Chapter 137: Sophistry
A violent quarrel broke out between the couple in the third room of the Lu family, and Yu Zizhen, who still knew nothing about it for the time being, was celebrating Xiao Yuanjin's birthday.
Not only did she prepare dinner and cakes, but she also invited her classmates, who had a good relationship with them.
Yang Shixian, Fang Huaiying, Fan Zhongming, Chen Hushan, and even Xiao Shaoke, who was temporarily given to him by the Empress Dowager Da Lu before Xiao Yuanjin left the palace.
Da Lu still didn't believe Xiao Yuanjin's self-description in the end, so he stuffed Xiao Shaoke into their small group under the banner of letting Xiao Shaoke also be lively and lively.
Xiao Shaoke is Xiao Yuanjin's little uncle, and the most important thing is that he is still stuffed by the Da Lu family, and Xiao Yuanjin can't refuse it if he is reasonable.
In desperation, he had no choice but to bring Xiao Shaoke, who was worried and full of guilt, to Zhenbei Wangfu.
Xiao Shaoke knew that he was an uninvited guest who suddenly came to the door, so he was always very worried.
Of course, he also knew that he would not be driven back, but he also disliked the feeling of being excluded from everyone and vaguely estranged from everyone.
Rather than sit here and be rejected by everyone as a villain, he actually prefers to honestly huddle in his room, as an invisible person who is not noticed by others.
However, to his surprise, Yu Zizhen and the others did not reject him without a trace as he feared.
Especially Yu Zizhen, the host, she is enthusiastic about Xiao Shaoke, just like Xiao Shaoke is not an uninvited guest who came to the door without permission, but a distinguished guest that she finally invited.
"Come, you sit here, between me and Your Highness." Yu Zizhen gave up her place to Xiao Shaoke, and then asked someone to add a chair and a set of utensils to her under her original position.
While pouring tea for Xiao Shaoke, she warmly greeted the others, "Come on, come on, everyone take a seat." β
Although Yang Shixian, Fang Huaiying, Fan Zhongming, and Chen Hushan have different personalities, none of them are the kind of stunned young people who don't look at the situation, although they were surprised that Xiao Shaoke was uninvited, but they didn't show this surprise on their faces.
At this time, Yu Zizhen greeted him like this, and everyone immediately became enthusiastic about Xiao Shaoke.
A few half-grown children sat around, and you and I talked about all kinds of interesting things that happened around them during this time.
After saying this, they talked about the completion of their respective coursework.
When everyone was full, drunk, and happy, Yu Zizhen was the first to take out the birthday gift she prepared for Xiao Yuanjin.
"ThisβThis is the Lake Pen, right?" The moment the box was opened, Fan Zhongming immediately couldn't sit still, he leaned over to take a closer look, but his head was pushed away by Yu Zizhen's merciless palm.
She proudly handed Xiao Yuanjin a complete set of lake pens in the box, "That's right, it's a lake pen, and it's also a complete set of lake pens made by the famous pen master Wang Shan." β
Xiao Yuanjin is excellent in calligraphy and painting, and he has already seen his skills at a young age, and Yu Zizhen's gift can be said to be very suitable.
However, when others heard her say this, several large vats of sour water suddenly appeared in their hearts, Chen Hushan grabbed one of Yu Zizhen's wide sleeves, "Your Highness's birthday, you will do what you like, and on our birthday, you will send the vegetables and fruits you grow to you casually, you are not kind!" β
This pot Yu Zizhen doesn't carry it, she is full of words, "What's the matter, I obviously picked the best ingredients for you every time!" Zhenbei Wang Shizi personally planted it, you are still picky?! Shouldn't you be grateful to Dade and eat them up with extra gratitude? β
Everyone: Although this thing must be a sophistry, what is it that this sophistry sounds so strange that there is a little bit of truth?
Yu Zizhen took the opportunity to change the topic, "Don't look stupid, hurry up and give gifts!" I'll have something good for you to eat when I'm done. β
Everyone was aroused by her "good things" again, so they took out the birthday gifts they prepared for Xiao Yuanjin.
Even Xiao Shaoke, who is an uncle, the Queen Mother Da Lu also asked him to prepare a decent birthday gift that is neither surprising nor downward.
Xiao Yuanjin smiled and accepted everyone's gifts, and after thanking them one by one, he asked people to put away all the gifts.
Seeing this scene, Yu Zizhen immediately asked people to send the double-layer cream cake provided by her and made by Zhang Niangzi.
Except for Xiao Yuanjin, everyone else present had eaten cream cake for the first time, so Rao is Zhang Niangzi's work was not very successful, but everyone was still amazed by the unique taste of this thing.
So, the crowd of people who had already eaten and drunk enough, one of them didn't control it, and each showed off a large piece of cream cake.
Yu Zizhen had long expected this, and when everyone first started to eat the cake, she asked people to bring hawthorn strips and sour plum soup that had been prepared a long time ago.
While enjoying the thoughtful service of the people in Zhenbei Wangfu, Chen Hushan muttered to Fang Huaiying in a low voice, "Look at those two people, they want to stick together all the time, anyway, I don't believe that Yu Zizhen's kid is not biased." β
As he spoke, Yu Zizhen took a small piece of cake and handed it to Xiao Yuanjin.
Xiao Yuanjin likes to eat canned fruits, especially canned fruits sandwiched in the cake base, and the piece that Yu Zizhen picked for him was cut from the quarter cake filled with canned yellow peaches.
As for the others, which piece they cut to and which flavor they ate, Yu Zizhen directly followed the fate.
Fang Huaiying is not like Chen Hushan, he never cares about these. Hearing Chen Hushan say this, he just savored the cream cake with apricot jam in his hand, and looked up at Chen Hushan and smiled comfortingly.
Yu Zizhen doesn't care whether Chen Hushan is psychologically balanced or not, Xiao Yuanjin is not only one of her targets, but also has a temper with her, of course she will treat him better.
What Chen Hushan didn't know was that in fact, in addition to this set of lake pens on the surface, Yu Zizhen also gave Xiao Yuanjin a delicate soft sword that she exchanged from the system mall.
The soft sword takes the light and thin route, not only the sword body and scabbard are thinner than the ordinary sword body and scabbard, but even the thickness of the handle is only a quarter of the ordinary hilt, which is very suitable for hiding on the body and carrying it at all times.
Although Xiao Yuanjin doesn't plan to bring this soft sword into the palace at the moment, when he needs it in the future, this soft sword will undoubtedly become a weapon for him to attack him unprepared.
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Not long after Xiao Yuanjin's birthday, the small class in the south study started again, and the difference from the previous year was that in the small class in the south study this time, Yu Zizhen saw the faces of the second prince and the two Lu clans.