Chapter 593 The First
Xiao Xixi took the jade pendant and said with a smile.
"This is the first time you gave me New Year's money. Seeing it reminds me of the first time we spent New Year together. It would be a shame to throw it away. Keep it as a souvenir."
When Luo Qinghan heard this, he felt even more regretful.
If I had known that it could have such important commemorative significance, I should have bought her something better.
Xiao Xixi carefully put away the bighead carp pendant.
The thumb-sized jade seal was pressed against my chest, feeling cool and very comfortable on this summer night.
When she lay on the bed, she was still a little excited. She couldn't help touching the small seal hanging on her chest. The corners of her mouth rose involuntarily and she smiled like a little fool.
She lay in Luo Qinghan's arms and asked curiously.
"When did you learn how to carve seals?"
Luo Qinghan's palm gently stroked her back and replied in a low voice: "When I was studying at the Imperial College, I learned how to carve seals from my teacher for a while, but I only carved them for fun in private and never gave them to others."
Xiao Xixi raised her head: "Am I the first person to receive the seal you personally carved?"
Luo Qinghan responded softly.
"Well, you're the first one."
There are many firsts in a person’s life.
Every first one contains a special memory.
Memories like this are always hard to forget.
Xiao Xixi was very happy that she could be one of the many firsts in Luo Qinghan's life.
Maybe in the future he will celebrate other people's birthdays and give them seals he carved by himself, but at least, the first person to receive this treatment will always be her.
That's enough.
Xiao Xixi put her face against his chest and said with a smile.
"Good night, my favorite, Your Highness."
…
At dawn the next day, Xiao Xixi was dug out of bed by Luo Qinghan.
Xiao Xixi, with messy hair, yawned and muttered.
"Every morning when I wake up, I have the urge to take a nap."
Luo Qinghan asked: "Do you still want to eat wonton, white porridge and scallion pancakes?"
Xiao Xixi couldn't help but sip her saliva.
"think!"
Luo Qinghan patted her on the butt: "Then put on your clothes quickly."
There were no palace maids in the imperial mausoleum. The only eunuch was the old eunuch with poor eyesight in the kitchen. There was no one to help them change clothes and wash. If they wanted to go out and meet people decently, they had to rely on themselves.
Fortunately, the prince and Xiao Xixi are good at hands-on work, so they will not die without someone to serve them.
Xiao Xixi put on the light blue chest-length skirt, and paired it with a moon-white narrow-sleeved blouse and shawl. Because the material was very soft and thin, it was still very comfortable to wear even in hot weather.
Luo Qinghan asked: "Where did you get this dress? I've never seen you wear it before."
Xiao Xixi sat in front of the dressing mirror, putting on earrings while saying, "Third Senior Brother made them for me. Do they look good?"
Luo Qinghan stood behind her, picked up a strand of her hair and said lightly.
"Yeah, it looks good."
She really looks good in such clothes. Unlike the complicated and exquisite clothes in the palace, they have a simple and fresh temperament, which matches the feeling she gives people very well.
But when she dressed like this, she didn't look like a married woman, but more like a girl next door who hadn't yet married.
Luo Qinghan reminded: "You should comb all your hair up."
According to the custom of the Great Sheng Dynasty, married women would usually comb all their hair up.
Xiao Xixi didn't really care about it. It was hot now anyway, so it would be more refreshing to comb her hair all over.
She obediently combed all her hair up and fixed it with a pearl hairpin.
Only then was Luo Qinghan satisfied.
Pei Qianhuo helped them disguise themselves as a young couple with relatively ordinary looks.
The so-called disguise is actually using all kinds of strange tools to adjust the facial features.
This is actually a very delicate job that requires great patience and very dexterous fingers.
Xiao Xixi stared at Pei Qianhuo's movements the whole time, and asked a few questions from time to time, such as what is this thing? How to use it?
Pei Qianhuo said angrily: "When you were in Xuanmen before, Master taught you these things, but you never studied hard. Every time you were in class, you either dozed off or ate secretly. Now you finally know you are wrong, right?"
Xiao Xixi laughed awkwardly: "I didn't know I had to go down the mountain to gain experience before. I thought I would die of old age in the mountains in this life."
Although there are fewer entertainment activities in the mountains, she has never lacked food, drink and other necessities. She feels that it is completely fine to live her whole life in the mountains.
It is precisely because of this idea of just eating and waiting to die that she would openly slack off in class.
Who would have thought that the master actually had a big trick waiting for her.
If she had known she was going to go down the mountain, she would have cheered up and learned something.
After all, it’s all Master’s fault!
…
Xiao Xixi and Luo Qinghan hid in a carriage carrying vegetables and grains and left the imperial mausoleum quietly.
Today, the city gates have resumed normal traffic and there are no longer strict checks like before.
The coachman chatted briefly with the guards, paid the entrance fee, and drove the carriage into the city.
The carriage stopped in a secluded place.
Xiao Xixi and Luo Qinghan got off the carriage.
Luo Qinghan said to the driver.
"Wait for us here when the sun sets."
The driver responded respectfully: "Yes."
It was still early, but the west part of the city was already bustling with people coming and going on the streets.
Xiao Xixi and Luo Qinghan went directly to Liuguang Pavilion.
Since Donglailou was closed down, Liuguangge has become one of the most famous restaurants in the city.
There are crowds of customers here every day and business is booming.
Even though it was still morning, there were already many customers coming to the restaurant for breakfast and morning tea.
Xiao Xixi and Luo Qinghan went up to the second floor and asked for a private room by the window.
The window faces the courtyard in the middle of the restaurant, where many flowers and plants are planted, as well as rockery, flowing water and a small bridge. It looks very beautiful and colorful.
A carriage stopped at the entrance of Liuguang Pavilion.
When the shopkeeper saw the car, his eyes immediately lit up.
He ran out with his coat lifted up, bowing politely.
"I pay my respects to the prince."
King Luo Yechen of England jumped off the carriage.
He dressed up specially today, wearing a purple wide-sleeved brocade robe, holding a folding fan with a picture of mountains and water in his hand. Coupled with his arrogant temperament that looked down on everyone, his whole body exuded four words -
Be rich and be willful!
Luo Yechen strode into Liuguang Pavilion.
He made an appointment with Bu Shengyan to meet here.
Originally, he planned to go directly to the Dingbei Marquis Mansion to pick the person up, but Bu Shengyan didn't like being picked up and dropped off. She has always been like this. As long as she can help with something herself, she will never ask others to do it for her.
Luo Yechen had no choice but to make an appointment with her on a time and place to meet then.
He came a little early on purpose.
Bu Shengyan should have gone out by now.
He could order the food in advance and start eating as soon as she arrived.
(End of this chapter)
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