Chapter 293 Meeting Ceremony
"Ah, ah."
[So cold, so hard, where did the emperor put Shu'er? ]
Chu Qinshu was reading a book when she suddenly felt a knot in her head. Her small body seemed to be floating in the air and she felt like she was in danger of falling to the ground at any time.
No, I have to wake up and see what's going on.
All children are like this, they feel safe only when they are wrapped in a warm embrace.
Once they leave the warm embrace, they will immediately feel uncomfortable and then become afraid and cry.
Chu Qinshu is emotionally stable and never cries for no reason.
So, after she woke up, she kept her eyes open and looked around without moving.
"Jinyu, Shu'er is awake, just pat her back and comfort her."
Emperor Yongping saw Cui Jinyu holding Chu Qinshu as if he was holding a piece of black gunpowder, cautiously and tremblingly.
He was so anxious that he couldn't even remember Cui Jinyu's nickname and just called him by his first name.
"Hey, I'll just coax you."
When Cui Jinyu met Chu Qinshu's open eyes, he felt disappointed again.
Isn't there so much emotion in these eyes?
Doubt, confusion, struggle, and resentment...
He felt that in his twenty-plus years of life, he still hadn't thought as much as his little niece had in the past few moments.
"Hey, talk to Shu'er. If you don't talk, she won't even know you. How can she let you hold her at ease?"
Emperor Yongping wanted to take Chu Qinshu back to be his own, but he was afraid that it would affect their relationship as uncle and nephew.
Since Chu Qinshu didn't cry, it means she doesn't dislike the person who hugged her.
"Your Majesty, I will obey you."
Cui Jinyu replied to Emperor Yongping and immediately said to Chu Qinshu, "Princess Anping, I am your second uncle. This is my first time holding you, and I didn't hold you well. Please don't blame me."
Emperor Yongping: "......"
How could Cui Jinyu use such a tone to coax a little kid?
It's more formal than a conversation between a subject and his monarch. Where's the affection between an uncle and his niece?
"Ah, ah, ah, ah? Wow."
[Hey, second uncle? Is he Cui Jinyu who was stationed at the border in Liangzhou? ]
Chu Qinshu was confused.
[Why would my second uncle come back to Beijing at this time? Next winter, Fengning will go to war with Sheng'an. This war was deliberately instigated by the eldest princess of Chiling, Ouyang Yue, in order to snatch my second uncle back to be her husband...]
[Alas, Ouyang Yue is already 36 years old, and my second uncle is only 26 years old. He is being pursued by that old cow Ouyang Yue. My second uncle is such a pitiful young grass.]
Chu Qinshu kept muttering to herself, always feeling that something was wrong.
The Liangzhou Army was trained by several generations of generals from the Cui family, and sooner or later it would be handed over to Cui Jinyu.
Shouldn't he be stationed in Liangzhou to train his troops and develop rapport with his deputy generals?
"Yes, I am the little princess's second uncle."
Cui Jinyu was already nervous as he held Chu Qinshu in his arms, and he became even more nervous after hearing her thoughts.
Will Fengning invade Liangzhou next winter?
Then he should hurry back to Liangzhou.
But how should he tell this to Emperor Yongping?
Thinking of this, he silently raised his eyes and glanced at Emperor Yongping. Seeing that there was no expression of surprise or worry on his face, he breathed a sigh of relief.
It was only June now, and there was still a year and a half until next winter. During this time he would surely be able to come up with a suitable solution.
"Ah, ah, ah, ah."
[Hello, Second Uncle. Shu'er likes Second Uncle. ]
When Chu Qinshu heard Cui Jinyu introducing himself to her, she greeted him with a smile.
"My little princess, I have prepared a gift for you. Please see if you like it."
Cui Jinyu had already regained his composure and started chatting with Chu Qinshu with a gentle expression.
But when he wanted to move one hand to untie the purse around his waist, he found that he didn't know which hand to move.
After hesitating for a while, he still didn't dare to move a hand.
"General Cui, let me get it for you."
Lin Fu was afraid that Cui Jinyu couldn't hold Chu Qinshu, so after handing Chu Qinshu to him, he stood beside him and didn't dare to leave.
Seeing that he had indeed prepared a gift for the meeting, she was very happy for Chu Qinshu.
"Well, that's for Eunuch Lin, it's the purse around his waist."
Cui Jinyu leaned sideways and motioned to Lin Fu to tie the thing on his belt.
When he entered the palace, he was wearing a military court robe. The front and back of Sheng Anguo's military court robe were made of metal, and the cuffs were narrow, so there was no suitable place to put things.
"My dear little princess, I have brought you the gift your second uncle prepared for you."
Lin Fu untied the purse from Cui Jinyu's waist. He felt that the purse was a bit big and the things inside were a bit heavy. He thought it must be a good thing, so he handed it to Chu Qinshu for her to see.
When Chu Qinshu saw that it was a nice-looking purse, she reached out to grab it.
She is almost nine months old and has become very stable in grasping things.
If the item is not heavy and she likes it, she can hold it for a whole day without letting go and even take a bite of it from time to time.
"Ah, ah."
【Ah, it's so heavy. 】
Chu Qinshu had already grabbed the purse from Lin Fu's hand, but one hand didn't hold it firmly, so she quickly used the other hand to hold it, and finally it fell to her chest.
I feel like the things in this purse are heavier than stones.
Fortunately, she had been climbing for nearly a month and had built up the strength in her arms.
Otherwise, the purse would hit her in the face.
"Little Princess, go slower."
Lin Fu did not completely let go. When he saw the purse fall into Chu Qinshu's hands, he slowly withdrew his hand.
"Uh-huh."
Chu Qinshu glanced at Lin Fu, nodded, and then started to open her purse.
She had opened many purses before and was very experienced. She was able to tear the purse open in just a few moves.
Inside is a piece of jade, which has not been carved but is round and full, with an ink-colored base and gold thread patterns on it. It is obvious that it is a priceless item.
"My little princess, this is Qilian colored jade produced in Liangzhou. This piece of jade is called 'Golden Silk Ink'. I found it by chance three years ago when I went out of the border to suppress the border bandits in Fengning."
Cui Jinyu was very happy when he saw Chu Qinshu holding on to the jade in her purse.
Liangzhou is rich in jade, but this kind of colored jade is extremely rare, and this kind of 'golden thread ink' is even harder to find.
He had been in Liangzhou for many years, and this was the only piece he got.
"Oh, ah, ah, ah."
[Shu'er likes it, thank you, second uncle. ]
Chu Qinshu had seen many good things, but this kind of jade was the first time she had seen it.
Although she didn't know how to collect in her previous life, she had heard of the value of natural Qilian colored jade.
This kind of jade can be stunningly beautiful without any elaborate carving.
And most importantly, this kind of jade is the raw material for polishing the "luminous cup".
'The wine is in the luminescent cup, the pipa music is urging me to drink. Don't laugh at me sleeping drunk on the battlefield, how many people have ever returned from the battles in history.'
The luminous cup mentioned in "Liangzhou Ci" by Wang Han, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, was made of this kind of Qilian colored jade.
However, she had been born for so long and had attended many palace banquets, but she had never seen Emperor Yongping use the "luminous cup".
I guess no one has made this kind of cup yet.
"Haha, it seems that Shu'er doesn't mind the gift from Second Uncle."
Cui Jinyu didn't dare let Emperor Yongping see that he could hear his niece's thoughts, so he could only continue to play dumb.
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