Ji Xingzhi raised her eyebrows slightly when she heard this: "Cousin, you can't be like this. This is your birthday gift to me, how can you take it back?"
"No one said we can't take it back, right? Your Majesty, it depends on your ability." Ji Ruhua said with a smile.
Ji Xingzhi stroked the box in his hand, looked at Ji Ruhua with a half-smile, and said with interest: "Okay, I'll wait and see."
After receiving Ji Xingzhi's answer, Ji Ruhua smiled, bowed, and said, "Ruhua will take her leave first."
Ji Xingzhi nodded slightly and said, "Yeah."
After Ji Ruhua left, Ji Xingzhi sat at the table, looking at the box in her hand thoughtfully, her brows slightly furrowed. Ji Ruhua seemed to be a little abnormal. Ji Ruhua would never play such tricks with her before. Was the invitation for tomorrow night just for comparison, or did she have other purposes?
Putting away his thoughts, Ji Xingzhi suddenly said, "Zhou Zheng, ask someone to find a needle."
The lock is very small and delicate, and the hairpin is too big to fit in.
Zhou Zheng frowned in confusion and asked a palace maid guarding the door to find an embroidery needle.
As soon as Ji Xingzhi got the needle in his hand, he inserted it into the keyhole without thinking to unlock it.
Seeing this, Zhou Zheng frowned again: "Your Majesty, this is not good, right?"
The princess said that she would find the key and open the door tomorrow. Why did the emperor go back on his word as soon as the princess left?
Ji Xingzhi glanced at Zhou Zheng indifferently and said, "There's nothing wrong with it. I just wanted to see what rare items were inside."
Hearing this, Zhou Zheng frowned in disapproval and said, "But... Your Majesty never jokes. Since the Emperor just agreed to the Princess' request, how can he go back on his word?"
Ji Xingzhi couldn't help but frown after hearing Zhou Zheng's words. She said in a cold voice, "Zhou Zheng, whose subordinate are you? I only agreed to the invitation, and I didn't say I wouldn't open the box. Besides, this was originally given to me by my cousin. If I take a look at it, would that mean I'm breaking my promise?"
That's why Ji Xingzhi didn't like Zhou Zheng staying around and sent him away on purpose. This guy was originally taciturn, but later, for some unknown reason, he suddenly became talkative and nagging, which was very annoying.
Realizing that Ji Xingzhi was angry, Zhou Zheng quickly knelt on one knee and said, "I have spoken out of turn. Your Majesty, please punish me!"
Ji Xingzhi rolled her eyes at Zhou Zheng and continued to unlock her door, saying nonchalantly, "Get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhou Zheng stood up and stepped aside without saying anything more.
Ji Xingzhi continued to fiddle with the lock on the box. He closed his eyes and used the needle and his hands to feel the structure inside the lock. It was not a difficult lock to unlock, but Ji Xingzhi had not done this for a long time and was a little rusty, so it took him a while.
After a while, there was a light "click" sound and the lock opened.
Ji Xingzhi's eyes lit up, and when she opened the box, she saw a bracelet inside, an aqua-blue gem bracelet. The gems were crystal clear and seemed to emit a faint blue light. In short, it was very beautiful.
Ji Xingzhi picked up the bracelet and found a piece of paper underneath. Ji Xingzhi raised her eyebrows slightly, picked up the paper and opened it. There were small black characters written on it. The content was as follows:
Your Majesty, this bracelet was given to me as a dowry by Ruhua's mother. Ruhua sees that the bracelet is exquisitely crafted. As it is Your Majesty's birthday, Ruhua wants to give this bracelet to Your Majesty, hoping that Your Majesty can wear it and give it to his beloved woman in the future.
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