Allure of a Country Maiden-Chapter 1266 - 1263_1

Xiao’er had never woken up. Shangguan Xuanyi did nothing, and others dared not let him do anything. He stayed beside Xiao’er and, when no one else was around, he would bring the children out to keep Xiao’er company, hoping that Xiao’er would wake up to the sound of their voices.

On the second of February, the children turned one year old. The tradition of a child’s first birthday celebration was a ritual performed for every imperial prince and grandchild.

Shangguan Xuanyi asked Yang Liu and Yang Mei to guard the gate of the courtyard, prohibiting anyone from disturbing them.

Then he took Xiao’er into his space ring to hold the first birthday celebration for the children.

Shangguan Xuanyi put Xiao’er on a jade bed in the space ring. The bed was crafted from jade produced from a mountain within Xiao’er’s own space.

Since there was already a jade bed in her space, the new one was placed in Shangguan Xuanyi’s space ring.

In this way, when Shangguan Xuanyi was out handling matters and couldn’t stop at a post station or inn, he could retreat into his space ring and have a good sleep, even in the wilderness.

The jade naturally produced within the space, needless to say, was exceedingly valuable. Most importantly, one would never feel too cold or hot when lying on it. Furthermore, after a good night’s sleep, it could alleviate fatigue.

Shangguan Xuanyi looked at the space within his ring, where everything was neatly organized by Xiao’er. Items were separated using screens, making him feel like he had a home with him wherever he went.

Ever since their marriage, Xiao’er had taken meticulous care of him in every possible way.

How he missed waking up to her sweet smile every morning!

Shangguan Xuanyi placed Xiao’er behind the bed, then put the children on it.

As soon as they saw Xiao’er, the children crawled over to her, touching her face, pulling her clothes, and pulling on her hand, calling "Mother, Mother".

"Father, Mother has slept for a long time!" The oldest, Woofu, who had already started speaking simple sentences, stated.

"Father, I want Mother to wake up!" the chubby Qingqing said, chewing on a finger.

"Mother, wake up!"

"Mother, wake up!"

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The children all tried to wake Xiao’er by pushing her gently.

Ever since their mother fell into a deep sleep, their meals had been prepared by their father, and they were not very appetizing!

Qingqing touched her little belly - even her baby fat had diminished!

If Bai Tian were here, he would have taken her on a couple of extra laps around the yard!

Right, since their mother began sleeping, Bai Tian had stopped playing with them!

Their father spent all day just staring at their mother!

Days without their mother were too miserable!

"Your Mother was injured and is in a deep sleep! You have to try and wake her up, but you mustn’t push her too hard, you understand? It will hurt her. If that happens, your Mother will be upset and not wake up!" Seeing the children pushing Xiao’er, Shangguan Xuanyi quickly advised.

"If I give Mother a kiss, she won’t be angry and she’ll wake up, right?" Woofu asked and immediately planted a kiss on Xiao’er’s cheek.

"I will kiss her too!"

"Me too!"

"I will kiss her too!" The other three, seeing Woofu’s action, scrambled to give Xiao’er a kiss.

Shangguan Xuanyi touched Xiao’er’s cheek from the side. In just over a month, Xiao’er had lost a lot of weight: "Girl, today is the second of February, our children’s first birthday! Can’t you see how much they miss you? Aren’t you curious about what they’ll end up picking?"

Xiao’er seemed not to hear Shangguan Xuanyi, showing no reaction.

"Father, Mother isn’t waking up!" Woofu complained, lifting his head to look at Shangguan Xuanyi accusingly. He felt that his father was lying to him.

"Your mother is probably still angry, why don’t you give her something to cheer her up?" Shangguan Xuanyi suggested, setting the children down on the ground.

The carpet was laid out with various items for the celebration: seals, scriptures from Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism, brushes, ink, paper, inkstones, abacus, coins, account books, jewelry, flowers, makeup, food, toys, a shovel, a spoon, scissors, a ruler, embroidery thread and patterns, and so on.

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Upon hearing his words, the children struggled to their feet and wobbled towards the carpet.

Woofu noticed that his mother’s hair had been left loose recently, and figured that she was probably upset about not being groomed, so he picked up a hairpin from the ground, intending to groom her hair.

Qingqing thought that her mother, after sleeping for so long, must be hungry. Therefore, she picked up an apple from the carpet, intending to give it to her mother to eat.

Mozhi knew that his mother always liked to make money. Picking up a gold bar from the ground, he thought that if he offered it to her, she would certainly be happy.

Nuannuan looked at her siblings and thought they were being stingy!

With so many items on the ground, all of them were only picking one each to give to their mother!

Nuannuan decided to pick up all the items from the ground to give to her mother!

As Shangguan Xuanyi saw Nuannuan reaching for the carpet, he cautioned, "Nuannuan, you should pick up the items on the carpet! Not the carpet itself."

"No! All, all, give to Mother! Mother happy! Wake up!" Nuannuan, upon hearing her father speak to her, turned her head to look at Shangguan Xuanyi, and pointed at the items on the ground.

She intended to bundle up all of the items on the carpet, and then bring them all over to Xiao’er, to make Xiao’er happy so that she would wake up. Only, she couldn’t quite express herself clearly yet, but Shangguan Xuanyi understood what she meant.

A warmth spread through Shangguan Xuanyi’s heart, and he stepped forward to pick up his generally quieter daughter, asking, "Nuannuan, do you want to give all these things to your mother?"

Nuannuan nodded her head.

"Your mother will definitely be very happy when she knows! She will definitely try hard to wake up!" Shangguan Xuanyi was touched and pleased by the children’s gestures of love.

Hearing this comforting comment, Nuannuan broke out into a smile.

The other three children couldn’t believe that Nuannuan was planning to give all the items on the ground to their mother!

They took another look at the items in their hands: Wasn’t it too little? Why hadn’t they thought of picking up more things just now? When their mother woke up, what if she only played with Nuannuan?

Consequently, the three little rascals cried out together, "We also want to give mother lots and lots of things!"

Woofu looked at the hairpin in his hand - it was definitely too little considering!

He had already thoroughly familiarized himself with this space over the past few days, knowing where everything was placed. Therefore, he quickly scurried to a dressing table by the bed, climbed up it and pointed to a box of jewelry on top, declaring, "Father, I want to give this to Mother!"

Shangguan Xuanyi looked over. The box was filled with things that he had given Xiao’er. Was Woofu trying to recirculate a gift? That wouldn’t do! "Those things are yours mother’s already. They were given by your father. She knows about them, so it doesn’t count."