Hold the thick thighs tightly [My father is a traitor]

Chapter 754 Generous Uncle [1, 2]

Little Yining glanced at the naughty kid beside her secretly. If looks could beat people, the naughty kid would be knocked to the ground by her.

Sheng Hongtong seemed to have noticed her gaze and slowly turned his head. Their eyes met in the air, revealing a dull look in his eyes.

Xiao Yining: ...Why do I feel like this naughty kid has been spoiled by the old baby?

The little kid couldn't help but recall what happened during the day. The old baby was lying on the couch taking a nap, and the naughty child was still standing beside the dragon desk, reading memorials with tears in his eyes.

On the other side, Lin Yuzan cast a look full of resentment at the old man above him, but unexpectedly met the empress dowager's inquiring eyes, while the old man still looked down and did not react to his gaze.

Lin Yuzan:......, just pretending!

Father and daughter: (*￣︿￣), they are angry but don’t know how to deal with it, so frustrating!

The adult and the child withdrew their gazes and continued their daily routine of loving father and filial daughter.

At this time, the empress dowager's eyes had not yet moved away. She narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at Lin Yuzan's appearance carefully. A trace of suspicion flashed in her eyes, and suddenly she heard the emperor's whisper in her ears.

Sheng Jingchen glanced sideways and asked with a half-smile, "The Queen Mother has met Lian Shu's son as she wished. Are you satisfied?"

The Empress Dowager abruptly retracted her gaze, her eyes fell coldly on the person beside her, and she said sarcastically: "Your Majesty wants to play tricks on me again. Do you think that by angering me to death, you can get rid of the big worry in your heart?"

The emperor did not move his eyebrows and responded calmly: "The Queen Mother is worrying too much. I just don't want to hold a national mourning too early! The treasury is empty, and I need to calculate every penny carefully."

Queen Mother: ...

The old woman's chest heaved violently, and she was obviously very angry about this remark. The emperor turned his attention back to the people below and gave Pei Dafu a look at his side without leaving a trace.

Pei Dafu immediately understood what he meant and made a gesture. The string music stopped abruptly, the dancers retreated one after another, and the conversations below gradually stopped. Everyone looked outside the hall.

Two rows of eunuchs had appeared there at some point, and behind them were various birthday gifts.

Everyone in the hall knew that the exciting part of presenting birthday gifts had arrived, and the atmosphere became inexplicably expectant and tense.

You must know that if the birthday gift is good, the emperor will be very pleased and will certainly receive a lot of rewards, and may even lead to promotion and salary increase, bringing you one step closer to the peak of your life.

At this moment, Sheng Hongtong, who was originally dazed, suggested to his father as if he had completed a task: "Father, why don't you take a look at the birthday gift that Qingjie prepared for you first? She has been talking about giving you a surprise."

Upon hearing this, Sheng Jingchen glanced sideways at where the little kid was, and two similar smiling faces instantly came into his sight. Then, a look of disdain flashed across his face, and he shifted his gaze elsewhere and agreed to this matter.

The ceremonial officer below then announced, his loud voice echoing in the hall: "Princess Le'an presents a painting of 'Hundred Years of Longevity'!"

Before he finished speaking, two eunuchs came to the center of the hall holding a scroll more than one meter wide and slowly unfolded it. A scroll more than ten feet long appeared in front of all the officials.

In an instant, hundreds of "Shou" characters in various shapes and forms appeared before everyone's eyes, all written in gold powder. What's more wonderful is that there were lotus patterns painted between the characters, which made the whole "Hundred Longevity Pictures" look majestic and beautiful. Under the candlelight, it was shining and colorful, just like a galaxy on paper.

This opening was quite stunning, and everyone couldn't help but whisper to each other, commenting on the large, gracefully written characters.

Only Wu Haoran, whose injury had just recovered, whispered, "If I hadn't been invited to write this calligraphy, how could I have been schemed against by Junior Brothers Lin and Wang?"

As soon as he said this, his father, Marquis Wu'an, could be heard beside him, shouting in a low, angry voice: "Rebellious son, you are still talking nonsense here!"

Wu Haoran:......, he was telling the truth!!!

After Marquis Wu'an secretly glared at his two sons, he quickly looked around, and seeing that no one was paying attention to this place, he breathed a sigh of relief and continued to look at the "Hundred Longevity Picture" in the center of the hall.

Wu Haoran also glanced around casually in dissatisfaction, but unexpectedly his eyes met with King Yu who was sitting opposite him. His heart suddenly tightened, and he quickly lowered his eyes, pretending to be a bystander who had nothing to do with it.

At this moment, little Yining also came to the "Hundred Longevity Picture", knelt on the ground, and said congratulations to the emperor in a baby voice: "Qingjie wishes Uncle a long life and eternal health!"

Sheng Jingchen lowered his eyes to look at this somewhat exaggerated birthday gift, nodded with satisfaction, and praised: "Sister Qing, you are thoughtful. This "Hundred Years of Longevity Picture" is well drawn. Appreciate it..."

Before he finished speaking, a teasing chuckle sounded beside him: "My son, Princess Le'an is still at an age where she can't even hold a pen steadily. This "Hundred Longevity Picture" is obviously written by someone else. Your reward should be given to the real writer."

The emperor glanced at the person who was speaking, "Mother, what you said is absolutely right. Sister Qing, who prepared this centenary painting for you?"

The little kid immediately pointed to one of the square characters for "longevity" and explained, "Uncle, Dad held Qingjie's hand and wrote this character for longevity. The rest of the characters for longevity were written by Dad, and my eldest uncle and godfather helped Qingjie write them. Mom and grandma also helped!"

As soon as these words were spoken, many people turned their eyes to Wang Ersheng who was left out, and saw him snort proudly, not feeling embarrassed at all for not participating in the "team building" at home.

The emperor also glanced at him, then happily put this man behind his mind, and said generously: "In this case, Pei Dafu, the people mentioned by Princess Le'an just now will be rewarded with 100 taels of gold. Princess Le'an has such a clever mind at such a young age, so she will be rewarded with 1,000 taels of gold."

Then, he asked the person who had just spoken, "Does your mother think that the reward given to the emperor is appropriate?"

Li Mingzhu looked at her eldest son who always opposed her, and a trace of anger appeared on her face, but it disappeared in an instant, and she still maintained her gentle appearance: "The emperor is the king of a country. Why does he make the choice? It's all the pleasure of those people. There is no such thing as appropriate or inappropriate!"

"I hope the Queen Mother will remember this, too."

Sheng Jingchen smiled with a hint of warning, then distributed the rewards with a wave of his hand.

Xiao Yining's Treasury +1000

The little girl returned to her seat with a generous and brilliant smile. The gold ingots also appeared on the low table where she was. She immediately picked up a piece and held it in front of her father, showing off: "Dad, Qingjie made money!"

Lin Yuzan looked at her speechlessly, and quickly pressed her hand down to stop her drooping eyelids.

At the same time, Wu Haoran below was staring at the hundred taels of gold on the table in disbelief.

His face had already flushed with excitement when the little boy mentioned him. After hurriedly thanking the emperor, he carefully picked up one of the gold ingots and asked in a trembling voice: "Dad, this is the first time I have received a reward from the emperor. Can I use this as a family heirloom?"

Wu Anhou's face was also red, whether it was because of shame or anger, he hurriedly took the gold from Er'er's hand, lowered his voice and scolded: "You are such a disgrace, why don't you take the reward quickly."

Wu Haoran: ...

These two scenes made everyone burst into laughter, and they began to look forward to who would be the next person to please the emperor.

A relaxed and happy atmosphere also permeated the air.