Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 195 Birthday Gifts
Gu Lingqing went out to meet Jia Mingyun today, discussed some things and then returned to the mansion.

As soon as he entered the mansion, he saw the servants in the mansion busy, so he asked the housekeeper directly: "What are you busy with?"

After the housekeeper bowed to Gu Lingqing, he replied respectfully: "It will be the little prince's birthday in a few days."

Hearing this, Gu Lingqing was taken aback for a moment. He was so busy with many things these days that he actually forgot about it.

When she returned to her own yard, she saw that Nanny Gu was arranging the yard, and Gu Lingqing quickly stopped her: "Mommy."

Seeing Gu Lingqing coming, Gu Momo hurriedly saluted: "The old servant sees the young prince."

Gu Lingqing walked directly into the room and looked at the spotless room: "It's just a birthday, there's no need to go through so much trouble, just like before, just have a meal together."

"But..." Nanny Gu wanted to refute.

"Huh?" Gu Lingqing raised her hand, stopping what Madam Gu was about to say, "Don't care about these red tapes."

"Yes." After saluting, Nanny Gu retreated out, found the servants in the mansion, and demanded that everything be kept simple.

After dealing with today's affairs in the study, Gu Lingqing put down the brush, stretched her waist, looked at Yu Tingxuan's direction, smiled slightly at the corner of her mouth, and then took her own steps towards Yu Tingxuan's direction. .

At this time, Zhao Min was eating in the room, but she was a little absent-minded, and her appetite was not very good. She was thinking about what gift to give Gu Lingqing.

"It seems that I came at the right time, just in time for dinner."

After hearing Gu Lingqing's voice, Zhao Min came back to his senses, raised his head, looked at him who walked in and smiled slightly: "Have you not eaten yet?"

Gu Lingqing nodded with a chuckle, and sat down beside Zhao Min.

"Qinlan, add another pair of bowls and chopsticks." Zhao Min ordered.

After the two of them had dinner, they sat on the chairs and started chatting. Gu Lingqing watched Zhao Min's distraction from time to time, and couldn't help asking tentatively: "Did you find that the servants in the mansion are very busy today?"

Zhao Min snickered in his heart, but he didn't expose him, but he also wanted to keep it secret to the end, and said slowly: "Never."

A look of disappointment flashed across Gu Lingqing's face, but he couldn't bear to tell Zhao Min that it was his birthday in five days and asked her for a gift.

For the disappointed look on his face, Zhao Min could see clearly, but Quan pretended not to see it. Instead, he stood up and issued the order to evict the guest: "Go and do your work first, I have something to do later. , it is inconvenient to keep you."

Gu Lingqing's face was blank, and before he could ask, Zhao Min pushed him to the door.

Seeing this, Gu Lingqing was a little dumbfounded, and finally sighed: "Okay, you go to bed early."

After seeing him off, Zhao Min paced back and forth in this room alone, stroking his chin, racking his brains to think about what gift to prepare for him.

But when he walked into the inner room, he caught a glimpse of the exposed corner of the box, stepped forward, opened the box, and found that it was the flower that he had embroidered a few days ago and gave up halfway, and immediately an idea came to his mind , snapped his fingers, and decided to ask Nanny Gu for advice tomorrow, taking advantage of the last few days to catch up with work, and embroidered a pair of mandarin duck purses for him.

After making up her mind, Zhao Min couldn't help feeling a bit more relaxed, and she was extremely happy that the matter that had been lingering in her mind had been resolved.

Early the next morning, Zhao Min got up, went out of the yard alone, and when she found out that Nanny Gu was in the storeroom, she went straight away.

"Gu nanny, Gu nanny!"

From far away, Nanny Gu, who was counting the goods, heard Zhao Min calling her. Immediately she came out of the warehouse, and saw Zhao Min just arrived at the door out of breath.

"Miss is looking for this old slave, but what's the matter?"

Zhao Min directly took Gu Nanny's hand, and smiled at her mysteriously: "Mommy, follow me."

Gu Momo didn't ask any more questions, and let Zhao Min drag her to Yutingxuan.

As soon as he entered Yutingxuan, Zhao Min sent Qin Lan and Qin Mei away from the yard, and then dragged Nanny Gu into the house.

After closing the door, Zhao Min pulled her into the inner room, and told her all the thoughts in his heart: "Nurse, it will be Gu Lingqing's birthday in a few days, and I want to give him a gift."

Seeing Zhao Min's coy attitude, Gu Momo understood in her heart, and immediately thought of the purpose of her pulling her here: "But is there anything that needs the help of this old slave?"

Zhao Min showed joy on his face, and gave a thumbs up to Nanny Gu: "Mommy, you are so transparent!" Immediately, he happily expressed his thoughts, "I want to embroider a purse for Gu Lingqing, mandarin ducks of."

Nanny Gu immediately laughed: "Miss, have you thought about it?"

Zhao Min nodded: "Of course I've thought about it, otherwise I wouldn't have told Nanny Yu."

"This mandarin duck is no more complicated than the flowers embroidered a few days ago." Nanny Gu explained patiently.

Hearing this, Zhao Min retreated in his heart, but thinking of Gu Lingqing's kindness to him in the past, what is this little difficulty?Immediately ruthless, agreed, and set up his lofty ambition: "It's no problem, mother, I will definitely do it, but it's just that I need you to help me more these few days."

As long as Zhao Min made up his mind to do it, naturally it would not be difficult, so Mother Gu would naturally agree.

Immediately, Zhao Min took out the fabric he had picked out last night, and began to learn from Nanny Gu.

Before the formal teaching, Zhao Min specifically asked Gu Nai not to mention this matter to Gu Lingqing.

Time passed quickly, and soon it was Gu Lingqing's birthday. Although Madam Gu had been told to keep everything simple, after all, she had made a lot of preparations because of her status.

In this imperial city, Gu Lingqing didn't have many friends, and only a few people came here one after another in the morning.

The first to arrive were Jia Mingyun and Wang Zimo, and it was rare that the Ninth Princess followed behind them.

Several people presented gifts, and after congratulating them, Wang Zimo and Princess Jiu went to Yutingxuan to look for Zhao Min, leaving only Gu Lingqing and Jia Mingyun talking in the side hall.

After five days of rush work, finally last night, Zhao Min was able to finish, and he could be regarded as having completed his surprise.

Looking at the purse in his hand, Zhao Min couldn't help sighing, it was indeed a bit ugly, but he had tried his best.

"Zhao Min!"

After hearing the voice outside the house, Zhao Min was startled, and quickly hid the purse under the pillow.

As soon as I came to the outer room, I saw Wang Zimo and Princess Jiu had come in, and there was a joyful expression on my face: "Why are you here?"

"Today is Gu Xiaowang's birthday, I will accompany my cousin to congratulate." Wang Zimo said generously.

But the Ninth Princess behind her had an unnatural expression on her face: "I just have nothing to do to join in the fun."

Although he had only met Princess Nine a few times, Zhao Min also knew from his own observations and Wang Zimo's words that Princess Nine was a sharp-mouthed and tofu-hearted person, so he didn't care about her at the moment, so he quickly ordered Qinlan and Qinmei to turn their backs. He made tea and brought some snacks to entertain the two of them.

(End of this chapter)