Chapter 159 Keep It Up

Because women also need to apply hair oil, etc., a series of maintenance procedures.

So, after fourth master finished his bath, Ruoyin hadn't come out yet.

He was wearing an ink-colored silk undershirt, and leaned lazily on the grand master's chair.

The slender fingertips were carelessly turning the jade wrench.

From the looks of it, he seemed to be thinking about something.

But it seemed to be waiting for her.

After a cup of tea, Nanny Liu walked up to him embarrassingly, and said, "Fourth Master, Fujin fell asleep leaning against the wooden barrel."

Hearing this, fourth master got up and walked into the room.

Grandma Liu called Qiaofeng Qiaolan to go out, and closed the door tightly.

For a while, only Ruoyin was left lazily leaning against the barrel in the room.

And fourth master who was looking at her.

The woman's eyes are lazily closed.

There was a trace of tiredness in her eyes.

It seems that she has spent a lot of time worrying about the cake in the past few days, so she should be exhausted.

But when he asked her, she didn't deliberately ask for credit in front of him.

At the moment, even the cruel and ruthless fourth master softened his heart.

He walked to the tub and picked the woman up from the water.

Fourth Master calmly took a large cotton towel from the wooden cloth beside her and wrapped her up.

He put her on the brocade quilt, changed her into a clean nightgown, and covered her with the brocade quilt.

Then he blew out the lamp and lay down beside her.

Thinking about entering the palace early tomorrow morning, she was tired for a few more days, so she sympathetically asked her to have a good rest.

The rest will be discussed after tomorrow.

The next morning, Ruoyin and fourth master got up and asked the servants to come in to take care of changing and washing.

After the two had eaten, Ruoyin went to the ice cellar to check the cake.

Yesterday, she specially asked the guards in the mansion to guard her.

After finding out that there was no problem, she ordered the servants below: "Put this cake on the carriage properly. Besides, the carriage must be the most shock-absorbing."

"Don't worry, Fujin, the slaves are all ready." A steward agreed patted his heart.

After everything was ready, Ruoyin and fourth master got into the carriage.

The carriage with cakes followed behind.

Fortunately, the roads in the capital are very flat.

When we got to the palace, the cake was fine.

Ruoyin felt relieved and followed fourth master to the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

When they got there, there were already many officials, princes, and family members chatting casually there.

Fourth master then greeted the princes.

Ruoyin saw Bafujin from a distance.

Just in time, Fujin saw her and walked towards her.

Fortunately, she was among the sisters-in-law, and Bafujin was the one to chat with.

Otherwise, it would be a bit embarrassing.

"Sister-in-law Si, why did you come here? I've been waiting for you for a long time." Ba Fujin walked at a slightly faster pace.

After all, it is an important occasion, and it is born as a lady, so I still pay attention to the image.

"This time the congratulatory gift is a bit special. I was worried that the carriage would drive too fast, so I wasted time." Ruoyin held Ba Fujin's hand and spoke from the side.

Ba Fujin asked curiously: "Sister-in-law Si, what gift did you prepare? What does it have to do with the speed of the carriage?"

"You'll know later." Ruoyin replied mysteriously. She looked at Bafujin and said with satisfaction, "Yes, you have become slimmer recently."

"Really?" Bafujin, who was praised, was happy and a little embarrassed, and she said in a low voice: "It's better to use Sisister-in-law's way. Now I feel that the whole body is as light as a swallow!"

"Keep going." Ruoyin instructed, glanced around, and found that there were people arriving one after another, and said, "Okay, let's stop chatting, you can sit at my house some other day, I'll go find fourth master first , you also go to find Baye, it's time to take a seat."

"Okay." Bafujin agreed.

After a while, everyone arrived.

The long black lacquer tables on both sides of the Hall of Supreme Harmony were placed outside the hall from inside the hall.

Some high-ranking ministers and princes were arranged in the hall.

The rest sat outside the hall.

The fourth master is the fourth Lord Baylor, so he is naturally sitting in the hall.

Ruoyin, as a Four Fujin, sat beside him peacefully.

Only this time, Sanfujin was beside her.

Ruoyin didn't feel anything at first.

But San Fujin's eyes were not very kind.

It even means that the enemy's road is narrow.

She tried not to look at each other as much as possible, and sat upright.

After a while, Kangxi sat on the dragon chair above.

Everyone kowtowed one after another: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live."

Kangxi was in a good mood today, with a slight smile on his face, looking down at everyone.

"Everyone can do whatever they want, don't be restrained."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." After thanking everyone, everyone took their seats again.

Immediately afterwards, some ministers with status in the court organized a group to offer gifts.

After all, some gifts are expensive, and if given by one person, it would be dangerous and more suspected of corruption.

If everyone forms a group, if Kangxi has a reward, he will share the blessing.

If Kangxi doesn't like it, then he will be blamed and punished with a lighter punishment.

First of all, Nalan Mingzhu, as the representative of the regiment, stepped forward to offer a gift, "May the emperor be blessed with peace of mind, the ministers and others deliberately found a bottle with a hundred longevity pattern, and the emperor forgot to accept it."

Kangxi glanced at the normal-sized 100-year-old vase, which had blue-and-white patterns on it.

He smiled and said: "Okay, you have a heart, reward!"

Ruoyin watched this scene indifferently, and saw a gratified smile on the face of King Zhijun.

Yes, it seems that in history, Nalan Mingzhu was the confidant of King Zhijun.

No wonder King Zhijun smiled so meaningfully.

Then, Suo'etu got up and said: "Your Majesty, I specially present you a bronze statue with longevity patterns, and wish the Emperor a long life without bounds!"

In the center of the hall, several servants immediately carried a one-meter-high bronze statue of longevity pattern and placed it in the center of the hall.

On the bronze statue, engraved with a dragon with open teeth and claws, and the Chinese character Longevity.

The densely packed longevity characters are engraved on the entire bronze statue.

It seemed that it was much more magnificent than the gift from Nalan Mingzhu.

For a moment, a smell of gunpowder spread in the Hall of Supreme Harmony and spread outside the hall.

The ministers and princes inside and outside the hall all held their breaths.

I want to watch the excitement, but I don't dare to look at it earnestly, so I can only listen with pointed ears.

Even Ruoyin sensed something was wrong.

Especially the crown prince above, with a smug expression on his face.

As if to say: You are a fart in the eyes of the prince! Look at the people under me, they are so rich when they make a move! How can you be so petty like you!

Seeing this, the smile on Kangxi's face froze slightly.

He glanced at everyone, as if searching for something.

A few seconds later, with a perceptive smile on his face, he said, "Okay, reward!"

"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty!" Suo'etu sat down after finishing speaking.

Suddenly, the prince looked a little discouraged.

He looked annoyed and puzzled.

Obviously Suo'etu's gift is much higher than Nalan Mingzhu's.

Why did Huang Ama look less happy than when Nalan Mingzhu gave the gift.

He didn't even have any kind words, just rewarded him directly.

Ruoyin lowered his head and took a sip of tea. It looked like Suo'etu, except for the prince's aura.

Others are not as smart as Nalan Mingzhu.

On Kangxi's birthday, if you want to crush other people, you just want to cause trouble.

"Your Majesty, I wish you good fortune like the East Sea, and a longer life than Nanshan. I have nothing to show for it. It just so happens that I have a birthday peach bottle in my family. It's a small gift, but it's not a respect." A Ling'a got up and said.

Unlike the previous two, he did not come in a group.

It is sent in the name of an individual.

Anyway, it's just a small birthday peach bottle, so it won't cause any trouble.

At this time, everyone looked at the vase-sized longevity peach vase.

This bottle is half smaller than the bottle given by Nalan Mingzhu.

But the advantage is that the longevity peach pattern is beautiful and colorful.

Rose red longevity peach, green leaves.

Ruoyin felt that this was the way to give gifts.

Kangxi is the emperor, and he has never seen such a valuable gift.

It's good to be polite and affectionate.

Sure enough, Kangxi smiled heartily.