Chapter 042: Birthday Banquet
And the queen, as the most noble woman in the palace, there is no one who does not want to get close, and if she can be appreciated by the queen, it is not impossible to rise to the top.
Originally, the meaning of the existence of this textile festival was to commemorate the queen of peace who had fought for Sheng'an on the battlefield and returned victoriously, but over time, everyone knew in their hearts that the final ranking of this textile festival directly determined the status of the nobles of all ethnic groups in the imperial city in the future.
Previously, the two sisters also participated, although Shen Shuyao was domineering, it was undeniable that her embroidery could be regarded as one of the top five in the imperial city.
Needless to say, Shen Qingyue really can't do this kind of meticulous work, she has been forced to participate in it a few times by Bai Weiyu, no matter which time it is, she is almost at the bottom.
It's nothing, it's all from elementary school, and no one has ever treated anyone badly, but she will prick her fingers every time, and when it's serious, every ten fingers are intact.
Bai Weiyu also had a headache for a while, but in the future, she really knew that she was really not good at this aspect, so she didn't force her anymore, she would go if she wanted to, and if she didn't want to, she would just go.
It wasn't until Shen Yunchu was seven years old that she began to participate, although she didn't win the championship every year, but in the entire imperial city, she never fell out of the top three.
Just like Shen Ji often said, face is very important, with Shen Yunchu, Bai Weiyu is even more relaxed Shen Qingyue, which is naturally good for both parties.
After thinking about it, Shen Yunchu nodded, and while drinking the porridge in the bowl, he subconsciously asked, "Is Sister Pei here?" ”
When Linlang heard this, a trace of helplessness flashed in her expression, the chopsticks that helped her pick up the vegetables paused in the air, and when she noticed the abnormality, Shen Yunchu turned her head to look at her, "What's wrong?" ”
Linlang settled down, threw a relieved smile at her, and said, "Oh, it's nothing, miss, you eat more dishes, these are all prepared in the kitchen this morning, and they are all your favorite food." ”
Shen Yunchu was silent, looking at the dishes in the bowl, and suddenly remembered that Pei Xueyan was no longer close to her, and if she really wanted to go with someone at this time, she should also go to the Gao family.
She also knew in her heart that if Linlang didn't say it, she was probably afraid that she would be sad, but in fact, she really didn't feel much sad, she was just used to Pei Xueyan by her side.
In the last life, they had a very good relationship, whether it was before Shen Yun first entered the East Palace or after entering the East Palace, they were the most frequent contacts.
It's just that in this life, the appearance of Gao Zhiyi is nothing more than quietly changing some things.
She also understands that people's lives are very long, gathering, scattering and detachment are common things, people will change, and no one can force anyone.
Thinking of this, she was faintly a little uneasy, in fact, if it was just Pei Xueyan, she didn't feel that it mattered, after all, Gao Zhiyi wouldn't really do anything to her, the purpose was just to separate the people around Shen Yunchu.
But if it will affect her family, then it will definitely not be tolerated, Shen Yunchu frowned, feeling emotion in his heart, but he didn't ask anything more, he just lowered his head to eat......
In the next few days, the weather became hotter and hotter, and on the day of Shen Yunchu's birthday, almost all the nobles of the imperial capital came, and a few people who didn't have time to come back also sent congratulatory gifts.
Of course, this is not to save face for Shen Yunchu, and Shen Jichang knows that Shen Jichang loves Shen Yunchu and attaches great importance to Shen Yunchu's birthday banquet, and the congratulatory gifts sent are naturally not casual.
It seems to be a congratulatory gift to Shen Yunchu, but in fact, it is all to appease Shen Jichang.
However, to Shen Yunchu's surprise, Gao Zhiyi also came, and brought a congratulatory gift, she thought it would be some kind of tricky thing, but she subconsciously felt that Gao Zhiyi wanted to make her ugly.
But this is not the case, it is just a set of dresses, although it is not priceless, but it is not cheap to look at the workmanship and the price of materials.
But Gao Zhiyi is not favored in the Gao family, plus the incident of hitting the pillar last time, not to mention whether the current Mrs. Gao and Prime Minister Gao abused them, she can continue to go to the school to listen to classes, which is enough to prove that she has good means.
But after all, it is the Gao family, and it is her good means to survive, but she is bound not to be too rich, but the dress she prepared cost a lot of silver taels at a glance.
She was thinking about it, at the noisy gate of the mansion, Shen Jichang and Bai Weiyu were busy receiving guests, and in the midst of the noise, Shen Yunchu's mind was very uncomfortable: "Let's make do with it first, although these rare treasures are not too precious, but I have wasted a lot of effort to do it, which must not move her to the core." ”
System Xiaoji: "Lord Host,Are you mistaken?,Your task is to attack the male protagonist.,Take away the luck of the female owner.,There's no such thing in the released task.,What are you doing?" ”
Gao Zhiyi: "You don't understand, this is called emotional strategy." ”
Xiao Ji: "......"
Even Shen Yunchu couldn't help but sigh secretly, and complained in his heart: This strategy is really not good.
Gao Zhiyi said happily, Shen Yunchu looked at the dress in Linlang's hand, his eyes shone slightly, and finally said with a smile: "Thank you Miss Gao, I like it very much." And he let her sit down.
Seeing that it was noon, all the guests had arrived, and seeing that the banquet was about to start, suddenly, Uncle Li trotted in from outside, his expression was a little tangled, and he said something in Shen Jichang's ear.
Shen Jichang, who was still happy, suddenly dyed with some sorrow, Shen Yunchu sat on the side, talking to several noble girls of the family, his eyes turned lightly, and he happened to see Shen Jichang whose face changed slightly.
But without waiting for Shen Yun to come and have doubts, outside the banquet, a huge team entered the venue carrying something like a congratulatory gift.
Shen Jichang recognized it at a glance, the person at the head was Jing He, the chief eunuch in charge of the East Palace, the people in the palace were not as good as the outside, although the prince Bai Yuheng was not favored, but he was strong in ability, and the hard backstage of the Shangguan family could not be easily offended.
Jing He bowed his head, his face was kind, and his attitude was respectful, "General Shen, our family is polite." ”
He hurriedly greeted him with a smile on his face, "Grandpa Jing!" There is a loss of distance, and there is a loss of distance! Come inside, please, sit up, sit up. ”
Shen Jichang greeted enthusiastically, but Jing He waved his hand, bent over again, and the smile on his face did not change: "Our family will not drink the wine, my Royal Highness went out a few days ago, and before leaving, he specially instructed our family to send the birthday gift to the third girl, which was personally selected by His Royal Highness, and he was very attentive." ”
Saying that, the two laughed, but in fact, one was happy and the other was sad, Shen Jichang smiled on his face, and said: "It's really His Royal Highness Lao's concern, it's really a little girl's third life." ”
But the puzzled eyes unconsciously looked at Shen Yunchu on the side, if it weren't for the full house, he really wanted to rush over now and ask why.
Jinghe didn't say anything more, just beckoned and asked people to transport things in.
"A red coral in the East China Sea."
"A pair of superb jade ruyi."
"A horse of high-quality ice silk."
"Jiaozhu, night pearl, red agate each a pair."
"Three thousand taels of gold."
"A pair of fine jade bracelets."
"A piece of thousand-year-old sandalwood."
"A box of ancient books."
……
Listening to the congratulatory gift list that kept flowing out of Jing He's mouth, no one in the hall was dumbfounded, and they all talked about this pomp and circumstance, what is the relationship between Shen Yunchu and Bai Yuheng.
I knew that I was here to give a birthday gift, and if I didn't know, I thought I was here to make a deposit for the dowry.
The guests in the hall: "The prince is worthy of being the prince, the shot is really generous, look at General Shen's excitement, his face is white." ”
Listening to the sound of everyone's discussions, Shen Yunchu glanced at Shen Jichang, whose face was pale, and couldn't help but be stunned in his heart, what does Bai Yuheng mean, thinking about it, Shen Jichang already knew it in his heart.
It's not that his face is white, but it's not excited, it's angry.