"Hello, sister. What's your name?" Lu Zhaozhao stepped forward, took Luo Shuiyao's hand and asked softly.

"My name is Luo Shuiyao, you can just call me Yaoyao, sister." Luo Shuiyao lowered her head and answered shyly.

"Sister Yao, from now on, we sisters will support each other and take care of our aunt together." As she said this, she picked up a handkerchief to cover her mouth and smiled, her gesture was gentle and touching.

"Haha, okay, you two sisters must get along well with each other in the future," the marquis's wife said with a smile in her eyes when she saw them acting like little girls.

The two looked at the Marquis' wife and responded in unison.

Seeing that they had exchanged names, Madam Hou pointed at Ye Yunxing in the corner and said, "This is your second brother, only one year older than you, and he is also a very unreliable person. If you want to go out and play somewhere in the future, let your second brother take you there."

The two turned around again and bowed to Ye Yunxing. Ye Yunxing hurriedly stood up and wanted to help them up, but considering the difference between men and women, his outstretched hand froze in mid-air.

He turned to look at his mother for help. Seeing his expression, the Marquis shook her head in amusement. "Well, you don't have to be so polite to this brat."

Then he said to Ye Yunxing: "Didn't you and your elder brother prepare gifts for the two sisters? Why don't you take them out quickly?"

"Oh! Okay," Ye Yunxing quickly turned around and picked up the gift box on the table. He took out two exquisitely crafted hairpins from the box. The two hairpins were of different styles, but both were made of gold. One was inlaid with a pink gemstone, and the other with a piece of jasper. They looked very valuable.

He handed the pink gemstone one to Luo Shuiyao and the jasper one to Lu Zhaozhao, scratching his head awkwardly and saying, "My mother likes these jewelry. I don't know if you like them. If you don't like them, tell me and I'll choose new ones for you."

Luo Shuiyao fondled the hairpin in her hand and put it on her head. She shook her head slightly and said to Ye Yunxing happily, "Thank you, second brother. I like it very much."

This smile made her beautiful face even more charming. Ye Yunxing was also dazzled by her smile and looked at her in a daze.

Lu Zhaozhao looked at Luo Shuiyao's actions, and a dark light flashed in his eyes.

The Marquis's wife did not notice these things. She just felt that the children had a harmonious relationship, which made people happy to see.

Ye Yunxing was stunned for a moment, then immediately came back to his senses. He hurriedly picked up the box on the table and handed it to the two of them, "This is a gift from my eldest brother. He's been busy with official duties lately, so he can't make it back to see you."

Lu Zhaozhao quickly stepped forward to take it, holding the box and chuckled, "It's okay, we'll see each other someday.

As she spoke, she glanced into the box seemingly inadvertently. Ye Yunxing had already opened the lid when he handed it to them. When she saw what was inside the box, her eyes narrowed slightly, "Second brother, which one of these is Sister Yao?"

Ye Yunxing pointed at the brown box and said, "This is yours," and then pointed at the red box and said, "This is for Sister Yao."

Lu Zhaozhao glanced at the contents of the box again, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, then he turned around and handed the box to Luo Shuiyao.

She held the box in her hand and said in surprise: "Oh! It's..." She stopped talking halfway and just looked at the box in her hand with a happy expression.

The marquis's wife came up and took a look at the box in Lu Zhaozhao's hand. Inside the box was a piece of pine soot ink.

Pine smoke ink is extremely rare. Its ink color is dark and matte, and it dissolves easily in water. The ink color is black and shiny, with rich shades and layers, making it suitable for calligraphy and painting.

She remembered that this was a reward from His Majesty for his great contribution to the expedition not long ago. He refused to give it to the master even when he wanted to. It seemed that this boy still valued his two sisters very much. She nodded with satisfaction.

Lu Zhaozhao turned around and looked at Luo Shuiyao curiously, "Sister Yao, what did big brother give you? Can you take it out so that I can learn more?"

"No need to look at it! Anyway, no matter what he gives, it's from big brother's heart," Luo Shuiyao smiled at her. She didn't want to look at it at all, okay?

"Could it be that the gift that big brother gave to sister Yao was too precious, so sister Yao didn't want us to know?" Lu Zhaozhao smiled mischievously.

Ye Yunxing also came over, he looked at Luo Shuiyao eagerly, "Sister Yao, let us see, I also want to know what good things big brother gave you."

Luo Shuiyao looked at the people who were staring at the box and sighed helplessly. It seemed that she could not escape. She closed her eyes, made up her mind, opened the box and reached forward.

The few people who looked over were all stunned when they saw what was in the box. Madam Hou reached out and picked up the thing, flipped through it, and looked at Ye Yunxing with a gloomy expression, "Did you take the wrong box? How could your elder brother give Yaoyao such a gift?"

Ye Yunxing was slightly stunned. He took the book from his mother and flipped through it gently.

Hearing his mother's question, he quickly shook his head and said anxiously, "Impossible! This box was given to me by my eldest brother, and he specifically told me to give it to Sister Yao. How could I have made a mistake?"

The Marquis's expression softened slightly, and she said, "Perhaps your elder brother was mistaken in pretending?"

Ye Yunxing shook his head again and said firmly: "No, my eldest brother installed it himself, how could he be wrong? When has my eldest brother ever made a mistake?"

Madam Hou closed her eyes, exhaled softly, and then smiled at Luo Shuiyao and said, "This must be a mistake made by your eldest brother. Why don't you let your aunt take it back and let your eldest brother make you a new gift?"

Seeing them like this, Luo Shuiyao knew what they were holding without even looking.

In the original novel, the heroine received a precious inkstone, while the original owner received a book, a book called "Female Precepts". This is clearly to teach the original owner to understand the etiquette of duty and abide by the female precepts.

The original owner saw the difference between herself and the heroine, and immediately fell into tears. The Marquis's wife took back the "Female Ring" and secretly gave the original owner a gift, claiming it was given to her by Ye Yunzhou. Only then did the matter calm down.

However, this incident made the Marquis's wife have a very bad impression of the original owner.

Luo Shuiyao sighed secretly. It was indeed the cold-blooded and ruthless boss in the original novel! Even someone as thick-skinned as her felt a little embarrassed at this moment. It was normal for the original owner, a girl in her teens, to be unable to bear it.

She naturally wouldn't let this happen again. Smiling, she said, "Brother must want me to abide by the rules. After all, I come from the countryside and don't know the prosperity of Kyoto. He's afraid I'll learn bad habits, so he's warning me to abide by the rules and learn etiquette. This is a good thing. Aunt, why do you have such expressions?"

As she spoke, she walked forward, took the book back from Ye Yunxing's hand, held it in her arms cherishingly, and said with a smile: "I like it very much, aunt, please don't take it back.

The Marquis's wife didn't expect that she could understand it so well, and she immediately felt relieved.

Lu Zhaozhao's eyes rolled around, first looking at Luo Shuiyao beside her, then at the Marquis's wife. Then, she lightly took a lotus step and carefully took an exquisite bundle from the maid's hand.

A brilliant smile spread across her face, and she spoke softly, "Aunt, I'm very happy to meet you for the first time today, but I'm also a little nervous because I don't know what you like. I remember often hearing mother mention that you sometimes suffer from headaches, so on the way here, Zhao Zhao specially made a headband with her own hands. This headband is made by Zhao Zhao using "Chuanxiong and Saposhnikovia divaricata, soaked for several days, it can effectively relieve pain. Zhao Zhao is not sure if it will please you. Take it back and try it. If you don't like it, Zhao Zhao will take it back for modification."

As he said this, he took out the things in the bag and handed them to Nanny Sang.

Then, Lu Zhaozhao looked at Ye Yunxing and said with a smile, "Second brother, I didn't know what to give you, so I made a sachet myself. This sachet is made of plain brocade with only some bamboo embroidered on it. I added mugwort and other herbs to it to repel insects, ward off evil spirits, and refresh the mind."

She lowered her head shyly. "I've never given anything to a man before, and I don't know if it suits your taste. I also made one for my eldest brother. Now that he's not around, I'd like you to give his to him."

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