When she looked up, she found that Zhao Yiming's face was slightly red, his eyes were burning, and his handsome face was very close to her, and was still getting closer.
"Um...you should ask for silver."
At the critical moment, Tian An turned his head and looked down at a drawer of crystal bead flowers.
“Ahem…”
Zhao Yiming came back to his senses awkwardly. After a while, he took out a piece of paper from his lapel and gave it to Tian An, "There is silver too."
Tian An took the paper and opened it, only to find that it was a contract for the creation of Donggong Liulichang.
Zhao Yiming explained, "This is a reward for you. The production of colored glaze windows and silver mirrors guarantees the long-term sales of Liulichang.
For your safety, it is not appropriate to reward you openly, so your uncle the Emperor will give you another 10% from his share.
Otherwise, with your achievements, if they could be made public, you would be more than qualified to be made a county lady or even a princess."
"No, no, no." Tian An smiled and put away the profit-sharing contract.
She doesn't care much about fame and fortune, money is more practical.
After she put away the contract, Zhao Yiming opened another drawer of the dressing table, which was filled with jade bracelets.
"You said before that you like natural jade. When the emperor's uncle gave me these jades as a reward, I took them all."
Tian An stared at the drawer full of bracelets in amazement and swallowed his saliva. How much silver must this be worth? "Isn't this too much?"
"If I just change one every day, I can wear a different one for several months without repeating it!"
"If you like it, keep it for yourself. If you don't like it, give it away. The daily rewards for the maids are also a considerable expense."
Tian An nodded. It seemed that she had not given anything to Chunxi and the others since Zhao Yiming bought them pearl flowers when he passed the imperial examination. The maids didn't have any jewelry on them, so she could pick out some bracelets for them later.
Zhao Yiming closed the two drawers for her and took her to the wardrobe.
Not surprisingly, the wardrobe was also changed.
"After we moved in, we used all the leftover furniture from the previous mansion. I thought the wardrobe you made in Jinning County was pretty good, so I took this opportunity to make you a new one."
Zhao Yiming opened the wardrobe and saw dresses of various colors hanging all over the wardrobe.
Then he fumbled around in a closet compartment and pulled out a large dressing mirror. "With this mirror, it will be much easier for you to get dressed."
Tian An looked at herself in the mirror, who was starting to grow taller, and then she noticed that the person in the mirror looked almost 80% like herself in her previous life. According to this trend, in two years she would probably look exactly like herself in her previous life.
Seeing her in a daze, Zhao Yiming waved his hand in front of her eyes, "What are you thinking about?"
"Ah? Oh! I was wondering what day it is today and why you gave me so many good things!" Tian An said casually.
But looking at Zhao Yiming's expression of smiling but not saying anything, she asked uncertainly, "What day is it really?"
Zhao Yiming wanted to reach out and rub her head affectionately, "You'll know tonight."
Seeing him stretch out his claws, Tian An quickly tilted his head to avoid him, "It will be difficult to comb my hair if it gets messed up."
Alas! To be honest, she still can't complete a bun here by herself. It's too difficult. She tried several times and almost got her hair all tangled, so she gave up decisively.
Seeing that Zhao Yiming didn't say anything, she didn't bother to ask. She would know it in the evening anyway.
In the evening, the dishes on the table seemed particularly rich, and some of them were cooked by Madam Xiao and Granny Qin themselves. Even the family of the newly-acquainted godmother came to the meal.
Unfortunately, she still hasn't guessed what day it is today.
After dinner, Zhao Yiming took her, Xiaokang, Xiaoqi, his two brothers and An Yikun to go shopping.
The strange thing is that along the way, the few people did not go shopping in shops or eat at street stalls, as if they really just wanted to walk around the street.
Until he returned home, Tian An still had no idea what they were doing on the street.
After entering the gate, Tian An vaguely felt that there was something strange in the mansion today, but he couldn't tell what was strange.
It was not until they reached the hanging flower gate that she remembered what was strange.
It was quiet, too quiet. Ever since Ah Bing's foot injury healed, he had taken over the security of the mansion. He selected a group of people from the wounded village and the village to form a guard team, including Qiushan Dashu and Xiaofeng.
In the past, they would patrol every night, and there were other servants busy coming and going in the mansion. But tonight, after returning to the mansion, they only saw the gatekeeper Liu Dabian at the gatehouse and no one else. Moreover, the general's mansion was darker than usual tonight. This was too strange.
Tian An figured out what was wrong in the mansion and was about to pull Zhao Yiming to remind him when he saw that the sky ahead suddenly became as bright as day.
Tian An looked up and saw that everyone in the mansion was holding lanterns, maids and servants were standing on both sides, and the masters were standing in the middle, blocking the road ahead.
Including her godfather and godmother, Grandma Qin and Madam Xiao, her adoptive father, and a group of servants, everyone had a smile on their face.
Tian An was confused. What was going on?
Before she could come to her senses, Chun Xi, who was standing in front of the maids, smiled and walked towards her. When she got in front of her, she said, "Happy birthday, Miss." Then she handed her a rose in her hand.
Only then did Tian An realize that each of them was holding a flower in their hands. Not only roses, but also chrysanthemums, and all other flowers that were in full bloom at this time of year.
He took the flowers from Chunxi's hand blankly. Next came Chen Qiang, then Mangzhong, A Bing, Deng Shuang, and Chen Feng...
Finally, it was her godfather and godmother, her biological father Tian Mingwu, and even Xiaokang and Xiaoqi. They all got a flower from somewhere and lined up with everyone to say "Happy Birthday" to her and then gave her the flowers.
I don’t know when or who thoughtfully prepared a large bucket for her and placed it next to her, so that she could put the things in the bucket when she couldn’t hold it anymore.
Seeing how thoughtful their preparations were, Tian An was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. After she calmed down, she realized that today was her birthday.
This is the first time I’ve celebrated my birthday in two lives. I didn’t expect it to be like this. It feels so good that someone cares about me, someone remembers me, and someone blesses me.
After everyone had given their blessings and presented flowers, the crowd dispersed to both sides, and Tian An discovered that behind them was a large three-layer fruit cream cake.
Zhao Yiming took Tian An's hand and walked towards the cake. In a voice only the two of them could hear, he whispered, "It's not convenient to put candles on your birthday here, so I lit the lamp for you."
Zhao Yiming just stretched out his hand and made a gesture, and a servant came to Tian An with a lit Kongming lantern from somewhere.
Nanny Xiao personally walked over to her carrying a tray with pens and ink.
Zhao Yiming picked up a pen, dipped it in ink, and handed it to her, "Write down your birthday wish!"
Tian An looked around at everyone present, took the pen, and wrote on the Kongming lantern: "May everyone be safe and happy, free from illness and disaster, have a smooth life, and may their dreams come true."
Then the Kongming lantern carrying Tian An's wish slowly rose up.
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