Chapter 784
Liu Jing was a little amused. Since a few years ago, his wife Tao Zhan started using silver hairpins and copper hairpins. Most of the dresses were made of fine linen. She has been leading by example for so many years, and she can wear jade hairpins. In order to attract business, this jewelry store actually used her wife to promote it, which made Liu Jing feel a little unhappy.
But he would not turn against such a small person, but just said lightly: "Don't put the princess out casually, it will not do you."
The manager then found that several followers behind him glared at him, scaring him so much that he shivered all over. He didn't dare to say anything later. He quickly picked up a pair of bracelets and introduced to Xiao Qiao: "The pair of gold bracelets are each inlaid with six precious gems, ruby, sapphire, cat's eyes, emerald, topaz and green amber, also called the Six-Star bracelet, which costs 30,000 yuan. If you are sincere in buying, you can get a little cheaper, at least 25,000 yuan."
Without waiting for Xiao Qiao to speak, Liu Jing said, "I bought it!"
The manager was overjoyed and quickly put away the bracelet with a jade box. Liu Jing glanced at Xiao Qiao's snow-white neck again and smiled and said, "I want to buy a string of pearl necklaces, can I have one?"
In the cabin, Xiao Qiao put a string of dazzling pearl necklaces on her neck. The pearl necklaces were made of twenty-four pearls, each pearl was as big as a grape, crystal clear and round, supporting her to be particularly pretty. Xiao Qiao sighed softly, including a hairpin, a wrist bracelet, a string of pearl necklaces, and clothing and powder. After visiting the streets, Liu Jing spent 100,000 yuan on her.
Of course, it was not a matter of money, but Liu Jing's attitude towards her. Even her maid could see that Liu Jing had no affection for her. Xiao Qiao was very confused. She also liked Liu Jing's demeanor and young and heroic appearance. She also cared for and respected her all the way. She knew that it was easy to get her body with Liu Jing's status, just like Cao Cao planned to get her, but he treated her with courtesy. This kind of warmth touched her and touched her heart.
However, when Xiao Qiao thought of Liu Jing's special identity, she always felt a little hesitant. It was this hesitation that made her feel inexplicably resisted Liu Jing and didn't want to get too close to him. But Xiao Qiao hated that she was not firm enough. He bought so many valuable items for herself, why did she accept it?
At this time, the maid Shuang'er saw the conflict in Xiao Qiao's heart and whispered: "If the wife doesn't want to accept it, the maid is willing to send it back for the wife."
Shuang'er is Xiao Qiao's personal maid. She has served her for ten years. The two are called master and servant. In fact, they are like sisters. If there is anything, Xiao Qiao will not hide it from her. Xiao Qiao sighed and shook her head and said, "Since you accept it and return it again, it will annoy him. We will be sad for the rest of our lives."
"But the lady doesn't seem to like him very much."
Xiao Qiao turned around and glared at her, "Don't draw conclusions randomly as you take it for granted."
"Oh! It turns out that the lady likes him." Shuang'er blinked and smiled: "Mrs. said she always wanted to go to Chengdu, but it turned out that it was for him."
"I'm talking nonsense again."
Xiao Qiao lowered her face and said, "If you talk nonsense again, I will drive you out."
"But the lady herself said she liked him."
Although Xiao Qiao kept saying that she wanted to drive her out, she wanted to tell her in her heart. She frowned slightly and said worriedly: "This has nothing to do with whether she likes her or not. His identity is extraordinary. If he ruled the world in the future, I don't know how many concubines there will be in the harem. What am I? I am old and weak, and I am left alone in a corner. I will die alone for the rest of my life. It's better to stay in the Zhou Mansion, at least I still have freedom."
"Since that's the case, why do you have to go to Chengdu? Why would you go back to Jianye with your eldest wife?"
"It's okay for her to go back to Jianye. After all, her identity is different. Sun Quan dares not touch her easily. What am I? I will still be given to Cao Cao after returning to Jianye."
Speaking of this, Xiao Qiao sighed softly, "Who else can protect me except him?"
Shuang'er lowered her head and thought for a moment, and whispered: "Or, let's see Princess Shangxiang first and listen to her opinion."
Xiao Qiao shook her head, stared at Shuang'er with a solemn expression and said, "There is a saying that I want to tell you first. You must not reveal any news in front of Princess Shangxiang, and you must not let anyone know that the King of Han is interested in me. Do you remember?"
Shuang'er rarely saw his master be so serious. She nodded in fear, "Shuang'er remembers it."
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As the New Year is approaching, every household in Chengdu has hung lanterns, picked up bamboo banners, cleaned up houses, killed pigs and sheep, and started preparing to worship ancestors. Even sixteen death-fury lanterns were hung in front of the Han King's official palace and the military camp gate.
This winter, the entire Yangtze River Basin was snowing heavily, and Chengdu was no exception. A heavy snow made Chengdu covered in silver and turned into a snowy world, making the New Year's atmosphere stronger, and the thick snow became a happy world for children. There were children's snowball fights and snowmen everywhere, and laughter resounded inside and outside the city.
In the room, eight-year-old Liu Zhi was sitting in front of the window practicing calligraphy, but today he was a little restless and secretly looked at the thick snow outside the window from time to time. He longed to be able to play wild and fight and build snowmen like an ordinary child.
"Brother, come and help me!" A tender cry came from the yard. It was the six-year-old Liu Zhu calling for her brother. Her hands were cold red. She had already piled up a small snowman with a shovel. But playing alone was not interesting, so she wanted to pull her brother to play with her.
Liu Zhi sighed. He was the prince of the Han prince. He had no chance with the child's surname Tian. Liu Zhi had to lower his head and continue practicing calligraphy. At this time, Liu Zhu sneaked into the room, slammed a snowball on his brother, and then ran out with a giggle.
Liu Zhi could no longer hold it back. He bit his lip, put down his pen, and left his seat and slipped out. Maybe he could secretly build a snowman and then go back to practice calligraphy.
Liu Zhu had already pinched a bunch of snowballs under the tree. When she saw her brother running out, she screamed loudly with excitement and swung her hand to smash the snowball at her brother. Liu Zhi laughed loudly, and also pinched a snowball and threw it at her sister. He rushed forward and grabbed her sister. The two of them rolled in the snow with laughter.
At this moment, Liu Zhi felt something. When he looked up, he saw his mother appearing at the door at some point and staring at him with anger on his face. He was so scared that he stood up in a hurry and lowered his head without saying anything. Liu Zhu also stuck out her tongue and hid behind the tree. She wanted to run away, but she was afraid that her brother would be scolded.
Tao Zhan walked forward slowly and asked coldly: "Have you finished your homework?"
"Not yet!" Liu Zhi replied in a low voice.
"Are you half done?"
Liu Zhi lowered his head and did not dare to speak. Tao Zhan said angrily: "From early in the morning to now, it has been more than two hours. You haven't even finished writing two words. What are you doing? Where are your mind? If you want to play, just play! Don't eat, don't sleep, just play whatever you want!"
Liu Zhi knelt down, tears rolling in his eyes, and he said aggrievedly: "The child is wrong."
Liu Zhu also knelt down beside her brother and whispered: "Zhu'er was wrong, too, shouldn't disturb my brother from practicing calligraphy."
Tao Zhan sighed and said to their brother and sister: "Get up! Come to the room."
She walked back to the room, fiddled with the brazier, so that the charcoal fire would burn even more vigorously. At this time, Liu Zhi and his sister walked into the room and stood with her hands down in front of her mother. Tao Zhan pulled Zhuer and hugged her in his arms. Then she said earnestly to Liu Zhiyu: "You usually have to write ten words in one morning, but today you only asked you to write four words for your mother. Do you know why?"
Liu Zhi said halfway through the show: "Mom understands the child and gives her time to play."
"It seems you know, but why don't you hurry up and finish your homework and then play, but you're half-hearted and haven't even finished two words in a morning. If you don't even have this little self-control and can't resist the temptation, how can you inherit your father's career when you grow up?"
"The boy knows his mistake!"
Tao Zhan looked at his son for a long time and asked again: "Since you know your mistake, what are you going to do?"
"The child can finish ten words, a lot of them."
"Very good, you can do it yourself. You can go play or write. My mother won't punish you today, just do whatever you want."
After saying that, Tao Zhan stood up and took Liu Zhu's hand and smiled, "Zhu'er followed the aunt to the front yard, and daddy is back soon. Let's see if we put on lanterns."
"When will Dad be back?"
"It's almost there, it's either today or tomorrow."
Liu Zhu jumped up happily, and happily held the aunt's hand and walked towards the front yard. Liu Zhi looked at his mother and sister walking away. He sighed, sat down again, calmed his mind, and began to write seriously. This time he completely restrained his desire to play with snow.
Tao Zhan led Liu Zhu to the front yard and happened to meet Sun Shangxiang who was commanding his servant to put on lanterns. Sun Shangxiang picked up Liu Zhu and asked with a smile: "Zhu'er, where is your brother? Why don't you come together?"
"My brother is not focused on his homework, and he is criticized by the aunt. He is writing!"
Sun Shangxiang laughed silently and said to Tao Zhan: "It's rare that it's snowing so heavily in Chengdu. My eldest sister Suo's surname will give him a day off and write all day long, so she will become a little old man."
Tao Zhan shook his head, "I'll give him a chance. If he could concentrate and hurry up to complete his homework, he had already piled up a few snowmen, so I would be angry that he was not focused on doing things. He didn't even have this little willpower. What can he do when he grew up?"
"I can understand my elder sister's desire to be a dragon."
At this time, Tao Zhan remembered something again and asked quickly: "Is there news about Cao Xian in Chang'an?"
Ten days ago, Cao Cao sent someone to Chengdu and took Cao Xian back to Yedu. Later, Tao Zhan heard that it was snowing heavily on Qishan Road and Hanzhong, and the heavy snow blocked the road, which made her worry. She had been waiting for news from Chang'an.
Sun Shangxiang nodded, "Sima Military Advisor sent someone to report the news just now. They have arrived in Chang'an, so don't worry, sister."
Tao Zhan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Cao Xian arrived in Chang'an, she would not be worried. Sun Shangxiang smiled again and said, "Cao Xian is gone, Xiao Qiao is coming again. It's so busy for the eldest sister."
"Xiao Qiao has no big problem. Cao Xian left, and the yard where she lives was empty. Just clean it up a little. I just worry about whether my husband can come back before the New Year. He hasn't been at home for two years. This is not possible. If this continues, he will forget our home."
Tao Zhan sighed. Her husband has been at home for too little time in the past two years and is always fighting in the north, which is worrying. Although he is a good king of Han and there are praises everywhere, his husband and father are not qualified. Although Tao Zhan can understand her husband's career, she can't help but complain about her for a long time.
Chapter completed!