Nangong Que has been giving Nangong Dumpling a birthday gift of hairpins all these years, but he never knew that Nangong Dumpling didn't like these hairpins.

What Nangong has always wanted is just a true self.

And no one else knows, only Shu Yao knows.

Nangong Que will make a hairpin for Nangong every time and give it to her as a birthday gift. It's because Nangong Dumpling acts as if she likes it very much every time, so Nangong Que will change the style every year to send it to Nangong Dumping.

And outsiders also think that Nangong Tanyu likes hairpins very much, so much so that many people give her hairpins every year.

It is in everyone's nature to love beauty, and no one is an exception.

October 19

Finally arrived on the day of Nangong Dumping's birthday. Bei Ran told Nangong Que that since there was no birthday banquet to be held, then don't do anything, and Nangong Que was also obedient and didn't do anything.

Today is not only Nangong Tilt's 22nd birthday, but also Lu Qiang's 26th birthday.

There are no modern tools for making cakes in Beiliang, otherwise Nangong Dumping will definitely make a cake for herself.

Although today is Nangong Tilting's birthday, it is not any different from usual.

Nangong didn't want to make a big deal about it.

Nangong was dressing up in the house, and Jing Yuan suddenly ran in and said, "Princess, there are a lot of people outside. ”

"A lot of people?"

"Well, not only a lot of people, but also a lot of gifts."

After Nangong listened to it, he put down the comb in his hand and went out.

As soon as I went to the front yard, I saw gifts everywhere, and there were many people.

"Who are you?"

Everyone present looked at Nangong and poured into it, "See Princess North." ”

"Who are you?" Nangong said a little impatiently.

The men were all looking at each other in shock.

"Princess Huibei, every year on the princess's birthday, you will come to give gifts to the princess!"

Nangong Qian frowned, thinking: Shu Yao didn't tell her this! only told her that Nangong Que would hold a birthday banquet for her.

"You all leave your things behind, and the people can go back."

A voice came from behind, and everyone turned to see who it was.

"Princess Xu Ming has arrived." Maoru shouted.

They were all dumbfounded and hurried to salute. "See Princess Xu Ming."

"Flat."

"Princess Xie Xuming."

"Leave things behind, and you can go."

"This ....."

Shu Yao glared at them fiercely, "Don't you understand the words of this palace?" ”

"Yes, the grass people are retiring." They all said in unison.

Slowly, one by one, they all left the Beiwang Mansion.

"Why do so many people come to congratulate me on my birthday every year?" Nangong asked.

"The master is one of the richest businessmen in Beiliang, and the young lady has often entered the palace since she was a child. Those people will remember the birthdays of the lord, the lady, and the young lady in the Nangong Mansion. So every year when you celebrate your birthday, there will be a lot of people who come to give gifts. And now that you have married into the North Prince's Mansion and become the princess of the North, they are even more like a knot. ”

Nangong Qian smiled, "What's there to stutter about?" I can't give them anything. ”

"Maybe you want to find an official position in the DPRK and China, and you will have no worries for the rest of your life."

Nangong poured a soft "cut", "Let's go in!" ”

Shu Yao nodded.

Shu Yao and Nangong poured into the house and sat down to have a cup of tea.

There were only two people in the room, Shu Yao and Nangong Tan, and Mao Ru and Lian Xin were waiting outside the door.

"Is there anything you want to do today for your birthday?" Shu Yao asked.

Nangong Qian thought about it carefully and shook his head, "No." If it's in the modern 21st century, then I have something I want to do. When it comes to the modern twenty-first century, Nangong Tilting specially said to Shu Yao with a mouth shape.

Nangong was afraid that Mao Ru and Lianxin would hear it, so he used his mouth to say the modern twenty-first century.

Shu Yao also knew at a glance that Nangong was talking about the modern 21st century.

"And what would you do if you were there?"

"I'll cook lots and lots of food."

"For example?"

"For example......" Nangong leaned into Shu Yao's ear and whispered, "For example, cakes, and many, many takeaways." ”

Shu Yao looked at Nangong Qian with a confused expression, and asked in a low voice, "What are the cakes and takeaways?" ”

"Cake is a dessert and a pastry. And then what about takeout, if you don't want to cook, you can buy it, and then someone will deliver what you bought to your home. ”

Nangong explained to Shu Yao in a low voice.

Although Shu Yao still didn't know what takeaway was, she still understood it after listening to Nangong Tan's explanation to her.

Shu Yao thought for a while, "You often watch costume dramas at home, what should you be particularly curious about, and then you really want to do it, right?" Shu Yao whispered.

Nangong Tilting recalled whether there was anything she particularly wanted to do when she watched costume dramas.

Now she is also wearing ancient costumes every day, living in the ancient palace every day, living a life of thieves every day, and eating ancient food. It seems like there's really nothing left to do.

Nangong tilted his head, leaned close to Shu Yao's ear and said, "I now wear ancient costumes every day and live in the palace, it seems that I really don't have anything special to do." ”

"Is this the only thing you want to do when you watch costume dramas?" As she spoke, Shu Yao spoke in a tone of voice.

Nangong tilted his head, "No." ”

Shu Yao looked at Nangong in shock, "How is it possible?" There were so many things in ancient times, you can't just do those few things. ”

"Not really." Nangong said very seriously.

Mao Ru and Lian Xin stood at the door, standing for so long, Shu Yao and Nangong couldn't hear the voice. If it had been before, it would have been loud talking.

Shu Yao thought for a moment, "Shadow puppetry? ”

"There is a shadow puppet show in Beiliang?" Nangong asked in surprise.

Shu Yao nodded, "Yes!" ”

"Beiliang actually has a shadow puppet show?"

"That's right!"

I don't know why, Shu Yao was amused by Nangong tilting.

"Really?" Nangong poured out and confirmed again and again.

Shu Yao smiled and said, "There really is a shadow puppet show." ”

Nangong stood up and opened the door, but Shu Yao hadn't reacted yet.

"Let's go!"

Nangong saw that Shu Yao was still sitting on the stool.

Shu Yao let out an "oh".

Mao Ru and Lianxin were at a loss, and they didn't know what they were talking about.

"Maoru, you don't have to follow Lianxin." Shu Yao said.

"Yes, Princess."

Shu Yao and Nangong Dumping left the house like this.

Of course, Lianxin would not stay in the palace like this, and Lianxin quietly followed them all the way.

Shu Yao took Nangong to the closest place to watch shadow puppets from the North Palace.

As soon as Shu Yao and Nangong entered, the shadow puppet show began.

Behind a white curtain, the artists manipulate opera characters while singing stories to popular local tunes. At the same time, it is accompanied by percussion instruments and strings, which has a strong local atmosphere.

Nangong leaned close to Shu Yao and asked, "What kind of story is this?" ”

Shu Yao shook her head and whispered, "I don't know, and I haven't seen shadow puppetry." ”

In this shadow puppet show, there is a line that says, "The most touching thing is not the so-called eternity, but companionship." This line immediately reached Nangong Tilt's heart.

Her mother was not around, and her father was an alcoholic. Except for the little bit of love that her mother gave her when she was a child, there is no more.

She left home at the age of fifteen, leaving her father, who was a heavy drinker all day, and working alone outside the home.

When I earned some money, I got a passport, bought a plane ticket, and flew to Beijing alone.

Beijing is a big city with high consumption, and she lives a life without a meal every day.

Although it was very hard and tiring, he never complained, and he never even shouted that he wanted to give up.

She worked in Beijing for five years, and 3,000 yuan a month was not enough. When he was twenty years old, he chose to work in a fashion magazine. She didn't have a high academic background, so she didn't dare to apply for some good positions, and wanted to do a miscellaneous job in a fashion magazine.

Later, because he temporarily helped the leader do a thing, he was favored by the leader, so he went from a miscellaneous worker to a senior editor in five years, and then he had a monthly salary of more than 10,000 yuan.

The shadow puppet show was over, and Nangong was still staring at it in a daze.

"Miss?" Shu Yao shouted.

Nangong Tilting reacted, "It's over." ”

"That's right! It's over. ”

"Let's go back!"

"Okay."

Nangong took Shu Yao's arm and walked all the way back to the North Palace.

After returning to the Beiwang Mansion, Nangong Tilting said to Shu Yao, "Why don't we all make two dishes that we like to eat?" ”

"That's a good idea. However, it was time for dinner. ”

"Yes." Nangong agreed.

After you arrived at night, Nangong Tilting and Shu Yao agreed in the morning, and everyone made two dishes they loved.

Nangong Dumping likes sweet and sour pork ribs and baked chicken with golden needles and red dates, and Shuyao loves steamed fish and black chicken stew.

They did not eat in the house, as usual, but on the stone table in the front yard.

"What is this?" Shu Yao pointed to the plate of sweet and sour pork ribs and said.

"This is something that is available in the modern 21st century, called sweet and sour pork ribs. It's sweet and sour, and it's very appetizing. You taste it. ”

Shu Yao pinched a piece, widened her eyes, pursed her mouth, and her expression was particularly exaggerated anyway.

"It's delicious." Shu Yao looked at Nangong in surprise.

"Right!"

"I didn't expect you to love steamed fish and black chicken stew."

"Huh?"

"In our place, both dishes are very common."

"Steamed fish and black chicken stew are common, but I love it."

Shu Yao and Nangong were eating and eating, and suddenly a big black box was brought in.

Nangong pointed to the black box and asked, "What's that?" ”

Shu Yao turned her head and knew that it was Mao Ru who sent the guitar over.

Shu Yao put down the chopsticks in her hand and shouted, "Bring that black box over." ”

Nangong looked confused.

The black box wasn't tall, but it was wide.

"Come on, clean this up." Shu Yao shouted.

Soon, Mao Ru took the two maidservants and took away all the things on the stone table.

Immediately afterwards, Shu Yao and Nangong Qian moved the black box to the stone table.

"What's in this black box?"

"Open it and take a look."

Nangong Tianxuan slowly opened the black box and saw that it was a guitar.

Nangong Tilting carefully took out the guitar, and she was used to picking up the guitar and reading it from beginning to end.

Although the sky is a little dark, even if you can't see it, you can feel a jasmine flower and a "蒅" character engraved on it.

Nangong Tingfu touched two places that were concave, so he took the guitar and walked to the place where there was light to see.

It's a jasmine flower, with the word "蒅".

Shu Yao followed behind Nangong Tilting, and Nangong Tilting saw Shu Yao as soon as she turned around.

"It turns out that you asked me to draw a guitar drawing that day, just to make a guitar." Nangong tilted her voice a little trembling.

Shu Yao nodded, "Well, you, like Miss, celebrate your birthday on this day." If it's a young lady, I know exactly what she wants. But you're not, so you won't really like the mundane things in the palace. Actually, I remember you telling me about your other profession, but I pretended not to remember and went to ask you. I said I wanted to see the guitar and let you draw it. In fact, I want to make it and give it to you as a birthday gift. ”

"I know that you suddenly have a soul piercing to Beiliang, and there is no one around you, so it is inevitable that there will be some discomfort in your heart. You've also said that you love to sing, and you like to sing while playing the guitar. If you have a guitar by your side, maybe your heart won't be so uncomfortable. ”

"Maybe this guitar won't be as good as yours, but it's the best."

Shu Yao's words caused Nangong to tear up her eyes.

"Thank you."

There are a lot of moving words, but what she wants to say to Shu Yao the most is "thank you".

Shu Yao saw a smile on Nangong Tianyi's face that she had never seen before, that smile was happy from the bottom of her heart, the kind of smile that she was happy when she saw something she liked. This is something that Shu Yao has never seen on Nangong Tilt's face.

"You said you liked jasmine the most, so I added a jasmine flower on top. Because your name is called 蒅, there is a '蒅' character engraved on the neck. You like jasmine, there is a gray jasmine flower in the bottom right of this board. After speaking, Shu Yao pointed to the top of the guitar.

Nangong Tilting held the guitar in one hand and hugged Shu Yao.

Shu Yao was the same, hugging Nangong tightly.

Nangong let go of Shu Yao, "It's really good to be able to see the guitar in Beiliang in my lifetime." She laughs.

Shu Yao pulled Nangong Qian to sit on the stone bench, "Didn't you say that you love to sing?" I also play the guitar, so why don't you play one for me? I want to hear it. ”