Chapter 251 We will celebrate many New Years together
Chapter 251 We will celebrate many New Years together
Mei Susu picked out some items from her own small treasury.
There were hairpins, bracelets, and rouge, all of which were things women liked. She planned to give them to Zhuixue, Yueya and others.
Then he picked out a purple tasseled auspicious cloud pendant, a fan made of jade bones, and a white jade doll that looked like a goldfish. These three were given to Koi, Mingye, and Zuo Qingxian.
These people have helped her and taken care of her on a daily basis. In her eyes, there is no master-servant relationship, they are all friends.
So during the New Year, we naturally cannot be stingy.
Mei Susu took out the brocade box that she had prepared earlier and packed the gifts one by one.
When Yueya came back, she saw a row of brocade boxes neatly placed on the table, with beautiful bows tied with red silk on them.
"My Lord, are you going to give me a gift? So many? Who are you giving it to?"
Yueya put down the bird's nest porridge in her hand, wiped her hands and prepared to go forward to help.
Mei Susu turned around and placed a brocade box in her palm.
"Happy New Year, Yueya. This is a New Year gift for you. Open it and see if you like it."
Yueya was stunned and looked at the brocade box in her hand in disbelief.
The masters of the palace would reward their servants every New Year, either by treating them to a meal or by giving them some copper coins and silver.
A good master would even give his servants a day off on New Year's Eve and ask them to play a few cards and have some fun.
Of course, there are also masters who give nothing. After all, it is natural for servants to serve their masters. If the master gives you rewards, it means he is kind. If he doesn't give you anything, you can't blame him.
But Yueya had been in the palace for so many years, and she had never heard or seen any palace master giving gifts to servants in brocade boxes and decorating them with red silk.
After all, in the eyes of the master, the things given to the servants are not worth such effort.
"My lord, is this for this servant?"
Even though Mei Susu said it, Yueya still asked again uncertainly, fearing that she had heard it wrong and misunderstood what Mei Susu meant.
Mei Susu continued tying the bow in her hand: "Yes, it's for you, open it quickly and take a look. I don't know if you have any activities during the Chinese New Year. After today, tomorrow will be the new year. It will be such a pity if we just spend it in a muddle."
"I've already thought about it. Later on, I'll ask Cheche to find an empty hall, set up two tables, and ask the young palace maids and eunuchs from Chaoyang Hall to get together and celebrate the New Year in a lively manner. How do you think?"
Yueya's eyes instantly became moist, and soon tears fell: "I have never received a New Year's gift from my master on New Year's Eve since I was a child. My mistress is really the best mistress I have ever seen."
"Oh, why are you crying again?" Mei Susu put down the work in her hands, turned around, took the handkerchief and was about to wipe Yueya's face.
Yueya hid hurriedly, then took out her handkerchief and wiped her tears in a hurry.
Mei Susu knew that she hid because she thought her handkerchief was too expensive. This idea of hierarchy was engraved in their bones. Mei Susu did not want to change them. She just respected them and tried her best to be a good master.
"From now on, I will prepare gifts for you every New Year's Eve. We will celebrate many New Years together, so don't cry. It's New Year's Eve, and the joy will be gone if you cry."
As soon as she heard that, her joy was gone and Yueya’s tears stopped immediately.
Mei Susu laughed. It seemed that this girl was also afraid that she would not make any money in the new year.
"Then you must not lie. From now on, I will spend every New Year's Eve with you."
Mei Susu pinched her nose: "Little girl, who are you talking about lying?"
Crescent Moon grinned with a row of white teeth. Even though her nose was pinched, she still smiled happily: "I said something wrong, I will punish myself."
As she said this she slapped her mouth.
Mei Susu smiled and let her go.
"But my lady, what's in this brocade box? It feels so heavy when I weigh it." Yueya looked at the brocade box in her hand, she couldn't let it go and couldn't bear to open it.
Mei Susu smiled mysteriously at her: "You will definitely like it, open it and take a look."
Although Yueya was reluctant, she couldn't resist her curiosity and finally carefully unwrapped the red silk and opened the brocade box.
When the brocade lid was opened, the crescent moon was dazzled by an agate bracelet of extremely fine quality.
She rubbed her eyes, thinking she had seen it wrong, until Mei Susu took the agate bracelet and put it on her hand, she woke up from her dream.
But when she looked down at the wrist wearing the agate bracelet, she was in a trance again. She couldn't believe that her rough hands could one day wear such a precious bracelet.
"This..." Yueya's eyes were full of fear and she was about to take it off immediately.
Mei Susu hummed coldly to stop her: "Don't take it!"
Yueya’s hand that was taking the bracelet froze, then slowly put it down.
Everyone loves beauty, so how could Yueya not like this bracelet? It’s just that she had never worn such a precious thing, so her first reaction was to take it off and keep it away.
But if that's the case, then there is no point in Mei Susu giving me this bracelet.
Fearing that she would have a psychological burden, Mei Susu added: "At least not today!"
Yueya bit her lip in embarrassment, then nodded her head heavily and said "hmm" as if she had made some decision.
"My lady, you should drink the bird's nest porridge while it's hot. I'll wrap it in a brocade box for you." Yueya quickly brought the bird's nest porridge on the table. Fearing that Mei Susu would be scalded, she placed it on the table considerately.
Mei Susu knew that she wanted to show off because she had received a gift, so she did not stop her. She sat down with a smile, drank her porridge slowly, and directed Crescent Moon to pack the brocade box.
There were not many brocade boxes, so Mei Susu packed most of them. As a result, the crescent moon was wrapped before the bird's nest porridge was finished.
"My lady, is this remaining brocade box for Mistress Xue and the others?"
Mei Susu nodded and said, "Go and call Zhuixue and Zhuiyu in."
"Okay!" Yueya went to call people happily.
Mei Susu put down the bird's nest porridge in her hand because she suddenly remembered that the gift Mingye gave her was still in her arms.
Taking out the golden ruyi, Mei Susu put it close to her eyes and looked at it carefully. The golden ruyi was small and very unique. She had no idea where Mingye got it from.
He didn't like such gold and silver things because he thought they were vulgar, but he found this golden ruyi for her. This kind of thought was really rare.
She hoped that he would also like the white jade doll she prepared for him.
Yueya left quickly and came back quickly. Zhuixue and Zhuiyu were both secret guards and were not easy to find. She shouted several times outside the hall before she got a response from them and brought them over.
When Zhuiyu and Zhuixue received the gifts, they were much less stunned than Yueya, but they were also surprised.
The two of them did not open the gift box in front of Mei Susu. Instead, they knelt down with their fists clasped and thanked Mei Susu in unison.
Mei Susu told them not to be polite, and then they stood up with the brocade box and left the hall.
After leaving the hall, the two returned to their respective seats and then opened the brocade box to examine it.
Then they were all shocked.
Zhuixue got a frosted gold and jade hairpin, which was exquisite in style and fine in workmanship. Even if you bought it, it would be very valuable.
Her name contains the word "snow", so she naturally loved this frost flower. She touched it lovingly, then hesitated and pinned it in her hair.
There were actually two gifts in Zhui Yu's brocade box, one was a double-flower jade pendant that could be put together as a pair, one flower was bigger and the other was smaller. Even if they were worn separately, two people standing together could tell that the jade pendants were a pair.
Zhuiyu picked up the larger jade pendant and rubbed it twice. Her eyes couldn't help but fall on the palace door under the beam. Then she put away the jade pendant, smiled at the palace door, and silently said thank you.
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