This is a peach blossom hairpin inlaid with gold silk and gemstones. It has an earthy and beautiful feeling, and it is indeed a straight male aesthetic.
Seeing that Lu Qingtang refused to accept it for a long time, Ji Wenzhan felt a little disappointed in his heart. He carefully said to her: "You are still angry. I was wrong. That was my fault. I shouldn't have framed you."
"And what happened with Ji Jianing is indeed my fault. She was wrong first, but I spoke out to protect her, and I was even more wrong. You are an adult and don't remember the faults of villains. Please forgive me and call me brother to listen. Just listen.”
As he spoke, he looked at Lu Qingtang with his big, pitiful eyes.
Lu Qingtang couldn't stand Ji Wenzhan's coquettish pleading, but he still had to save face.
She raised her eyes, raised her eyebrows, and snorted, "Call you sister!"
Ji Wenzhan: "..."
The corners of his mouth twitched. Although he didn't understand the meaning of these words, he could still tell that Lu Qingtang was a little angry.
His attitude during those two days was indeed annoying, and anyone else would be unhappy, let alone one with Lu Qingtang's personality.
He continued with a smile on his face, "Okay, you can call me sister, but I'll call you brother."
Lu Qingtang: "..."
She turned to look at him and couldn't help but smile.
The slender eyelashes were flickering, and the smile on her face was sweet. She was just like the mother in her memory, but she was missing the dimples at the corners of her mouth, but she still had the girl's charm.
Ji Wenzhan was stunned for a moment. He reached out and inserted the hairpin into Lu Qingtang's temple, looking at her with a doting look on his face, "Sister, you are so beautiful, just like my mother."
He lowered his head and said softly: "It's just that my mother has been gone for so long that I can no longer remember her appearance. She didn't even leave me a portrait. If I hadn't seen your face, I would I think I have forgotten what my mother looks like."
He smiled bitterly, and as he spoke, his throat became choked and his eye circles turned red again.
Lu Qingtang looked at him and sighed slightly in her heart. She rested her head on his shoulder, "It's okay for you. I haven't seen her before. I don't know how much she looks like."
There is another favor in this world, and there is another person on whom I can rely.
The two chatted for a while. Mo Bao and the three children were tired from playing. After saying goodbye to Ji Wenzhan, Lu Qingtang took them back for dinner.
Ji Wenzhan stood in the garden and looked at the backs of Lu Qingtang and others until they disappeared, then turned and left. Walking briskly, with a smile on his face.
The cobblestone path on my feet usually feels tingling, but today it was very smooth, as if I were stepping on soft grass.
As he was walking, he suddenly noticed someone beside him.
Turning around, he saw that the grass in the garden was quiet. He quickly locked his sight behind the flower tree.
Based on the intuition of a martial arts practitioner, he concluded that there was someone hiding here.
With this thought in his mind, Ji Wenzhan stepped lightly and quickly came to the back of the flower tree.
But Jin Niang was squatting next to Xu Lingshu. As soon as she saw Ji Wenzhan, her face turned pale, her whole body was shaking like chaff, and even the small basket on her arm was moving.
Ji Wenzhan looked at her in confusion, "Aunt Jin, why are you here? Did you hear something just now?"
Jin Niang was stunned for a moment and shook her head subconsciously, "Your Majesty, what are you talking about?"
Ji Wenzhan frowned and repeated what he just said.
Jin Niang stood up immediately and replied: "Hui Shizi, I am here to pick flower petals for my wife to use for bathing. I can't understand what you are saying. I just got here."
Ji Wenzhan looked at the basket on her arm and frowned at her frightened look.
There was a hint of coldness in his eyes, and he continued to ask: "Then what are you doing squatting here?"
Jin Niang grabbed the corner of her clothes with her hands and stumbled, "I... my feet are sprained. I... I want to sit here and rub my feet..."
Ji Wenzhan looked at her feet and frowned with some uncertainty, but still nodded and left.
Jin Niang kept staring at Ji Wenzhan with her sneaky eyes, and she breathed a sigh of relief until he disappeared. She reached out and patted her chest, then quickly left the garden and returned to the courtyard where she lived.
In the room, Xu Lingshu was making tea.
She pried the tea cake very gently. She gently picked up the tea cake with the tea tongs and threw it into the boiling water, then slowly put down the lid.
Looking up, she saw Jin Niang who was pale with fright, and said angrily: "Be dignified. If Princess Zhennan is surrounded by servants like you, how can she have any dignity?"
Jin Niang was filled with fear about what had just happened. She leaned in front of the door and looked frightened.
Xu Lingshu was lifting the teapot from the stove. Seeing that Jin Niang still looked lost, she became a little suspicious.
She stood up, walked forward and asked softly: "What happened?"
Jinniang then replied in a low voice: "Just now I went to eavesdrop on the conversation between the Crown Prince and Princess Chen, and the Crown Prince discovered it, but fortunately, I told a lie to get over it, but I don't know if the Crown Prince believed it or not."
Her voice became smaller and smaller, until only she could hear it.
Xu Lingshu on the side immediately became displeased. She rolled her eyes at Jinniang and said, "Trash!"
Then, her face became serious, "I'm afraid it's not so easy to deceive, Ji Wenzhan is still smarter. Did you hear what they were talking about just now?"
Jin Niang shook her head, "I was far away and couldn't hear clearly."
"However, I saw that they seemed to be very close to each other. The Crown Prince even gave Princess Chen a hairpin. The two of them seemed to be lovers."
As she spoke, her eyes lit up, as if she had seen a treasure.
A smile suddenly broke out on Xu Lingshu's originally unhappy face. She narrowed her eyes and sneered: "It's so good, I have to find a way to make their relationship public."
She looked at Jin Niang and warned, "You continue to keep an eye on them. If you find anything, you must tell me. Don't let go of any detail."
Jinniang immediately nodded and said, "Yes."
…
In the evening, after dinner, Lu Qingtang took the children to wash up and then they went to bed. After telling a story, all three children fell asleep.
It was already Xu time when he returned to his room. Lu Qingtang finished a cup of tea and was about to go to bed, but saw Kou Dan coming into the room.
She was a little strange, "Koudan, why are you here? Is something wrong?"
Kou Dan stepped forward and spoke in a low voice, "This afternoon when Su Mu and I were playing with the babies, we seemed to see Aunt Jin next to Madam Xu."
She hesitated for a moment and continued to lower her voice, "If I'm not mistaken, she has been staring at you and the Crown Prince. Princess, I advise you to meet less with the Crown Prince in private in the future. It is not good for others to see you."
She didn't know the true relationship between Lu Qingtang and Ji Wenzhan. Everything she did was for Lu Qingtang's good. After all, in this world, a woman's reputation was the most important.
The man didn't even need to explain, he just patted his butt and left. However, Lu Qingtang faced everyone's blank stares and Mo Ze's deep incomprehension.
