Chapter 685 Gifts and Wishes
There was no choice but for the two palace maids to obey orders.
They changed the princess's clothes, combed her hair into a simple bun, and inserted two jade hairpins into her hair.
Xiao Xixi rejected all the earrings, necklaces and the like.
She was just having a meal, it was so inconvenient for her to wear so many things.
After dinner, it’s time to take a shower and go to bed.
Then I have to take these things off one by one, which is really troublesome.
Since you don’t have to go out, you can just do whatever is comfortable for you at home.
Xiao Xixi pushed the door open and walked out. Mo Hua was already waiting outside. She bowed respectfully.
"Princess, please follow me."
She led Xiao Xixi to the side hall.
There was no one else in the side hall except Luo Qinghan.
After Xiao Xixi went in, Mo Hua tactfully retreated.
Xiao Xixi walked over and wanted to salute Luo Qinghan.
“Greetings…”
Luo Qinghan interrupted, "No need to be polite, just sit down."
Xiao Xixi lifted her skirt and sat down opposite him.
She saw only a bowl of noodles on the table.
Nothing else.
Xiao Xixi was puzzled: "Why is there only one bowl of noodles?"
Luo Qinghan: "This is the longevity noodles specially prepared for you, eat it."
Xiao Xixi: "I haven't celebrated my birthday yet, what can I eat to live longer..."
Before she could finish her words, she remembered that it was her birthday five days ago.
She was still sleeping in the coffin on her birthday, and she forgot about it after waking up, but she didn't expect Luo Qinghan still remembered it.
He wanted to celebrate her birthday again.
Xiao Xixi looked at the longevity noodles in front of her and suddenly had an urge to tell him everything.
"I……"
Just as she started, she got stuck and didn't know where to begin.
Luo Qinghan said calmly: "Let's eat the noodles first. These noodles won't taste good if they're left out for too long."
Xiao Xixi picked up the chopsticks and started eating noodles.
Luo Qinghan asked: "How does it taste? Is it not salty this time?"
Xiao Xixi replied subconsciously.
"Not salty, quite good, an improvement."
After she finished speaking, she suddenly remembered that she seemed to have accidentally let something slip again.
She looked up at Luo Qinghan and saw that he was just looking at her quietly.
He looked so calm, as if he already knew everything.
Xiao Xixi thought in self-deprecation, forget it, she had no intention of hiding it from him anyway, so let him see it.
She continued to eat her noodles.
There was a golden fried egg hidden under the noodles. It was her favorite kind of soft-boiled egg. When she bit into it, the yolk would flow out. It was fragrant and tender.
She quickly finished the whole bowl of noodles, without leaving even a drop of soup.
Luo Qinghan poured her a cup of tea and said lightly.
"I have only cooked twice in my life."
One time was the year before last, he cooked a bowl of longevity noodles for her personally. It was his first time cooking and he was not very skilled, so he put a little too much salt, so it was too salty.
The other time was today.
It is also a bowl of longevity noodles.
But this time he had experience and managed to get the saltiness just right.
Xiao Xixi didn't know how to respond, so she could only lower her head and drink her tea.
Luo Qinghan: "I will cook you a bowl of longevity noodles every year, and I will cook better and better."
Xiao Xixi said softly: "You have always been well."
Luo Qinghan: "Since I'm fine, why..."
Why leave without saying goodbye?
He swallowed the words back when they came to his lips.
He forced himself to change the subject.
"Where's my gift?"
Xiao Xixi didn't catch up with his rhythm for a moment, and asked blankly: "What gift?"
Luo Qinghan frowned, showing some dissatisfaction.
"I asked you to prepare a birthday present, but you didn't prepare it?"
Xiao Xixi suddenly remembered: "That, I prepared it, I remember putting it in Qingge Hall..."
She paused here and subconsciously glanced at Luo Qinghan.
Luo Qinghan stood up and said, "Let's go."
Xiao Xixi: "Where are you going?"
"Qingge Palace."
…
Qingge Palace had not been occupied for a long time. Although someone cleaned it every day, it was deserted and looked cold and empty.
Xiao Xixi looked at everything familiar in front of her, feeling full of emotion.
When she left, I thought it was a farewell forever.
But I didn't expect that I would have the chance to come back here again.
Luo Qinghan asked: "Where did you put my gift?"
Xiao Xixi: "Put it in the low cabinet next to my bed."
Luo Qinghan immediately walked quickly towards the bedroom.
The speed was so fast that it seemed like the gift would have flown away if I had been a step slower.
Xiao Xixi was not in a hurry.
She looked left and right, touched things, and strolled around slowly.
Although no one lives here anymore, the things inside are well preserved and everything is the same as before she left.
She was there as if she had never left.
Before I knew it, I had reached the backyard.
She had expected to see a bare yard.
What I saw instead were many fruit trees, the most numerous of which were pomegranate trees, followed by persimmon trees and orange trees.
These fruit trees must have been transplanted as a whole. They are well cared for and grow lushly.
Judging from its growth, there will definitely be a lot of fruits when the fruit-bearing season comes.
"Is this the birthday present you're going to give me?"
Xiao Xixi looked in the direction of the voice and saw Luo Qinghan walking towards her with a brocade box.
When she saw the brocade box, her eyes paused and she nodded, "Yes, that's it."
Luo Qinghan stopped in front of her and stuffed the brocade box into her hands.
Xiao Xixi was puzzled: "This is for you, what else are you going to do for me?"
Luo Qinghan: "I'll give it to you first, and then you can give it to me."
Xiao Xixi had a question mark on her forehead: "What's the difference?"
Luo Qinghan: "It has a different meaning."
Xiao Xixi felt that the emperor's way of thinking was really different from that of ordinary people.
But who made her like him?
Even if it is different from ordinary people, it is still different from ordinary people's cuteness!
Luo Qinghan urged, "Give me the gift quickly."
Xiao Xixi thought of the things in the brocade box and became shy belatedly aware of it.
"I made this myself. My craftsmanship is not as good as yours. Please don't look down on it."
How could Luo Qinghan dislike it?
He had been waiting for this gift for more than a year and originally thought that he would never receive it in his lifetime.
Now that he has suddenly found it again, he is so overjoyed that how could he despise it? !
He took the brocade box and opened it with great care.
Inside was a circular jade pendant carved from white jade.
Luo Qinghan had seen many jade pendants of the same type, but none of them looked as cute as this one.
It is round and plump, and looks just like the woman in front of him, cute and lovable.
Luo Qinghan looked at the belated birthday gift in his hand and said softly.
"Do you remember the birthday wish I made in the snow two years ago?"
Of course Xiao Xixi remembered.
That year they went to Chenliu County to build a mausoleum for Zhaoyi Shen and were chased by people. It happened to be snowing heavily, so she sang Happy Birthday to Luo Qinghan in the snow and asked him to make a birthday wish.
She said, "I asked you what wish you made, but you refused to tell me."
Luo Qinghan: "Now I can tell you, the wish I made at that time was that you could stay by my side for all the years to come."
Xiao Xixi was stunned.
Luo Qinghan gently stroked the jade pendant in his hand and continued talking to himself.
"You were not by my side on my birthday last year. My birthday wish was that I would be by your side for all the years to come."
"Until this year, my birthday wish was that you would come back."
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Today is still the time to update the fruit grains, good night everyone~
I make a wish, hoping to have lots and lots of monthly tickets!
(End of this chapter)
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