"That's enough for you." Mingruo wrapped herself into a silkworm baby and turned around.
Si Haochen chuckled helplessly. He was not glib, but when he was training in a secret place, there were often wild beasts or sneak attacks at night that disturbed people's dreams. Therefore, he developed the habit of sleeping uneasily in unfamiliar environments.
It was also on the way to the Immortal Medical Valley that Si Haochen discovered that whether it was on a carriage or in an inn, as long as Mingruo was by his side, he would sleep better.
When Mingruo woke up, she saw Si Haochen's peaceful sleeping face. She wanted to admire the picture of the sleeping beauty for a while longer, but she saw Si Haochen's eyelashes trembling slightly and he suddenly opened his eyes.
Seeing the princess looking at him in a daze, Si Haochen chuckled and said, "Good morning."
"Morning." Mingruo sat up from the quilt.
Si Haochen turned his head and saw the two people's hair entangled together. He thought it was particularly pleasing to the eye. A smaller bed would indeed be a good thing.
"Get up quickly, you're blocking me from getting out of bed." Mingruo found that Si Haochen was still lying still, not knowing what he was thinking.
"As ordered." Si Haochen also stood up and asked someone to come in and serve him.
Aunt Dong came to Zhuyuan early in the morning with a big baggage. When her master summoned her, she hurriedly walked into the bedroom.
Mingruo was shocked when she saw the huge baggage: "Mommy, how can you carry such a big baggage?"
"The old slave asked the guards to carry it." Aunt Dong opened the bag, which contained clothes for all seasons, shoes and socks, pajamas, hair crowns, purses, jade belts... and other accessories."
For those who don’t know, I thought that Aunt Dong had kicked His Royal Highness Prince Yun out of Meiyuan...
"Mommy, are you... moving?" Mingruo joked.
"I thought it would be more convenient to put some of the prince's clothes in the bamboo garden, so I took a few more pieces." Aunt Dong smiled and took out the clothes that the prince wanted to wear today, and put the rest into the princess's clothes.
In the closet.
Si Haochen was very satisfied with Grandma Dong's performance and had a rare smile on his face.
The two of them changed their clothes and went to the small flower hall to have breakfast. Ji Xue came in and announced: "The old lady of the Duke's Mansion is here with three ladies."
"Why did grandma come so early?" Ming Ruo was a little surprised.
"Knowing that we fell off the cliff and haven't seen you yet, I'm afraid I might have become anxious." Si Haochen could understand.
"Please come in quickly." Because Concubine Shen was recuperating in Juyuan, she had to go to the hospital to take care of her illness if she didn't want to pretend to be ill. Anyway, she couldn't leave the house openly, so she felt heartbroken.
Ming Ruo just stood up and wanted to go outside to greet her. He saw that the old lady had already arrived with her three aunts. After greeting them, they sat down in the main hall.
"I asked Grandma Ji to make crispy meatloaf early in the morning, so I thought you could have it in time for breakfast." The old lady asked Grandma Ji to put down the food box.
"It's not 'rushing', that carriage is driving very fast." My aunt teased, "The old lady can't wait to hit the horse."
"If I were ten years younger, I would really kill Ma Lai." The old lady smiled and touched Mingruo's head. Seeing that her granddaughter was fine, she felt relieved, "Eat it while it's hot. It won't be good if it's cold.
have eaten."
"Okay." Mingruo couldn't bear to offend the old man, "Grandma and aunts will have tea first, and the prince and I will come after dinner."
"Go quickly." Mrs. Su urged her to eat quickly.
When Ming Ruo returned to the flower hall, breakfast had been laid out, but Si Haochen didn't move his chopsticks.
"Are you waiting for me?" Mingruo sat down with a smile.
"What else?" Si Haochen picked up his chopsticks after seeing Mingruo sit down.
"This meatloaf is still piping hot." Zicao also put the crispy meatloaf and a few side dishes brought by the old lady on the table.
"Mama Ji makes delicious meatloaf, try it." Mingruo picked up a piece of meatloaf and put it on the plate in front of Si Haochen.
"Um."
"The palace is very messy today, so I will let Xuan'er play in Lanyuan first, and I will take him to the banquet hall during lunch." The palace is usually like an iron barrel, but today there will be a banquet, so it will not be so rigorous.
"Okay." Si Haochen wasn't too worried. Xuan'er was protected by secret guards and she was in the palace, so she should be fine. But if Mingruo said so, he didn't have any objection.
The two had breakfast and washed up. Aunt Dong put on some green phoenix and peony steps for Mingruo. She also wanted to dress up the whole set of hair and face, but Mingruo only chose one Huasheng: "
Just wearing this is enough."
"Not enough." Si Haochen chose another beaded flower and put it in Ming Ruo's hair, "This is barely enough."
"Are there any rules about how much jewelry you should wear?" Ming Ruo raised an eyebrow.
"There are regulations on what to wear when attending a banquet in the palace." Aunt Dong immediately explained, "But today is a banquet in our house, and the princess' status is very important. If you dress up too simply, other ladies and ladies can't dress up."
If it's grand, it will make you panic."
"Oh." Mingruo nodded as if he understood.
Si Haochen first met Mrs. Su with Mingruo, and then went to the front yard to be the 'mascot'.
Madam Su observed carefully and found that Prince Yun's complexion was indeed very good.
"Ruo'er, has the prince's heart disease really been cured?" The old lady was still a little worried.
"Well, everything is fine." Mingruo had absolute confidence in his medical skills.
"That's good, that's good." The old lady took out the red envelope from her sleeve pocket and handed it to Mingruo, "This is the New Year's money given to you by your grandma."
"Can a person of my age... still collect New Year's money?" Although Mingruo is only 17 years old, in this era, she is already an adult and married.
"How old are you!" The old lady put the red envelope into Mingruo's hand, "Even if you are eighty years old, you are still my granddaughter."
"Then thank you grandma." Ming Ruo smiled and accepted the lucky money.
Several aunts also prepared gifts respectively. The eldest aunt gave me a pair of red gold headbands inlaid with colored gemstones, the third aunt gave me a pair of rare amethyst jade bracelets, and the fourth aunt gave me a set of mutton-fat jade bracelets.
The tea set and teapot are carved into a fat pumpkin shape, and several teacups are carved into flowers. They are very delicate and interesting.
"I didn't even give New Year's gifts to my grandmother and aunts, so I just accepted all these good things. I'm so embarrassed." Mingruo asked Zisu to put these gifts away properly.
"Ah..." the aunts looked surprised, "I gave you a New Year's gift. Even your cousins got an inkstone."
Mingruo was also surprised. Could it be that Si Haochen ordered Butler Zhou to prepare it after they came back, but why didn't he tell her.
"When was it sent?"
"On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, I was in the front yard watching the servants receive their monthly certificates. It happened that the palace steward came to deliver New Year's gifts to the palace, and it was I who received him." said the fourth aunt.
"Oh." Could it be that Si Haochen had already contacted the secret guards at that time?
Then why didn't he go back to the palace, and he was busy with himself in the valley preparing for the New Year... Mingruo couldn't figure it out, so he just didn't think about it, and just asked Si Haochen directly when he had time.
