"Don't you have anything to say or ask?" Prince Chen took a deep breath. This was his future daughter-in-law. She was different from others, so he had to be patient.
"What?" Listening to the sound of the copper bell under the eaves, Jiuzhu smiled: "It's cold in late autumn, Your Highness, please take care of your health and eat on time."
"All right." Prince Chen raised his hand and called the storekeeper over: "Pack all these up and send them to Minister Ming's residence."
“Your Highness…”
Prince Chen put his hands behind Jiuzhu's back and said, "Prince Qi has given his fiancée a hairpin. If you don't accept my gift, people will say that I am a traitor."
"But this is too much." Jiuzhu muttered softly: "I really can't wear it."
"No problem." Reaching out and flicking the golden butterfly hairpin, Prince Chen didn't take it seriously: "Prince Chen's Mansion is not short of money."
After saying that, he took the opportunity to poke Jiuzhu's cheek, then strode away with a smile.
Covering the place where she was poked, Jiuzhu turned her head to look at Chunfen.
Chunfen comforted her: "Don't worry, Miss. The Prince of Chen is really rich."
Jiuzhu held up her cloak carefully and looked up with a sigh.
"Miss, the Prince of Chen always acts arbitrarily. If you don't like it, we can have someone send the jewelry back to the Prince of Chen's mansion..."
"How could he be so reckless?" Jiuzhu denied, "The prince was just being generous to others."
"Sister Chunfen." She held Chunfen's arm and shook it gently: "Don't talk about His Royal Highness Prince Chen like that in the future, okay?"
Who can resist this cute little look?
Chunfen nodded silently: "Miss, you are right. His Royal Highness Prince Chen is generous and cheerful. He is a rare talent."
Isn't it just a few words that I said against my will?
As long as you can make the lady happy, it's not difficult.
"Miss, I didn't expect that such an elegant man as His Royal Highness Prince Qi would specially select these hairpins and ornaments that women love for you." The maid opened the jewelry box and praised: "The workmanship is exquisite and the materials are exquisite. His Royal Highness really cares about you."
Sun Caiyao smiled until her cheeks turned red, and she closed all the jewelry boxes: "I see that you are all teasing me."
"The young lady is getting married soon, we are just telling the truth, how can we be joking?" The maids laughed and said, "Such beautiful jewelry, we haven't even seen it clearly, why did you close it?"
"I see that the pair of golden phoenix hairpins are a perfect match for the young lady."
Phoenix Gold Hairpin...
Sun Caiyao opened the jewelry box that contained the phoenix gold hairpin. Her smile froze slightly and she slammed the jewelry box shut, as if looking at it any longer would make her uncomfortable.
The maids saw that she looked unhappy and their laughter became quieter.
"All of you go out." Her trembling fingertips lightly touched the phoenix gold hairpin box, and her tone became calmer and calmer: "I want to be alone for a while."
"Phoenix..."
She opened her jewelry box, looked in front of the bronze mirror, and inserted the golden phoenix hairpin into her hair.
Looking at the face in the mirror, she smiled and said, "Who doesn't want to be a phoenix soaring in the sky?"
After finishing her makeup, she stood up and walked outside: "Someone, prepare the sedan chair, I want to go out for a walk."
Not far from the door, Sun Caiyao saw more than a dozen women dressed in jewelry shop maid clothes, holding jewelry boxes, lined up neatly and walking in the same direction.
"Are those the people from the Gilded Building?" she asked casually.
"Yes, ma'am. It is said that the prince of Chen bought dozens of pieces of jewelry and had them all sent to the Ming family's residence."
The maid whispered, "The Ming family is well-educated and well-mannered. I'm afraid they don't like the Prince's behavior."
Giving a girl a few pieces of jewelry is considered gentle and considerate. Giving dozens of pieces at once is a sign of disdain for the poor appearance of the Ming family girl, which is embarrassing for him?
Scholars value integrity the most, and the Ming family is not a poor family that has never seen good things. Prince Chen's action will not only fail to please his father-in-law and mother-in-law, but will also make the Ming family even more dissatisfied.
Poor Miss Ming, she has never been raised by her parents, and I don't know how much affection she has for them. Prince Chen is acting like this, and if she marries Prince Chen in the future, she might be disliked by the Ming family.
Touching the golden phoenix hairpin on her temples, Sun Caiyao lowered the curtain and gently closed her eyes.
Ming Jingzhou came back from the Ministry of Rites and saw the main courtyard filled with various jewelry boxes. He looked at Shen who was sitting on the chair carefully and asked, "Madam, are you in a good mood today?"
If she wasn't in a good mood, why would she spend so much money on jewelry? But looking at her face, she didn't look like she was in a good mood.
"They are all good things from the Gilded House." Shen waved to the maid, "Go and ask the young lady to come over."
"It turns out that they were all bought for Jiuzhu." Ming Jingzhou suddenly realized. No wonder his wife was willing to buy so many jewellery for her daughter in the Miaojin Building.
"I bought them all for Jiuzhu." Shen said with a strange expression, "But I wasn't the one who paid for them."
"That's impossible." Ming Jingzhou casually opened a box that was closest to him. On his face was a golden necklace with a dragon and phoenix pattern, and the pendant on it was made of the finest mutton-fat jade. "Where can we find such a wealthy relative in our family?"
"Who said there isn't?" Shen raised her eyebrows: "Think about it carefully, maybe there is."
"Can such a good thing happen just by thinking about it?" Ming Jingzhou had already determined that his wife was in a bad mood, so he quickly walked behind her and patted her back attentively. "Good wife, please tell me quickly."
"Why should I tell you? Do you dare to go back?"
"Why not?" Ming Jingzhou held his head high and said, "Except for gifts from the palace, I dare to refuse anything from others."
"Father, Mother." Jiuzhu walked in and saw the room full of jewelry boxes: "You sent it here so soon?"
"My dear, do you know who sent these?" Seeing his daughter's expression, Ming Jingzhou guessed that Jiuzhu should know who sent the gifts.
"I know." Jiuzhu smiled a little embarrassedly: "It's His Royal Highness Prince Chen."
"Who?!" Ming Jingzhou thought there was something wrong with his ears.
"Your Highness Prince Chen." Jiuzhu blinked and looked at Ming Jingzhou with her eyes twinkling.
"Heh." Shen chuckled and said, "Husband, do you want to return the things?"
Ming Jingzhou: “…”
I really don't dare to retreat from this.
"Why do we need to return them?" Jiuzhu looked at her parents in confusion: "Is there something wrong with these things?"
"No, no." Seeing his daughter's bright eyes dim, Ming Jingzhou quickly explained, "I was just curious about who gave the gift. Zhuzhu likes it, so she can keep it."
"Yes!" Jiuzhu nodded heavily, walked to Shen's side, hugged her arms and cuddled beside her: "Originally, my daughter didn't want His Highness to send these things, but His Highness said that the Prince of Qi can send jewelry to Miss Sun's family. If we don't let him send it, others will say he is a thief."
Ming Jingzhou looked at the room full of jewelry boxes. He thought that with so many gifts, he had too much money and had no idea where to spend it.
What happened to Concubine Su and her son? When Jiuzhu entered the palace, Concubine Su gave her a bunch of gold and silver jewelry. When Jiuzhu went shopping, Prince Chen gave her another bunch of gold and silver jewelry.
Could it be that she suspected the Ming family and was reluctant to buy jewelry for her daughter?
Ming Jingzhou looked at Shen in confusion. Shen shook her head slightly and asked someone to move all the jewelry to the yard where Jiuzhu lived.
Just after they had packed up the jewelry boxes in the main courtyard, the family of three received an invitation from the Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion.
"The old lady of the Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion is celebrating her birthday and invited us to attend the banquet." Shen handed the invitation to Ming Jingzhou: "The Zheng family has a mediocre relationship with our Ming family. This time, the invitation was sent so early and the wording was so warm and enthusiastic that it made me feel a little uncomfortable."
Ming Jingzhou glanced at his well-behaved daughter and remained silent.
After a long while, he put the invitation aside and said, "The Ministry of Rites is busy. We need to prepare for Concubine Su's birthday banquet in the next few days. It is inconvenient for me to go to the Marquis Pingyuan's Mansion. I have to trouble you, Madam."
"I understand my husband's intention."
Jiuzhu looked at her father, then at her mother, with a big puzzle in her little head.
What did the father say and what did the mother understand?
In the palace, Emperor Longfeng was reading the memorial in his hand and summoned Prince Qi seemingly unintentionally: "Fourth Brother, I suddenly remembered that today is your grandmother's birthday. Have you visited her?"
"Your Majesty, I am about to go there."
"It's almost noon. Even though you are a prince, you should not neglect the birthday of your elders." Emperor Longfeng asked the palace maid to bring out the gift box: "Take these gifts to the Pingyuan Marquis' Mansion for me."
"On behalf of my grandmother, I would like to thank you for your grace." The King of Qi bowed and saluted.
"There's no need for this between you and me, father and son." Emperor Longfeng raised his hand and said, "Go ahead."
"Thank you, father." Prince Qi glanced at the emperor, whose attention was now focused on the memorial, and retreated silently.
"Today is the old lady's birthday in the Marquis of Pingyuan's mansion. Which officials are going to celebrate?" Emperor Longfeng put down the memorial and asked his trusted eunuch.
The trusted eunuch read out a string of names.
"Didn't you go to Ming's house?"
"Your Majesty, two of the Ming family's elders are not in the capital. Minister Ming is staying at the Ministry of Rites to prepare for the royal concubine's birthday banquet and has no time to attend." The trusted eunuch thought for a moment and said, "The son of the second branch of the Ming family has been studying in the mansion recently and rarely goes out. Only Minister Ming's wife and beloved daughter went to celebrate the birthday."
Emperor Longfeng laughed when he heard this: "Ming Jingzhou is a man who likes to stick to his own principles in everything he does. It's not like he can't take a rest if he is asked to prepare the birthday banquet for the imperial concubine."
The trusted eunuch smiled and said, "From what I have seen, the three masters of the Ming family all have the same temperament."
"If I remember correctly, Ming Jingzhou's son is still working in another place?" Emperor Longfeng thought for a moment and said, "My son and Miss Ming are getting married soon, so how can the brother-in-law not be in the capital? Go and call the people from the Ministry of Personnel to see if there are any suitable vacancies in the capital for my son's brother-in-law to fill."
When mentioning the three words "brother-in-law", Emperor Longfeng's tone was filled with undisguised intimacy.
When the Prince of Qi arrived at the mansion of the Marquis of Pingyuan, a play was being performed on the stage in the mansion to celebrate the birthday of the immortal. As soon as he appeared, everyone lost interest in the play and came to greet him.
The Zheng family welcomed the King of Qi to the seat of honor. The King of Qi declined several times before sitting down. He glanced at the officials who came to greet him, raised his teacup and smiled at them.
After swallowing the tea between his lips, he saw Sun Caiyao and Miss Ming sitting among the female guests.
"Your Highness." Zheng Wangnan whispered in his ear, "Miss Sun came here very early today and had a great time with Grandmother."
Prince Qi noticed that the golden butterfly hairpin in Ming Jiuzhu's hair was the same one that Prince Chen insisted on putting in her hair that day in the Gilded Tower.
"Miss Ming." Sun Caiyao, who was sipping tea, suddenly looked at Ming Jiuzhu, "Miss Ming grew up in Lingzhou. Are you willing to tell me about the customs and practices of Lingzhou?"
Ming Jiuzhu looked at Sun Caiyao in confusion. Dinner was about to start, and she was asked to talk about local customs and culture on an empty stomach?
She rubbed her hungry stomach and blinked and shook her head.
Although she looks petite, she can eat a lot and can't resist being hungry.
Talking about local customs and practices at this time would only affect the speed at which she picked up her chopsticks.
"Sister Sun is gentle and kind, you won't mind my rejection, right?" Jiuzhu felt that even if she refused, she had to make sure whether the other party would be angry.
She is kind by nature and would never bear to see a girl angry.
"No, how could that be?" Sun Caiyao smiled, "Sister, you are straightforward and lovely, how could I be angry with you?"
"Sister, you are so nice." Jiuzhu peeled an orange and handed it to her: "Sister, do you want to eat it?"
"No, thank you." Sun Caiyao continued to smile.
Oranges make her get angry, so she won’t eat them!
"Okay." Jiuzhu threw the orange into his mouth.
Oh!
This orange is a bit sour. The more I eat it, the hungrier I get.
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