Chapter 164: The Young General's Tenth Birthday
Mo Xingyao finally accompanied Yun Jinxi to play with all the things in the playground, these days he and Yun Jinxi had a wedding banquet at a table, someone accompanied him, he felt not lonely at all, he was thinking about teaching Sister Xi archery in a few days, but he didn't expect to hear his father and mother say that they were leaving today last night, he wanted to come out to find Sister Xi in the middle of the night, but he was scolded by his father and called back.
"I see that Yun Jinxi and the young general are really fateful, we have a little boy there, this Jinxi doesn't like to play with him, but he talks about the young general all day long at home." Xiyan smiled and nodded to Ye Wanqiu, and Ye Wanqiu also smiled and said, "Yes, children and children also pay attention to eye edge, okay, Yao'er, send your sister Xi out of the general's mansion." ”
Mo Xingyao saw that Yun Jinxi was definitely going to leave today, and he couldn't keep them, he could only hold Yun Jinxi's hand all the way, and he had to go from the front yard, so that he could stay with Yun Jinxi for a while.
Mo Xingyao was reluctant, it was still time to part with Yun Jinxi, Mo Xingyao reluctantly waved his hand at Yun Jinxi, until the carriage disappeared in his eyes, then turned around and went back to the general's mansion, Yan'er and Chunchan saw that the young general was not interested, and hurriedly said, "Young General, let's go and play rattan ball with you, okay, now there is more Sister Chunchan, we can play with the three of us, it's fun, let's go." ”
"Well, that's all it can be, hey, it's really boring." Mo Xingyao hung his head and walked to the playground dejectedly, Ye Wanqiu took Mo Xingyao's hand, this kid really can't change his playful personality, he has been playing for a few days, and he doesn't worry about his homework, no matter what, seeing that he is in a low mood today, let him play for a few more days.
Mo Xingyao walked to the playground, Sister Chunchan was in charge of guarding the door, Yan'er and Mo Xingyao were kicking the rattan ball, grabbing the rattan ball, running and running, and laughing happily, Yan'er ran and ran after Mo Xingyao, this run, two years have passed, and in a blink of an eye, it is almost October 15, the next Yuan Festival, the day of Mo Xingyao's birth.
Mo Xingyao's ten-year-old birthday, the general and the third lady have been busy for this Yao'er's birthday, there are so many dignitaries and nobles to be entertained, and Yun Jinxi, who Yao'er misses every day, in the spring of the age of nine, the general and Ye Wanqiu couldn't help Mo Xingyao's commotion, and took him to Yun's house, he and Yun Jinxi held hands to see the sea of flowers, caught small fish, and played for several days before reluctantly returning to the general's mansion.
On the day of Mo Xingyao's birthday, early in the morning, the general sent a carriage to the Yun family, I heard that today's princess Tang Yini is coming, General Mo Lin and Ye Wanqiu are nervous, although Princess Yiyi is only two months younger than Yao'er, she was born on December 15, but after all, she is a princess of the Tang Dynasty, her identity is delicate, and it is rare to come to the general's mansion, so she naturally has to pay great attention to it.
Tang Yini knew that Mo Xingyao was going to hold a tenth-year-old birthday in the chat between his father and the queen mother, this ten years old is the age of early learning, of course, it should be taken very seriously, generally high-ranking officials and nobles will set up a banquet to celebrate, Tang Yini begged the queen mother, wanted to go to the general's mansion, the queen mother saw that the princess begged more than once, so she agreed, but the queen happened to be infected with the wind and cold in recent days, so she ordered Gonggong Zhang and some palace maids and guards to protect the princess to go to the general's mansion.
On the day of Mo Xingyao's birthday, Tang Yini went to the imperial dining room and instructed the imperial kitchen to make a lot of pastries, the emperor gave a banquet in the Taihe Palace, she saw that Mo Xingyao especially loved to eat pastries, the imperial dining room heard the princess's instructions, and hurriedly made all kinds of pastries, packed them in food boxes, the palace maids carried the food boxes, Tang Yini went to say goodbye to the queen mother, and then went out of the palace.
Tang Yini's carriage came to the General's Mansion, General Mo Lin led the ladies of the General's Mansion and Mo Xingyao to the door to greet him, Zhang Gonggong led Tang Yini off the carriage, Mo Lin hurriedly led Mo Xingyao and everyone to kneel down, "Weichen Mo Lin welcomes the princess to come, the minister is far away, I hope the princess will forgive her sins." ”
"Get up." As soon as Tang Yini raised his hand, Mo Lin got up, Mo Xingyao and Ye Wanqiu and others behind him got up one after another, Tang Yini saw Mo Xingyao, who had grown so tall all of a sudden, and his appearance seemed to have changed a little, not as white and fat as before, but he lost a lot of weight, his eyebrows and eyes were opened, but he had a juvenile flavor, Tang Yini smiled sweetly at Mo Xingyao, and Mo Xingyao also smiled humbly at the princess, Mo Lin saw that the wind was strong, and hurriedly welcomed the princess into the general's mansion.
Waiting for the Zhiqiu Courtyard, Mo Lin invited the princess to take a seat again, and the rest of the people stood on the side, Tang Yini was already used to all this in the palace, but she didn't want to be in the General's Mansion, in front of Mo Xingyao, she just hoped that like two years ago, the two of them could eat, drink and have fun at the same table.
"General Mo, my father is busy with political affairs, and my mother occasionally feels cold, so I can't come together, but my father and mother have sent congratulatory gifts, you all present them to the general." When the palace maids heard the princess's words, they presented some rare treasures one after another, and Grandpa Zhang introduced them loudly on the side.
"The emperor rewarded General Mo, five hundred taels of silver, a set of emerald skirts, brocade cloak and cloaks, gold and silver jewelry, a full set of rouge gouache, a number of antique calligraphy and paintings, a number of pearls and gems, and a sword and a broadsword."
With the report of Gonggong Zhang, the palace maids walked in with the boxes of rewards, the boxes were open, and the rewards inside were placed in front of everyone, everyone looked at them and felt extremely precious, Mo Lin hurriedly took everyone to kneel down again, "Thank you for the emperor's reward, Weichen is very grateful, thank you princess for coming all the way to participate in Mo Xingyao's birthday." ”
"General Mo, you don't have to be polite, I'm two months younger than the young general, you naturally look at me like a child, you don't have to think I'm a princess, otherwise I won't feel comfortable here." Although the princess Tang Yini is only ten years old, she grew up in the deep palace and naturally speaks dignified and reasonable.
Mo Lin nodded, thinking that the princess couldn't always be so restrained when she came here, making the princess uncomfortable,
He said to the princess, "Princess, my name is Yao'er to take you to have a good tour of the General's Mansion, princess, don't be restrained, then Weichen will retire first, and if the princess has something to do, call Weichen at any time." ”
Tang Yini nodded, Mo Lin asked the servants of the General's Mansion to take the reward and put it in the reward house, Mo Lin led Ye Wanqiu out of the house and walked to the front yard to greet the guests.
Tang Yini ordered the palace maids to keep the pastry boxes, and sent Gonggong Zhang and the palace maids out of the house, Tang Yini personally took out the pastries from the food boxes, and said to Mo Xingyao, "Mo Xingyao, I call you Brother Yao, you are older than me, naturally I want to call you Brother Yao, you eat these pastries while they are hot, I specially ordered the chef in the imperial dining room to make them in the morning, but they are delicious, I know you love pastries, you eat them quickly." ”
Mo Xingyao thanked him, then picked up the pastry and tasted it, it was indeed much more delicious than the pastry made by Xiao Xiazi, he saw that the princess kept looking at him, and he didn't eat it, so he hurriedly handed over a hundred flower cake, "Princess, you can eat some too, always watch me do something!" ”
Tang Yini took the pastries handed over by Mo Xingyao, and looked at Mo Xingyao, this pastry is really sweet, one bite down, this heart is sweet, Mo Xingyao ate some pastries, and put some other untouched pastries back into the food box, "When Sister Huixi is coming, these pastries will be kept for her to eat, and she will also eat pastries cutely." ”
"Who is Sister Xi?" Tang Yini saw Mo Xingyao carefully closing the lid of the food box, and hurriedly asked, Mo Xingyao turned his head to the princess and said, "Princess, she is the same age as us, she was born in the same day as me, and today is also her birthday, I specially asked her to come to the General's Mansion to celebrate her birthday together." ”
Tang Yini was eating pastries on her lips, and when she heard Mo Xingyao's words, she nodded, and the two of them were talking, when Yan'er walked in and said, "Young General, Yun Jinxi's carriage has arrived." Mo Xingyao hurriedly got up, and when he saw that the princess was still sitting there, he said, "Princess, you wait a while, and I'll come when I go." ”
Before the princess could reply, Mo Xingyao ran out of the house like a gust of wind, Tang Yini looked at Mo Xingyao who walked out of the house, eating the pastry in his hand, strange, the pastry in his hand was not as sweet as what he had just eaten, but there was an indescribable taste, this Sister Xi, where did it come from, seeing Mo Xingyao's left sister Xi and the right sister Xi, the scream was quite hot.
Mo Xingyao copied the path from Zhiqiu Courtyard, and personally walked to the door of the General's Mansion to greet Yun Jinxi, I haven't seen her for a year, Yun Jinxi has also grown taller, it seems to have changed, and her face is not as round as before, but her face has become sharper, Mo Xingyao saw Yun Jinxi dressed up, she was wearing a white gauze skirt and a pink cloak today, but it looked even more bright and moving.
Mo Xingyao saw Yun Jinxi, who was a head shorter than her, and he didn't hold her hand directly like last time, he had already understood the truth that men and women could not kiss each other, and he just said happily to Yun Jinxi, "Sister Xi, you are here, it's been a long journey this way, come into the house and rest and rest." ”
Yun Jinxi looked at the young general who was a head taller than her, the young general had changed a lot this year, and he had grown into a young man, she heard that the young general cared about her so much, and said with a slight smile, "Thank you Brother Yao for your concern, this is sitting in the carriage, there are horses to help run, the horses are tired, we are not tired." ”
"Yes, yes, Sister Xi is very right, I have to ask someone to feed this hard-working horse later." Yun Jinxi heard Mo Xingyao say this, and burst out laughing, Yun Zhibai and Xiyan hurriedly said hello when they saw the young general.
A few people walked towards the gate of the beast head of the General's Mansion, Yun Zhibai and Xiyan saw that the general and the third lady were standing at the door to greet the guests, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet General Mo Lin and Mrs. Ye Wanqiu.
Yun Zhibai and Xiyan heard the person next to the writer loudly announcing the congratulatory gift, "Li County ordered a congratulatory gift of fifty taels of silver, Fang Taifu's congratulatory gift of fifty taels of silver plus a box of waiting for good tea, a congratulatory gift of sixty taels of silver and two boxes of supplements from Mr. Hong, and a congratulatory gift of sixty taels of silver and ten horses of silk and satin from Lord Wen Situ......"
Xiyan saw that General Mo Lin and Mrs. Ye Wanqiu were busy greeting guests, and hurriedly pulled Yun Zhibai aside, "Zhibai, why are there so many congratulatory gifts, fortunately, we brought a little more silver taels over, we, ordinary people, are not as good as those high-ranking officials and nobles, and originally wanted to keep ten taels of silver for Xi'er to buy some clothes in Chang'an City, but now I think it's better to give all the gift money." ”
"Okay, put the thirty taels of silver on it, by the way, your insoles will be hidden, don't take it out, wait for the person next to you to open a report, but it will be a shame." Xiyan heard Yun Zhibai say this, and nodded, indeed, how can there be a birthday insoles, yes, but it is also limited to the common people, this insoles still took several days under the candlestick, stitch by stitch, unfortunately, this insole really can't be on the table.