After being turned into cannon fodder, I relied on involution to survive

As a result, the couple in the third room of the Lu family broke out into a fierce quarrel. Yu Zizhen, who still knew nothing about it, was celebrating Xiao Yuanjin's birthday.

Not only did she prepare a dinner and cake, but she also invited those classmates with whom they had a good relationship.

Yang Shixian, Fang Huaiying, Fan Zhongming, Chen Hushan, and even Xiao Shaoke, who was temporarily given to Xiao Yuanjin by the Empress Dowager Dalu before he left the palace.

After all, the Dalu family still didn't quite believe Xiao Yuanjin's self-report, so they stuffed Xiao Shaoke into their small group under the guise of letting Xiao Shaoke join in the fun.

Xiao Shaoke is Xiao Yuanjin's younger uncle. The most important thing is that he is from the Dalu family. Xiao Yuanjin cannot refuse due to both emotion and reason.

In desperation, he had no choice but to bring Xiao Shaoke, who looked uneasy and full of guilt, to the Zhenbei Palace.

Xiao Shaoke knew that he was an uninvited guest who suddenly came to the door, so he was always 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 feeling vaguely separated from everyone.

Instead of sitting here and being ostracized by everyone as a bad guest, he actually preferred to huddle in his room and be an invisible person who was not noticed by others.

However, to his surprise, Yu Zizhen and others did not reject him without any trace as he feared.

Especially the host Yu Zizhen, she was very enthusiastic towards Xiao Shaoke, as if Xiao Shaoke was not an uninvited guest who came to the door without permission, but some distinguished guest that she had finally invited.

"Come, sit here, between me and His Highness." Yu Zizhen gave up his seat to Xiao Shaoke, and then asked someone to add a separate chair and a set of tableware for her below her original seat.

While pouring tea for Xiao Shaoke, she greeted the others enthusiastically, "Come on, come on, everyone, please take a seat."

Although Yang Shixian, Fang Huaiying, Fan Zhongming, and Chen Hushan have different personalities, none of them is the kind of blank-eyed young man who doesn't know how to judge the situation. Although they were surprised by Xiao Shaoke's uninvited appearance, they did not take it seriously. Surprise showed on his face.

At this time, Yu Zizhen greeted like this, and everyone immediately became warm to Xiao Shaoke.

Several half-grown children were sitting around, telling each other about all the interesting things that happened around them during this period.

After saying this, they talked about the completion of their respective schoolwork.

After everyone had eaten, drank, and chatted, Yu Zizhen was the first to take out the birthday gift she had prepared for Xiao Yuanjin.

"This, is this a Hu pen?" The moment the box was opened, Fan Zhongming 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 a complete set of Hu pens in the box to Xiao Yuanjin, "Yes, it is a Hu pen, and it is a complete set of Hu pens with complete models made by the famous pen maker Wang Shan."

Xiao Yuanjin was a master of calligraphy and painting, and he had already begun to show his skills at a young age. This gift from Yu Zizhen can be said to be very appropriate.

However, when others heard what she said, several vats of sour water suddenly emerged in their hearts. Chen Hushan grabbed one of Yu Zizhen's sleeves and said, "On His Highness's birthday, do whatever you want, and on our birthdays, you will give your own seeds." I just want to give you the vegetables, melons and fruits, you are not kind!" ˆ ˆ ˆ I don't want to memorize this pot of Yu Zizhen, she said plausibly, "No way, I obviously picked the best ingredients for you every time! You are actually grown by the Prince of Zhenbei himself. Are you still picky?! Shouldn’t you be grateful and eat them all with special care?”

Everyone: Although this guy is definitely making sophistry, why does this sophistry sound strangely reasonable?

Yu Zizhen took the opportunity to change the subject, "Don't just look at me stupidly, hurry up and give gifts! I have some good things for you to eat after giving them away."

Her words of "good stuff" aroused everyone's curiosity again, so they all took out the birthday gifts they had prepared for Xiao Yuanjin.

Even for Xiao Shaoke, who was his uncle, the Empress Dowager Lu asked someone to prepare a birthday gift that was quite satisfactory, neither surprising nor embarrassing.

Xiao Yuanjin smiled and accepted the gifts from everyone. After thanking them one by one, he asked people to collect all the gifts.

Seeing this, Yu Zizhen immediately asked someone to bring over the double-layered cream cake that she provided with the recipe and made by Madam Zhang.

Except for Xiao Yuanjin, it was the first time for everyone present to eat cream cake, so even though Mrs. Zhang's recipe was not very successful, everyone was still amazed by the unique taste of this thing.

So, among the people who had already eaten and drank enough, no one could control themselves, and each of them showed off a large piece of cream cake.

Yu Zizhen had expected this. When everyone started to share the cake, she had the hawthorn sticks and sour plum soup brought to her.

While Chen Hushan was enjoying the attentive service from the people in Zhenbei Prince's Mansion, he whispered to Fang Huaiying, "Look at those two people, they want to stick together all the time. Anyway, I don't believe Yu Zizhen's The boy has no bias."

While he was speaking, Yu Zizhen personally took a small piece of cake and handed it to Xiao Yuanjin.

Xiao Yuanjin likes to eat canned fruits, especially canned fruits sandwiched in cake embryos. The piece Yu Zizhen picked for him was cut from the quarter of the cake filled with canned yellow peaches.

As for the others, Yu Zizhen just let it happen which way they cut it and which flavor they tasted.

Fang Huaiying is not like Chen Hushan. He never cares about these. Hearing what Chen Hushan said, he just savored the piece of cream cake with apricot jam in his hand, and raised his head and smiled reassuringly at Chen Hushan.

Yu Zizhen didn't care whether Chen Hushan was mentally balanced or not. Xiao Yuanjin was not only one of her targets, but also had a particularly bad temper with her. Of course she would treat him better.

What Chen Hushan and the others didn't know was that in addition to the set of Hu pens on the surface, Yu Zizhen also presented Xiao Yuanjin with a delicate soft sword that she exchanged from the system mall.

The soft sword is thin and light. Not only the sword body and scabbard are thinner than ordinary sword bodies and scabbards, but even the handle is only a quarter of the thickness of an ordinary sword hilt, making it very suitable for hiding on the body and carrying it at all times.

Although Xiao Yuanjin does not plan to bring this soft sword into the palace at the moment, but when he needs it in the future, this soft sword will undoubtedly become a weapon of self-defense that can catch him unawares.

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Not long after Xiao Yuanjin celebrated his birthday, the small class in the South Study Room started again. The difference from the previous year was that this time, Yu Zizhen saw the second prince and two new faces from the Lu family who had entered the small class.