Chapter 111: Is Xiao Fu Bao Disliked? The Whole City Loves Me With Their Lives
Chapter 111: Suisui Likes These Gifts
Qi Wangfei didn’t mind who these gifts were originally intended for. After all, they ended up in Suisui’s personal collection.
So, the gifts were clearly meant for Suisui.
Moreover, Suisui was also the little princess of the manor, no less important than a real princess.
Seeing the cute little girl carrying a deerskin backpack, Qi Wangfei was eager to send Suisui off to school.
Just imagining the child like this made her feel how adorable it was.
Suisui also loved the backpack. She had never had one before, and upon arriving in the capital, she saw many things she had never seen before.
Suisui was filled with curiosity and excitement.
At that moment, she was touching the soft deerskin and the long tassels, unable to put it down.
Qi Wangfei watched with joy, allowing Suisui to admire it for a long while before calling her over. “Suisui, come here, you haven’t opened all your gifts yet.”
Suisui obediently responded, taking small steps to her mother’s side. As she looked at the remaining unopened boxes on the table, she thought to herself, "Unwrapping gifts is both thrilling and exhausting!"
But she liked it.
Really liked it.
Suisui pursed her lips and happily snuggled up to her mother, letting her guide her hand to open the next gift.
As Qi Wangfei unwrapped the gifts, Haitang, her attendant, whispered who the sender was.
“This one is from niangqin Zhou, your seventh brother’s mother,” Qi Wangfei explained to Suisui.
“Mother is ‘niang,’ and ‘niangqin’ is also mother.”
Hearing the term "niangqin" again left Suisui a bit confused.
Her expression was easy to read, and Qi Wangfei could easily see her confusion.
However, how could one explain such matters to a young child who didn’t quite understand?
Qi Wangfei thought for a moment but chose not to explain for now. Instead, she looked at what was inside the box.
Concubine Zhou had made a pair of intricately embroidered shoes.
Since she hadn’t taken Suisui’s measurements, she naturally didn’t know the exact size of Suisui’s feet and made them based on estimation.
It was likely a gift for the future princess, which is why it was brought over now.
Qi Wangfei took a look; the shoes were a bit too big. Suisui was still too small and frail, with smaller feet.
Thinking of this, she gently stroked Suisui’s head and said softly, “Suisui, you need to eat more and grow bigger so you can wear these shoes. If you wear them now, they’ll fall off easily.”
The shoes were adorned with a few small pearls, giving them a luxurious look.
Suisui, having only recently learned about pearls and their value, nodded solemnly. “Yes, I’ll listen to Mother and eat more to grow bigger!”
Seeing how obedient Suisui was, Qi Wangfei couldn’t resist wanting to stroke her head again.
But she hesitated, worrying that if she touched her head too often, Suisui’s hair wouldn’t grow, so she restrained herself.
Concubine Zhou’s embroidered shoes were followed by Concubine Guo’s gift: a pure gold comb, adorned with lustrous mutton-fat jade. At first glance, it looked dazzling.
Qi Wangfei wasn’t surprised by this.
Concubine Guo came from a merchant family and was often ridiculed for smelling of copper and being obsessed with money.
But Qi Wangfei didn’t think this was a bad thing or something to mock.
In this vast capital, was there any noble family that didn’t have a close relationship with money?
Suisui loved the shiny object, touching it several times before finally putting it back.
Concubine Qi gifted a sachet and a knot. Her family wasn’t wealthy, so she sent handmade items, but her craftsmanship was good, and the finished products were delightful.
Suisui couldn’t help but take a few extra glances.
Concubine Cong, skilled in embroidery, sent three handkerchiefs and two hair ribbons embroidered with bamboo leaves.
Suisui had no hair yet, so she couldn’t use them for now.
But they could be saved for later when she could tie her hair up.
The two hair ribbons were pale pink, and they would look lovely when used as ribbons.
Concubine Che had gone to the manor’s other estate with the prince, and her return date was uncertain.
With her mistress absent, her servants naturally didn’t dare to take action.
Besides, Qi Wangfei thought that even if Concubine Che were here, she probably wouldn’t care much for Suisui, as she was currently quite full of herself.
In truth, Qi Wangfei found her annoying, so this situation suited her just fine.
As for Concubine Su, who had just been punished that morning, there would be no gift from her.
Qi Wangfei skipped over her entirely, and after admiring all the gifts with Suisui, she instructed Nanny Xiang to put everything away.
As she gave the instructions, she also reminded Nanny Qiu to store the gifts she had prepared for Suisui.
Suisui had nothing, so her possessions needed to be accumulated over time. Qi Wangfei wasn’t in a hurry. She first set aside five thousand taels of silver notes at the bottom of her chest and added a box of jewelry.
Suisui didn’t understand the value of these items, so she just stared blankly at her mother.
Qi Wangfei didn’t explain either, simply smiling and stroking Suisui’s head. She then instructed Nanny Xiang, “For now, the eldest girl won’t be moving to the west courtyard. Store everything in my storeroom for now.”
Nanny Xiang responded promptly and, with Nuan Dong, registered and stored the items carefully.
After Suisui had washed up, it was time for her to sleep.
Qi Wangfei, still worried, personally carried the little girl back to the bedroom.
After placing Suisui on the bed and tucking her in, Qi Wangfei sat by the bedside and gently patted the quilt.
She remembered how the wet nurse used to pat the sixth prince and his siblings to sleep.
Imitating her, Qi Wangfei felt she was doing a pretty good job.
In the soft patting and the light scent in the room, Suisui began to doze off.
The system didn’t want to disturb her, but Suisui was trying hard not to fall asleep.
She thought to herself, "I have nothing to repay my kind brothers with, so I must listen carefully to the story and repay them!"
So, she was determined to hear tonight’s story.
Unless it was impossible, she had to listen!
With this belief, Suisui appeared to be falling asleep, but once Qi Wangfei left, she turned over and groggily sat up again.
The system watched as the little girl half-lay there, clearly sleepy but reluctant to sleep, and couldn’t help but feel a bit guilty.
[Suisui, don’t worry. Let’s sleep for now. We can listen to the story tomorrow.]
The system’s voice made Suisui a little more alert.
She gently shook her head. [No, I want to hear the story.]
Then she added in a softer voice, [I want to tell it to my brothers.]
Her brothers were all very kind, and their mothers had given her all kinds of pretty gifts.
She wanted to repay them.
She admitted she was a greedy child.
But even greedy children need to know how to repay kindness!
The system looked at the little girl, clearly too tired but still determined to hear the story, and felt its heart melting.
Oh, how could its little girl be so adorable!
It urgently summoned the best sleep-inducing storyteller to soothe her to sleep.
Finally, it summoned...
A young girl.
She had a lovely name: Yuqing.
After the rain, the sky clears, and the mountains and forests are beautiful.
At this moment, Yuqing was utterly confused.
She had been editing videos at home when she was suddenly pulled into this situation.
Dizzy from the sudden shift, Yuqing looked around and hesitantly asked, [Is this...a simulation?]
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