Daughter's favorite concubine: Don't come here, the black-bellied prince

Chapter 361
Five days later, the Zhao Mansion in Shanyang County was decorated with lanterns and festoons, full of joy.

Zhao Hongde, the owner of the Zhao Mansion, celebrated his 60th birthday today, got up early in the morning, put on a new brocade robe embroidered with dark flowers in maroon, and sat in the hall with a red face, waiting for the juniors to congratulate him on his birthday.

He has long since washed his hands and retired from the arena. In recent years, he has become more and more low-key in his behavior. Today's birthday invitations are all close friends who have known each other for decades.

But because he is a well-known figure in the world, he celebrated his 60th birthday, and there are still many people in the world who come to celebrate his birthday.

As for the purpose of each person, some are purely to express respect, some want to have a relationship with Zhao Hongdela in order to improve their status in the arena, and some have other plans...

Before noon, the congratulatory gift from Zhao Hongde's daughter arrived, together with the precious congratulatory gift escorted by the Eighth Prince himself in the name of the current emperor.

The guests all looked enviously at the boxes of congratulatory gifts brought down from the carriage, and moved them directly into the warehouse in the backyard without showing them.

They whispered that Zhao Hongde's daughter was married to Shen Ji, a well-known general of the country at that time, who was leading troops at the border to fight against Zhou's invasion.Now, what is the meaning of the emperor's congratulatory gift?
Is it the emperor who wants to express his favor to General Shen Ji, love the house and the black?
Or is the golden phoenix going to be born in Shen's house, and Shen Ji's daughter and Zhao Hongde's granddaughter are going to marry into the royal family?

Zhao Hongde also had the same doubts in his heart when he heard the whispered discussions of the guests.He secretly looked at the eighth prince who was dressed in a gorgeous brocade robe and was impeccably handsome.He really deserves to be a nobleman of the royal family, and his appearance and demeanor are not comparable to ordinary people.

However, Dan'e's letter clearly mentioned that his precious granddaughter Xin Meng would come to celebrate his birthday in person, what about this person?

At this time, Gu Lianshan and the group of soldiers had not returned yet.They searched the place where the injured horse was found, and gradually went deep into the forest, but they found no clues.

Xiao Lang was lucky, thinking that Xin Meng left in a fit of anger, because he was not good at riding a horse, so he abandoned the horse and rushed to Shanyang County in another way.After all, it was my grandfather's birthday, so it was impossible for her not to show up.

Therefore, he searched in the direction of Jincheng to Shanyang, and he joined Chang Kuan and others yesterday afternoon when he couldn't find it, and came to Zhao's mansion today to celebrate Zhao Hongde's birthday as scheduled.

However, it is clear that Xinmeng has not arrived yet.

Xiao Lang also heard the discussion of the guests, but he didn't understand it.His attention at the moment is on the gate of the Zhao Mansion, hoping that in the next moment, there will be a familiar figure there that he hasn't seen for a long time, which haunts him in his dreams.

However, time after time I was disappointed.

There were a lot of people coming to the gate, but none of them were Mengmeng who he wanted to see and hold in his arms.

"Eighth prince, the journey has been exhausting, please follow me to the back hall first." Zhao Hongde spoke for the third time.

But the eighth prince was absent-minded, as if he didn't hear him at all, his pair of slightly frowned peach blossom eyes were fixed on the direction of the gate from the beginning to the end except when he came in to congratulate him.

In front of so many people, the Eighth Prince's attitude embarrassed Zhao Hongde a bit, but he didn't know what was going on, and he didn't get angry at all. Instead, he saw something unusual in the Eighth Prince's expression.

This time, Xiao Lang finally withdrew his persistent gaze and moved his gaze to Zhao Hongde's face.

(End of this chapter)