Twenty-sixth
"Last year's birthday wasn't our own," Ye Xiaozhu didn't like too many people to be too lively, and he had to bother to greet him, so he was troublesome.
"It doesn't matter if you have him or not, with you by my side, I will be content."
The master doesn't care, but Su Fang is upset for the master,
"I think that Concubine Ding is deliberately like this, when to go to the temple, just rush yesterday, and then pester the prince to prevent him from returning to the house, the prince will not be able to celebrate the princess's birthday!"
What if you guess what she meant? "It doesn't matter how she calculates, she is happy to plan, I'm tired, it's better to read books and play chess more freely."
She originally liked to play Go, thinking before and after falling and exercising her mind, but most people are not proficient, and there is no one in this house to accompany her, so she can only deal with herself.
But this checkers is different, as soon as you teach, you can play with someone, and the whimsical Ye Xiaozhu called Su Fang, and the two played against each other, playing the light yin.
When they repaired the carriage and rushed back to the house, it was already sunset, Li Youcai waited in front of the mansion, and when he saw the carriage returning, the prince got out of the car, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ouch! Lord, you're finally back! "
"What? Something important? Zhang Yunlei, who was a little dizzy from the bumps of the carriage, strode towards the mansion, just wanting to go back and rest quickly.
"It's not a big deal," Li Youcai followed behind the prince unhurriedly and bowed slightly:
"Today is the birthday of the princess, but the prince is not in the house for the past two days, and the slave does not dare to assert himself, and the mother is not allowed to be extravagant and wasteful, and the slave only dares to arrange the back kitchen to make sixteen dishes, which is considered to be a celebration for the mother, just wait for the prince to return, and see if he will make arrangements again."
"Little Yezi's birthday! I just came back! Zhang Yunlei glanced at Ding Ziyuan in annoyance, and his eyes were full of "It's all your fault"!
Ding Ziyuan pursed her lips innocently, "The prince doesn't know the princess's birthday, and the concubine doesn't know it." "
it? Blame me? I'm new here, right? After a few words, Zhang Yunlei entered the house and asked Li Youcai, "How do you spend your birthdays in the past?" "
Li Youcai felt embarrassed, he didn't know this! "You didn't celebrate the princess's birthday last year, you said you forgot!"
"Really?" Zhang Yunlei is getting more and more disgusted with this main owner, "It's too bastard!" How can you forget your daughter-in-law's birthday? "
Li Youcai said in his heart: Who are you scolding, prince?
Not understanding the customs here, he asked, "According to the rules, what about the princess's birthday?" "
"The banquet should be for the princes and ministers, as well as the ladies of rank."
Looking at the horizon where the sun had set, Zhang Yunlei felt a little melancholy, "It seems a little late to treat you now!" "
Yujiao proposed: "Then let's not invite others, and celebrate the princess by ourselves, it's the same!" It's good to have your mind! "
"Also," Zhang Yunlei pondered, "Xiao Yezi's temperament may not like to be lively." "
As soon as Ding Ziyuan heard this, she immediately pretended to be uncomfortable, "The concubine's body hasn't recovered yet, so she won't go to celebrate my sister, right?" "
Zhang Yunlei can't wait for her not to go! If she goes, the meal will be tasteless! He pretended to be considerate and expressed his understanding and coaxed her back to her room to rest.
However, birthdays need to be given, and he has nothing, but fortunately he has an identity! The whole palace is his! Then let the housekeeper take him to the treasury and pick a congratulatory gift.
Liang Yanbin also had to prepare a gift, and Yujiao said that she was going to visit the warehouse. Zhang Yunlei reminded: "Don't take the sheep by the hand!"
Yujiao snorted disdainfully, "Hmph! Underestimate me! This girl has seen more rare treasures, will it be rare for you? "
It is said that Zhang Yunlei entered the warehouse for the first time, looking at the six rooms full of rare treasures, his heart was already lying in a groove, and he had to pretend to be calm on his face!
How much Red Bull should be worth in Beijing if these six plots of land are to be shelved! Not to mention those boxes and cabinets of jade, pearls, agate, gold and silver and the like!
I really want to hang it all on my body and experience being a local tyrant! Will you die if you don't pretend to be forced? Secretly scolding himself, Zhang Yunlei retracted his thoughts and began to pick a gift for Xiao Yezi.
Anyway, it's all his, don't grab it!
But picking and choosing, my eyes are dazzled, I really don't know what to send, Yujiao muttered:
"I heard that the princess is the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, she has seen it all, so she should pick something strange."
"What is this?" Zhang Yunlei picked up a string of emerald green necklace pendants, which were emerald and oily, and there were irregular lines on them.
"Malachite!" Yu Jiaoqi said: "You don't recognize the prince's own treasures?"
Zhang Yunlei, who didn't want to be looked down upon, said forcefully: "I can't think of being famous for a while!" He doesn't recognize it, it should be rare enough, right? So he asked Yujiao tentatively, "How about this for my concubine?" "
"Yes!" Yujiao naturally knows the benefits of this malachite, "Rare enough, not cheesy, and the meaning is good, women wearing malachite can invigorate their blood and rejuvenate their faces!" "
"Really?" It's so amazing, then this one! After he picked one, Liang Yanbin and Yujiao also picked one as a congratulatory gift, and then the three of them rushed to Ye Xiaozhu's courtyard.
Ye Xiaozhu in the house had just finished practicing calligraphy, before he got up to clean his hands, and was about to call Su Fang to dinner, when he suddenly saw the maids and maids rushing in, and a big banquet was served one after another, Ye Xiaozhu said strangely:
"The luncheon is already counted as a celebration, and you can drink porridge in the evening, so why set up a big feast?"
"Back to Niangniang, this is the king's order."
Rajah? He's back?
Just thinking about it, I heard someone at the door shouting: "Little leaf, happy birthday!"
What the? Ye Xiaozhu looked stunned, but when he saw that Wang Ye and the others had already walked in, his hand was always behind his back, and he stretched out when he walked to her, and what caught his eye was a bouquet of flowers!
Flower? What the hell is this prince doing? But listening to him say to himself,
"I wanted to give you a bouquet of roses, but you don't have them here, so I had to go to the back garden to pick some flowers and make a bouquet for you, I hope you can like it."
I haven't heard of sending flowers on my birthday, staring at him and the flowers for a long time, Ye Xiaozhu said, "What is this layer of paper doing outside?"
Why wrap paper in good flowers?
"This colored paper was specially ordered by me to find it, and it took a long time to wrap it to barely resemble, I look good, what do you think?"
"Yes, yes!" Yujiao held her little hands enviously, "The prince is so hearty!" Wrap the flowers so beautifully, lord, will you give me a bouquet when I celebrate my birthday? "
"Okay, I'll give you a big wreath!"
"Nasty!" Stamped her feet, Yujiao turned around and ignored him, and presented her own congratulatory gift,
"I wish the princess, happiness is like the East China Sea, and longevity is better than Nanshan."
Liang Yanbin also gave a congratulatory gift, "I wish my sister-in-law a long life and good health!" "
Ye Xiaozhu, who was a little unexpected, thanked them one by one, and was somewhat moved in her heart, "Thank you Uncle and Miss Yujiao." "
"I'm more than just flowers!" Saying that, Zhang Yunlei took out another gift, "This is a congratulatory gift, and flowers are just the opening remarks." "
After receiving the gift, Zhang Yunlei asked her to see if she liked it, but she said that it was not good to open the gift in public, so she asked the maid to accept it first and see it when she was free.
After the dishes were finished, Zhang Yunlei beckoned everyone to sit down. Looking at a table of delicacies, he always felt that something was missing,
"It would be perfect if there was a cake!"
Yujiao asked him what the cake was, and Zhang Yunlei only said that it was a pastry.
There is no cake, there are always candles!
asked Ye Xiaozhu's age, so Zhang Yunlei quietly told the little servant to prepare some candles.
Yujiao, who had been hungry for a long time, wanted to move her chopsticks, but Zhang Yunlei didn't allow it, saying that if she waited, it would be fine immediately, "If the cute girl is a foodie, she will become a fat girl!" "
"Moe? How to solve it? Yujiao blinked curiously and asked him, "The prince has a lot of strange words!" "
"Moe is cute and cute!"
Hearing this, Yujiao smiled shyly, "It turns out that the prince thinks I'm cute!" "
"Yes, yes!" Zhang Yunlei casually agreed: "The cute girls have a very small amount of food!"
Yujiao retorted: "But no matter how much I eat, I won't get fat!"
Ye Xiaozhu just said that it was okay, let her eat first. Liang Yanbin felt sorry for her, so he sandwiched chicken legs for her and asked her to eat them first.
Snorted lightly at King Cheng, Yujiao smiled sweetly at Liang Yanbin again:
"Xiao Binbin is still the best for me!"
"Hey, hey!" Liang Yanbin, who was praised, felt a little embarrassed.
After a while, the little maid brought a plate of fruit platter, and a circle of burning candles was placed around it, Yujiao counted it curiously, exactly seventeen, and then suddenly,
"So that's the meaning of asking about age! If the prince wants to be so hearty, it's too touching! "
Zhang Yunlei said that modern birthdays are like this, but in fact, he didn't do anything!
No one had ever seen this formation, so he explained, "You make a wish on the candle, and then we blow it out together, and your wish will come true!"
Is it really that effective?
Seeing that she was a little suspicious, Zhang Yunlei smiled and said, "If you give it a try, you will know the truth and falsehood."
Ye Xiaozhu, who was half-convinced, immediately closed his eyes and made a wish: I wish to meet again in this life.
Zhang Yunlei took the opportunity to sing her happy birthday song, Yujiao couldn't sing it, but she thought it was very good, so she pulled Liang Yanbin to beat with King Cheng, humming two sentences from time to time,
After agreeing to be good, Ye Xiaozhu didn't dare to act rashly, looked at the prince, and waited for his next step.
"Okay? You can blow out the candles! Zhang Yunlei shouted one, two, three, and everyone followed him to blow out the candles.
Yujiao, who couldn't bear to be curious, asked her, "What did the princess wish?" "
Ye Xiaozhu naturally didn't want to say it, but fortunately, the prince relieved her, "You can't say your wishes, the old rules, why bother asking?" The dish is going to be cold! Let's eat! "
Yujiao, who had already eaten the chicken legs, was not hungry at all, and Liang Yanbin still thoughtfully sandwiched cashew nuts and shrimp for her. The four of them had a happy feast and chatted, so uncomfortable!
Today is a happy birthday, Zhang Yunlei wants to drink, Ye Xiaozhu can't stop him, so he allows him to drink two taels.
Liang Yanbin has never been allowed to drink, just because he has a problem with his brain, and the doctor does not allow him to touch alcohol, never drinks, and he does not think about it.
Yujiao can drink, Zhang Yunlei feels that she can't drink her! Sure enough, as soon as the woman at the wine table drank, there was nothing to do with the man!
Originally, he said that he drank less, but as soon as he and Yujiao started drinking, he couldn't stop the car! Ye Xiaozhu and Liang Yanbin talked badly, so they persuaded the two of them.
After that, Liang Yanbin took Yujiao back to his residence. Ye Xiaozhu and Su Fang worked together to help the prince back to bed.