bestfiction Chapter 135 Hairpin
Chapter 135 Hairpin
After Chen Shi (7-9 AM), in Qiu Shui Pavilion, Zi Guang, lifting her skirt, ran up to the pavilion and cheerfully woke Long Chu Qing.
"Girl, girl," Ziguang called out excitedly, "It's snowing! Get up and take a look!"
After hearing Zi Guang's voice, Long Chu turned over, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and opened them to see Zi Guang's grinning face.
Ziguang saw that she was awake, so he took her hand and pulled her up. "Girl, don't sleep. Get up and look. It snowed last night. Everything is white. It's so beautiful."
"Okay, okay... I'll get up. Stop pulling me! Your hands are so cold! Did you go play in the snow?"
Ziguang playfully stuck out his tongue. "Hehe... I just played in the yard for a while."
Long Chuqing was both amused and exasperated, and couldn't help but mutter to herself, "Why is this little girl so excited? It's not like she's never seen snow before."
She could only crawl out of her warm bed, and Ziguang handed her clothes, which she then began to put on.
After getting dressed, she slowly walked to the window and gently pushed it open.
From the second floor, one can clearly see the scenery of the Prince's Mansion and other courtyards. The rooftops are covered with a layer of white snow, and a vast expanse of white instantly comes into view.
At this moment, the snow has stopped falling, presumably because it fell during the night. Judging from the thickness of the snow, it seems that it snowed quite a bit last night!
No wonder the weather was gloomy for the past two days without rain; it turns out a heavy snow was brewing.
Ziguang peeked out from the side, and when she saw the snow scene before her, she couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow, the view here is so much better than downstairs! We can see so much more clearly now, it's so beautiful! The white snow is like cotton, doesn't it, girl!"
Seeing Zi Guang's smiling face, Long Chuqing also smiled gently and reached out to pat Zi Guang's head.
"Yes! It's really beautiful. The snow is layered and shimmering with silver light! And this year's first snowfall was quite heavy; the ground is already covered with a thick layer."
The two leaned against the window, admiring the beautiful snow scene for a while, when they heard Granny Lin calling from downstairs, "Miss, Ziguang, come down for breakfast!"
"Understood, we'll be right down," Ziguang replied.
"Let's go have breakfast." Long Chuqing then gently closed the window and walked down from the attic with Ziguang.
Today's breakfast included dumplings and mutton soup.
Granny Lin ladled a bowl of soup and handed it to Long Chuqing: "Here, young lady, it's cold today, have a bowl of mutton soup to warm yourself up."
"Today's dumplings are all boiled in soup. The chef said that steaming them makes them get cold easily these days, so we switched to boiling them instead."
"Thank you," Long Chuqing said gratefully as she accepted the food. "Granny, Ziguang, you should eat too."
Long Chuqing took a sip of the mutton soup and said, "Hmm, the chefs at the Prince's Mansion are still as excellent as ever. This mutton soup is still as delicious as ever, fresh, rich, not gamey or greasy, and has a mellow taste."
After taking a sip, Ziguang exclaimed repeatedly, "It's really delicious, and of course the dumplings are also very tasty."
Seeing how satisfied they were with their meal, Granny Lin said, "Then eat and drink more, there's plenty more!"
After breakfast, Long Chuqing and Ziguang divided the cooled medicinal ointment that they had prepared the day before in the courtyard.
Granny Lin came in from outside the courtyard and said happily, "Miss, I just heard from Old Ma, who is in charge of purchasing, that there are many activities on Xuanque Street today. They say there are also acrobatic troupes and drama troupes from other places performing. It's going to be very lively. Do you want to go and take a look?"
Long Chuqing looked at Ziguang beside her and saw that Ziguang's eyes were full of excitement and anticipation when he heard about the circus.
She smiled and said, "Go ahead, it'll be good to see what's going on. We'll pack the ointment and the three of us will go together."
Zi Guang nodded and smiled after hearing this, his face full of excitement and anticipation.
Lin Mama said, "I just asked Steward Zhong for the afternoon off, so I won't be going with you. I was thinking of going home later and taking my daughter out for a stroll."
"Okay, then you can go back! There's nothing to do right now."
After she finished speaking, Granny Lin went back to her room to pack her things.
Long Chuqing and Ziguang continued to fill the remaining ointment.
Before long, all the ointments were packed. They tidied up the scene, and Long Chuqing went upstairs to change into a light blue and white dress.
Ziguang styled her hair into an exquisite half-updo, with the long hair at the back tied up with a hairband.
She rummaged through the box where the hairpins were kept: "Miss, are you still wearing the phoenix hairpin today? Or should we add another hairpin?"
"Sure, you can choose whichever one suits you best."
Long Chuqing suddenly remembered that Xiao Han had given her two hairpins before, which she hadn't worn yet!
She found the exquisite box on the table, opened it, and then picked up the hairpin carved with a white magnolia and handed it to Ziguang.
"I'll wear this one!"
Zi Guang took the hairpin and examined it closely. "What an exquisite hairpin!" she exclaimed. "Miss, this hairpin is so beautiful! I've never seen it before. Did you buy it?"
"I didn't buy it; it was a gift from your prince. It's been here for a while. I was helping out at the pharmacy and forgot about it. There were two here! There's one more." She handed the box to Ziguang.
Zi Guang reached out and took the box, then picked up another hairpin to examine it. The other hairpin was made of pure gold, with a simple yet elegant design and exquisite carving.
Zi Guang was puzzled after hearing this: "Miss, why do you say it was a gift from the Prince?"
She thought for a moment, then said with certainty, "These two hairpins are so exquisite; they must have been carefully selected by the Prince and specially given to you."
Long Chuqing nodded slightly and pondered for a moment: "Hmm, they all mean roughly the same thing!"
Zi Guang put down the box, carefully picked up the jade hairpin, and helped her insert it into her hair.
She muttered to herself, "That's definitely different. A reward is a favor, while a gift is a present, which seems more intimate. These two hairpins are so exquisite; they must have been carefully selected by the prince."
Long Chuqing naturally understood as well, "Hmm...maybe so!"
After much pleading and cajoling from Ziguang, she was finally given lip rouge.
She was already beautiful, but after applying lipstick, she became even more radiant and captivating.
"Isn't this color of lip rouge a bit too red?" Long Chuqing asked uncertainly, looking at herself in the bronze mirror.
"No way! I think it looks great, it really brightens your complexion! It's so beautiful." Zi Guang leaned closer to Long Chuqing and examined her carefully. "It's been so long since you dressed up like this, Miss!"
Long Chuqing reached out and pinched her round, adorable face: "Alright, let's leave it at that! It's getting late, let's get going!"
She casually threw on an outer cloak and headed towards the main gate. When Granny Lin left earlier, she had asked her to find Uncle Zhong to help prepare the carriage, which should be ready by now.
As they walked toward the entrance, they encountered Xiao Han, who had just returned to the mansion, in the corridor.