535 Warm Family, Favored
Actually, it was only Madam Jiang’s birthday at the end of the month, but at the beginning of the month, Yu Shaoqing had started preparing. As soon as he prepared, everyone in the East Manor knew that the Second Madam’s birthday was coming.
“Which day?” In the study, Helian Beiming asked Yu Shaoqing, who was busy at his desk.
Yu Shaoqing snorted. “I’m not telling you!”
Helian Beiming’s gaze landed on a note with the number thirty written on it. The corners of his lips curled up slightly. “Yes, you’re not telling me.”
The East Manor became busy with Madam Jiang’s birthday. The Old Madam got someone to open the storeroom and waved her hand. “Take out all the valuable things! Take them all out!”
The corners of the servants’ mouths twitched. It was true that they had to take it, but why did these words sound so wrong? Why did it feel like a robbery when they were clearly taking their things?
The Old Madam got someone to take out all the gold, silver, jewelry, and antique paintings in the storeroom and began to choose gifts for her daughter-in-law. “This, this, this, this…”
The servants looked at the gifts that were quickly piled into a small hill and thought to themselves, Don’t say what you want, just say what you don’t want!
The Old Madam was picking gifts for her daughter-in-law when the butler of the East Manor suddenly came. “Old Madam, there’s an invitation from the palace.”
“What invitation?” The Old Madam had a golden abacus. She felt that it wasn’t big enough. It was a little petty to give this to her daughter-in-law.
The butler didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when he saw that his ancestor didn’t take it to heart. “There’s an invitation from the palace. The Queen’s birthday is coming soon. The Emperor has set up a family banquet and wants to invite you and the general to attend.”
“I’m not going!” The old lady said without thinking. “Beiming is not allowed to go either!”
The butler reminded her, “It’s the Queen’s birthday…”
The old madam said fiercely, “What does her birthday have to do with me! She’s not my daughter-in-law! Why? Do you still want me to congratulate her? Dream on!”
She-she’s not your daughter-in-law, but she’s the Princess of Nanzhao, the future Emperor. The butler broke out in cold sweat for his Old Madam. Forget it, Old Madam was silly and probably couldn’t figure out the pros and cons. It was true that the Helian family rarely interacted with the Queen Manor, but after all, this was an invitation from the Emperor.
The butler decided to look for the general.
In Helian Beiming’s courtyard, the butler told his general about the invitation from the palace. “…It’s not the full-year. Logically speaking, it shouldn’t be a problem, but who asked the Emperor to dote on her? It’s just that he didn’t make it too public. It’s just a family banquet. Those who go are all the royal relatives. Our family is the only one among the ministers.”
It was the glory of the entire Helian family to be able to compare with the royal family.
The butler thought that the Great General was more rational than the Old Madam and could weigh the pros and cons. Unexpectedly, Helian Beiming only nodded indifferently and said, “Got it. Go back and say that Old Madam and I can’t go.”
The butler was dumbfounded. “Ah…”
Helian Beiming said coldly, “What? Do we still have to listen to the royal family when my mother and I are celebrating our family’s birthday? The Helian family didn’t get their position today by currying favor with the Emperor. When I was bleeding on the battlefield, the palace didn’t ask me to attend the banquet, so I can choose not to attend now.”
