Thinking of this, Xiao Chong suddenly stood up, shook his sleeves and robe and walked out of the pavilion.
Then he bumped into the slovenly old man Hu!
"Old slave has met Mr. Xiao Lang!"
Xiao Chong stopped and looked at Old Man Hu blocking the road. He frowned and asked with a vigilant look:
"What are you doing here?"
Old Man Hu didn't seem to hear the displeasure in Xiao Chong's tone. He raised his head, rubbed his hands, and said with a smile:
"Xiao Langjun, there are three guests outside the door, saying they were sent by the next door to bring you a gift!"
"I don't dare to make the decision, so I came to ask Mr. Xiao, should I accept the gift this time or not?"
Xiao Chong was stunned for a moment when he heard this, glanced at the old man in front of him, and said calmly:
"But he was sent by the Qin Mansion next door?"
Old Man Hu smiled and nodded:
"They indeed claimed to be from the Qin Mansion. Among them was a young lady dressed as a maid who said she had seen Mr. Lang in the manor!"
Xiao Chong's heart moved, have you seen me? Could it be Wan'er?
Thinking of this, an imperceptible color flashed in Xiao Chong's eyes!
Xiao Chong coughed lightly and said:
"Lead the way, go meet them!"
"Here!"
After a while,
Xiao Chong came to the door of Xiao Mansion.
When he saw that the person standing at the door was not Xiao Qingwan, he couldn't help but show a look of disappointment on his face!
After Dongxue saw Xiao Chong, she saluted Xiao Chongying and said respectfully:
"My slave Dongxue has met Mr. Xiao Langjun!"
Shui San and Shui Si behind Dong Xue cupped their fists towards Xiao Chong and said:
"Shui San and Shui Si have met Xiao Langjun!"
Xiao Chong nodded, looked at the three of them, and said with a smile:
"No need to be polite. Since you are here, why don't you follow Xiao into the house to have a cup of tea and have a rest?"
Dongxue shook her head when she heard this and said:
"The three servants are specially here to deliver gifts to the young master this time! I won't go in and disturb Mr. Lang!"
After saying that, Dongxue took out Xiao Changxi's red gift list from her sleeve, handed it to Xiao Chong with both hands and said:
"Xiao Langjun, this is the gift list from the young master, please take a look at it!"
Xiao Chong took the gift list, stuffed it into his sleeve without looking at it, and then asked with a smile:
"Master Qin, how are you doing lately? Has he come to Chang'an?"
Dongxue gave Xiao Chong a blessing and said with a smile:
"I'm sorry, Mr. Xiao, but I'm thinking of you. The young master is doing very well recently. It's just that there are a lot of things going on at home, so he didn't come to Chang'an this time!"
"Now that the gift has been delivered, I'll take my leave first!"
After saying that, Dong Xue glanced at Shui San and Shui Si behind her. The two understood and placed the gifts in their hands at the door of Xiao's house.
Xiao Chong bowed his hands towards the three of them.
"Thank you for your help! Please help me bring a message to Mr. Qin, saying that Xiao said hello to him!"
Dong Xue nodded, saluted Xiao Chong, then turned around and walked towards his mansion.
A quarter of an hour later, in the banquet hall in the backyard of Xiao Mansion where the birthday banquet was held last time!
Xiao Chong stroked his long beard and sat on a chair nearby.
He looked at several large boxes of gifts in the hall and was puzzled!
The last time I saw that boy Qin Ming, he had a harsh word with me. How long had it been?
Why did you send someone to deliver the gift?
Is it a sign of goodwill?
Or does it mean something else?
At this moment, Empress Xiao, wearing a plain Taoist robe and a wooden hairpin on her head, stepped in!
"Brother Chong, why didn't I see you for dinner just now? Hey, where did these gift boxes come from?"
Xiao Chong came to his senses, stood up and saluted Empress Xiao:
"Brother, please pay homage to your empress!"
After getting up, Xiao Chong pointed to the gift boxes and said:
"These were sent from the Qin Mansion next door as a return gift."
Empress Xiao's eyes lit up when she heard this, and then she waved her hand to the maid in the room and said:
"You all stand down."
After hearing this, the maids gave Empress Xiao a blessing and walked out of the banquet hall together!
After the door of the banquet hall was closed, Empress Xiao walked up to Xiao Chong and asked softly:
"Wan'er, has that child come to Chang'an?"
Xiao Chong shook his head and said with a bitter smile:
"My younger brother doesn't know that these were brought to the house by the maids and servants of the Qin Mansion!"
"According to the maid, Qin Ming didn't come to Chang'an this time, so Wan'er's child probably didn't come either!"
After hearing this, Empress Xiao's eyes dimmed a little, and she sighed and said:
"I thought I could see the child this time!"
Xiao Chong couldn't help but think of what Qin Ming had said to him before.
He snorted coldly and said:
"If you had seen that boy, I guess you wouldn't think so!"
Empress Xiao heard this and said doubtfully:
"Why is that?"
Xiao Chong stood up and walked to the pile of gifts, squatted down, and while dismantling the gift boxes, he said in a bad tone:
"Hmph, even though I didn't chat with him for long last time, I can tell that he regards Wan'er as a forbidden love. Even my uncle, I, can't accept her as a relative!"
"He even threatened my brother that if he dared to recognize Wan'er in private, he would be rude to me!"
"And that kid talks very arrogantly!"
"In front of me, he actually said that he never takes the Wang family of Taiyuan and the Cui family of Qinghe seriously!"
Empress Xiao's mouth twitched when she heard this.
"It's true that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers!"
"This is indeed a bit arrogant! The Wang family of Taiyuan and the Cui family of Qinghe are not big families with a history of thousands of years!"
"Even Li Erlang might not dare to say such big words!"
When Xiao Chong heard this, he hummed and agreed!
At the same time, Xiao Chong also opened the first gift box!
Xiao Chong was stunned for a moment, then smiled and picked up the gift box and put it on the table.
"My dear, look, this box contains all kinds of cakes!"
"I don't know if Wan'er did these!"
After saying this, Xiao Chong took out a piece of donkey rolling from the box and put it in his mouth.
"Well, this pastry is good, even more delicious than the previous pea yellow!"
After Xiao Hou heard this, she immediately became interested. She took a look inside the food box, took out a twist filled with sesame seeds and put it in her mouth.
"Brother Chong, this food is so crispy! I don't know how it is made! Come and try it too!"
Xiao Chong, who had just opened the second gift box at this time, happened to take out a piece of pink soap with a smooth surface!
"Hey, what is this? It smells so good? Is it also edible?"
Xiao Chong followed his instinct and went up to take a bite.
"Bah...bah...bah, what the hell is this, so unpalatable?"
As he said this, Xiao Chong was about to throw out the soap in his hand!
Empress Xiao glanced at the pink soap in Xiao Chong's hand and was stunned!
"Brother Chong, wait a minute, this seems to be soap?"
Xiao Chong stopped what he was doing, turned around and said doubtfully:
"Soap? Madam, do you know this?"
Empress Xiao nodded, then took the soap from Xiao Chong's hand and looked at it.
"On my birthday, Lianhua once gave me a piece! It's just that the piece she gave me was yellow in color, but this piece is pink!"
"Hey, this piece actually has the fragrance of plum blossoms!"
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