The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1324: as it should be
Chapter 1324 should also be so
For some reason, Xiao Rongyan felt a little nervous when he saw Bai Qingyan’s ears were even redder than before. He sat up straight and straightened the hem of his gown.
Bai Qingyan stood in front of Xiao Rongyan holding the brocade box and opened the box…
Inside is a purse embroidered with two geese. The embroidery is not exquisite, but very detailed. You can see that the person who embroidered the purse was very careful. There is also a word “Yan” embroidered on the lower right corner of the purse.
“This is… embroidered by you yourself?” Emperor Yan Xiao Rongyan couldn’t hide his joy. He looked up at Bai Qingyan and reached out to pick up the purse in the brocade box. Only then did he realize that the purse was heavy and there seemed to be something inside. He asked with excitement in his eyes, like a child who had discovered something new. “What’s inside?”
Bai Qingyan just smiled and said nothing. Xiao Rongyan touched the purse and felt that there was a piece of jade inside. He opened the purse… and a jade cicada appeared in front of Xiao Rongyan. The white jade cicada was about the same size as the one Xiao Rongyan gave to Bai Qingyan and was very similar to it, but it was definitely not the one Xiao Rongyan gave to Bai Qingyan before.
“Jade cicada?” Xiao Rongyan’s eyes, which were always as deep as a deep pool, showed his love and smile without hiding it. “Did you carve it yourself?”
Whether it was a jade cicada or a purse, the gifts for Xiao Rongyan, even as small as a silk thread, were all prepared by Bai Qingyan himself…
Bai Qingyan didn’t want Chuntao and the others to find out, and was afraid that they would insist on helping her, so she put the embroidery thread and purse in this brocade box. Whenever she had a break from reviewing memorials, she would take out the embroidery thread and embroider a few stitches. After she finally finished embroidering the purse, she started to pick out the jade.
The jade cicada that Xiao Rongyan gave her was a very pure jade with almost no impurities. It was really hard to find. After finally finding a jade with slightly better quality, Bai Qingyan had to learn how to carve jade from scratch.
I have to say that Bai Qingyan is good at horse riding and archery, but catching embroidery threads and carving jade… It’s like asking Bai Qingyan to prune flower branches, which is really difficult for Bai Qingyan.
How many purses were ruined by embroidery… Not to mention the countless times her fingers were pricked by the needle, this originally good piece of jade was cut into many pieces, and Bai Qingyan spent all his money to get such a satisfactory jade cicada.
“How do you know I carved it?” Bai Qingyan put the brocade box aside, held up the hem of her dress and sat down next to Xiao Rongyan. “Maybe I had someone carve it!”
Xiao Rongyan held the jade cicada and purse under the lamp, looking at them again and again, unable to let go, and whispered, “Such poor carving, I think this must be the first time that Ah Bao has carved jade…”
When Bai Qingyan heard this, he reached out to grab the jade cicada, but Xiao Rongyan grabbed his hand. He turned to look at Bai Qingyan who was pretending to be embarrassed and angry and glaring at him.
The candlelight flickered slightly, reflecting Bai Qingyan’s delicate and moving features. His Adam’s apple moved, and he slowly moved closer to Bai Qingyan, wanting to kiss her. He spoke in a low and solemn voice, “I like Abao’s gift very much. This is the best birthday gift I have ever received in my life!”
When Xiao Rongyan spoke, his thin lips almost brushed against Bai Qingyan’s thin lips. After he finished speaking, he gently kissed the corner of Bai Qingyan’s lips: “I like this kind of Abao, too. In this life… I like him the most!”
He pecked Bai Qingyan’s lips again, which had just been kissed red, causing Bai Qingyan to hold his breath and his face to turn even redder.
When it comes to matters of family and country, even if the sky is falling… Bai Qingyan can remain calm, except when facing Xiao Rongyan’s intimacy. Even though she is a husband and already has a child with him, she still can’t let go.
Realizing that Bai Qingyan was shy and wanted to push him away, Xiao Rongyan grabbed Yuchan’s hand, which was holding Bai Qingyan’s hand that was pushing him away, and leaned forward to hold her in his arms.
“You can’t stay in the palace for long. I guess the wet nurse has finished feeding the two children. I’ll let Chuntao bring them here. You should hug them more. This is the first time they have seen their father since they were born.” She said softly to Xiao Rongyan.
Thinking of the two children, Xiao Rongyan’s heart was filled with sweets: “Okay!”
Soon, Chuntao and Chunzhi brought the two little masters in.
When he came in again, the two little ones who had just finished feeding and fell asleep were awake. They opened their big eyes and looked at Xiao Rongyan who was holding them. They didn’t cry or make a fuss, but moved their little mouths and tongues, looking completely dazed.
“His eyes really look like Abao’s…” Xiao Rongyan glanced at the daughter in Bai Qingyan’s arms, then looked down at his son in his arms, and said to Bai Qingyan with a smile, “I hope…our Kang Le’s eyes can always be so pure and spotless.”
“Where is Xile?” Bai Qingyan could see Xiao Rongyan’s favoritism.
“Daughters need to be pampered when they grow up, and boys naturally need to learn martial arts well and protect mom and sister together with daddy!” Xiao Rongyan looked down at the little Xile who was looking at him in his arms, “Our Xile must grow up quickly and protect mom and sister together with daddy!”
As he spoke, Xiao Rongyan looked at Kang Le lovingly again: “Our Kang Le must grow up quickly, and Daddy will definitely pass on all his martial arts to you and your brother!”
“A daughter should not be brought up in pampered condition. Are you not afraid that she will suffer if you teach her martial arts?”
“She must learn martial arts. No matter whether it is father, mother or brother, they cannot protect her all the time. If we are not by her side and she is in danger again, she will need strong martial arts to protect herself!”
Xiao Rongyan has experienced what it feels like to be a father. He wants to spoil his child, but he also feels that there are some things that he must learn, and he must excel in them. He is very conflicted in his heart. After all, he and Bai Qingyan are both martial artists, so they naturally know how much hardship practicing martial arts requires.
Xiao Rongyan couldn’t help but think of his mother again. His mother loved him the most, but she would also punish him mercilessly with a ruler when he was lazy, and would secretly go to his bedside at night and apply medicine on his hands.
Now, Xiao Rongyan can finally understand his mother’s good intentions.
He raised his eyes and looked at Bai Qingyan: “As parents, we brought them into this world. Although we want to protect them for their entire lives, life span is predetermined. We don’t know which will come first, an accident or tomorrow. So… we have to let them learn what they should learn, so that… we can rest assured! What do you think, Abao?”
Bai Qingyan lowered his eyes and looked at his daughter in his arms, smiling, “It all depends on them. In the Bai family…grandfather, grandmother, father, mother, uncles and aunts never forced us to do anything. They did not spoil us too much because we were girls. They treated all the descendants of the Bai family equally. As long as they wanted to learn, they would teach them. But once they learned… they had to learn to the best and not give up halfway! They showed us the way, but how to go… was our own business. As for how to teach two children… I think it should be the same.”