Chapter 8: The Gift of Early Appearance
"Let's go for a walk"
Xu Zigui looked at the branches wrapped in silver outside the window, it snowed heavily overnight last night, and when he got up in the morning, he was a silver-white world, and suddenly remembered the spring of Qinyuan and the snow, "Mountain Dance Silver Snake, Yuan Chi Wax Elephant" said, it is the scenery outside the window at this moment.
"It just snowed last night, and the girl had a headache when she was careful" Lan Xiang gently combed Xu Zigui's hair, looked out the window twice, and said with a smile, "It's not too late to go out when the sun is bigger"
"It's okay" Xu Zigui waved his hand and took off all the hairpins on his head, "Just use a rope to loop your hair behind you, and we'll go around the garden."
Lan Xiang sighed softly, and simply tied up Xu Zigui's hair with a pink hairband according to Xu Zigui's instructions, she couldn't guess the girl's thoughts, but she could see that since Aunt Liu was diagnosed with the news that she was pregnant again, the girl's mood has been not good.
Xu Zigui only brought one blue incense, the garden of the Marquis of Weiyuan Mansion is very large, the afternoon sun is not very big, the sun shines on a piece of silver, and the garden is bright. Xu Zigui took a deep breath and looked up at the clear sky, it was good to be alive like this.
After walking around the garden, the mood was obviously much better, Xu Zigui smiled and held Lan Xiang's hand and slowly walked towards Liufangzhai, "Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, the third uncle and three aunts are also coming back for the New Year, the mansion is rare and lively, let's go to grandmother earlier." As he spoke, he sighed softly and said, "Time flies so fast" and was reborn, and it has been more than half a year.
Lan Xiang smiled and echoed, "Yes, it's a year older, the girl must not be as foolish as before"
"You have to tell me this sentence every year" Xu Zigui joked with Lan Xiang, laughing and walking forward, "I'm about to be annoyed by you"
Seeing that her girl made an impatient expression, Lan Xiang surrendered with a smile, "Yes, yes, I hope that the girl will not have to talk about it again until next year" Immediately, he smiled and put Xu Zigui's hand on his hand and reproached, "Girl, slow down, slip carefully for a while"
"I know, I know, it's really verbose" said while smiling and putting his hand on Lan Xiang's hand, slowing down, "Zidai is probably already waiting for us in Liufangzhai."
Hearing the girl mention Zidai, Lan Xiang knew that the master had forgotten to give the maids New Year's money, and reminded them with a smile
"Zidai still has to give a few little hooves in our courtyard to give New Year's money, and I will go to Liufangzhai to find you later."
After being reminded by Lan Xiang, Xu Zigui remembered that there was still a New Year's money, and patted Lan Xiang's hand with a smile, feeling quite relieved
"It's hard for you to remember this matter for me every year, hurry up and go to Liufangzhai, the third uncle's family is probably about to arrive."
Thinking of the previous life, the third uncle Xu Zhengkuan proposed to divide the family when the second uncle Xu Zhengheng was released, and the old lady did not force him to stay, and invited the patriarch of the same clan to divide the family, the third uncle because of the relationship between the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion, Enyin a person from the three products of the coat Xiao rode to lead, but unfortunately the third uncle was not satisfied with the status quo, stood on the wrong team, and defected to the camp of the third prince Mo Zhanyuan, only a few years of hard work, he became a victim of several princes to seize the heir, and was exiled to the frontier, even the three daughters who had been married were not spared, after the accident, Soon came the news from their husband's house that the three had died of illness......
The master and servant walked all the way to Liufangzhai, and just as they were about to enter the door, they were stopped by Lan Zhi, who was guarding the door, "Eldest sister, the prince is inside, you can go to the side hall and wait for a while."
Xu Zigui raised his eyebrows, and followed Lan Zhi to listen to "Why did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suddenly come here today?"
"It's a New Year's gift," Lan Zhi smiled and gave Xu Zigui a full of tea, "Today, the emperor rewarded the next New Year's gift, and it happened that the prince had something important to come to the eldest young master, so he sent it in person."
Xu Zigui nodded lightly and didn't speak again, Lan Zhi saw that Xu Zigui was not very interested in these things, so she changed the topic with a smile and brought a plate of pea yellow to Xu Zigui
"This is the pea yellow that just came down from the kitchen, it was originally sent to the old lady, but it was a little sweeter, knowing that the girl prefers sweets, and the old lady just said that she would wait for the girl to come and give the girl all the rewards."
Xu Zigui smiled and picked up a pea yellow and put it in his mouth, and immediately smiled, "It's so sweet, my ancestors love me the most"
"Who's out there?"
Xu Zigui was holding pea yellow to make fun of Lan Zhi, and suddenly heard the old lady's question, and hurriedly put down the pea yellow in his hand and replied
"Grandmother, it's me"
As soon as she replied, Jiang's mother entered the side hall to invite Xu Zigui
"Miss, the old lady called you in."
"Just come"
Seeing that it was Mother Jiang, who was serving beside her grandmother, who came to invite her in person, Xu Zigui hurriedly got up with a smile and followed Mother Jiang to the main hall
Mrs. Xu looked at her granddaughter with a smile, and saw that her granddaughter didn't have any jewelry, and even her hair was only restrained with a headband, but she was still as bright and bright as a hibiscus out of the water, and her expression couldn't help but feel a little proud
"Gui Ya'er, thank His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has brought a few of you good things this time."
For some reason, hearing the little pride that his grandmother, who had always been calm and calm, said when she asked the prince to say goodbye, Xu Zigui's heart suddenly suddenly, and he couldn't say how he felt, he only felt that his heartbeat was very strong, as if he was about to jump out of his throat, and hurriedly knelt down and bowed to Mo Ziyuan
"Thank you for the reward of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and the blessings of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince"
"Get up" Mo Ziyuan's slightly cold voice sounded above Xu Zigui, and he bowed to the old lady with a little humility, "The old lady doesn't need to be polite." ”
As he spoke, he handed a red jade drop bead crested golden step shake to Xu Zigui, and said with a slight smile, "Miss Xu likes it."
Xu Zigui bit her lip and stared at the red jade bead crested golden step shake, this is the love token that she handed over to Mo Qingyuan after she "encountered" Mo Qingyuan in Zhengyuan Temple when she was fourteen years old, why did this step shake appear in her sight so early in this life, and still appeared in front of her through Mo Ziyuan's hand?
Xu Zigui suddenly felt a little cold, his body couldn't help but tremble, he tried his best to calm down, tried to calm down, showed a decent smile, and stepped forward to personally take the step shake in Mo Ziyuan's hand
"I like it, thank Your Highness for the reward"
Mo Ziyuan glanced at Xu Zigui, who was trying to suppress his feelings, meaninglessly, and opened his mouth with a deep meaning
"If you like it, it's good"
After that, he got up and hugged his fist at the old lady and said goodbye, "If you are so lonely, you won't bother the old lady."
When the prince walked away, Xu Zigui walked to the old lady, put Bu Shao on the table, and asked, "Why does the prince want to give me such a valuable thing?"
"It's your brother" The old lady smiled and took her granddaughter into her arms, "Your brother has done a great thing for the prince, and the prince rewarded your brother, look, this pearl jasper step shake was given by the prince to Sister Yun"
Said, handed the gift box another step shake to Zigui to observe, only the pearl jasper step shake is extremely ordinary, although pearls are rare in this era, but in their noble family, pearls are not a rare thing, but Xu Zigui's red jade drop bead crested step shake, not to mention that the red jade drop bead itself is a rare thing in the Great Zhou, just the crested shape is enough to show that this step shake is expensive, with a phoenix thing, unless it is a royal reward, otherwise you are not allowed to wear it in the Great Zhou.
The old lady didn't understand why the prince would send such a precious thing to Xu Zigui, and couldn't help but guess, "Probably because you are both the heir and the longest, the prince gave you this such a valuable step"
Thinking that what Mo Qingyuan should have given him at the age of fourteen was now early in his hands through Mo Ziyuan's hands, Xu Zigui was very confused in his heart now, and after listening to his grandmother's explanation, he just nodded indiscriminately, and made a very sleepy expression and coquettishly with his grandmother
"Grandmother, I'm so sleepy, let me go and lie down in the inner room for a while"
"Why are you sleepy at this time" The old lady looked at her granddaughter suspiciously, "Your third uncle and third aunt are about to bring a few of your younger brothers and sisters over in a while, you will be sleepy now"
Snuggling up to his grandmother, Xu Zigui flattened his mouth as aggrieved, "The granddaughter thought about today's Chinese New Year's Eve, anxious to see the old lady, and got up early in the morning, this son will naturally be sleepy"
"Just you can talk" The old lady lovingly slapped her granddaughter's little head, "Go and rest, you have to keep the New Year at night, and you can't stay up when you keep the New Year carefully"
"Yes"
Xu Zigui smiled and saluted the old lady, and then followed Jiang's mother to the inner room.
"The prince is gone?" The old lady smiled and watched her granddaughter enter the inner room, and when she turned her head, she saw Xu Ziyu who had just gone to see the prince
"Let's go," Xu Ziyu smiled and saluted the old lady, "Return?"
"Say you're sleepy, let her go to the inner room to sleep for a while," the old lady smiled and gossiped with her grandson
"Why are you sleepy at this time?"
"I said that I came to see my old woman earlier, so I guess I got up early because I was playful," although he said reproachful words in his mouth, his eyes showed a little smile of love
Xu Ziyu looked at her grandmother's duplicitous appearance, and also looked in the direction of the inner room with a smile
After gossiping for a while, the old lady said to Xu Ziyu about business, "How can the prince send such a valuable thing to your sister?"
"Grandson doesn't know very well," frowned and thought about it for a long time, as if he thought of some permissions, his frowning brows relaxed, and comforted his grandmother with a smile, "Grandmother doesn't have to think too much, His Royal Highness sent this price to Gui'er to His Royal Highness, in short, there will be no harm."
After that, I was afraid that my grandmother would ask something more, so I hurriedly changed the topic, "When will the third uncle and third aunt arrive at the house?" ”