The slave family is not a disaster

Chapter 73
"The concubine knows, it's just that the concubine needs to freshen up, so she is late, and I ask the prince to punish her." Ye Anran replied calmly.

"Hehe, what the princess said is wrong. We are all women, so no one has time to wash and dress up, but are you a little too late?" Song Siyan sneered, as if he was watching the excitement and not afraid of big things.

Sima Qingqian immediately took over the words: "My lord, today is your birthday banquet, and everyone is trying to make it auspicious. The concubine and empress probably didn't come late on purpose. I think you might as well forget about it, don't pursue it."

Jue Nishinomiya glanced at Ye Anran, and found that her expression was calm, without a trace of nervousness, let alone a trace of fear. It must be because she was used to him getting angry, so she didn't say anything for the first time.

At this time, Xiangyi smiled and took out a pair of mandarin duck pillows that she showed off: "Master, this is carefully embroidered by the servants for two months. I will give it to you as a gift, and wish you a happy life and a long life."

Xi Gongjue took the mandarin duck pillow and nodded frequently: "Yes, yes, Xiangyi has made some progress, she has learned to embroider, and her craftsmanship is extraordinary, this pair of mandarin duck pillows should be placed in Yirenyuan, this king and you just share this pair of mandarin ducks pillow."

"Master, how good are you? With so many sisters watching, aren't you letting your slaves get into trouble?" Xiang Yi flirted shyly with a smile.

Song Siyan opened his mouth and cursed secretly: "Fox, whore, you know how to flatter." As soon as he finished cursing this sentence, he took out a jade bottle from his bosom and carefully handed it over with a smile: "Master, you See what this is?"

Xi Gongjue squinted his eyes and carefully looked at the small jade bottle that Song Siyan handed over. The body of the bottle was transparent and emerald green. "

Song Siyan smiled triumphantly: "Master really has good eyesight. This is the emerald and jasper incense pot that Liuyun Kingdom paid tribute to. It is said that the Empress Dowager He has always loved this thing, but it happened that there was a flood in the south at that time, and my father was an imperial envoy. I was fortunate enough to be rewarded by the first emperor, and my servant was even more fortunate to be gifted by my father. Now I am giving it to the Lord as a birthday gift. I only hope that my wish will come true and my wish will come true. it is good."

Nishi Gongjue nodded, took over the incense pot and fiddled with it. The principle of the incense pot is similar to the current perfume. It emits a kind of fragrance in the bottle, which can fill the room with fragrance. The better the bottle with fragrance, the longer the fragrance will last. So this emerald jasper incense pot is undoubtedly the best incense pot.

Song Siyan's move really made Xigongjue very happy, Xigongjue smiled at Song Siyan in a rare way: "Siyan, your gift is not bad, did you put a lot of thought into it?"

"No, as long as the master likes it, the slave will be happy." Song Siyan, who has always been grumpy, also pretended to be a good girl in this matter, and learned to be sweet.

Sima Qingqian took a set of words from the hand of the maid at the side, she got up and spread the words, and the four large characters appeared vividly on the paper—Heaven rewards hard work.

Xi Gongjue's eyes showed admiration, and he clapped his hands and applauded: "Okay, good words, so deep meaning, heaven rewards hard work, well said, this king believes that one's efforts will not be in vain, and one's efforts will definitely be rewarded. , you are more and more like a teacher."

Sima Qingqian bowed and bowed: "Master, I laughed. Naturally, Qingqian's handwriting is incomparable with Grandpa's. I just wrote it for my own amusement. This time, the servants really didn't have anything to show for my grandfather's birthday, so I made a fool of myself." .”

"I didn't show ugliness. This king likes it very much. Come here, put this picture in my study and frame it. I must always remember that God rewards hard work." Xi Gongjue was obviously very happy.

"Thank you, Lord, for your appreciation." Sima Qingqian smiled slightly.She is very smart and knows that in comparison, Jue Xigong would prefer calligraphy and painting, rather than gold and silver treasures. After all, Jue Xigong is a prince and has enjoyed all the glory and wealth since he was a child. , but he is a person who loves talents, so he will inevitably be excited when he sees good calligraphy and painting.

Both Xiangyi and Song Siyan are obviously jealous, but it is inconvenient for the prince to be around, so they just swallow their anger.

"Qingqian, sit down quickly." Jue Nishinomiya pointed to the seat and said gently.

"Yes." Sima Qingqian sat down in response. At this moment, everyone's eyes were on Ye Anran.

The three women have already presented their presents, so what about Ye Anran?As a prince and concubine, what kind of birthday gift would she give?
"My lord, take out the presents quickly. Aren't you just going to be the finale? Is the slave waiting to open your eyes? Your Ye family has always had a great family and business, so this time it must be a rare treasure?" Xiangyi asked with a smile .

Ye Anran didn't speak, but her face changed slightly... Although the Ye family is rich and powerful, she did not prepare any rare treasures this time. The first reason is that her dowry has long been confiscated by Jue Nishinomiya, and the second reason is that Ye Anran has never I don't think that birthday gifts must be given expensive things. As the saying goes, gifts are light and affection is heavy.

Song Siyan also echoed: "Yes, my lord, don't hide it, we are all waiting to see, why don't you show it?"

Sima Qingqian did not speak, but she also stared at Ye Anran. Since she knew that today was the prince's birthday, she must have prepared the gift long ago.

Indeed, Ye Anran was ready long ago, but unfortunately, I'm afraid they will all be disappointed...

Xi Gongjue stared straight at Ye Anran, with a contemptuous smile on his lips, he really wanted to see what kind of birthday gift this woman from the Ye family could give him?
Ye Anran took a deep breath, then walked gracefully in front of the prince and said softly: "The concubine is not talented, I only prepared this cup of tea, I wish you good health, every year there will be today, every year there will be today."

As soon as he finished speaking, Song Siyan burst out laughing: "Hehe, this is the first time I heard such a congratulatory message. It's so strange. What does it mean to have today every year? Don't you think our master can't live until next year?" When? Is it a curse in disguise?"

After hearing this distorted explanation, Jue Nishinomiya became furious and knocked over the teacup in Ye Anran's hand. The teacup fell to the ground and turned into pieces, and the hot tea also splashed on Ye Anran's injury. Immediately, several red marks were burned on the back of her fair hand.

"Bastard, Ye Anran, what do you mean, you want to get rid of me with a cup of broken tea? It's so shabby, and it's a shame that everyone said that your Ye family is the richest in the world, and you, the Ye family, use this to fool me? You Do you think this king is a three-year-old child?" Xi Gongjue really didn't expect that Ye Anran's birthday gift was just a cup of tea. After so many years of birthday, it was the first time he saw such a shabby birthday gift. Would not give such a humble gift.

He really wondered if Ye Anran deliberately embarrassed himself, did he want to take revenge on him because of the medical examination that day?
Ye Anran knelt on the ground and said lightly: "My lord, radish and cabbage each have their own loves, and my concubine's favorite in this life is tea, so I also want to give the most precious tea to my lord, but I don't know that I have violated my taboo, please. The prince will punish you."

"Ye Anran, did you do it on purpose, are you taking revenge on this king?" Xi Gongjue asked word by word while suppressing the anger in his heart.

"No, no, the concubine didn't think that way, but just wanted to give the prince a meaningful birthday gift." Ye Anran really blamed himself for being too good at making decisions at this time. Just choose one of the gold, silver and jewelry in the house and give it to the prince, but she thinks that a noble person like Nishinomiya should not lack gold, silver and jewelry, so after much deliberation, she decided to make a cup of the most precious tea of ​​the Ye family, but she didn't expect , but instead angered him.

Since coming to the palace, Ye Anran has been very careful everywhere and wanted to avoid it, but every time she pushed herself to the cusp of the storm, she didn't know if it was fate, or the two of them were too aggressive.

"My lord, you misunderstood the meaning of the concubine, this cup of tea is her...?" Xiao Rong rushed in at some point to explain to the lady, but was kicked away by Song Siyan: "Go away, you lowly servant girl , the lord asks, where is it your turn to speak?"

Seeing Xiao Rong coming in, Ye Anran immediately winked at her, signaling her to stop talking, but Xiao Rong was also speechless.

"Ye Anran, if you can't come up with a decent birthday gift today, just kneel here." Said Xi Gongjue, turning his head and said to the other three: "Let's serve."

Ye Anran knelt on the ground like this, she turned her head and mouthed to Xiao Rong: "Go get the white jade wine glass."

Xiao Rong understood and backed out of the door little by little, turned her head and ran towards Chunxiao Pavilion, thinking in her heart, if the second lady had listened to her advice earlier, wouldn't so many things happen.

After a while, Xiaorong took back a dark red brocade box and handed it to Ye Anran. Ye Anran raised the brocade box and said word by word: "My lord, please accept this birthday gift."

"Oh? Figured it out so quickly?" Jue Nishinomiya gave Ye Anran a playful look, then took the brocade box and opened it casually. There was no surprise, which seemed to be expected.

But Song Siyan and Xiangyi were taken aback for a moment, there was a pair of white jade wine glasses lying in the brocade box, full of luster, they were high-quality goods at first glance.

"Wow, the white jade wine glass, it seems that the princess is really generous." Xiangyi sighed.

Xi Gongjue said without raising his eyes: "What's so strange, there are many such things in Ye Zhaoyi's place. Ye Anran, you really have a good sister."

Hearing that his words were full of sarcasm, Ye Anran didn't say anything, just lowered his head and remained silent.

Suddenly, Xi Gongjue glanced at Ye Anran inadvertently, and found that there seemed to be a purple jade pendant hanging around her neck. He immediately got up and pulled the rope, and the purple jade pendant immediately popped out.

"Purple Soul Jade? Where did you get this thing?" Xi Gongjue's expression changed drastically.

Ye Anran was also stunned for a moment, what purple soul jade, why does Xi Gongjue seem to know this jade pendant?
(End of this chapter)