jdhmnovel Chapter 132 Yu Ningyao's 5th Birthday
Chapter 132 Yu Ningyao's 5th Birthday
After Shen Youqian left with Shen Yuanbao, the crowd gathered around.
"My dear, what did your older cousin say to you?" Yu Kangjing asked, very curious.
"He didn't say anything. He just told me to be a good boy and that he would invite me to Hangzhou later." Yu Ningyao shook her head, determined not to reveal her secret with her older cousin.
She wouldn't tell them that her older cousin had left money for the servants at the Shen residence, instructing them to buy meat every two days and keep it in the study for her to eat secretly.
Seeing that they couldn't get any information out of her, Yu Kangjing and Shen Jinzhu didn't worry about it too much. They just quietly instructed the maid to keep an eye on her and make sure she didn't get into any danger.
Two days later, they learned what Shen Yuanbao had done.
The couple were both amused and exasperated.
But in order to feed their children, they turned a blind eye and pretended not to notice anything.
This situation lasted for nearly three years.
The day of mourning finally came to an end.
Yu Ningyao wished she could ask her father to buy some firecrackers to celebrate.
Finally, she can eat meat openly and honestly. She has really sacrificed so much over the years just to have a bite of meat!
[Don't just focus on eating meat, sweetheart, our mission! Mission!]
You haven't forgotten everything, have you?
The system is in tears.
Don't worry, I know what I'm doing.
The princess said she'd have a big celebration for my fifth birthday this year, and she'd definitely find a suitable teacher.
"It's just three skills for vying for favor, I'll teach you them all!"
Yu Ningyao patted her chest and assured him.
Her words finally reassured the system a lot.
This year's birthday of Yu Ningyao was not only important to Princess Ningle, but also to Yu Kangjing and his wife.
In recent years, during the mourning period, the children's birthdays have been celebrated simply and without any grand celebrations.
This time, they will make up for everything they owed their daughter.
Soon it was Yu Ningyao's birthday.
Shen Jinzhu had ordered people to take her measurements and make seven or eight new outfits for her well in advance.
Yu Ningyao's eyes were dazzled by the choices.
The maidservant helped her try on each dress one by one until she finally chose a begonia-red ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress) inlaid with gold thread.
After trying on the clothes, Yu Ningyao was exhausted.
Shen Jinzhu was outside greeting the ladies and young ladies who were coming to the banquet.
Because of her status as the adopted daughter of the Duke of Ning Le, the ladies of prominent families in the capital all came. Even those who couldn't attend sent congratulatory gifts.
As Yu Ningyao's aunt, Cui Ruixin naturally had to attend this banquet.
Seeing so many noble ladies celebrating Yu Ningyao's birthday, Cui Ruixin's eyes turned red with anger.
These privileges that should have belonged to her, Weiwei, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis's mansion, have now all fallen on this wild girl, Yu Ningyao.
Looking at the still bewildered Yu Danying, her dissatisfaction grew even stronger.
If she didn't want Chunque to have a hard time, she wouldn't have taken this brat and raised her.
Her Vivi is still the best.
Thinking of Yu Ruowei, who was learning martial arts from Master Qiuyue on Chunhua Mountain, Cui Ruixin's expression softened considerably.
In the future, when her Weiwei returns after completing her studies, she will definitely be more popular than Yu Ningyao!
"Mother, Second Sister's clothes are so beautiful!" Yu Danying couldn't help but praise Yu Ningyao when she saw her dressed up.
Cui Ruixin couldn't bear to hear her praise Yu Ningyao, and her face darkened.
She pulled Yu Danying into her arms, leaned close to her ear, and whispered harshly, "Shut up! What have I taught you? You're just like your mother, so uncouth. A piece of clothing makes you this surprised? Didn't I make you clothes? You shallow-minded idiot."
Yu Danying was startled.
She never expected her mother to scold her.
She pouted, almost bursting into tears.
The maidservant quickly took out a candy, put it in her palm, and took her away from Cui Ruixin's arms.
"Don't cry, Miss. So many people are watching."
Yu Danying looked at Cui Ruixin's gloomy face, sobbed twice, and didn't dare to cry anymore.
She just felt that her mother was very strange.
She's often nice to her one day and mean to her the next; she's terrified of her mother.
Her aunt was good to her, but her mother wouldn't allow her to see her aunt, because she would throw a tantrum whenever she saw her aunt.
In order not to upset her mother, Yu Danying, under the guidance of her maid, took the initiative to say that she would not see her aunt again.
This finally earned her a pleasant look from her mother.
He even took her out to banquets.
This was her first time going out to play.
She didn't expect that she had said the wrong thing again and angered her mother.
"Okay, Sister Xiaohe, I won't cry." Yu Danying pursed her lips and answered, forcing back her emotions.
Hearing this, Xiaohe finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Yu Ningyao, surrounded by admirers, was completely unaware of the little incident that was happening on their side.
There were just too many people here today.
She was the birthday girl, and her mother proudly introduced her to everyone, holding her hand.
Not wanting to embarrass her mother, she straightened her back, gave the guests a sweet smile, and greeted them politely.
Princess Ning Le sat to the side, looking at the increasingly clever and intelligent Yu Ningyao with great satisfaction.
After Cui Ruixin finished showing off her daughter, Yu Kangjing ordered someone to call Yu Ningyao away, as he also wanted to show off his daughter.
"Look, this is my daughter, Yaoyao. Isn't she adorable?"
Yu Ningyao obediently acted as the mascot, greeting all the uncles and grandfathers present.
The courtiers who had no daughters looked at him with envy.
"Brother Yu, you are truly blessed."
"Yes, yes, I wish I had such a lovely daughter."
The praise from everyone made Yu Kangjing feel quite smug.
He accidentally bumped into the maid who came to pour wine.
The maid gasped, thinking the wine pot was about to break, and turned pale with fright.
Just as he was about to kneel down, he saw the young lady reach out and grab the wine pot.
"Be careful." Yu Ningyao didn't expect to react so quickly and actually catch the wine pot that was falling in mid-air.
It seems that all those years of honing my hand speed by competing with the guy to catch fish have paid off.
Hey hey hey.
"Thank you, Miss." The maid breathed a long sigh of relief, her eyes brimming with tears of gratitude.
Before Yu Kangjing could even praise his daughter's abilities, he saw the current general, Lu Qingyun, excitedly slam his fist on the table and stand up.
"Little girl, would you like to learn martial arts from this old man?"
Yu Kangjing: ?
He couldn't bear to let his daughter suffer because martial arts training is so arduous.
Before he could refuse.
Yu Ningyao actually agreed.
"Yes, yes, I'm willing, old general!"
When her father introduced the guests to her one by one, she also asked the system to help her to refine the background information and special skills of these people.
I plan to select the best teachers from among them and then learn new skills.
This General Lu was a veteran of three reigns. He fought on the battlefield and won many battles. The emperor trusted the Lu family very much.
He was someone no one in the court dared to offend.
After all, his meteor hammer is no joke.
One blow from the hammer can turn a person into a meat patty.
The system is going crazy: [Host, do you think learning this will help you win favor?]
[Others perform dances for the crown prince, and you perform swinging a sledgehammer for him? Is that even acceptable???]
It never expected that its host would act so unpredictably.
It thought she would choose music, chess, calligraphy, and painting.
What's the use of choosing a martial artist to learn from? What favor can they gain?