Chapter 347: The Simplest Thank-You Gift
Since returning from Qingyang Mountain, Xia Jinse has been extremely interested in the crystals in the crystal mine.
Originally, Lan Beichen said that she would create a few sets of crystal heads, but Xia Jinse still felt that there was nothing to do, but she suddenly remembered Ji Wushuang's makeup, and she was immediately interested. Wouldn't it be right to use this crystal head as a gift?
On the second day, Lan Beichen sent people up the mountain, got some of them in various colors, and let Xia Jinse pick them.
There are several boxes in the courtyard, all of which are taken by Broken Star to dig in the mine, crystal ores of various colors, just packed in boxes piece by piece, a box of pink crystal, a box of white crystal, and a box of citrine...... The light refracted is brilliant and crystal clear, even if it is still covered with soil, it still dazzles everyone's eyes.
"It's so beautiful! Princess, the slave has never seen such a beautiful crystal. Mu Xiang almost couldn't close her mouth, her eyes widened, and she was amazed.
Chasing the clouds couldn't take his eyes off it, there seemed to be stars in his eyes, and although the moon was calm, he also looked at it for a moment, and he was amazed. Even though Aunt Yao was old, she was standing next to her, holding a basket of vegetable skins to feed the little girl, and she had forgotten what to do.
It is conceivable that as long as it is a woman, no matter how old or young, there is no immunity to beautiful things.
Xia Jinse picked up a crystal cluster and looked at it carefully.
This is the most common white crystal, surrounded by countless small crystals like fish scales, tightly clustered around a few long cylindrical crystals in the middle. The tip is diamond-shaped, unpolished, cold to the touch, crystal clear in the sun, as if containing a puddle of water.
Even if it is this white crystal, the jewelry created will be very beautiful, let alone colorful?
"There's every color, see what color you think fits." Lan Beichen stood beside him, letting Xia Jinse choose.
"What kind of color is suitable for Wushuang?" Xia Jinse muttered in his mouth, imagining one by one.
Ji Wushuang's wedding, she naturally has to prepare a congratulatory gift, these crystals came just in time, she is going to use the computer in the consciousness space to search for the most beautiful crystal styles on the Internet and make a complete set. Including phoenix crowns, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, rings, when the time comes, it must be very beautiful to wear it on Wushuang!
"Ah...... With so many colors, which one is better? Xia Jinse's eyes were dazzled, and he thought that all of them were good-looking.
"If the princess gave it to the unequaled county lord, it must be the rarest and rarest suitable."
Shooting Moon smiled faintly: "Crystals are originally precious things, in terms of color, white is the most, blue and green are the least common. Thinking about the temperament and identity of the unequaled county lord, in fact, sapphire and amethyst are quite suitable, and they can also express the princess's heart. ”
Xia Jinse thought about it, the clothes that Ji Wushuang usually wears the most color seem to be blue, so it's better to pick blue crystal!
"Alright, that's it!" She pointed to a box of sapphire ore in the middle and said, "Within a month, it should be able to be built, okay?" When she returns, she will search, find a good style and print out the pictures, and be sure to complete it as soon as possible.
"As long as the style is determined, the craftsman's movements are very fast." Lan Beichen hugged her and said with a smile: "Give it to Baizhen Building, it will generally be done in ten days." ”
Xia Jinse was relieved: "That's good, no matter how early the marriage between Wushuang and Cousin Ji is, it will be two or three months later, and it will be in time." ”
At this moment, the housekeeper Uncle He came: "Prince, princess, Young Master Ji Biao is here, and Ji Siye and Mrs. Ji are also here." ”
Xia Jinse was a little surprised, but he didn't expect Ji Zhiqian and the Liu family to come to visit the Jin Palace. Lan Beichen looked at her and said with a faint smile: "Look, someone else's marriage has been fulfilled, and the whole family has come to thank you." ”
"Originally, I said I was going to visit, but now I can't help it." Xia Jinse blinked.
"Please ask Ji Siye's family to come to the flower hall and serve tea." Lan Beichen Road.
Uncle He hurriedly went, Lan Beichen and Xia Jinse went back to the house to change their clothes, and when the two arrived at the flower hall, Ji Xiao's family was already waiting.
This was the first time Xia Jinse saw Ji Xiao's father, Ji Zhiqian.
This very impressive Guozijian Si Ye Ji has always left a deep impression in her heart, curious, incorruptible, decent, and a legendary figure who refused the eldest princess's show of love, and today she can finally see it with her own eyes.
Ji Zhiqian looks like Ji Xiao, but he is more mature and elegant than Ji Xiao.
He didn't have a beard, he was in his early forties, but he looked like he was only about thirty-five, which was when men were at their most mature and attractive. The hair is combed smoothly and tied with a cyan ribbon, and the light wind is bright and elegant, and it looks like a literati temperament.
Wearing a dark blue robe, only a black jade pendant around his waist, and no other accessories. Compared with the well-dressed Liu next to him, Ji Zhiqian looks too dazzling, Liu's mediocrity is like a star setting off the bright moon, and the two don't look like a good match at all.
As soon as Lan Beichen and Xia Jinse appeared, Ji Zhiqian, Liu, and Ji Xiao stood up and saluted the two.
His action standards are almost strict: "Ji Zhiqian and his wife Liu and Zi Ji Xiao have met the Nine Princes and the Nine Princesses, and they came here today to make a special trip to thank the Nine Princes and the Nine Princesses for the dog's marriage. ”
Liu held two brocade boxes and said with a slight restraint: "This is a gift specially prepared by my master, thank you to the Ninth Prince and the Ninth Princess for their help in promoting the marriage of the dog." Xiao'er has already told us everything, thanks to the help of the princess and princess, Xiao'er and the princess's marriage can go smoothly, thank you so much to the princess. ”
After speaking, she presented the brocade box, Xia Jinse signaled, and Chaiyun immediately stepped forward to take it.
With Ji Zhiqian, even Ji Xiao has become a lot more restrained, less casual than usual, and he doesn't dare to say anything casually.
"You're welcome, Ji Siye, Mrs. Ji, please take a seat." Lan Beichen said lightly.
After sitting down again, Ji Zhiqian had a straight face, and said in a respectful and polite tone: "The dog and the Wushuang county lord met, it was an accident, I didn't expect to get the emperor to marry in the end, and the contemptible people knew that the dog was not worthy of the county lord, if it weren't for the nine princes and the nine princesses, the dog would not only not get the marriage this time, but would have fallen into a big crime." Bring the dog today, one is to make amends to the princess and princess, the dog is impatient, although it is kind, but it is easy to make mistakes, this time almost ruined the reputation of the county lord, all thanks to the help of the princess. ”
As soon as it came up, it was a big reprimand for Ji Xiao, and then let Ji Xiao make amends, although Xia Jinse had long heard the integrity and honesty of this master of the country, and he was selfless, but he still felt that it was too much.
After all, he is his own son, but he reprimanded him unceremoniously, which shows that Ji Zhiqian's character is even a little stereotypical.
After he finished speaking, Lan Beichen said: "Master Ji doesn't need to be harsh, Ji Xiao is young after all, and some young people's enthusiasm is still very good." If you are too calm, you will lose your hard work, how is it different from those who are content with the status quo and are timid? ”
"What the Nine Princes said is that it's just that the dog's temperament is still a little rough and needs to be sharpened, if he does something wrong in the future, the Nine Princes will teach him a lesson." In the face of Lan Beichen, Ji Zhiqian was mostly respectful after all, and he did not slack off at all because he was young, but was respectful.
Ji Xiao muttered when he heard it: "How can anyone say that about his son?" ”
Ji Zhiqian turned his head and glanced at Ji Xiao, who was looking at him, suddenly silent, obviously extremely respectful and jealous of his father, and did not dare to be presumptuous at all.
Xia Jinse was curious about Ji Zhiqian and the eldest princess's past, but in front of the Liu family, she was not easy to mention. Just looking at Ji Zhiqian's clear face, it can indeed make the dignified princess fall in love, but he finally refused, which also shows that he has a high personality.
"Second, I am grateful to the princess and princess, the dog can have such a good family affair, such a blessing, there is no way to repay it. After that, the dog was sent by the prince, but if the prince made it, he should not be polite. ”
"Ji Siye is serious, Ji Xiao does have some talents, this king will appoint him as appropriate, maybe he will be very busy in the second half of the year, Lord Siye should not feel distressed." Lan Beichen said.
"The Nine Princes are sent!" Ji Zhiqian seemed to be satisfied.
Until Ji Zhiqian's family said goodbye, Xia Jinse couldn't get close to her cousin.
is so familiar with Ji Xiao, she actually wants to win over the relationship, and it will be more convenient to visit Wushuang in the future. But today, Ji Zhiqian seems to be very polite and humble, incorruptible and almost harsh, and never clinging to her attitude, so that she can't shout 'uncle'.
"I can't imagine that Cousin Ji's father is like this, the father and son have completely different personalities, it's really strange."
"Ji Zhiqian is a rigid person and has a reputation for being honest, but he is not popular." Lan Beichen said: "But he wasn't like this before, since the relationship with the imperial sister, he has changed, maybe that relationship has changed him a lot, people always have to experience it before they change." ”
I think it's not a good experience, so Ji Zhiqian will become like this, Xia Jinse is not good to evaluate, as long as Ji Xiao doesn't become like this, just look at it.
was a little curious about the thank you gift sent by Ji Zhiqian, Xia Jinse guessed that it would not be anything valuable, and asked Chaiyun to open the two brocade boxes to take a look. One of the boxes contained two catties of bacon, and the other box contained red eggs, each bundled with straw, two skewers for a total of thirty.
Chaiyun was surprised: "The first time I saw someone give such a humble gift to the prince and princess, the bacon and eggs were dismissed." ”
Shooting the moon also had a feeling that he didn't know what to say: "This Lord Ji Siye, is he too honest?" The prince and princess gave his son such a good family affair, and he actually used some bacon and eggs to finish it. ”
Xia Jinse was also dumbfounded, she didn't dislike gifts, but it can be seen that Ji Zhiqian's personality is no wonder she is not popular. Those who know understand that he has two sleeves and a breeze, and only sends these, and those who don't know must say that he is stingy, and he doesn't know what to do.
"It's okay, it's my mind anyway, take it to the kitchen and put it, just take Mr. and do something." Xia Jinse said with a smile.
After dinner, Lan Beichen casually asked Shattered Star if there was any news.
"Regarding the movement of the Lin Mansion, there is no movement for the time being, and it seems to have converged. On the second prince's side, I heard that he was going back to Beijing in the near future, and compared with the six princes, he almost won a big victory. ”
Xia Jinse just got out the style picture of the crystal head and handed it to Sheyue, asking her to go to Baizhen Building tomorrow, when she heard this, she sat over and said curiously: "The second prince has won a big victory?" Isn't this field tax difficult to collect, why is it so smooth this time? ”