"Brother, don't think I'm so fooled. It's just a birthday banquet, but it's just a meal, and I don't care about it for outsiders to see. It's the gift that matters, and if my brother's birthday gift doesn't suit my heart, I'll return it. ”

Jiang Changyuan knew that these witty words said by his sister were all to appease him, and if she calculated it seriously, she was afraid that she didn't care about any birthday banquet and birthday ceremony. The matter of not having a birthday banquet was passed by his grandmother, and he couldn't say anything about it, lest he be told it again.

Jiang Changyuan felt extremely boring, and lay on the table and pretended to be dead without image.

Jiang Changxi laughed at him when he saw it: "They are all people who have received errands, why is my brother still so unorthodox, how good it is to be looked down upon." ”

A few days ago, when Tianshuitang was sick, Jiang Changchang also made a lot of efforts after following suit, and Xiang Liangqing also recorded Jiang Changyuan's name when he wrote the commendation excerpt and handed it over.

If you want to say that Jiang Chang's reputation in Lindu City is really bad, there are few people in the family who are not literate and unsuccessful, fighting cocks, fighting and making trouble, and there are few people who can fight with Han Weiqi in Spring City for a red date horse, and the emperor is very impressed by him.

What's more profound is that a few years ago, when Sui Anhou was not very much used by the emperor, Jiang Changchang fought with the six princes in the street, Jiang Changchang fought Jiang Changchang with one enemy and three enemies, and beat the six princes back to the palace to complain.

It was also at that time that the emperor hated the six princes for iron and steel, and on the other hand, he thought about Sui Anhou. It is said that the tiger father has no dog, and the son's fist and foot kung fu are quite passable, so Lao Tzu can't do it.

Now that he sees Jiang Changchang's name again, and thinks about his achievements over the years with Anhou, the emperor slipped Jiang Changchang into the forbidden military camp with a stroke of his pen. Although he has only received an inconsequential errand at present, the people in the forbidden military camp are all close ministers of the Son of Heaven, and Jiang Changchang is the prince of the Hou Mansion, so there is no need to talk about his future future.

When Jiang Changyuan heard his sister ask, he still lay on his stomach and didn't want to move, and said in a muffled voice: "It's like this in my sister's courtyard." ”

Knowing that Jiang Changchang was still measured, Jiang Changxi didn't say more, only concerned: "Are you okay on duty these days?" Are there many errands? Busy or not? Are colleagues easy to get along with? ”

Jiang Changyuan's face was dished: "Sister ......"

Seeing that Jiang Changchang wanted to speak and stopped, Jiang Changxi replied lightly and said curiously: "What's wrong?" ”

Jiang Changchang was silent, I want to say that these questions you asked, he had already asked A-Niang on the first day he came back on duty, and they were word for word.

But in the end, Jiang Changyuan still didn't say anything, and rubbed his hair irritably: "It's nothing." ”

Jiang Changxi looked confused: "......"

Since Jiang Changxi fell ill, Yifang Pavilion has been much quieter, the affairs of Tianshui Hall can't be passed on, and she doesn't need to take care of the affairs in the house, Jiang Changxi is also happy to be idle, if there is nothing to do, double the medical books, take a look at the ancient books, and write one or two recipes for Qingrong to hand them out to Dr. Wen.

After treating the strange disease, there was not much left of Jinlin grass, Dr. Wen left part of it in Tianshui Hall, and the rest was given to Jiang Changxi, Jiang Changxi cut off part of the grass roots, thinking that it would be planted in the medicine garden she opened up in the spring, and the remaining leaves were taken by her to test the medicinal properties.

In this way, I was busy day by day, and in the blink of an eye, it was Chinese New Year's Eve.

According to the practice of previous years, there was a palace banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve, and officials above the third rank in Beijing were required to bring their family members to the palace early, and officials waited for the banquet in the imperial garden after meeting the emperor in the imperial study, and female relatives needed to enter the harem to ask the empress dowager for peace.

This is the first palace banquet after Mrs. Jiang returned to the capital, and it stands to reason that she should enter the palace to greet the Queen Mother. It's a pity that the current queen mother is not the emperor's biological mother, and her mother's Liu family has been declining in recent years.

Mrs. Jiang has taken leave, and it is better to say that Jiang Changxi is on leave, it is nothing more than the initial fear of a serious illness to disturb the listen, and besides, I don't worry that my grandmother wants to accompany her more in the house, and others can't find anything wrong.

Qin Mo'an couldn't do it in the morning, no matter how many reasons he had, he couldn't get as much as his parents' ears, and he was dragged into the palace early in the morning.

However, the two did not forget that today was Jiang Changxi's birthday, and before entering the palace, they ordered someone to send the birthday gift to the Hou Mansion.

Jiang Changxi was accompanying the old lady to have tea, and when he heard that it was sent by Miss Qin and Miss An, he said with a smile: "They are all good girls, it's hard to remember your birthday at this time." ”

"Sister Qin, Sister An treats me very well."

Qin Mo and An Zaoyu's gifts were all packed in sandalwood boxes, Jiang Changxi didn't open them immediately, and the old lady said: "Go and open it, when the longevity noodles are ready, someone will look for you." ”

Jiang Changxi was not in a hurry to see it, but the old lady said so, she did not refuse, bowed and said goodbye, and went back to Yifang Pavilion.

For opening gifts, even if it is a girl's gift, Xiutan also showed full curiosity, diligently put everything on the table, and urged: "Girl, open it and take a look." ”

There should be several items on the table, some of which were sent by Jiang Changchang and Jiang Changyan brothers in the morning, some brought by Jiang Wu's family, and some were given by Qin Mo and An Zaoyu. Jiang Changxi looked at it, and there was an extra food box: "Who sent this?" "The food box was sealed with red paper, and the auspicious words of today were written on it.

Xiu Tan thought about it for a while, and hesitated: "It was sent together with Miss Qin's gift, and it was probably prepared by Miss Qin?" ”

Jiang Changxi shook his head, Qin Mo had already prepared a birthday gift for her, and it was impossible to prepare another one.

Jiang Changxi groaned, sent by the Qin Mansion? Mrs. Qin and Mrs. Guo are both elders, and it is impossible to give her a gift to a junior, even if she gives it, it is nothing to say it generously. She didn't know anyone else either, didn't she......

Xiu Tan also seemed to think of someone, and said with wide eyes: "Girl, could it be the second son of Qin......

Dahong is open, men and women are not as strict as the previous dynasty, and the good thing to play is that there is nothing to talk on the street, but it is easy to be passed on as a private gift or a token of affection, especially Jiang Changxi and Qin Shixiao, men and women who have met in the name of marriage, and one can be "married" if he is not careful.

Isn't this a joke, and I didn't see the person who sent it and didn't publicize it. Jiang Changxi reprimanded Xiutan, "Don't talk nonsense." ”

Xiutan shrunk her neck and looked outside the house, there was no one around. She stuck out her tongue and said, "Girl, forgive your sins, don't dare anymore." ”

Then he instigated: "The girl will open it and take a look at Qin ...... The girl sent something delicious to the girl. Receiving Jiang Changxi's disgusted glare, Xiu Tan's tongue was knotted and he changed his mouth with difficulty.

Jiang Changxi and Qingrong couldn't help but laugh when they saw her cowardice, Jiang Changxi was not reserved, and opened the food box first.

After seeing clearly what was in the food box, Xiu Tan couldn't help but exclaim first: "Aftertaste Zhai's dim sum." ”

"Be quiet." Qingrong patted Xiutan's hand and reminded.

Xiutan made a "know" lip shape and took out the snacks in the food box.

There are four layers in the food box, one layer of the same dim sum, in addition to plum blossom cake, there are almond branding, square cream cake and milk mille-feuille cake.

Xiutan: "Girl, it's all your favorite food!" "And it's all produced by Aftertaste, how long does it take to get up early and queue up.

Xiu Tan thought happily, although under the conditions of the Hou Mansion, the dim sum of Huiwei Zhai is not particularly rare, but what is rare is the heart of the second son of Qin, the Tao is the girl's favorite, how much effort has to be spent to inquire and pay attention, if she is not mistaken, the girl and the second son of Qin have not met more than three times.

"Girl, the person who delivered the snacks was so kind to you." Xiutan can learn to be obedient this time, and he didn't point out Qin Shixiao's identity again.

Jiang Changxi listened to Xiutan's words, looked at the dim sum in front of him, and his heart was mixed. She knew that her grandmother had promised her father to return to Beijing this time because she had reached the age of Ji Lu and it was time for her to marry. The grandmother didn't worry about her father or mother, and wanted to find her a good family by herself.

Jiang Changxi has been accustomed to seeing his mother's love for his father over the years, and he is also used to seeing his father's partial preference for his mother Jiang Wu, so he has no reason to be unwavering.

So my grandmother said she wanted to go back to Beijing, but she didn't stop her. Grandmother said that she should go to meet Qin Shixiao, and she went to see her without any extra thoughts. Now that I see these four plates of dim sum again, the table is full of Qin Shixiao's mind, and for some reason, my heart is so confused, and I don't have the heart to open the gift anymore.

Xiutan saw that Jiang Changxi was suddenly embarrassed, thinking that she was talking too much, and said stupidly: "Girl, ......"

Jiang Changxi came back to his senses: "What's wrong?" ”

Seeing that the girl didn't blame her, Xiu Tan breathed a sigh of relief and asked tentatively, "Girl, don't you want to taste these snacks?" ”

Seeing Xiutan's cautious face, she knew that she had scared her. Jiang Changxi let out a long sigh, propped up his spirit and said, "Taste it." ”

She twisted up a piece of square frost cake, obviously it was all produced by Huiwei Zhai, it was all square frost cake, but she couldn't taste it when she tasted it today.

Jiang Changxi sighed secretly, secretly scolding himself for suddenly being hypocritical.

Jiang Changxi didn't dare to dwell on it for long, and the old lady of Fukangtang asked people to invite her over.

Not half an hour after coming back, and before it was time for lunch, Jiang Changxi didn't know what was going on with the old lady, so he went with a confused face. Then he came back with a bewildered face.

Also confused was Xiu Tan, who put the things in her hand on the table tremblingly, and said uncertainly: "Girl, this is the warm jade chess piece sent from the mansion of Princess Heyang?" ”

Jiang Changxi came back to his senses from his confusion and pressed the corner of his forehead: "Hmm." ”

Qingrong, who didn't go to Fukang Hall, was puzzled: "Why did the princess's mansion also send things over, or are they warm jade chess pieces?" "Why didn't she remember that the girl liked to play chess.

"Probably I treated the eldest princess, and on my birthday, I sent it to express my gratitude." Jiang Changxi explained. I don't know who it was explained to, anyway, Jiang Changxi didn't want to think back to the profound smile of the giver.

Qingrong was speechless: "Then it shouldn't be sent ......" Qingrong shut up as he spoke. Because she suddenly remembered that the girl rarely played chess, the eldest princess definitely didn't know that her girl was a stinky chess basket, so she sent Nuanyu chess pieces. Well, that's definitely the case.