Chapter 366

Chapter 366

Qin Jiu originally didn't really care much about the coming-of-age ceremony but after hearing Yun Jiao, she became a little nervous and felt that she had to ask the two momos if there was anything else she needed to pay attention to.

At this time, Yun Jiao beamingly smiled at Qin Jiu as she offered her to a drink fruit juice. Qin Jiu took a sip, and instantly her eyes lit up.

"Is it delicious?" Yun Jiao proudly smiled, "This is our cook's secret recipe, I especially had it chilled, now that the weather is hot, drinking this is especially refreshing."

While drinking the sweet and sour fruit juice, Qin Jiu looked around the reception pavilion where she was, and praised. "It's really cool here." Even though there was no ice basin, it was refreshing as autumn.

Yun Jiao was even more pleased as she said, "My father invited a landscape specialist in Jiangnan to remodel the garden. The location of this pavilion is very particular, it is built next to the pond, where there is also bamboo grove, as well as flowers and trees, the rockery outside is blocking the sun, making this place cool."

As Yun Jiao said this, her expression slightly changed, and muttered to herself, "I don't know how's dad now in the northern border..."

She was silent for a moment, before raising her head and hurriedly said to Qin Jiu. "Although there is little hardship, it's still better this way."

"When the second prince was kicked out of the palace, father said he was glad that our family expressed our wishes to the emperor early on. I don't know what those people were thinking, the emperor was obviously already very impatient with the second prince, so why did some people still insist on betting on him!"

Saying this, she could see her maidservant sweating coldly for her, and as if telling her how could she dare say this to Third Miss Qin!

Qin Jiu on the other hand, just took another sip of juice as she said calmly, "Because of the benefits, someone said that double benefits can make people ignore the law to take desperate measures; triple benefits can make people unafraid of committing crimes and beheadings."

Yun Jiao tilted her head thoughtfully and clap her hands once, "Like a bunch of gamblers!"

She felt that she had hit it off with Qin Jiu too much, she enjoyed talking to her, unlike others, who go around in circles and never say what they wanted to say which was very opposite of her, causing her to be scolded by her mother, saying that she was just too blunt and straightforward.

Yun Jiao pursed her lips before gulping down the whole glass of fruit juice. The maidservant hurriedly served her a new glass thinking: Young Miss really has fool's luck just like the madam, and as the madam said, young miss has a good eye for people, this was what we called natural intuition!

"Xiao Jiu." Yun Jiao felt that since Qin Jiu had asked her to be her companion, she was already her best friend, and called out affectionately, "I'm going to Huangjue Temple tomorrow to pray for my father's safety, do you want to go together?"

Yun Jiao also knew that Qin Jiu's eldest brother, Qin Zening, and Chenjun both went to war to pacify Minzhou right now.

Qin Jiu thought for a moment and felt that going was better than not, so she readily agreed.

Yun Jiao was even happier, and began to chatter again, "Let me tell you, here is a Grand Master in Huanjue Temple who is very good at interpreting signs, but Master Jing Fang travels around all year, and only came here to visit three times a year at most. I heard from my mother that he came back a few days ago, we have to go quickly, if we go later, Master Jing Fang may have already left again..."

Fearing that Qin Jiu would not believe her, Yun Jiao told her some anecdotes about Master Jing Fang, which made Qin Jiu listen with interest.

Qin Jiu also sees that Yun Jiao speaks straightforwardly and was friendly with her, so they not only went to Huangjie temple together, offered incense, and asked to interpret signs, but also went to dinner, and watched a play together the following day, they also went shopping...

After spending time together, Qin Jiu couldn't help but feel that Yun Jiao was truly a young miss from a general's family, not only did she ride a horse well, but she also had exceptional physical strength. After strolling the street for a while, she was not out of breath nor was she tired. It was Qin Jiu who apologize and asked if they could stop at a tea house to sit and rest for a while.

Inside the shop, Yun Jiao couldn't stop herself and told Qin Jiu a lot of her little secrets, the two of them often went shopping and could always be seen together, which made Qin Jiu feel that she seemed to have a bosom friend in this world.

On the thirtieth day of the six month, when Yun Jiao came to visit Qin Jiu again to recommend some good books, the dress that Qin Jiu would be wearing on the coming age ceremony also arrived.

The bright red dress looked gorgeous and exquisite, and the embroidery on it were sewn stich by stich by a master embroiderer. The silk material was bright and smooth, it was shining like pearls in the sunlight, it was incredibly beautiful.

After Qin Jiu tried on the dress, He momo immediately went back to the palace to report to Empress Wei. "Your Majesty, the dress fits very well, Third Miss Qin is wearing it just right, but this servant sees that the waist needs some adjustment at least a half inch smaller, and the sleeves also need to be cut. Any further revisions will be minor, we will definitely fix them in three days."

"Your Majesty really has a good eye, Third Miss Qin has a very fair complexion, so the bright red materials and embroidery on this dress suits her well..."

"This servant also likes Third Miss Qin very much."

He momo knew that the Empress cares for Third Miss Qin, so she sweetly said a few more words about Qin Jiu.

And just like she thought, the more Empress Wei listens, the happier she was. But inevitably sighed with a little regret. "Unfortunately, this empress could not see...with my own eyes..."

Her status as an empress was something honorable and respectable, but it was also some kind of bondage. If she hadn't married the emperor back then, she would have been able to personally prepare Qin Jiu's coming of age ceremony and would be able to observe the ceremony.

The emperor sharply shivered, feeling the empress' gaze towards him was filled with disgust.

As if sensing the crisis, the emperor hurriedly said, "I will accompany you out of the palace on Xiao Jiu's coming age of ceremony."

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