Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 37 Liu Qianqian's Jealousy
"Master An Qi is really brave and good at fighting!" Xiaokui clasped her hands on her chin, admiringly.

Xia Shengqing nodded and said: "That's true. This morning, Mr. An Qi was dressed in a military uniform, and he had the spirit of a gentleman. Although the captain is still a step away from the general, Mr. An Qi is still young, and it will be a matter of time before he becomes a general." .”

In this way, Xia Zijin was relieved a lot. She thought that Liu Anqi would not be able to return to Shangjing until the next year, but this award has added a lot of help to the Liu family. Although the foundation of the Liu family is not stable now, but She is not in a hurry, she will support the Liu family step by step, and in time, she will be able to stabilize one side's power.

"Xiaokui, prepare a generous gift for me. Let's go to Liu's house after lunch." Xia Zijin said, with a faint smile on her lips.

Because of Liu Anqi's great victory and returning home, Liu's mansion was full of joy and joy. The servants were all over the place looking for the feast for the young master. An Qi recovered his life in front of Emperor Ming, and took him back to the Liu Mansion.

At the banquet, Mrs. Liu sat next to Liu Anqi, took the hand of her own grandson, and said cheerfully: "Brother Qi is promising, and he will honor the family for our Liu family. If your grandfather is still alive, he will be happy for you too." .”

"Grandmother, grandson is the eldest son of the Liu family, so it's natural for us to fight for our Liu family."

Liu Anqi showed a mouthful of bright teeth, and looked very radiant.The wind, sand and rocks in the Western Regions, the scorching sun, the sun and the wind that the army practiced against the enemy every day, made his originally fair skin become a little dark and shiny, and his jet-black hair was combed high in the hair crown. , with piercing eyes.

"Cousin An Qi is now a captain, our Dalai Dynasty is the first such young captain!"

Xia Zijin was also sitting at the banquet. She was wearing a concubine-colored gold jacket today. The fluffy ruffles on the stand-up collar were soft and comfortable. The Tulan Comb looks like a doll coming out of a New Year painting, delicate and cute.

It was the first time for Liu Anqi to see her dressed like a girl, her eyes lit up, she raised a smile and said: "I haven't seen you for a few months, my cousin is getting more and more beautiful!"

As he said that, he seemed to have remembered something, took out a palm-sized brocade box from his arms, got up and handed it to Xia Zijin who was sitting beside him.

"Cousin, I promised before that when I went to the Western Regions, I would definitely buy you a bracelet. This time I went to Maicheng in the Western Regions, and I saw all kinds of exquisite bracelets, and saw the women in the Western Regions. Everyone wears it, it’s really pretty!"

Xia Zijin opened the brocade box, and saw a gleaming silver bracelet lying inside, dotted with round and full amber stones. What is rare is that each amber stone is the same size, and the light water blue is clear and moist. , the center of the amber stone is inlaid with a gem-made stamen the size of a red bean, which is very ingenious.

"Look, these two children have such a good relationship!" Mrs. Liu rubbed her knees and laughed happily, "Zijin, quickly bring it to grandma to see, the princess of our Dalai Lai must be a hundred times prettier than the women from the Western Regions." !"

Xia Zijin smiled slightly, carefully took off the bracelet, and put it on her right wrist. Her skin was as delicate as snow, and it was even whiter and smoother with the water-blue amber lining. There is a jingle sound, which is very pleasant.

"Thank you, Cousin An Qi, for your kindness!" Xia Zijin bent her crescent-like eyes, two pear dimples sunken into her cheeks.

"Young girl Zijin is really pretty. Let me see, does it look like your sister when she was young?" Mrs. Liu looked at Xia Zijin lovingly, thinking of her daughter Concubine Liu, she couldn't help but her eyes warmed up.

Liu Xiangqin nodded, stroking his beard and said: "That's true. Zijin is born similar to my sister, but her temper is not as weak as her sister, and she is more generous. If you say that she is a princess raised in the palace since childhood, I am afraid that she is also a little girl." Incomparable."

The Liu family also praised Xia Zijin one by one, with smiles and joy on everyone's faces.

Only Liu Xianxian who was sitting in the corner was excluded.

Liu Xianxian looked coldly at the praise and love of everyone in the Liu family for Xia Zijin, especially Liu Anqi's special care for Xia Zijin, and the jealousy in her eyes became more and more intense.

She held the handkerchief tightly in her hands, stared at Xia Zijin's delicate and jade-like face, then lowered her eyes to stare at the star-studded bracelet on her upper right, feeling very fond of it.

"Brother An Qi, the bracelet you gave to Princess Sister is so pretty, and Xianxian wants one too." Liu Xianxian blamed half-sincerely and half-jokingly, with her small mouth pouted, thinking she was innocent and cute.

Everyone was chatting and laughing, but she interrupted abruptly, Liu Anqi had only prepared one gift, how could there be another one for Liu Xianxian?
"Cousin Xianxian... I'm sorry, I only brought back this bracelet when I went to the Western Regions. I'm afraid I will disappoint my cousin." Liu Anqi smiled awkwardly, and never expected Liu Xianxian to ask such a sudden question.

The Liu family all looked surprised. This young lady has always been unknown, and she is shameless in front of the old lady. Living in the Liu family for so many years is already a gift. It was just that she contradicted Princess Pearl face to face last time. He also deliberately competed with the princess for An Qi's gift, not knowing why.

Liu Xianxian's face was blue and red, more colorful than the dishes on the table.She had always loved Liu Anqi, and when she saw him presenting gifts to Xia Zijin like a treasure, she couldn't hold back her heart, so she couldn't help but speak out, but this person completely lost face in front of everyone.

"Since there is only one, why don't princess sisters give it to Xianxian? Princess sisters must have a lot of jewelry in the palace, but Xianxian is incomparable. Although the bracelets brought back by cousin are good, princess sisters are used to gold and jade jewellery. Things, I'm afraid it's commonplace, right?" Liu Xianxian said eccentrically, insisting on pulling back in front of everyone.

She said this, implying that Xia Zijin had a high vision, and she was afraid that she would look down on the Liu family's family, and that An Qi might have other thoughts about Xia Zijin.

How could Xia Zijin not know the sourness in Liu Xianxian's words, but she just thought it was funny, maybe since the last life, this cousin hated her because of Liu Anqi's kindness to her, but even though she and Liu Anqi were close, But it's just a brother-sister relationship, from the beginning to the end, it's just Liu Xianxian's own thoughts.

It's one thing for her to know in her heart, but it's another to be willing to make Liu Xianxian feel at ease.

Since Liu Xianxian competed with her openly and secretly, why should she give in?

"Cousin Xianxian's words are wrong. How can the gift given by my cousin to the princess be transferred to my cousin? Doesn't it seem that the princess is ignorant of etiquette? If the cousin doesn't get the gift, I will feel wronged. When I turn around, the princess will let me know." Pick a few pieces of jewelry that you like from the palace and present them to you."

Xia Zijin looked up at her, and said lightly, seemingly to appease Liu Xianxian, but actually accused her of being ignorant of etiquette, disregarding superiority and inferiority, and being an unworthy person.

Mrs. Liu's complexion was a bit ugly. In the past, she felt that Liu Xianxian was a bit spoiled, but now she seems to be more and more unruly, openly competing with the princess for a gift that does not belong to her. What does it look like?
"Since the princess's sister's kindness, Xianxian can't accept it..." Liu Xianxian shook her eyebrows provocatively, but she didn't hear the accusation and sarcasm in Xia Zijin's words, thinking that Xia Zijin was jealous of her, and secretly laughed in her heart.

"Shut up!" Mrs. Liu was so angry that her liver trembled. She didn't know where Liu Xianxian's etiquette and upbringing had been learned all these years. This petty face really embarrassed their Liu family. ?”

"Grandmother! Qianqian is stupid, I don't know why I have to apologize!" Liu Xianxian's mouth was raised higher than the sky. Hearing that Mrs. Liu wanted her to apologize, she felt even worse. She felt that there was nothing wrong with her, so she was naturally unwilling to let go Downwind.

When Mrs. Liu heard her rebutting her like this, she ignored her words and held her chest in a fit of anger. She has always been an uncompromising existence in this Liu residence, so how could she allow Liu Xianxian to disobey her.

"You girl...!" Mrs. Liu was already angry, but she couldn't get angry at the banquet, her old eyes stared at Liu Xianxian angrily.

The atmosphere at the banquet became awkward and subtle. The younger generations of the Liu family looked at each other, and some even whispered to Liu Xianxian.

"I see that she has a temperament that is hard to change when she was born in a shabby household. After living with our Liu family for so many years, she can't change her bad habits at all." Liu Xiangqin's concubine, Miss Liu Si, said to the concubine, Miss Liu San muttered softly.

"That's right, Brother An Qi gave the princess something, and she came here to do something, and she didn't look at her identity." Miss Liu San cast a glance at Liu Xianxian, also with a little disgust.

Liu Xianxian, who sat close to her, naturally listened to the conversation between the two of them, her little face flushed red, she felt ashamed and flustered, but she didn't think it was her fault, she just felt that it was all Xia Zi Jin relied on his identity to overwhelm himself, and his heart became even more indignant.

"Okay, okay, everyone, don't stand still. Today is for Cousin Anqi, let's toast him together as a family, and wish Cousin Anqi every success!"

Xia Zijin took the lead to liven up the embarrassing atmosphere at the banquet, and her smiling face eased everyone's hearts a lot. Mrs. Liu felt relieved, and followed Xia Zijin to toast with the younger generation.

Everyone looked happy, but no one cared about Liu Xianxian any more. She was sitting dingy in her seat, with her left and right far away from her. The Liu family surrounded Liu Anqi and Xia Zijin, and they had already forgotten her. To cloud nine.

Among the crowd, Xia Zijin's face was so dazzling, Liu Xianxian's heart was extremely unbalanced. She was also from a foreign family, so why should Xia Zijin be nobler than her?At this moment, the seeds of hatred quietly germinated in Liu Xianxian's heart and grew stronger.

(End of this chapter)