Chen Qing shook his head. "There are many people who are worried about Lord Jiang, so why should it be my turn?"
"Oh?" Jiang Zhuo didn't quite understand what Shen Qing said.
"I heard that there's a girl who's been running into Lord Jiang every day lately!"
Jiang Zhuo thought for a long time, but couldn't recall who he had bumped into. Every day, he was either busy investigating a case or carving that hairpin. He had no time to visit Chen Qing, so how could he have noticed who he had bumped into?
Seeing Jiang Zhuo's confused look, Shen Qing kindly reminded him, "Li Ruyue."
"Who is Li Ruyue?"
As soon as he asked, Jiang Zhuo remembered that it was the woman who had inexplicably provoked him at the banquet that day.
"Master Jiang is truly heartless. I stayed near the Dali Temple every day just to negotiate with Master Jiang. How could you forget me?"
"Qingqing occupies my whole heart..."
"Huh?!" Bai Runyi stood on the stairs, looking at the two people in front of him in shock. "Why are you here?!"
Jiang Zhuo's spell was interrupted and he looked over with dissatisfaction.
"I was just about to ask." Jiang Zhuo turned his head and looked at the calm and composed Shen Qing, "Qingqing, why is she here?"
Chen Qingxin took a teacup and poured a cup for Bai Runyi. "Did you sleep well?"
"Hmm! Qingqing, your bed is so soft!" Bai Runyi sat down next to Shen Qing, took a sip of tea, shivered, and then pulled his cloak closer.
"Wait. How do you know Qingqing's bed is soft?" Jiang Zhuo pointed at Bai Runyi in disbelief and asked.
"Tsk, I also knew Qingqing had such a thin waist!" Bai Runyi looked at Jiang Zhuo proudly.
"What?! She slept in your bed and even touched your waist!" Jiang Zhuo stood up in shock, "Why?"
Bai Runyi rolled his eyes. "Why? We're good friends, so what if we share a bed?"
"no……"
"Okay, two young ladies and young masters, shut up." Shen Qing was overwhelmed by these two people.
Bai Runyi looked like a victorious swan at this moment, and Jiang Zhuo looked at her as if he were a heartless man.
It's a sin.
"Hmph, my dear, I see that this Lord Jiang is dressed ostentatiously and has a very petty demeanor. It's embarrassing that you like him."
When it comes to getting close to the face and making it big, it has to be our eldest lady!
"A gentleman does not bother with a villain." Jiang Zhuo took a deep breath.
Bai Runyi was eating the candied fruit she had just brought up when she suddenly saw the box on the stone table. She picked it up and looked at it in confusion.
"What's this?"
When I opened it, there was a jade hairpin inside.
“Although the style is ugly, the material is pretty good.”
"This was carved by me personally, and is a gift to you, my lord."
Bai Runyi looked at the hairpin with disdain, "Ah? Why is there a grass carved on it? It's so ugly."
"This isn't grass!" Jiang Zhuo gritted his teeth and turned to look at Chen Qing. "Qingqing, can you tell what this is?"
"hyacinth."
Jiang Zhuo was instantly happy. It didn’t matter if others couldn’t recognize her, as long as she could.
"Qingqing, you can't accept this." Bai Runyi put the bracelet back into the box. "When a man gives a woman a jade hairpin, it's really a token of his love. If you accept it, it's the same as accepting it."
Jiang Zhuo suddenly turned around to look at Chen Qing, and his hands on his legs suddenly tightened.
Shen Qing raised his eyebrows and rubbed the jade hairpin.
Just when Jiang Zhuo wanted to give a vague explanation, she spoke.
"I quite like it."
What do you like?
Jade bracelet? Or him?
"By the way, Qingqing, are you okay with your injury?" Bai Runyi suddenly remembered that she was here to see a doctor!
As a result, I overslept in someone else's bed.
"It's all right."
"That bastard, the Crown Prince!" Bai Runyi exclaimed, "I'm going to have my father impeach him in court every day!"
"Miss Bai, your father is a loyal supporter of the Crown Prince." Jiang Zhuo looked at her with amusement, "Didn't you want to be the Crown Princess before?"
"Jiang Zhuo, could you please stop being so disgusting? I've already fallen in love with someone else!"
This person is so annoying!
Shen Qing shook his head in amusement, and suddenly caught a glimpse of the box of chess pieces on the shelf.
Isn’t Jiang Zhuo’s case related to that chess dealer?
Shen Qing stood up, took the box and handed it to Jiang Zhuo.
"Is this a gift from you, my dear? Is it unique to me?"
"I want one too!"
Shen Qing motioned for him to open it.
The moment Jiang Zhuo saw the chess piece, his eyes turned cold.
"I ordered someone to buy these chess pieces from a chess dealer a few days ago. I thought they were very strange. What do you think, Lord Jiang?"
"Why is it strange?" Bai Runyi didn't know how to play chess and didn't pay attention to this.
"It's indeed strange." Jiang Zhuo put down the box. "We suspect that this chess dealer used the girl's spine to make chess pieces."
"Ah?!" Bai Runyi didn't even dare to chew the candied fruit in his mouth.
"That chess dealer has a kind of incense that he claims can last a long time. But I've searched all the books and only found one kind of incense that can last a hundred years.
This incense is called bone-soaking incense. If a woman soaks in this incense for an hour every day, the fragrance will remain forever after a hundred days.
However, this incense will only leave a fragrance on a woman's spine, and cannot be used on jade, stone, cloth, etc."
Shen Qing looked at the chess pieces in the box. No wonder, no wonder she could always feel a coolness through the chess pieces.
Bai Runyi suddenly remembered that she was playing with the chess piece with her mouth at the beginning. Upon hearing this, she quickly threw it back and wiped her mouth hard.
It's so scary.
"I have temporarily detained the chess merchant in the Dali Temple. I will keep this chess piece for you." Jiang Zhuo closed the box and placed it next to him.
Shen Qing nodded.
I didn't expect that there would be people doing such a business that is detrimental to one's moral character.
The forest is so big that there are all kinds of birds.
East Palace.
Shen Jing came to Murong Zhi's study with a food box. She hadn't visited her for a long time.
“Shen Zhaoxun.” Rong Xuan stood guard at the door of the study and stopped Shen Jing. “His Highness has ordered that no one is allowed to disturb him.”
His attitude was not good.
Ever since he found out that Chen Jing had drugged Murong Zhi, he no longer had any good feelings towards Chen Jing.
Your Highness's current situation is all caused by her!
"I'm here to bring some food to His Highness."
"Zhao Xun, please go back."
"Rong Xuan, you are so brave! In this East Palace, I am also half a master. How dare you stop me?"
Shen Jing was already upset because she couldn't see Murong Zhi, and now a guard dared to stop her?
"Let her in."
Murong Zhi's voice was heard in the study. His calm expression eased a little. He proudly adjusted the pearl hairpin on his head and pushed open the study door.
"I have met His Highness."
Murong Zhi was writing something and didn't even raise his head when he heard this.
"Chen Jing, you are quite ambitious. How dare a mere Zhao Xun claim to be half the master of the Eastern Palace?"
"Your Highness, what do you mean by this? Jing'er is just worried about Your Highness, so she spoke without thinking. Why is Your Highness so mean to me? Besides, I am willing to accompany Your Highness wholeheartedly and don't care about any status."
Acting pitiful is Shen Jing's specialty.
"Why are you still pretending? Didn't you plan all this?"
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