HLnovel Chapter 428
Chapter 428
The Grand Princess turned to look at those items, feeling somewhat embarrassed.These things were not brought by her as gifts for the Old Princess.
They originally belonged to the other party anyway.
"The Old Princess, why don't you take a look at this." The Grand Princess somewhat awkwardly picked up the box containing the set of head ornaments and handed it to the Old Princess.
The Old Princess took the box handed over by the Grand Princess with a puzzled look on her face.
She didn't know if she was mistaken, but she felt that the Grand Princess was looking at her with a hint of sympathy.
Sympathy for her?
The Old Princess was a bit confused, but since the Grand Princess had already handed the box to her, she took it and opened it to take a look.
She wouldn't have known if she hadn't looked, but upon seeing it, she was startled.
Wasn't this the set of Blue Luan head ornaments that the old prince had given her back in the day?
Why was it at the Grand Princess's estate?
"Grand Princess, how did this end up with you?" The Old Princess frowned. If she remembered correctly, this item should have always been in her private storehouse. And recently, only Xu Qingshi had gone to her private storehouse to fetch things.
"Nanny Luo?" The Old Princess looked at Nanny Luo with dissatisfaction.
After all, accompanying Xu Qingshi to the private storehouse to get things had always been done by Nanny Luo.
"The Old Princess, wasn't this taken by the heir?" Nanny Luo felt a jolt of shock when she saw the Blue Luan head ornaments in the Old Princess's hands. At the time, she had specifically asked the Old Princess about it.
However, the Old Princess hadn't let her finish speaking back then, merely saying that whatever Xu Qingshi liked, he could take as he pleased.
"Are you sure?" Displeasure showed on the Old Princess's face. She didn't understand what Xu Qingshi took it for.
"The Old Princess, at that time, this old servant wanted to tell you about this matter, but before I could finish, you said that as long as the heir liked it, the things in your private storehouse would be given to him in the future anyway," Nanny Luo quickly explained.
The Old Princess thought for a moment; she indeed had said such a thing.
"Grand Princess, may I ask why this item appeared at your place?"
The Old Princess quickly looked back at the Grand Princess. Clearly, the Grand Princess had also recognized that these items belonged to her family.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have personally returned them.
"The Old Princess, these things were all sent to the Grand Princess's estate by your little heir." The Grand Princess also found it both exasperating and amusing.
Her granddaughter was still so young, and these gifts were far too precious. Most importantly, she knew that the Blue Luan held special significance for the Old Princess.
"Qing... Qingshi gave them?" The Old Princess was completely bewildered now.
She couldn't figure out why her grandson would take these things to give to the Grand Princess.
Nanny Luo also had a look of astonishment. Originally, she thought the little heir was going to give these things to Li Zhiwei.
She never expected them to be sent to the Grand Princess's estate.
"The little heir said he wanted to give them to my little granddaughter. At first, he only sent these pretty gemstones, but yesterday he sent these as well. I recognized this set of head ornaments, which is why I hurried to bring the things back." The Grand Princess pointed at the gemstones and finally at the other side of the table, speaking tactfully.
"I am truly sorry; it is my poor management." The Old Princess felt incredibly ashamed. Her grandson had come to her for things twice, a matter she was well aware of. Originally, she thought it was Li Zhiwei who wanted the things she had.
In her heart, she had even slightly despised Li Zhiwei, thinking she wanted her belongings before even marrying into the family.
However, she never expected the truth to slap her in the face so quickly.
Even less did she expect that a child as young as Xu Qingshi already knew how to coax a little girl to make her happy.
But he should at least coax an older one. So young, what did they know?
"The heir is obedient and adorable; this is just a child's nature," the Grand Princess said with a smile.
Finally, the Old Princess pushed those colorful gemstones back in front of the Grand Princess. "Since these things were given to the little princess by Qingshi, I hope the princess will accept them on her behalf. They are not anything valuable, just some little stones with pretty colors. Consider it an apology to the little princess. This set of head ornaments, however, is extremely important to this old woman. I thank the Grand Princess for bringing this back to me." The Old Princess tenderly stroked the Blue Luan, as if seeing the day in the past when her late husband presented it to her.
"Then I shall thank the Old Princess for her profound kindness on behalf of Nuonuo." The Grand Princess did not decline. After all, those gemstones were indeed not rare items for wealthy families like theirs.
However, her little granddaughter was soft and sweet; surely she would like such pretty stones.
After the Old Princess saw the Grand Princess out, she had Nanny Luo go and invite Xu Qingshi over.
"The Old Princess, the heir is just a child," Nanny Luo advised carefully, seeing the Old Princess's angry expression.
"Being a child is not an excuse for doing this. Go and have him come here, and do not reveal any information to him." The Old Princess glanced at Nanny Luo with dissatisfaction.
She still felt quite displeased in her heart. After all, Nanny Luo definitely knew that the Blue Luan was extremely important to her.
Yet, afterward, she hadn't mentioned it to her again.
Today, if the Grand Princess hadn't been kind-hearted and returned the items, wouldn't she have lost something incredibly important to her?
More importantly, she might have thought this item had been taken by Li Zhiwei.
Thinking of this, the Old Princess felt rather troubled.
Xu Qingshi, however, arrived quite quickly.
"Grandmother, you were looking for me?" Xu Qingshi had been bored in the estate anyway. As soon as he arrived, he nestled obediently beside the Old Princess.
"Qingshi, I heard that you gave all the things you took from my private storehouse to the young lady of the Li family?" the Old Princess asked intentionally.
She wanted to see if her little grandson would tell her the truth.
Hearing this, Xu Qingshi was taken aback at first.
He hadn't expected his grandmother to suddenly ask about this.
However, he hadn't said he was going to give those things to the pretty sister, had he?
Thinking of this, Xu Qingshi hesitated, unsure if he should tell his grandmother the truth.
After all, he had already given all those things to the little dumpling.
He couldn't get them back.
But with his grandmother acting like this, could it be that she wanted him to bring them back?
He thought about how the pretty sister was soon going to be his father's princess consort.
If his grandmother knew that those things were with the pretty sister, she probably wouldn't make him get them back, right?
Thinking of this, Xu Qingshi quickly smiled and said, "Grandmother, you aren't feeling sorry about losing those things, are you?"
Xu Qingshi asked with deliberate dissatisfaction.
Hearing these words, the Old Princess gasped.
This little brat, taking her things to coax another little girl into being happy, and he actually dared to criticize her?
"You had better tell the truth!" Although the Old Princess felt some dissatisfaction in her heart, she was no longer that angry.
She just rubbed Xu Qingshi's forehead.
She wondered who this stinky brat took after.
So slippery and cunning.
Even his father wasn't as good at coaxing little girls as he was.
Otherwise, it wouldn't have taken so many years after the passing of his first wife for him to marry a second one.