Chapter 227: Unusual Ring
Ji Yunshu successfully fooled Zhao Shen by pretending to be stupid, but when he came to his senses, he found it a little unbelievable.
When did Zhao Shen become so easy to fool?
She lay on the bed and watched Zhao Shen bring in a bowl of bird's nest soup from outside. The sweet white glazed porcelain bowl could not compare to the whiteness and smoothness of his fingers, which were so beautiful that people could not take their eyes off them.
Her heart moved, and she suddenly remembered the gift she had prepared for Zhao Shen. It had been some time since she came back, but she had not found a suitable time to give it to him.
She stood up and took the bird's nest soup, and said to Zhao Shen, "There is a small box in the bottom layer of my dressing box. Can you help me get it?"
Zhao Shen walked to her dressing table and opened the bottom layer, and sure enough, he saw a small box.
Ji Yunshu ate the bird's nest soup in a few mouthfuls, took the small box and opened it, only to see a crimson jade ring inside.
Zhao Shen raised an eyebrow: "For me?"
He remembered Ji Yunshu saying that the ring looked good on his finger.
Ji Yunshu nodded, took the ring out of the box and put it on Zhao Shen's hand.
The white fingers make the ring look even more brilliant, just like the blood in one’s heart.
Ji Yunshu couldn't help but touch it: "It's really beautiful. The first time I saw it, I felt that it suited you."
Zhao Shen also looked at the ring. Even though he had seen many treasures, he had to admit that this ring was a rare treasure.
The color is as red as blood, pure and almost transparent, without any impurities.
There are also intricate patterns carved on it.
He looked at it for a while, and when he was sure he had never seen those patterns before, he couldn't help but ask, "Do these patterns have any meaning?"
Ji Yunshu shook his head: "I don't know either."
"Where did you get this ring?"
Zhao Shen originally thought that it was a dowry given to her by the Queen Mother. Such precious jadeite might be hard to find elsewhere, but it might not be the case in the palace.
Unexpectedly, Ji Yunshu said, "I found it in your storeroom. I was originally looking for a good piece of material to have someone make a pair of rings, one for each of us. But I saw this and thought it suits you very well, so I decided to give it to you."
Zhao Shen was very surprised. He had no impression of this ring. Of course, there were too many things in his warehouse, and he had not seen everything.
But he felt that even if he had never seen such a ring, he should know its origin.
Jewelry like rings would never be gifts given in daily exchanges with various mansions. Apart from that, his storehouse was filled with his mother's dowry and some things left to him by his grandmother.
But he had looked at the list and there was not a single red jade ring.
Seeing that he didn't know what he was thinking, Ji Yunshu grabbed his hand and carefully examined the pattern on the ring on his hand: "Is this a flower?"
Zhao Shen shook his head: "I don't know either."
Ji Yunshu said indifferently: "Who cares? It looks good, that's all. Do you like it?"
Zhao Shen smiled and said, "It's a gift from you, so of course I like it."
He had been thinking about the gift Ji Yunshu prepared for him, but he didn't expect it to be this.
She had just said that she wanted to be a couple, one for each of them, and Zhao Shen secretly kept this in mind.
As for this red jade ring, he always felt that it was a little unusual.
The next day, Zhao Shen asked people around him to check the ring, and finally found its source. It was left to him by his grandmother.
He went to find Lord Zhao to find out the truth.
Unexpectedly, Lord Zhao frowned as he looked at the ring and asked, "Why are you, a man, wearing this?"
The ring has a large band, obviously for men, and it fits Zhao Shen very well.
But men usually prefer to wear rings, and rarely wear such conspicuous colors.
Zhao Shen noticed that his attitude was a little unusual, so he carefully observed his expression and said, "I see that the pattern on the ring is unusual, so I wanted to ask you about the origin of this ring."
Lord Zhao shook his head and said, "This is your grandmother's stuff, how would I know."
Seeing that he couldn't get any more information out of him, Zhao Shen said nothing more. Instead, Lord Zhao asked, "What's wrong with you these days? You're so reckless! If outsiders knew that you forced your second aunt to death, would you still have a good reputation?"
Lord Zhao hadn't talked to him for so many days, and Zhao Shen thought the matter was over, but he didn't expect that what was coming would come.
"Didn't my father know how Second Aunt died? She was clearly silenced, so how could I have forced her to death?"
Seeing his persistence, Lord Zhao couldn't help but sigh, "No matter what, the dead are the greatest. What's the point of digging it up now? Your uncle is generous enough not to argue with you, but you've been acting rather radically lately. Don't forget, your aunt still has children. How will you face them in the future?"
Zhao Shen looked at Lord Zhao intently before saying, "I thought you loved my mother, but it turns out you don't even care how she died?"
Lord Zhao was stunned for a moment. He looked at Zhao Shen with a complicated expression for a long time before saying, "Your mother is dead. No matter how much I know, she will not survive. Now I just hope that you can live well."
Zhao Shen couldn't help but ask, "What are you afraid of?"
Lord Zhao waved his hand and said, "Don't ask anymore. Aren't you living a good life now? I can see that you like the girl from the Ji family very much. Just live your life well."
Zhao Shen was somewhat disappointed. "Can I live a good life just because I want to? Didn't my mother want a good life in the first place? She died with regrets, yet you repeatedly condone the people who killed her. Even if I die, I must get to the bottom of the truth."
After saying that, he walked out without looking back. Lord Zhao looked at his tall and straight back, and a deep sense of powerlessness welled up in his heart.
Finally, before Zhao Shen left the room, he couldn't help but remind her, "You'd better not let anyone know that the ring is on your hand."
Zhao Shen returned to the study, stroking the blood-red ring with his fingertips, and fell into deep thought.
According to Lord Zhao's personality, if it wasn't a matter of great importance, he would never have reminded him of that.
Can't let anyone know it's in his hands.
So this ring is really extraordinary?
He carefully copied the pattern on the ring onto paper and found that it did look like a flower, but he had never seen a flower of this shape before.
And he guessed that the flower should be red.
Zhao Shen didn't understand what secret was hidden behind the ring, so he followed his father's advice and put it away without anyone seeing it.
A few days later, Ji Yunshu realized that he was not wearing the ring and couldn't help but ask him, "Where is the ring I gave you? Why aren't you wearing it?"
The ring on Zhao Shen's hand was so beautiful that it was beyond words. She couldn't get enough of looking at it.
Zhao Shen smiled and said, "This is the first time you've given me a gift, so naturally I have to keep it well as a souvenir."
Ji Yunshu: "...There's no need to be so serious. I gave it to you so you can wear it. What's the point of putting it away?"
It was the first time that Zhao Shen saw her so obsessed with something, but he also liked her eyes glued to him.
He took out a pair of rings from the purse he was carrying.
"I heard you say you wanted to make a pair, so I found a similar piece of material and made a pair based on that design. The pattern is a little complicated, though, and I thought it might have a special meaning, so I left it uncarved. How about we each make one?"
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