She ignored him and thought it was a blessing that he was willing to drink water. But when this unruly girl came, she teased him with just a few words and a bunch of broken flowers and made him laugh.
It's really chilling!
Dugu Yu came to greet the old lady with his gift, but received a big roll of the eyes from her.
Qin Qingyao, "Old Madam, don't you want to take a look? What did my prince give me? He even hid it from me. I'm so curious. If you don't want to see it, I'll help you see it!"
Qin Qingyao directly took Dugu Yu's box and opened it, and the eldest lady of the Yang family's eyes lit up.
It's a flawless jade-colored celadon vase, perfectly round and shiny. Only one such vase is produced among hundreds of thousands of pieces of celadon! It's even more expensive than many jade bottles of the same size!
As for the items in Prince Wuling's mansion, ninety-nine percent of them were gifts from the emperor, making them even more valuable! Even a casual estimate would put their value at over a million!
Seeing Qin Qingyao casually holding the decorative handles on both sides of the bottle mouth, Madam Yang's heart began to beat fast. She quickly walked over with a smile and said, "Leave it to me!"
Almost at the same time as she opened her mouth to speak, Qin Qingyao inserted the sixty-six roses in the old lady's hand into the bottle. The size of the bottle mouth was just right, and it would not be crowded at all, nor would it swing back and forth.
"Oh, my dear husband, you said you were sending me a vase, but you're still so secretive. Did you change it just because I sent you flowers?"
The old lady looked at Qin Qingyao's face, which was innocent and showed a smug look from the bottom of her heart, and she believed that they were not just putting on an act to please her.
Dugu Yu is a dull child who doesn't like to talk, let alone express his feelings. He would like to have a princess who shows everything she says on her face, so that he can live a better life!
"You two, are you deliberately showing off your affection in front of me, an old woman?"
Qin Qingyao swore to heaven, "I didn't give it to him anyway. I really don't know what he gave me. Who knew he was so petty?"
Dugu Yu: “…”
In fact, giving an expensive vase can only be regarded as a standard gift, not even a thoughtful gift. The old lady has lived a glorious life, so what kind of valuable things has she not seen?
If Qin Qingyao hadn't just sent flowers, Dugu Yu would never have seen the old lady in a good mood even if he had brought ten more bottles like this!
Qin Qingyao randomly pointed at a child from the Yang family and said, "Little Radish Head, come here and fill this vase with water. Don't fill it too full, just one-third. When you come back, keep these flowers in the old lady's room."
"If you don't want to go out, old lady, why don't you ask your family to pick some flowers and plants for you to see? There's nothing fresh in this room, it's so boring!"
The old lady snorted softly, "If only they had your heart!"
Dugu Yu thought of the dining room in his home that was filled with flowers and plants because of Qin Qingyao, and the jade vase in which two fresh flowers were replaced every day.
And the osmanthus flowers sent to his study... So this is what she meant?
Fortunately, the eldest lady of the Yang family didn't hear what the old lady said at all, because when she saw Qin Qingyao letting an ignorant child use a porcelain bottle worth millions of taels of silver to fill water for flowers, her blood pressure soared and she almost fainted!
But no matter how much her heart was bleeding, she couldn't snatch a bottle from the old lady, right?
Qin Qingyao really didn't treat herself as an outsider wherever she went. She just ordered the children of the Yang family, and then ordered the nanny beside the old lady to make honey water for the old lady.
The mouth kept chattering non-stop until the old lady finished drinking the bowl of honey water.
Dugu Yu felt that the old lady must be the same as him, not arguing with Qin Qingyao, the lunatic, just to keep her ears quiet. However, the old lady was obviously not annoyed at all and was in a good mood.
The old woman, who was curled up in bed with an expressionless face at first, sat up from the quilt when Qin Qingyao came to give her flowers. After drinking the honey water, she was already asking people to leave. She wanted to put on her clothes and go out.
The old lady drove away her grandchildren, wives, and great-grandchildren, leaving only Qin Qingyao behind.
Even if Dugu Yu had a very low EQ, he could see that the eldest lady of the Yang family was tugging at the handkerchief with her fingers, and her knuckles were turning white.
But he didn't really understand. Qin Qingyao wasn't nagging you or bothering you, so why were you angry?
After a while, the old lady came out with her hair combed meticulously and her clothes neatly dressed, supported by Qin Qingyao.
Qin Qingyao's small body was struggling to support an old man who hadn't eaten for two days. As soon as she came out, she called out to Dugu Yu, "Come here! Help the old lady!"
Dugu Yu hurried over and helped Qin Qingyao, but she gave up.
Dugu Yu curled his lips, what a hypocritical woman!
When Qin Qingyao walked into the old lady's private living room, she saw four plates of cakes on the table and asked the nanny, "What are these cakes? Are they fresh?"
The nanny said, "The white one is yam cake, the red one is hawthorn cake, the light yellow one is cloud bean cake, and..."
"This yam cake is so beautiful, old lady, can I eat it?"
Dugu Yu: “…”
I really want to throw this shameful woman out!
The old lady smiled and said, "Eat, eat, we'll leave after you finish eating!"
"No need!" Qin Qingyao took the plate and said, "We can eat while we walk. It won't interfere with your enjoyment of the garden."
Everyone: “…”
A wealthy family like the Yang Mansion has never seen a guest as disgraceful as Qin Qingyao!
The old lady said, "Okay, then you can eat it. Mammy, get some water for the princess, don't choke!"
"Thank you, old lady. You are so kind to me," Qin Qingyao said, picking up a piece of cake and handing it to the old lady. "Why don't you eat with me? Otherwise, if the servants see us, they will definitely laugh at me!"
Dugu Yu: So you knew it too!
The old lady laughed and took it, "Okay, I'll eat with you, no one will laugh at you!"
Everyone: “…”
They begged the old lady to eat something, almost kneeling and kowtowing, but she said she had no appetite and couldn't eat, and refused to eat. Qin Qingyao just let her open her mouth happily...
Dugu Yu supported the old lady steadily. Qin Qingyao held a plate of cakes, took a bite herself and gave a bite to the old lady. The nanny brought tea and the eldest daughter-in-law of the Yang family followed.
A group of people entered the garden of Yang Mansion.
The old lady smelled it from a distance and said, "Oh, is this fragrance the sweet-scented osmanthus blooming?"
Qin Qingyao, "It's blooming early! There are three colors of osmanthus in our garden. It smells so good!"
Dugu Yu: Shameful!
The old lady said, "Let's go and see how many colors there are in our garden."
Qin Qingyao entered the garden like a fish in water, not paying any attention to the old lady at all, and ran around in front of her, "Old lady, come and see the chrysanthemum buds!"
"Look at the many colors of cannas in your garden, old lady!"
"Look, old lady, there's a beehive here!"
Everyone: “…”
Dugu Yu's peripheral vision was focused on the old lady beside him who was looking at Qin Qingyao with a smile on her face, walking slowly, and calmly reaching out to take the cakes from the plate in his hand to eat. He finally understood why Qin Qingyao was so embarrassed to bring out a plate of cakes to eat.
She didn't want to eat it herself, she gave it specifically to the old lady because she hadn't eaten for two days and would definitely be hungry if she went out for a walk.
If Qin Qingyao hadn't taken the blame and put aside her pride to cover for the old lady, she, an old woman who had been serious all her life, would never have done such a thing as carrying a plate of cakes and strolling around the garden.
Yam is good for the stomach. Qin Qingyao picked it out specifically because she was afraid that the old lady’s stomach might not be able to handle the food she ate suddenly.
Dugu Yu didn't know why, but he suddenly wanted to share something with the old lady. "That girl was stung by a bee when she was at home. Her head swelled up like a pig's head!"
He originally wanted to talk about that woman, but fortunately he changed his tone in time, otherwise the old lady would have been angry to death again.
The old lady was shocked. "Really? There is such a thing!"
Qin Qingyao turned around and was very unhappy. "When did I become as swollen as a pig's head?"
Dugu Yu: "Your father and your elder brother both told me that!"
Thinking about it this way, before they got married, Minister Qin and his son seemed to often mention Qin Qingyao in front of him. They were not afraid of exposing her shortcomings at all, and they always laughed at her in a very gloating way.
But in today's court...
When Dugu Yu thought of this, he always felt a little uncomfortable.
Seeing Qin Qingyao glaring at Dugu Yu with her cheeks puffed out with anger, the old lady laughed so hard that she couldn't stop. Then she asked Dugu Yu, "Then you didn't say anything?"
Dugu Yu, "I gave her a jar of the best honey!"
The nanny next to him almost burst out laughing, and the old lady stared at him speechlessly, "You kid, how can you be so ignorant!"
Dugu Yu: “…”
What's wrong with him giving her honey? If Qin Qingyao doesn't want to eat honey, why would she poke the beehive?
Qin Qingyao cried out in grievance, "Old Madam, you know what a disgusting blockhead he is, right? Living with him is such a hardship for me!"
Dugu Yu: I'm annoying? You want to live a hard life with me? Haha, haha!
The old lady rolled her eyes at Dugu Yu, walked over and patted Qin Qingyao's hand, "Thank you for your hard work! If he ever treats you unfairly again, come and tell me. I'll support you!"
"I hope you, old lady, live a long life! He's so strong, if you don't hit him hard and with great force, he won't feel the pain!"
Dugu Yu: “…”
The old lady was lying on the bed just now, looking like she had lost all desire to live and was about to die. But now she was smiling with a rosy face and a loud voice. She didn't know if she was a hundred years old, but it seemed that she could live another ten or eight years.
"Hahaha, to support you, I'll try to live two more years!"
"Two years isn't enough, two hundred years is enough!"
"You girl, you think I'm an old monster!"
"He's obviously an old immortal, let me tell you..."
Seeing some sweat on the old lady's forehead, Qin Qingyao calmly helped her to sit in the pavilion in the garden, and the tea brought by the nanny also came in handy.
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