Chapter 5: Grandfather returns to Beijing
Chapter 5 Grandfather's Return to Beijing
Akui nodded.
"Girl, please explain it to you."
……
The next day was Xu Mingyi’s sixteenth birthday.
Because of being ill, she did not invite the ladies of Beijing to come to celebrate like in previous years.
Even so, from early in the morning, the birthday messages of the ladies of the various houses were sent to the town government office one after another, with various birthday gifts that were either exquisite or expensive or based on Xu Mingyi's preferences.
Some of them were sent from the palace.
This is not because Xu Mingyi is so good at communication.
Her temperament is not gentle, and she is not sleek at all, and she even has a reputation for being arrogant and indulgent.
Not long after the founding of Daqi, her grandfather, the present-day King Xu Qiwei, was also General Xu, who had just returned to the court after winning a battle. He was a pioneering hero who fought the world with the emperor and had great prestige in the court. Also highly admired by the people.
And Xu Mingyi, as the only prostitute of the government of Zhenguo, is naturally comparable to an extraordinary lady.
On this day, Xu Mingyi rarely woke up early in the morning.
After having eaten the morning meal, Akui was a little strange to see her girl seriously watching the birthday gifts.
In previous years, the girls didn’t even bother to look at these things except for the ones that were not signed. They only asked them to sort out the gift list in order to return the gift in the future.
Xu Mingyi put down the box in his hand, his eyes surging.
Sure enough, it's all the same——
She may have no impression of other birthday gifts, but she will never remember two of them.
Jiaojiao sent a whole box of South Pearls of similar size and excellent color. It is said that they had been saved for a whole year, and they were given to her to wear bead curtains.
Empress Wu sent a set of gem head and face jewelry, as well as a finely crafted fan.
Xu Mingyi picked up the silk fan with a silk fan with a peaceful knot on the handle. On the fan, a picture of Yan Fei was drawn with the outstanding embroidery of Su, and there was a line of small characters on the side: the end is warm and graceful, and Shu is careful.
A set of jewel heads and noodles is not unusual for the girls in the town government office, but as the queen of the palace, such gift giving is quite satisfactory.
As for this fan...
It was the time when it could be used in summer, and another Ping Knot was attached. For Xu Mingyi who was ill, it was reasonable to send it.
Xu Mingyi thought this way earlier.
But maybe she has experienced too many things later, and now she always loves too much to leave a word.
Especially related to the Wu and Xu family.
She was staring at the fan, only to hear the maid come and say: "Miss Liu is here."
"Call her in."
Liu Yi walked in.
"I heard that Zhao Zhao woke up early today, so I went to the kitchen to cook you a bowl of longevity noodles." With a tray in her hand, she smiled and said, "There are also a few small snacks that you loved to eat in the past. "
Xu Mingyi nodded slightly: “I’m sorry. It’s just that I just finished breakfast, so let’s set it aside.”
"Take a bite, let’s try auspiciousness."
Liu Yi sat down beside her, put the dishes on the small table between the two, and handed the chopsticks to Xu Mingyi.
"I really am not hungry."
Xu Mingyi shook the fan in his hand, slamming it again and again.
Liu Yi smiled and nodded, and followed her with a good temper: "Then don't eat it for now."
Xu Mingyi has always been spoiled, saying whatever he thinks, but never cares about the beauty of other people's faces—but who calls them the daughter of Zhen Guo Gongfu?
"Zhao Zhao's fan is very delicate, it looks like something in the palace." She asked curiously.
Xu Mingyi gave a faint "um".
Liu Yi didn't care about her indifference, only that it was because of her illness.
Looking across the fan in Xu Mingyi's hand, and looking at the dazzling array of brocade boxes and posts, she sighed: "In such a comparison, the birthday gift I prepared is really shabby."
This is not difficult to answer.
The sentence "just your heart's content" was revealed gently, but Xu Mingyi, who was leaning in the chair, said with a sense of depression: "It's nothing if you don't give it away."
At the moment, she doesn’t want to waste her time talking nonsense with irrelevant people.
Of course, if the person in front of you is really as kind as she seems on the surface, she won't be so.
Liu Yi's face finally became a little uncontrollable.
"I still want to give it away, I just hope that I won't be disgusted with it." She smiled reluctantly after saying this, and got up and said: "You take a good rest, I'll go to the kitchen to see if there is anything I can do to help. Yes, the madam said, our family still have to celebrate in the evening."
Akui twisted her eyebrows in disgust.
What kind of family, she doesn’t have the surname Xu.
With such a thick skin, does it mean that the face is reversed from the bottom of the foot?
"Akui, send Miss Liu." Xu Mingyi said.
Akui responded "Yes" and picked up the tray with the medicine bowl on the side.
Liu Yi didn't have time to think about Xu Mingyi's attitude today, and he saw the untouched medicine in the bowl.
"Zhao Zhao still refuses to take medicine?"
Out of the front hall, she asked Akui in a low voice: "How can she be self-willed... You and Azhu should persuade you."
"This medicine has no effect at all. The girl will not drink it if she doesn't want to drink it."
Liu Yi sighed, "How can I get better if I don’t take medicine?"
Akui didn’t stop at her feet, looked ahead, and said as if to herself: “It’s not necessarily a disease...”
"What?" Liu Yi was stunned.
Akui shook his head and said nothing.
Liu Yi said again: "Zhao Zhao is not sloppy--"
"It's natural. It's just that these doctors are not very useful. I'm thinking about asking if you can invite some doctors to show me after the master comes back tonight." Akui murmured. Seems thinking.
"Jianghu doctor?" Liu Yi said in a worried and worried voice: "I used to hear people say that some Jianghu doctors are not particular about the use of medicine, and they seem to have miraculous effects, but in fact they are extremely hurt... You just said it to the master, and he's afraid he won't agree."
Akui seemed to hesitate for a moment.
still said, "If anyone can treat a good girl, I have to try it."
Liu Yi wanted to say something but stopped, but Akui took a few steps quickly and left her behind.
In the house, Xu Mingyi fell asleep again.
Detoxification is not a matter of a day. With the prescription changed only yesterday, she fell asleep until late evening.
When I wake up, I still feel like I haven't slept enough, and I'm still very sleepy.
"The girl is awake." Azhu opened the gauze tent.
Akui’s voice followed.
"Is the girl awake?"
Compared with A Zhu’s calm and indifferent, she looked much more excited, walked to the bedside and said: "Girl, the old lady is back!"
Xu Mingyi, whose thoughts were still hazy, immediately refreshed.
Grandfather is back? !
Yes, she remembers that her grandfather arrived in Beijing on her birthday!
and many more--
She seems to have overlooked something important...
(End of this chapter)