The congratulatory gifts were truly many, carried into the hall one by one, and families with more daughters had several boxes tied together with silk ribbons.
Xu Xinmo pursed her lips.
She turned and went to Niannian Garden.
Early in the morning, Yun Jinnian got up. Last night, Dai Hanmi and Chen Danyan stayed at Niannian Garden. The three chatted and spoke for a long time.
They practiced the ceremony together, with Dai Hanmi and Chen Danyan teaching Yun Jinnian a lot.
"Jinnian, are you nervous?" Dai Hanmi asked.
Yun Jinnian shook her head slightly.
"There’s really nothing to be nervous about; Danyan and I will both help you!" Dai Hanmi said, dressing Yun Jinnian and combing her hair.
Xu Xinmo came over quickly, "Cousin!"
"Hmm?" Yun Jinnian looked at Xu Xinmo indifferently.
She was very curious, how did Xu Xinmo manage not to feel guilty? After doing so many things against her conscience, why didn’t she blush and still appeared so justified in front of her?
"A lot of people have sent gifts, cousin, I’ll help you open them later!"
Yun Jinnian laughed out loud, "Alright, we’ll open them together later, and let Nanny Rong register them. Now that people have given gifts, we’ll have to return the favor someday. Xinmo, you agree, right!"
Karma always arrives in the end, it’s not that it won’t come, just that the time hasn’t arrived.
She was waiting for Xu Xinmo to mess up.
"Cousin is right!" Xu Xinmo responded awkwardly, walking to Yun Jinnian’s side, "Cousin, these clothes are really beautiful!"
"You’ll look even better next year when it’s your ceremony!"
"Will I receive as many gifts then?" Xu Xinmo asked.
Yun Jinnian was truly stumped by the question.
With Xu Xinmo’s personality, how many people would actually want to come?
Dai Hanmi and Chen Danyan exchanged a smile and turned to prepare other things.
The two of them didn’t like Xu Xinmo at all, but had to force a smile because of Yun Jinnian.
If Yun Jinnian wasn’t at the Yun Family, they definitely wouldn’t set foot in it.
Just looking at Xu Xinmo’s stingy demeanor for a moment made them disdain her.
"Cousin?" Xu Xinmo called softly.
She knew, there definitely wouldn’t be so many gifts, but she hoped that many would come because of Yun Jinnian.
"Let fate decide, matters of this world are unpredictable; don’t you agree?" Yun Jinnian spoke lightly.
Xu Xinmo pursed her lips, "Cousin is right!"
She knew Yun Jinnian didn’t like her; in this family, no one truly liked her.
But it didn’t matter; she didn’t like the people in this family either. When she becomes Empress, she’ll make them pay.
After Yun Jinnian was dressed, they went to the hall together.
Xu Xinmo looked at Dai Hanmi, who was also dressed beautifully and exquisitely, rivaling the protagonist Yun Jinnian of today, to her puzzlement.
Yet, she held back from asking.
At the Yun Residence entrance.
The congratulatory gifts had already filled the hall, even occupying the small adjacent hall.
This was the first time a girl’s ceremony had so many gifts.
The Old Madam of the Yun Family sat in the main seat, smiling absentmindedly.
Thinking back to her own ceremony, only a few people came, and the gifts were few, without anything valuable.
Today’s gifts for Yun Jinnian’s ceremony were so numerous; she hadn’t seen such a scene in decades of life.
Watching the endless stream of gifts, and seeing Mrs. Han and Yun Qi greeting guests at the door, they seemed perfectly matched, like a pair of jade beings. Yet, strangely, they seemed not like it, for they smiled but didn’t communicate, almost like familiar strangers, and the Old Madam found the tea terribly bitter!