Chapter 19 King Jingbei demonstrates his power and warns her?
These rewards were personal gifts from King Jingbei to Xie Yao and did not count as betrothal gifts.
Her marriage to Xiao Yizi was arranged by the emperor, and the Jingbei Palace did not need to pay a betrothal gift.
If Xiao Yizi really sent her a betrothal gift, she would still have to think about how to get it from Xie Mingan.
The one who came to the Earl's Mansion to deliver the reward was the young guard who had pointed a knife at Xie Ming'an before.
It would have been fine if it was just one guard, but there were also eight armored guards from the palace who came with him.
The gift was a pair of large rosewood boxes inlaid with gems, sparkling in the afterglow of the setting sun. It was pulled by three majestic white horses and crossed half of the capital. Under the eyes of countless people, it was delivered to the Wenchang Earl's Mansion through the main gate.
Xiao Yizi wanted to let the whole capital know what a luxurious and powerful prince he was.
It was even more grand than the announcement of the decree during the day. I wonder who it was for.
"Your Highness has a reward. This is eight pieces of Shu brocade given by the Emperor this autumn. Princess, you can make new clothes."
"This is the Suhexiang cake that the prince seized during his campaign against the Western Rong. Princess, you can make it into a sachet."
"This is the red coral tree that Nanhai County presented as tribute this year. Princess, you can place it in the courtyard for your enjoyment."
Bai Su passed by the courtyard of the second master of the Xie family, the study of Uncle Xie, the greenhouse of Old Lady Xie, the attic of Aunt Sun and Xie Zhi, and came to Wanxiangyuan.
His voice was loud, and the sound of him giving rewards spread throughout the mansion.
Xie Yao asked Rendong to accept them one by one. She felt in her heart that King Jingbei was so rich and powerful, but she kept a polite smile on her face.
After talking about the gift, Bai Mi took out a jade porcelain bottle with a serious expression.
Xie Yao also became serious.
"This is the healing ointment that the prince used before. I found it specially to give to Miss Xie." Bai Mi lowered her voice.
Just now when he called out the gift list, he called her "Princess" to save face for Second Miss Xie. Now in private, he followed the rules and called Xie Yao "Second Miss Xie".
Xie Yao frowned.
How did Xiao Yizi know that she was injured?
He deliberately gave these precious rewards to show off his power because he rejected Lu Shenyan and did not cheat on him?
Or was it to warn her that he knew her secret?
Although, her injury was no secret.
Bai Shen didn't know what she said wrong. Miss Xie in front of her was fine just now, but her eyes suddenly became cold.
Xie Yao calmed herself down and was about to say thank you when she saw Sang Ruo coming again.
She is coming, she is coming, she is coming with the reward money.
Fortunately, it was not that scary this time. They just prepared a small plate of silver ingots.
Mother, oh mother, she said she was taking a rest and didn't even see her, but she immediately sent someone to reward the guards who were delivering the reward to King Jingbei, and she also said that she was tired of her?
Bai Zhu declined: "I am acting on the orders of the prince, so I cannot accept your reward."
Xie Yao glanced at the people behind Bai Su and said, "We're all family, right? What's your name?"
Bai Su nodded quickly: "My name is Bai Su, and I am the prince's close bodyguard."
"Since we're all family, what's the difference between you and me? Just give me some gifts, go have a drink with the brothers."
Bai Mi was a little moved. He usually didn't get moved easily, but on the one hand, Miss Xie was the future princess and one of their own, and on the other hand, other people usually didn't give him so much reward.
"This is too much..." he whispered.
Xie Yao was waiting for these words. With a wave of her sleeve, she took away half of the reward money on the tray in front of Sang Ruo's surprised eyes.
She patted Bai Shi's shoulder and smiled brightly: "You take half and I take half. Don't worry, I won't tell the prince."
He had no choice but to accept it.
This pat on the shoulder made Bai Su feel like she was back in the past when she was fighting with the prince. The prince liked to pat people on the shoulders.
Xie Yao added, "Thank you, Guard Xu, for sending these things. I will go to the palace to express my gratitude in person someday."
Bai Su thought, who said that Second Miss Xie was arrogant and unruly? Isn't she very polite?
"Thank you, Miss Second, for your courtesy. There's no need to thank me. The prince and you will be one family sooner or later, and we should not have different opinions." He touched his head and a pair of dimples appeared on his cheeks when he smiled.
Xie Yao seemed to be lost in thought. It seemed that Xiao Yizi was warning her not to go out and to behave herself.
After Bai Mi left, Sang Ruo said quietly, "Second Miss, this is the reward from the Lord to the guards of the palace. Why did you keep half of it for yourself?"
Xie Yao turned around, hugged the coral tree that was more than a meter tall and as red as blood, and said with tears in her eyes: "Because I am poor."
Even though it has come to this, since her mother is still acting with her, she doesn't mind continuing the self-torture tactic.
"Thank my uncle for me, and tell him that next time I won't accuse him of embezzling the people's money."
Sang Ruo hesitated to speak, and finally left without saying anything.
Xie Yao returned to the house and saw Rendong packing the gifts, and suddenly she understood.
"Do I smell like medicine?" she asked.
Honeysuckle sniffed, "I didn't smell it. Besides, who doesn't smell medicine in the Bo's Mansion these days? Master Xie was injured, and his wife has been taking medicine all year round. Old Madam Xie also often takes tonics."
Xie Yao shook her head, thinking that Xiao Yizi was really a dog's nose.
"My injury is almost healed, so I'll stop applying the external medicine for now."
She put away the reward money she had embezzled and did not touch the bottle of healing ointment.
Back in the yard, Xie Yao acted according to the original plan.
After picking a few crabapples, she deliberately wiped the sweat off her face while panting, and coughed loudly towards the air.
Honeysuckle cooperated and expressed concern: "Second Miss, it's so cold, and you're still wearing so little. What if you catch a cold?"
"The North is no colder than the capital, so I can handle it."
As Xie Yao spoke, she wiped a fruit casually and put it in her mouth.
"Remember when we were defending the city of Yunzhou? We ate dry food for half a month and dreamed of eating fresh fruits and vegetables."
"That's true. Yunzhou is poor, and the fruit trees are picked as soon as autumn comes. How can there be such abundant fruits?"
Inside the room, Xu Susu sat by the window, her hand holding the medicine bowl hovering in the air.
She remembered that when Xie Yao was young, she loved sweet things and her favorite thing was to eat osmanthus candy. She completely disdained the sour crabapples in the yard.
But now, after all the suffering she had endured, she actually ate these fruits with relish...
Sang Ruo was serving Xu Susu. Seeing Xie Yao running outside, she quickly said, "Let me go and tell the Second Miss to take care of herself."
Xu Susu suppressed her distress and sternly stopped her, "Let her go. Wasn't she alive and kicking when she injured Lord Bo and Steward Wang? I think she's in very good health now."
Sang Ruo had no choice but to stand by silently.
After Xu Susu finished drinking the medicine, she took the medicine bowl away and came back and said, "Madam, when I brought dinner to the Second Miss just now, the kitchen also prepared food for her. I saw that the Second Miss had eaten it all. It seems that I will not be needed in the future."
Xu Susu's eyes dimmed a little, but her voice remained cold: "It's better if you don't need it. It will save you a lot of trouble."
Before she could finish her words, she started coughing uncontrollably, and her face turned pale as paper.
Sang Ruo hurriedly handed over the handkerchief.
It took a long time for Xu Susu to stop coughing, but there was a touch of bright red on her handkerchief.
As dusk fell, Xie Yao seemed to be oblivious to the cold wind outside. She left the door wide open and sat leisurely eating her midnight snack, not looking like she had caught a cold at all.
Xu Susu was so angry that she closed the window, thinking out of sight, out of mind.
Suddenly, there was a crisp "pop" sound outside and something broke.
Xu Susu suddenly stood up, rushed out and opened the door.
"Mother."
Xie Yao was safe and sound. She looked up at her with a smile on her face.
On the ground, it seemed that she had dropped a bowl because of a momentary shaking of her hand.
Seeing that she was fine, Xu Susu's face became even colder and she was about to leave.
The daughter opposite frowned. She had clearly left the door open to let in the fresh air just now, trying to make her feel distressed, but suddenly she closed the door faster than her.
Sang Ruo said, "Madam, we should rest."
Xu Susu returned to the bedroom, but Xie Yao's suddenly changed expression could not be shaken off her mind.
Suddenly, she asked, "Sang Ruo, when you delivered the meal, did you see that girl also eat the food sent by the kitchen?"
"Yes, the second young lady has a good appetite. These days, when I brought her food, I saw her eating two portions of food by herself."
Xu Susu's face suddenly turned pale.
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