Jiaochu

Chapter 182 Birthday (Part [-])

"Princess, don't be angry. Tomorrow is a good day for the princess. Think of more happy things. The princess has not tried on the new clothes sent by the embroidery shop this morning." He He said.

"Princess will wear new clothes tomorrow and she will definitely be the most beautiful." Lingdang said.

"Princess is celebrating her birthday, not a talent show. There is nothing about being more beautiful than others. You, please do more needlework when you have time, so as not to lose control of your mouth." He He said.

"Then let me embroider a birthday peach for the princess." Lingdang said.

"Then you have to be careful, lest the longevity peach embroidery turns into a steamed bun."

"I saw you embroidering a purse a few days ago. Who did you embroider that purse for? Is it your distant cousin?"

"If you keep talking nonsense, I won't tear your mouth apart. Where did I get my distant cousin? That's for the princess."

"I think it's for your distant cousin."

He He was ashamed and angry, and stretched out his hand to tear Ling Dang's mouth off. Ling Dang made a face and then slipped behind Ye Lingxi. Lingxi also came to solve the problem, and then the three of them returned to Weiyang Palace in peace.

Before dinner, Ye Lanchen brought Eunuch De over and asked Ye Lingxi what gift he wanted. Ye Lingxi thought for a while and named his brother and sister.So the next day, these brothers and sisters were taken into the palace.

The next morning, Ye Lingxi first went to the Queen's Palace to say hello, and then went to Changle Palace to bring her eldest brother over. When she came back, her third brother had already arrived, and said mysteriously that he would show her something good later. After a while, her second brother also arrived.

Concubine Liu sent Fang'er to give her a congratulatory gift, explaining that Ye Yuyao had caught a cold two days ago and was not fully recovered yet, fearing that she might have passed the illness.Concubine Lan asked Zhu'er to follow Fang'er to visit Concubine Liu in her palace, and sent her fine bird's nests and ginseng.

When Zhu'er came back, Ye Lanchen sent Eunuch De to deliver the gift first.When Eunuch De paid his respects to Concubine Lan, he said, "The emperor still has some political matters to deal with, so he will come back later."

After Eunuch De left, eight or nine more people arrived one after another.

Zhao Ce was the first to arrive. His eyes lit up when he saw Ye Lingxi wearing new clothes. Then he saw Yan Fei and Su Shi coming too. He raised his neck and turned his head to look at the sky. He pretended not to see them and came with them. Also present were Yan Chuchu and Su Wan, then Zhou Jing also arrived, then the brother and sister Hu Yuhan and Hu Qian'er, and the last one who appeared was Murong Ze, the Northern Crown Prince.

Zhao Ce and Hu Qian'er were the most surprised when they saw the wheelchair the prince was sitting in.Zhao Ce even asked him directly what was wrong with his legs. When Murong Ze's dark eyes looked over, Zhao Ce felt uncomfortable all over and quietly slipped behind Ye Lingxi.Yan Fei glanced over there, and Zhao Ce felt a chill on his neck, as if he had a murderous aura. He got closer to Ye Lingxi, and then felt his neck felt even colder.

"Lingxi, look at the good things I brought you."

Ye Xingye waved, and Xiaoluzi walked over happily carrying a cage. Everyone's eyes were on the cage covered with red silk, wondering what kind of rare and exotic beasts were inside.

"Princess, Your Highness spent a lot of money to buy this. It is a family heirloom. The other party refused to sell it no matter what. Your Highness persuaded the other party to let him go."

Xiaoluzi opened the red silk with great joy. Inside was a seven-color bird with seven colors of feathers: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. Its round black eyes were like two black pearls the size of mung beans.

"Your Highness, what kind of bird is this?" Hu Qian'er asked curiously.

Ye Xingye replied with a proud look on his face: "This is called Fengniao, and he is a descendant of Phoenix." Before he could say the next words, he was interrupted by laughter. Seeing that the person who was laughing at him was Murong Ze, Ye Xingye said with a loud voice, "What are you laughing at? I'm not talking nonsense." Xiaoluzi also complained, "Your Highness is not lying. This is a family heirloom." "Heirloom?" Murongze held his head with one hand, looking careless, " Your Highness, please first see if this bird is alive, or," he raised the corners of his lips meaningfully, "is it dead?"

Hearing the last two words, Ye Xingye's eyelids jumped in fear, "How could it be dead? Look at its eyes still moving."

"Then your Highness, open the cage and see if it can fly." Murong Ze said.

When Ye Xingye opened the cage, the seven-colored bird was still sitting on the shelf. No matter how Ye Xingye called, it would not move.

"What's going on? You flew around when you bought it?"

Listening to these familiar words, Ye Lingxi thought of the "lark" and spent 50 taels of silver, but it turned out to be a sparrow.

"Third brother, let me take a look." She walked over and stared at the sparrow's eyes for a few seconds, then called her eldest brother over, "Big brother, do you think this bird is real?"

Ye Qingran only glanced at the bird's eyes to tell whether it was genuine or not, and said: "This is carved from wood, and the feathers are glued on."

"How is it possible? It's impossible. Brother, did you see it wrong?" Ye Xingye refused to believe that he had spent a lot of money to buy a wooden bird.

Ye Qingran reached into the cage, groped with her fingers along the back of the bird, then stopped in the middle and pressed down. There was only a slight click, as if a mechanism was activated, and the seven-colored bird spread its wings and flew out of the cage. .

After flying around everyone's heads, it landed on the ground and stopped motionless.

Ye Xingye also saw the clues at this time, and couldn't help but feel very annoyed and frustrated.

Ye Lingxi ran over and picked up the puppet bird, then ran back and said, "Brother, please teach me how to make it fly."

Hu Qian'er also gathered around curiously, "How did it fly?" and asked Ye Xingye Dao, "Your Highness, where did you buy it?"

Ye Xingye felt that he had regained his face, and a refreshing and cheerful smile appeared on his face again, "I bought it on the street, near Xingfangzhai's place."

"Xingfangzhai's candied fruits are particularly delicious, as well as their rose cakes. By the way, there's a noodle shop across the street, and their red oil noodles are particularly delicious."

"I also like to eat their Chao Shou, as well as Song Ji's sauced pork buns, Liu Ji's roast chicken, Zhao Ji's wontons..."

When it came to food, the two of them seemed to have met their close friends. Then, Hu Yuhan also joined in, and the three of them talked with gusto.

Hearing the sound of pot throwing, the three of them walked over.

Seeing Yan Fei hit the target with one strike, Zhao Ce glared at him unconvinced.When it was his turn, he walked over with his head high and kept gesticulating for a long time. With a thud, another arrow hit the pot. Zhao Ce turned around angrily and saw Hu Yuhan grinning. He said He turned his head with a groan, and made two more gestures with the arrow shaft that he had been holding for a long time. With a bang, the arrow shaft passed the mouth of the bottle and fell to the ground. He stood awkwardly for a few seconds, and then walked away as if nothing had happened.

(End of this chapter)