In Chunhe Palace, Zhu Yuning sat in front of the mirror, and Zhu Yuqing behind her nagged while helping her comb her hair: "Sister, my brother-in-law is entangled with other women, and you let him go so easily?" ”

"Don't talk nonsense, he and Miss Hu met first, and they only met and chatted a few words, what kind of entanglement is this?" Zhu Yuning spoke for Li Jie, today is her birthday, although no outsiders participated, she still had to dress up well, and Zhu Yuqing also came early to join in the fun.

"Yo~, sister, you haven't married yet, so you learned to speak for others?" Zhu Yuqing made an exaggerated joke when he heard this.

As a result, as soon as Zhu Yuqing's words fell, she was slapped on the leg by Zhu Yuning, and she screamed in fright, and then saw her sister's blushing little face, but she didn't expect her sister, who has always been strong, to be shy, which made Zhu Yuqing can't help but giggle.

"Sister, you and your brother-in-law have met several times, today is your birthday, why don't you just invite him into the palace to celebrate your birthday together?" Zhu Yuqing suddenly asked again, she was just a talker, and her mouth was not idle for a moment.

"Nonsense, where can he enter the harem as a man?" Zhu Yuning glanced at his sister in the mirror and said, "And he didn't invite me to attend last birthday!" ”

"This is also true, as the so-called two love for a long time, how can it be in the morning and twilight, and when you become relatives in the future, there is time to get along!" Zhu Yuqing immediately said again, now Zhu Yuning is too lazy to take care of his sister who likes to talk nonsense.

"By the way, what gift will my brother-in-law give you this time?" Zhu Yuqing asked with interest again.

"How do I know this, didn't you already ask Yun Xi to ask him for one of those cakes?" Zhu Yuning replied lightly, she didn't care much about gifts and the like, last time Li Jie brought a lot of gifts from the Wa Kingdom and Goryeo, but there was nothing that really interested her.

"Who gives food as a gift? Brother-in-law, he must prepare a decent gift, otherwise sister, you must settle accounts with him! Zhu Yuqing shouted, as a younger sister, she must take care of her sister.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Zhu Yuqing's words fell, he suddenly heard a woman's voice from outside the door: "Yuqing is right, if that Li Jie doesn't give a serious gift, I won't agree!" ”

Immediately, a young woman in palace clothes walked in, followed by several children, and Zhu Yuning and Zhu Yuqing also stood up and saluted when they saw this young woman: "See Concubine Lu!" ”

The person who came was Zhu Biao's step-concubine Lu Shi, she was also Zhu Yunwen's biological mother, and the children behind her were her Zhu Biao's children and Zhu Yuning's younger brothers and sisters.

"Don't be polite, today is Yuning's birthday, I asked your younger brothers and sisters to prepare gifts, don't dislike it later!" I saw Concubine Lu holding Zhu Yuning's hand and said very affectionately.

"Thank you Concubine Lu, my younger brothers and sisters also have a heart!" I saw Zhu Yuning also smiled faintly. On the surface, Concubine Lu seems to be very affectionate to her, but she has long known that this Concubine Lu is very small-minded, and she always excludes their sisters and brothers openly and secretly, especially Zhu Yunxi is even more suppressed, if it weren't for Zhu Yuning's protection, I don't know how much grievances he would suffer?

"What are you polite to me, when I married His Royal Highness the Crown Prince with your mother, the relationship is like a sister, although your mother is gone, but as long as I am here, I will not let you be wronged!"

Concubine Lu paused when she said this, reached out and stroked Zhu Yuning's long silky hair, and then said again: "Now you are not young, and you are already engaged, thinking that you will get married in the future, my heart is really uncomfortable!" ”

Concubine Lu also showed a distressed expression in the end, as if she was really distressed about her daughter's marriage, but Zhu Yuning secretly sneered, this Concubine Lu had long been eager to marry herself, so that no one in the palace would support Yuqing and Yunxi anymore, and then she would not bully as much as she wanted?

"Thank you Concubine Lu for your concern, even if I am married, I am still my father's daughter, the princess of the Ming Dynasty, of course, I will often go back to the palace in the future, and I hope that Concubine Lu will not dislike it at that time!" Zhu Yuning also replied softly and firmly, and in his words, he was also warning the other party that even if he got married, he would always keep an eye on the palace, so that she didn't want to bully her sister and brother.

Sure enough, Concubine Lu was also stunned when she heard Zhu Yuning's words, and a trace of annoyance seemed to flash in her eyes, but she quickly returned to normal and smiled again: "That's natural, no matter where you marry Yuning, the palace is your home, come back if you want to come back in the future, don't be polite!" ”

Concubine Lu is not easy to mess with, Zhu Yuning has not been married yet, but listening to the meaning of her words, she has already regarded Zhu Yuning as an outsider, after all, the daughter who is married is strictly speaking a member of someone else's family, even the princess is no exception.

"What are you two talking about? So happy? At this moment, I suddenly saw Zhu Biao also walking in from outside, and I couldn't help but smile with relief when I saw the "affectionate" appearance of his wife and daughter.

Zhu Biao's weight loss has begun to bear fruit, although he still looks fat, but he has lost a lot of weight compared to before, and the whole person is much more energetic, and he does not walk in three steps and one breath like before, this change also makes Zhu Biao realize the benefits of weight loss, so he is usually more active in weight loss, and it is estimated that it will not take long to lose most of the fat on his body.

"Your Highness, come and sit down, I just discussed her marriage with Yuning!" Concubine Lu saw that Zhu Biao also hurriedly stepped forward to help him sit down, and her eyes looking at Zhu Yuning were also full of love, as if she really regarded herself as Zhu Yuning's mother.

"This reminds me, Yuning, your mother is gone, and I usually don't have time, so I can only let Concubine Lu worry about you!" Zhu Biao also looked at his daughter with some emotion at this time, and said that in a blink of an eye, his daughter was about to get married, and as a father, he also felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, just like a cabbage that he had worked so hard to raise, but he was about to be arched by a pig outside.

"Youlao's father is worried about his daughter!" Zhu Yuning also stepped forward and saluted when he heard this, their father and daughter had a lot of conflicts before, mainly because of Zhu Yunxi, now the relationship between Zhu Biao and Zhu Yunxi has improved, and the relationship between Zhu Yuning and Zhu Biao has eased a lot.

"Where's Yoon-hee? Why hasn't he come yet? Zhu Biao suddenly looked around at this time, and then asked again, on such an important day, Zhu Yunxi was not there, which is a bit abnormal.

"It's coming, it's coming!" I only heard someone shouting outside the hall, and then I saw Zhu Yunxi sweating profusely pushing a small cart in, followed by Zhu Yunxi, it is estimated that the two of them have just gotten out of school.

"Cake! It smells so good! Seeing the cart pushed by Zhu Yunxi, Zhu Yuqing immediately jumped over, because there was a huge cake on the cart, exuding an attractive fragrance, and Zhu Yuqing had been thinking about it since he ate it once last time.

"Li Jie has a heart, and he actually made such a big cake!" Zhu Biao couldn't help but swallow his saliva when he saw the cake on the car, he was on a diet for weight loss during this time, and he was a vegetarian almost every day, and now he smelled the fragrance of the cake, and he couldn't hold it for a while, and last time Li Jie had a birthday, he himself had half of the cake.

When everyone arrived, Zhu Yuning also cut the cake with his own hands, and then distributed it to everyone, Zhu Biao also got a piece, although he was losing weight, but after all, today is a special day, but Zhu Yunxi still told Zhu Biao again and again, saying that Li Jie told him to let Zhu Biao eat less cake, after all, the heat of this thing exploded, and there was no big difference between a piece of cake and a piece of fat.

After eating the cake, Zhu Biao took the lead in giving gifts to Zhu Yuning, among which Zhu Biao gave a calligraphy of Yan Zhenqing, and although Concubine Lu and Zhu Yuning were not in harmony, this kind of superficial work still had to be done well, so they also gave a set of jewelry made of jasper, and as for Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Yunxi and others, they also prepared their own gifts.

Everyone's gifts were given, but Concubine Lu suddenly smiled and said: "That's all our gifts, but what is that gift from Li Banyu, he is Yuning's future husband, and the gift must not be bad!" ”

Concubine Lu said this, and deliberately looked at Zhu Yuning next to her, but Zhu Yuning's face was calm.

Zhu Biao was also in high spirits at this time, and when he heard Concubine Lu's words, he immediately asked Zhu Yunxi: "What about Li Jie's gift, take it out and let us see!" ”

"It's been ready for a long time!" I saw that Zhu Yunxi also stood up immediately, came to the cart containing the cake, took out a small gift box from below, and then gave it to Zhu Yuning with his own hands, "Eldest sister, this is a gift from Li Banyu to you, and let you open it yourself!" ”

Zhu Yuning didn't care about the gift, but he still took the gift box, and then opened it gently, Zhu Biao, Concubine Lu and others next to him also stretched their necks to watch, only to see that the box was cushioned with silk, and three exquisite glass bottles were placed on it.

"It turned out to be glass, this glass used to be quite rare, but since the imperial court opened a glass workshop, this glass is not very valuable!" Concubine Lu saw the glass bottle in the box and immediately smiled, although these three small bottles are exquisitely made, they are still a little difficult to use as gifts.

"Concubine Lu, the gift is not a glass bottle, but something in a glass bottle!" Zhu Yunxi immediately explained that he didn't have a good impression of Concubine Lu, but in front of his father, he didn't dare to show it, after all, Concubine Lu was also his elder no matter what he said.

At this time, I saw that Zhu Yuning also reached out and took out a small bottle, and everyone found that the bottle was indeed filled with a lilac liquid, and then Zhu Yuning opened the lid of the bottle, and a refreshing floral fragrance immediately emanated!