Chapter 145 How did her things
end up here with Chu Chengye? Chu Zhurui realized that he had been fooled and became angry and slammed the table next to Cheng Jin. Chu Chengye
immediately said in a sharp voice: "Zhurui!"
Chu Zhurui sat obediently beside him with a bit of gloom.
Cheng Jin saw that Chu Zhurui was really angry, so she raised her hand and poked Chu Zhurui's arm.
"Angry?"
"Then I'll tell you one, is your most precious thing hidden under your pillow?"
Chu Zhurui's eyes widened and his expression changed instantly, "How do you know?"
In fact, it was because the book wrote that after Chu Huaian came to Ningzhou, he wanted to accuse Chu Zhurui of treason, so he searched the house widely, but only found some small things under the pillow, but they were also Chu Zhurui's favorite things at that age.
Cheng Jin smiled and said, "Because your brother did the same."
Cheng Jin walked to Chu Chengye's bed, lifted up Chu Chengye's pillow, pointed at the thing on it without even looking at it and said, "This is what the emperor cherishes the most."
Cheng Jin looked up and met two completely different faces.
Chu Zhurui was shocked and incredulous.
Chu Chengye was even more puzzled. He held his forehead with his hand as if he was deceiving himself and didn't want to look at it. His ears were slightly red.
Chu Chengye stood up immediately when Cheng Jin walked to his bed, but he was not as fast as Cheng Jin.
Now Cheng Jin was the one who was confused.
No, isn't this a dagger of Chu Chengye hidden under the pillow?
The book mentioned more than once that Chu Chengye was cautious, meticulous, and had a restless sleep. He always kept a short knife under his pillow to prevent any accidents. Therefore, Chu Chengye couldn't let go of the short blade and took it with him wherever he went.
Cheng Jin saw it under the pillow when she found out the poisoner. Later, when Cheng Jin stayed overnight in Jingyang Palace, she also saw Chu Chengye always carrying the short blade.
But why did these two people have such expressions?
Cheng Jin immediately turned her head to look, and saw that the pitch-black short blade had turned into an exquisite hairpin at some point.
The more Cheng Jin looked at it, the more she felt something was wrong. Why did she feel so familiar with this hairpin?
Cheng Jin went forward and took it in her hand to examine it carefully. She found that it was indeed the gold hairpin inlaid with jade flowers, ruby ββββand sapphires, and double beads that she had lost. It was also the one she used the most.
Cheng Jin's personality was that she would hide any good things first, especially the gold hairpins and gold hairpins that Chu Chengye gave her as a reward. Cheng Jin didn't often carry them. She only took them out when she needed to show off. In fact, she kept them in case of running away.
So she only used that one hairpin over and over again, and the one she found under Chu Chengye's pillow now was the one Cheng Jin used the most.
Cheng Jin was looking for it some time ago. She was so sad when she lost it, but now she found it.
But how did it appear on Chu Chengye's bed?
Cheng Jin remembered that she hadn't spent the night in Jingyang Palace for a long time.
She raised the hairpin in her hand with some doubt.
Chu Chengye was already tortured by the guilt of being discovered, so he simply sat on the stool, turned his back to Cheng Jin and didn't look at her.
Cheng Jin took the hairpin and walked around for a long time, and ran to Chu Chengye and asked: "Your Majesty, I have a question I really want to ask you, you must tell me the truth."
Although Chu Chengye didn't know what Cheng Jin was going to ask, he guessed it almost. His eyes flashed, and finally he nodded sullenly.
Cheng Jin said seriously: "Doesn't your head hurt when you sleep with this pillow?"
"What?"
Chu Chengye couldn't believe that this was the question Cheng Jin wanted to ask the most.
Cheng Jin said: "Can you really fall asleep with this thing as a pillow?"
Chu Zhurui also came up and shook the weight.
"Yes, Royal Brother, won't it be uncomfortable to sleep with this as a pillow?"
"I'm smarter and only put some small things under the pillow."
Although this hairpin is not uncommon, it is more complicated to make. It is made of fine gold threads to form a cluster of flowers, and it is not light.
"It has been used as a pillow for so long, but it is not damaged. It is really a good thing."
"Where did you get this hairpin? I want to try to make a weapon."
"I forgot who gave it to me, but I think I have a similar one. Do you want to buy one from me?"
"Why should I buy it? Can't you give me one?"
"Oh, the market is like this now. It is very cheap."
Chu Chengye listened to Cheng Jin and Chu Zhurui discussing the texture of this hairpin, and his expression was not very good.
Who told them that he slept with this hairpin as a pillow?
Chu Chengye really couldn't listen any more, so he raised his hand to snatch the thing from Cheng Jin's hand and held it tightly in his own hand.
Although Cheng Jin was a little confused, she still reminded him weakly, "Your Majesty, this is mine."
Chu Chengye looked down, ignored Cheng Jin's words, and had no intention of returning it to her.
Cheng Jin walked to Chu Chengye's side, tugged on his sleeve, and reminded him again.
"Your Majesty, this hairpin is mine."
Chu Chengye tilted his head and glanced at Cheng Jin, with an expression of "I know, so what."
Cheng Jin stretched out her hand to Chu Chengye, "Your Majesty doesn't need it, why not give it back to me."
Chu Chengye had no intention of giving it to her, but he didn't have a suitable excuse.
He couldn't say that he was used to sleeping with this hairpin in his arms every day.
He would scare the two people in front of him to death.
Chu Chengye said, "I'm used to sleeping with my head on my pillow. I'll ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send you some more someday. This one, leave it with me."
This hairpin was indeed left here by Cheng Jin accidentally. Chu Chengye had countless opportunities to return it.
Whether Cheng Jin came to Jingyang Palace or he went to Chunhe Palace, or he could have asked Wei An to bring it to Cheng Jin.
But he kept it, simply because of his own selfishness. He couldn't keep Cheng Jin, but he could keep the hairpin.
Cheng Jin had so many things, she wouldn't notice this one missing, who knew she would find it by chance today.
She insisted on staring at this one.
Chu Chengye's explanation was pale and weak, in fact, he himself didn't believe it, who could sleep with this thing as a pillow every day, and get used to it.
Who knew the two people in front of him really believed it, Cheng Jin angrily stopped.
"Since the emperor likes it, leave it to the emperor."
Chu Zhurui asked seriously, "Does it smell especially good when sleeping with it as a pillow?"
Chu Chengye glanced at Chu Zhurui and said expressionlessly, "It's more comfortable to sleep with the mace as a pillow."
Chu Zhurui believed it without a doubt and wanted to ask something else, but Chu Chengye interrupted him coldly,
"If I ask you one more question, you don't have to spend the New Year in the palace. Go directly to Ningzhou to invite Song Geng in person, so as not to delay his appointment on the 16th of the first lunar month."
Chu Zhurui fell silent.
Ningzhou is good, but it's too deserted. He doesn't often stay in Ningzhou peacefully. He finally came to the capital, but he hasn't had any fun yet, so he can't just leave like this.
Chu Chengye glanced at Cheng Jin again and saw that she was about to speak, so he immediately said, "You are not allowed to ask either."
Cheng Jin made an expression as if she was holding her mouth, and hummed for a long time.
Chu Chengye asked: "What do you want to say?"