Chapter 54: Birthday Celebration
Before you know it, the birthday of the old lady of Changguo is approaching. After Mama Lin reminded Chu Shuhuang of the pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info Chu Shuhuang remembered that the second uncle, several cousins, and two cousins would all go back to Beijing to celebrate his grandmother's birthday, and there would even be a few fourth generations.
At that moment, Chu Shuhuang collected all kinds of items suitable for gifts in the palace, and felt that it was not very satisfactory, so he went out of the palace to purchase them again. The ladies and children are easy to do, nothing more than some fun and beautiful jewelry, beads and other small objects. Uncle and cousin's gifts are going to take a little effort, first of all, I chose a few elegant and atmospheric patterns, let the embroidery lady in the palace rush to make a few fan sets, and chose some unique calligraphy and paintings, which is reassuring.
In the next few days, uncle, cousin, and cousin all arrived one after another, and Chu Shuhuang took the queen's care to visit the Changguo Mansion. The second uncle and several cousins came back, but after returning to Beijing, they were busy with official business, and Chu Shuhuang didn't see it, so he left the gifts.
I saw the second aunt, two cousins, the eldest cousin and the two fourth generations, the second cousin did not rush back because she was pregnant and couldn't travel too much, and sent someone to send a heavy gift back. Chu Shuhuang was lively in the Changguo Mansion for a day before returning to the palace.
Two days later, my cousin, sister-in-law, and cousin took the family into the palace to visit my aunt, and Chu Shuhuang was accompanied by him. The eldest prince brought several cousins and cousins to entertain him.
Originally, Chu Shuhuang wanted to accompany his cousin and sister-in-law to go shopping and do his best, but when he saw the two fourth generations who were three or four years younger than him, he was a little dumbfounded. Looking at the mothers who put the baby first, Chu Shuhuang gave up completely
As the birthday of the old lady of Changguo is approaching, the atmosphere of the capital is also smoky. Although the Changguo Mansion is low-key, the status and identity are there, and the children of the Ye family have real talents and rich heritage, so they can't do it without alarming everyone. Related, unrelated, and unrelated, are secretly prepared.
On the day of the birthday, the Changguo Mansion was lively in the morning, and just after the hour, the carriage outside the gate of the mansion sent a long line. The Changguo Mansion is also busy, and even if it is prepared, it is obviously overspending.
Chu Shuhuang got up early to freshen up, and after getting ready, he asked Feng Lian, the chamberlain next to him, to go to the city gate to receive the birthday gift. Chu Shuhuang was not used to using internal servants, not because he was prejudiced against them, but he still felt that they were men, which was a little inconvenient, and he was worried about their embarrassment when he went out to do errands.
But there are more and more things to deal with outside, and some things are really inconvenient for grandmothers, and the princess is also equipped with inner servants when she goes out of the palace to build a mansion.
She went to the mansion of the eldest prince and went to the Changguo Mansion with the eldest prince to celebrate his birthday.
Because of the big wedding in October, the entire Shengwang Mansion is being renovated, and the eldest prince has also moved to the study in the front yard to live. When Chu Shuhuang arrived, the eldest prince had just had breakfast, because he was going to Anguo Mansion to celebrate his birthday today, so no political affairs were arranged, and the subordinates took Chu Shuhuang directly into the study.
Seeing Chu Shuhuang coming in, the eldest prince looked her up and down, put down the book in his hand and asked, "Have you had breakfast, have you eaten well?" ”
Chu Shuhuang blessed a salute and said with a smile: "It's been used, don't worry, eldest brother, you'll be full." ”
The eldest prince also smiled, and looked at Chu Shuhuang's fleshy little body and said meaningfully: "It's a good meal." How are the queen mothers? ”
"It's good, and I'm in a good mood." Because the queen arranged for them to go directly to the Changguo Mansion today to celebrate their birthdays, the eldest prince did not enter the palace to ask for peace.
The eldest prince bowed, "Are you ready for your birthday gift?" ”
"Of course it's ready." Chu Shuhuang said unconvinced.
"Hahaha, what are you preparing?"
"You definitely can't guess," Chu Shuhuang asked proudly, "Does the eldest brother think it's good to send flowers?" ”
"What flowers?"
"Osmanthus."
The eldest prince looked at Chu Shuhuang suspiciously, although he was young, the people who served beside him were all selected by the queen. If it's osmanthus alone, it's a bit too casual, so you shouldn't make such a mistake.
"Hahaha," Chu Shuhuang smiled proudly, "You'll see it in a moment!" ”
The eldest prince smiled and said, "Where did you get that kapok, how do you know that thing?" ”
Chu Shuhuang introduced the situation of kapok to the eldest prince, and the two chatted about Hua Chang, Xu Shixuan, and finally the Gao family in the warehouse.
"You think something is wrong?" The eldest prince asked.
"Although it seems that the Zhang family is running for the Gao family and the Su family, who have come to the door several times to ask for help, but without the acquiescence of the Su family, would the Zhang family dare to ask for help again and again? And the Gao family is just a small businessman, what can the Su family see in their eyes? Just for the generous gifts of the Gao family? The Su family's eyelids are not so shallow. ”
"And what do you think it should be?" The eldest prince was kind and seductive.
Chu Shuhuang shook his head, "I didn't find it, I think what interests the Su family must be related to political affairs." ”
Although the eldest prince did not move, he thought about it seriously.
At this time, Xiao Xizi came in to report that everything was ready and ready to go. The eldest prince took Chu Shuhuang's hand and walked out, and the two got into the carriage of the eldest prince together, and Chu Shuhuang's carriage followed.
The Shengwang Mansion is not far from the Changguo Mansion, and it is not long after leaving the mansion, and at a junction that is about to reach the Changguo Mansion, Fenglian is waiting there with thirty-six carriages. The eldest prince carefully looked at the tightly wrapped carriages, and then looked at Chu Shuhuang, who smiled and nodded: "It's thirty-six osmanthus trees." ”
Although there was a lot of traffic in front of the Changguo Mansion, Chu Shuhuang and his party still entered the mansion quickly. The eldest prince got down from the carriage, the second uncle and several cousins greeted him, and after a few people greeted each other, they first arranged for someone to lead the carriage to send Chu Shuhuang to the second gate, and the eldest prince went to the front yard with the second uncle, and the few cousins who stayed behind looked at the long carriage of horses that followed a little stunned.
Qinghe and the others got into the carriage and cleaned up for Chu Shuhuang before getting out of the carriage. The second aunt and two cousins-in-law who greeted the guests at the second gate greeted them early, and when they saw the long convoy behind Chu Shuhuang, they were also slightly stunned.
The second aunt asked, "Sheng Ping, is this what you brought?" ”
"Yes, this is my birthday gift for my grandmother."
A few people glanced at each other and didn't say anything more, Chu Shuhuang and his second aunt went to the main courtyard together. The main hall was already full of friends at this time, and the courtyard was also full of people, and everyone stopped talking when they heard the sound of communication, and turned their heads to look.
Chu Shuhuang was dressed in a long dress embroidered with silver embroidered gold peony phoenix splendor, with a big purple and red butterfly on her head, bright eyes and bright teeth, like a bud in the first bloom, delicate and fragrant. Noble and upright through the courtyard, walking towards the main hall, the second lady Ye in the back of the side couldn't help but look sideways, the seven-year-old girl actually had such a graceful bearing.
The main hall gate and several lotus doors on both sides were open, Chu Shuhuang walked into the main hall, and the old ladies in the hall were all sitting in the hall, and the old lady of Changguo was sitting in the middle with kind eyebrows. Dressed in a dark red pattern gold thread auspicious cloud longevity character dark pattern dress, wearing a ruby inlaid dark red pattern auspicious cloud wipe forehead, the hair bun is pulled up high, inserted jade Fushou inlaid ruby phoenix hairpin, gold emerald red and green agate gold sideburns hairpin, with cloisonne red coral earrings on the ears, there is more joy in the luxurious atmosphere.