Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1242: Achievements Too High
"Yeah!"

Little Yuan Qian happily stepped on Yuwen Yuan's knees, stretched out his hand to grab his beard and kept jumping up. Yuwen Ye also frowned, took a step forward and said in a deep voice: "Yuan Qian, don't be rude, get down!"

When Xiao Yuanqian heard this, he shrank back and looked at him with wide eyes.

Yuwen Yuan frowned unhappily: "I am getting close to my little grandson, what are you yelling about?"

Upon hearing this, Yuwen Ye immediately lowered his head and took two steps back.

Shang Ruyi stepped forward with a smile and said, "Father, Yuan Qian is also very happy to see you, but etiquette cannot be abandoned. Besides, this is the first time I have come back since moving out of the palace, so let him pay his respects to you first."

Yuwen Yuan glanced at her, his eyes softened, he lowered his head and patted little Yuan Qian's butt, and said with a smile: "Your mother is right. Go down first, and come to the emperor's place later. The emperor specially asked the Shangshi Bureau to make your favorite food for you today."

Yuan Qian didn't want to listen to anything else, but when he heard the words "favorite food", he immediately stepped out of his arms and ran back to Shang Ruyi. Shang Ruyi took him to kowtow to the emperor. Yuwen Yuan immediately waved his hand: "Get up, sit down."

Everyone took their seats.

Yuwen Yuan's eyes followed the chubby little Yuan Qian until he saw him holding Shang Ruyi's hand and being led by her to sit down at the table on the left side of the lobby. Because the table was too high, only half of the child's head was exposed, but his pair of big, round eyes like longan seeds were rolling around, as if he was expecting something.

Yuwen Yuan smiled and said, "Yuanzi, are you hungry?"

Xiao Yuanqian immediately nodded heavily: "Yes!"

This childish voice can make anyone with a heart as hard as steel soften, let alone Yu Wenyuan. His tiger eyes smiled into two crescents, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes overlapped deeply. He raised his hand and said, "Okay, let's start the banquet and serve the dishes."

As soon as he finished speaking, a group of palace maids lined up in an orderly manner and walked into the hall. Each of them held a golden plate in her hand. The dishes on it were filled with rare treasures from the mountains and the bottom of the sea. They were delicious and appetizing. Little Yuanqian was so greedy that his eyes sparkled. He fidgeted behind the table, moving his body back and forth uncomfortably, like a little mouse in a burrow that would pop its head out from time to time.

When another golden plate was put down, the aroma of burning food filled the air, making people salivate. He finally couldn't help but climb the table with one hand, pointed at the golden plate with the other, and looked up at Shang Ruyi: "I want it!"

Shang Ruyi said with a smile: "This is roasted camel hump, you can't eat it."

Yuan Qian pouted: "Yes!"

His greedy look made everyone in the hall laugh. Even Yuwen Qian's indifferent eyes showed a smile. Although Yu Mingyue also smiled, her eyes were very cold. After laughing, she turned her face away, as if something was on her mind.

Seeing that Yuan Qian was still pulling Shang Ruyi to ask for food, Yuwen Yuan said, "Wait a little longer, Yuanzi, I'll give it to you soon."

Then he turned his head to face Eunuch Yu and said, "Why don't you come up?"

Eunuch Yu did not dare to neglect it and hurriedly went out to urge him. As soon as he reached the door, he saw a little palace maid coming in with a jade bowl on a tray in her hand. Eunuch Yu immediately said, "Quick, send it to the young master."

The palace maid hurriedly placed the jade bowl in front of Xiao Yuanqian.

The jade bowl contained cherry yogurt. Red cherries were piled up into a small hill, and a layer of sugarcane juice and a layer of cheese were poured on top. The white snow and bright red colors were bright and pleasing to the eye, which whetted people's appetite. The sweet and sour taste made Yuan Qian drool even before he took a bite.

He pointed at the jade bowl again: "Yes!"

Shang Ruyi smiled and said, "Okay, this is for you. It's yours." After that, she moved the small bowl in front of him, and another palace maid brought a higher mattress for him to sit on. The child was finally able to reach the bowl. He immediately grabbed the spoon beside him, scooped up a spoonful, put it into his mouth, and swallowed it with a roar.

Yu Wenyuan laughed and said, "Yuanzi used to eat with his hands before, but now he can actually use a spoon."

Shang Ruyi smiled and said, "These days, I have spent a lot of time arguing with him about this. Several times he cried and refused to eat. He was hungry for two meals before he was willing to use chopsticks and spoons."

Yu Mingyue smiled and said, "Doesn't my sister-in-law feel bad?"

Shang Ruyi glanced at her and said calmly, "Even if you feel bad for the child, you still have to take care of him. You can't throw the baby out with the bathwater."

Yu Wenyuan felt distressed when he heard that the child had been hungry for two meals, but when he saw the child eating with a spoon in an unfamiliar manner, he thought he was extremely cute, so he nodded and said, "Yes, that's right."

Eunuch Yu took a step forward and whispered, "Your Majesty..."

Yuwen Yuan came back to his senses and said with a smile: "I was so busy looking at Yuan Qian that I forgot about the important things. Today is Yan Ji's birthday--"

At this point, he paused, the smile on his face still there, but his eyes were a little dim, and he said: "These years, affairs have been busy, the world has not been settled, and I and you have been busy with important matters outside, and have not given you a birthday. In a blink of an eye, you are already twenty years old (in lunar years)."

Everyone's eyes fell on Yuwen Cheng.

Until this time, Shang Ruyi took a serious look at him. Perhaps because Yuwen Cheng had always been against them over the years, she hated this brother-in-law even more. Every time they met, they looked at each other with disdain. After saying what they had to say, they left without looking at him carefully. Now she found that he had indeed grown up. He was different from the fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy she saw at the wedding banquet. At that time, he was strong, but that was the strength of a young man. Now he had gone through the battle of Luoyang - even if he had no military achievements, he had been on the battlefield after all. His arms became stronger and stronger, and his shoulders and chest were much thicker. He was not the boy he was at the beginning.

But the cunning and arrogance in his eyes remained unchanged.

It’s even increasing.

Yuwen Ye raised his glass and said, "This glass of wine should be toasted to my third brother."

Hearing this, everyone picked up the wine glasses in front of them.

Yuwen Cheng also picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Fortunately, today is my birthday, otherwise, let alone my father, just the glass of wine offered by my second brother would be too much for me."

Yuwen Ye said calmly: "You and I are brothers, why should we be embarrassed by toasting each other with a glass of wine?"

Yuwen Cheng said: "Second brother, you are just pretending to be ignorant. Everyone in the court knows this. Even the common people say that your achievements are beyond measure. I am honored to drink this glass of wine, brother."

Upon hearing the words "merits greater than the sky", Yuwen Ye's face immediately darkened.

Normally, if someone said that it was difficult to reward someone for his great achievements, it would be considered an offense to the emperor, but he actually said "outrageous", which was clearly an attempt to provoke the emperor's dissatisfaction with himself.

Sure enough, Yu Wenyuan's expression darkened slightly.

Maybe later, if the writing goes well.