A Blessed Daughter - Chapter 398

A Blessed Daughter
Chapter 398 – My young master’s gift to the eldest young lady (2)

Translator : Virichime
Editor : Chu
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Whether or not it had snowed in Taizhou Prefecture that year, the original host didn’t know—so naturally, Wei Ruo didn’t either.

“Miss, this warm yellow wine may drive away the cold, but you mustn’t drink too much!” Xiumei cautioned.

“My good Meimei, it’s the New Year’s Eve—can’t you just let me drink my fill for once?” Wei Ruo pleaded.

“No. Since Madam Xu isn’t here this year, I have to keep an even closer eye on you!” Xiumei was resolute.

“Nanny never controlled me this strictly,” Wei Ruo protested, pouting and blinking pitifully in hopes of softening Meimei’s heart.

“But I’m not Nanny. Besides, Miss, you’ve said it yourself—‘a little wine delights the spirit, too much harms the body.’” Xiumei replied with a stern face.

“Fine, fine, I obey. I’ll only drink this one little pot, no more.” Wei Ruo surrendered helplessly.

She clinked cups with Xiumei. After half a cup, she suddenly felt a little lonely.

In previous years, there had been Nanny, Uncle Xu, and Brother Xiaoyong. This year, there were only two of them.

Wei Ruo looked out at the snowy courtyard. Beautiful as it was, the scene felt a little too desolate.

Just then, something fell from above, landing in the untouched snow right before her.

Wei Ruo looked over and saw it was a finely crafted brocade box.

Xiumei stepped forward to pick it up. The box was brand-new, and clearly didn’t belong to Wei Ruo.

“Well, this is strange. I’ve heard of pies falling from the sky, but a brocade box?”

-brocade box

Xiumei turned the box over suspiciously in her hands.

Wei Ruo was puzzled too and looked upward.

At that moment, a head popped out over the courtyard wall, smiling broadly at Wei Ruo and Xiumei.

“Xiaobei?” Xiumei put her hands on her hips and strode over toward him.

Grinning sheepishly, Xiaobei said, “Miss Xiumei, this brocade box was tossed over by my young master. It’s a gift for the eldest young lady. Since the gate between the courtyards is already closed, my young master could only throw it over.”

Back in Xingshan County, Wei Jinyi had always been very proper—he had never once set foot inside Wei Ruo’s Tingsong Courtyard.

“Second Young Master is here too?” Xiumei asked.

Xiaobei nodded. “Mm, he is.”

Wei Ruo asked, “When did you come back?”

“Just now,” Xiaobei replied. “We’d only just arrived at the courtyard. We didn’t even light the fire pit before my young master had me come straight here with the gift.”

“And where is your young master now?” Wei Ruo asked.

“He went back to his own courtyard,” Xiaobei answered.

Wei Ruo said, “Tell your young master I want him to come over.”

At the moment, Wei Ruo couldn’t go to him—so she could only have Wei Jinyi come to her.

In the past, the courtyards of Wei Ruo and Wei Jinyi were separated only by a single wall. Now, besides the walls around their respective courtyards, there was also a tall barrier dividing the east and west gardens. This wall had only one gate in the middle, which was guarded.

At night, the gate was kept shut, so even if Wei Ruo wanted to go to Yingzhu Courtyard, she couldn’t get through.

“Alright,” Xiaobei answered softly, then disappeared over the wall.

After quite some time, he returned. “My lady, my young master says it’s too late. If someone saw him in your courtyard at this hour, it would look improper.”

Wei Ruo said, “Go back and tell him that if he doesn’t come over, I’ll fetch a ladder and climb into his courtyard myself.”

Xiaobei froze for a moment. “Understood, I’ll deliver the message at once.”

With that, he disappeared again.

A little while later, dressed in white, Wei Jinyi leapt over the wall, landing lightly in Wei Ruo’s courtyard.

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