Chapter 4
At this time, Jiang Wu never thought that he would have an intersection with the good-looking King Duan.
Xiao Ji didn't take this unexpected episode seriously. After asking Qianliu to send five hundred taels to Jiang's house, he stopped thinking about it.
One night passes, the sun rises, and a new day arrives.
Xiao Ji, who had been unable to sleep for most of last night, opened his eyes and found that the sun was already shining on his buttocks. But he didn't know the specific time. He could only tell by feeling that it was almost noon.
"..."
He scratched his long hair and sat up. His face looked a little stinky, but because he had emo last night, he didn't feel irritated anymore.
"My lord, are you awake?" Qianliu, who had been waiting outside, heard the movement in the room and came in to take a look. Seeing Xiao Ji nodding to get out of bed, he quickly turned around and shouted, "Come in, everyone."
As soon as he finished speaking, four uniformly dressed maids filed in behind the sandalwood and Suzhou embroidered screen that separated the inside and outside.
One of them is holding a silver basin, another is holding a handkerchief, one is holding a tooth set, and one is holding a jade comb. They are the "professionals" who are usually responsible for washing the original owner.
Xiao Ji: "..."
Xiao Ji was a rich second generation in his previous life, but the rich second generation also had to brush their teeth and wash their face, eat and dress themselves, go to school and do their homework by themselves. He couldn't be like the original owner, who had to be waited on to wash his face or brush his teeth, so he let these maids go with a twitch of his eyelids, leaving Qianliu alone to comb his hair.
"Ah?" Qianliu was stunned, "But, I don't know how..."
Combing hair is also a skill. Qianliu is only thirteen years old this year, and he is still a child who only knows how to tie his own hair, so the original owner's hair was always taken care of by professionals.
But Xiao Ji didn't like strangers, especially strangers of the opposite sex, touching him, so he decided to exploit child labor.
"If you can't learn, just learn." He had a face like a fairy boy and said something like a vampire capitalist. "If you can't learn, just find someone who can learn."
Qianliu, who was originally wondering about his prince's change, suddenly lost his mind to think about it when he heard this: "!!!"
He was originally sold into the palace as a eunuch by his family, but by luck he met his original owner and was able to come to Prince Duan's palace as a servant. Therefore, he was reluctant to live such a good life now, and he was even more afraid of being sent back to the palace to be castrated.
"Yes! The young one will definitely learn it. Please don't drive me away!" Qianliu, who became more and more frightened as he thought about it, made a splash and knelt on the ground with a look of panic on his face.
Xiao Ji, who didn't expect to scare people like this: "..."
Hey, I'm really not scared.
He hesitated for a moment, then stretched out his hand as if nothing had happened and picked up the child from the ground: "Then do it well. If you do well, I will reward you."
Qianliu breathed a sigh of relief and nodded repeatedly.
Xiao Ji didn't know how to coax a child. Seeing that he was fine, he quickly changed the subject: "By the way, have you got the Nanzhu head and face back?"
Qianliu was filled with a sense of crisis at this moment. After hearing this, he immediately ran outside and brought in a long and flat box: "I got it back, it's here!"
The box was made of huanghuali wood. It was carved with flowers and birds, and a piece of it was hollowed out and embroidered with brocade. It looked extremely exquisite. Xiao Ji took it and opened it, and was almost blinded by the shiny hair accessories inside.
This set of hairpins is a new product recently released by Linlangge, the most famous jewelry store in Beijing. It contains a total of twelve hairpins, top hairpins, sideburns, long hairpins, sideburns, and side hair accessories. These hair accessories are made of sterling silver and high-quality white jade, and are inlaid with southern beads of different sizes. They look extremely noble and elegant.
Nanzhu is rare these days, especially one with such good taste, so when she received this gift, Cui Lingyan was very happy and said many coquettish words of thanks to the original owner.
The original owner was naturally satisfied after hearing this, but when Xiao Ji thought about it, he only felt wistful.
He closed the box and asked Qianliu, "What was Cui Lingyan's reaction when you went to get this thing back?"
Cui Lingyan likes this hairstyle very much. The original novel focuses on the scene where she goes out to a banquet wearing this costume, which arouses everyone's amazement and makes the female co-star jealous. The male protagonist Cui Ang was jealous of this and gave her a more gorgeous and precious ruby head and face.
In addition, the original owner always responded to her requests and doted on her infinitely, so Xiao Ji thought that his behavior of sending someone to get the gift back might arouse her doubts and reluctance, and he might even come to find out in person.
Unexpectedly, Cui Lingyan not only didn't come, but also returned the things so simply.
This made Xiao Ji feel weird, so he asked this question.
Qianliu was surprised by Xiao Ji's behavior of calling Cui Lingyan by her first name - the original owner usually called Cui Lingyan "Yan'er". But there were so many things that surprised Qianliu in the past two days, and he was already a little numb, so although he was stunned for a moment, he quickly came back to his senses and said, "I didn't see Miss Cui San. Sister Jinliu who was next to the girl brought the things to me, and she said that Miss Cui San had already fallen asleep at that time."
He got the things back last night, but Xiao Ji had already rested by then, so he didn't dare to come in and disturb him.
Xiao Ji was too lazy to think about whether Cui Lingyan had really fallen asleep. He just asked: "What did you tell that Jin Liu?"
Qianliu hesitated for a moment: "I, I told her that the prince felt that this set of Nanzhu hair and face was not suitable for Miss Cui San, so he ordered me to come and get it back..."
Although Xiao Ji's original words were "that hairstyle is too dignified and does not suit her", Qianliu knew how much his prince liked Cui Lingyan, so how could he dare to tell the truth in such a confused situation? So I put it more tactfully.
Xiao Ji didn't pay much attention to this. After thinking about it, he didn't ask any more questions.
Anyway, as long as the things came back, he didn't bother to care about what Cui Lingyan thought. It would be best for her to have some self-awareness and never bother him again.
Just then breakfast arrived from the kitchen, Xiao Ji threw the matter behind his head and stopped thinking about it.
What he didn't know was that Cui Lingyan didn't care about the appearance at all at this time, because she and Cui Ang, the male protagonist of the original work, had broken the window paper in advance and were together.
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This matter has to start with Xiao Jichuan.
Because after he came back, he didn't rescue Cui Lingyan like the original owner in the original work, so Cui Lingyan was rescued by Cui Ang.
Cui Ang was her nominal brother-in-law. It was only natural for him to save his sister. Even if they hugged each other wetly, no one would say anything. Therefore, the marriage granted by the emperor in the original work naturally did not happen.
Cui Lingyan then successfully got what she wanted - Cui Ang was frightened by her falling into the water, and finally stopped avoiding her as he had done some time ago, and instead left his female partner to take her home in person.
On the way back home, the two people who were interested in each other finally couldn't help but communicate with each other.
However, Cui Ang still had business to do, so he had to leave first after sending Cui Lingyan home. Fortunately, the two of them lived in the same house. After Cui Ang came home from duty, he couldn't help but miss him. He quietly avoided everyone's sight and entered Cui Lingyan's boudoir...
When Qianliu went there last night, the two of them were hugging each other and kissing passionately, not caring about anything else.
Cui Lingyan was surprised for a moment when Jin Liu knocked on the door and said that King Duan had sent someone to get the mask back, but she subconsciously felt that he must want to give her something better. In addition, Cui Ang bit her out of jealousy at that time, so she didn't care about anything else. Holding back her shy breath, she said, "Just go and get it for him," and sent Jin Liu away.
Xiao Ji knew nothing about these things. After he had breakfast, he let Qianliu learn how to comb his hair while leaning on the Taishi chair and thinking about life.
Just, he didn't know what to do next.
Because the original owner was an idle prince with no official position and no serious things to do.
This kind of people are commonly known as vagrants in modern times, but the original owner is different from ordinary vagrants. First of all, he has money, so he doesn’t have to worry about food and drink; secondly, he has hobbies. He plays the piano, writes poetry, and paints on weekdays. He also invites three or five young friends who are also young people to go to major poetry clubs, chess clubs, and other places in the city. In one turn, the day has passed.
This kind of life is actually very pleasant, but it's a pity that Xiao Ji can't enjoy it.
Because he is a science student with no literary talent, and is not interested in playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting at all. And the things he likes, such as game racing, diving and surfing, rock climbing and riding, can’t be done here.
He can still do outdoor hiking and swimming...but these are just hobbies. He can't just find a place to hike or swim every day without doing anything serious.
Thinking of this, Xiao Ji, who should have been studying hard in college at this time, sighed in boredom.
Forget it, just lie at home for a few days and wait until you are completely accustomed to the world in front of you before thinking about what to do next.
Qianliu, who was combing Xiao Ji's hair, heard his sigh and quickly speeded up his movements.
He had just taken advantage of Xiao Ji's meal time to learn from the maid who was responsible for combing the original owner's hair. Although his movements were a little clumsy, he was able to comb Xiao Ji's hair smoothly.
Xiao Ji looked in the mirror and felt satisfied, so he got up and went to change clothes.
When I opened the original owner's closet, I saw it was all white.
"..."
"???"
Recalling the image of the original owner who was always "white-clad and elegant" in the eyes of outsiders, Xiao Ji fell silent.
What the hell, who wears white clothes every day? It’s not unlucky either!
He immediately told Qianliu with a twitching mouth to take away all these clothes: "Let me make a few new ones. I want black ones, blue or gray ones are also fine."
Even if it is bright red, big purple, big yellow and big green, it is better than the funeral style of this water!
Qianliu: "..."
Qianliu no longer had the strength to remain stunned. He stared at the batch of new clothes that had just been made according to the original owner's requirements, and silently put aside his mind that could no longer move: "Yes, Your Majesty."
Just change it, it's not his money anyway.
