"Don't you have anything you want 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 with her.
"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 yourself and eat on time."
"All right." Prince Chen raised his hand and called the shopkeeper: "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 hairpin, people will say that I am stingy if the news gets out."
"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 care: "Prince Chen's Mansion is not short of money."
After saying that, he took the opportunity to poke Jiuzhu on the cheek, then strode away with a smile.
Covering the place where he was poked, Jiuzhu turned his head to look at Chunfen.
Chunfen comforted: "Don't worry, Miss. The Prince of Chen is really rich."
Jiuzhu carefully lifted her cloak, looked up and sighed.
"Miss, the Prince of Chen always acts arbitrarily. If you don't like it, we will have someone send the jewelry back to the Prince of Chen's mansion..."
"How can you be so arbitrary?" Jiuzhu denied: "Your Highness is just being generous to others."
"Sister Chunfen." She held Chunfen's arm and shook it gently: "Don't say that about His Royal Highness Prince Chen 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 said against your will?
As long as you can make the lady happy, it's not a difficult task.
"Miss, I didn't expect that such an elegant man as His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi would specially select these hairpins and rings 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 were red, and she closed all the jewelry boxes: "I see that you are all teasing me."
"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 think the pair of golden phoenix hairpins are perfect for the young lady."
Phoenix Golden Hairpin...
Sun Caiyao opened the jewelry box containing 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 her face looked strange and their laughter became quieter.
"All of you go out." Her trembling fingertips gently touched the Phoenix Gold Hairpin Box, and her tone became calmer and calmer: "I want to be alone for a while."
“Phoenix…”
She opened the jewelry box, looked in the bronze mirror, and inserted the phoenix gold hairpin into her hair.
Looking at her face in the mirror, she smiled: "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 as jewelry store maids holding jewelry boxes, lined up neatly and walking in the same direction.
"Are those people from the Gilded Building?" she asked casually.
"Yes, Miss. It is said that the Prince of Chen was so wealthy that he 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 woman some jewelry is a sign of gentleness and thoughtfulness. He gave dozens of things at once. Was he dissatisfied with the poor appearance of the girl from the Ming family, which embarrassed him?
Scholars value integrity the most, and the Ming family is not a poor family that has never seen good things. Prince Chen's move 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 grown up in her parents' care and I don't know how much affection she has for them. If Prince Chen continues to act like this, she might be disliked by the Ming family when she marries him in the future.
Touching the golden phoenix hairpin on her temples, Sun Caiyao lowered the curtain of the sedan chair 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 cautiously and asked, "Madam, are you in a good mood today?"
If I wasn't in a good mood, why would I spend so much money on jewelry? But looking at her face, she doesn't seem to be in a good mood.
"They are all good things from the Jinhua Building." Shen waved to the maid, "Go and ask the young lady to come over."
"So they were all bought for Jiuzhu." Ming Jingzhou suddenly realized. No wonder his wife was willing to buy so many jewelry for her daughter in Miaojinlou.
"Indeed, they were all bought for Jiuzhu." Shen's expression was strange: "But I wasn't the one who paid for it."
"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 in the shape of auspiciousness. 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: "If you 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 would 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: "It was delivered so soon?"
"My daughter, 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 flickering.
"Heh." Shen chuckled, "Husband, do you want to return the things?"
Ming Jingzhou: “…”
This is really a bit unreliable.
"Why do we have to return it?" Jiuzhu looked at her parents in confusion: "Is there anything wrong with these things?"
"No, no." Seeing his daughter's bright eyes dim, Ming Jingzhou quickly explained, "Father is just curious about who gave the gift. Zhuzhu will keep it if she likes it."
"Yes!" Jiuzhu nodded heavily, walked to Shen's side, hugged her arms and stayed close to her: "Originally, my daughter didn't want His Highness to give these things, but His Highness said that the King of Qi can give Miss Sun jewelry. If I don't let him give it, others will say he is stingy."
Ming Jingzhou looked at the room full of jewelry boxes, but with so many gifts, it would mean he had too much money and nowhere to spend it.
What happened between 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 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 an average relationship with our Ming family. This time, the invitation was sent so early and the wording was so sincere and enthusiastic that it made me feel 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 Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion. I can only trouble Madam."
"I understand my husband's intention."
Jiuzhu looked at his father, then at his mother, his little head full of confusion.
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 unintentionally: "Fourth Brother, I suddenly remembered that today is your grandmother's birthday. Have you visited her?"
"Father, I am about to go there."
"It is almost noon now. Even though you are a prince, you should not neglect the birthday of your elders from your maternal family." Emperor Longfeng asked the palace servants to bring out the gift boxes: "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: "Go."
"Thank you, father." The King of Qi glanced at the emperor, whose attention was now focused on the memorial, and retreated silently.
"Today is the birthday of the old lady of Pingyuan Marquis' Mansion. Which officials went 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 Imperial Concubine's birthday banquet and has no time to attend to other matters." 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 smiled when he heard this: "Ming Jingzhou is a man who likes to stick to his principles in everything he does. It's not like he can't take a break when he is asked to prepare the imperial concubine's birthday banquet."
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 serving in another place?" Emperor Longfeng thought for a moment and said, "The Ming family girl and my son 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 is any suitable vacancy in the capital to fill for my son's brother-in-law."
When mentioning the three words "brother-in-law", Emperor Longfeng's tone was filled with undisguised intimacy.
When the King of Qi arrived at the Marquis of Pingyuan's mansion, a play titled "The Immortal's Birthday Celebration" was being performed on the stage inside the mansion. As soon as he appeared, everyone lost interest in listening to the opera and came forward to pay their respects to 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 and teeth, he saw Sun Caiyao and Miss Ming sitting among the female guests.
"Your Highness." Zheng Wangnan whispered in his ear, "Miss Sun came here early today and had a great time with Grandmother."
The King of Qi noticed that the golden butterfly hairpin in Ming Jiuzhu's hair was the same one that the King of Chen insisted on putting in her hair that day in the Miaojin 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 culture 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 habits on an empty stomach?
Rubbing her hungry stomach, she 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 will only affect the speed at which she picks 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 that the other party would not be angry.
She is kind by nature and doesn't want to make girls angry.
"No, how could that be." Sun Caiyao smiled: "My sister is straightforward and cute, 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.
She gets a sore throat after eating oranges! No! eat!
"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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