My family also has birthday gifts.

Princess Fuyu gave a stone, the stone is not unusual, but the lines on it just happen to be a complete longevity character, it looks like the muscles and bones are straight, the flesh and blood are full, and it seems that someone wrote it with a pen.

"It's rare," said the emperor, "you have a heart." ”

I also knew that such a stone would not have fallen from the sky, and it must have taken a lot of effort to prepare.

Liu Yan also leaned over and took a look: "This character is better than what I wrote." Father, where are you going to put it? ”

Generally, the birthday gift is nothing more than eating and wearing, needless to say, many ornaments and toys are put into the library, and no one will remember how many years.

This stone can barely be regarded as an ornament, Liu Yan feels that it is a pity to put it in the warehouse.

"By the way, Father, the bush of bamboo outside your study, rest there, how beautiful it looks with the bamboo, if it rains, it can just wash the stones more cleanly."

The emperor smiled and nodded: "This is appropriate." ”

The second prince was a little angry with others for being in the limelight, he gave a jade carving, but it didn't work, but he was sent a stone to compare.

What's so great about a broken stone? will be tricky. The second prince scolded Princess Fuyu and Meng Liu in his stomach for being too scheming.

And he also scolded Liu Yan.

What does this girl know about who is close to whom, who is far away, and who is close? Her own brother, she doesn't know how to help, and she is messing with Princess Fuyu? After all, Princess Fuyu is the daughter of the Qian family, although she has the title of princess, she is not from the Liu family.

If this stone is placed in a place where the father can see it every day, every time the father looks at it, he will inevitably think of the person who sent the stone, why did this benefit not fall on his head, but let Princess Fuyu and his wife snatch it?

"Every day the wind blows the sun and rains, beware of the sunburn."

His voice was not loud, but the people in front of him could still hear him.

But everyone unanimously pretended not to hear.

Today is the emperor's birthday, a rare good day, the emperor and the queen are also happy, but some people don't know each other and have to find trouble, in order to eat more comfortably today's meal, it is better to ignore him.

The second princess sent calligraphy and paintings, and the third princess had Zhao Lei, who could draw, but what she sent was not a painting, but a big basket...... Food.

Red dates, peppers, sweet potatoes, bundles of millet with stalks.

"I asked people to go back to their hometown and bring it." Liu Fang smiled and picked up the date: "Father, taste it, see if it's sweet." ”

The emperor took the jujube, the jujube is not too big, the largest is the size of the little finger belly, but it is red and fragrant when it smells.

The emperor took a small bite and smiled: "This is the jujube tree in the yard of my hometown?" ”

Liu Fang nodded.

The emperor ate the jujube very seriously, and took one and handed it to Queen Cao: "You can taste it too, it seems to be sweeter than in previous years." ”

The jujube tree was transplanted with his father and brother when the emperor was a child, and the neighbors who saw the excitement at that time also said that they were afraid that they would not be able to plant it. But this jujube tree bears fruit the next year, although it is not big, but the jujube is sweet.

"Come on, let's try it too."

Among the people who came today, in addition to the fifth princess Liu Yu and the second princess Zhao Yuxi, there are also several princesses and concubines, all of whom have eaten this date.

Liu Yan has also eaten it, but it is ...... At that time, she was so young that she didn't remember the taste of this jujube at all.

She ate it, and she didn't seem to think it was too sweet

But the father and the queen mother said that they were sweet, huh...... Maybe it's because they were poor in the past, and there weren't many sweet things to eat, so the dates that bear fruit once a year are a rare and sweet memory for them.

Several princes have eaten this date, but for them, this date is probably not as sweet as the emperor and queen tasted.

Liu Fang is different.

She had a hard life, and she remembered that she was hungry once, that is, the fourth aunt - the current Queen Cao secretly gave her a few dates, so sweet and fragrant, she will never forget that taste for the rest of her life.

The dates I ate later were never so delicious again.

In addition to dates, other things were also brought from his hometown, and the emperor was suddenly reminded of the nostalgia of these native goods, and waved his hand: "These are all good to harvest, and you all have a share, these are the crops and fruits and vegetables grown in the fields of your hometown, taste them, no matter what time it is, you can't forget the roots." ”

In addition to those who gave it to the people, some of them were sent directly to the dining room and served to them.

Liu Yan gave a hand-embroidered picture of pine and cypress evergreen.

Her handiwork...... Anyway, my family knows what level she is, and because I know, when I saw this embroidery picture of a good level, I didn't hesitate to praise and praise her.

Liu Yan spent a lot of effort embroidering this.

Mainly, she feels that everything she has is given by her parents.

Her private money, the things in her private treasury, were all given by her parents, and she always felt insincere when she used those things as gifts.

So she consulted Mr. Cheng, and asked Zhao Lei to help draw the picture, and she embroidered the picture with a needle and a thread.

Although Zhao Lei understood her level and the picture had been drawn as briefly as possible, Liu Yan still had red eyes, tired shoulders, and pricked his fingers I don't know how many times.

Fortunately, it was finally embroidered.

The emperor was very moved.

He knew that Liu Yan was usually most tired of doing embroidery work, and it must have taken a lot of effort and suffering to embroider this for him.

The fifth princess Liu Yu gave a painting, she painted it herself, and the emperor also nodded, saying that she was attentive.

Empress Cao made a dress for the emperor, and the emperor went to the apse to change it without saying a word. This dress is not luxurious, but there is no place to wear ironing, many of the emperor's small habits, preferences, others do not know, this is only the pillow people understand.

For example, the emperor's right arm, which is commonly used now, always has to write with a pen, he doesn't like narrow cuffs, he is too tight and he is too restrained, and too wide he feels cumbersome. The cuffs made by Queen Cao are not loose or tight, just right. And not only the cuffs, armpits, collar, and belt are also made to his liking.

After the birthday gift was given, the emperor called a few grandchildren to make love one by one, and it was time for lunch.

The dining room had already made a few things that had just been sent and presented them with the other dishes.

Because Min Hong specially ordered those few things, he didn't use any complicated methods, nor did he use any expensive ingredients, just like ordinary people's home-style practices, fried bacon with chili peppers, steamed with the skin of the yams, and boiled some porridge with the husks of millet removed, and the original flavor did not change at all.

Seriously, together with the imperial diet, these rough things in the countryside are not delicious at all, but the emperor and queen have used a lot.