Part 1: Intertwined Time and Space Chapter 4: Trip to Li Country
Chapter 346 Transformation (2)
Shi Ying sat at the table and stared at the big bracelet in the box. She couldn't hide the joy in her eyes. Mi and Jing had already been sent away by her. She had been watching here alone for a long time, until the maid's voice came from outside the door: "Young Master, I have seen King Bowei."
Shi Ying jumped up happily and heard Shi Rong say outside the door: "Well, you guys go down, I have something to say to my sister."
"Yes." The maids saluted and ran away.
Shi Ying opened the door: "Brother, you are finally back. I can't wait any longer."
Shi Rong smiled and walked into Shi Ying's room with King Bowei. Shi Ying waved the maid who was waiting nearby to go out.
The maid saw Shi Hu standing at the door but did not go in. She quickly bowed and left.
Shi Ying closed the door and said excitedly: "Come on, I don't dare to move around yet, for fear of breaking something. Brother, come and see if there is any mystery."
Shi Rong sat at the table and said, "The prince and I have already checked the gifts. There is nothing mysterious about them. After speaking, he looked at King Bowei funny."
King Bowei coughed.
Shi Ying failed to understand what they meant.
Shi Rong continued: "Although it is unlikely that the princess has tampered with Shi Hu's gift, we still checked and found that there is no mystery. The biggest possibility is you." After saying that, he lowered his head and looked at Shi Rong. Ying's gift box.
King Bowei sat down, with an unnatural expression on his face. He calmed down and looked at Shi Ying's big bracelet.
Shi Ying held her chin, "I just took a quick look, and there is nothing else in this box except this bracelet."
Shi Rong looked at it and saw that the box was not big, square, and the wood was not too thick. Except for the bracelet, which was just a layer of cloth under the bracelet, there was nothing else.
King Bowei picked up the lid and looked at it, but found nothing.
Shi Ying looked at the two of them with curiosity on her face. Shi Rong looked at her and smiled: "Do you still remember that the princess gave you a bunch of grapes?"
Shi Ying nodded, "Remember, there's nothing special about the grapes. I've already eaten them."
Shi Rong continued: "Didn't the princess scratch your palm a few times when she gave you the grapes?"
Shi Ying nodded: "Yes. Five times."
Shi Rong smiled and said, "Do you think this bracelet looks like grapes?"
Shi Ying frowned and looked at it for a while, "How does this look like it?"
Shi Rong knocked her on the head, "Of course they are not exactly alike, but they are all connected one by one, so they are no longer alike."
Shi Ying nodded: "Oh, what does that mean? Is there anything special about this bracelet?"
Shi Rong looked at King Bowei, "What do you think, Lord?"
King Bowei said: "Since it is scratched five times, then the five should refer to the position of a certain bead on this bracelet."
Shi Rong nodded.
Shi Ying looked at the bracelet, picked it up and looked at it. The beads on the bracelet were the red coral beads and the purple pearls as embellishments. But she didn't notice it after looking at it for a long time. Is there any information on it?
Shi Rong sighed, "Whatever you can tell, give it to me."
Shi Ying pouted and handed it to him unwillingly.
Shi Rong took it and said: "The princess has made it very obvious. The fifth one. This position is usually calculated from the middle point where the bead flower and the bracelet are connected. Just look at the fifth bead."
As he spoke, he picked up the fifth coral bead from one side and turned it around to look at it carefully.
Shi Ying also leaned over to take a closer look, "Is there anything special about this bead? What can be contained in such a small bead?"
Shi Rong changed the beads on the other side to look carefully, and then came the fifth bead flower. After reading all three, he looked at the other beads, handed them to King Bowei and said, "Your Majesty, these beads are very finely polished. Each bead is basically the same, but there is a little difference on this coral bead. Please look at the flaws, Your Majesty.”
King Bowei took the bracelet and looked at the bead pointed by Shi Kong. Sure enough, he saw a translucent white spot on it, which you couldn't even notice unless you looked carefully.
King Bowei pricked it with his fingertips, and Shi Ying felt distressed. This was given to her by the princess.
King Bowei easily picked off the white dot, only to find a piece of paper rolled into a thin thread inside. It was very thin. It took King Bowei two attempts to pull it out.
Shi Rong smiled and said, "It's a shame that the princess can roll the note so thinly."
King Bowei folded the note. The note was not big, and it was not as big as a thumb when opened.
Rong and Ying, brother and sister, came over and saw words written on the note: Sisters must have the same etiquette, and my concierge must be locked.
Shi Ying finally didn't understand what it meant. She just felt that the words and the note were very novel, "Brother, how can the princess write the words so small and still read them clearly."
Shi Rong said: "The calligraphy of the person who wrote this character must not be too bad, and the pen they use must not be the fine pen we usually use."
Shi Ying looked up at him, "What's the point of not using a pen?"
"I don't know about that."
Shi Ying asked: "What do these two sentences mean?"
Shi Rong sighed: "The princess really likes to play riddles. This time she wants us to guess again."
King Bowei said: "Do you have any clues?"
Shi Rong said: "I have a clue. The first half of the sentence, sisters must have the same courtesy, is probably the literal meaning."
Shi Ying asked: "Literally, what does the literal mean? Who are the sisters? What does the same courtesy mean?"
Shi Rong said: "Silly sister, since this is a gift between the princess and you, of course the sisters refer to you two."
Shi Ying said happily: "It seems that the princess regards me as a good sister, and she is also very easy to get along with."
Shi Rong smiled and shook his head. "The meaning of this gift is probably for you to give her a gift exactly like this bracelet."
Shi Ying stopped laughing: "Huh? This bracelet is so exquisitely made. Where can I go to get it polished by a craftsman? Besides, this coral is a rare thing. How can I find it so good? The princess will make things difficult for me."
Shi Rong smiled: "This gift is not prepared for you."
"I wasn't asked to prepare it. Who asked me to prepare it? Didn't you ask me to give her a gift in return?"
"Of course not. I think the person the princess wants to prepare a return gift should be the head of the Yue family."
Shi Ying didn't understand even more, "What does this have to do with the head of the Yue family?"
Shi Rong knocked her again, "The last note the princess left for you was forgotten so quickly. We all know the first four words in the note, but we haven't determined what the last four words mean yet. , message, Yuechi, secret code, gift giving. At first glance, these words are not related, but when you see this bracelet, it is not difficult to guess that this bracelet is used to transmit messages, and how to transmit this message requires the Yue family Lord, help me. I already know how to give gifts, and the secret code is probably the bunch of grapes."
Shi Ying suddenly realized: "So that's how I understand it, and the princess really understands it. If she doesn't explain clearly for once, she has to make us guess, but it's quite fun."
After saying that, she covered her mouth and laughed. Seeing Shi Rong still looking at the note, he remembered that there was another sentence on the note: "Brother, what does it mean that my concierge is locked?"
Shi Rong shook his head, "I'm not sure either."
King Bowei said: "Perhaps this sentence is not written for us?"
Shi Ying asked: "If you don't write it to me, then who should you write it to?"
Seeing that King Bowei glanced at her but didn't answer, he looked at Shi Rong again.
Shi Rong smiled and said: "Of course it is written to the head of the Yue family." After saying that, he looked at King Bowei and said, "What is the prince's plan?"
King Bowei sighed: "In that case, I will go there, anyway, first to find out what the Yue family master says."
Shi Rong nodded: "That's the only way it can be. It's just that the head of the Yue family is not easy to deal with. Does the prince have any excuses?"
King Bowei shook his head, "He is a very perceptive person and will detect doubts no matter what he says. What do you think?"
Shi Rong pointed to the window and said: "In my opinion, it's better to go straight in. Since the princess asked us to find him, based on my current understanding of her, it's probably impossible for us to bypass the Yue family. It's better to follow the princess's idea. Come."
King Bowei nodded, "I'll try my best."
