Chapter 199 Enlightenment

Jiang Shu, who was already curious, became even more itchy after hearing what Yu Zheng said, and urged Yu Zheng to open it quickly.

Yu Zheng smiled with his lips bent, and under Jiang Shu's scorching gaze, he opened the box.

A yellow amulet lay quietly in the box, light and heavy.

"This is... amulet." Jiang Shu was slightly startled, completely surprised.

"Yes." Yu Zheng reached out and took it out, and put it in his arms skillfully.

Jiang Shu's almond eyes flashed slightly, and he asked with some doubt: "My mother gives you amulets as a birthday gift every year?"

This is really unique.

Yu Zheng nodded and explained, "Ever since I was assassinated when I left the palace at the age of thirteen, my mother has given me a lucky charm on my birthday, every year."

At the end, Yu Zheng added, "This lucky charm was obtained by my mother from the Huguo Temple."

Jiang Shu understood immediately after hearing this.

This is not a lucky charm, but a loving mother's heart.

Although Concubine Yu Gui is the most favored and respected concubine in the six palaces, she is just an ordinary mother when facing her own child, hoping that the child is safe.

"My mother is thoughtful." Jiang Shu is now pregnant, and can especially understand Concubine Yu Gui's feelings.

Yu Zheng also understood, pursed his lips and said: "She is in the palace and I am outside the palace. I can only feel at ease when I wear her."

The two were talking in the inner room, and Tan Yu whispered outside: "Prince, Princess, it's time for lunch."

"Let's go." Yu Zheng put down the empty box and took Jiang Shu to the outer room for lunch.

After the morning lesson, Jiang Shu didn't dare to be willful at lunch and ate half a bowl of rice.

In the afternoon, Yu Zheng accompanied Jiang Shu for a nap for half an hour. Not

long after the two got up, Zhuiyun came to report: "Master, Lord Zhou is here."

Zhou Boxu?

Yu Zheng heard it, said to Jiang Shu, and got up to go to the study.

Jiang Shu lazily leaned on the couch and took a book to read.

After reading for a while, Jiang Shu suddenly felt the urgency and hurriedly got up to go to the toilet.

When she returned to the house, Yu Lan and Sun Yijun were sitting at the table in the outer room, looking at her with a smile.

Jiang Shu was stunned for a moment, then asked with a smile: "When did you come?"

Yu Lan said: "I just came not long ago, and A Zheng wrote to say that you are pregnant. It happened to be A Zheng's birthday today, so I thought of coming to see you and celebrate A Zheng's birthday."

Jiang Shu looked at Sun Yijun, not understanding how she got together with Yu Lan.

"There are so many people here, Yijun happened to go to see me today, so she came together." Yu Lan explained.

"That's great, I'm just bored." Jiang Shu smiled and told Chu Yu Shuanghua to prepare fruit and tea.

It was cold in winter, and in order to drink hot tea at any time, Shuanghua made a small red clay stove, filled a purple clay teapot with boiling water and tea leaves, and put it on the stove to cook.

Glancing at the pine nuts, walnuts and fruit snacks on the table, Sun Yijun said, "In winter, we should eat sugar-roasted chestnuts."

Jiang Shu heard this and hurriedly asked Tan Yu to order someone to buy them.

"By the way, buy a few strings of candied haws and lotus."

Sun Yijun's eyes lit up when she heard this: "You still understand me."

Candied haws and lotus seeds are not rare, but as ladies from wealthy families, they have to pay attention to the rules of clothing and food, and cannot eat arbitrarily.

"I really envy you. You have no parents to restrict you, and no parents-in-law to control you. You can do whatever you want." Sun Yijun looked envious.

She will marry into the Rong Wang Mansion in March next year. Although the Rong Wang and Rong Wangfei are kind, they still have to control her a little. She is not as free as Jiang Shu.

Of course, Sun Yijun is also very content. Compared to other great families in Shangjing, Prince Rong and his wife were very nice.

Sun Yijun reached out to take some snacks, and Jiang Shu smelled the sweet fruity fragrance from the bracelet on her wrist, and asked in surprise: "Did you change the scent beads?"

When she gave it to her before, the scent beads in the bracelet had a floral scent.

"Well, I like fruity scents." Sun Yijun turned the bracelet on her fair wrist, and said with joy: "This bracelet is very wonderful, and I don't have to wear a sachet."

Jiang Shu's gift won her heart.

"I'm glad you like it." Jiang Shu was also very happy.

The three of them drank tea and ate snacks while chatting, feeling comfortable, relaxed, and happy.

When the servants bought back the candied haws and sugar-roasted chestnuts, the three of them had eaten half full.

Jiang Shu and Sun Yijun swallowed their saliva at the same time when they saw the red, crystal-clear and ruby-like candied haws.

They each took a string and couldn't wait to bite off a piece to taste.

It was crispy on the outside and sandy on the inside, sour and sweet. Jiang Shu felt so comfortable after swallowing it, and couldn't help eating one after another.

"This is the taste, it's really delicious." Sun Yijun's cheeks were puffy, and she half-closed her eyes with a satisfied look.

Jiang Shu saw Yu Lan peeling chestnuts instead of eating candied haws, and couldn't help wondering: "Why don't you eat it, sister?"

Yu Lan said: "I don't like sour food, and Yan'er likes to eat fried chestnuts, so I peel some for him."

Today is Yu Zheng's birthday, and she stayed in the palace for dinner. Zhuang Yan will definitely come after school.

"Yun'er will be home from school in a while, so eat some while it's still hot, sister." Jiang Shu said, biting off another candied haws.

This winter, it was her first time to eat candied haws.

This thing is not rare or expensive, and she didn't like it much in previous years, but today, she felt it was delicious for some reason.

Seeing that Jiang Shu was eating happily, Yu Lan poured her a cup of hot tea and brought a plate of chestnuts she had peeled in front of Jiang Shu.

"Drink some tea and eat some chestnuts. It's not good to eat hawthorn when you're pregnant. Just eat two to relieve your gluttony. If you really want to eat something sour, eat oranges."

"Thank you, sister." Jiang Shu was a little flattered and quickly put down the candied haws in her hand.

In the past, she would never dare to eat chestnuts that Yu Lan peeled for her.

But now is different from the past, now they are a family, and they have become much closer.

Sun Yijun drank a sip of tea, bit a fruit into her mouth, stared at Jiang Shu and said: "It is said that sour sons and spicy daughters, you like sour so much, you must be thinking of the young master?"

Jiang Shu was stunned while eating chestnuts, and looked at the candied haws on the table, hesitant.

After Sun Yijun reminded her, she realized that her taste had changed because of her pregnancy.

Finally, she looked at Yu Lan opposite and asked, "When my sister was pregnant with Yun'er, did she also like sour food?"

Yu Lan thought about it and said, "It's okay, not very much. It's just a saying, don't take it seriously."

"That's right, Yijun also likes sour food." Jiang Shu suddenly realized and stopped thinking about it.

Sun Yijun: "..." Is it wrong for her to like sour food?

The fading sun sank a little bit in the idle chat of the three people.

The door of the study opened, and Yu Zheng and Zhou Boxu walked out.

"Master, the eldest princess and Miss Sun are here, talking to the princess in the main courtyard." Zhuiyun reported softly.

Zhou Boxu, who was walking out, stopped when he heard it.

It was already dark, but Yu Lan and Sun Yijun hadn't left yet, so they must be staying for dinner.

Zhou Boxu pondered for a moment and remembered what day it was. He glanced at Yu Zheng and said, "Is there a banquet at the palace today?"

Yu Zheng didn't like lively greetings and greetings. He never had a birthday banquet in previous years, so Zhou Boxu didn't take it to heart. He came to see Yu Zheng purely for official business.

Yu Zheng glanced at him and said in a low voice, "No banquet, only a few relatives and friends."

Zhou Boxu said, "We grew up together, so we are close friends, right?"

Yu Zheng looked at him and suddenly smiled.

After years of being in the dark, he finally got it.