Chapter 152 This is carved by me

When Xiyan turned around and was about to leave, she was suddenly pinned to the spot by Helian Feng's voice.

She subconsciously turned her head and when her eyes swept over Xiao Nanyan, she saw that the movement of his finger ring suddenly accelerated. Although he still had a nonchalant smile on his face, the corners of his lips were tightly pursed, and his whole aura became a little colder.

Xiyan's heart suddenly sank. Looking at Helian Feng's smiling eyes, she quickly refused:

"Your Highness, you are too kind to me. How dare I accept your gift?"

Helian Feng had already stood up and slowly walked to Xiyan. He took out a silver hairpin from his arms and held it in his palm.

Xiyan looked closely and saw that the hairpin was wrapped with vines, and every pattern was as delicate as a real thing. The most exquisite part was the head of the hairpin, which was a lifelike Xiyan flower with petals as thin as cicada wings and a pearl embedded in the center of the flower.

"Miss Xiyan, the Imperial Master accidentally injured you last time. It was all my fault for not being able to protect you. So, please don't refuse this gift. I carved it myself, and it took a lot of effort. You must accept it."

He stared at Xiyan with irresistible heat in his eyes.

Then, before Xiyan could react, Helian Feng's warm fingertips brushed over the hair by her ears and firmly inserted the hairpin into her bun.

Looking at the beautiful woman in front of him, Helian Feng's smile widened:

"This silver hairpin really suits you."

When he withdrew his hand, his fingertips brushed across her hot earlobe, his voice was low and intimate, with a hint of a smile at the end.

The cabin suddenly fell into silence.

Xiao Nanyue's originally careless eyes suddenly turned as cold as a pond, with a dark storm surging in his eyes.

Su Wan clenched the silk handkerchief in her hand. Her originally gentle face twisted for a moment, and the forced smile tightened in an instant.

Helian Shu watched from the side, her eyes moving, and a hint of smile hidden in her smile:

"My royal brother is truly gentle and considerate. He's so attentive to a servant girl. If he marries Wan'er as his Crown Princess, I'm afraid he'll hold her in his palms and even pluck the moon from the sky."

Helian Feng didn't even look at Su Wan, and turned back to the main seat.

Su Wan's body swayed slightly in embarrassment, and her fair face changed color in an instant.

Helian Shu pulled her wrist and said with a smile:

"Alright, alright, let's go to the stern!"

As he said that, he waved to Xiyan: "Come on, too!"

The three of them walked around the cabin with hanging silk curtains, and when they reached the stern, the bright afternoon sun had dyed the lake surface into gold.

The railings here are low, and the jade-carved fence is half-hanging above the water, facing the densest lotus bush in the center of the lake. Koi fish shuttle among the emerald lotus leaves, and their red scales and white fins occasionally cut through the rippling waves, like broken jade jumping on blue glass.

A breeze blew by, causing the lotus leaves to rustle slightly. Occasionally, a dewdrop that had not fallen fell into the water, startling the fish and causing them to scatter, but then quickly gather into a group.

A palace maid was already waiting by the side with a celadon fish food box. Inside the box were small balls made of glutinous rice flour mixed with perilla juice.

Helian Shu leaned against the railing, raised her white wrist lightly, and a few grains of fish food cut through the air and fell into the blue waves, immediately attracting a swarm of fish to scramble for food, shattering the pool of gold. The splashing rainbow light made the cinnabar in the corners of her eyes even more brilliant:

"Look, Wan'er! These fish are much smarter than the ones in the palace garden!"

As she spoke, she pushed the fish food box towards Su Wan, her fingertips brushing the lotus pattern on the edge of the box, but her eyes swept over Xi Yan who was standing with her head bowed behind her, and she opened her red lips slightly:

"This fish is always greedy for a bite of bait, but it doesn't know how many hidden hooks are hidden under the water. Some things look tempting, but it opens its mouth rashly..."

She paused for a moment, then wiped the water droplets from her wrist with her handkerchief.

"In the worst case, you might lose your life." Her last words faded away in the lotus breeze and reached Xiyan's ears.

Xiyan knew what she meant, but she just ignored it.

Su Wan's fingertips trembled slightly, and her nails almost dug into her palms when she picked up the fish food, but she forced a smile on her face:

"That's what my sister said."

She casually sprinkled the fish food into the water, causing the fish that had originally gathered in front of Helian Shu to quickly gather underwater near Su Wan to fight for it:

"But this fish is naturally greedy. It eats my sister's food, but also has its eyes on mine. If it loses its life because of a bite of bait, I can't blame anyone else - after all, it can't keep its duty."

Before she could finish her words, the pearl string on her wrist suddenly slipped off and fell into the water with a plop, causing large ripples. The red sun reflected in her eyes shattered into bloody fragments.

"Oh no! My bracelet!"

Su Wan watched the pearl sink into the shimmering lake, and a scream broke through the undercurrent at the stern of the boat.

She leaned out halfway, clinging to the railing to look down, her skirt nearly being blown into the water by the wind:

"That was my coming-of-age gift from my father. Now he's in jail, his life or death uncertain. This is too unlucky!"

Before she finished speaking, tears suddenly filled her eyes and her voice was filled with tears.

Helian Shu saw this and raised her eyebrows slightly, pointing at the four palace maids behind her:

"What are you all still standing there for? Pass on my order to stop the boat and go to the outer cabin to call a few people to go into the water to help Miss Su salvage the fish!"