Because of her beauty, Feng Panpan was treated like a plaything by Liang Chaozong for a while.
[In fact, she relied on her beauty. If she was careful and cautious, she could have lived a miserable life in the harem.]
[However, she was too stupid and was soon framed by the Queen and banished to the cold palace.]
[As for Feng Manman, Liang Chaozong wasn't crazy enough to lay his hands on a little girl.]
[However, after Feng Panpan was sent to the cold palace, the queen secretly sent the two sisters out of the palace and sold them to a brothel.]
[It's a pity that this pair of young ladies from a once extremely noble family have become prostitutes who are ravaged by anyone.]
Xiao Wanyin, who was sitting next to him, and several princes who were close by heard this heartfelt speech in its entirety.
I couldn't help but tremble in my heart.
They were chewing milk candy in their mouths, but they couldn't feel the sweetness anymore.
I didn't expect that this gorgeously dressed and exquisitely-looking young lady from the Duke's Mansion would have such a tragic ending in the Book of Destiny.
"Your Highness, this is the gift I prepared for you. Do you like it?"
Xia Miaoyuan was sighing in his heart when Liang Zhirou's voice came into his ears.
Xia Miaoyuan raised his eyes and saw Liang Zhirou had already handed him a brocade box.
Xia Miaoyuan thanked him and casually opened the brocade box, only to see some colorful ceramic beads inside.
"This is the latest model of marbles. I'm sure Your Highness will like it." Liang Zhirou said with a smile.
"Yeah, I like it, I like it, very good." Xia Miaoyuan rolled his eyes in his heart.
Liang Zhirou was a little surprised. Logically, children aged three or four would love to play with marbles. But why did Princess Anguo seem to have no interest in such beautiful marbles?
She thought to herself and bit her lip.
At this moment, Yan Ruoxi came over, bowed to Xia Miaoyuan and said, "Your Highness, this is a meeting gift from this servant to you."
As she spoke, Yan Ruoxi handed over two books.
The two books are plain and even slightly yellowed, and they don't look like new books.
In an instant, Xia Miaoyuan became curious.
She looked at the cover of the book and saw the words "Teaching Children to Read" written on it.
[What Master Yan's granddaughter gave me was actually a literacy book!]
When I opened the book again, I saw that it was filled with simple words and simple poems. What was special was that there were small pictures next to the words and poems.
"How special!" Xia Miaoyuan couldn't help but sigh.
Yan Ruoxi smiled slightly: "These two books were specially made for me by my grandfather when I was just starting to learn."
"These two books were written and illustrated by my grandfather stroke by stroke."
"Although I've used it, I've always taken good care of it, so the book is still in good condition, just a little worn."
Hearing this, Xia Miaoyuan felt even more emotional.
Yan Ruoxi is truly attentive. Although this is a children's primer, it was personally written by the current Lord Yan. It's the only one of its kind in the world.
[It’s definitely a unique copy! ]
At this moment, Feng Manman glanced disdainfully at the two books on the table and rolled her eyes. "Hey! You have the nerve to give away your own used books? Do you think the princess is a child who can be fooled?"
"Miss Yan, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you're the granddaughter of a top-rank official, and yet you're willing to give such a shabby gift. It's truly a disgrace to the Yan family."
Yan Ruoxi ignored him and took out another stack of flowery paper, handed it over with both hands, and said lightly: "Your Highness, this is the flowery paper I made myself."
Xia Miaoyuan's eyes suddenly lit up.
There were about twenty or thirty sheets of flowery paper in the small stack, about half the size of the book, light pink in color, with two little rabbits printed on the lower right corner, and some elegant little flowers, which was quite small and cute.
[Wow, Yan Ruoxi is only seven years old, and she can actually make her own flower paper. She is truly a talented girl!]
Xia Miaoyuan knew something about ancient flowery paper before she traveled through time and space.
Simply put, flower paper is similar to modern colored letter paper, except that it is made by scholars themselves.
Usually, scholars use it to write poems or messages to friends.
Ancient scholars and literati believed that the mass-printed paper sold on the market was vulgar, and only the flowery paper that was designed, made by hand, and printed one by one was elegant.
Therefore, scholars at that time considered it an elegant thing to make flowery paper by hand.
Flower paper is considered a precious gift.
Seeing Xia Miaoyuan looking intently at the flower paper, Yan Ruoxi explained, "This is something my grandfather and I learned."
"I drew this pattern myself, and my grandfather helped me make the printing plate. However, I printed the printed paper piece by piece. My drawing may not be very good, so please don't be disgusted, Your Highness."
Xia Miaoyuan held the flowery paper in both hands and read it again and again.
[I don’t want to be disgusted, but I want to be disgusted with myself after watching it.]
How many people can make flower-shaped paper at the age of seven?
"I really like these two gifts! Thank you, Sister Yan!" Xia Miaoyuan said in a baby voice.
Feng Manman and Liang Zhirou's faces darkened, especially Feng Manman, who pouted her lips.
Xiao Wanyin poked Xia Miaoyuan's waist and whispered, "Where's your return gift?"
[Oh, if my cousin hadn't reminded me, I would have forgotten.]
Thinking of this, Xia Miaoyuan called out to the palace maid waiting for her outside the classroom, "Bring it here!"
A palace maid responded and brought in a food box.
When I opened it, there were several packages of snacks wrapped in brown paper.
"My dear sisters who have been studying with me, this is my return gift to you since we are meeting for the first time today. Although it is just a snack, it was made by my mother herself." Xia Miaoyuan said solemnly.
After saying that, she picked up the packages of snacks and handed them to Feng Manman and the other two.
The three of them expressed their gratitude.
"Is there any snacks left after they are delivered?" Xiao Wanyin looked at Xia Miaoyuan eagerly.
"There are still some in the palace. Your mother left them for you." Seeing her little cousin's greedy look, Xia Miaoyuan hurried to comfort her.
Feng Manman looked Xiao Wanyin up and down, rolling her eyes.
Liang Zhirou smiled and asked Xiao Wanyin in a gentle voice, "Miss Xiao, I wonder what gift you gave His Highness? Please bring it out for everyone to see!"
[Liang Zhirou, Liang Zhirou, you really are good at it! You're so green tea at such a young age.]
【To stir up trouble between me and my cousin.】
Xiao Wanyin blinked her big eyes and asked blankly, "A meeting gift?"
Feng Manman raised her voice sarcastically, "Xiao Wanyin, you haven't prepared any gifts for Her Royal Highness the Princess, have you?"
Xiao Wanyin said seriously, "Why should I give Miao'er a meeting gift? I met her when she was just a few months old!"
"I found a lot of toys for her at that time, but she didn't know how to play with them yet."
Liang Zhirou originally wanted to embarrass Xiao Wanyin because she saw that she had no intention of bringing a gift, and at the same time, she wanted to arouse Xia Miaoyuan's dislike for Xiao Wanyin.
But she never expected that Xiao Wanyin would react like this.
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