Everyone in my harem is talented

Chapter 243 Gift

"My lady, Lady Bai sent someone to say that Madam Li will come to see you at noon."

Li Xihua looked up in surprise and said, "Yueya, go and arrange lunch."

Then he said sarcastically, "I thought I would have dinner with my mother, so I just had a simple lunch. What's wrong with Bai Liangyu? My mother just entered the palace and hasn't even had a rest yet, but she's been asked to run around. She's so poor now... Is she even stingy with lunch?"

"I heard that it was Madam Li's idea."

"Mother really loves me the most. We just separated in front of the Pepper Room and agreed to have dinner together. Why did she come to see me so early? Could it be that Bai Liangyu made mother angry? He is really an ungrateful person."

Li Xihua saw Yueya still standing there listening to her complaints. She looked serious, side-glancing at her and said disdainfully, "Why are you standing there? Go quickly."

"Okay, I'll go right away." Yueya left in a hurry.

"Someone, come and help me dress up. I will go to Nanxun Palace to pick up my mother."

"Yes, beautiful."

Li Xihua looked at her bright makeup and neatly tied bun in the mirror. She raised her chin slightly, with a hint of reserve in her pride.

Her fingertips slid across rows of gorgeous hairpins, and she picked out a pair of gold, jade, kingfisher and pearl hairpins to wear on herself. The palace maid who was combing her hair used these as the main ones, and randomly matched Li Xihua with hairpins of the same color and style but of different shades as auxiliary hairpins.

The whole outfit is gorgeous and harmonious, making Li Xihua look noble and delicate.

"Send someone, you will be the one, go tell Yueya to arrange lunch, and then go to Shangxiang Palace to bring back the third prince."

Li Xihua was wearing palace clothes and being served by everyone. She suddenly raised her hand and pointed at a palace servant and gave an order.

"Yes, beautiful."

"My concubine has met Lady Li. May Lady Li be blessed with good health and happiness."

"How dare I accept the gift from Consort Bai? I just passed by the Nanxun Palace before, and you almost had a miscarriage because of seeing Hong. If I hadn't come to take mother to my place for lunch, I wouldn't have dared to come to your Nanxun Palace, lest you miscarry and blame me for harming you."

"Xihua, why do you have to be so sarcastic when you speak? You sisters should support each other. With your temper, who outside of your family would be willing to give in to you?"

"Mother!" Li Xihua called out in surprise when she saw Madam Li, Zhao Guixiu, slowly stand up from behind a thin silk screen dimly embroidered with white lotus and walk towards her.

"Mother, why are you hiding behind the screen?"

"I came here specifically to see how you sisters get along in the palace, and I saw you acting like a hedgehog, bullying your cousin."

"Mother, I'm here to take you to my Moon Room for lunch. Let's not talk about spoiling the fun for now. I won't be able to eat later."

"Yes, yes, I'll do whatever you say." Seeing Li Xihua stomping her feet and acting like a little girl when she was a child, Zhao Guixiu immediately compromised.

"Let's go. Consort Bai doesn't need to see us off."

Li Xihua took Zhao Guixiu's hand and walked out in a hurry.

After walking out of the Nanxun Palace, Zhao Guixiu stopped and said, "Wait, you are so impatient. Mother brought some gifts for the Third Prince and she hasn't taken them yet. She left them in my room."

"Gift? Someone, help Madam get the gift. Let's go."

Bai Liangyu watched silently as Li Xihua's men came in and asked about the bedroom where Madam Li was staying, and took away a very conspicuous object on the table.

Laughing softly.

Thank you, mother.

The Moon Room on the other side.

"Mother, what is the gift?" Li Xihua turned around and raised her hand with interest to flip through the exquisite gift in the eunuch's hand.

"They are all small things, children's clothes, accessories and toys. They are all for His Royal Highness the Third Prince."

"Mother, there is nothing missing in the palace. It will take a long time to check all the things you brought into the palace."

A trace of unnaturalness flashed through Zhao Guixiu's mind.

But if she didn't say that these things were brought by her, let alone whether Xihua would send someone to Nanxun Palace to take them, even if she brought them to Yueshi Palace personally, if Xihua knew that these things were sent by Yu'er, they would probably be thrown away.

Although Xihua's temper has indeed calmed down a bit since entering the palace, it's hard to change one's nature. She and Li Renan spoiled her too much, and it's too late to regret now.

Without waiting for Zhao Guixiu to answer, Li Xihua continued, "Mother, you have gifts for me and the Third Prince, and your daughter also has a gift for you."

Li Xihua took Zhao Guixiu into her bedroom. She opened an exquisite box, which contained two simple purses.

"Mother, the last time you came to the palace to accompany your daughter, you said that you were very nervous every day in the palace, afraid of making mistakes and breaking the rules, and you couldn't sleep well.

I specially prepared a herbal purse for you. You can wear the lighter-colored one during the day to boost your spirits and soothe your mood. You can wear the darker-colored one at night to help you sleep and calm your nerves. Try smelling it. Do you like it?"

Zhao Guixiu took the purse handed over by Li Xihua, sniffed it gently, and praised: "This smell is fresh and elegant, really good. Xihua has grown up and cares about his mother."

"I'm glad you like it. Now that I'm a mother myself, I know how hard it is for a mother. You're the best to me." Li Xihua said with a smile.

"Mother is here to accompany Yu'er in childbirth. Pregnant women should be especially careful. Have you asked the imperial physician to check your purse?"

"Don't worry, mother. Even if I want to harm Bai Liangyu, I can't harm you!"

"Mother is not saying that you want to harm anyone, but with your muddled brain, mother is afraid that you won't think things through!"

“I’m all grown up!”

"Being older doesn't mean you're smarter. Who with a brain would hurt their own sister like this? Xihua, tell mother honestly, why are you targeting your cousin like this?"

"She loves to say one thing to your face and another behind your back. I hate her. When we were at home, my father loved to protect Bai Liangyu, so I hated her even more."

"She has had a hard life since she was young, can't you be more generous and give her some space?"

"No, my parents are mine, and His Majesty is mine too, so I don't want to share with her."

"You are being extremely disrespectful, do you know that?" When Li Xihua mentioned His Majesty, Zhao Guixiu's heart trembled and she was almost scared to death by Li Xihua's outspokenness.

"Your Majesty can go anywhere, except to Bai Liangyu's place."

"Xihua, you and Yu'er are sisters!"

"Sisters, sisters, sisters, I don't want any sisters, I just want my father, mother, and His Majesty, the Third Prince."

"Why are you so stubborn? Are you trying to piss off your mother to death?"

Zhao Guixiu took a deep breath, while Li Xihua turned his head away and refused to cooperate no matter what.