When it was time for lunch, Chu's eyes became tearful when she saw the table full of her favorite dishes.
The more sensible and considerate her daughter is, the more distressed she feels.
In the middle, Ning Chen even specially gave two dishes as a token of his favor.
It also made Mrs. Chu feel at ease, after all, her daughter was still favored.
However, everyone in Yuxiu Pavilion was happy, but those watching from others were jealous and envious.
Princess Wende was so angry that she smashed a set of tea sets.
She just thought about how she had never invited her family members to her birthday party before. How could Ye Jun, a mere concubine, be qualified
Of course, at this moment she would not think about how far her family was from Kyoto.
Once people get stuck in a rut, they will only get deeper and deeper.
But these did not affect Ye Jun's mood at all. The family had a good lunch before reluctantly seeing him off.
After all, she was the emperor's concubine, and her status was no longer the same as before. She could not violate the rules and send them too far away, so she sent Huiyue and Baishu to send her family and the prepared things out for her.
When the two came back, they handed her two envelopes, one thick and one thin.
"Jieyu, this is what Madam and my cousin's wife asked me to pass on to you." Huiyue said softly.
Ye Jun was stunned, then he understood what was going on.
When they opened them, they saw that they were filled with silver notes worth one hundred taels each, one with ten and the other with five.
Naturally, Chu gave more, but Ye Jun didn't expect that Jiang also gave five hundred taels.
The young couple now live separately. Although they are well off and have no shortage of money, they are still not as good as when they were in Bianzhou and he used to give her money.
No matter what, Ye Jun was touched.
"It's your birthday today, why is the house so quiet?"
I heard footsteps from behind, and when I turned around, I saw a man in a royal blue robe walking in.
Ye Jun stood up and saluted, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."
"Get up." Ning Chen held onto her hand and helped her up, but he frowned again, "Why are you crying for no reason?"
The girl's eyes were red and sparkling, and she looked at me with pity.
"I just can't bear to leave my mother for the time being. But now that the emperor is here, I won't be sad anymore." Ye Jun sniffed.
Ning Chen stared at her for a few seconds and said nothing. He then pulled her into his arms, asked her to lean on his chest, and held her like that for a while.
I have to say it was useful, but Ye Jun felt a little embarrassed when he calmed down.
"Didn't the emperor say he would come in the evening? Why did he come at this time? I haven't changed my clothes yet. I just had a meal and I'm covered in greasy smell."
"Is it not good for you to miss me?"
When Ning Chen said this, the tips of his ears turned red, and it was obvious that he was also unfamiliar with the topic, but he held Ye Jun's hand tightly and did not let go.
"Of course I would love to have it, but I need to change my clothes now. Your Majesty, why are you holding me like this..." Ye Jun looked down at the hands of the two, then looked at the man in front of her, and smiled slyly, "Are you going together?"
"Hehe, go quickly. I'll wait for you outside." Ning Chen quickly let go and turned his face away awkwardly.
Ye Jun looked at him with a smile before entering the inner room.
When I saw my mother just now, I was always afraid that she would think that I was not living a good life, so I chose gorgeous clothes and jewelry for her to wear. They were pretty, but heavy.
It's all real money.
It’s better not to torture myself now, so I just picked out a Tengluo purple casual uniform to change into.
When I came out, I saw Ning Chen drinking tea, with Nian Gao lying at his feet.
Outside, Yuan Jiu was directing several young eunuchs to move things in.
It was just covered with red silk and no one knew what was inside.
Hearing her footsteps, Ning Chen looked over unconsciously, and his sight stopped on the girl's slender waist that could be held in one hand.
It is now mid-October and the clothes have become thicker, but they still cannot hide the girl's beautiful figure, which seems to be more delicate and graceful than before.
Ning Chen's face turned slightly red, as if he was thinking of something. He took two sips of tea to calm his face before putting down the cup.
"Come and see the birthday gift I gave you."
"What is so mysterious that it has to be covered up?" Ye Jun was also curious and went over to sit next to him.
After Yuan Jiu ordered his men to put the things in place, he lifted the red silk, which immediately amazed everyone present.
This is a screen with flowers of all seasons. The frame is carved from yellow pear wood. Yellow pear wood is precious and known for its durability, but this pear wood frame is carved into a hollow cloud pattern, and the craftsmanship is very rare.
The shelf is so valuable, not to mention the main screen, which is made of plain colored brocade.
As the name suggests, Liuguangjin looks like light flowing on it.
Although plain-colored flowing brocade is not as precious as colorful ones, it has the effect of showing different luster depending on the light, making the screen look beautiful differently when viewed from different angles.
The Four Seasons Flowers painting is an embroidery of different flowers of the four seasons, spring, summer, autumn and winter. However, it is not a single type of flower, but a combination of multiple flowers of the same season embroidered together in various shapes and forms, which is very special.
"This screen was specially made by the Emperor, who invited an embroiderer from Jiangnan to do it. The Emperor himself drew the pattern. Not only that, Concubine, please change your face and take a look."
Yuan Jiu smiled and made a gesture of invitation.
Ye Jun looked at Ning Chen, and he also gestured with his chin to look over.
I walked around it with a lot of doubts in my mind, and was even more amazed.
“This is double-sided embroidery!”
"That's right!" Yuan Jiu smiled like a flower, "The one behind is a landscape painting of the four seasons."
Double-sided embroidery is difficult to do. It is fine for small items, but it takes superb skills to make double-sided embroidery on an object as large as a screen.
This screen is definitely worth a fortune.
Giving her such a valuable gift as a birthday gift obviously showed that he valued her, so Ye Jun naturally liked it.
He immediately ordered people to remove the old screen and put this one up.
"I saw that you like to paint flowers and plants, so I made this screen." Ning Chen said with a smile.
The young concubine was very pleased with the actions she took on the spot.
I give it to you so that you can use it. It would be meaningless if you put it away.
In the past, he also gave gifts to other concubines, but most of them liked to keep them and did not dare to use them for fear of damaging the imperial gifts. Over time, he no longer wanted to reward them.
Ye Jun twisted her waist and pushed herself into the young emperor's arms.
"Your Majesty has given me such a good thing. Others will be jealous and make everyone unhappy. If they bully me, Your Majesty must protect me."
"With your personality, who can bully you?" Ning Chen took the opportunity to put his arms around the girl's slender waist.
I was thinking, whether the favored or not in the harem, which woman has not faced this face to face
It is said that Concubine Yi still doesn't eat fish because she was scared by this woman back then.
"Tsk, I am a weak woman, how can I be as powerful as the emperor says? Anyway, the emperor has to promise to protect me!"
When the little fairy Ye starts to act like a spoiled child, it's hard to resist.
At this moment, the servants in the room hurriedly left with their heads lowered.
Ning Chen felt embarrassed by her behavior. He was still not used to this woman's boldness, but at the same time he enjoyed it.
In the end, I naturally agreed.
At this time, someone from Wei Ruixuan came outside. It was Qiwen, the senior palace maid beside Fang Xiuyi, who came to give a gift.