The princess held a graceful and reserved smile, and from time to time turned her head to talk to several ladies sitting beside her, and the young ladies sitting at the bottom got together and chatted, but Shi Qingluo sat alone and drank alone, which seemed to be extremely unsociable.

Princess You seemed to be chatting with the ladies beside her, but in fact, her mind had always fallen on Shi Qingluo. After all, her beloved daughter has grown up to such a big age, and it is the first time she has shown so much attention to a concubine.

She took a sip from her glass, hiding the inquiry from her eyes. Suddenly, a woman stood in the courtyard at some point, leaned over and said: "The folk girl Fu Jiaoyu asked the princess to say goodbye, and congratulated the mother on her birthday. ”

After Fu Jiaoyu finished speaking, the sound of silk and bamboo in the courtyard stopped, and the dancers behind left one after another. Princess You raised her chin and asked with a smile, "Which young lady are you?"

Fu Jiaoyu hung her head and said: "The father of the people's daughter is Fu Xing, who was sentenced by Youzhou. ”

Princess You sighed clearly, "It turned out to be the daughter of Lord Fu's family, you were not seen in the past, but I didn't expect it to look very symbolic." Okay, what do you want to present, bring it up and see. In fact, when this song and dance is over, it is time to offer a birthday gift, but Fu Jiaoyu was in a hurry to show her face and stood up first, and the princess simply pushed the boat down the river.

Fu Jiaoyu held back an excited smile, and ordered his subordinates to lift things up, it was a pair of framed embroidery with the word "Shou", the body was so tall, the double-sided embroidery with meticulous stitches, and the word Shou outlined by the gold thread flashed with a faint light, looking luxurious and dazzling.

Princess You loves embroidery, and every year there are people at the birthday banquet to her liking, so she has received countless embroideries with the word "Shou". But the pair presented by Fu Jiaoyu is particularly exquisite, the double-sided embroidered longevity pen body is smooth, and there are small characters outlined with light lines behind the words, which suddenly poked the princess's heart.

"Niangniang, this embroidered picture is a folk girl and her mother, went to the capital to find the world-famous embroidery girl in the capital, and it took more than a month to make it. The embroidery thread is the golden silkworm thread that the father spent a thousand gold to find, although it is not embroidered by the people's daughter, it is also full of congratulations on the birthday of the mother, wishing the mother, blessing and heaven. ”

Fu Jiaoyu knelt on the ground, her voice was like a yellow bird, and she said to Princess You, "Okay, Miss Fu has a heart, come here, put away Miss Fu's birthday gift, store it, I have a set of ruby heads there, take it to Miss Fu." ”

Fu Jiaoyu leaned down and said happily: "Thank you for the reward!"

Fu Jiaoyu got up, and everyone behind also gave birthday gifts, and the longevity embroidery was not only given by Fu Jiaoyu, but many people in the back sent embroidery, but no matter the embroidery skills or the use of thread, they were not as good as Fu Jiaoyu, so the princess showed a lack of interest.

About an hour later, everyone's birthday gifts have been finished, Shi Qingluo has not spoken, the woman sitting beside her smiled and said: "Niangniang, the things that everyone gave are similar, but I still don't know what kind of precious birthday gift Miss Shi from Shangshu Mansion has prepared for Niangniang!"

Sitting next to Shi Qingluo was Fu Jiaoyu, who was the most popular gift to the princess. She was sure that she had come out on top, intent on disgusting Shi Qingluo. As soon as her voice fell, the guests sitting on either side of her exchanged their heads and ears, all showing disdainful glances.

Princess You could see Fu Jiaoyu's careful thoughts, and the wrinkles on her brows deepened a little. After all, today is her birthday, and the intrigue on her birthday made Princess You feel disappointed in her heart, and her face turned cold, and she said to Shi Qingluo: "Miss Shi family, can you have a birthday gift?"

Princess You asked politely, but there was not much curiosity, after all, she was just a concubine who had come out to think about it, and she offended the Ding family, and she couldn't come up with any birthday gifts that won her heart.

Shi Qingluo got up with the table, walked to the courtyard, bowed his body, and said without humility or arrogance: "Today's mother's birthday is happy, the courtiers have the honor to go to the banquet, and prepare a pair of gifts to give each other, although it is not a precious and rare thing, it is also a sincere courtier. Appropriately, take the things up. ”

The subordinates were waiting outside the hospital, and after Shi Qingluo finished speaking, someone in the courtyard sarcastically mocked her, "Miss Shi, you know, this is the princess's birthday banquet, everyone prepares, but they are all things that can be worthy of the identity of the mother, Miss Shi don't want to be grandstanding, when the time comes, she will smile and be generous." ”

It was Fu Jiaoyu's mother who spoke, her words attracted everyone to echo her, Princess You sat on the top and didn't move, but in her heart she didn't care about what Shi Qingluo said, only the mundane things presented with the intention of celebrating her birthday, she was not rare.

Shi Qingluo smiled and did not react to the ridicule of everyone present.

After a while, the attendants of the palace walked up with a scroll in their hands.

Fu Jiaoyu quietly breathed a sigh of relief, so it seems that Shi Qingluo is also preparing a pair of embroidery, if it is better than this, she will definitely not lose.

Fu Jiaoyu straightened her back and said with a smile: "It turns out that Miss Shi prepared embroidery, listening to Miss Shi's words, this embroidery is still embroidered by Miss Shi herself." I heard that Miss Shi's sister is a famous talented woman in the capital, and her embroidery skills are particularly superb, presumably Miss Shi, as her sister-in-law, also took advantage of her three-point skills!"

How can a mere concubine be compared with a concubine. The higher Fu Jiaoyu praised Shi Qingluo's embroidery skills, the more the embroidery would be discredited when the embroidery was unfolded, and the more Princess You would be disgusted with her.

Shi Qingluo tilted his head to look at her, smiled like a flower, and said, "Since Miss Fu is so interested in my embroidery, why don't you let Miss Fu unfold it herself, and let Miss Fu see it first, how about it?"

Fu Jiaoyu didn't expect Shi Qingluo to have the courage to argue with her.

She stood up without fear, "That's very good. ”

Fu Jiaoyu walked to the courtyard, pulled the scroll with the attendant, and glanced at Shi Qingluo defiantly.

The painting scroll gradually opened, and Fu Jiaoyu's contemptuous expression gradually condensed on her face, and she froze in place halfway through.

On the high seat, the princess of You, who was the first to be long, straightened her back, and even forgot to stand up reservedly, so shocked that she lost her expression.

The attendant saw that Fu Jiaoyu did not move, so he had to pull out the painting scroll by himself, which was always five feet long.

Beige silk thread as the bottom, all kinds of silk outline the sea of purple and red flowers, a touch of heavy crimson in the sea of flowers, the beauty holds a fan and half covers her face, the white hand is on the tip of the peony flower, the collision of the two colors is extremely eye-catching, I can't tell whether the flower is more beautiful than the person or the person is more delicate than the flower.

From a distance, it looks like a painting, but even the eyebrows and eyes are outlined without the slightest flaw, as if the beauty in the painting can fly out in the blink of an eye.

This is true for both sides and for all.

The house was in an uproar.