In the afternoon, birthday gifts from Jiang Nan, Zhou Chengcheng and others were delivered to the house.

Jiang Nan is as rich as ever, with three big boxes of stuff, gold nuggets, silver ingots, pearls, agate, and jade rough stones.

King Jin looked at Jiang Changning, who was sitting among a pile of jewelry, smiling and frowning, and touched his chin, thoughtfully.

The gifts given by the Zhou brothers were various books, including two rare ancient books that King Jin had been looking for for a long time.

Seeing that the King of Jin couldn't put it down, Jiang Changning generously gave it to him as a gift.

"Ning Ning is really willing to give it to me?" King Jin asked with a smile.

"You are my husband. Giving things to you is just like giving things from the left hand to the right hand. Why don't you want to part with them?" Jiang Changning said with a smile.

The two strategy books were originally sent by the Zhou brothers for her to use to please the King of Jin. In order to make her life easier, she took advantage of the situation.

The gift sent by the dealer is said to be a set of clothes and shoes and socks sewn by Wu and Zou themselves.

Jiang Changning looked at the clothes and shoes in the gift box and smiled. The dealer was playing the emotional card.

It's a pity that she really doesn't have much affection for the banker.

According to her understanding, Wu and Zou stopped sewing many years ago, so these clothes and shoes were definitely not sewn by them.

"Put it in the box." Jiang Changning asked Fangju to take the gift box out.

Zhuang Qingyu sent a jade Guanyin as a gift, and asked the person who gave the gift to tell Jiang Changning the good news that she was three months pregnant.

"I'll go see her some other time when I have time." Jiang Changning returned the gift and said.

After the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, Mrs. Qiao was busy sending New Year's gifts to various mansions, and the ladies in the palace also had to express their gratitude.

Mrs. Qiao looked at the thick stacks of account books for several days, which made her feel haggard.

Princess Kangren felt a little sorry for her mother, so she suggested: "Concubine, after sorting out the account books, leave it to your aunt. From now on, let your aunt take care of the house, so you don't have to work so hard."

Mrs. Qiao was furious, "You are an unfilial daughter, you actually helped her, do you still remember who gave birth to you?"

"Concubine, I'm not helping my aunt, I just don't want you to work too hard." Princess Kangren explained.

"I know whether it's hard work or not. You go back to the courtyard to practice the piano. This year's New Year's Eve banquet, the palace banquet, you must shine when you perform the piano. Do you understand?"

"I understand." Princess Kangren got down from the kang, "Mother concubine, my daughter will go back to the courtyard to practice the piano right now."

After sending her daughter away, Mr. Qiao continued to work on the abacus and read the account books.

In Rujing Courtyard, Jiang Changning was not idle either, and was cutting paper with his maid.

Jiang Changning has a pair of skillful hands. Not to mention flowers, birds and characters, she can cut out pavilions and pavilions.

When King Jin came back, he saw the paper-cuts spread out on the kang and marveled, "Ning Ning, what else can't you cut?"

"Characters, I don't know how to cut characters." Jiang Changning said with a smile.

"Ning Ning, teach me how to cut this." King Jin picked up the lotus flower.

"This is simple." Jiang Changning took the paper and scissors and started teaching.

After teaching for a while, Jiang Changning was about to collapse.

Who could tell her that King Jin, who could paint figures lifelike, animals vividly, flowers colorfully, and landscapes vividly, was so clumsy at paper-cutting?

"Cut it up and make a curve. That's right, that's right. There's no need to cut the tip... Oops, I cut it wrong, I can't use it anymore." Jiang Changning was extremely helpless.

Cut out one piece of paper, two pieces of paper, three pieces of paper, four pieces of paper... When the tenth piece of paper was also cut to pieces, Jiang Changning, who was thirsty and thirsty, excused himself to go pay respects to the concubine.

He coaxed Prince Jin out of the courtyard, who was excitedly preparing to cut the eleventh piece of paper.

On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, the DPRK sealed the deal, and except for those on duty in various departments, all other officials went home to celebrate the New Year.

The officials, who seemed to be at leisure, were even busier than usual. They were actively inquiring about who had won the palace reward and who could attend the royal annual banquet.

Starting from this morning, from time to time, chamberlains would rush to various houses with rewards.

Rewards may be thick or thin, more or less.

The Prince's Palace of Jin, Prince Qing's Palace, Prince De's Palace, Duke's Palace of Sui, Xinjian Duke's Palace, and Xingzhou County Duke's Palace not only received blessing characters and Spring Festival couplets from the emperor, but also received rewards from the Queen Mother and the Empress.

Prince Qing's Mansion had no treatment last year, but this year he was rewarded by the Three Palaces. This shows that Prince Qing's status has improved, and there are many more officials outside the Prince Qing's Mansion who come to flatter him.

Not many people know the reason why Prince Qing's Mansion was valued by the emperor.

Apart from these six families, other houses may have received blessings from the emperor, rewards from the queen mother, or rewards from the empress, but they are not so prestigious as to be rewarded by the three giants of Qi.

But as long as there is a reward from the palace, it is an honor.

Princess Jin was not surprised. She looked at the emperor's words and curled her lips in disgust.

Seriously speaking, the emperor's calligraphy is not too bad, and the layout is good, but the writing force is a bit frivolous and not as strong and vigorous as the Jin Wang's calligraphy, full of majestic and majestic style.

At the New Year's Eve banquet, in addition to the royal family, members of the royal family, first-class titles in the capital, and officials of second-class or above were also lucky enough to enter the palace to enjoy the banquet.

Not only is there a dinner party on this day, there are also ancestor ceremonies and the like.

At the right time, Jiang Changning got up and dressed up.

The King of Jin did not go to court in the morning, but he still got up at the beginning of the year and did not know where he went.

Jiang Changning didn't ask any questions and sat in front of the dressing table with a look of despair.

The princess's phoenix crown is covered with emerald jewels that look like clouds and pavilions. The six dragons and three phoenixes are exquisitely shaped and lifelike. The gems are scattered on the front of the phoenix crown like stars.

Luxurious, beautiful, and blessed beyond measure.

Put it in an exhibition cabinet, and Jiang Changning can write a short essay of more than a thousand words to praise it.

But now, Jiang Changning's evaluation of it is just one word: heavy.

She has to wear such a heavy phoenix crown for a whole day.

My neck feels tired just thinking about it. Alas, if you want to wear a phoenix crown, you must bear its weight!

"Princess, the snacks you ordered the small kitchen to prepare yesterday are all put into food boxes." Xiulan came in to report.

Jiang Changning almost fainted since he learned that the ceremony lasted for three hours from beginning to end. "Fortunately, the sleeve pockets are big enough to hide a few more cakes."

It doesn't matter if it takes a long time. I can't eat in the middle, so I have to be hungry all the time. The dinner party won't start until Shen Shizheng.

How inhumane!

"What would you like to have for breakfast, princess?" Xiulan asked.

"It's so early in the morning, I don't have much appetite." Jiang Changning frowned, "Just a bowl of porridge, with some pickles or something."

"Princess, it's inconvenient for you to go to the cleansing room in this outfit. Besides, the festival lasts for three hours, so you might as well eat noodles as long as you're full." Xiulan advised.

This makes sense, Jiang Changning accepted the opinion, "Well, okay, just do what you said.

As soon as he finished speaking, Prince Jin came in. He had already changed into the prince's crown uniform, "Is everything packed?"

"It's almost done." Jiang Changning put earrings on his ears.

"What's for breakfast?" King Jin sat down on the round pier next to him.

"I'm eating noodles, what do you want to eat?" Jiang Changning asked with a smile.

King Jin smiled and said: "Same as you."

Jiang Changning did not rush to put on the phoenix crown, which weighed more than ten kilograms, but ate the noodles first.

In the small dining room, three fresh noodles are prepared.
Chapter completed!