Mrs. Ji sat on the mat with a sulky face. In front of her was a yellow pear wooden square table. Opposite the square table, there was Ji Mingxiu in a crescent white robe sitting kneeling.
Ji Mingxiu softly called her grandmother.
Mrs. Ji snorted: "Don't call me! I'm not your grandmother! I don't have a grandson like you! Just leave as soon as you say, and stay at home for a whole year! Where is my grandmother in your heart?"
Ji Mingxiu lowered his eyes slightly, and said, "You made grandma worry. Is it because of the meditation practice? Grandma will take a meditation meal to relieve her anger, right?"
Mrs. Ji turned her head and stared at him: "You think I dare not?"
Ji Mingxiu stood up slowly, holding the ruler in both hands, walked around the table, and knelt down beside Mrs. Ji: "Grandmother."
"You..." Mrs. Ji looked at the long and cold ruler, choking so hard that she couldn't speak.
Rong's mother hurriedly smoothed things over and said: "Old madam, isn't the young master coming back? If you have anything to say, please talk to the young master carefully, don't hesitate to use family law, take a look at the young master, you are thinner than before."
Mrs. Ji looked at Ji Mingxiu, and found that his clear face had indeed lost a lot of weight. She felt distressed for a while, but she couldn't forgive him like that, and said angrily, "Tell me, how wild is this year?" where it goes?"
"It's just to calm down and understand something." Ji Mingxiu said.
Mrs. Ji snorted coldly: "What do you study? Can't you study at home? Can you send a letter to someone?"
Ji Mingxiu stopped talking. He was not at home to study, of course there was a reason why he couldn't study at home, and if he didn't send the message, there was also the difficulty of not being able to send the message.
Mrs. Ji knows his temperament and doesn't like to publicize her affairs. This kind of departure is not once or twice. He leaves the capital once in a while. No one can find him, but in the past it was only one or two She came back in a month, but this time she went for a whole year, why didn't she worry
"Come here!" she said angrily.
Ji Mingxiu moved a few steps in front of her, and she raised her hand to straighten his clothes: "Don't do this again, do you understand?"
Ji Mingxiu nodded slightly: "Understood."
The old lady's face looked better.
Ji Mingxiu took out an exquisite peach wood brocade box from his wide sleeves and handed it to Mrs. Ji. Mrs. Ji opened it, and found that it was a set of gold-encrusted jade hairpins with butterfly love flowers. There were three butterfly hairpins, two The Qionghua hairpin is bright in color, but not gaudy, and has a luxurious and restrained temperament.
"Is this... an antique?" the old lady asked in surprise.
Ji Mingxiu nodded: "It is the Twelve Hairpins of Butterfly Love Flowers that Shizong of the previous dynasty made for the concubine Ming."
The old lady's eyes began to glow green: "The twelve hairpins have been lost for a long time, and the eldest princess only got two. Where did you find five?"
The corners of Ji Mingxiu's lips raised a slight arc: "Rhino Town."
The old lady said: "I'm afraid the shopkeeper doesn't know that these are the twelve hairpins of Concubine Ming? If they knew, they would definitely not sell them to you."
Dafangzhai really didn't know that these were the twelve hairpins of Concubine Ming, he only heard that it was a set of antiques, there should have been twelve hairpins in the first place, but he didn't know it was such a precious antique. At the beginning, the man stole it and was eager to get rid of it, so he sold it to Dafangzhai at a low price. Dafangzhai thought it was worthless, so he only asked for 800 taels, but Qiao Wei gave it to him just for 800 taels. It also became six hundred and five.
Although Ji Mingxiu didn't know the origin of the hairpin, he could probably guess that the road was wrong, and the shopkeeper didn't know what to buy, so they sold it cheaply. You must know that the two hairpins in the hands of the eldest princess cost three thousand taels of silver. .
The woman was still worried that the counter-offer would not be enough, so she quietly asked him if it was a real antique.
Ji Mingxiu suddenly laughed.
The old lady was trying on a hairpin, when she saw her grandson smiling in the bronze mirror, she thought she was dazzled—
How many years have passed, since the daughter-in-law's accident, this grandson has never smiled again. She was about to ask what Mingxiu was laughing at, when a servant girl's report came from outside the door: "Old lady, young master, Miss Qiao is here." .”
Ji Mingxiu's smile faded.
The old lady's eyes lit up, and she said happily: "Is Xi'er here? Tell her to come in!"
Accompanied by a maid, Qiao Yuxi opened the curtain and entered. She was wearing a pink floor-length skirt and a white rabbit fur short jacket. Delicate and exquisite, combing the clouds and sweeping the moon.
She has a slim figure, elegant demeanor, a frown and a smile, and she is charming.
She walked up to the old lady without turning her eyes, and gave a standard blessing: "Good luck, old lady."
The sound is like the sounds of nature.
Then, he turned to face Ji Mingxiu again, and said shyly and sweetly, "My lord, Jin An."
Ji Mingxiu nodded lightly in return.
The old lady was very satisfied, she took Qiao Yuxi's hand, and said overjoyedly: "It's so cold, I'll trouble you to accompany me, an old lady again! Meditation arrived in the afternoon, and I'm thinking about letting Meditation When will I go to see you, coincidentally, you are here!"
Qiao Yuxi's face, which was as beautiful as jade in the rough, quickly turned a blush, lowered her eyebrows, and said softly: "Xi'er is here to bring snacks to the old lady, I should have brought them to you earlier, but Xi'er I went to the temple to pray for the old lady and the adults, but I came back late."
The old lady said with emotion: "You child, you really have a heart. If you are half as filial in meditation, I will be Amitabha!"
Qiao Yuxi smiled sweetly: "Adults are naturally filial to you, but adults care about the country and are busy with everything, unlike Xi'er who has nothing to do all day long, but seems to be more diligent than adults."
These words touched the heart of the old lady, and the old lady felt comfortable all over.
Qiao Yuxi noticed the gold inlaid jade hairpin on the old lady's head: "Old lady, your hairpin is so beautiful."
The old lady supported the hairpin, and couldn't hide her smile: "Mingxiu bought it!"
"My lord has a good eye." Qiao Yuxi boasted sincerely, "If it were me, I wouldn't be able to pick a hairpin that suits you so well."
The old lady smiled triumphantly: "Then let Mingxiu accompany you to the streets next time, and I'll pick one for you too!"
Qiao Yuxi lowered her head shyly.
The old lady opened the box of dim sum. The dim sum that Qiao Yuxi asked people to buy from the town were all wrapped in Ruozhu leaves. Later, she thought it was not high-grade, so she customized a special box, which was exquisite and luxurious, and the price of a box alone , can buy hundreds of snacks.
"Hey, this little crab is so funny." The old lady picked up one and tasted it, "You see how filial Xi'er is to me, she sends people to such a distant town to buy food for me every day!"
Ji Mingxiu didn't move.
Qiao Yuxi said: "My lord, this crab cake has a very good taste. It is fragrant and soft, salty and sweet. You will definitely like it."
"Meditation does not eat sweets." The old lady explained.
"That's it, Xi'er remembered." Qiao Yuxi was slightly disappointed in her heart.
Seeing that it was getting late, Qiao Yuxi got up to say goodbye. Outside the house, it snowed heavily, and the sky and the earth were all white.
The old lady put down the curtain, and said to Ji Mingxiu: "It's icy and snowy, I don't worry, you can escort Miss Qiao back to the house."
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Snowflakes were falling one after another, covering the lights of thousands of houses. Every household closed their doors and windows, and the streets were a little calm.
The wheels of the cart and the hooves of the horse rolled on the bluestone path without haste.
Qiao Yuxi was sitting in the warm carriage, with two Mrs. Tang on her lap, and a hand warmer in her hand. She freed a plain white hand, opened the curtain of the car, and looked at the horse, as if The noble and indifferent man like an emperor said softly: "My lord, it's snowing heavily outside, please sit in the car."
"No need." Ji Mingxiu remained expressionless.
"Then..." Qiao Yuxi hesitated, and said to the coachman, "Stop."
The coachman parked the carriage beside the road.
Qiao Yuxi got out of the car, looked up at the man on the horse and said, "My lord, please come down for a moment."
Ji Mingxiu paused, turned over and got off the horse. The silver cloak was blown in an elegant arc as if blown by the wind. His unique masculine aura enveloped Qiao Yuxi.
Qiao Yuxi's heart skipped a beat, blushing, she took off her white sable fur scarf, and wrapped it around his neck lightly.