Chapter 50 Invitation (Part 3)
"Ahem, I'm not laughing!" Huo Xifei coughed, "It's fine!"
"Give it back to me!" Yuan Ziyu pouted and was about to step forward to snatch it back.
Huo Xifei held up the purse high and said, "You promised to give it to me, how can you take it back?"
Yuan Ziyu failed to grab the purse, but bumped into Huo Xifei's arms. Her face turned red with shame, and she hit Huo Xifei's shoulder in anger. Then she sat aside, turned her face away, pouting and not looking at him.
Huo Xifei stretched his neck to look at Yuan Ziyu's profile. His face was puffed up like a little hamster, so he smiled and asked, "Are you angry?"
"Hmph!" Yuan Ziyu snorted again and looked up at the sky.
Huo Xifei smiled and said, "It's really good, I like it!"
"You're lying!" Yuan Ziyou turned and looked at Huo Xifei: "It's obviously ugly!"
"But I like it!"
"real?"
“Truer than real gold!”
"What if you wear it outside and others laugh at you?" Yuan Ziyu turned around and looked at the purse in Huo Xifei's hand. She really thought it was ugly. The only thing she could show off was the spices in the purse, which she had specially soaked in spring water.
"See who dares!" Huo Xifei smiled as he put the purse on his body: "Look, it matches my clothes so well."
Yuan Ziyu blinked and took a look. Hmm, it seems okay.
Today, Huo Xifei was still wearing a green brocade robe, which looked quite nice with the stone-blue purse. However, the pattern she embroidered on the purse really destroyed a lot of the beauty.
Yuan Ziyu sighed inwardly, her hands were really not suitable for needlework.
"Okay, since you don't mind it being ugly, just wear it!" Yuan Ziyu coughed and said in a low voice.
As they were talking, Dingxiang came.
"Second Miss, Prince, the wife of Marquis Xuanping is coming back, and she wants to ask if you want to go back to the palace with her." Dingxiang saluted respectfully.
"Go tell the lady that I will be there soon!" Huo Xifei said after hearing this.
"Yes!" Dingxiang responded with a smile.
"I'll take it to you!" Yuan Ziyu instructed Qingying to prepare some snacks and let Huo Xifei take them back later!
When Huo Xifei saw Qingzhi bring the cloak, he personally put it on Yuan Ziyou and asked Qingzhi to bring a hand warmer, saying, "It's cold outside, don't forget to take this hand warmer!"
"Yeah!" Yuan Ziyu narrowed his eyes and smiled.
When they arrived at Shousong Hall, Meng saw Huo Xifei and Yuan Ziyou walking in side by side. She first looked at the jade hairpin in Yuan Ziyou's hair, then at the purse at Huo Xifei's waist, then smiled and said to Madam Yuan and Liu, "I feel relieved at last!"
Everyone laughed at what they heard.
Huo Xifei smiled and looked at Yuan Ziyu, then quietly held her hand. Yuan Ziyu gently pulled it twice and then let him do it.
When Meng took Huo Xi away, Liu and Yuan Ziyu had just helped Madam Yuan back to Shousong Hall when a little maid came to report that someone had come from Prince Kang's mansion.
"Which mansion did you say the people from?" asked the elder lady in disbelief.
"Madam, they are from Prince Kang's mansion." The little girl replied hurriedly.
"Please come in!" The elder lady said hurriedly. When she saw the little girl leave, she asked Liu: "My eldest daughter-in-law, do you think my clothes are okay?"
"I'm fine, mother!" Liu said with a smile, feeling a little excited in her heart. Prince Kang's Mansion is a real royal family. They usually don't have much interaction with each other. Why did they send someone here today? I don't know what's going on.
"That's good!" The elder lady said nervously, "I don't know why Prince Kang's palace sent someone here?"
Aunt Bai smiled and said, "Old lady, it might be a great thing!"
The elder lady smiled and said, "That's right!"
Yuan Ziyu stood aside, thinking about what Princess Linyang said last night. He had some guesses in his mind, but he didn't know whether it was true or not, so he didn't respond. He just stood beside Liu and looked at the door.
Not long after, a daughter-in-law in her twenties followed the little girl in and said, "Greetings, old lady, greetings, Madam Yuan, greetings, Miss Yuan."
"No need to be so polite, just sit down!" The elder lady hurriedly ordered the maid to bring a stool.
"Thank you, old lady!" The daughter-in-law smiled and thanked her, then half-seated on a stool. "I am the housekeeper's daughter-in-law in Princess Linyang's courtyard. I came here today because Princess Linyang sent me to deliver an invitation to Miss Yuan Er."
"Oh?" The elder lady said happily, "Is it a letter to my second daughter?"
The daughter-in-law smiled and said, "That's right. On the 20th day of the first lunar month, my princess will hold a plum blossom viewing banquet. She specially asked me to send an invitation to Miss Yuan Er."
As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his bosom and handed it to the elder lady.
The elder lady took the invitation, looked at it and was immediately overjoyed. Even Liu was delighted.
"This is really good fortune for my second daughter!" said the elder lady with a smile.
"In that case, I will take my leave!" The daughter-in-law smiled and stood up.
After hearing this, the elder lady hurriedly ordered Shaoyao to stuff a purse into the daughter-in-law's pocket and then asked Shaoyao to send the daughter-in-law out of the second gate.
"Second girl, why did Princess Linyang invite you to the plum blossom viewing banquet?" The old lady Yuan was delighted, but also a little puzzled. Their Yuan Mansion and Prince Kang's Mansion had no intersection. Although her eldest son was a general, he was only a third-rank official. He was very powerful when he was in the frontier, but he was nothing when he returned to the capital.
Yuan Ziyou smiled and said, "I ran into Princess Linyang yesterday. Perhaps I caught her eye, so she invited me to a plum blossom viewing banquet."
"Why didn't you tell me you were back? This is great news."
Yuan Ziyou smiled and said, "My granddaughter thought the princess was just saying it casually, but she didn't know it was true!"
"No matter what, it's always a good thing!" The elder lady said with a smile, then pondered, "Today is the sixteenth day, and the princess's plum blossom viewing banquet will be held in three days!"
"Eldest daughter-in-law!" The old lady then instructed Liu: "The second girl is going to the Prince Kang's mansion to attend the plum blossom viewing banquet. This is a big event. You must make another set of clothes for the second girl, and the money will be paid from the public treasury."
Without waiting for Liu's reply, Yuan Ziyou said hurriedly, "Grandma, I have enough clothes. There's no need to make any more!"
"That's different. It has to be more grand!" The elder lady said to Liu: "Just do as I say!"
"Yes, mother!"
The elder lady then instructed Shaoyao, "Go to my room and bring me the ruby headpiece."
"Grandma!" Yuan Ziyou said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "No need to be so grand."
"Why not?" The elder lady said, "This ruby headpiece you wore that day isn't too complicated and is suitable for your age. I've prepared two sets, one for you and one for the eldest girl. I was going to give you this set on your birthday, but I'll give it to you now!"
"Thank you, grandma!" Seeing Mrs. Yuan say this, Yuan Ziyu had no choice but to accept it.
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