Although it is not expensive in front of Yao Chuxi, in front of those three talents, it is different.

Such a transparent jade, I'm afraid that they are also seeing it for the first time, and when they open the gift box, their hands are trembling, for fear of bumping into it.

Although they have a good relationship on the surface, who understands what is going on behind the scenes? So they didn't say anything Yao Chuxi sent to themselves, and they were full of defensiveness when they spoke, for fear that the other party would inquire.

I'm afraid that I'll lose face, I'm afraid that my gifts are not as good as others, so I want to fight for face, as if this Yao beauty is better for herself.

The three of them all did the same, but they all invariably asked someone to inquire about the details of their respective gifts.

Han Shanggong had long expected this, and those who were troubled by vanity were destined not to go far.

The three gifts were all sent by Ding Zhou to various courtyards, first to Deng Cairen, and then to Song Cairen in Qiuyun Pavilion, and when he arrived at Qiuyun Pavilion, Ding Zhou was also glared by Xia Cairen's eyes a few times.

But he didn't make a sound, so he didn't see it, he just talked to Song Cairen, and he didn't even look at Xia Cairen's face, and Xia Cairen's face was dark.

Song Cairen has always been a silent character, and she is rarely seen talking, and her presence in the back garden is extremely low. She is not as good as Xia Cairen, nor does she have a story and background like Xiao Meiren, and she is not as favored as Yao Chuxi.

Usually few people can think of her, if it weren't for the three of them rushing together on their birthdays, it is estimated that they would not be able to remember her birthday.

When she celebrated her birthday last year, she also bumped into her birthday with Deng and Hu, and she originally said that the three of them would celebrate together, but Deng Cairen only saw the emperor a while ago and thought that she would be favored, so she didn't go that day, and waited for the emperor to summon her in Wanmo Pavilion.

However, after waiting all night, I didn't wait for the emperor.

Song Cairen and Hu Cairen asked for dishes in the dining room and used them in Ruyue Pavilion.

Hu Cairen lives by himself, eats and drinks at will, and is not restricted by others, so Song Caicai agreed to go to Ruyue Pavilion with her.

This year's Deng Cairen can't jump up, first the emperor ignored her so she lost face, and she couldn't raise her head in the back garden, and she came out to fight with Ban Cainu, and she couldn't raise her head anymore.

was supposed to celebrate Song and Hu's birthdays, but Deng Cairen also happened to catch up with this time, so he couldn't help but ask her, just like that, the three of them could only live together.

Congratulatory gifts were sent to various places in the back garden, which were not expensive things, and they could not be compared with the cards of Concubine Lin Jieyu and their birthdays.

Some sent peace and affection, some sent vase decorations, some sent jewelry and clothing, and even sent tea, of course, it was not a good tea.

The three congratulatory gifts sent by Yao Chuxi are already the most valuable among them.

Hu Cairen has never been favored, nor has he ever seen the emperor, and even Yao Chuxi has never seen her a few times.

She wasn't very beautiful, not ugly, but a little worse than Yao Chuxi.

Yao Chuxi felt that Hu Cairen was more similar to Guo Cairen in Liulan Pavilion.

I heard that when Hu Cairen entered the palace, she was left behind because of her good appearance, after all, her appearance is reasonable, and she has a poetry and calligraphy in her belly, and she can write both poetry and writing, so she was left.

The three of them had a simple bite in Ruyue Pavilion, Yao Chuxi came forward to ask for two more good dishes in the dining room and ordered someone to send them to Ruyue Pavilion, but a few people didn't know, and thought that it was Manager Yuan who did more.

The weather was colder again, and it was almost impossible to get out of the house after two snowfalls, Yao Chuxi had been staying in the Yingxue Pavilion during this time, and rarely went out.

This time, the three talented people celebrated their birthdays, and they also invited Yao Chuxi.

Yao Chuxi doesn't really want to go, after all, this is not like Concubine Lin Jieyu and them, the kind that can't be done if they don't go, they are all small talents, and no one can say anything if they go or not.

But she didn't think so, she just didn't want to go, thinking it would disturb people's interest. This may be a trivial matter, and she can't do it if anyone hates her more or buries her with two words.

I heard that there were a few people in the back garden this time. Luo Mei of Baihua Pavilion and Cao Meiren of Lanyue Pavilion went, Meng Cai people from Sanssouci Pavilion went, Xiucai people from Mincui Pavilion went, and Qin Cai people from Tilting Yu Pavilion and Yang Cairen from Huanqing Pavilion also went.

That's kind of weird.

Xia Cairen and Song Cairen have lived in Qiuyun Pavilion for more than two years, and it has been almost three years, why did Song Cairen celebrate her birthday without bringing her?

Han Shanggong said, if there are more women, it is easy to cause trouble, one by one, you don't hurt me, I hurt you, or if you want to hurt people, I don't want to hurt people, such people are destined to not go together.

Yao Chuxi agreed, feeling that Song Cairen was quiet and quiet, and it was rare to have a good relationship with such a talented woman as Hu Cairen, not like a person who would be in the same stream as Xia Cairen.

Although Xia Cairen has not done anything bad, she is unforgiving, and she always likes to stir things up, and it is normal for Song Cairen not to have a good relationship with her.

Under the New Year's Festival, all parts of the palace are busy, and now the Yingxue Pavilion can be relaxed.

Ruyue Pavilion is lively now, it seems that the emperor will not come today, Yao Chuxi always has to find something to do.

She asked Luoxia to fetch the pine nuts and put them on the table.

"Why does the little master want to eat pine nuts"? Luoxia said, "The slave will help you peel it off." ”

Yao Chuxi waved his hand, "I want to peel it myself for a while, you come over and teach me how to dial it." ”

Luo Xia sat next to her master and took a pine nut to teach. Later, she was worried about her master's nails, and then regretted it, "Your nails are brittle, what if they are split?" ”

"It doesn't matter." Yao Chuxi seriously peeled the pine nut shell and said, "In the past, my mother often peeled pine nuts for me to eat, and after a few years, I don't know how my mother's body is." ”

Luo Xia heard what her master meant, this is homesickness.

"Do you have any siblings?" Luoxia asked.

Yao Chuxi replied, "I have an older brother above, but he died young, and I heard my mother say that he died when he was born." After a pause, she continued, "Because my mother's health is not good, my brother can't survive, and at that time, my mother drank decoction all day long, and when she gave birth to me, it can be said that the ghost door was closed. ”

Luo Xia didn't know what was going on in her master's house, and when she heard this, the pine nut shell that had just been peeled off in her hand was crushed, and the slag jumped on the table.

"When I was born, I was not in good health, so my father boiled herbs for me all day long, thick, bitter, and the medicinal gas was particularly heavy, and I recuperated for many years."

"Little master, you're in good health now." Luo Xia comforted.

Yao Chuxi smiled, "When I was born, I was younger than other children, and I continued to be cold every year, and I didn't grow up until two years before I entered the palace. ”

Luo Xia muttered in her heart, no wonder her master often had a cold, it turned out that it was because of her poor health when she was young.

The problem in this mother's womb cannot be cured by a few bowls of decoction, otherwise it would not have been a frequent chill after drinking the decoction for so many years.

The atmosphere cooled down, and Luo Xia didn't know how to persuade her master, so she could only wipe the pine nut shells on the table with a handkerchief.

Yao Chuxi sighed, paused and said, "My aunt's family has a younger sister, four years younger than me, when I entered the palace, she was about fifteen, she was only eleven at that time, like a tomboy all day long, my aunt worries about her all day long, I don't know how she is, whether she has become a big girl, and the scar on her forehead has not fallen off." ”

"The little master's sister?" Luo Xia came and was interested: "What is the name of the little master's sister?" ”

Yao Chuxi thought for a while, "Qi Yan, does this name look like a man?" ”

"It's true." Luo Xia smiled.

"My aunt, like my mother, had a child before, but when the child grew to six years old, she fell into the ditch when she went out to play with children of the same age, and no one dared to go down to save them at that time, and the person was gone."

"That's pathetic." Luo Xia felt a little empathetic when she heard this, and she couldn't help but feel a little sad in her heart.

Her sister also didn't survive when she was six years old, and the family was really poor, so she was sent to the palace.

"Later, my aunt gave birth to a younger sister, and she spoiled her so much that she couldn't spoil her, so she developed her tomboy character, she didn't dare to scold, and she didn't know what was going on now."

As he spoke, most of the pine nuts were peeled, and although many of them were broken and not decent, they were barely edible.

If someone else eats it, forget it, and there is a reason for you to dislike yourself?

Xu was tired of sitting, and Yao Chuxi helped Luo Xia to walk in the yard.

It was very cold, and occasionally a cold wind blew, but fortunately, Yao Chuxi wore thick clothes and didn't freeze her.

In front of the door, a eunuch carrying a food box passed, his hands were red from the cold, and he was hurrying to the back garden.

"Where is this going?" Jiang Liu asked.

It's not early or late, and the lunch hour has already passed, where are the two big food boxes delivered?

Jiang Liu recognized him, the little eunuch was a small miscellaneous person in the dining room, and he usually sent some food to the east and west palaces, but he rarely came to the back garden.

"Yo, Sixth Brother." The little eunuch approached and put down the food box, rubbed his hands together with each other, and warmed his neck.

Jiang Liu poured a bowl of hot water for him, "Where is this?" Look at the hurried, drink slowly. ”

The little eunuch returned the bowl to Jiang Liu after drinking the water, and then noticed Yao Chuxi standing in the courtyard.

"The slave greets Yao Meiren!"

"Get up."

"Xie Meiren." The little eunuch got up and said to Jiang Liu, "These are all sent to Ruyue Pavilion, but they make me tired." ”

"Ruyue Pavilion?" Jiang Liu was a little puzzled and said, "Hu Cairen, their birthday banquet is not over yet?" When will you finish eating so much food? I just saw that a lot of them have been sent! ”

"Who's to say it's not?" The little eunuch approached, "I heard, it seems that Luo Meiren took the lead in ordering the dish, to put it bluntly, it is to fight for face!" ”

Jiang Liu smiled: "When is this?" Which face she is fighting for, it is not her birthday. ”

The little eunuch also smiled, looked at Yao Chuxi in the courtyard, lowered his voice and said, "I heard that it was because of Yao Meiren that it hurt Luo Meiren's face!" ”