Early the next morning, the emperor's reward was sent to Ming'an Palace.

Gu Jin thanked him and came back, and the three brothers and sisters on the other side of Prince Rui's mansion: the second master Gu Yun, the third master Gu Yun and the eldest lady Gu Yun arrived.

Gu Jin watched the three of them make a big salute and said with a smile: "Every time you have to make such a big salute, I will treat you as if you are bullying me and can't stop you." ”

"I respect my brother the most, how dare I bully my big brother? I didn't even dare to think about it! Gu Yun smiled and arched his hand.

"Not every time, just today." The eldest lady Gu Xuan laughed with a smile.

"Ah Hui came over to let the eldest brother take a look, I heard that you always coughed last winter, are you better?" Gu Jin beckoned to the eldest lady Gu Hui.

"Good morning."

Gu Wei walked to Gu Jin's side and replied with a smile:

"It's fine, I'm just afraid of the cold, I have to cough twice when I choke in my mouth, it's nothing, but A-Niang has to make a fuss every time."

"This is the heart of a mother.

Choking on cold and coughing, that is weak lung qi, and taking medicine to replenish qi and benefit the lungs for a year can not be much better.

I remember that you were afraid of taking decoction, so let the Imperial Doctor make you some honey pills to eat. ”

Gu Jin looked at Gu Xuan's complexion carefully, and explained with a smile.

"I hate taking medicines, all medicines, whether it's decoctions or honey pills." Gu Xuan solemnly declared, and then said with a smile: "But since the eldest brother said it, let them make a few boxes of honey pills when you go back." ”

"You are much more obedient than Ah Yue." Gu Jin laughed.

Gu Jin said a few words to Gu Yun and Gu Yun again, and a voice came in from outside:

Shen Mingshu, the uncle of the Yongping Marquis Mansion, Shen Mingyi, the second master, and the eldest lady Shen Mingqing arrived.

"You greet me." Gu Jin smiled and motioned to the three Gu Yun brothers and sisters, and then instructed the little chamberlain: "Urge Ning He, she is the closest, but the latest." ”

Gu Yun ran all the way to Shen Mingqing, Gu Yun greeted him down the steps, Gu Yun stood outside the threshold, smiling at the Shen family sisters and brothers who were getting closer and closer.

Gu Xuan and Shen Mingshu greeted each other, and the two talked and went up the steps together.

Gu Wei patted the ten-year-old Shen Mingyi first, casually praised that he had grown taller, and stood side by side with Shen Mingqing, talking and laughing, and went into the back hall.

Gu Yun stood outside the threshold, let everyone in, and followed him into the back hall.

The three sisters and brothers of the Shen family stood in a row and gave Gu Jin a birthday salute.

Gu Jin leaned forward and stopped the Shen family sisters and brothers with a smile, "Hurry up, I, a person from outside the world, don't talk about these vulgar etiquette."

Ah Yun Ah Xuan, hurry up and pull them up, and Ah Xuan!

Look at you, just laugh and don't move. Alas, I know that you will not listen to me. ”

In Gu Jin's friendly stopping, the Shen family sisters and brothers bowed and stood up.

A group of people, you don't like me, just sat down, Ning and Princess Gu Yue entered the door through the voice.

"Sister Shen has arrived? Why so early? ”

Shen Mingqing hurriedly stood up to welcome him out, Gu Xuan stood up slowly, and glanced sideways at Princess Ning He who ran in with him.

Gu Xuan stood up and took a few steps.

Gu Jun and Shen Mingshu were talking intently, as if they didn't hear the voice, Shen Mingyi looked at Shen Mingshu, his eldest brother didn't stand up, and he didn't pay attention to it.

"Sister is good, the eldest lady is good, the Gu family brother is good, the Shen family brother is good, and the two younger brothers are good."

Ning and the princess smiled and said hello as they spoke.

"You're late yourself, and you blame others for being early."

Gu Jin's gaze withdrew from everyone, and he nodded at Princess Ning He and said with a smile:

"What about birthday gifts? Hurry up and show it to the eldest brother.

I heard that you went to your third brother yesterday to ask for a gift? Did you forget to prepare a gift for your eldest brother? ”

"How so!"

Princess Ning He hurriedly motioned to the maid to hand over her gift, took it, and sent it to Gu Jin.

"I'm not asking for a gift, I want him to show it for me, whether this gift is okay or not, and whether the eldest brother will dislike it.

The jade Ruyi I gave to my eldest brother last year, my eldest brother didn't like it. ”

"It's not that I don't like it, it's that it's too precious.

This year is excellent. ”

Gu Jin lifted the big red silk embroidered on the tray with the word "longevity", looked at a rough wooden hairpin in the tray and smiled.

"Big brother already knows? It must have been the third brother who told you!

This is the idea he gave me, saying that the eldest brother only uses the wooden hairpin carved by his own hands, and let me make one for the eldest brother to use.

I originally wanted to use red sandalwood, but it was too hard, and the pear and boxwood were hard to cut, this is paulownia, don't dislike it, big brother. ”

"The paulownia wood is the best, the height of the plane is a hundred feet and the night is blue, and the autumn stars are swept and the frost falls."

Gu Jin laughed, looked at it carefully, and motioned for the little chamberlain to change it for him.

"I should also ask Shizi for an idea, it seems that my gift this year is not good again." Shen Mingqing looked at Gu Jin and put on Princess Ninghe's wooden hairpin, and smiled with Gu Huan.

"It's useless for you to look for it, how can the eldest brother easily come up with ideas for others?" Gu Wei picked up the tea.

"Why didn't the eldest brother come over? He had always been the earliest in previous years. Gu Yun looked at Gu Jin and smiled.

"I came here yesterday, and I said that I was going to go out of the city to inspect it today." Gu Jin said with a smile.

"The second master didn't come over either." Gu Xuan said and looked at Shen Mingshu.

Shen Mingshu is the companion of the second prince, and he has always been close to the second prince.

"Shen Niangniang is suffering from asthma, I'll ask him to come over later." Gu Jin answered.

"Niangniang's asthma, from the beginning of the month to the present, I heard that it has not been improved." Gu Yun sighed.

Shen Mingqing glanced at Gu Yun obliquely.

Shen Niangniang heard that Shen Yun fell ill on the day she was beheaded.

Shen Mingshu's expression was gloomy, "Niangniang hurts the most...... Niangniang is a loving person. Don't talk about this, it's not appropriate today.

I also prepared a gift for my eldest brother very carefully this year, and my eldest brother will see if he likes it or not. ”

"Okay, take them all, I'll look at them one by one." Gu Jin didn't hear the first half of Shen Mingshu's words, and only replied with a smile.

After seeing a few pieces, the second prince Gu Hao arrived.

"Greet me first! Someone, help me up! ”

Before the voice of the little chamberlain fell, Gu Jin hurriedly signaled to everyone, and hurriedly ordered the chamberlain.

Before he could give this order, Gu Yun and Shen Mingshu had already stood up and rushed out.

The young Shen Mingyi followed his brother closely, Gu Ming stood up, hesitated, and took a few steps in front of the kang to help Gu Jin.

Shen Mingqing stood up, Gu Wei looked at the door, and heard the footsteps approaching, so he slowly stood up.

Princess Ning He and Gu Jun supported Gu Jin left and right, and the words kept talking:

"Why does the eldest brother have to welcome him out, the second brother is not an outsider, when the third brother came, the eldest brother never greeted him.

Big brother, be careful, slow down.

Alas, you don't need to welcome you, you see, the second brother has already come in, the second brother is coming over, the eldest brother has to go out to meet you. ”

"Big brother sit well." Gu Hao hurriedly ran a few steps forward and sat back with Gu Jin, "I'm here to pay homage to the birthday star, but I'm not here to make trouble for the eldest brother." ”

"It's all Ah Yue who is causing trouble!" Gu Jin patted Princess Ning He, sat back, and bowed to the second prince Gu Hao.

"Don't dare to be! Birthday greetings to the eldest brother. Gu Hao hurriedly bowed and returned the salute, took a few steps back, and was about to pay a birthday salute.

"Lift up!" Gu Jin hurriedly stopped.

Shen Mingshu moved extremely fast, and before Gu Jin could speak, he had already stepped forward to stop Gu Hao, Gu Yun was a line slower, and stepped forward to stop Gu Hao on the other side.

Gu Hao couldn't go on, so he had to give it up again and again, which could be regarded as a birthday.