On the Laba Festival, another heavy snowfall descended.
In every kitchen on Tianmen Mountain, Laba porridge was boiling. Song Jinyu's senior brothers all came to celebrate her birthday. She was now fourteen years old and had been on Tianmen Mountain for eight years.
The young mistress of the Song Mansion also sent a carriage loaded with many gifts and a family letter personally written by Lady Xiang.
It turned out that Lady Xiang was pregnant. Now, the little nephew or niece that Song Jinyu had been longing for was on the way. For a moment, she jumped up in delight. With Lady Xiang having a child, the Song family would have an heir.
Niaoniao saw her happiness and showed her the gifts from the other senior brothers one by one.
Before long, a young servant came to invite her. It was Dong Feng, who served by the side of her master.
Miao Yunshen looked at Jinyu meaningfully and solemnly placed a green jade seal into her hands.
"Yuer, you must keep this well!"
Song Jinyu had a black - lined face at this moment. The green jade seal in her hand was the token of the Tianmen Mountain's sect leader.
"Master! You're so stingy."
Jinyu placed the green jade seal heavily on the table and looked annoyed. "Since I was ten, you've given me the same green jade seal every birthday."
"You dare to say that! Every time I give it to you, you lose it within a few days!" Miao Yunshen's beard twitched with his words.
This made Jinyu burst out laughing. "This thing is so heavy. Master, you keep it!" After saying that, she was about to leave.
"Naughty girl!" Master scolded with a smile. She didn't know if Jinyu heard it.
At this moment, Micui and Xingjian arrived at the foot of Tianmen Mountain.
The prince had instructed that there was a lot of poisonous mist on the mountain and ordinary people couldn't climb it. They could only wait for someone from the mountain to pick them up.
By the time Micui saw Song Jinyu, it was already evening.
"The prince set off for the capital today, so he couldn't come to celebrate Miss's birthday in person."
Micui's inquisitive eyes were fixed on Jinyu's face.
Seeing her surprised and thoughtful expression, Micui sighed in her heart. It seemed that this girl didn't take their prince to heart at all.
"These are all the little trinkets the prince told this servant to choose." Micui continued. At this time, the senior brothers in the yard were looking at Jinyu strangely.
Yan Fei looked a bit disappointed and left Jinyu's yard on an excuse.
"Then thank the prince very much." Since the gifts were already here, she couldn't return them. That would be too disrespectful.
Fortunately, there was nothing too out - of - the - ordinary.
Song Jinyu invited Micui into the room. Micui took out a small box and mysteriously leaned towards Jinyu. "Quick, open it and have a look. The prince made this himself!"
"What?" Jinyu was stuffed with a delicate box.
Reluctantly opening it, her face blushed instantly. Inside the box was a jadeite necklace. There was nothing particularly outstanding about it, except that the pendant was a mini - version of herself.
Thinking that the prince had carved it day and night, he must have been constantly thinking about her in his heart.
Jinyu was in a daze for a while. Then she closed the box, feeling ashamed and restless.
"This is too precious. I can't accept it."
Micui didn't expect Song Jinyu to reject the prince's affection.
She said, "The prince said that if you don't accept it, he'll ask this servant to send it to the sect leader."
Seeing her embarrassment,
Micui added, "Miss, you'd better keep it. If you don't, we servants will surely be punished by the prince when we go back."
Micui sighed in her heart that Prince Yu was really foresighted. He probably knew that Song Jinyu wouldn't accept the gift and told her to play the poor - pitiful card.
Song Jinyu cursed Zhongli Mingye in her heart at this moment. But she really couldn't let these two people go back empty - handed.
"In that case, thank you, Aunt Micui."
She had to accept it and casually put it among the other gifts.
Seeing that she had accepted it, Micui felt indignant on behalf of the prince. Her prince was as handsome as a jade tree. Although he had a cold face, his heart was warm.
Now, this girl treated his sincere feelings like this. Alas, it seemed that the prince was being one - sided.
On the way back to the capital,
Zhongli Mingye was thinking about what expression Jinyu would have when she received his gift. A smile flashed in his phoenix eyes and his lips curled slightly. She must have blushed, right?
Would she throw it away or keep it?
Judging from her carefree personality, she would probably throw it aside.
After all, she didn't take the three signal smokes seriously either.
It didn't matter.
No matter what, she couldn't escape his net.
"Xingjian, why is this girl so indifferent to the prince!" Micui was still a bit unhappy.
She had thought that Song Jinyu should be very happy when she saw these gifts, but she actually wanted to return them. Thinking of Shen Yingyun, if she had won the prince's favor, how proud she would be!
However, Micui also thought Song Jinyu was more unique because of this.
"Watch your mouth!" Xingjian snorted.
"Since the prince has taken a fancy to her, as his servants, we should do our best."
"From now on, pay more attention to the two ladies in the yard." Xingjian reminded her.
"Okay, I know!" Micui rolled her eyes and ignored him.
Niaoniao was tidying up the gifts and casually placed the necklace on the dressing table.
After Song Jinyu took a bath, she saw the special necklace at a glance.
For a moment, she didn't know what to do. Seeing that there was no one around, she picked it up and looked at it carefully. Did he make it himself? The young girl propped her chin up. The blush on her face from the bath hadn't faded yet, and now it became even redder.
She remembered that day under the cliff when he said, "I'm in love with you."
The sudden kiss and every time they met, something wonderful would always happen.
Maybe, was he different?
It seemed that she hadn't seen him for some days, but it also felt like he had never left.
This was a feeling she had never had before. She had to admit that she actually missed him a bit.
For a moment, her heart was in a flutter.
That night, Song Jinyu couldn't sleep at all.
Against the bright moon, the north wind blew, rolling up the remaining snow. Ouyang Jinse looked at her mother's ferocious face. He finally understood that when Song Jinyu came that day, it wasn't just for investigation. Maybe she had really done something.