Half a month before Xiao Wonton's birthday, Yun Shu received a letter from Qin Zheng.
Qin Zheng had mentioned that he would come back to celebrate his son's first birthday. According to time calculation, Qin Zheng should be on the way when this letter arrives, and he would not be too far from the capital.
Yun Ji's heart was finally relieved.
Who knew that just two days before Little Wonton's birthday, Qin Zheng still hadn't come home.
Yun Jie comforted herself and said that maybe Qin Zheng would step in and show up on the day before or on the day of Little Wonton's birthday. But until the day of Little Wonton's birthday, Qin Zheng still didn't come back.
The Prince Regent's Mansion was decorated with lanterns and decorations, all for the first birthday of the Prince's only mistress.
On this day, the Prince Regent's Palace, which had been closed for a while, also opened its doors and welcomed the guests who came to attend Little Wonton's first-year banquet.
According to Yun Xi's idea, she would hold a small and warm birthday party. It would be okay to invite close relatives and friends. However, the emperor and empress felt that the previous full moon banquet and hundred-day banquet had wronged their nephew, so this first birthday banquet was natural.
We need to do the key points.
Yun Ji had no choice. They wanted to hold a grand birthday party for her son. Wouldn't it be disrespectful for her to refuse?
What's more, the banquet is actually being organized by someone, and she, the hostess, only needs to attend with her son in her arms.
But seeing that the birthday party had arrived, Qin Zheng hadn't come back yet.
The excitement around her made Yun Shu feel more and more anxious. If she hadn't been holding her son, she would have almost lost control and gone to find Qin Zheng.
There were many guests, and all of them wanted to get close to Yun Ji. Whether they were envious or jealous, they all wanted to get into the Regent's palace.
The female guest was okay, but the male guest was a little regretful.
The regent is still at the border and has not returned, so they can't do it even if they want to.
Listening to those people saying nice and auspicious words, Yun Shu just responded perfunctorily, not enthusiastically.
Yun Jie was thinking about Qin Zheng, but others didn't know it. Instead, she felt that Yun Jie looked down on people, and only Liu Yanran saw that something was wrong with her. But in this situation, it was not convenient for Liu Yanran to go there.
In this way, I finally waited until the first anniversary party was over.
The guests dispersed and the noisy palace returned to calm.
Yun Ji asked Uncle She to keep an eye on the servants to clean up the mess of the banquet. She gave the little wontons to the wet nurse to take care of. Then she went to the palace after she woke up. She wanted to see if the emperor had any news about Qin Zheng?
After all, if it was related to state affairs, she would naturally not know about it. She would not ask in detail. All she wanted was to get accurate information about Qin Zheng to see if he was safe.
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royal palace, royal study
The emperor seemed to have expected that Yun Ji would go. He asked people to invite Yun Ji in, leaving only the trusted eunuch waiting in the study.
"I've seen the emperor brother——"
"Get flat."
"Thank you, Brother Huang." Yun Ji stood up.
"I heard that Little Wonton caught Zhou with a sword and a pen. This means he inherited A Zheng's civil and military skills." Before Yun Xi could speak, the emperor said with a smile.
The emperor and the empress actually wanted to go to their nephew's birthday party in person, but they had different statuses. Going there would only make the guests attending the birthday party feel awkward. Moreover, since the nephew was a junior, if they went, they would only make people talk about it.
Finally, the emperor and the empress had people organize a birthday banquet with She Bo. They also asked the eunuch himself to send congratulatory gifts to the couple. At the same time, they also asked the eunuch to attend the birthday banquet on their behalf and observe the ceremony.
After the eunuch came back, he reported everything that happened at Xiao Wonton's birthday party to them. The couple then learned that the nephew had grabbed a pen and a small sword when he arrested Zhou. The couple was very happy.
I'm happy, A Zheng is awesome, even his son seems to be awesome now.
Yun Ji smiled after listening to the emperor's words. Capturing Zhou was just a ritual. She didn't believe that whatever she caught would lead to a career in the future, or how powerful she would be. But the emperor was happy, so she naturally wouldn't deny coming to sweep him.
His pleasure.
"The prince also said that Little Wonton has a strong body and will teach him martial arts in the future." Yun Shu smiled, then frowned, with a sad look on his face, "He also said that he would come back to attend Little Wonton's birthday party, but so far he has not
He hasn't come back yet. Brother Emperor, I wonder if the prince has a letter for you?"
Yun Ji stopped beating around the bush and asked directly.
She was naturally beautiful, and this slight frown made people feel even more distressed. However, although Yun Ji was the emperor's younger sibling, she and the empress regarded her as almost a daughter.
He also knew that Yun Shu and Yao Di had a good relationship, so he was worried about his brother not coming back for a long time.
In fact, Yun Shu was not only worried, he was also worried about Yao Di. Yao Di had also written to him before. In addition to state affairs, he also mentioned that he would come back to attend Xiao Wonton's birthday party.
After Yaodi returned from not seeing him for a long time, he had already sent people to search for him. No news has come yet, but the emperor felt that sometimes no news is actually the best news.
"Ah Ji, I also received news that Ah Zheng is coming back. But he hasn't come back yet. Maybe something happened to delay him on the way. Don't worry. I have already sent someone to pick up Ah Zheng.
Well, A Zheng himself is very skilled and there are guards around him, so he will be fine. If you wait a little longer, maybe he will come back."
Yun Ji's heart skipped a beat after hearing the emperor's words. Even the emperor didn't know what happened to A Zheng?
You said A Zheng might have been delayed along the way?
What kind of thing prevented him from even coming back to attend his son's first birthday party?
Besides, although he is very skilled, he does have guards around him. However, no matter how powerful a person is, sometimes he makes a mistake. Who can guarantee that everything will be fine?
The more Yun Shu thought about it, the more worried she became, but she didn't show it when facing the emperor. After all, the emperor also loved his younger brother Qin Zheng very much, so she was probably as worried as she was at the moment.
Yun Ji calmed down and replied to the emperor: "What the emperor said is that A Zheng will be back soon."
This is their expectation.
"Yes, A Zheng will be back soon."
After Yun Ji learned that the emperor had no news about Qin Zheng, she left quickly.
Yun Ji couldn't calm down after returning to the palace. She looked at her son who was already sleeping soundly. The child was already one year old, had grown up a lot, and could already stagger around.
It's a pity that A Zheng missed all this.
But just missing these things, it would be better to spend more time with the child in the future to compensate for the child. But what she was afraid of was that if something happened to him and he abandoned their mother and son, what would she do?
Yun Shu had long been accustomed to having Qin Zheng by her side. She couldn't imagine what it would be like to lose him suddenly. Moreover, the child was so young that she couldn't live without her father's company.
Yun Shu thought about it again and again, and decided to find Qin Zheng in person. She didn't believe that he would really be willing to leave their mother and son...