Chu Yuan: Of course I'd be reluctant!
They seem to dislike each other, but in fact, they have an excellent working relationship!
Don't ask Chu Yuan how she knew!
Having decided to ignore this lunatic, Chu Yuan called Xia He into the house and began rummaging through drawers and cabinets looking for her things.
Regarding the key to the Treasure Pavilion mentioned by Nightshade.
The original owner had no idea about this from beginning to end. He was blinded by his own limited perspective and was almost led by the nose by Ye Ying after they met.
Through the system prompts, Chu Yuan learned that the key was a jade bracelet specially crafted for her by Ji Yunzhan when the original owner was born.
Chu Yuan thought that this huge sum of money was perfectly fine, whether it was used for the restoration of the country or for personal enrichment.
So the key must be found!
However, after searching through all of the original owner's belongings, she found several pieces of jewelry, but the jade bracelet was nowhere to be found.
Xia He was confused when she saw this. "Princess, what are you looking for? Tell me and I will help you find it. You never cared about these things before, I always kept them. Maybe I missed finding them."
Chu Yuan did not question Xia He's loyalty; since she asked, Chu Yuan answered.
Xia He suddenly realized, "Princess, are you referring to the jade bracelet that the late emperor commissioned skilled craftsmen to make to celebrate your birth?"
"Yes, that's right." Chu Yuan tried hard to search through the original owner's memories, but still couldn't remember where the bracelet went, and couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.
Xia He suddenly became uneasy. "Princess, I know that it is a memento left to you by the late Emperor, but if it is really lost, then... let it be."
The little girl's words were incoherent; anyone could tell something was wrong.
Seeing her suddenly lower her eyes, Chu Yuan shouted sharply, "What's going on? Tell me the truth!"
"This servant..."
Chu Yuan: "Oh, so you didn't secretly take it and pawn it, did you?"
These words were deliberately meant to provoke Xia He. Upon hearing this, the silly girl knelt down with a thud, tears streaming down her face, "Princess, this servant didn't!"
"If you don't have anything to say, then tell the truth. What exactly happened?"
Xia He glanced timidly at Chu Yuan. It was a disgrace to the princess. She didn't want to say anything, but now she had no choice but to take the blame. It was nothing to suffer a little for the princess, but what if the princess got angry and drove her away?
After some deliberation, Xia He blurted out everything in a low voice, like spilling beans.
Chu Yuan was stunned after hearing this.
In short, the original owner once attended a banquet while ill and running a fever, and somehow ended up clashing with Dugu Yue.
The two were suggested to play a game of pitch-pot, with the wager being any item on their person that the other person could find appealing.
The original owner had been learning martial arts and archery since elementary school and felt that he couldn't possibly lose, so he agreed on a whim.
The competition rules stipulate that each person has 11 arrows, and points are awarded based on the different ways the arrows hit the target.
For example, piercing the center for 2 points, piercing the ear for 4 points, etc.
Unexpectedly, Dugu Yue was also very good at pitch-pot. The two had the same score for the first 10 arrows. Until the last arrow, the original owner was affected by a fever. He should have hit the ear, but his eyes were blurry and he only hit the center. Therefore, he lost the jade bracelet!
After returning home, the original owner was both angry and ill, and slept for several days.
After recovering from her illness, her memories of those days were incredibly blurry, and she had no idea what she had lost to Dugu Yue.
Xia He was unaware of the bracelet's importance. She figured that since the late emperor had given the original owner quite a few things, many of which had been pawned off during the years when they struggled to make ends meet, she didn't bring it up again to upset the original owner.
Who knew that after so much time had passed, she would suddenly remember to look for it again.
Chu Yuan looked at the aggrieved Xia He and felt quite embarrassed.
Even though she didn't do it, Xia He now only thinks she's unpredictable...
Sigh, it's so hard to be a sucker!
"Get up." Chu Yuan stepped forward and helped Xia He up, apologizing, "It was my own bad memory, I wronged you."
Xia He cleared up the misunderstanding, wiped away her tears, and immediately smiled, "It's alright, I just didn't want the princess to feel bad."
The bracelet is secondary; Ji Yunyuan and Dugu Yue are both princesses, and losing to her would be a disgrace.
But that's all in the past.
Chu Yuan couldn't care less about any of that right now. She immediately called Xia He to redo her makeup. "It seems I need to go find Dugu Yue."
No matter what it takes, we have to get the bracelet back!
It concerns whether she can complete her mission. Besides, it wouldn't be worthwhile to leave such a huge sum of money to the chuunibyou Dugu Yue!
Xia He, however, thought Chu Yuan was going to cause trouble, and hesitated to put down her comb. "Princess, many prominent women in the capital saw that competition. Wouldn't it be inappropriate for you to rashly try to snatch it back?"
Chu Yuan, "..."
Does she really look like a bandit?
She glared at Xia He in the mirror. "Just do your combing. Who said I went to steal it? Can't I find someone better and trade with her?"
That's what they say, but knowing Dugu Yue's chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) as Chu Yuan does, it's definitely not that easy!
As expected, as soon as she arrived at Dugu Yue's Lanyue Palace and explained her purpose, Dugu Yue immediately refused, "No way! What, you have the nerve to ask for something back after losing to this princess?"
His tone and attitude were absolutely infuriating.
Moreover, she clearly didn't like the bracelet much; it had been left to gather ashes.
He even deliberately let Cailian find it, and put it on his wrist in front of her, playing with it back and forth.
Chu Yuan really wanted to give her a big slap!
"Cai Lian, see the guests off!" Dugu Yue was overjoyed.
Chu Yuan ground her back teeth, thinking that the chuunibyou girl was just a bit chuunibyou, but hadn't actually done anything heinous, so she decided to spare her life without forcing her. Instead, she used a cunning approach, "It's just a bracelet, and you don't like it anyway, so how about I trade you something else nice?"
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