Chapter 969 Birthday (2)
Shen Miao asked Gu Yu, "Cousin Tan will be back soon, right?"
Guyu said, "Mr. Gao has sent a message that he will definitely be able to make it to the birthday party at Bixiao Tower tonight."
Luo Tan and Gao Yang had disappeared for the past few days. Luo Tan had a fiery temper, and Gao Yang had previously deceived her. It would likely take a while for Luo Tan to calm down, so Gao Yang simply abducted her. Shen Miao felt relieved, knowing Gao Yang wasn't someone who would do anything bad to Luo Tan. On the contrary, Gao Yang was far more dangerous. Today was Xie Jingxing's birthday, and as Xie Jingxing's right-hand man and friend, Gao Yang naturally had to rush over.
Shen Miao pondered for a moment before picking up her pen to write the letter. She hesitated a bit, writing two or three sentences before quickly crumpling the letter into a ball and throwing it into the wastebasket. She began writing again, writing for a while before throwing it away again as before. In the end, after wasting countless sheets of flowery paper, she finally put her pen away. She put the letter into an envelope and handed it to Jingzhe, saying, "When you meet Tieyi later, give this to him and ask him to give it to Xie Jingxing at the birthday party tonight."
Jingzhe's eyes widened. She didn't expect that it was actually for Xie Jingxing. She thought that Shen Miao was writing a letter home to Shen Xin and his wife. She was wondering why she was writing again since she had already written a letter two days ago.
Shen Miao said, "Guyu, please go out for me." She casually tore off a piece of paper, wrote a few words on it, and handed it to Guyu, saying, "Please buy these things for me."
Guyu quickly said hello.
The two left in a hurry. Shen Miao sat in the room, but breathed a sigh of relief.
She rarely surrendered. Especially in this life, her deep pride wouldn't allow her to bow to anyone. But this time, she was wrong. Besides, Xie Jingxing was also a proud man. Between two people, one had to bow first. Shen Miao thought, Xie Jingxing didn't know anything, so there was no need for him to bow his head.
Having received so many gifts at her birthday party, she had to give something in return. However, the Prince Rui's mansion had no shortage of gold, silver, and jewelry, and her needlework wasn't particularly sophisticated. After much thought, she could only come up with something simple. Hopefully, as Bajiao had said, Xie Jingxing might appear picky on the surface, but in reality, he was easy to please.
However, what concerned her most was that among the guests visiting Bixiao Tower, the Ye family was present, and therefore, Ye Mei and her brother were also among them. Whenever Ye Mei and her brother were present, she would always follow closely behind them to prevent them from plotting anything, and she would never allow Xie Jingxing to have any contact with them without her presence.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was already evening. The people sent by Tie Yi had already begun to come to pick up the others. Jing Zhe inserted the last pearl hairpin into Shen Miao's hair and said with a smile, "That's enough. Madam will definitely outdo everyone today."
“I’m not a concubine in the imperial selection, so what’s the point of this?” Shen Miao laughed, looked at herself in the mirror, took off the pearl hairpin again, and replaced it with a purple-red jade crabapple.
Jingzhe blinked: "This is a better match than the hairpin just now!"
Shen Miao's mind flashed back to the moment Xie Jingxing first gave her the Jade Begonia. Back then, they were wary of each other, each filled with suspicion. At that time, Shen Miao didn't know Xie Jingxing's true background, but she felt that he was different from the mischievous boy she had heard rumors about in her previous life.
Life was filled with coincidences and incredible wonders. Now, she and Xie Jingxing were husband and wife, and had even come to Daliang together. This was something she could never have imagined back then. Wearing this jade begonia might help Xie Jingxing calm down, and remind him that they had come this far from strangers to husband and wife, so perhaps unnecessary suspicion or alienation was unnecessary.
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