"That's good!" Ye Miaoyun's face was full of smiles: "In this way, your father won't feel any pressure."

“Those people are so greedy. Father has been on the throne for less than two months, and they are already urging him to adopt a member of the imperial family and make him the crown prince. Is this because someone is instigating this, or do they think Father will not have his own children?” Ye Xianya said with a cold snort, “No wonder he was angry and punished some people.”

“Someone must have instigated this. We were afraid they would do something desperate, so we kept the pregnancy a secret.” Ye Miaoyun said, looking at her daughter, “What exactly did Princess An and Qi Yu say today? They made you angry.”

If my daughter wasn't angry, she wouldn't have caused them trouble in public.

"It's all about the throne. That Qi Yu is still fantasizing that her brother can become the crown prince and then the emperor, so she can suppress us in the future," Ye Xianya said, shaking her head.

Putting aside whether they have the ability or not, even if Qi Yu's brother eventually becomes emperor, so what? Can he still do anything to her?

What if she changes the person sitting on the dragon throne if she's unhappy?

Ye Xianya was speechless at the thought of a group of self-righteous people.

The mother and daughter chatted for a while before Ye Xianya left.

When she returned to Liuyun Palace, she found that Zhengzheng was not there.

"Furong, have you seen Zhengzheng?" Ye Xianya asked while sending a message to Zhengzheng.

Of course, the little guy couldn't go to the banquet with her. Besides, it didn't like those kinds of occasions, so Ye Xianya had someone prepare good wine and its favorite roasted meat for it.

The food was all eaten, but Zhengzheng was nowhere to be seen.

"Your Highness, I didn't see Zhengzheng when I came back earlier," Shen Furong shook her head.

"I reckon it went to the princess's residence to find those spirit beasts again," Ye Xianya said with a smile.

The little guy found living in the palace quite boring, so he always liked to run outside, but Ye Xianya didn't restrain him.

Not long after, she received a message from Zhengzheng.

The little guy did indeed go to the princess's residence.

Today is Ye Xianya's birthday. She originally didn't plan to tell fortunes and wanted to rest for a day, but Zhengzheng went to the princess's residence instead. She was bored staying here and couldn't stay in the palace and "monopolize" her mother.

Father always liked to pester Mother, especially after Mother became pregnant, so Ye Xianya naturally had to avoid her.

"Furong, I'm going to the Princess's residence. You can stay in Liuyun Palace. I'll bring Zhengzheng back with me after dinner." After saying this, Ye Xianya hurried off.

When she arrived, she discovered that Qi Chengshuo and the elders had also prepared a birthday banquet for her.

Zhengzheng, that little rascal, has been bribed by Qi Chengshuo. He deliberately went over there to send her a message, wanting to give her a surprise.

"Sister, Qi Chengshuo and the elders prepared these dishes together today. I helped out too. Please try them." Zhengzheng said with a smile.

It's a bird, so of course it can't cook. The others are so-so, but they look alright.

Ye Xianya had already eaten in the palace, but... it was a palace banquet, and some of the dishes were cold. Plus, she didn't really like the rich, meaty dishes, so she didn't eat much.

She had originally planned to have some more food with Zhengzheng after returning to Liuyun Palace.

Now it's great, there's something ready-made.

She never expected that Qi Chengshuo and the five elders would personally cook and prepare a birthday banquet for her.

Moreover, it tastes pretty good.

"Celebrating my birthday twice in one day, this is truly the first time," Ye Xianya said with a smile.

Qi Chengshuo was about to say something when he heard Zhengzheng's voice.

"If you like it, we'll celebrate your birthday twice a year from now on."

Upon hearing this, Ye Xianya reached out and gently rubbed Zhengzheng's head.

In her past life, she only knew how to bury herself in cultivation and never cared about anything else. In her opinion, celebrating birthdays was a waste of time and she would avoid it if possible. In her memory, she only went to Taiyi Sect for two years and was still young when her senior brothers and sisters celebrated her birthday.

Qi Chengshuo prepared a white and purple jade hairpin for Ye Xianya, with a budding purple magnolia on the head, a flower that Ye Xianya liked very much.

They had been practicing together on Zizhu Mountain for the past few months. Once, while walking in the mountains, they saw a purple magnolia tree. Ye Xianya said she liked this flower, so Qi Chengshuo wrote it down.

This hairpin was made by Qi Chengshuo himself after watching the craftsmen of the Imperial Household Department carve it. He now has very subtle control over his strength, so this was not a difficult task for him. However, he did ruin a few precious pieces of jade.

"This jade hairpin has a faint spiritual energy inside," Ye Xianya said with a smile after taking it and examining it.

The carving skills are actually not as good as those of the craftsmen in the Imperial Household Department, but Qi Chengshuo is already very good at it.

She could also sense the presence of spiritual energy emanating from the jade hairpin, indicating that the jade was extraordinary.

"This is a piece of jade that my people, who were sent out to search for rare and precious materials, obtained by chance. Compared to ordinary jade, this piece is more lustrous and has a rare purple color. Moreover, it contains white jade as well. The two colors mixed together are very beautiful. I cut it into several large pieces. I originally wanted to carve a couple more beaded flowers for you, but unfortunately, I'm too clumsy and wasted a lot of material. In the end, I only got this one hairpin," Qi Chengshuo said somewhat awkwardly.

He overestimated himself.

I should have practiced with other types of jade.

“Once the spiritual energy of heaven and earth recovers, this kind of jade will probably become a spirit stone in many years, and a high-quality one at that,” Ye Xianya said with a smile.

If Qi Chengshuo were to wear this hairpin, the faint spiritual energy it contains would nourish the body, making one healthy, with a rosy complexion, and aging more slowly than the average person.

Although it wasn't very useful to her, Ye Xianya liked it very much.

Qi Chengshuo could also tell that she was very satisfied with the birthday gift he had prepared.

"If you like it, I'll give you a pair of jade-carved purple magnolia beaded flowers next year for your birthday, okay?" Qi Chengshuo said with a smile.

It matched the hairpin in her hand perfectly.

“Okay!” Ye Xianya nodded.

She really likes it.

She didn't particularly like those ornate hairpins inlaid with many gemstones.

When she left the palace today, she changed out of her magnificent wedding dress and removed the precious hairpins and ornaments she had worn that morning, dressing as usual.

However, she had already reached the age of marriage, so her hair was styled in the bun of an adult woman, and she definitely looked different from before.

Ye Xianya went back inside and tried it on; the hairpin suited her quite well.

"I never would have guessed that Qi Chengshuo, a mere warrior, would be so meticulous. He not only prepared a birthday gift for my sister, but he also made it himself." Zhengzheng pouted and said, "That traitor prepared something for you in secret without telling me. I didn't even prepare anything else for my sister."