Su Tang hurriedly put on his shoes. Xie Boting saw him and said, "Why are you and your mother and concubine still seeing each other like this?"
It wasn't that she was out of sight, she just felt it was impolite. Xie Boting said so. Xue Yan, the maid sent by the princess, also entered the house, so Su Tang stopped wearing shoes.
Mother Xu went over to make bead curtains, and Xueyan came in with a tray. There was an exquisite brocade box on the tray. Looking at the brocade box, you can tell that the birthday gift from the princess is valuable.
Xue Yan stepped forward and said, "Today is the birthday of the Crown Princess, and the princess has specially prepared a birthday gift for you. You are tired today, and the princess wants you to have a good rest."
Su Tang left early today and did not go to say hello to the princess. Otherwise, the princess would have given it to Su Tang when she said good morning. The princess valued Su Tang and could have come to Jingmoxuan to see her off in person. However, Su Tang came back too late.
The prince was having dinner at Tianxiangyuan, and the princess had no time to attend, so she simply asked Xue Yan to send her away.
Su Tang nodded, "Thank you to my mother and concubine for me. I will go and thank her tomorrow."
Xue Yan agreed with a smile, put the tray on the small table next to Su Tang, and then left.
Xue Yan walked on the front foot, and Su Tang opened the brocade box on the back foot. She was so curious about what was in such a beautiful brocade box.
As soon as the brocade box was opened, Su Tang saw what was inside the brocade box. It was a set of ruby jewelry that was so exquisite that after just one look, she couldn't take her eyes away.
Xie Boting looked at it and smiled and said, "My mother-in-law actually gave you her favorite set of jewelry."
Su Tang was reaching out to pick it up and take a closer look. Hearing this, he looked at Xie Boting and said, "I can't accept such a precious piece of jewelry."
Xie Baiting held his forehead. He meant that the concubine liked her, not to ask her not to accept her. "My grandmother gave this to the concubine. The concubine only gave birth to my son. If I didn't give it to you, how could she survive?"
To whom?"
The princess was born in the Jiang family in Huaizhou. Huaizhou is five hundred miles away from Kyoto. After the princess got married, she almost never went back. She even got married from her uncle Mingdehou's mansion, which was the third wife's natal family.
The princess rarely went to Mingdehou's Mansion, and even went to Prince Kang's Mansion more often than to Mingdehou's Mansion. Xie Boting once made an innuendo on Ning's mother. The relationship between the princess and Mingdehou Mansion was cold, which seemed to be related to her marriage to the prince, but the specifics were
Ning's mother refused to reveal the reason, and Xie Boting had no way of knowing it even though he was curious.
Su Tang looked at Xie Boting, "Then I will accept it?"
Xie Boting smiled and said, "If you wear this set of jewelry to greet my mother and concubine tomorrow, she will be even happier."
Su Tang decided to just do it. Ban Xia was already thinking about which set of clothes to match this set of jewelry for Su Tang.
Su Tang admired the set of jewelry carefully and asked Fuling to take it off and put it away. As soon as Fuling was placed on the dressing table, the birthday gift from the prince arrived.
The birthday gift from the prince was simple and rude, a Duan Inkstone and a thousand taels.
Duan inkstones are usually given as gifts to men, so Su Tang couldn't help but wonder if the prince thought her handwriting was ugly and needed to practice more...
But soon, Su Tang learned from Hong Ling that she was overthinking. The birthday gift the prince prepared for Su Tang was also a set of jewelry, and he chose it himself. Didn't he know that the princess gave Su Tang her favorite jewelry?
I felt that it was not good to give a heavy gift, and I was afraid that Xie Boting would say that they did things without consultation, so I changed them temporarily.
I asked someone to pick this piece of Duan Inkstone from the warehouse, plus a thousand taels.
Su Tang raised his eyebrows and asked, "Where is the set of jewelry that was originally meant to be given to me?"
Hongling smiled and replied, "The princess praised the jewelry that the prince picked out, so the prince gave it to the princess."
The corner of Su Tang's mouth twitched. She suspected that the prince was giving the princess a set of jewelry under the guise of preparing a birthday gift for her. She looked at Xie Boting and saw the same suspicion on Xie Boting's face.
The gifts were given so coquettishly, who could believe that this was something a general with a heavy army could do? No one believed it.
Su Tang admired Duan Inkstone again, asked Poria to take it off and put it away, and then looked at Xie Boting.
Xie Boting silently put down the half-drunk tea, got up and left. This chapter has been completed!