Tonight, Yu Zheng was in a very good mood. He couldn't help but feel happy. No matter what he did, he couldn't suppress the raised corners of his lips.
While resting, he held Jiang Shu in his arms, talked to her warmly, and kissed her from time to time.
Jiang Shu's face was moistened by his kiss, and she couldn't laugh or cry.
Although she was also very happy, Yu Zheng's performance was too exaggerated.
The night was already dark, Jiang Shu yawned a little, and suddenly remembered something while he was sleepy.
Tomorrow is the nineteenth day of the winter lunar month, Yu Zheng’s birthday.
Thinking that his family had not come to the palace yet, and it happened to be a happy event in the palace, Jiang Shu asked: "Husband, tomorrow is your birthday. Can you invite your parents, Aning, to come to the palace to celebrate your birthday? Let them share this joy."
Yu Zheng had been so busy these days that he completely forgot his birthday. When Jiang Shu said it, he suddenly woke up.
"Of course you can. Your family is my family. From the moment we get married, you are the master of the palace. You can invite them over at any time in the future without asking me."
Yu Zheng was so happy that he couldn't help but peck Jiang Shu's lips again.
Jiang Shu was moved after hearing what he said. He kissed Yu Zheng back and said, "I have prepared a birthday gift and will give it to you early tomorrow morning."
"Okay." Yu Zheng responded happily.
At the end, he raised his hand and caressed Jiang Shu's lower abdomen, and whispered in her ear: "Actually, you have given me the best birthday gift in the world."
"Not only are you a child, you are also the most precious gift God has given me."
When Jiang Shu heard this, his heart felt soft and warm.
For Yu Zheng, she and her child are the best gifts in the world. In her heart, Yu Zheng and her children were gifts from fate and a gift from God.
That night, the two of them were very happy, and the smiles on their faces did not disappear even after falling asleep.
The next day, Yu Zheng got up and went to court as usual.
Jiang Shu was thinking about being the first to give Yu Zheng a birthday gift, and struggled to get up from the warm bed.
Yu Zheng held her down and said, "Don't get up, sleep for a while while it's warm. No one will warm your bed when I leave."
"I want to give you a birthday gift." Jiang Shu frowned slightly.
Yu Zheng smiled warmly and said, "Don't worry, it will be the same when we come back next time."
He has been looking forward to it for many days and is not in a hurry for this moment.
Ran Jiang Shu hugged the brocade quilt and looked at him eagerly.
Yu Zheng had no choice but to compromise: "Can you tell me where to put it and I can get it myself?"
"Yeah." Jiang Shu's brows instantly widened, and he smiled and told Yu Zheng where to put the birthday gift.
Yu Zheng followed his instructions and found it, and when he saw it was a scroll of painting, he was a little surprised.
What surprised him even more was that the painting had a strange texture in his hand.
"Did you find it?" Jiang Shu stretched his neck and asked.
Yu Zheng responded and took the scroll to the bed.
Jiang Shu grabbed a scroll and asked Yu Zheng to unfold the scroll.
The huge picture scroll, six feet long and three feet wide, was opened, and a picture of sunset came into Yu Zheng's eyes.
What shocked him even more was that this picture was painted with fallen leaves, and the colors were bright and lifelike.
"This is... the sunset view of Xiangyun Mountain." Yu Zheng was surprised and happy.
Jiang Shu nodded and asked expectantly: "Do you like it, husband? I made it myself."
Yu Zheng remembered what Ruixue said that day, curled his lips and nodded: "I like it very much."
This was a birthday gift she had secretly prepared for him for a few days, how could he not like it.
Hearing Yu Zheng say he liked her with his own ears, Jiang Shu smiled with satisfaction: "Husband, please go to court. I'll wait for your return at home."
"Okay." Yu Zheng carefully put away the scroll and leaned over to kiss Jiang Shu's forehead.
Before leaving the house, Yu Zheng told Chu Yu to put Tang Pozi into bed for Jiang Shu.
After all this fuss, there was probably not much warmth left in the bed.
The daybreak in winter comes late, and it doesn't get brighter until Yu Zheng goes down to court.
When he arrived at Zhongling Palace, Concubine Yu had just gotten up and had finished washing herself.
"Zheng'er is here." Concubine Yu was not surprised, because today is Yu Zheng's birthday.
According to the custom in the palace, the prince must go to the palace to pay his respects on his birthday.
The emperor was one step behind Yu Zheng and had just entered the palace at this time.
After the two of them sat down, Yu Zheng bowed to them in obedience and thanked them for their gift of childbirth.
"Father, mother, concubine, last night the doctor diagnosed Shu'er as being pregnant." The corners of Yu Zheng's lips raised slightly, unable to hide the joy in his heart.
"Seriously?" Concubine Yu and the emperor were instantly happy.
Yu Zheng stood up and nodded: "It has been confirmed repeatedly."
The emperor counted the time, raised his eyebrows and said, "We have been married for just over a month, you are very good at it."
Concubine Yu covered her lips and smiled: "Today happens to be Zheng'er's birthday. This child knows how to choose the right time, so he must be blessed."
At this time, Concubine Yu finally understood why Jiang Shu didn't come today.
Not only was Concubine Yu not annoyed, she even patiently warned her: "If the fetus is unstable in the early stages of pregnancy, it is not advisable to move around too much. You will not have to go to the palace to pay respects in the past few months. You will come to the palace to let me take a look after you have settled down."
"My son, I know." Yu Zheng wrote it down carefully.
The three of them talked for a few more words. Concubine Yu ordered the palace servants to present Yu Zhengbei's birthday gift and said, "Okay, now that you have a wife and children waiting for you in the house, I won't keep you. Go back early."
"My dear, please leave." Yu Zheng stood up and left with the birthday gift.
Looking at the back of his hurried steps, the emperor shook his head and sighed: "It's really different when you become a family."
There was nothing wrong with Yu Zheng in the past, but he was cold and indifferent, unlike ordinary people. But since marrying a concubine, he has gradually changed, contaminated by the aura of mortal world, as if he has added flesh and blood, becoming more real and vivid.
"This is like being alive." Concubine Yu sighed with joy.
Human beings are born different from all other things. They should have seven emotions and six desires. Marrying a wife and having children is the natural way of heaven.
"Okay, let's think about what we should name the child." The emperor looked solemn.
He wanted to name Yu Zheng's first child himself.
Concubine Yu chuckled: "I don't know if it's a boy or a girl yet."
The emperor Congshan Ruliu said: "Then just take one and keep them all ready."
"Okay, I will listen to Your Majesty, but let's have breakfast first." Concubine Yu waved her hand and ordered someone to pass the meal around.
Choosing a name is a big deal, it cannot be done in a day or two, and it cannot be rushed.
The sun rises slowly, trying its best to spread its light to every corner of Beijing, dispelling some of the cold.
When Yu Zheng returned to the palace, Jiang Shu had already stood up and was dressing up.
"Your Majesty." When he saw Yu Zheng entering the room, he saluted with his body made of jade and sandalwood.
Yu Zheng looked at Jiang Shu in front of the dressing table and asked warmly: "How long will it take? Are you hungry?"
Jiang Shu honestly said: "A little bit."
She didn't eat much for dinner last night, and she was really hungry now.
Yu Zheng glanced at Chu Yu who was dressing up.
Chu Yu hurriedly said: "Only the eyebrow drawing is left, it will be done soon."
After hearing this, Yu Zheng's dark eyes flashed slightly, and he stepped forward and said, "Give me the eyebrows, and you go and pass the meal."
"Yes." Chu Yu did not dare to disobey, handed Mei Dai Gong to Yu Zheng and hurried away.
After the two left, Jiang Shu looked up at Yu Zheng and asked in surprise: "My husband knows how to draw eyebrows?"
Yu Zheng said seriously: "No, but my painting is pretty good. I think the two are about the same."
Jiang Shu's brows twitched when he heard this, but thinking that today was Yu Zheng's birthday, it was hard to displease him, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and said, "Then let me give it a try."
If it didn't work, she would ask Chu Yu to paint it again after breakfast.
Yu Zheng pulled up a few stools and sat down. Ruyu's fingers were twirling the blue-black eyebrows. He gently held Jiang Shu's forehead with his left hand and carefully drew her eyebrows.
