Soon it was General Yang's birthday.

On this day, because General Yang had already made it clear, only a few in-laws came. But just these few in-laws, there are also a lot of people.

Now in the Yang Mansion, except for the fifth young master Yang Shuo, the third young lady Yang Ning and the fourth young lady Yang Zhi are not married, the other young masters and young ladies have all become relatives. In this way, the people who came to Yang Mansion today are also a group of people who are in Wuyang, there are full of carriages parked in front of the door, and there are many stewards sent by various prefectures in the capital to give gifts, so it is not lively.

Yang Huijun came early in the morning with the children, and Xiao Linhui also specially asked for leave to celebrate his birthday.

When it was the turn to give gifts, Yang Gang and the others took out the gifts that had been prepared for a long time.

Yang Zhao offered a piece of rare jade, Yang Zheng offered a half-human-high red coral, and Yang Miao offered a sword...... The gifts offered by the crowd were precious, but they were ordinary.

It is worth mentioning the gifts of Yang Gang and Xiao Lingwei.

What Yang Gang presented was a sweaty and bloody horse with a black body and only a poke of white hair on the top of his head, which was snatched from the hands of the Turkic generals. General Yang was very happy when he received it, and immediately rode on the training ground in Fuzhong and ran two laps.

What Xiao Lingwei presented was a handwritten character by herself, which was a capitalized "Shou" character composed of a thousand different shapes of the word "Shou", sprinkled with gold leaf, shining in the sun.

General Yang held the calligraphy and painting and praised it: "If it is really different for each longevity word, Weiwei, you are really amazing, I like this gift." ”

Xiao Ling smiled and said, "If my grandfather likes it, it's fine." ”

Yang Ning snorted: "A pair of broken calligraphy paintings, and they are worthless, what is there to show off." ”

Second Mrs. Yang stabbed her and signaled her to shut up, but Yang Zhi, who was only five years old, said, "Third sister, don't you like your cousin's calligraphy and paintings?" ”

Yang Zhi's voice was a little loud, and as soon as her words came out, everyone looked over.

Second Lady Yang hurriedly smiled and said, "Zhi'er, you heard it wrong, how could your third sister not look down on your cousin's calligraphy and paintings."

"Your third sister has been praising your cousin's strong and powerful words, sharp pen, majestic, and your grandfather's demeanor.

"Really, Ning'er?"

Second Mrs. Yang secretly pinched Yang Ning, Yang Ning was in pain, but said with a smile on her face: "Yes, my cousin's handwriting is very good, I am ashamed of myself." ”

"But..."Yang Zhi was about to say more, but was stopped by Second Mrs. Yang: "Zhi'er, accompany me to change clothes." ”

Second Mrs. Yang smiled and said to everyone: "I'm out of company." Then he pulled Yang Zhi and left.

Seeing this, everyone withdrew their gaze and continued to compliment General Yang.

Xiao Ling glanced at Yang Ning, who had a stiff smile, and didn't care about this little episode in her heart.

General Yang smiled and instructed: "Hang this calligraphy and painting in my study, I want to enjoy it every day." ”

After speaking, he looked at Xiao Lingwei's eyes even more lovingly, thinking about the gift that Xiao Lingwei sent a few days ago as soon as she returned to the capital, which was the legendary cold and warm jade that was warm in winter and cool in summer.

This girl remembered that she loved to play chess, so she collected such precious and rare chess pieces for him, it was really filial piety, and the more General Yang looked at Xiao Lingwei, the more he loved it, and he couldn't wait to pick her up and turn around twice like he did when he was a child.

Of course, now that Xiao Lingwei has grown up, he can't hold her casually.

After a few small talks, the table began.

......

"Stop."

A deep voice came from the carriage, and the guard hurriedly pulled the reins.

The emperor opened the curtain and looked outside, only to see the word "Yang Mansion" written on the door plaque, it turned out that he had arrived outside the mansion of General Yang.

At this time, several guards in the mansion came out, each holding a gift box in their hands, and there were more than 30 boxes. They packed the gift box in a wagon and left.

The Emperor asked, "What's going on?" I heard that today is General Yang's birthday, so it should be a gift into the house, not a gift outside. ”

The guard next to him immediately said, "Your Majesty, wait a minute, my subordinates will go down and inquire." ”

Soon, the guard returned, "Back to Your Majesty, it was a gift sent by the Zhenguo Mansion, saying that it was to congratulate General Yang on his birthday."

"But General Yang confiscated it and retreated."

The emperor had long heard that General Yang Lao was not going to do much about his birthday, and only invited a few in-laws, which seemed to be true.

However, he was very satisfied with General Yang's move, because the Duke of Zhenguo had always suggested that he should appoint the Five Princes as the crown prince recently, and the Mansion of Zhenguo had become a force of the Five Princes' party.

General Yang refused the gift from the Zhenguo Mansion, saying that he would not be with the Zhenguo Prince, not to mention that the two of them were also on the same page in the court.

At least General Yang is still the same as before, and has not been involved in partisan disputes.

The emperor pondered in his heart, and his mood was slightly better, so he said: "I will also congratulate General Yang on his birthday." ”

However, the emperor came out of the palace this time, and it was not appropriate to make a big show, so he first sent someone to inform General Yang in private.

Then the carriage quietly entered the Yang Mansion.

General Yang led the emperor all the way into the study, and hurriedly knelt down: "Your Majesty is here in person, the minister is not welcome, please forgive Your Majesty." ”

The emperor sat down on the chair: "It's okay, I just passed by here, and when I remembered Aiqing's birthday today, I came over to take a look." ”

Pass by?

Your Majesty, this is a micro-service out of the palace.

General Yang understood this, and he didn't dare to ask more, so he personally served hot tea: "Your Majesty, please drink tea." The minister's place is simple, and the food is not as good as the imperial study, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive me. ”

The emperor took a sip of the teacup, "It's okay, I haven't been to the Yang Mansion for a long time, and I can't imagine that the Yang Mansion is still the same." ”

The guards next to him saw that the emperor drank the tea without thinking about it, and he was anxious, but he didn't dare to remind him. After thinking about it, His Majesty is usually very careful, and if he can relax so much this time, he must have great trust in General Yang.

The emperor really trusted General Yang very much, so he picked up the pastry next to him without thinking and tasted it: "Well, it's not bad, it has a different flavor." ”

When General Yang heard this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, for fear that the things in the kitchen would displease the emperor.

"Grandfather."

Suddenly, Xiao Lingwei walked in.

General Yang hurriedly stepped forward and scolded her: "Why did you run in without passing the word?" Not a spark of decency. ”

But in his heart, he had already ordered the guards to stay outside the courtyard and not allow anyone to come in, how did this girl run in.

Xiao Ling smiled and said, "I forgot, I'll pay attention next time." ”

In fact, she just noticed that there were some changes in the guards in the house, just take a look, and now look at the nervous attitude of General Yang, which shows that there is a great person in the house, and this character makes General Yang very nervous.

Xiao Ling was slightly curious, relying on General Yang's usual favor and broke in, saying that she was breaking in, but she was not, she just turned into a guard and appeared here while people were unprepared.