Before long, palace eunuchs arrived with boxes of gifts.
The Empress Dowager and the Empress sent jewelry and fabrics, while the Emperor sent some strange and unusual trinkets. The concubines in the harem also sent gifts.
After the palace eunuchs arrived, the stewards from the princes' and princesses' residences also came in person with gifts.
Then there are the Peng family, the Huo family, and the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion.
Xue Qianyu and Gu Nian came over in person. When they arrived, they ran into Xie Zhiyi and Huo Yanyu, so they came in together.
Aunt Gu, who was heavily pregnant, also came.
Grandpa Zhou, Grandma Xiao, and Lu Xue also came.
In the end, Gu Xin received so many gifts that they could fill a room.
Everyone had lunch at the Gu family's house, which was also a way of celebrating Gu Xin's birthday. However, Lu Zheng did not show up.
"Xinxin, aren't you angry at all that Brother Yuan didn't show up?" After dinner, as the girls were admiring the flowers and trees in Gu Xin's courtyard, Huo Yanyu asked with a smile.
“I always celebrate my birthday with Yuanyuan at night, and during the day I spend it with my family.” Gu Xin wasn’t angry at all.
"Tsk, I really envy you guys!" Huo Yanyu exclaimed.
"Silly boy, when are you and Fourth Brother Peng getting married? Once you're married, Fourth Brother Peng will celebrate every birthday with you, whether you want to celebrate during the day or at night!" Gu Xin said, then looked at Xie Zhiyi, "Yiyi, have you and Second Brother Peng set a date yet?"
"Xinxin, you don't care about us at all. Our wedding date is already set, and you're still asking?" Xie Zhiyi pretended to be angry.
"I only know it's April, but I don't know which month in April. I heard you two are planning to get married on the same day," Gu Xin said.
The Peng family did have this plan; when the time came, both the eldest and second sons of the Peng family would get married, and they planned to hold the wedding in the capital. Xie Zhiyi's mother also planned to come to the capital with General Peng and his wife after the New Year.
"April 11th, that's the most auspicious day for a wedding this year, the first half of the day," Huo Yanyu said, then asked Gu Xin, "Xin Xin, when do you plan to marry Brother Yuan? Your imperial decree of marriage came with ours!"
"Sigh, I don't know what to say about this." Gu Xin sighed, picked up the water on the stone table and took a sip, and said, "Uncle Lu wants to hold a wedding for us, but he's gone in the wrong direction. He went to ask Uncle Huang and my father. But our daughter's marriage is decided by Grandma! Uncle Lu has to come through Grandma. Yuanyuan and I aren't in a hurry at all."
"Huh? Not in a hurry? I wonder which little girl is worried that her Yuanyuan brother is being bullied at home and wants to rush off to help him!" Gu Nian teased.
"Sister, you don't understand. Your husband's family are all good people, so you don't need to worry at all. But my brother Yuanyuan's family is a den of dragons and tigers! I've seen them, and apart from the three people in Uncle Lu's family who are a bit simple-minded, the rest of them are as cunning as sieves, you can't count them all. How can my brother Yuanyuan, who is so kind and simple, compete with those cunning people? How can I not worry?"
Everyone looked at Gu Xin in silence.
Can someone like Lu Zheng be described as simple and kind?
Perhaps you're just naive and kind.
Gu Xin took another sip of water and sighed, "You have no idea, that Lin family's daughter, Lu Ni, thinks she's so clever and tries to outsmart me!"
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