The guard stood in front of her in good time and explained: "Miss Si, our lord has something to tell you."
This bodyguard is Yang Hao. He has been hiding in the British government for nearly three months, and he has a clear understanding of the terrain of the British government. He is physically strong and has outstanding martial arts skills. In the past three months, no one has discovered his existence. Even Wei Luo didn't know that her every move was being watched.
Wei Luo had no choice but to stop, and looked back at Zhao Jie, with a serious expression on her face, "What is Big Brother going to tell me? Why did you bring me here? If someone finds out that I'm missing, Daddy will be in a hurry."
Zhao Jie straightened up and called her to him: "I heard that you have teeth, I'm here to give you a congratulatory gift."
Wei Luo blinked and looked at him puzzled.
There are two reasons for the Duke's Mansion to hold a banquet today, one is the British Duke's 60th birthday, and the other is Wei Changmi's full moon banquet. Which has nothing to do with her, why did he give her a gift? And it's the reason why "Long Teeth" is so annoying. Didn't he really tease her on purpose
Either way, it's a good thing someone gives a gift. Wei Luo raised her head, a small face carved in pink and jade surrounded by white rabbit fur: "What gift?"
Zhao Jie felt a little cute, so he stretched out his hand to scratch her nose, "What do you want?"
Wei Luo rolled her eyes, and replied that she was extremely likable, "As long as it is a gift from Prince Jing, Ah Luo will like it."
What a clever little ghost! Zhao Jie laughed in a low voice, took out a pouch with Suzhou embroidered persimmon stalk pattern from his sleeve, and handed it to her, "Here."
Wei Luo took it and pinched it, but it was hard inside, and she couldn't guess what it was. She asked curiously, "Can you open it and have a look?"
Zhao Jie nodded, indicating yes.
She lowered her head to untie the red rope, and took out a red jade ring jade pendant from her purse. The jade pendant was transparent, moist and bright, and it looked like a good jade. But why give her jade pendant? Ah Luo tilted her head, shook it in the palm of her hand, "Big brother, what kind of jade pendant is this?"
Zhao Jie took it, asked her to stand in front of him, and leaned over to put it on her neck while explaining, "This is called ruby, and it can generate heat and keep you warm in winter, so you won't get sick easily."
Wei Luo stood obediently, the jade pendant hanging around her neck was a bit cold at first, but then it really started to heat up gradually, it was warm and very comfortable. She looked at Zhao Jie in surprise, and bent her round eyes, "It's really hot."
When Zhao Jie leaned over to tie the jade pendant, he was very close to her, and when he finished tying it on, he looked up and met her pair of bright eyes. He slightly bent his lips and said softly, "Do you like it?"
She nodded, looked at him and said, "I like it."
Just like it, this jade pendant is a treasure that is hard to find. When he was dispatched to Wu Rong, he relied on this jade pendant to keep warm in winter. Wurong is a land in the northwest, where the cold wind rages in winter, and people often freeze to death. He had worn this jade pendant for three years, but now that he gave it to her, he didn't feel distressed.
These days, he heard Yang Hao's report on the situation of the British government, and he roughly knows what's going on. Her stepmother gave birth to another son, who is currently being raised by the fourth wife. Wei Kun is incompetent and can't give her a stable environment for her growth, so he has to help her secretly. Du's and Liu's are just a drop in the ocean in his eyes, after finishing Liu's natal family, the next one is Zhongyi Bo's Mansion.
Thinking of Song Hui, who was married to Wei Luo in Uncle Zhongyi's mansion, Zhao Jie pondered for a moment, wondering if the little guy would blame him when the time came. But it doesn't matter, when she grows up in the future, he can find a good husband for her. Song Hui's condition is really not that good.
After thinking about it, Zhao Jie looked at the pink and tender jade dumplings in front of him, and said thoughtfully: "A Luo, the sixth day of next month is my king's birthday."
Wei Luo was a little confused, so what? Should she tell him about Shoubi Nanshan in advance
He rubbed the top of her head, "The king will send you an invitation at that time, do you know what reciprocity is?"
In other words, if he gave her a gift, she should also give him a gift
Wei Luo knew that there was no such thing as a free lunch, so after making such a big detour, it turned out that this was the key point! She said "Oh" in a soft voice, since he has already opened his mouth, she can't refuse. "What gift does Big Brother want? Ah Luo will give it to you."
Zhao Jie replied to her with what she said just now: "As long as it is sent by Ah Luo, the king will like it."
Wei Luo: "..."
Well, since she is still young now, the gift doesn't need to be too expensive, just prepare one casually, it's not too difficult. Apart from this, there should be nothing else, right
Zhao Jie seemed to see through her thoughts, got up and said: "Let's go, there should be a banquet in the front yard. It's not good to be late."
Wei Luo walked out of the bamboo garden with him one after the other, and looked at the verandah just now. Wei Changyin and Liang Yurong had disappeared, and they didn't know where they went. The finely shattered snowflakes were still falling, and after a while, a thin layer was deposited on the ground. Wei Luo stepped on it, revealing a small footprint.
Two footprints, one big and one small, continued to spread forward, and finally stopped at the entrance of the front hall.
Just as Wei Kun came out from the inside, he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the two of them, "Where did your highness go? Just now, the servants searched around but didn't see you." He lowered his head and asked Wei Luo, "Ah Luo, why did you talk to His Highness Prince Jing? together?"
Zhao Jie took off the golden python-patterned cloak and handed it to Yang Hao behind him, explaining: "Just now this king wanted to walk around, but he was turned into a bamboo garden and was trapped. Thanks to meeting Ah Luo, she was the one who took this king away. Bring it out."
After hearing this, Wei Kun suddenly realized: "That bamboo garden has been abandoned for a long time, and people rarely pass by, but I have wronged Your Highness." After saying that, he raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation to the door, "The banquet has begun, please come in, Your Highness. , my father has been waiting for you for a long time."
Zhao Jie stepped into the room, took two steps, turned to look at Wei Luo at the door, held his lips and smiled slightly, turned around and continued walking inside without saying anything.
But Wei Luo understood the look in his eyes, he clearly wanted to remind her, don't forget "reciprocity is a courtesy"!
After today's birthday banquet, Wei Luo figured out one thing.
She still has a deep impression on Du's desperate look when he was taken away. Will Wei Changmi feel desperate when he gets close to them? If in the future Wei Changmi only recognizes the Qin family and does not recognize her, will she be even more desperate? As a mother, probably no one can bear such a blow.
After Wei Luo figured it out, his attitude towards Wei Changmi slightly changed.
Although I still don't want to see him, but I don't want to write my disgust on my face anymore. After all, he is being raised by his fourth aunt now, and she is prejudiced against him, and his fourth aunt will also be embarrassed. Now every time she sees Wei Changmi, she doesn't need to try to please her, that little guy likes her very much. She didn't refuse, and occasionally squeezed his little hand, and he would giggle happily.
Looking at it this way, he doesn't seem to be that annoying.
It is precisely because Wei Changmi has a good relationship with Wei Luo that every time Wei Zheng sees Wei Changmi, he will look angry and angry.
Probably thought he was a little traitor.
For example, when the family gathered for dinner in the front hall, Wei Changmi was hugged by the wet nurse, winking at Wei Luo and sticking out his tongue from time to time. There is no intention for a child to do these things. His subconscious expression doesn't even know what it means. But Wei Zheng thought that he wanted to get close to Wei Luo, so he pursed his lips and looked at Wei Changmi, his eyes were very angry, threatening.
Wei Changmi was frightened by her eyes, shrank into the nurse's arms, and cried out with his mouth deflated.
The relationship between him and Wei Zheng is like a snowball, getting worse and worse, so that now Wei Changmi is afraid when he sees her, and subconsciously avoids her contact. Wei Zheng was also young, and was anxious. He didn't know how to deal with children. He thought threats would be useful, but he didn't expect it to be self-defeating.
The nurse hugged Chang Mi behind the screen to comfort her, Wei Zheng sat on the stool, pursed her lips, at a loss.
These days, she has been going to Ginkgo Garden to see Mrs. Du every day. Ever since Mrs. Du met Wei Changmi, she has been thinking about him all the time. However, Wei Kun did not allow her to meet, she seemed to have lost all three souls, she was out of her mind every day, and she called Chang Mi's name at night.
But what about Chang Mi? He got along very well with Qin Shi and Wei Luo, and he didn't even know that there was another biological mother who was thinking about him.
How could dad be so cruel? Wei Zheng put down his chopsticks, held back his tears and said, "I'm full." He turned around and ran out of the front hall, hiding in the corridor and crying sadly.
The end of the year is coming soon, and the British government is full of lights and festoons, preparing for the New Year.
On New Year's Eve, Wei Luo and Wei Changhong sat together on the steps of the main room to watch the New Year's Eve. They both dozed off watching them, and it was Wei Kun who carried them back to the room in the end.
The three days before the Chinese New Year were very lively. Wei Kun took his three children to Uncle Zhongyi's Mansion, and went to the homes of several Beijing officials. Wei Luo received a lot of red envelopes, and she counted them every night, looking like a little miser.
Jin Lu couldn't help laughing at her: "Miss, don't you still have a few boxes of jewelry from the third lady, do you still care about this little money?"
She shook her head and said very insightfully: "That's different. Those jewelry can't be moved. I will take them out when I grow up and dress myself up. Although the money is small, I can control it at any time and buy whatever I want. "
Jin Lu suppressed a smile, and said perfunctorily, "Miss is right."
She flattened her mouth and didn't explain much. It will be Zhao Jie's birthday in two days, what gift will she give him? It's really a headache, it costs money and mind, if I knew it was like this, I shouldn't have accepted that jade pendant in the first place.
She lay on the bed and thought for a while, with her two calves dangling behind her, but she didn't come up with a good result for a long time.
On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Prince Jing held a banquet to entertain all the guests, and the British government was also invited.
After the British government finished preparations, they set off for Prince Jing's mansion early in the morning.
This was Prince Jing's first birthday after returning to Shengjing, everyone tried their best to please Zhao Jie, and spent a lot of time on the birthday ceremony. When everyone enters the mansion, they have to submit an invitation card and a birthday gift. There are many kinds of gifts, including jade Guanyin, and ancient paintings with names...the stewards of the palace accept them one by one, register these things in the register, and store them in the warehouse.
At this time, Zhao Jie was wearing a regular uniform with Xuanqing Ruyi pattern, and was practicing calligraphy in his study.
Before the time came, he was not in a hurry to go to the front hall, so it was okay to let everyone wait for a while.
Not long after, the steward came over, knocked on the door, and walked in with a strange expression, "Your Highness..."
Without raising his head, Zhao Jie asked, "What's the matter?"
Guanshi Zhang said: "The British government sent a big gift, saying that you would be asked to unpack it in person... The subordinate was worried that there might be something wrong with it, so he didn't agree immediately, so I came here to ask you for instructions. What do you think should be done?"
Zhao Jie stopped writing, turned his head to look, "Sent by the British government?"
Manager Zhang nodded.
He lifted his lips and smiled, remembering what he had said to Wei Luo when he was in Zhuyuan, the present gift must have been the little girl's idea. He murmured, "Bring it here and let me have a look."
Manager Zhang nodded and stepped back.
After a while, two guards brought in a red sandalwood embossed lotus pattern box half a person's height, placed it in the center of the study, bowed and said: "Your Highness, please have a look."
Zhao Jie sat up from the armchair and slowly came to the box.
This is really a big gift, I wonder what the little girl has prepared? He stopped for a moment, then slowly leaned over, and stretched out his hand to open the hidden buckle of the red sandalwood box. With a click, the box opened.
He paused, lifted the lid—
Inside the box was a beautiful little girl, her eyes were slightly closed, and her thick eyelashes hung down like a row of small fans. She probably fell asleep on the way here, but she still hasn't woken up yet, her white and tender cheeks are slightly flushed, and her small mouth is slightly open. She didn't sleep well, so she stretched out her hand and rubbed her eyes, as if she was about to wake up.