Liu Zhiheng was not in a good mood. She was angry with Xie Tinglan during the day and was hurriedly dragged to the palace. She hadn't even eaten dinner yet.
But after entering the study, Liu Zhiheng forgot about her bad mood, because her eyes were attracted by the night pearl in the middle of Duan Wu Jiu's study.
Liu Zhiheng is a geologist, and his favorite thing is to study various ores, fossils, and meteorites. She had heard of the night pearls and had seen a few with her own eyes, but they didn't look very powerful. They were really different from the night pearls in ancient legends. One of them could light up the whole room, and the whole body was crystal clear. Ah, not at all.
So much so that she has always suspected that those ancient luminous pearls were exaggerated by the ancients and did not exist at all.
Until I saw this one in front of me, it was as big as the mouth of a bowl. It was crystal white and emitted white fluorescence. It was as bright as the bright moon in the sky, shining in the dark and really lighting up the whole room.
I can see Liu Zhiheng’s heart swaying, he really wants one!
Liu Zhiheng observed the night pearl, wanting to see what kind of light it emitted to judge its material. She was so focused on looking at it that she didn't even notice Duan Wu Jiu walking in.
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When Duan Wu Jiu came in, what he saw was Liu Zhiheng staring at Ye Mingzhu in a daze.
Duan Wu Jiu was very satisfied. It seemed that his efforts and the search for the Night Pearl were not in vain.
"You are looking at it so intently. Do you really like this night pearl?"
Liu Zhiheng turned around and saw Duan Wujiu standing at the door, with Ziyang following behind him.
Duan Wujiu was wearing a brocade garment with single-piece gauze inlaid with gold and auspicious animal patterns. Coupled with that unparalleled face, he looked extremely graceful and elegant, which made Liu Zhiheng feel like he was a country bumpkin.
You don't need to dress up so beautifully in your own palace, right?
Seeing that Liu Zhiheng didn't speak, Duan Wu Jiu smiled again.
"I'll give it to you if you like it. After all, he is my savior, and my life is still worth something."
"You're giving it to me now?" Liu Zhiheng's eyes widened in surprise, "This is very expensive, isn't it? It's worth a lot of money, isn't it?"
"The price is second, but the main reason is that it is rare. The origin of this luminous pearl is unusual. It is said that there are only two luminous pearls in the world, and one is in the tomb of the First Emperor. One can protect the corpse from decaying for thousands of years."
Liu Zhiheng had heard of this kind of luminous pearl. It seems that when Cixi died, she had one in her mouth. That pearl was worth ten million taels of silver. I don’t know which tomb robber stole it later...
When she saw this piece of unofficial history, her first reaction was that Cixi had been tricked. Ten million silver, just one stone? Even if it can shine, Liu Zhiheng doesn’t think it’s worth it!
But considering that the ancients were very superstitious, it is reasonable to be willing to be taken advantage of.
But she didn't expect that Duan Wu Jiu would also be taken advantage of...
"Oh, is it so precious?" Liu Zhiheng's expression was not very excited. Instead, he asked curiously: "Where did you get the money to buy this? Although you are a prince, our Yan land is so poor..." He is not something The very favored prince should have no money.
Duan Wu Jiu said in a calm tone: "My maternal grandfather's family has some savings."
"Is this some savings?"
Duan Wujiu curled his lips and said calmly: "In my eyes, this night pearl is not very valuable. I just think it is a little special and worthy of being placed in my house, so I found it." Come."
"What's so special?" Liu Zhiheng asked with bright eyes.
She has always been interested in all kinds of stones, and there are many beautiful ores on her bookshelf in the Liu family.
Seeing Liu Zhiheng's reaction, Duan Wujiu was very satisfied.
"This luminous pearl is different from other luminous pearls. Ordinary luminous pearls need to be exposed to sunlight during the day to shine at night, but this one does not need to absorb sunlight and can shine brightly at night," Duan Wu Jiu paused and said: "It can be considered unique..."
Seeing Liu Zhiheng's surprised expression, Duan Wu Jiu smiled.
"If you like it, I will give you this night pearl. I will ask Ziyang to wrap it up and send it to you tomorrow. You don't have to care too much and don't refuse. I can find such a thing anytime you want."
Ziyang lowered his head and did not dare to raise his head.
He was afraid that if he raised his head, he would not be able to control his expression.
Where can I find this night pearl?
Even His Majesty the Emperor in the capital couldn't find such a luminous pearl. It was obviously the prince who spent a lot of effort to find it specially and wanted to give it to others.
Master is really good at pretending...
But what Duan Wujiu never expected was that instead of being moved, Liu Zhiheng looked at him with disgust.
"Do you want me to die?"
When Liu Zhiheng heard the words "You don't need sunlight during the day to shine brightly in the dark," he had already taken several steps back and wanted to leave the room immediately.
"You want to give me this unfortunate thing? Do you hate me?"
Duan Wujiu's expression changed, "Why did the girl say this?"
Liu Zhiheng had already retreated outside the house, holding on to the door rail, looking at Duan Wujiu nervously and asking, "My lord, tell me the truth, you don't look at this night pearl every day, do you?"
"Not really... I found this night pearl a few days ago and put it up today."
Liu Zhiheng breathed a sigh of relief, patted his soft chest and said, "That's good, you scared me to death."
"What's wrong with this night pearl?"
"I'm telling you, if there is someone you hate very much, just give him this night pearl. That person may die in a few years."
Eh? Speaking of this, Liu Zhiheng suddenly realized, can she take the night pearl to send Xie Tinglan off?
I don’t know if Xie Tinglan’s protagonist’s halo can resist radioactive materials...
But Liu Zhiheng quickly gave up this idea. In the original book, someone poisoned Xie Tinglan. During the period when Xie Tinglan was poisoned, that person's life was worse than death. The main point was that no one could harm him.
Liu Zhiheng was not willing to suffer this for Xie Tinglan, nor was he willing to die with him...
On the other side, Ziyang also looked at his master carefully. The master's expression looked a little embarrassed. The night pearl that he had spent so much effort to find was disliked even before he gave it away.
Duan Wu Jiu didn't show any displeasure, but he just didn't know what to say.
He cleared his throat and asked: "I want to ask Miss Liu why she dislikes Ye Mingzhu so much, but do you people have any opinions?"
What statement?
There are only two kinds of stones that can emit light. One is the one that can store light. This is more common and generally no problem. There is also one that can emit light independently.
However, the very beautiful stones that can emit light independently in nature are all because they are radioactive. The brighter they are, the stronger the radioactivity.
But how can she explain it so that the ancients can understand it?
Liu Zhiheng thought for a while and said: "That's right, luminous stones can hurt people, and they hurt people over time, because the energy contained in them comes from the universe, and the mortal body cannot bear it.
Duan Wu Jiu felt that this sounded like nonsense, so he laughed and said, "Who told you this?"
Liu Zhiheng said without blushing, "This is what the layman from the Snow Mountain said. Or why do those princes and nobles never live long? It's because they like to put these things in the house."
In fact, many ancient royal nobles died early, which is partly related to their love of these weird things. There were radioactive luminous pearls in the house, arsenic cinnabar on the walls, and heavy metal elixirs. The main theme is that the richer you are, the more you seek death.
Liu Zhiheng looked at the night pearl with disgust on his face.
"My lord, can you remove this thing first? I think it's quite unlucky..."
When Duan Wujiu heard that it was said by the layman from the Snow Mountain, he immediately believed it, and he would rather believe this kind of thing.
He frowned, thought for a while, and said to Ziyang: "Ziyang, put away the night pearl and send someone to the capital immediately to dedicate it to my mother and concubine."
Liu Zhiheng looked at Duan Wu Jiu with his jaw dropped, you are really a great son of your mother and concubine...
Ziyang immediately went out holding the night pearl.
As soon as the night pearl was taken away, the room instantly became dark, with only the snow outside reflecting the moonlight into the room. The soft moonlight made Duan Wujiu's too-sharply beautiful face look much gentler.
He took out the fire stick and went to light the candle. There were many candles in the room, and Duan Wu Jiu lit them one by one.
Liu Zhiheng didn't know what to say, so he asked cautiously: "Why do you want to give that night pearl to your mother? Do you hate your mother so much?"
Duan Wujiu's tone was very calm. He lit the lamp and spoke slowly, as if talking about someone else's affairs: "The imperial concubine is not my biological mother. She is the adoptive mother arranged for me by the emperor, and she is my mother-killing enemy." .”
