The Farm Girl's Charismatic Fortune-Chapter 299 - 295: Forgot the Gift

The Princess Residence’s old shopkeeper had made sure everything was cleaned and arranged according to Ruo Xuan’s preferences.

Even the flower garden was planted fully with her favorite flowers.

But as it was winter, the Capital City was not as warm as Shaxi County; the weather was extremely cold, and only the plum blossoms were blooming in the garden.

It wasn’t like the courtyard in Xishui Village, which could enjoy blooming flowers and birdsongs all year round.

Although the flowers in the garden weren’t blooming, Xuanyuan Que had instructed the old shopkeeper to set up a warm house. Inside the warm house, numerous precious flowers were thriving, most of them in bloom.

The flowers placed inside the rooms, due to the warmth, were also blooming.

Xuanyuan Que, fearing that Ruo Xuan would not understand moderation, specifically warned her not to use Spiritual Power to force the garden’s flowers to bloom, so even though Ruo Xuan liked a garden full of blossoming flowers and birdsongs, she restrained herself.

Since Divine Lord Xuanyuan forbade her from tampering with the flowers in the garden, she decided to meddle with those in her own small courtyard.

Ruo Xuan pinched out an Immortal Technique, and the flowers in her own little yard instantly bloomed.

Ruo Xuan even specifically left a small yard for Xuanyuan Que, convenient for him to drop by from the palace to play with her.

She also made all the flowers in Xuanyuan Que’s yard bloom!

Now it looked so much prettier!

After making the flowers in both their courtyards bloom, Ruo Xuan sought credit and sent an image to Xuanyuan Que using an Immortal Technique, "Brother Xuanyuan, do you think the little yard I reserved for you looks pretty? Remember to drop by when you have time."

Xuanyuan Que had just escorted her to the entrance of the Residence and left without stepping in to take a look.

Xuanyuan Que was eating, at the Empress Dowager’s welcoming feast, surrounded by a hall full of palace concubines, princes, and princesses.

When he saw a small courtyard full of blooming flowers appear out of thin air, he almost sprayed out his food!

Not spraying it out resulted in him choking on it, "Cough, cough, cough...."

The Empress Dowager glanced over, "What’s wrong with Xiaojiu?"

Xiaojiu had always been quite proper when eating. Not to mention choking; not even a grain of rice would fall.

It was the first time the Empress Dowager had seen her little grandson choke while eating.

The Emperor also looked over, "Did he choke? Someone, come and pat the Ninth Prince on the back."

Xuanyuan Que’s handsome face turned red as he waved his hand and eased himself using the Spiritual Power in his Dantian, "I’m fine."

He was going to be irritated to death by that particular flower’s rebelliousness someday!

She should’ve stayed at the barren Ruoshui Riverbank; descending to the mortal realm was a mistake.

Did she even realize they were entering the Capital City and she was greatly favored by the Empress Dowager, let alone during the New Year’s time, when they would definitely receive many invitations to visit other’s homes? Being invited meant they would have to invite others over in return. When that happened, she would have to invite children of the same age to play at her place. Seeing all the flowers in full bloom, how was she going to explain?

And if the servants in her residence saw, how would she explain it if it got out?

While eating, Xuanyuan Que lectured her.

After listening, Ruo Xuan crisply replied, "When they come, I’ll just revert the flowers back to their original state, isn’t that easy? As for being discovered, with one Immortal Technique I can erase that part of their memory, can’t I?"

"Brother Xuanyuan, why do you always get so worked up about things? Relax! It’s not that big of a deal."

Xuanyuan Que: "..."

Such a stickler!

Xuanyuan Que fell silent.

Indeed, it worked!

If she liked it, that was enough!

Ruo Xuan also brought the Demon Lord, the Little White Dog, to the Capital City. She stroked its head, "Xiaobai, if someone discovers it, you must tell me."

The Demon Lord nodded its head, but thought to itself that it would be strange if it actually told her!

Now that the Demon Lord was in the Capital City, it wondered if it should find a way to sacrifice itself to let one of its soul fragments return? At the very least, it could become a coherent human, even though one soul fragment was still missing and it could only be a puppet-person, like a certain flower was three years ago.

But surely being a puppet-person was better than being a dog, right?

The Demon Lord also feared that it couldn’t help but end up having a litter of puppies.

Having a bunch of piglets was already enough!

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The very next day, early in the morning, the Ruo Family received an invitation from the palace, asking the entire family to attend the Lunar New Year’s Eve banquet.

The Lunar New Year’s Eve was approaching quickly, and since the members of the Ruo Family had arrived in the Capital City before the festival, it was only natural for them to be invited to the palace banquet.

The invitation was sent by the Empress Dowager, who had instructed Yuhua to deliver it to the Ruo Family. It also mentioned that the Empress Dowager would arrange to send over the garments for the female members of the Ruo Family to wear at the banquet.

The Empress Dowager also asked Aunt Yu Hua to stay at the Princess Residence to instruct the ladies of the Ruo Family on some court etiquette and rules.

Of course, with the Empress Dowager there, even if they were to commit a faux pas, naturally, no one would blame them.

However, not being blamed didn’t mean they wouldn’t be looked down upon behind their backs.

All the Ruo brothers were capable, and Xuanbao had become a Commandery Princess; the women of the Ruo Family would often interact with people from other residences in the future, so learning such etiquette was necessary.

Indeed, during the journey, the elder Lady Xuanyuan had already asked Aunt Yu Hua to teach everyone some basics, but they needed to practice it in real situations.

Ruo Xuan didn’t need to learn; the Empress Dowager had specifically instructed that, being young, Xuanbao did not need to learn any etiquette or rules. Her manners were already good enough.

It was only after receiving the Lunar New Year’s Eve invitation that Ruo Xuan realized the birthday of the Divine Lord Xuanyuan was drawing near!

The luminous fabric she planned to give him was still merely a piece of cloth!

It hadn’t even been cut yet!

All because of having to go to school every day.

So, after resting for one night in their residence, the second day saw the four sisters-in-law begin their studies in etiquette and rules.

Ruo Xuan, however, hid in her room, busy making the garment, her small fingers pricked into a honeycomb by the embroidery needle.

Ruo Xuan was suffering, but her sisters-in-law suffered even more.

Yichu was slightly better off, having learned much of this before, but He Xinghua had no idea where to even place her hands and feet!

To her, this was more laborious than farming!

After several days of struggle and finally passing muster, Yuhua returned to the palace to report, and the sisters-in-law decided to go shopping in the Capital City to unwind.

Ruo Xuan’s gift wasn’t finished yet, but she still wanted to accompany them. She had decided that if the garment couldn’t be finished, she would give skincare products instead, which were easier to make.

The Ruo brothers were not interested in tagging along with their mother on shopping trips, as she and the ladies would visit cosmetic shops, cloth stores, embroidery stores, or jewelry stores.

The brothers followed their eldest brother, Ruo Zhou, out to browse bookstores and horse markets.

This year, each of them could buy a horse as a New Year’s gift.

Ruo Xuan also wanted to go with her brothers to buy horses, but she was equally eager to visit the cosmetic shops and cloth stores in the Capital City.

The cosmetic shop she and Divine Lord Xuanyuan had opened in the Capital City had already started business, and she had yet to see it.

Ruo Zhou then said, "Once we’ve picked out horses, then we can bring you, Xuanbao, to help us choose."

Only then did Ruo Xuan agree to join Madam Liu on their shopping trip.

Since Xuanbao wanted to see the cosmetic shop, naturally, Madam Liu and the others would take her there first.

The cosmetic shop opened by Ruo Xuan was named "Immortal Complexion."

The storefront was large for a cosmetic shop, occupying a hundred square meters, spread across three floors, making it the largest cosmetic shop in Xuanyuan Country.

The entire shop was decorated with utmost elegance and comfort.

Because of the palace banquet on Lunar New Year’s Eve, today the cosmetic shop was packed with people, with queues stretching outside; they were all there to buy makeup or make reservations.

Madam Jiang had witnessed the grandeur of the cosmetic shop in Shaxi County, but it was nothing compared to the extravagance of the Capital City!

"Are there really this many people?"

He Xinghua remarked, "As expected of the Capital City."

It was filled with wealthy families who were not short on silver.

If it were up to her to purchase something from inside the store, He Xinghua definitely wouldn’t do it!

But now, as Xuanbao’s aunt by marriage, she didn’t need to buy anything at all.

Ruo Xuan said, "Let’s go inside and have a look."