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"Brother...what medicinal herbs are not available in the Imperial Hospital? Do we have to look for them among the common people?" Ruiyou glanced at Ruiyin, "You really don't take the Imperial Hospital seriously!"

"Third brother is right. The Imperial Palace is not comparable to the common people." Rui Yin smiled. "I am only worried that when I prepare medicine for the Concubine Shu, if the Imperial Hospital is short of one or two herbs and needs them urgently, I can find and buy them from these herbal medicine merchants. You know, the herbal medicines in the Imperial Palace are also purchased from the common people."

Rui Shen looked at his two brothers and said quickly, "Thank you, second brother and third brother. Mother doesn't need to take medicine today. She just needs to rest."

At this time, everyone saw Rui Yuhuan standing at the door, and turned back to Rui Yulan and said: "You should carefully consider what I just told you. The generals who are here to congratulate you on your birthday are not allowed to enter the inner house. You should go to the front and receive their kneeling congratulations."

Suddenly, a horse neigh reached everyone's ears. "Good horse!" Rui Yuhuan and his sister said at the same time. After many years of riding, they could tell whether a horse was good or not just by its neigh.

"Whose horse is neighing?" Rui Yuhuan asked while standing in front of the corridor.

"Your Majesty," Rui Yin knelt down and said, "There is only one horse outside the courtyard that I brought with me. The neighing sound just now must have been made by this horse."

"Bring it in and let us see." Rui Yuhuan said.

"This..." Rui Yin paused for a moment, then continued: "Replying to the emperor, this horse is very majestic...it cannot enter the courtyard."

"Oh! Is that true?" Rui Yuhuan strode out of the courtyard gate.

A tall and magnificent BMW appeared in front of everyone. The horse's hair was pure and pure, with a head held high, large and bright eyes, and small ears. It had a long neck and smooth mane. It had a broad chest, strong limbs, and solid hooves. Its tail was long and drooping.

"Father." Rui Yin stepped forward and said, "This horse is a Ferghana horse that I sent people to buy from the Western Regions at a high price." He knelt down in front of Rui Yulan and said, "I, your nephew, would like to use this horse to congratulate your aunt on her birthday."

Rui Yulan looked at the BMW, sighed and said, "I haven't ridden a horse for many years. This BMW... you should present it to your father."

"This kind of Ferghana horse may look majestic, but it cannot be compared with a military horse." Rui Yuhuan patted the horse's head and said, "When it comes to marching and hunting, military horses are the best."

Rui Yuhuan glanced at Rui Yin and said slowly, "Rui Yin brought this back for you from thousands of miles away, just ride it for fun!"

Rui Yuhuan looked at the sword box in Rui Shen's hand, nodded and said: "Is there a famous Qingfeng weapon in your sword box?"

"My father," Rui Shen bowed and said, "Father, you are as good at predicting things as a god. This sword is the Hebo Sword. It takes more than 300 steps to forge. Its shape is simple and elegant, showing the auspicious aura of righteousness."

"You've predicted it! Is this also a birthday gift for your royal aunt?" Rui Yuhuan asked as he opened the sword box.

"Replying to Your Majesty, Father. I am giving you this sword as a gift to wish Your Majesty the Royal Aunt a happy birthday!"

"Xiao Lan!" Rui Yuhuan closed the sword case, slowly sat on the dragon chariot, and said: "Your nephews are all thoughtful people! They know that you were a female general who commanded thousands of troops, and the birthday gifts they sent are all for your own good!"

Rui Yulan watched his brother's procession slowly leave. Turning back to look at the princes, he thought to himself, "My brother is extremely suspicious. Although he trusts me very much, you are putting me on the spot!"

"Yin'er, You'er, Chen'er, and Shen'er." Rui Yulan said with a faint smile, "The gifts you gave to the Imperial Aunt, the Imperial Aunt liked every one of them very much. It's rare that you care about the Imperial Aunt so much."

"Rujiao." Rui Yulan ordered: "Please ask the princes to go to the front hall, I will follow." After that, Rui Yulan turned and went into the courtyard.

Military Commander Sima Cai Bin, General Su Yan, Minister of War Wu Sikai, and several other generals who had fought on the battlefield with Rui Yulan were sitting in the spacious front hall of the Princess's Mansion, preparing to celebrate the Princess' birthday.

Seeing the princes walk from the back house into the front hall, the generals left their seats and greeted them with a bow. Chu Xiang assigned servants to lead the princes to their seats.

"The eldest princess is here!" Yujiao announced loudly.

Rui Yulan was still wearing a light blue floor-length dress. She sat down gracefully, and after everyone finished kneeling to congratulate her, she looked at Chu Xiang standing beside her. The chief steward of the Princess's Mansion bowed slightly and immediately ordered the servants to serve wine and food.

Seeing that the wine and food were ready, Rui Yulan said calmly: "This princess has not left the harem for three years. Today, I invite you all to come to my house. It should be a banquet to reminisce about the past..."

"Unfortunately, this princess is too weak to stay with you for long. Fortunately, my nephews are here, so they can accompany you generals to drink a few more cups on my behalf." Rui Yulan finished speaking and raised the wine glass, "Everyone, please drink this cup!"

Everyone present drank a full cup with Rui Yulan. Qian Mingduo noticed that the imperial aunt was using the glass Ruyi cup that Rui You had just presented to her. He looked at Su Yan sitting opposite him, then looked at Rui You beside him and smiled slightly.

After Rui Yulan drank a few glasses of wine, he returned to the rear residence. The princes drank happily with several generals.

"My second brother has been secretly dating the Minister of War Wu Sikai for a long time, and my sixth brother has also been hooking up with the military commander Sima Cai Bin." Qian Mingduo took a sip of wine and thought to himself, "Today I learned that my third brother is also in cahoots with the general Su Yan."

Qian Mingduo looked at them all pretending not to be familiar with each other, and cursed in his heart: "It seems that I am the only one who has not found an ally who can control the military power." This made him more or less anxious and uneasy.

After the banquet, everyone left. Ruiyou and Qian Mingduo stepped out of the high threshold of the Princess's Mansion, only to find that it had started to rain outside.

The night was cold and rainy, gloomy and dark.

Xiu'er was dressed in red, holding a yellow paper umbrella under the stone steps. Behind her were four sedan bearers in straw raincoats, standing next to a red woolen sedan.

"Your Highness." When Xiu'er saw Qian Mingduo walking out of the Princess's Mansion, she quickly climbed the stone steps and held an umbrella for Qian Mingduo to protect him from the rain.

"Xiu'er. Why are you here?" Qian Mingduo asked softly.

"Sister Ran'er ordered me to come." Xiu'er supported Qian Mingduo and walked slowly down the stone steps. "She said that the road was slippery due to the rain, and she also thought that the weather was cold. She was worried that Your Highness would catch a cold after drinking, so she asked me to take Your Highness back to the palace in a sedan chair."

"Ran'er already got a cloak for me when he went out?"

"That's not as warm as sitting in a sedan!" Xiu'er's clear voice reached Ruiyou's ears word by word.

He climbed onto his horse and said to Qian Mingduo who was about to get into the sedan chair, "Fifth brother, how did you train the servants in your house? They are all respectful, diligent and loyal to you."

"Look at the servants in my house." Ruiyou pointed at his guards with his whip and said, "Don't even think about sending a sedan chair to pick me up. No one even gave me an extra cloak."

"Let's go." Ruiyou said and rode away.

Qian Mingduo turned around and looked at everyone in his house, smiled slightly, and then got into the sedan chair.