Chapter 5

Ah Kui nodded.

"Girl, just tell me."

……

The next day was Xu Mingyi's 16th birthday.

Because he was ill, he didn't invite your daughter in Beijing to celebrate like in previous years.

Even so, since the early morning, the birthday greetings of the ladies of each government have been sent to the town government one after another, and all kinds of birthday gifts, either exquisite and expensive or according to Xu Mingyi's preferences.

Some of them were sent from the palace.

This is not because Xu Mingyi is so good at communication.

Her temperament is neither gentle nor smooth at all. She even has a somewhat arrogant reputation as a young lady. The reason why she can be so popular is nothing more than the status of the town government.

Shortly after the founding of the great Qi Dynasty, her grandfather, Xu Qiwei, now the Duke of the town, was also general Xu who had just won the war and returned to the dynasty. In those years, she was a founding hero who fought with the former Emperor. She had great prestige in the Dynasty and was highly respected by the people.

As the only legitimate daughter of the government, Xu Mingyi's identity is naturally unusual and comparable to that of your daughter.

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

After breakfast, seeing that her girl had taken a serious look at those birthday gifts, ah Kui was a little strange.

In previous years, except for the one without signature, the girl didn't bother to look at them. She would only ask them to carefully sort out the gift list so that they could return the gift in the future.

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

Sure enough, they are all the same——

She may have no impression of other birthday gifts, but she will never remember two.

Jiaojiao sent a whole box of South beads of similar size and excellent halo color. It is said that she saved them for a whole year and gave them to her for wearing the bead curtain.

Empress Wu sent a set of gem head jewelry, and another round fan with fine workmanship.

Xu Mingyi picked up the silk fan. The handle of the fan was hung with a peace knot. A picture of Yan Fei was drawn on the fan with outstanding Suzhou embroidery, and there was a line of small characters on one side: final temperature and benefit, Shu Shen's body.

A set of gem heads is not unusual for the girls in the town government. However, as the queen of the central palace, giving gifts like this can be regarded as standard.

As for this fan

In summer, when it can be used, he tied a peace knot. For Xu Mingyi, who was ill, it was reasonable to send it.

That's what Xu Mingyi thought before.

But maybe she experienced too many things later. Now she always loves everything too much and pays more attention to thinking.

Especially those related to Wu and Xu.

She was staring at the fan. She only heard the servant girl report, "Miss Liu has arrived."

"Call her in."

Liu Yi came in.

"I heard that Zhaozhao woke up early today, so I went to the kitchen to cook you a bowl of longevity noodles." she held a tray in her hand and said with a smile: "there are also some snacks you loved in the past."

Xu Mingyi nodded slightly, "thank you. I just finished breakfast and put it first."

"Then have a taste. It's lucky."

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

"I'm not really hungry."

Xu Mingyi shook the fan in his hand and fanned it again and again.

Liu Yi nodded with a smile and followed her with a good temper: "then don't eat first."

Xu Mingyi has always been spoiled. He always says what he thinks, but he never cares about other people's faces - but who calls them the legitimate daughter of the town government?

"Zhaozhao's fan is very exquisite. It looks like something in the palace." she asked curiously.

Xu Mingyi gave a faint "um".

Liu Yi didn't care about her coldness, but thought it was because she was in a bad mood.

Glancing at the round fan in Xu Mingyi's hand, she looked at those dazzling brocade boxes and posts. She sighed: "compared with this, the birthday gift I prepared is shabby."

That's not hard to answer.

A sentence "you can feel it", which was revealed with kindness, but Xu Ming, who was leaning against the chair, was very interested and said, "it's nothing if you don't send it."

For the moment she didn't want to waste her time talking nonsense to unimportant people.

Of course, if the person in front of her was as kind as it seemed, she wouldn't be so.

Liu Yi's face finally couldn't hang up.

"I still want to send it. I just hope Zhaozhao doesn't dislike it." she reluctantly smiled and said, "you can have a rest. I'll go to the kitchen and see if there's anything I can help. My wife said that we'll celebrate in the evening."

Ah Kui frowned in disgust.

What's her family? She doesn't have a surname of Xu.

With such a thick skin, isn't it that the face is reversed with the soleplate of the feet?

"Ah Kui, send Miss Liu." Xu Mingyi said.

A Kui answered "yes" and picked up a tray with a medicine bowl on one side.

Liu Yi had no time to think about Xu Mingyi's attitude today, but he saw the medicine in the bowl that had never been moved.

"Zhaozhao still refuses to take medicine?"

Out of the front hall, she whispered to ah Kui, "how can she be willful... You and ah Zhu should be advised."

"This medicine has no effect. If you don't want to drink it, you won't drink it first."

Liu Yi sighed, "how can you get better without drinking medicine?"

Ah Kui didn't stop at his feet, looked ahead and said to himself, "it's not necessarily a disease..."

"What?" Liu Yi was stunned.

Ah Kui shook his head and said nothing.

Liu Yi also said, "Zhaozhao's disease should not be careless -"

"It's natural. But these doctors and doctors are useless. I'm thinking about asking the master if I can invite some Jianghu doctors to show me when he comes back tonight." ah Kui murmured, thinking.

"Quack?" Liu Yi said anxiously, "I used to hear that some quack doctors don't pay attention to medicine. They seem to have miraculous effects, but they actually hurt their health... Zhao Zhao is very valuable. How can you ask a quack doctor to come? You told the master. I'm afraid he won't agree."

Ah Kui seemed to hesitate for a moment.

But he still said, "if someone can cure a good girl, I'll try."

Liu Yi wanted to stop talking, but ah Kui took a few steps and left her behind.

Inside, Xu Mingyi went to sleep again.

Detoxification is not a day's work. The prescription was changed yesterday. She slept until the evening.

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

"The girl is awake." ah Zhu lifted the gauze curtain.

Then came the voice of ah Kui.

"Is the girl awake?"

Compared with ah Zhu's calm and indifferent, she looked much more excited. She went to the bedside and said, "girl, the old man is back!"

Xu Mingyi, whose thoughts were still hazy, suddenly felt refreshed.

Grandpa's back?!

Yes, she remembered that her grandfather arrived in Beijing on her birthday!

Wait——

She seems to have overlooked something important