"My eldest son. Aren't the things that Miss Qiao Er ordered from us in the past all given to our eldest son?" the clerk said naturally.
"Just now, our Crown Prince came to pick it up in person. He was very happy and asked me to tell you after seeing you that the Crown Prince is waiting for you at the Duke's Mansion. You can go to him at any time."
Qiao Yin's eyes turned black and his temples throbbed.
She wanted to die, but she felt that someone else should die.
Lu Jinzhi is her nemesis, did he deliberately come to cause trouble for her?
Qiao Yin ignored his anger and turned to look at Xie Yuan. Xie Yuan's face was very gloomy, and his eyes were dark and unpredictable.
The last time she bumped into him in a restaurant after breaking an appointment, he had the same expression.
Qiao Yin's heart skipped a beat, as if she had seen the good impression she had built up in front of Xie Yu'an these days collapse.
"Xie Yu'an, it's not what you think. That jade pendant is me..."
"I think you need to deal with your relationship with Lu Jinzhi first."
Qiao Yin wanted to explain, but was interrupted directly by Xie Yuan: "I believe you can handle it."
Xie Yuan smiled at Qiao Yin, then turned and left.
Qiao Yin wanted to catch up, but suddenly he remembered what Xie Yuan said:
Is this fair?
Unfair, this is so unfair to Xie Yuan.
Xie Yu'an was right, she had to cut off her relationship with Lu Jinzhi first, otherwise how could she convince him?
Qiao Yin rushed out of Yueji Pavilion, boarded the carriage, "Go to the Duke's Mansion."
Qiao Yin had just left when Lu Yizhi came back from socializing outside. He saw what seemed to be Qiao Yin's carriage leaving in the distance.
Lu Yizhi called the waiter at the counter and asked, "Did Miss Qiao Er come just now? Did the things be handed over to her?"
The guy replied: "Miss Qiao Er is here, but before Miss Qiao comes, the prince comes first, and the younger one gives the things to the prince."
"Who did you give it to?" Lu Yizhi was shocked.
The guy saw that Lu Yizhi looked wrong, so he explained in a panic:
"The Crown Prince came over and asked for Miss Qiao's things directly. The timing was so coincidental that I thought that the Crown Prince and Miss Qiao had agreed upon it. And usually, don't Miss Qiao's things always be given to the Crown Prince?"
Lu Yizhi's face fell, and he angrily rebuked in public: "Are you a dog of the Duke's palace? You don't abide by the rules in the shop, and you think about wagging your tail every day and trying to slander people. Okay, I'll help you. Get out now!"
The man was frightened and quickly knelt on the ground to admit his mistake and beg for mercy.
Lu Yizhi had no time to pay attention to him, so he quickly asked someone to prepare the car and walked out.
"The shopkeeper's."
Lu Yi got on the car, and another waiter stood in front of the car's shaft, holding a scratched mother-of-pearl box in his hand, and said pitifully:
"Shopkeeper, this is the hairpin that Prince Lu ordered before. I was too busy yesterday and forgot to send it to the Duke's Mansion."
Lu Yizhi, a man with two heads and two heads, took the things from the driver's hands and shouted to the coachman in a hurry: "Quickly, return to the Duke's mansion."
…
Qiao Yin hurried all the way to the gate of the Duke's Mansion.
The boy at the Lu family's concierge seemed to have already received the order. Seeing Qiao Yin appear, he hurriedly came up to greet him and said:
"Is Miss Qiao Er coming to see our Crown Prince? Our Crown Prince is not at home, and the Crown Prince has gone to Jifang Garden."
Qiao Yin gritted his teeth, turned back to the carriage, turned the horse's head and left quickly.
The scenery in Jifang Garden is beautiful, and the best place to enjoy the scenery is the pavilion in the middle of the green lake in the garden.
Currently, a banquet table was set up in the pavilion in the center of the lake, and Lu Jinzhi and seven or eight of his friends were chatting and laughing.
Lu Jinzhi played with the jade cicada pendant in his hand, and Chu Wenjing on the side sighed:
"Qiao Yin has a really good eye. This jade pendant is of high quality and the carving is exquisite, but the broken pattern has some flaws."
"Things are not important, what is important is her intention." Lu Jinzhi curled his lips and smiled.
Chu Wenjing asked curiously: "So Qiao Yin gave up on Xie Yu'an and chose to return to you?"
Lu Jinzhi snorted coldly, "Xie Yu'an is just a cover for her to play hard to get. Her heart has never left me. If you don't believe me, wait until she comes later. Just ask her."
"I'm just saying, Qiao Yin has been pestering you for so long, how could he run away as soon as he saw Xie Yuan, don't you think so?"
Chu Wenjing patted his thigh and said, and several people on the side also followed suit.
At this moment, a hand stretched out in front of Lu Jinzhi.
"Lu Jinzhi, return the things to me."
Lu Jinzhi raised his head, followed the slender arm, and moved his eyes upward little by little, finally landing on the angry face of the visitor.
Qiao Yin pursed her lips tightly, frowned slightly, and her eyes were filled with anger, as if she was about to explode at any moment.
What Lu Jinzhi saw most was Qiao Yin's smiling face. This angry expression was a bit unfamiliar.
It's not like she's completely unfamiliar either. She had this look on her face the first time he broke a date and she was soaked in water. She had this look on her face when she dropped the plum blossoms she had broken off from Wan Zhang Cliff and exposed her lie. She had the same expression when the carriage lost control and he almost died, so he asked her to step over the brazier to get rid of his bad luck.
In the next two years, this expression never appeared again.
No matter what he did or said, Qiao Yin would look at him with a smile, like a wooden man with no self-esteem.
It was precisely this that made him feel even more boring and contemptuous, and his behavior became even more serious.
But it happened that she didn't leave.
Qiao Yin simply couldn't leave him.
She said it herself, she couldn't live long without him.
"Lu Jinzhi, return the things to me."
Seeing that Lu Jinzhi didn't respond, Qiao Yin reiterated again.
Lu Jinzhi picked up the rope on the jade pendant, shook it and said, "Is this what you're talking about?"
Qiao Yin nodded and said coldly: "Taking my things without my consent is considered stealing. Return it to me while I still have patience, otherwise I will have to ask Prince Lu to go to court."
Qiao Yin's voice had never been more serious and cold, and there was even some disgust between the lines.
Chu Wenjing, who was familiar with him, was startled and looked at Qiao Yin. The more he looked at him, the more he felt that Qiao Yin was not pretending.
Lu Jinzhi didn't realize it at all. He only thought that Qiao Yin was distracted by him and finally found a way to get off.
"Qiao Yin, haven't you had enough fun?"
Lu Jinzhi looked at the ruby hairpin on her head and said with a smile: "Before you say harsh words to me, at least take off the hairpin I gave you. It's obviously a precious one..."
Chu Wenjing took a look, pulled Lu Jinzhi aside, and whispered: "That one doesn't seem to be the one you gave me. The pattern is wrong..."
Lu Jin was stunned and pushed Chu Wenjing away, "I want you to talk more!"
Qiao Yin couldn't understand what they were saying and didn't bother to pay attention.
"Lu Jinzhi, I gave you a chance, but you didn't cherish it."
"Bizhu——"
Qiao Yin's tone became more and more indifferent, and Lu Jinzhi also felt angry. He wanted to see what other tricks Qiao Yin would play, but Qiao Yin just called her maid.
Lu Jinzhi sneered coldly. He knew that Qiao Yin was just a paper tiger who was strong on the outside but weak on the inside. What could she do by calling her maid?
"Shuntian Mansion is handling the case——"
"Shuntian Mansion received a report that someone was cheating in Yueji Pavilion and stole a mutton-fat jade pendant. We came here to investigate."
Bizhu walked into the Huxin Pavilion, followed by four officials from Shuntian Mansion.
