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The Imperial Examinations were just around the corner, Zhou Leping's birthday was counting on his fingers.

She hadn't been born in four years. Three years of her life had been on horseback, and the rest of the year had been spent there, despite the lack of food and soup. Everyone had shared the dishes, and she held the bowl up to the moon as she thought to herself, "Happy Birthday."

This year was different from previous years. Although she still had some money on her, she didn't need to drink such a pitiful amount of wild vegetable soup. She had already planned half a month ahead of time to celebrate her birthday.

She was happy in her heart, but she still pretended to be polite. "Actually, there's no need to go through all that trouble. It's just our birthday. We can all sit together for a meal."

Zhou Leqi said, "It's rare to be able to come back to life, how can you be so careless. Just calmly wait, Big Brother will handle it for you."

Zhou Leping had not been this overjoyed in so many years, but he was actually also really looking forward to it in his heart.

Zhao Deng was also concerned about Zhou Leping's birthday and had started to prepare his gifts very early on. He had given her too many women's gifts, but most of the gifts were rouge, gold, silver, jewelry, silk and satin. As a woman, she loved these the most.

But how could Zhou Leping say that? After all, she was not an ordinary woman, and normally women did not love her. Giving something like rouge or cosmetic powder to her was not only strange, it might even attract a beating.

Ordinary gifts couldn't be given, so he had to think of another way.

It just so happened that he found a famous sword recently, it was said that it was used by the High Ancestor in the distant past when he was fighting against the Northern barbarians. This sword could not be any more suitable to her, even though it was a bit expensive, but as long as she was happy, it was all worth it.

Zhu Guanliang was also preparing a birthday present for her. His gifts were not ordinary things, and every day, he would bury his head in the house to make gifts.

Even if her family gathered with a few friends, the court officials would also come to congratulate them. However, she found it troublesome to return the gesture in the future. Furthermore, she was afraid that they would not be in the capital by then, so she did not accept the gift either.

She had her concerns, but in the eyes of others, they saw her as estranged. However, she didn't care too much about it. It wasn't something that was very important to her in the first place, so she didn't need everyone to know about it.

Zhou Lean also called for people to send over a congratulatory gift from the palace. She could not go home, this was the only flaw, if not she would be happier together with her family.

In the morning, Zhou Leqi and Zhao Deng sat in a circle around a large round table. Behind them were Zhu Guanliang and Zhao Deng, and behind them were his, and Qi Si, and Qi Si and Qi Miao. There were not many people, but it was already very lively.

It was just that Zhou Leqi was not very comfortable sitting there, he cupped his hands and said to Zhao Deng, "It should still be the prince sitting at the seat of honor, this … Why are you so courteous? "

Zhao Deng laughed, "Today is Zi Xi's birthday, and it's also a family banquet. It's already an honor for this duke to be invited, since you're the patriarch of a family.

Zhou Leping held down Zhou Leqi's hand, "Prince is right, brother, just sit down."

Zhou Leqi could not evade so he sat down peacefully.

Zhao Deng then ordered someone to present the gift, "This is a sword that the ancestors of ancient times used to fight against the barbarians of the north, it's called Chi Xiao, and I spent a lot of effort to obtain it, today is your birthday, I think it is best to give you this."

When Zhou Leping saw Chi Xiao, his eyes went wide. He took the sword and played with it for two moves, praising it consecutively, as if unable to let go of his love and love. "I have long heard of Chi Xiao's great name, I never thought that I would actually be able to see him for real in my life."

"Not only that, it will be yours from today onwards. If you use it in the future, you will definitely be invincible. I heard from someone that the soul of the High Ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty is sealed here.

Zhou Leping was grinning from ear to ear, "Since that's the case, then I won't be polite.

"Hey, why should we talk about spending money instead of spending it? It's good that you like it."

When it was Zhu Guanliang's turn, everyone looked over eagerly. He had brushed his sleeves with his hands, and did not look like he was prepared to gift them.

Zhou Leping said, "I still owe you and haven't repaid you. Actually, you don't have to prepare anything for me today."

"One yard for one yard." He said, "The gift I prepared for the general is a bit special. It can only be given to the general in private."

"Personally", he intentionally emphasized the pronunciation of the two words. Suddenly, the meaning of a sentence became unclear.

Zhao Deng "tsked" in disappointment, "What kind of thing is this mysterious? Gifting presents requires respect and love. Even if it's really just a piece of hair, it's still a part of your heart. "

He smiled but did not speak, did not defend himself, did not answer, and was enough to keep people in suspense.

Zhou Leping spoke out to help him, "Forget it, let's go back and see."

When it was Qi Miao's turn, he took out a small embroidered box and opened it. Inside was a thumb ring, "General always grinds his fingers when shooting arrows, although this thumb ring isn't anything rare, but it is my kind intentions, I hope General does not mind."

Zhou Leping accepted it joyfully, "You are the most considerate of all the things that I have by my side, I like it very much, thank you very much."

Qi Miao once again turned his head to look at Qi Si, and when he was preparing the present, Qi Si had repeatedly stressed that he should not plagiarize his idea, thus, from beginning to end, he actually had no idea what Qi Si was preparing in the end.

Qi Si was never very reliable in such matters, other than Zhu Guanliang, he was the biggest variable.

"General …" He walked out of the pavilion and brought something in. Although it was wrapped in cloth, just by looking at the shape, it was obvious that it was a machine crossbow.

"This was personally made by this lowly general, and was different from what was produced by Weaving Institute. I have personally tested it, although it is still far from the level of Qi Kingdom, shooting three arrows consecutively with a single crossbow is not a problem."

No wonder he hid it so well that Qi Miao would not know about it.

Earlier, Zhou Leping had already drawn the blueprint, but she had not had the time to hand it over to Weaving Institute. She was surprised, and was very happy to be able to do it, so she took it and looked left and right, and praised without holding back, "You don't have to be bad at Weaving Institute, you can do it yourself.

Qi Si looked at Qi Miao proudly, this victory was certain.

The last one to gift a gift was Zhou Leqi.

Big Brother Zhou Family's gift was a little unexpected, it was a hairpin, "Originally, father prepared this hairpin for you, and I wanted to give it to you when you were young, but when you were young, everything changed. If you want to leave, you just have to leave, and I have to keep this hairpin for you, I didn't expect it to be delivered to you after so many years."