26. Gifts

The palace banquet lasted until midnight, and Xiao Qingmei was sleepy at the beginning of the night, yawning all day long, and her upper and lower eyelids were fighting. Zhao Ling sent her home with excuses and said goodbye to everyone, and she had already made up her mind that she would never return.

Today, the outside of the palace is also equally lively, everywhere the Zhumen embroidered households, the lanterns are hung on the color shed, and people come and go on the street, rubbing shoulders one after another. Wei did not impose a curfew, only closing the city gates after sunset to prohibit entry and exit. Zhao Ling asked Biyu to go to the dried fruit shop to weigh some walnuts, pick and choose, and select the two largest ones and hand them to Lin Qingmei: "These two will be given to your aunt tomorrow, Mei'er can remember them." ”

Xiao Qingmei dozed off sleepily, little by little, and listened to Zhao Ling's command, and responded in a daze. Unmoved, he opened his eyes vigilantly and said, "The eldest aunt is bad, don't give it to her!" ”

"Well, the eldest aunt has to give it to her if she is bad. Such a big walnut choked her. Zhao Ling coaxed.

Xiao Qingmei took the two walnuts in her hand and compared, and smiled happily: Brother Ling never deceives people.

The next day, after Lin Qingmei finished breakfast in Jing'an Hall, she took out two polished and extremely smooth walnuts from her sleeve, handed them to Mrs. Lin and said, "Grandmother, these two walnuts are for you to use makeup." ”

Seeing this, the Wang family on the side pouted: "This stupid ......" Seeing that Mrs. Lin's eyes were thrown like knives, she turned around when she spoke: "What kind of medicine is sold in this Mei'er gourd?" How do you apply makeup to walnuts? ”

Lin Yulan said with a smile: "Mother doesn't know, Fengzhi Doctor Wei Gu is newly married to a stepfamily, he is more than fifty years old, and when he puts on makeup, he has two walnuts in his mouth because of the dry and uneven puff on his cheeks. ”

Wang laughed when he heard this: "This fool, isn't he thinking that the old lady is old?" As soon as she finished speaking, she saw the old lady put down the tea bowl heavily, and quickly stopped laughing.

Lin Qingmei listened to her words and hurriedly said: "Grandmother, Mei'er doesn't dislike you for being old, Mei'er just wants her grandmother to be beautiful too, and only when she is beautiful every day can she be in a good mood." ”

Old Madam Lin said lovingly: "Grandmother raised Mei'er, can you still not know Mei'er's thoughts?" ”

She turned her head to look at Wang, who had already stood cautiously in place and did not dare to make a sound, lowering her head and peeking at her from time to time. She chirped, "Dogs can't spit ivory out of their mouths!" You think you have a refreshing brain on weekdays, why do you do foolish things to anger my wife? In my opinion, Mei'er is a hundred times more sensible than you! ”

Wang was scolded, and he was quite unconvinced, and he was even more unhappy when he heard that the old lady was comparing herself with a little fool. She said: "Mother naturally thinks that Mei'er is very good, but mother should know the truth of 'Adou who can't be helped'." Last night, when I went to the palace for a banquet, Mei'er actually said that the saint belonged to a donkey, and she was thanks to the saint's generosity, and she didn't care about her stupidity. If you think about it, none of the people in our house want to live! ”

She became emotional and fanned her hand: "Speaking of which, my daughter-in-law is so angry that she panics, a fool is a fool, and she can't be smart in her life." ”

"The saint doesn't care anymore, but you are the first bird?" Old Madam Lin's attitude was the same as that of the prince, and her heart was boundless, "You'd better be glad that you didn't count Mei'er in front of the saint, otherwise our mansion may really offend Tianyan!" ”

Old Madam Lin knocked on the table and scolded: "Mei'er is just stupid, but you are stupid!" Idiots can still teach, but you are hopelessly stupid! ”

The Wang family originally had a lot of words, but when they heard Mrs. Lin's words, their hearts were shocked: she really wanted to make trouble in front of the saint, but without it, she wanted the saint to know that the Lin family was unwilling to have anything to do with the fool, and took the opportunity to drive the fool out. Now that I think about it, fortunately, the prince stopped it, and the saint intended to take over this matter, if she deliberately mentioned it, it was likely that Long Yan would be furious.

She only said: "What my mother taught me is that my daughter-in-law has been taught. ”

Mrs. Lin glanced at her, Gu Zi drank mouthwash tea, Xiao Qingmei thought about it, and took out two big walnuts. The two walnuts were not only larger, but they were not polished on the outside, they were pitted, and there were spikes on the top of their heads. The old lady smiled: "Do you want to eat walnuts?" She plucked the crested hairpin on her head and made a gesture to remove walnut meat for Lin Qingmei. Lin Qingmei shrank her hand and said timidly: "Grandmother, this is for the eldest aunt to put on makeup." ”

Wang laughed as early as the moment Lin Qingmei withdrew her hand, thinking that it was for the old lady again, and just wanted to say, "How big is this face to stuff", but suddenly heard Lin Qingmei say that it was for herself, the smile froze on her face, and her eyes were staring, like a statue in the temple, which was very funny.

"How do I use this stuff?" When she saw that the old lady was about to make trouble again, she endured it and endured it, and reluctantly said in a tone without anger.

Lin Qingmei lowered her head, very timid: "Mei'er doesn't want to give you ...... either"

"Then you can keep it for yourself!" Wang said angrily.

"But Brother Ling said he must give it to you." Lin Qingmei slowly continued the second half of the sentence.

Mrs. Lin smiled on the side: "It's hard for him to be filial piety, and he actually thinks about his future mother-in-law." Glaring at Wang: "Don't you take it soon?" ”

Wang gritted his teeth angrily, hated to snatch the big walnut, and retired with a calm face.

She scolded as she walked, and Lin Yulan persuaded: "Mother, this place is not far from Jing'an Hall, be careful that the wall has ears!" ”

Wang threw the walnut on the ground and stepped on it fiercely: "Go to the walnut on it, when did that fool get smart?" It's going to play tricks like that! ”

Lin Yulan sighed faintly: "She said it was the prince's idea!" ”

Wang hated iron and scolded: "Look at you, you are not ugly, and your temperament is not bad, why was you compared to a fool?" Is the prince blind? ”

At this time, the front yard came, saying that the prince was coming, and asked the Wang family to go to pick up the car. Wang was a little panicked: You can't scold people in the morning, as soon as you scold the prince, the prince will come.

When I arrived in the front yard of Ermingtang, my lord was already sitting beside him, and the prince was smiling and in a good mood.

The Wang family stepped forward to give a blessing, and the prince smiled and said, "Gu asked Mei'er to transfer the gift to Mrs., did Mrs. receive it?" ”

Wang's face changed: "Received, received, thank you, Your Highness." ”

"Madame, is it okay to use it? Is the size still satisfactory? ”

The Wang family didn't know how to answer, and Lin Zhengtang on the side didn't know what the prince was talking about, but when he heard that it was a gift, his wife looked embarrassed and confused, and said angrily: "What are you rubbing?" Take it out and try it out and show it to Your Highness. ”

Wang's voice was like a bee fly: "I accidentally lost my ......"

The prince smiled heartily: "It's okay, Gu knows that Madame has always been careless, so she has prepared a lot of inventory." Quan'an, go and get the box. Quan An went as he said, and brought a pear wooden box the size of a food box, and the sound of bones in it was endless.

Quan Anqi handed it to Wang, smiling happily: "Madam, these powder lasts are the largest, and they are the most suitable for big mouths and big faces." Madame, please take it! He closed the lid and stuffed it into Wang's arms.

Zhao Ling said meaningfully on the side: "Madam, don't lose it again, no one dares to be so careless about the things that have been given by Lonely." ”

Wang's only smile is remarkable: "Don't dare, don't dare anymore." "I knew in my heart that the prince was afraid that he was doing this for what happened last night, why did that little fool get into his eyes and compare Magnolia to the past?