The second princess's birthday is on the second day of the fifth lunar month.

It was around the time of the Dragon Boat Festival. Because she was a princess, in previous years, the various places in the mansion would simply send some gifts. The second princess's birthday was just a lively celebration in the east courtyard.

Now that the Fourth Prince has been granted the title of Prince of the County, he is injured and has given instructions not to make a fuss about it, so the mansion remains as low-key and quiet as ever.

Li Chenjiao had anticipated this, but she hadn't gone to the front yard since returning from it that day.

They would simply send some food to the front yard every day or every other day, but there were no more visits.

However, in the past three to five days, Song and Wu have all gone to the front yard to visit, but whether they saw the Fourth Master or not is unknown.

Since yesterday, the Fourth Master of the front courtyard had Su Peisheng personally deliver a message, the gist of which was that the Fourth Master needed to rest quietly and should not be disturbed.

From today onwards, no one will go to the front yard anymore.

However, today is the Second Princess's birthday, so Li Chenjiao got up very early and personally "instructed" Pingniang to make a bowl of lean meat porridge outside the small kitchen.

It is meant to signify "complete happiness and abundance".

Actually, it was just because the Second Princess only liked to drink porridge for breakfast, and Li Chenjiao also wanted to drink porridge at that moment.

However, this bowl of porridge was personally brought out from the small kitchen by Li Chenjiao and then personally placed in front of the little girl. She also watched the little girl make it herself, so it should be considered as her mother making it herself, right?

Li Chenjiao's cooking skills were neither good nor bad. It wasn't that she was unwilling, but Pingniang and Qiaoniang absolutely refused, and the maids also said that she couldn't cook after she finished her postpartum period.

The maids were thinking of her health, and also, how could servants allow their mistress to go into the small kitchen?

This is simply due to one's status.

However, Li Chenjiao had only cooked occasionally at home in the past, and had indeed become rusty in recent years, so she simply gave up cooking altogether.

After Li Chenjiao personally fed the second princess the porridge, she bent down and gently wiped the little girl's mouth.

"Our second princess has grown another year older."

The little girl blinked her big eyes, probably because she felt ticklish, and just giggled.

Today, Li Chenjiao was prepared to spend the whole day playing with the little girl.

However, she usually spends most of her time with the Second Princess.

For the Second Princess, her birthday seemed no different from any other day.

After all, Li Chenjiao, the mother, treated the Second Princess the same way regardless of whether it was her birthday or not.

The mother and daughter were a little late for breakfast. After breakfast, the little girl said she wanted to go play in the garden. Li Chenjiao knew that the little girl would make this plan, so she changed into a refreshing summer outfit when she got up to do her hair this morning. It was already quite hot in May.

Before the mother and daughter could even leave the house, they heard Qiu Hu outside say that the eldest princess had come to visit. Upon hearing this, Li Chenjiao asked Qiu Hu to invite the eldest princess in.

The two little girls got along well. The eldest princess was old enough to learn to read and write, or perhaps she didn't know her own birthday. However, Wang Shi, who was always by the eldest princess's side, was always the one with the most proper manners.

Just as Li Chenjiao was thinking, the eldest princess came in from outside.

It was already quite late outside. When the eldest princess came in, she was slightly out of breath. She was a beautiful girl with her hair tied up in a braid, adorned with two delicate pearl flowers, and her hair was very plain in color.

The little girl knelt down to greet her mother, Li: "Greetings to Mother Li."

The second princess then walked from Li Chenjiao's side to the eldest princess's side. Seeing the eldest princess bow, she imitated her in a similar manner, but her words were not very clear.

The two girls were half a head apart.

Li Chenjiao called out, both amused and exasperated, as the eldest princess spoke fluently: "Mother Li, I have something I want to say to my second sister."

Li Chenjiao noticed what Wang Shi was holding behind her, and she nodded knowingly: "Go play at Second Princess's place... If you're hungry, have Green Bamboo and the others bring you cakes."

The eldest princess had visited the East Courtyard many times, and now she was less afraid and shy in front of Li Chenjiao. After Li Chenjiao agreed and she greeted her, she was then pulled outside by the second princess.

Li Chenjiao leaned back against the large cushion on the soft couch, and she relaxed now: "Well, thanks to the eldest princess, I can be lazy again today. Fourth Master hasn't sent anything yet."

Qiu Hu, who had been smiling, immediately stopped smiling when she heard the second half of her master's sentence: "Yes, not yet. Perhaps something has delayed us."

Even Li Chenjiao herself didn't believe this. Last year, when the Second Princess celebrated her birthday, the Fourth Prince sent gifts early in the morning. If it was delayed, then it was probably really delayed.

Li Chenjiao wouldn't show these things to the Second Princess. She calmly instructed, "If the Fourth Master is too busy to send the Second Princess's birthday gift, then prepare the things I have already prepared in the storeroom."

Ever since Li Chenjiao returned from the front yard, everything had already been prepared here.

Soon, the laughter of two little girls came from the other room. Li Chenjiao looked out the window and saw that the pomegranate flowers outside were already in full bloom, adorning the courtyard wall.

Qiu Hu moved her lips, but in the end she just quietly stayed by her master's side.

"My lord, Princess Niohuru has sent something over to thank you for your kindness that day," Green Plum said as she bowed and entered to deliver the message.

Li Chenjiao was stunned for two seconds before realizing that the so-called "favor of that day" referred to the time on the Second Prince's birthday when she casually helped Niohuru in the Qing Courtyard.

Niohuru's injury that day wasn't serious. Five or six days have passed, and she estimated that she was almost fully recovered before sending someone to deliver a gift of thanks.

It wasn't something worth worrying about, but Li Chenjiao thought for a couple of seconds, resting her chin on her hand: "What did Princess Niohuru send?"

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