As soon as Sizhen opened his eyes, Thrush and Bailing led the other palace maids and rough envoys in the courtyard to kowtow to celebrate their birthdays.

Rubbing his reddened eyes, Sizhen accepted the salute with a smile and gave each person a silver bill.

The yellow warbler and the lark brought longevity noodles over.

Before he could eat, he heard the little palace maid summoning outside: "Princess Jianning is here." The slave maid greets Her Royal Highness the Princess. ”

Bai Ling went over and lifted the curtain of green wool, asked Jian Ning to say goodbye, and invited her in.

Walking to Sizhen's side, Jian Ning instructed Lu Xiu with a smile on his face: "Quickly bring the birthday gift I gave to Ah Zhen." ”

Lu Xiu answered and picked up the box in his hand: "This is what our princess made for Zhen Gege with her own hands." ”

The box opened, and inside was a hood.

The royal blue pile material mixed with gold thread is warm and eye-catching, and the brim is inlaid with gold mink fur, which is very gorgeous.

A pair of swords carved by yellow agate, only half the size of a little finger, are put on with glass beads, hanging down under the Yingluo to make a hat pendant, and a golden tassel is tied behind the hat, which looks particularly vigorous.

Sizhen couldn't help but put it on her head for everyone to see.

Royal blue and yellow collide, the color is gorgeous, and it looks charming and heroic.

Everyone who watched it exclaimed: "It's so beautiful!" It's so pretty! ”

"Originally, I planned to use a red agate pendant, red tassels, or green show reminders, so I replaced it with yellow agate and gold tassels, but I didn't expect it to look good. Wait a while, you can wear that royal blue fur flag suit, you can use this hood to match, and let the queen mother and the emperor's brother see what I can do. Seeing that Sizhen couldn't put it down, Jian Ning said triumphantly.

didn't use red, obviously because Sizhen was still in filial piety, so it was not suitable to wear red, but Jian Ning was willing to say it calmly as a reminder from Luxiu, which surprised Sizhen.

She thanked Jianning seriously, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Her Royal Highness the princess to have such good craftsmanship, the hat is really chic!"

Jian Ning's face turned red, and he said a little embarrassedly: "The hat was not made by me, it was sewn by Lu Xiu." ”

Then, she hurriedly declared: "But that pair of small swords, as well as the Yingluo pendant, glass beads, and golden tassels were all made by me, thinking that you were born in Jiangmen, and the pendant is not interesting with ordinary beads or flowers, so I chose a small sword carved on agate for you, do you like it?" ”

Of course, Sizhen knew that Jian Ning even had her own dowry as a symbolic embroidery of two stitches, how could she have the time and craftsmanship to make a hat for her, but those exquisite hat ornaments, as well as her intentions, were all sincere, and this hood was really good-looking, so she nodded immediately: "Of course I like it, it's hard for Her Royal Highness the princess to have such a mind, and find this pair of swords, just like the real thing, it's very rare!" ”

She took off her hat and handed it to the lark: "Put it away first, I will sweat after wearing it for a while, with such a warm hood, I will not be afraid of the cold when I go out." ”

The lark took it and put it in the box.

Sizhen smiled and thanked Jianning again, and invited her to eat longevity noodles with Luxiu.

"How does this work? The slave didn't dare to dine with Her Royal Highness the princess and Gege. Lu Xiu was slightly stunned, and hurriedly smiled and excused herself.

Sizhen smiled: "The hat is made by you, and the hat ornament is chosen by Her Royal Highness the Princess. ”

As she spoke, she hugged Jian Ning, who was smiling with a smile on her face: "Your Royal Highness Princess, did you say that?" Hurry up and open your mouth, otherwise Luxiu won't dare to sit. ”

Jian Ning grinned: "Sit down, this little birthday star is the biggest, listen to her." ”

The thrush pressed Lu Xiu on the small brocade on the side, and said with a smile: "Our Gege's birthday has always paid attention to harmony. Whoever comes to pay homage to longevity will have silver bills and longevity noodles to eat. Just now, the people in the courtyard were still talking, looking forward to Gege's birthday every day! ”

Jian Ning touched Sizhen's face, and pretended to be happy and said: "Every day is your birthday, then your family will soon be old, and you won't be as good-looking as me!" ”

Sizhen pushed her hand away, glanced at her and said, "The point is that I have so many silver bills?" When the time comes, I will have to ask Her Royal Highness the princess for relief, you are happy now, if I really celebrate my birthday every day, the first one will ask you to borrow money. ”

Jianning shouted: "People are worried about growing old every day, you are good, you are only worried about the silver, you don't know, you still think that the queen mother has deducted your money?" I have to go and tell the emperor's brother and ask him to give me more money, so that I won't be unable to afford you." ”

Mama Du smiled and said: "The price of the princess is just to give us Gege, if Her Royal Highness the princess is an elder brother, I am afraid that Jinshan will move to us Gege." ”

This was said affectionately, and for a while, the people in the room laughed when they heard it.

After eating longevity noodles, Sizhen was dressed in a new outfit, surrounded by thrushes and others, and went to Cining Palace to greet the Queen Mother.

The queen is also there, and she is discussing with the queen mother how to celebrate Sizhen's birthday.

After listening to the palace maid's briefing, she raised her head and looked at Sizhen who was slowly coming from the door curtain with a smile.

Sizhen wore a hood given to her by Jianning, and a royal blue phoenix feather cloak embroidered with gold auspicious patterns and satin on the outside, lining her snowy skin and bright eyes, Chu Chu Chu was moving, and when she took off the big sweater outside, inside was a goose yellow makeup satin flag suit, and the color made her delicate and lively, and her figure was beautiful.

In just a few months, this girl, who was still a little childish when she first entered the palace, has been as slim as a new lotus!

As if she saw her sister, the queen smiled affectionately at Sizhen: "Come up, this palace is discussing with the queen mother, how to celebrate the birthday of our little birthday star!" ”

It's just a loose student, they still attach so much importance to it, Sizhen's heart is warm, and after Jianning asks for peace, she knelt down on the worship mat uprightly, and kowtowed three heads to the queen mother and queen respectively.

When she looked up again, a red mark had already appeared on her forehead.

The Queen Mother's mouth was disgusted: "You kid, you are honest and like!" She got up and hugged Sizhen into her arms, "No wonder Queen Lian is worried about it, saying that she wants to give you a good birthday." ”

Sizhen said with a smile: "Thank you to the queen mother and the queen mother, it's just a small birthday, don't be so troublesome, I have already eaten Shou noodles in the morning, and there will be the New Year in a few days, there are many things to do in the palace, where can I spend time on such a trivial matter!" ”

The Queen Mother laughed, as if she had never had any coercion of Sizhen yesterday: "Zhen girl is considerate, the more you are like this, the more unbearable the queen mother is, this is your first birthday in the palace, although it is about to celebrate the New Year, it is not appropriate to do it in a big way, but how can you put two tables of banquets, everyone is happy together." ”

As she spoke, she stroked Sizhen's broken hair hanging down her sideburns, and her gestures were gentle and subtle, like a true mother.

Sizhen smiled slightly and responded softly: "Yes, let the queen mother decide." ”

The Queen Mother asked the palace maid to take out her birthday gift for Sizhen and hand it to Sizhen.

Opening the red lacquer box held by the palace maid, Sizhen took a look and opened his eyes wide in surprise.

Sizhen looked at the title deed in his hand in disbelief.

Title deed, the Queen Mother actually gave her the title deed of a Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing! Although it is the emperor's house, it is too heavy to give such a birthday gift to a girl like her.

It's just that since the queen mother has already given it, she has never returned it, in line with the principle that the elders gave it and did not dare to resign, Sizhen generously handed over the title deed to the thrush to put it away, turned to the next head, and saluted and thanked the queen mother who was seated.

The Queen Mother couldn't help but be even happier when she saw her acting generously and pleasingly, and said with a smile: "In the future, they will all turn this Zhuangzi's contribution into silver and send it to the palace for you." ”

The queen laughed: "After that, Zhen Gege is a rich man, and I don't know if I can see the gifts from this palace." ”

She took out her own gifts, a hairpin with red gold butterflies and treasures, and a bottle of Western rose dew for people to give to Sizhen.

The butterfly hairpin is finely made, the butterfly tentacles are drawn into the thickness of a hair with gold wire, and when it moves slightly, the butterfly wings flutter slightly, and the butterfly's two eyes are embedded with emeralds, and they are like living in general when they turn, which is very good-looking.

Sizhen hurriedly thanked the reward.

Jian Ning smiled and coaxed on the side: "Those who see have a share, those who see have a share, the queen mother, the imperial sister-in-law, you can also give me something, lest I watch Ah Zhen get rich and envy." ”

The Queen Mother and the Queen both laughed at her, but one still gave her two gold bills.

was talking and laughing, when he heard the little palace maid outside: "Concubine Duanshun is here." ”

The queen smiled: "I must have heard the wind to join in the fun." ”

There was some disapproval in her tone, "She's a smart and clever person, but it's a pity that she loves to be too showy." ”

Before the queen's words fell, the queen mother whispered softly on the side.

There was a little embarrassment in the queen's expression that she had said the wrong thing.

Sizhen pretended not to see it, and listened to the queen mother's instructions to the little palace maid with a smile: "Let her in!" ”

Concubine Duanshun came in, and after greeting the queen mother and the queen, she looked at Sizhen with a smile and said, "I heard that this is Zhen Gege's birthday, so I'm here to have fun." ”

She took a pair of Western bead hairpins to Sizhen.

Sizhen sincerely thanks.

No matter what the purpose, if Concubine Duanshun can have this heart, Sizhen will accept her love.

Not long after, the concubines of each palace came to the Queen Mother to say goodbye, and when they heard that it was Sizhen's birthday, they all took off the bracelet on their hands or the beaded hairpin on their heads and gave them to Sizhen.

Sizhen couldn't refuse, and thanked them one by one.

For a while, Thrush and Bailing had a full hand.

Among them, especially the hibiscus hairpin with red gold silk inlaid with sapphire is the most precious.

The hibiscus flowers on the top hairpin are all made of red gold as thin as hair, there are thirteen sapphires on it, each of which is the size of a dragon's eye, showing the pure and rich and slightly purple blue of the plateau sky, which is the best in the sapphire, and each one can not be found.

Although Sizhen didn't understand, he also knew that this was a good thing, and he repeatedly excused himself, but he was blocked back by Concubine Ke with a smile, "You are thirteen years old this year, this hibiscus hairpin has exactly thirteen gems, it is just right to give it to you, this sapphire is beautiful with snow-white skin like yours, and I wear it with this complexion, but it looks villager." ”