Chapter 120：

After a meal of noodles, the palace person took the leftovers coldly and served a plate of desserts, including Jingui persimmon cake, walnut cheese, long spring rolls, chrysanthemum bergamot cake, and a timely fruit platter.

Of course, these are nothing but an introduction. The real dessert is a double-layered fruit cream cake brought in by two eunuchs.

Tao Ti reckons that many people will come today, so the cake is very large, whether it is cream or fruit, the ingredients are very real.

"Wow, the prince's concubine and sister-in-law, this is the birthday cake you said! It is so big!"

"There are a lot of fruits on it. The red, green, and green ones are really beautiful, but what are those white ones, powdered sugar?"

The fifth prince and the sixth princess were surprised by such a big "cake", their eyes widened, and curiously leaned toward the table.

Tao Ti smiled, "This white is cream, sweet and soft, and you will know what it's like after you taste it later."

Gu Zhihong whispered to Gu Minglan, "Sister, this cake is really rare, I'll see you for the first time when it grows so big."

"Don't say you, I think even your Majesty has seen it for the first time." Gu Minglan swallowed, staring at the cake straight, "I don't know what it smells like, it looks so good, it should be good too. Eat it."

Tao Ti took a wide-sided fruit knife and walked to Pei Yan, looking at him with a clear smile, "Your Highness, let's cut the cake!"

Pei Yan looked at the knife, "Should I cut it?"

Tao Ti nodded and blinked, "Well, the first cut of the birthday cake will be cut by the birthday star."

Emperor Zhaokang, who has always been quiet, also interjected abruptly, "Prince, today is your birthday, please cut it quickly."

Pei Yan turned his head to look at Emperor Zhaokang, and saw Emperor Zhaokang cough slightly. From the corner of his eyes, he glanced at the little five and six who were staring at the cake with their mouths open, and then added, "Look at these two greedy cats. Yes, if you linger, both of them will be drooling."

The princess Jingyang curled her lips and smiled. She didn't expect that the emperor's brother who had always been cold and majestic had a greedy day and pushed on the children. She squeezed a smile and urged softly, "Yan'er, hurry up and divide the cake."

Seeing that everyone was looking forward to focusing on him, Pei Yan no longer delayed, took the knife and walked to the cake—

The cake has two layers, with a thick layer of white cream on the surface, and the surface is covered with fruits of various colors, including cherries, hawthorn, citrus, grapes, and autumn pears. The embellishment is particularly bright and attractive. And in the middle of the cake, there are six big characters "His Royal Highness, Happy Birthday", and a small round, smiling face-like pattern is drawn below, which looks very cute.

Tao Ti originally wanted to write "Husband, Happy Birthday" on the cake, but when so many people watched, he kept a low profile, and changed "Husband" to "His Royal Highness."

As for blowing candles, singing birthday songs, etc., for this bunch of ancients, it was a bit weird, so she saved it too.

At this moment, she was standing on one side, looking at Pei Yan cutting the cake with a smile in her eyes.

Today, Pei Yan wore a set of vermilion brocade with a black belt inlaid with white jade around his waist. He was tall and long. The robe of this color made his skin paler and his face was like a crown jade. He is extremely beautiful, but not feminine, his eyebrows are deep, and his profile is sharp and tough.

Tao Ti was thinking all over her head, my husband is so good-looking, it looks so good to cut a cake!

Such a good-looking man belongs to me, and I really took a big advantage!

Pei Yan first cut a portion of the cake and handed it to Emperor Zhaokang, then cut a portion and handed it to Princess Jingyang.

For the third copy, he handed it to Tao Ti personally, "Ati, here."

"Ah, you can eat it, I'll cut it myself..."

Pei Yan had deep black eyes, and looked at her persistently and firmly, "No, this one is for you alone."

Tao Tixin said that there are so many cakes left, so why is it exclusive or exclusive. But when he saw him carrying his plate, he took it, "Then you can cut a piece and taste it. This cake has taken me all morning, you see if it suits your taste."

Seeing her take it, Pei Yan smiled softly, "Okay."

Tao Ti sat down with the cake, and when he was about to drop the spoon, he suddenly found that his cake was very big, with a lot of cream and fruit, and there was the word "His Royal Highness" on it.

She looked at these two words in a daze, and suddenly remembered what Pei Yan said just now.

This one is for you alone.

So, he gave her "His Royal Highness" and gave him himself... Does that mean?

This guess caused Tao Ti's cheeks to become hot suddenly.

She subconsciously raised her eyes to look at Pei Yan, but unexpectedly he was also looking at her.

Seeing her expression, Pei Yan knew that she understood what she meant, her thin lips lifted slightly, and her smile was like a breeze.

Ah ah ah dying.

Tao Ti only felt that his heartbeat was speeding up, so he hung his head and pretended to eat cake.

Pei Yan's mind was full of the gentle smile just now.

She swallowed unconvincingly, and screamed frantically in her heart: It was obvious that both of them had sex, why he laughed, she still couldn't resist it at all!

Looking at the word "His Royal Highness" squeezed out with cherry sauce, Tao Ti blushed: If you laugh again, you will be eaten.

In the end, this cake was eaten cleanly by her.

She thinks today's cake is extra sweet, sweet in her mouth, sweeter in her heart.

The other people in the hall also liked the soft and creamy texture of the cake. The fifth prince and the sixth princess ate their mouths with cream, and they kept saying, "It’s delicious, it’s so delicious." NS!"

Qinghe also likes to eat sweets, holding the plate and slowly tasting it.

Seeing that she likes to eat, Xu Guangji walked slowly to her and gave her half of his cake.

Qinghe was slightly stunned, her jet-black Shuiling eyes stared at him, "...?"

Xu Guangji's handsome face was a little embarrassed, and he whispered, "You like to eat, eat more..." As if afraid that Qinghe would be polite to him, he hurriedly said, "I don't like sweet food."

Qinghe endured a smile, blinked her eyes, and asked, "Last time I gave you sugar lotus seeds to eat, you said you like sweets the most. Why don't you like them now? You can see that you don't have any Truth."

When Xu Guangji heard this, he hurriedly explained, "Ah, no, I am not lying to you... I am..."

Qinghe, "What are you?"

Xu Guangji said, "If you want me to eat sweet, I will eat sweet; if you want me to eat salty, I will eat salty; anyway, I will like whatever you like. I will give you whatever you want. eat."

This fool.

Qinghe laughed out, "I'm joking with you."

Xu Guangji was taken aback for a moment, but was not angry when he reacted. Seeing Qinghe smiling, he also laughed.

Seeing the deep affection between his younger sister and Xu Qilang, Mr. Xie glanced at his cake and subconsciously went to see Xu Wenchan.

Xu Wenchan, who is eating up and eating: Something is wrong?

As soon as she raised her eyes, she saw Little Grandpa Xie was going to her side, her heart twitched, and she didn't know what to do with her brain twitching, picked up the cake, and walked around behind the pillar.

Little Grandpa Xie, "...?"

Princess Jingyang was talking with Concubine Xu Gui, and the juniors were chatting in twos and threes, and the atmosphere in the hall was also much more relaxed.

After Emperor Zhaokang finished eating the plate of milky cake in his hand, he got up and walked towards Pei Yan and patted him on the shoulder, "Yan'er, accompany me to the side hall for a cup of tea."

Pei Yan lowered his eyes and responded softly, "Yes."

Seeing Pei Yan being called out by Emperor Zhaokang, Tao Ti's gaze couldn't help but follow, Xu Wenchan soothed and said, "Today is the birthday of His Royal Highness, it is estimated that His Majesty wants to encourage and encourage His Highness."

Tao Ti returned to his senses and gave a soft humble.

After Xu Wenchan finished eating the cake, he wiped the corners of his mouth with a kerchief contentedly, and his eyes gleamed, "Ati, this cake tastes really good. I think we can consider buying this in a milk tea shop. , A cup of milk tea with a piece of cake like this, it’s amazing! What do you think?"

For a heavy milk tea lover, Gu Minglan, who was sitting diagonally opposite, suddenly raised her head, "Milk tea? Where is milk tea?"

Xu Wenchan, "..."

Tao Ti, "..."

Gu Zhihong looked embarrassed and slammed his sister's elbow, "It's my cousin who is discussing business with Miss Xu." After that, he lowered his voice and said, "Sister, you still drink milk tea, don't you? Found that you have a thick waist recently?"

Gu Minglan flew an eye knife to him, "Is it itchy, isn't it?"

Gu Zhihong: I can't afford to provoke me, let's say goodbye.

Xu Wenchan continued to talk to Tao Ti about selling cakes, and the two chatted together.

Finally, Tao Ti stared at Xu Wenchan thoughtfully.

Xu Wenchan was puzzled, "Why are you looking at me like this? Am I getting fat again?"

Tao Ti shook his head, glanced at the little grandpa Xie not far away, and whispered to Xu Wenchan's ear, "A Chan, do you actually have feelings for the little grandpa?"

Xu Wenchan panicked, and quickly denied, "Where is it."

"The eyes can't deceive people. We are good sisters, do you hide it from me?"

"I, I am not..."

"Huh?" Tao Ti raised her eyebrows, waiting for her to explain.

Xu Wenchan blushed, hesitated for a long time, and finally lowered his eyelashes, muttering a little at a loss, "I and him are too far apart..."

His appearance is clear and dusty, like a moon on the horizon and flowers in the water.

As for her, since entering Chang'an, she has been ridiculed, ridiculed, and ostracized by the noble ladies of the family. They laughed at her for her dark skin, for her fatness, for her vulgarity, and for the incomprehensibility of her piano, chess, and calligraphy.

In the city of Chang'an where the lady is like a flower, what is she? The ugly duckling that strayed into the swans?

She was smiling and pretending to be indifferent, but only she knew how could she not care? People's hearts are grown in flesh, and she is not strong at all.

Before making her friend Tao Ti, she cried many times in the quilt in the middle of the night.

Suddenly, a handsome and comfortable noble son said he likes her? This feeling was really the same as being hit by a pie. She always felt that it was an unreal dream.

She instinctively had to escape, she was afraid that others would laugh at her—"Toads want to eat swan meat too? Are you worthy? Look in the mirror!"

Tao Ti understood Xu Wenchan's answer.

It turned out to be low self-esteem.

She pursed her lips and sighed inwardly, which seemed a little difficult.

At the same time, Piandian.

Li Gui offered two cups of fragrant jasmine and bird tongue tea, and then left with a group of palace people.

Emperor Zhaokang ate a lot today, with a little support in his stomach, he leaned lazily on the couch, squinted and sighed, "You prince concubine's cooking skills are still very desirable...just one less bowl of longevity noodles. She organizes your birthday banquet, why did she miss this?"

Pei Yan said, "Ati said, eat cake at noon, and at night she cooks me longevity noodles."

Emperor Zhaokang choked, an embarrassment flashed across his solemn face, "Oh, this way."

He picked up the teacup and brought it to his mouth. He wanted to drink or not, and suddenly said, "Your mother...she also cooked me a bowl of longevity noodles before."

Yuan Yuan is not good at cooking, the noodles in the bowl are a little mushy and salty, and the eggs are burnt black.

She was going to throw it away, but he stopped it, and she ate it cleanly as if she had obtained a treasure, and there was no drop of noodle soup left.

Yuanyuan watched him eat quietly, her delicate face was not as cold as before under the dim candlelight, he seemed to see a bit of gentleness.

"That bowl of noodles is the best noodles I have ever eaten in my life." Emperor Zhaokang rubbed the wall of the cup and returned to reality from his memories. The smile in his eyes was replaced by boundless loneliness.

Pei Yan lowered his eyes calmly, not knowing how to answer the conversation.

He even suspected that this was true, or his father's conjecture.

After being quiet for a while, Emperor Zhaokang's conversation turned and talked about the Gu family, "I just saw the two children of your uncle's house. I didn't expect that they would be so big when they were dazzling..."

Hearing about the Gu family's affairs, Pei Yan became cautious and said warmly, "Yes, my cousin Minglan married and reconciled three years ago, and Brother Hong is about to win."

Emperor Zhaokang nodded, "Sister Lan is the niece most loved by her mother and her mother. If that didn't happen at the time, and Gu's family will still stay in Chang'an, I will definitely point sister Lan to a good marriage."

Pei Yan pursed his lips and said nothing.

Emperor Zhaokang was also silent for a while, the sunlight outside the window weakened a bit, and the light came in through the supporting window.

The emperor is lonely, he has many things he wants to say to others, but no one can share.

Standing on the top of these ten thousand people, his heart is very empty.

He wanted to tell his son, but in front of a future emperor, does an old emperor want to complain or show his fragility? He can't do it.

After a long period of quiet, Emperor Zhaokang drank half a cup of tea and straightened up, "Yan'er, Xu Wenhe said that your body can be restored to health if you take care of your body for another half a year."

Pei Yan nodded, "Yes, Mr. Xu's medical skills are superb, and thanks to your father, you bothered to find him for your children."

Emperor Zhaokang said unhurriedly, "When you are in good health, this prince will be able to go to jail. Yan'er, what you should know, for so many years, the prince in my heart is always only you."

Hearing that, Pei Yan got up from the couch and respectfully saluted Emperor Zhaokang.

Emperor Zhaokang leaned out, stretched out his hand to hold Pei Yan's hand, squinted his black eyes, and said earnestly, "I know that these years have made you wronged. But if you want to be a good emperor with a long history, you are doing something. Before making some decisions, think twice..."

Pei Yan's heart sank suddenly, the corners of his mouth tightened, and he said in a solemn voice, "Thank you for your father's teachings. But—"

Instead, he held Emperor Zhaokang's hand, "My son will think twice before doing things, but others may not be so cautious, for fear that it will hurt the father's heart."

Emperor Zhaokang knew what he wanted to say, and felt tired again.

He frowned, took his hand out of Pei Yan's hand, leaned back on the soft pillow, and squeezed his eyebrows.

Pei Yan whispered, "My father is tired, and my son arranged a sedan chair to send my father back to Zichen Palace to rest."

Emperor Zhaokang did not refuse, Pei Yan turned around and went out.

Hearing the fading footsteps, Emperor Zhaokang closed his eyes, and finally turned into a long sigh.