Wei Jingxuan smiled bitterly and said: "Although the intention is good, I already sent it the year before last, and it would be a bit repetitive to send it again only a year later."
Afterwards, Mrs. Ning said a few more things in succession, but Wei Jingxuan rejected them. Later, she shook her head and said, "I'm really overwhelmed with thoughts. Let's take a break and think about it again."
"Thank you for your hard work, sister." As he spoke, the palace servant came in and bowed: "Master, breakfast is ready."
Ning nodded and said: "My sister came here so early, so she must not have eaten. Let's go together. We will think about the annual gifts after breakfast. There are still a few days left, so don't be too anxious."
"That's all we can do." Wei Jingxuan stood up and followed her to the side hall. After walking a few steps, she felt something stepped on under her feet. She moved her feet and looked around. It turned out to be a purse, and she signaled Qiaoyu to pick it up.
, she said: “Whose purse is this?”
The palace servant who just came in hurriedly came forward and said: "My Majesty, please forgive me, it was a slave who accidentally dropped it."
Wei Jingxuan took the purse, looked through it, and said, "The handiwork is quite meticulous, but why is it that this purse has the word "福" embroidered on it and nothing else?"
"Returning to your Majesty, this is what my mother embroidered for me before I entered the palace. Because there is a word "福" in my slave's name, my mother hopes that my slave will be more blessed in the future, so she embroidered a word "福" on it, so that my wife can
What a joke."
Wei Jingxuan smiled and was about to return the purse to the palace attendant. Suddenly she retracted her hand and stared at the word "Fu" on the purse without saying a word. Ning waited for a while, but saw no movement from her, so she said doubtfully: "No.
Is it just the word "福", what's so good about it?"
Wei Jingxuan clenched the purse in her hand, raised her head and said, "Sister, I have thought of what annual gifts to give to the Queen Mother and the others."
Ning said in surprise: "You didn't have a clue just now, why did Kung Fu come back now..." Halfway through, she seemed to understand something, and pointed to the purse in Wei Jingxuan's hand and said, "Is it this?"
Wei Jingxuan handed the purse to her and said with a smile: "Yes, this is it!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Mrs. Ning shook her head and said: "The New Year's gift comes once a year, and all the palaces and courtyards are competing to send rare treasures. Even some nobles, Chang Zai, have gone to great lengths to collect all kinds of precious treasures.
It's a bit childish for you to give me a mere purse, but you must not do it."
"Sister, please think about it. The Queen Mother and the Emperor are the two most noble people in the world. To them, what kind of rare treasures and what kind of precious things have never been seen before. No matter how precious the gift I give is,
It's just that, it doesn't make them take a second look."
"That's what I say, but it's better to do it than to give him a purse. What if the emperor is unhappy and accuses you of being slighted?"
Wei Jingxuan smiled and whispered in Ning's ear. After hearing this, the latter couldn't help but smile, "Okay, so that's what you had in mind." After saying that, she thought about it for a while and said
: "This is indeed a good idea, but is it possible to embroider three purses in just a few days?"
"Sister said wrong, not three, but four." Faced with Wei Jingxuan's words, Ning said in surprise: "Four? Who do you plan to give the other one to?"
Wei Jingxuan smiled mysteriously and said, "Sister, I will know when the time comes."
"Okay, you are actually trying to get along with me. That's all. Don't tell me. But my annual gifts haven't been settled yet. You have to help me think about it."
Wei Jingxuan responded, turning her eyes slightly, and said: "Sister, I passed by the netting forest before and saw that the plum blossoms were in bloom there. The red plums and white snow are so beautiful. After breakfast, I want to take He Ke with me.
Can I go and enjoy the plum blossoms?"
Ning smiled and said: "He Ke is your daughter, so of course it's okay, but it's still snowing outside and He Ke is still young, so he needs to wear more clothes to avoid catching a cold." She thought about it and said to Jianlan: "Go and take care of him.
I just brought the black fox cloak that I made for the princess a few days ago, and I will put it on the princess when I go out later."
After having breakfast in this way, Wei Jingxuan hugged and Ke stepped on the carriage and left. However, they did not go to the netting forest, but came to the imperial garden.
Ever since it started snowing, Ning had not allowed He Ke to go out. Now that he was outside, together with Wei Jingxuan, He Ke giggled happily and stretched out his little hands outside the umbrella to catch the falling snowflakes.
It's like I don't feel cold at all.
"Master, we are here." Following Mao Gui's words, the carriage stopped. Wei Jingxuan handed He Ke into his arms, and then helped Qiao Yu's hand down.
He Ke looked around curiously in Mao Gui's arms and said, "Mom, what are we doing here?"
Wei Jingxuan glanced in the direction of the Nourishing Heart Hall and said, "Is the time coming?"
Mao Guidao: "I'm counting the time, it should be almost time." Seeing what he said, Wei Jingxuan caressed He Ke's red cheek and said, "Eniang knows that you are bored staying in Jingyang Palace all day, so I brought you here.
Take a walk around and look at the plum blossoms in bloom."
"There are flowers to see, that's great!" He Ke clapped his hands happily and said in confusion: "Mom, where are the flowers? I want to see the flowers."
Wei Jingxuan's eyes flashed with annoyance and she said: "Qiaoyu, go pick some plum blossoms for the little princess to enjoy."
After Qiaoyu left, she said, "Heke, can I make a little rabbit for you to look at?"
He Ke was at his most playful at the moment. Hearing these words, there was nothing wrong with them. He nodded repeatedly and urged Wei Jingxuan to quickly pile up.
Wei Jingxuan put her wind-furred gauntlet aside to hold the snow piled on the ground. As soon as she touched it, she felt a chill rush up her arm. She shivered and blurted out: "It's so cold.
.”
Hearing this, Mao Gui said: "Master, why don't you come as a slave?"
Wei Jingxuan gritted her teeth and said, "No need, I can bear the coldness." As she said that, she endured the coldness and used the snow to make a long-eared rabbit bit by bit, and then made a long-eared rabbit from the snow.
Qiaoyu picked two plum petals from the plum branch and used them as the rabbit's eyes.
By the time she finished all this, Wei Jingxuan's hands were so cold that she lost all feeling. Her voice was trembling as she said, "He Ke, do you like the rabbits piled up by E Niang?"
He Ke nodded happily, "I like it. The pile is really nice." As she said that, she said with a hopeful look on her face: "Can you pile up another kitten?"
It was extremely difficult for Wei Jingxuan to pile up a rabbit. If she continued to pile up rabbits, her hands would definitely get frostbite. Her face darkened, and she was about to scold him when Mao Gui stepped forward and whispered in her ear: "Master, your Majesty, come here.
Already."
Wei Jingxuan's eyes moved, and she caught a glimpse of bright yellow not far away. She forced out a smile and said to He Ke: "Of course, can I give you a kitten that is catching mice?"