Tao Ying gave shopkeeper Dong a blessing again, took the jewelry box containing the hairpins, and directly picked up the slightly dull-looking Young Master Liu and walked out of the store.
Watching the two people retreating away, the old shopkeeper silently weighed a bunch of copper coins in his hand, shook his head with a strange expression, and then prepared to close the door again.
Liu Mingzhi didn't react until he was pulled out of the store and walked for a long time. He turned around and glanced at the jewelry box containing the cherry blossom hairpins that Tao Ying held in her arms, and the corners of his mouth trembled instinctively.
"Tao Ying...you...you turned out to have made a reservation in advance with the old shopkeeper of Shunxin Ruyi Jewelry Shop for the hairpins you like at the right price?"
Tao Ying playfully blinked her watery eyes. Instead of being pretentious, she gave people a unique feeling.
"Yeah! Doesn't the imperial court have regulations that prohibit people in the capital from booking the birthday gifts they want in advance?"
"No, no, but the key point is that since you have already reserved the hairpin you want in advance, why should we walk around the capital like a donkey and then find another jewelry store?
Do you know how many places we traveled in most of the day?
Eleven cities, a total of eleven cities have been transferred!
If we continue to turn around, our footprints will be left in the entire capital and both cities.
My little brother, I almost broke my legs in order to help you buy a satisfactory birthday gift.
The results of it?
As a result, you actually told me that you had already reserved a satisfactory hairpin at a reasonable price in advance?
You—you—you—I—I—”
Tao Ying looked at Mr. Liu's ferocious look with a somewhat embarrassed look. She didn't think it was anything at first, but after hearing Liu Mingzhi's words, it seemed that there were indeed a few too many jewelry shops visited today.
"I...can't I shop around?
What if someone else’s jewelry shop has a more suitable hairpin than the one I ordered?
Wouldn’t it be a loss if I just buy it without comparing it?
After all, our money budget is only a small amount, so it’s good to save a little bit!
I am doing this to help you save money!
Could it be that if a woman wants to help her man save money, she also saves money? "
Liu Mingzhi looked at Tao Ying taking it for granted, and gave a thumbs up with a twitching corner of his mouth: "You are awesome!
But is this what you call shopping around? You're obviously just shopping around, right? "
Tao Ying smiled and stretched out her hand to press the raised finger of Young Master Liu: "Oh, please don't do this, okay?
This is how life should be at home, and if you can save it, save it.
Who was talking to me at the Gua stall at the beginning, saying that he often lectured civil and military officials in the court, and thought that every porridge and meal was hard-earned.
You know, four copper coins can buy a big meat bun or two steamed buns.
After I bought this hairpin, I saved you dozens of big meat buns at once.
It’s okay if you don’t praise me, but why do I think you are so angry now and can’t wait to vent to me? "
"Nonsense, I would rather eat less in the future and save a bun a day than..."
Seeing Young Master Liu's unhappy expression, Tao Ying raised her hand to cover Young Master Liu's mouth, and breathed hot air into Young Master Liu's ear.
"Besides, wouldn't it be better to hold in your anger and wait for it to be vented?
After all, haven’t I promised you that after we return home together, I will let you pick it up? "
Young Master Liu's depressed eyes suddenly brightened up. He covered his mouth with his hands and coughed. He smiled and looked at Tao Ying, who was staring at him lovingly and smiling.
"Uh-huh, what's that? I've been lazing around at the Gua stall for so long, and my body is almost rusty. In fact, it's good to take some time to go shopping occasionally and move my body.
A good sister should be more considerate. "
Tao Ying looked at Young Master Liu licking his face and sighed faintly: "Look at your lustful and despicable look.
Alas, sister, I really don’t know if agreeing to allow you to do whatever you want to your sister is for your own good or hurting you.
First, there are a large group of beauties at home waiting for you to come back to comfort you, and then there is your sister who is living outside the home, which makes you exhausted. You, if you are always like this and only indulge in women, your life will not last long. Do you know? "
Liu Mingzhi took the jewelry box from Tao Ying with one hand, held Tao Ying's jade hand with the other and walked towards Li's house with a nonchalant smile on his face.
"I occasionally act recklessly, but my body and bones are still intact.
Besides, as the saying goes, one can die under peonies and become a ghost.
My younger brother spent half of his life in the army, traveling here and there and fighting in the north and south for more than ten years. Isn't it just for glory and wealth, and to enjoy the blessings of the whole family after having a cloud of wives and concubines?
oh! The younger brother has worked hard for half his life, and now not only has he gained fame, fame and wealth, but he also controls the mountains and rivers of Dalong.
Sitting on thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, wielding supreme power in the world.
The most important thing is that I have Yun'er, Sister Ya... Wanyan and my good sister, you. All of you are stunning beauties who will conquer the country.
As a result, you told me that after I become famous, I can only guard you, a group of delicate beauties, and cannot touch them, and live a life of pure and ascetic life like a monk.
Then his damn little brother didn’t work hard for half his life in vain? "
Tao Ying snorted and rolled her eyes at Young Master Liu: "Sister, it's not just for your health that you don't appreciate it. Instead, you talked about a lot of nonsense.
It's so kind-hearted that I just pretended that I didn't say anything! "
"How could I not know my good sister's thoughts? But I just said that if you die under peonies, you can be a ghost.
As long as I can accompany my sister and stay in love with you, even if I die young, I will accept it willingly. "
"You - stop talking nonsense. It's not easy for the people of the world to meet such a good emperor like you. If you die young, what will the people of the world do?
Sister, I dare to say something unpleasant. If your son succeeds to the throne, he may not be able to put the people first in everything like you.
It is true that the son resembles the father, but the son is not the father after all. "
Liu Mingzhi was silent for a while and was about to say something when the door of Li's residence came into view.
Night has fallen for a long time, and now not only the front door of Li's house, but also all the houses on both sides of Changshun Street have hung red lanterns in front of their doors.
Tao Ying let go of Liu Mingzhi's wrist, walked to the door and gently opened the door a few times.
The person who opened the door was still the old housekeeper whom Liu Mingzhi had met several times. There was no surprise on the old housekeeper's face when the two of them returned together.
Welcoming the two of them into the home with nods and low eyebrows, the old housekeeper returned to the doorway to rest.
Under the long corridor leading to the inner courtyard, Tao Ying looked at Liu Mingzhi who was silently sizing up the environment on both sides. She seemed to have thought of something, and her expression darkened slightly.
"What? Are you worried that my sister has arranged an ambush for you again?"
Liu Mingzhi shook his head hurriedly: "No, no! My dear sister, please stop thinking so wildly.
If I were worried about this, I wouldn't go to the appointment to meet you.
It's just a bit of emotion, lamenting the impermanence of the world, and never imagined that the two people who were diametrically opposed to each other would eventually become a pair of loving children by coincidence.
It can be said to be a twist of fate. "
"Yes, it's really fate. My sister was originally meant to be a gift to her husband... Sigh... I won't go into details..."
While talking softly, the two of them had already walked outside the door of Tao Ying's boudoir.
