My bad words were heard by all the civil and military officials in the court

Chapter 146 Invited to a Birthday Party

Hao Duanzhuang glanced at Emperor Jingming, whose eyes lit up, and said gloatingly:

"Eunuch Lin, the emperor's right-hand man, has already prepared the money at the national treasury. I believe it won't be long before the money can be handed over."

The light in Emperor Jingming's eyes grew brighter: "That's good."

Zhang Liang:......

Ye Shengxin and Emperor Jingming gave benefits to the court, and the effect was obvious. Today, most of the imperial guards chasing the two on the streets were reduced by less than half.

Ye Xingxin ate wontons and sighed: "This emperor is quite sensible."

Emperor Jingming nodded, and then took the last piece of cake that Ye Shengxin wanted to eat before she could eat it.

Ye Xingxin: ...

Ye Xingxin turned to the old couple selling wontons and asked for two more. The old woman wiped her hands and came over, saying apologetically:

"Young Master, there is no more cake for tonight."

Ye Shengxin glanced at the stove behind the old woman making pancakes, "Can't you make more? Don't worry, I can pay more."

As she spoke, she took out ten taels of silver and handed them to the old man.

The old lady was frightened and pushed her hand away: "Young Master, this money is too much. I can't accept it."

"Also, our pancake-making stove broke down and we haven't had time to fix it yet, so we haven't been able to make pancakes in the past two days."

"The cakes you eat are bought from the bakery across the street."

"If you still want to eat, you can go to that restaurant."

"The pancakes made there are so delicious, many people like to buy them there."

"I heard from others that the man who made the pancakes was a general half a year ago."

"It's a pity that someone implicated you, causing you to lose your official position and your family property. Now you can only buy cakes to pay off your debts."

The story sounded quite interesting, and Ye Shengxin wanted to go and take a look.

But she still stuffed the silver into the old woman's hands.

Just consider it as compensation for the trouble they had caused to the couple and their business was ruined.

Moreover, they came here today not to eat wontons, but mainly to apologize.

But in order to avoid implicating the old couple again, and because Ye Shengxin had changed his appearance again, he did not mention the previous incident.

The old woman couldn't refuse, and after Zhang Liang's persuasion, she finally accepted the money and expressed her gratitude.

When Ye Shengxin, Emperor Jingming and the other two arrived at the next street, it was time for the people to have dinner.

The cake shop was full of people queuing up to buy cakes.

Ye Shengxin, Emperor Jingming and others were in the queue, and the four of them were the last few.

Not long after, another old man stood behind him, supported by someone.

Ye Shengxin looked back and saw an old lady with a kind face.

She was wearing somewhat expensive clothes and holding a string of Buddhist beads in her hand. When she saw Ye Xingxin looking back at her, she asked with a smile:

"How many cakes do you want to buy, young master?"

Ye Xingxin stretched out five fingers.

"Well, I don't buy much, I'll buy eighteen."

Ye Xingxin: "Isn't this too much? And why don't you buy an even number, mother-in-law?"

Old Madam Ye was delighted: "Eighteen is enough. My little grandson will be eighteen years old after his birthday tomorrow."

"She likes to eat cakes. I passed by this shop on my way back from buying her a gift. Seeing that there were so many people, I thought the cakes here must taste good."

"I'll bring some back for her. That kid will definitely be happy."

Ye Shengxin blinked and suddenly felt that the old lady was somewhat kind.

The line in front was still long and there was still time to wait, so she started chatting with the old lady.

For some reason, Old Lady Ye felt that she and this ordinary-looking young man got along very well, and they talked more and more.

Ye Xingxin also knew that tomorrow was the birthday of the Jingzhao Yin who had just taken office.

Moreover, this Jingzhao Yin is very favored by His Majesty.

It's just that I got too many favors, which resulted in me being sent out for more than two months, and there's still no news.

Old Mrs. Ye is very sad.

"I don't know what that kid is doing outside. He hasn't written back in such a long time. Isn't he worried that an old lady like me won't be able to eat or sleep well?"

"Fortunately, the mansion is holding a birthday party for her tomorrow. Even though the child can't come back, the joyous celebration for my grandson cannot be missed."

"I have prepared the gifts and other things, and the child will be able to see them when he comes back, but I don't know when he will come back."

As Old Mrs. Ye spoke, she sighed.

"Even if we buy this pancake, the child won't be able to eat it hot."

Ye Xingxin comforted her: "Don't worry, this store is doing so well, your grandson will definitely be able to eat here when he comes back."

[It turns out that he is a family member of the Jingzhao prefect. The place where the Eighteenth Prince said he would send us must be this person's territory.]

[I don't know what the character of this Mr. Ye is like? ]

[But he is still on a business trip on his birthday. It seems that it is not so easy to win the emperor's favor. ]

Zhang Liang:......

Zhang Liang withdrew his gaze from Old Lady Ye’s face and felt emotional.

I didn’t expect to meet Ye Shengxin’s grandmother here, and tomorrow is her birthday.

Should he take advantage of his current relationship and ask Ye Shengxin to visit her home as a guest tomorrow?

This can be considered as celebrating the birthday.

Just as she was thinking this, Old Lady Ye spoke:

"I haven't asked you your name yet? Where do you live?"

"I think the young master and I get along well, and he will definitely get along well with my grandson."

"You are all young people. That child has had few playmates since he was a child. If you meet him, maybe you can make friends with him."

Establishing a relationship with the prefect of Jingzhao was a development that Ye Xingxin had never expected.

She looked at Emperor Jingming and asked him whether he wanted to take this line, and Emperor Jingming nodded.

Ye Xingxin took a deep breath: [These days, a thief takes the initiative to be friends with the head of the police force. How exciting! ]

Zhang Liang\Emperor Jingming: ...

Ye Xingxin adjusted her expression and said, "Mother-in-law, my last name is Ye Daya, and I live in Jianghe City. I came to Beijing this time to do some business with my friends."

“These three are all my good friends.”

Ye Shengxin introduced Emperor Jingming and others to Old Lady Ye.

Old Mrs. Ye looked at them one by one and saw that everyone had clear eyes.

With her many years of experience and her ability to pray to gods and Buddhas, she felt very satisfied.

These people must be decent people.

After reaching the conclusion, Old Lady Ye decided to invite the four of them to her house tomorrow to attend her grandson's birthday party.

She gave four of the unused invitations to Ye Shengxin.

"My grandson doesn't have many relatives and friends, and there will be very few people coming tomorrow. If you four are free, you can come to my Ye Mansion tomorrow to have a chat and add some liveliness."

Old Mrs. Ye said this sincerely. Ye Shengxin took the invitation but was still hesitant.

[This Lady Ye has come at a great time. If we go there tomorrow, she can receive four more birthday gifts.]

Emperor Jingming: ...

Zhang Liang:......

Zhang Liang was afraid that Ye Xingxin would refuse this because of the bleeding, so he took the invitation from Ye Xingxin and replied with a smile:

"It is fate that we met today. Tomorrow we will go to the Ye Mansion to celebrate Master Ye's birthday."

Old Madam Ye nodded happily: "Okay, okay."