into the bosom

Chapter 228 Maternal Love and Longevity Noodles

Xu Jiao asked Lingxue to take the box, thanked Caiyun and Caixia to take good care of Wang Wan, and then left.

It was getting dark, and with the words that the Empress Dowager had asked Nanny Chang to pass on, Xu Jiao didn't go to Anfu Palace anymore, and went out of the palace.

After leaving the palace gate, the carriage was already waiting there.The driver was replaced by another one, who was arranged by Jing Qin himself. He was an honest young man who never talked too much and called him rich.Last time, Uncle Sheng was knocked out in the snow, injured, and caught a cold, so he needed some time to recuperate.

Seeing Xu Jiao, Fugui hurriedly saluted.

Negative snow lifted the curtain of the car, looked out, both the master and servant were stunned.Xu Jiao smiled helplessly at the next moment, the carriage was already half full of things, and it must have been the birthday gift prepared for her by the queen mother, the grandmother, and the eldest princess, the mother.

When I went to the palace, I was only given a portrait that didn't cost money, but I was given a gift of a half-carriage instead.

While smiling, Xu Jiao supported Xue's hand to get on the carriage, but before he could get on the carriage, he heard someone behind him shout, "Princess Yingyue, please stay!"

Xu Jiao looked back, it turned out to be Gan's servant, who came quickly with two young servants, seeing Xu Jiao smiled and said, "Finally caught up, otherwise, our family will go out of the palace to visit Jingfu. "

Xu Jiao bowed to Gan Nei, "But what's the matter?"

Gan Nei smiled and waved his hand, and the two little servants behind him came forward holding two boxes, "This is a special gift from your majesty to the princess, and the one on the left is a painting by Mr. Jiuyi from the past. , On the right are some rare painting utensils and paints, His Majesty said, I hope the princess will concentrate on studying, when the princess will enter the palace again, and replace this painting with yours, but it will be so fake that he can't recognize it , then he will be happy."

Xu Jiao thanked her, picked up the things, got into the carriage and left.

On the carriage, she took out the painting scroll from the box, and saw that it was really done by Father Cheap, and it looked like it should have been painted after the green landscape.

While rerolling the scroll, Xu Jiao wondered, did Emperor Xian's move come on a whim, or did he have some other purpose?Just thinking about it all the way, she was also puzzled.

When the Jing Mansion arrived, she calmed down and got out of the carriage.Let people send all the things in the carriage to Mingyue Residence.

"You and Hongying will work harder in a while, and put the things in storage first." Back at Mingyue Residence, Xu Jiao raised his hand and pointed to the things that the servants and women were holding in their hands.

"Yes." Negative Xue replied without a second thought.

The master and servant continued to walk in, but when they looked up, they saw someone coming out of the hall, it was Mrs. Zhao and Qin Niang.Seeing them, Mrs. Zhao glanced behind them and asked with a smile, "Why did you take so many things?"

"Mother, why are you here? It's getting late, why don't you rest?" Xu Jiao hurriedly stepped forward to support Mrs. Zhao.

"You child, have you forgotten what day it is? I'll wait for you no matter how late it is?" The mother and daughter went back to the flower hall together, Xu Jiao raised his eyes and saw a bowl of still steaming rice noodle.

I couldn't help being startled, and suddenly understood something in the next moment, turned my head suddenly, and looked at Mrs. Zhao with an inexplicable expression.

Qin Niang smiled and said, "Madam personally made the longevity noodles for the lady. I don't know when the lady will come back. This is the first time I have made it again. If the lady doesn't come back, I'm afraid I will have to cook the noodles again. "

"I know you must have had a banquet in the palace, but this birthday, you have to eat longevity noodles. Come, eat a few bites to meet the occasion." Mrs. Zhao pulled Xu Jiao to sit down, and personally picked up a pair of bamboo noodles. The chopsticks were handed to her.

Xu Jiao looked into Mrs. Zhao's eyes, suddenly her nose became sore, took the bamboo chopsticks, put a chopstick end into her mouth, and exaggeratedly laughed and praised, "It's delicious!"

A satisfied smile appeared on Mrs. Zhao's face, "You can eat two more bites if it's delicious."

"En." Xu Jiao nodded, and lowered her head with a sweet smile, the hot smoke rising from the noodle soup covered her eyelashes, making her eyes suddenly a little moist.

According to Xu Jiao's instructions, Xue Xue and Hong Ying moved all those things to the warehouse, registered them in the book and put them into the warehouse.

Mrs. Zhao glanced in that direction, and asked with a smile, "Why are there so many things?"

"Oh! Those are all birthday presents from the Empress Dowager, Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess, and the Empress Wan." Xu Jiao replied casually while eating noodles.

The smile on Mrs. Zhao's face faded, and she turned disappointed and said, "So it was rewarded by the Empress Dowager! I thought..."

What do you think?Xu Jiao looked up at Mrs. Zhao suspiciously.

Mrs. Zhao paused, frowned, and said, "I was just thinking, haven't you and that Helian governor already engaged? Didn't he even say anything about your birthday? When I was not married to your father, I celebrate my birthday, but your father..."

Xu Jiao didn't expect Mrs. Zhao's thinking to jump like this at all, she was stunned for a while, and then heard Mrs. Zhao's confident experience talk, she quickly raised her hand to stop her, and couldn't help crying, "Mother, I'm different from you. At that time, my father must have done everything possible to curry favor with you, knowing your birthday, why don’t you seize the opportunity to show it? As for me...that Helian Governor...doesn’t he know my birthday? "

Xu Jiao lowered her eyelashes, covering the dark light in her eyes.He Lianshu knew that she was not the real Jing Yue, so how could he regard Jing Yue's birthday as her birthday?But... speaking of it, if He Lianshu didn't say anything when it was her birthday, it would be really heartbreaking!
After hearing Xu Jiao's words, Mrs. Zhao suddenly realized, "Yes, I forgot. Although you have a marriage contract, you haven't gone through the three books and six ceremonies, and you haven't even asked your name. Naturally, he doesn't know you. birthday."

"However... after he finds out, if he still behaves like this, then it's not okay. Ah Jiao, this man of yours, you have to train yourself, so that he will always remember you in his heart. Like Your father..." Mrs. Zhao frowned suddenly as Madam Zhao said, causing Xu Jiao's heart to stop beating.

"Speaking of your father, do you really miss Sichuan? It's nothing more than not having a letter from home for so long, have you even forgotten your own daughter's birthday?"

Xu Jiao was terrified when he heard it, no wonder he said he couldn't panic.This one lie needs countless lies to be fulfilled!

After eating a banquet in the palace, she was afraid that Mrs. Zhao would be disappointed when she returned home, so she also ate the bowl of longevity noodles that she carefully prepared, and Xu Jiao couldn't bear it.When lying on the couch at night, I didn't fall asleep for a long time, but I couldn't help thinking wildly.

Suddenly recalling Mrs. Zhao's previous words, she was thinking that she might have to send home letters from time to time in the name of a cheap father. Although she didn't know how long she could cheat like this, she really had no choice but to lie for one more day. , What a peaceful and stable day, what a day!

Suddenly he thought of the palace, Wang Wan, Emperor Xian, the saying of the lucky star, and the words of Emperor Xian today.

(End of this chapter)