Wishful Things

Chapter 5 Grandfather Returns to Beijing

Ah Kui nodded.

"Girl, just tell me."

...

The next day was Xu Mingyi's sixteenth birthday.

Because of his illness, he didn't invite noble ladies from Beijing to come to congratulate him like in previous years.

Even so, since early in the morning, birthday greeting cards from the ladies of various mansions have been sent to the Zhen Guo Gong Mansion one after another, and there are various birthday gifts that are either exquisite and expensive or aimed at Xu Mingyi's preferences.

Some of them were sent from the palace.

It's not because Xu Mingyi is so good at communication.

Her temperament is neither gentle nor tactful at all, and she even has a bit of a reputation as a spoiled Miss Jiangmen. The reason why her popularity is so good is nothing more than the status of the Duke of Zhen.

Not long after the founding of Daqi, her grandfather, Xu Qiwei, the current Duke of the Town, was also the old General Xu who had just won the battle and returned to the court. It is also highly admired by the people.

And Xu Mingyi, as the only legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, her status is naturally not comparable to that of an ordinary noble daughter.

On this day, Xu Mingyi rarely woke up early in the morning.

After breakfast, Akui was secretly a little surprised to see her daughter carefully read those birthday gifts.

In the past, except for the unsigned ones, the girls didn't even bother to look at them carefully, they just asked them to sort out the gift list carefully so that they could return the gift in the future.

Xu Mingyi put down the box in his hand, his eyes sparkled.

Sure enough, they are all the same——

She may not have much memory of other birthday presents, but there are two that she will never remember wrongly.

What Jiaojiao sent was a whole box of pearls of similar size and excellent iridescence. It is said that they had been saved for a whole year and were given to her for wearing bead curtains.

What Empress Wu sent was a set of jewel head jewelry and a round fan with fine workmanship.

Xu Mingyi picked up the satin silk fan with a safety knot hanging from the handle. On the fan was a picture of swallows flying with outstanding Suzhou embroidery, and there was a line of small characters on the side: always warm and kind, be careful about yourself.

A set of jewel headdresses is not uncommon for the girls of Zhen Guogong's mansion, but as the Queen of the Central Palace, such a gift can be regarded as quite satisfactory.

As for this fan...

In summer, when it was available, he tied another safety knot, and for Xu Mingyi who was ill, it was a reasonable gift.

That's what Xu Mingyi thought before.

But maybe it's because she has experienced too many things later, and now she always likes to pay too much attention to everything.

Especially those related to the Wu and Xu families.

She was staring at the fan when she heard the servant girl come and say, "Miss Liu is here."

"Call her in."

Liu Yi walked in.

"I heard that Zhaozhao woke up early today, so I went to the kitchen to cook you a bowl of longevity noodles." Holding the tray in her hand, she said with a smile, "There are also a few small snacks that you used to love. "

Xu Mingyi nodded slightly: "Thanks for your trouble. It's just that I just finished my breakfast, so let's put it away for now."

"Then just have a taste, for good luck."

Liu Yi sat down beside her, put the dishes on the small table between them, and handed the chopsticks to Xu Mingyi.

"I'm really not hungry."

Xu Mingyi shook the fan in his hand, fanning it once and for all.

Liu Yi smiled and nodded, followed her in a good-tempered manner: "Then don't eat for now."

Xu Mingyi has always been coddled, saying whatever is on his mind, but he never cared about other people's good looks—but who called her the prostitute of the Zhen Guogong's mansion?

"Zhao Zhao's fan is very delicate, it looks like something from a palace." She asked curiously.

Xu Mingyi gave a faint "hmm".

Liu Yi didn't care about her indifference, she just thought it was because she was in a bad mood due to illness.

Glancing over the round fan in Xu Mingyi's hand, and then at the assortment of brocade boxes and posts, she sighed: "Compared with this, the birthday gift I prepared is so poor that I can't afford it."

This is not difficult to accept.

The sentence "It's enough when you get what you want" was kindly dismissed, but Xu Mingyi, who was leaning on the chair, said with disinterest: "It's okay if you don't give it away."

Right now she didn't want to waste a moment talking nonsense to people who didn't matter.

Of course, if the person in front of her was really as kind as she appeared on the surface, she would not be like this.

Liu Yi's expression finally became uneasy.

"I still want to give it away, I just hope Zhaozhao doesn't dislike it." After saying this with a forced smile, she got up and said, "You have a good rest, I'll go to the kitchen to see if there is anything I can help you with." Yes, Madam said, our family still has to celebrate in the evening."

Ah Kui secretly frowned in disgust.

What family members, her surname is not Xu.

With such a thick skin, could it be that the face is reversed from the soles of the feet?

"Akui, send Miss Liu off." Xu Mingyi said.

Ah Kui answered "Yes", and picked up the tray with the medicine bowl on the side.

Before Liu Yi had time to think about Xu Mingyi's attitude today, he saw the untouched medicine in the bowl.

"Zhao Zhao still refuses to take medicine?"

After leaving the front hall, she asked Ah Kui in a low voice: "How can she let her be willful... You and Ah Zhu should try to persuade her."

"This medicine has no effect at all. If the girl doesn't want to drink it, she won't drink it."

Liu Yi sighed and said, "How can you get better if you don't drink medicine?"

Ah Kui didn't stop, looked ahead, and said as if talking to herself: "It may not be a disease..."

"What?" Liu Yi was taken aback.

Aoi shook her head and said nothing.

Liu Yi said again: "Zhaozhao's illness can't be careless—"

"It's natural. It's just that these doctors and imperial doctors are not very useful. I was thinking of asking the master after the master comes back tonight, can I invite some quack doctors to show me?" Ah Kui murmured, eyes deep It seems to be thinking.

"Quack doctor?" Liu Yi said worriedly: "I used to hear people say that some quack doctors are very careless about their medicines, they seem to have miraculous effects, but in fact they are extremely harmful to the body... Zhaozhao's body is precious, how can he be called a quack doctor? Even if you tell the master, I'm afraid he won't agree."

Aoi seemed to hesitate for a moment.

But he still said: "In case someone can heal the girl well, let's try."

Liu Yi hesitated to speak, but Ah Kui quickly walked a few steps, leaving her behind.

Inside the house, Xu Mingyi fell into a deep sleep again.

Detoxification is not a one-day job, the prescription was changed only yesterday, and she slept until the evening.

When I woke up, I still felt like I hadn't slept enough, and I was still very sleepy.

"Miss is awake." Azhu lifted the gauze curtain.

Then came Aoi's voice.

"Is the girl awake?"

Compared to Ah Zhu's calmness and indifference, she looked much more excited, walked to the bedside and said, "Girl, the old master is back!"

Xu Mingyi, whose thoughts were still hazy, suddenly lifted his spirits.

Grandpa is back? !