Chapter 34: Birthday
On the eighth day of the first lunar month, the subordinate officials of the Prince East Palace received a birthday gift from Hangzhou Xie Taifu's family. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
It wasn't a big deal, according to the rules of previous years, the gift list was handed over to Zhao Gonggong, and then the things were registered in the warehouse, who knew that this year was not the New Year, Zhao Gonggong came to ask several times a day, did the Xie family's congratulatory gifts come, and made the subordinate officials responsible for receiving gifts inexplicably nervous, and the New Year was not good!
Now that they have received a congratulatory gift, the subordinate officials can be regarded as greatly relieved, and they did not dare to enter the warehouse, but hurriedly took the gift list to find Zhao's father-in-law. Zhao Fuan got the gift list, opened it and looked at it, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, he naturally didn't want to urge it three times a day, but it wasn't that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came back from Jiangnan, and he had to worry about the three girls of the Taifu family several times every day.
At first, the prince hurriedly declared that he wanted to give birth to a girl as smart and lovely as Aqing. Hearing this news, from the Queen Mother, the Empress Dowager, to the show girl in the East Palace, it was simply to the point of celebrating with the palace.
It was because the prince had been practicing with the old way of the gods since he was a child, and he paid great attention to the pure heart and few desires, and went with the flow, and he had been married at the age of 15 for two or three years. Several elders naturally hoped that he could give birth to as many as he could, but when he came to this baby bump, who was willing to urge him, he had to be in a hurry.
Now I don't know where Mrs. Xie found the little granddaughter, which actually ignited the prince's enthusiasm for giving birth to a baby. It doesn't matter if he wants to hold back the birth of a daughter, as long as he is willing to give birth, naturally half of them may have a son, and the third girl of the Taifu family can be regarded as the little lucky star of the old Chu family.
But two days later, after the prince looked at his eldest son, who was less than a year old, his enthusiasm plummeted, and he returned to the previous days of pure and shallow heart, and everyone was puzzled and had to stare dryly. The Empress Dowager Liu, born in the Chengyan Marquis Mansion, is the grandmother of Chu Yuan's in-laws, she has nothing to do on weekdays, and she loves to listen to her grandson's affairs the most. On this day, he secretly called Zhao Fuan, "Why isn't the prince in a hurry to give birth to a daughter recently?" ”
Zhao Fuan broke out in a cold sweat, and he didn't dare to perfunctory the queen mother, so he had to bite the bullet and say, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has seen the eldest emperor and grandson come back from the crown princess, and said that this child is like his mother, uh, some are not smart and cute enough." In fact, what the prince said was stupid and stupid, and he looked ordinary and stupid, but Zhao Fuan didn't dare to relay it.
Looking up, the Queen Mother's expression was complicated, and she didn't seem to be angry. So he continued, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also said that the East Palace is full of women who are as vulgar as Prince Sun's concubines, so he should not waste his energy and save his efforts in vain." After speaking, Zhao Fuan couldn't help complaining about the prince in his heart, in order to toss the prince and concubine, the prince's trick was enough damage.
The Queen Mother naturally didn't know about the ghost painting talisman in Zhao Fu'an, and only complained about Prince Sun's concubine. Originally, Sun Jia gave birth to a son, and the whole palace offered her up, asking the stars not to give the moon, and the eldest emperor Sun was also the treasure of several nobles. But now that the prince is so disappointed in the eldest emperor's grandson that he doesn't even want to have a child, isn't this a serious problem? Could this great emperor's grandson be a hit?
Where are there any secrets in the palace, even a few nobles quietly found Qin Tianjian to give the emperor Sun an order, and came up with a life chart of the father and brother, all of which were quietly spread. Not to mention how many porcelain Sun Jia broke in the house, but the women in the East Palace who were in turmoil didn't know how many handkerchiefs they had broken, and they hated Sun Jia.
This incident subsequently had many chain reactions, not only did several nobles dislike Sun Concubine and the Great Emperor's grandson, but even the Sun family of Huai'an Bofu and the in-law Zhu Ge's hometown were also silently honest.
As soon as this matter stopped for a while, the prince specially found a number of eunuchs, half of whom had planting experience, and set up a botanical garden for Shan to take care of the apple trees transplanted from Jiangxin Island and cultivate new varieties, and half went out to collect all kinds of rare and exotic species.
Such a big battle alarmed several elders again. The Queen Mother called Zhao Fuan again to ask, "Why has the prince been so interested in planting recently?" "In fact, the subtext is, I don't know when I can pick up my interest in giving birth to a girl before?
Zhao Fuan sighed in his heart, and replied with a smile, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was rescued by the sacred tree with the three girls of the Taifu family, and the two of them were determined to grow more trees and accumulate more blessings, and they also promised the third girl to give her seeds on her birthday every year." When the Queen Mother heard that it was related to her grandson's immortality, she also felt that she should be more religious. immediately ordered the people in his palace not to harm the flowers and plants, and to accumulate blessings for the prince.
Since then, Beijing has not dared to trample flowers and plants, and the hobby of planting strange flowers and plants has gradually risen, and it has become a common practice to give flowers and plants as a common gift, and the craftsmen have become more and more refined in the skills of making various artistic potted plants.
This is not approaching the end of the year, the prince asked Zhao Fuan several times a day, whether the Xie family's congratulatory gift had been delivered. Zhao Fuan is also very troubled, and he said that after the prince comes back from Jiangnan, he will especially toss people.
At this time, Zhao Fuan confirmed that there was a gift from Han Qingbei on the gift list, and immediately followed the subordinate officials to take it out separately and hurriedly sent it to the prince. "Your Royal Highness, the gift of the third girl was sent along with the Xie family, it is said that it was placed in the Xie family's mansion in Beijing a year ago, and it was specially selected to be sent before your birthday." As he spoke, Zhao Fuan presented Han Qing's gift box along with the Xie family's gift sheet.
Chu Yuan nodded, took the gift list with the shelf and glanced at it a few times, then took the box of golden silk nanmu, opened it and looked at it, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but pick it up. Zhao Fuan looked at it from the side, and said in his heart, what are you still nervous, prince, you can laugh if you want to.
Chu Yuan took out the cyan purse, this stitch was so rough that he had grown in his life, if it weren't for the thick gold and silver strands, the cloud pattern would have been hidden in the crack and couldn't be seen. When I touched my hand, the purse was hard, and when I opened it, I saw that it was a mutton fat jade bottle fan pendant.
"Zhao Fuan!" Zhao Fuan was also watching attentively from the side, and at first glance he was named by the prince, and he was scared. "The minions are here."
"Go get my usual fan." Zhao Fu'an said, you don't usually use a fan. Still muttered yes, went to turn out all the fans he had in the past two years, and came back and said, "Your Highness, look, do you pick one that is worthy of this pendant?" ”
Not to mention that people can be the first person next to the prince, although there is a love for playing small, the strength to speak and do things is the foundation of a firm foothold. Chu Yuan flipped through and found a folding fan with a pine crane drawing, lacquered gold paper, ivory bone, and handed it to Zhao Fu'an to install the fan pendant.
On the second day of the banquet, everyone was very curious about the purse he hung around his waist, how this rough embroidery was favored by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Also, although this is the New Year, but it's still very cold in the north, is it good, Your Highness who never takes a folding fan on weekdays, what kind of crazy is this?
Some people are curious, but they are just making a lot of noise in their hearts, but some people are willing to ask questions. This good young man who has something to say is Xu Jin, his mother is Chu Yue, the eldest princess of Anyang, the younger sister of the current emperor, and his father is Xu Jian, Marquis of Pingxi.
Although Pingxi Hou has many brothers and sisters and many children in the family, he is a princess, so he naturally can't marry another woman. The eldest princess of Anyang may have inherited the thin genes of the heirs of the old Chu family, and she has been married for many years and has not come out, so both of them have to consider inheriting one from their nephews, and then finally gave birth to Xu Jin, and it is not an exaggeration to be pampered in a thousand ways.
Xu Jin is 13 years old, it is the age of teasing dogs and cats to find excitement, he dislikes other people's naivety when playing with children, and people don't like to take him when he plays with adults. He grew up in the palace for half of his life, although the queen mother is not his maternal grandmother, but the eldest princess of Anyang is the only sister of the emperor, the heirs of the Chu family are difficult, and the queen mother really loves him. In this way, he and his cousin Chu Yuan are the closest brothers in his heart.
"Cousin, what's going on with this purse, who dares to embroider such a crude thing for you." Xu Jin is a boy and a girl, with red lips and white skin, and a peony. Chu Yuan looked at his cousin and thought about it, Ah Qing doesn't live in Beijing, why don't you raise your cousin as a cousin?
I couldn't wait for Chu Yuan to answer, "Cousin, why do you hold a fan in winter, is it the current fashion, women love men with fans?" "Recently, he has been brought to be indecent by a lot of gentlemen, because he is simple in nature and does not understand the affairs of men and women.
"Smack!" Chu Yuan smacked him with the fan in his hand vigorously, "Who have you been with recently, I found out, and I didn't break their legs." In my heart, I completely threw away the thought of raising my brother as a sister.
"I haven't messed with anyone, my closest person is your cousin, but you have been in Jiangnan for so long, I don't know how lonely I am in Beijing." Xu Jin rolled his resentful little eyes, it was obvious that this was a brother control.
Chu Yuan sneered, "I met a little sister in Jiangnan, not to mention how cute, smart and well-behaved Yuxue is, this purse and fan pendant are Aqing's birthday gifts, but they are many times more intimate than your cousin." ”
When Xu Jin heard this, his heart turned over and the sea was fried, wow, in a place I can't see, this little doll of Ah Qing or Ah Yu actually took away my cousin, is it tolerable or unbearable, this hatred, this son of the world remembers!