The reborn poisonous woman is hard to abandon

Chapter 222 Xiao Shizi's Birthday Gift
"This Southern Jin Dynasty is really not as comfortable as my Northern Jiang. Look at the weather, even the rain can't let it go."

In the posthouse, Duanmuyao was lying on the table boredly, watching the raindrops falling on the ground outside, making ripples and countless bubbles at the same time, she sighed heavily.

Ever since she and Duan Muhao came back from the Dingguo Marquis Mansion that day, it has been raining continuously in the Southern Jin Dynasty.For the past half month, she has been stuck in the post house with nowhere to go, she is really bored.

The queen specially arranged some singing and dancing acrobatics for her, but after watching a few performances, she felt that the Southern Jin's singing and dancing were too soft and charming, not as free and easy as Bei Jiang's, so she soon lost interest in it.

Just when Duanmuyao was bored, there was a sound of footsteps behind her. She turned her head to look, and immediately stood up from her seat, joyfully welcoming the person who came.

"Brother Huang, you are back. Didn't you say that the Southern Jin Emperor wanted to interrogate that Taoist priest? Why is there no news?"

"That Gao Daoist committed suicide in fear of crime, what more news do you want?"

Duan Muhao opened the folding fan with a "shua", and sat down on the seat beside him gracefully.

Xu was caught in the rain, and Duanmuhao's hair was wet by the rain, and a few strands stuck to his forehead seemed to be a bit of an eyesore.

Shaking his head, Duanmuhao looked at Duanmuyao with a hint of doubt on his face, as if he didn't understand what Duanmuyao wanted to ask.

"Who asked you this? I mean who is assassinating General Huo? Now that Taoist Gao is dead, what happened to General Huo's father?"

Duanmuyao let out a yell, resisting the smell of powder from the other party, stood beside him and asked urgently.

"Haven't you already given up on General Huo? Why are you concerned again now?"

Duanmuhao raised his eyebrows, put away the fan in his hand and shook his head again, as if he was watching a play.

That day in Dingguohou's Mansion, this girl accidentally hurt Xiao Ruan and was dragged out by Huo Xun ruthlessly to be punished by military law. She had already promised not to harass Huo Xun again.

"I...you...you don't care what I do, just answer my question directly."

Duanmu Yao's face turned red, and she immediately glared at Duanmuhao.

Ever since she left Dingguohou's mansion that day, she always thought of Xiao Zhongheng's blood-stained face.

That man didn't have the slightest bit of martial arts, and he was weak, but he dared to stop his whip with his life, this is no longer something ordinary people can do.

What's even more rare is that after being whipped by her, this person was willing to speak up for her, which really impressed Duanmuyao.

Since Xiao Zhongheng is Xiao Ruan's elder brother, she was worried that Xiao Ruan would say bad things about her behind her back, after thinking about it, she still felt that she should go to Xiao Ruan for reconciliation.

"General Huo's father has been healed by that god. If you want to visit him, please don't drag me."

As if he had seen through Duanmu Yao's mind, Duanmuhao gave her a sidelong glance.

"Why! Aren't you very interested in that Xiao Ruan?"

Duanmuyao held back for a few days, wanting to go directly to Dingguohou's Mansion to find Xiao Ruan, but she couldn't let go of her face.

And because Duan Muhao had someone help Lin Tianqi find some clues about the fake death medicine, Huo Xun regarded him as a guest, so she naturally wanted to use Duan Muhao to follow.

"The general's wife is indeed interesting, but it's just a tree in the forest. How can I give up the whole forest because of her? If the imperial sister still wants to chase Xiao Ruan's brother, she should find a way."

Unexpectedly, Duan Muhao shook his head to express that he had lost interest in Xiao Ruan.

Seemingly worried about Duanmu Yao's entanglement, Duanmu Hao smiled evilly and got up to leave.

"Brother Emperor!"

Duanmuyao yelled but Duanmuhao didn't turn back, she couldn't help stomping her feet angrily, watching him leave.

The rain outside continued unabated, Duanmuyao stood there angrily for a while, then suddenly walked to the table, wrote a letter with a few brush strokes, and asked someone to send it to the palace.

Huo Ming was sick in bed for more than a month, and his whole body lost several laps.

Under Lin Tianqi's nursing care, they were able to get out of bed and walk around in just a few days. Huo Xun and Xiao Ruan were overjoyed. They not only carefully prepared a thank you gift for Lin Tianqi, but also rewarded the servants in the mansion.

And Mrs. Liu was even more delighted, and she was more attentive when serving Huo Ming.

For a moment, the whole Hou Mansion was filled with festive atmosphere, so that when Xiao Ruan received the message from Princess Jingnan, she was a little flustered.

"What did the princess say in the letter? Why are you so panicked?"

Seeing Xiao Ruan walking back and forth in the room a few times, still frowning, Huo Xun couldn't help being curious anymore and begged for the invitation in her hand.

"It turns out that Xiao Shizi's birthday is approaching."

Seeing this, Huo Xun subconsciously looked at Xiao Ruan: "Are you ready for the son's gift? What do you want to give him this year?"

"That's what I'm worried about today, why don't you think about what gift I should give to Xiao Shizi for me?"

Hearing Huo Xun's voice, Xiao Ruan immediately stopped and walked towards him, with a hint of anxiety on his face.

"Last year I promised Xiao Shizi an interesting gift, but now it's Xiao Shizi's birthday in two days, I'm afraid it's too late to prepare anything new."

"I think it's a big deal, but it's just a small thing."

Huo Xun shook his head indifferently, but seeing that Xiao Ruan forgot to look at him, he waved his big hand and called Li Yan directly: "Go to the study and take out the sword I kept in my collection to Madam."

Li Yan heard the sound and left, but Xiao Ruan also felt that it was not appropriate: "Xiao Shizi is only a five-year-old child now, is it really appropriate for you to give him a sword?"

"Why is it inappropriate? I started practicing martial arts when he was so young. How can a martial arts practitioner not have a good sword in his hand? When you see a sword, you will know that he will definitely like it."

Huo Xun smiled disapprovingly, apparently not taking Xiao Ruan's worries to heart.

After coming over for a while, Li Yan returned, Xiao Ruan was taken aback when he saw the sword in his hand.

The sword in Li Yan's hand was only half the length of an adult's arm. The scabbard was clean and without half a pattern. The delicate polished sheath shone faintly. Only the hilt of the sword was inlaid with a light green gemstone. It makes people like it when they see it.

Such a compact sword is indeed extremely suitable for children.

Slowly pulling out the hilt, Xiao Ruan found that the sword hadn't even been sharpened yet, and he unconsciously showed a satisfied expression on his face.

It's so good, it can completely prevent Zhao Yixuan from hurting himself when using this sword.

"This sword is called Qingyun Sword. It was carefully forged by a very famous swordsmith in the previous dynasty for Aizi. It is suitable for you to give it to Xuan'er."

It turns out that this sword has such a history!
Xiao Ruan looked at the sword again, and nodded immediately: "Okay, I will take this sword as a birthday present for the son."

Two days later, the birthday banquet of Zhao Yixuan, the youngest son of Prince Jingnan, arrived as scheduled.

The weather is also beautiful, the weather has been gloomy for several days, and the sun suddenly shines brightly this time, so that the guests who came to the birthday banquet are all auspicious.

Originally, Huo Xun also wanted to accompany Xiao Ruan to attend the birthday banquet, but it was a pity that he suddenly received news from the army that he needed to rush to deal with it. In desperation, Xiao Ruan went to attend alone.

Fortunately, Princess Jingnan also invited Lu Heng to attend, so Xiao Ruan and Lu Heng came together.

Princess Jingnan's room was full of people, and everyone gathered around Zhao Yixuan to praise him, but Zhao Yixuan's eyes kept staring at the door, as if he was waiting for someone.

As soon as he saw Xiao Ruan coming in, his eyes lit up immediately, he broke free from Princess Jingnan's restraint, and rushed towards Xiao Ruan with his short legs.

"Sister Ruan, you are here. Xuan'er has been looking forward to it for a long time. What kind of gift are you going to give Xuan'er this year?"

Zhao Yixuan took Xiao Ruan's hand, blinked his bright eyes and asked her, Xiao Ruan's figure was reflected in his bright black pupils.

Looking at Zhao Yixuan's pink and tender cheeks, Xiao Ruan's heart instantly melted, and he wanted to hug him and kiss him deeply.

When everyone in the room heard Zhao Yixuan's childish voice begging for a gift, they burst into good-natured laughter.

Lu Heng on the side was ignored by Zhao Yixuan, and immediately bent down and hugged him in his arms.

Squeezing his smooth and tender face, Lu Heng pretended to be dissatisfied and said: "Don't you expect me to give you some kind of gift? If you don't say something nice to me, not only will I not give you the gift You, even your sister Ruan's gift, I will take it too."

"Is today also Sister Lu's birthday? Why do you want to grab Xuan'er's gift? If you really want it, tell me something nice, and I'll ask my mother to give you one, but I can't get Sister Ruan's gift." for you."

Zhao Yixuan stared at innocent eyes like black grapes, but he turned Lu Heng's army in a serious manner.Immediately, everyone burst into laughter and praised him for his quick thinking and quick response.

"Come back quickly, you naughty little one, don't scare the child in your sister Ruan's stomach."

Seeing that Zhao Yixuan was about to reach out for Xiao Ruan to hug, Princess Jingnan hurriedly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, stepped forward and pulled Zhao Yixuan into her arms, and asked someone to set up seats for Xiao Ruan and Lu Heng.

"Hurry up and take out the gift prepared by Xiao Shizi and me."

As soon as Xiao Ruan sat down, he immediately asked Li Yun behind him to take out the Qingyun sword.

The sunlight came in from outside the room, and this small Qingyun sword was covered with a layer of silver light, and the gemstones on the hilt matched it, which was very beautiful.

Zhao Yixuan was at the age when he liked to steal sticks, and when he saw this Qingyun Sword, he immediately showed excitement.

He took it from Li Yun's hand, fondled the sword body fondly, and praised in a tone like a little adult: "It's really a good sword!"

Seeing that he didn't even pull out the scabbard, everyone sighed and covered their mouths again, while Xiao Ruan breathed a long sigh of relief.

She was worried that Zhao Yixuan would not like this sword, but now she can finally relax.

(End of this chapter)