouth. And turned to Jeongguk giving the awkward smile to him.
Jeongguk knows that the gifting session was boring. Even he was feeling tired of it.
But he was the Emperor, so he can't show his tiredness. He was still sitting straight and strict.
But then he felt a movement beside him.
He saw Lalisa yawning. He unknowingly stared at her.
Then suddenly he realized, that he stared at her for so long. She turned to look at him and smiled awkwardly.
At that time he thought, 'She... is cute.'
He never saw any other consort, to behave this carefree in front of him or the public.
Even Lalisa wasn't like that... Before. He found her carefree behavior, adorable.
After that, he sat straight and watched people presenting their gifts to Sandara
Soon it was, Eunbi's turn to present her gifts to Sandara.
Eunbi stood up from her place elegantly and walked towards in front of Sandara.
Sandara smiled at her.
Eunbi gestured towards her maid to bring her gift.
The maid brought the gift and placed it carefully on the table in front of Eunbi. The gift was covered with golden colored cloth.
It was something round in shape, not too big and small in size. But everyone was curious what was inside it.
Sandara was also curious about it.
Before removing the cloth from it, Eunbi looked at Lalisa and gave her a mocking smile.
Lalisa raised her eyebrows at her.
'What's her problem? Why she kept giving me those creepy smiles? Ahh, I got goosebumps.' she rubbed her arms together.
Jeongguk looked towards her and asked, "What happened? Do you feel cold?"
Lalisa looked at him, 'Seriously? Not again, dude. But wait, this time I think it was me who gave him the wrong idea.' she coughed at this thought.
At this, Jeongguk grew more worried, he was ready to call the imperial doctor but Lalisa stopped him by holding on his arm and said, "I am fine. It just.. see Eunbi is going to reveal her gift."
She suddenly shook him to see in Eunbi's direction.
She tried to change the topic when she didn't get any excuse. She sighed in relief when looked towards Eunbi and didn't ask her again.
Eunbi's face darkened when she saw that Jeongguk was more interested in Lalisa than her gift.
She took a deep breath and prepared to remove the cloth from the gift.
When she removed the golden colored cloth, a dark green colored stone came into their gazes.
The stone was not shiny but was dark and vibrant green.
With a look, anyone can say that it was a jade stone but it was not like others. It was somewhat different but don't know why.
Sandara looked at Eunbi with curiosity waiting for her to explain.
Before Eunbi could say anything, an old man reached to the jade started looking at him.
Eunbi and Jeongguk didn't stop him, because he owns a jewelry shop and he was the one who makes all the ornaments of the royal family.
And as most of the jewelry were of jade, so he was the Master in this field.
He looked at the jade with interest and after keenly observing the jade stone he turns to Sandara and said,
"Your majesty, Consort Eunbi is very filial to you. She has gifted you, this precious gem. As anyone could say that it is a jade, but it is not just any jade."
"It is a very precious gem which is very rare to find. Even we also didn't have this kind of quality jade in our treasury," he said with a brightness in his eyes.
Hearing his words, everyone in the palace Hall started whispering. Sandara looked at Eunbi with a feeling of proud and love.
Eunbi also turned to look at Sandara and said,"Master, please don't say like this. This stone is nothing in front of my mother." she said with a modest smile on her face.
Then she said to Sandara, "Mother, I especially asked my father to get this stone as a gift for you. This jade stone has ornamented the treasury of country L. "
"This stone was given to my grandfather by a great man, there is a saying that this stone will cure your insomnia if kept under your pillow before sleeping. "
"And you were experiencing insomnia for a few days because of stress due to Sister's health. So I asked him to send me this jade, so that I can give you in a present. This gift is not only for your birthday but also for your long and healthy life. "
She said with a humble smile on her face.
Sandara looked at Eunbi and smiled in appreciation.
Hearing Eunbi's words, Lalisa raised her eyebrows at her, 'Why the hell, she was involving me in their drama? And when did this old hag was worried about me?' she narrowed her eyes at Eunbi.