In the secluded courtyard, Yunzhi held the gift given to her by Lu Cang of Dongli, admiring it again and again. She had never imagined that Lu Cang of Dongli possessed such skill, depicting her so vividly.
"Miss, what are you holding in your hand?" Rulan asked curiously when she saw that her mistress was holding a gift and reluctant to put it down.
"Guess!" Yunzhi looked at Rulan with a smile. No one would have guessed that what she held in her hand was her own statue, which was personally carved by Lu Cang of Dongli.
"A gemstone?" Rulan had just glanced at it and it looked like a red stone, so she had some guesses.
“That’s right, it is indeed a gemstone.” Yunzhi said, showing her statue to Rulan, and added, “But this is not an ordinary gemstone.”
Upon closer inspection, Rulan exclaimed in surprise. Pointing at the statue, she finally said after a long pause, "Miss, isn't that you?"
"Yes, this is me. How about that, surprised?"
“That’s quite unexpected. If I remember correctly, this is what Miss looked like three years ago, right? Back then, Miss was full of vigor, and we followed you to take down quite a few bandit dens.”
“That’s right.” Yunzhi nodded. At that time, her friend’s family was robbed by bandits, resulting in their destruction. In a fit of anger, she killed all the bandits along the way.
"Miss, who carved this for you? It couldn't have been you, could it?"
"you guess!"
Rulan was somewhat speechless. However, remembering that her young mistress had visited the Regent's Palace today, she boldly guessed, "Miss, could it have been carved for you by the Regent?"
"You guessed right." Yunzhi laughed, carefully picked up her statue, and instructed Rulan, "Put this in my bedroom."
"Yes, Miss." Rulan nodded, then thought about where in the bedroom it would be a good place to put it, so that her mistress could see it often.
Finally, she thought of a place: the small study in the bedroom. It was a place the young lady frequented, and it would be convenient to store things there.
After placing the statue, Rulan returned to Yunzhi and said with a smile, "Miss, our people said today that Qiu Feng spent five hundred taels to buy a hairpin, probably to give it away."
"He's not thinking of giving it to Yunzhu, is he?" It's no wonder Yunzhi thought this way; Qiu Feng's intentions were rather obvious.
Unable to survive in the underworld, he had no choice but to find a powerful backer. What could be more reliable than a marriage alliance?
However, she didn't intend to stop it. Anyway, it was none of her business who Yunzhu married. But if Madam Xu knew her precious daughter was going to marry a江湖人 (jianghu person, someone from the martial arts world), she might be furious.
Thinking of this, she instructed Rulan, "Tell this good news to Madam Xu and make her happy."
Upon hearing this, Rulan couldn't help but laugh. Xu Shi would never be happy; she'd probably be furious. After all, Xu Shi had always wanted her daughter to marry into a higher social class. Especially now that her daughter was about to marry the Regent, Xu Shi was already consumed by jealousy. It was highly unlikely she would allow her daughter to marry Qiu Feng.
Upon receiving the news, Madam Xu was devastated. She had no interest in Buddhist rituals to begin with, and would only pretend to tap the wooden fish before. Now, upon hearing that her daughter's hairpin was a gift from Qiu Feng, she immediately threw the wooden fish aside, her mind preoccupied with how to stop it.
At this moment, she deeply regretted leaving Qiu Feng behind.
If she had kicked Qiu Feng out of her daughter's yard when she found him there, instead of keeping him in the front yard, would this have prevented this from happening?
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