Ci Jinzhi

Feng Nian's heart sank and he knelt down more honestly.

"Feng Nian, how do you do things?" Emperor Xingyuan asked angrily.

He Qingxiao never made any mistakes when doing this before.

"Your Majesty, please punish me for your incompetence."

Emperor Xingyuan closed his eyes and opened them again, waving his hands: "That's all, please step back."

As he walked out of the palace, Feng Nian felt a chill in his heart.

Although the emperor did not punish him, most of the Sacred Heart was lost, and it would be difficult to regain the emperor's favor in the future.

Xin You stood under a weeping willow tree and watched Feng Nian walk away with a depressed look. She turned around and got on the carriage parked aside: "Go back to Xin's house."

On the way back, Xiaolian was furious: "This commander of the Jinlin Guard is really not a good person, far worse than Master He."

"Ah."

Xiaolian observed Xinyou's face and asked tentatively: "Do you want to visit Mr. He?"

The girl has done a lot of things in the past half day. I guess it’s okay to add a visit to Mr. He, right?

Xiaolian and Xinyou get along day and night, and it is not difficult to notice the difference between her daughter and Mr. He.

The jade monkey ornament given to the girl by Mr. He, the girl often plays with it in her hands.

"Master He is probably not recuperating at home. Xiaolian, please go to the Changle Marquis Mansion to send an invitation to Aunt Gui to visit Xin Mansion tomorrow."

"Yes."

In the afternoon, Aunt Gui received the post. She was surprised and happy. She couldn't wait to tell He Qingxiao when he came back.

"Master Marquis, Miss Xin invites your servant to be a guest."

He Qingxiao was slightly surprised, but soon her expression returned to normal: "That's just right, it will save Aunt Gui from worrying about it."

"Does the Marquis have anything to say to Miss Xin?"

He Qingxiao shook her head.

"Is there really no need to bring a message?" Aunt Gui didn't believe it.

Miss Kou, Mr. Xin, and Miss Xin were all the same person. She didn't believe that the Marquis only regarded Miss Xin as a normal friend.

He Qingxiao was silent for a moment and said: "Aunt Gui told Miss Xin that my injury has been healed long ago, so she shouldn't take it to heart."

There was a smile on Aunt Gui's lips: "Don't worry, Lord Marquis, I promise to bring the message to you."

He Qingxiao looked away, hiding her inexplicable shyness: "Thank you Aunt Gui."

The next morning, Aunt Gui carried a heavy three-layer food box and drove to Xinzhai.

"Aunt Gui." Xiaolian, who was counting the time and waiting outside, greeted her enthusiastically and reached out to take the food box from Aunt Gui's hand, "I'll carry it."

"No need, calm down."

"Then it's my turn to pick it up." Xiaolian resolutely went to pick it up, almost hitting the ground as soon as she picked up the food box.

Aunt Gui held it firmly and smiled lovingly at Xiaolian: "I told you, stay calm."

Xiaolian: "..." But it can't be so heavy!

Then when she thought about how much delicious food there was in such a heavy food box, the little maid suddenly smiled brightly and took Aunt Gui's arm and went in.

"Aunt Gui is here." Xin You came over.

Aunt Gui was holding the food box and stared blankly at the approaching girl.

She had met "Miss Kou" several times and got along in a real way, but the girl in front of her still had the same facial features, but she felt like she was a different person.

It's like the budding plum blossoms finally bloomed, revealing their nobility in the severe cold.

What a resemblance to the aloof emperor she had seen before. Xinyou naturally stretched out her hand to take the food box from Aunt Gui.

Aunt Gui was shocked and came to her senses, only to find that the food box had been easily carried by Xin You.

"I've met Miss Xin." Aunt Gui saluted hurriedly.

Xin You helped her: "Aunt Gui, please don't see me outside."

Aunt Gui met the girl's clear gaze, and the unfamiliar feeling she had just felt at that moment quietly dissipated.

It doesn't matter if she looks like the emperor. What's important is that Miss Xin is the daughter of the late empress.

Xin You's mind was sharp and she noticed Aunt Gui's change. The corners of her lips curved: "Aunt Gui, let's go in."

Entering the flower hall, Xinyou put the food box on the table and asked with a smile, "Did Aunt Gui make it delicious?"

When it came to what she was good at, Aunt Gui completely let go and took it out of the food box and said: "This is the crispy yellow dumpling that girls like to eat, these are the small rolls with vegetarian filling, and this is the lotus root with osmanthus honey sauce..."

As snacks were laid out, Xiaolian swallowed her saliva and said, "Aunt Gui, I'm so lucky to be able to eat your cooking every day!"

Aunt Gui smiled: "It would be a blessing for me if I could cook for Miss Xin and Xiaolian every day."

I don't know if it was an illusion, but Xin You felt that Aunt Gui's look over her was somewhat meaningful.

Her cheeks warmed up little by little, and she was not controlled by reason. It wasn't until Aunt Gui was about to leave that she vaguely understood: Maybe it was because Aunt Gui was the only one who gave her the feeling of elders like Aunt Xia and others in the valley.

"The Marquis asked my slave to bring a message to Miss Xin, so that you don't have to worry about his injury."

"Master Hou, it's fine."

Aunt Gui couldn't see anything from Xinyou's face, and sighed in her heart: Could it be that Mr. Hou has unrequited love?

After waiting, but before Xinyou asked to speak, Aunt Gui regretfully returned to the Hou Mansion, opened the return gift, looked at the ginseng inside and took a breath.

Hiss - Is Miss Xin so generous only to Mr. Hou, or is she so generous to everyone?

After finally waiting for He Qingxiao to come back from the office, Aunt Gui hurriedly showed him the return gift: "This ginseng is of high quality and is worth at least a hundred taels of silver."

He Qingxiao looked at the fat old wild ginseng and picked up the box: "Then I'll put it away."

Aunt Gui stared at the young man's back, confused: How could you accept such an expensive gift without blinking?

Mr. Hou is not this kind of person!

He Qingxiao went back to the room, opened the box again, looked at the fat ginseng for a while, then reached out and patted the ginseng's head gently.

Just as the waiter came in to deliver water, his eyes widened when he saw He Qingxiao's movements.

Why did the Marquis touch Ginseng's head?

Oops, maybe the ginseng has become essence and confused the Marquis!

"What are you doing standing still?" He Qingxiao cast a faint gaze when he saw the young man standing still.

Mr. Hou is still normal.

The boy secretly breathed a sigh of relief and walked in with the basin in hand.

The next day, the carriage from the eldest princess's palace came to pick her up early. Xin You took Xiaolian in the car and went to the palace for a banquet with eldest princess Zhaoyang and her two children.

"Except for us, the one who is going to enter the palace is King Xiu, and the others are the concubines and princes and princesses who have given birth to children in the palace..." Princess Zhaoyang told Xin You about the general situation of the palace banquet. Seeing his calm expression, she couldn't help laughing. .

She was also worried that Ayou would be nervous, but it seemed that her worries were in vain.

The palace banquet this time was a family banquet, which was held in the garden pavilion. There were already palace attendants waiting at the palace gate, leading Princess Zhaoyang and her party there.

Along the way, there are pavilions, rockeries and strange rocks, creating a beautiful scenery step by step, which is a work of art. Not long after, you can see people dressed in costumes entering a long pavilion one after another. Outside the pavilion is water, the sky is green in the pool, and the lotus flowers reflect the sun.

"The eldest princess Zhaoyang has arrived——"

As the palace people reported the news, the chatter and laughter in the pavilion stopped, and everyone stood up to greet Princess Zhaoyang. A pair of eyes, either implicit or straightforward, fell on the girl beside her.

Only a handful of these people had seen Xin You, and most of them had seen her for the first time. When they saw the face that looked so similar to Emperor Xingyuan, their eyes changed unconsciously.

(End of this chapter)