Upon hearing this, Shen Chuwei looked down at the steaming noodles in the bowl and hesitated for a moment. Then, she walked over with an uneasy mood and placed the bowl in front of Xiao Jinyan.

"I cooked longevity noodles. Would you like to try it, Your Highness?"

Xiao Jinyan was stunned for a long time when he saw the steaming longevity noodles. He raised his eyes and looked at Shen Chuwei, "Why are you cooking longevity noodles?"

When Shen Chuwei saw Xiao Jinyan's expression, her heart began to beat, "Because today is His Highness' birthday, eating a bowl of longevity noodles has good meaning."

Xiao Jinyan frowned, "Did Liu Xi say that?"

Apart from Liu Xi, he couldn't think of anyone else who would say anything.

Shen Chu nodded slightly, and indeed caused Xiao Jinyan a second injury. Before Xiao Jinyan could get angry, she spoke first: "If Your Highness doesn't want to eat, I can eat it for Your Highness to see."

"..." Xiao Jinyan: "Eat it for me to see?"

Shen Chuwei nodded vigorously.

Xiao Jinyan glanced at the longevity noodles in front of him and asked, "Who are you cooking this longevity noodles for?"

Shen Chuwei said: "Of course it's cooked for His Highness."

Xiao Jinyan asked again: "If you eat it, does it still count as cooking for me?"

Shen Chuwei looked at the steaming noodles and said with great regret: "If Your Highness doesn't eat it, and I don't eat it either, then it will be a waste."

Xiao Jinyan paused after hearing this, "How could I waste Xiaojiu's kindness?"

Shen Chuwei's eyebrows curved when she heard this, and she handed the chopsticks in her hand to Xiao Jinyan, "Your Highness, chopsticks."

Xiao Jinyan took the chopsticks from her and looked down at the longevity noodles that were still steaming. Only now did he know what longevity noodles were like.

Shen Chuwei saw that he was slow to pick up his chopsticks, "Your Highness, why don't you eat?"

"Well, I'll eat now."

Xiao Jinyan clenched the chopsticks in his hand, picked up a noodle, brought it to his lips to cool it down, then put it into his mouth, chewing it slowly. The taste was better than he had imagined.

Shen Chuwei lay on the desk, watching Xiao Jinyan eating noodles, and suddenly felt greedy, "Your Highness, do you have any birthday wishes?"

Xiao Jinyan paused in chewing and looked up, meeting those beautiful starry eyes. He was stunned for a long time, feeling that the scene seemed familiar.

Shen Chuwei blinked his beautiful eyes twice, "Your Highness?"

Xiao Jinyan came back to his senses and pondered for a while, "Give me a son."

Shen Chuwei was stunned when she heard this. She never thought that Xiao Jinyan would seriously ask her to give him a son? How could one wish for a son on his birthday?

She said coquettishly: "Your Highness, your wish will not come true."

Xiao Jinyan looked at her blushing cheeks and curled the corners of his lips slightly, "This is my only wish at the moment."

Shen Chuwei said: "Your Highness is a man with great ambitions. How could this be his only wish? Change another one."

Xiao Jinyan looked at her steadily, "Come here."

Shen Chuwei came closer in confusion, and heard Xiao Jinyan say, "A daughter is fine too."

Shen Chuwei stared at the handsome face so close to her for a long time, trying to find evidence that he was joking, but that handsome face was as cold as ice without any flaws.

Xiao Jinyan retracted his gaze and lowered his head to continue eating the longevity noodles. After finishing, there was not even any soup left.

Shen Chuwei was stunned. Who was the person who just shouted that he was not hungry? After eating the longevity noodles, Xiao Jinyan felt much better. He held Shen Chuwei's hand and walked out of the study.

Liu Xi watched His Highness come out of the study and was shocked for a long time. In the past, His Highness would spend his birthday in the study every year and would not allow anyone to disturb him.

When Liu Xi entered the study, he saw the empty bowl, and happily took it out and said to Wei Chi: "Look, His Highness ate the longevity noodles and finished it."

Wei Chi glanced at the bowl in Liu Xi's hand and said, "Maybe it's what Shen Liangdi ate?"

Liu Xi said seriously: "It must be His Highness who ate it. Didn't you see that His Highness was in a good mood?"

Wei Chi said: "It was too dark, I couldn't see clearly."

* Shen Chuwei looked at Xiao Jinyan with a puzzled look, "Your Highness, where are we going?"

Xiao Jinyan: "Hehuan Palace, take a rest."

Shen Chuwei turned his head and glanced at the bedroom not far away, "Why do you want to go back to the Hehuan Palace?"

Xiao Jinyan lowered his eyes and looked at her, "Today is my birthday, shouldn't you give me a gift?"

Shen Chu nodded, "Of course." Then he asked, "What gift does Your Highness want?"

Xiao Jinyan uttered a word lightly, "Painting."

"Painting?" Shen Chuwei thought about it, and suddenly thought of the painting she had recently completed. Could it be that the painting Xiao Jinyan wanted? It took her a long time to finish it, and she was very satisfied with it, so she was reluctant to give it away.

Approaching the Hehuan Palace, Xiao Jinyan asked directly: "Where is the painting?"

Shen Chuwei snapped her fingers together, "Your Highness, that took me a long time to draw. Can you choose another gift?"

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Seeing that she was reluctant to do so, Xiao Jinyan was even more curious about what she would paint herself like, "Take it out and show it to me first."

"...Okay." Shen Chuwei came to the cabinet, squatted down, opened the cabinet door, and took out the painting that she was very satisfied with.

After finishing the painting, she made the watch herself, using black rosewood, which has a very ancient feel.

She came to Xiao Jinyan with the painting and handed it to him reluctantly, "Your Highness."

Xiao Jinyan took the painting from her, lowered his eyes to look at himself in the painting, and after just one look, he was stunned, with a hint of disbelief in his eyes.

The self in the painting is so lifelike that one can almost see himself reading a book while sitting in the carriage.

The strands of hair on the shoulder are clearly visible and look real.

His narrow eyebrows were drooped, showing how serious and focused he was when he was reading.

The hand holding the book is drawn in great detail, as if it were real.

It was the first time he had seen such a realistic painting.

Xiao Jinyan couldn't help but praise: "It's a very good painting."

Shen Chuwei said guiltily: "...It's okay."

Xiao Jinyan said, "No painter in the palace is as good as you."

Shen Chuwei looked at the painting in Xiao Jinyan's hand and liked the style more and more.

Xiao Jinyan suddenly raised the corners of his lips, "I can change the gift."

After saving the painting, Shen Chuwei agreed readily, "Your Highness, you decide. Anything I have can be given to you."

Xiao Jinyan paused as he spoke: "Put us into the painting together."

Shen Chuwei nodded subconsciously, "Okay."

After saying that, he discovered something was wrong.

Together in the painting? Wouldn't she have to spend half a month or a month painting? No! Shen Chuwei looked at Xiao Jinyan with an embarrassed look, "Your Highness, can you change another one?"

Xiao Jinyan shook his head, "No."

Shen Chuwei looked at the painting in Xiao Jinyan's hand and could only grit her teeth and agree.

She was a little sad that she had to draw two people next. It was too difficult for her who was lazy about drawing.

Xiao Jinyan nodded in satisfaction, "It's time to take a bath."

(End of this chapter)