"Why is Your Highness looking at me like that?" Shang Xiye steadied himself, remaining as calm as a dog.
"Your Highness, what did you just say?" Ji Fengyao frowned slightly, her clear eyes looking at Shang Xiye's familiar and stunningly beautiful face. She felt a mix of conflict and joy in her heart.
Shang Xiye leaned down and took the little bandit's soft hand in his, his voice low: "I said, you are..."
"Miss, Miss, someone from the palace has brought you something!" Magpie shouted as she ran in, interrupting the prince's attempt to seduce the little bandit.
Ji Fengyao and Shang Xiye looked over at the sound and saw Xi Que leading a young eunuch in.
On the tray in the little eunuch's hands was an inconspicuous old wooden box.
Even though Shang Xiye knew the people of the capital very well, he still felt that this little eunuch was a stranger: "Which palace are you from?"
“Reporting to Prince Su, this servant is serving the Third Prince. The Third Prince said that this item was left by Consort Yun as an early tribute item, which has the effect of warding off poison and evil spirits. He specially gave it to Princess Su as a thank you gift for the additional medicine given to her yesterday. I hope that Princess Su will not find it offensive and will accept it with a smile.” The little eunuch spoke eloquently and was humble and courteous.
"So it was someone close to him," Shang Xiye raised an eyebrow knowingly.
Xi Que took the wooden box from the eunuch's tray, and Ji Fengyao lifted the lid and looked at it.
Inside the box lay an emerald flower-shaped pendant. The shape of the pendant somewhat resembled the famous Lycoris radiata, also known as the flower of the underworld.
Ordinary jade would never be carved into such a flower shape; it would be too easily broken.
Low-grade poison-absorbing essence stone.
Ji Fengyao slightly lifted her two raven-feather-like eyelashes; this was indeed a rare sight.
Poison-absorbing stones, as the name suggests, are stones that can absorb toxins and are produced in filthy places.
When yang energy reaches its peak, it produces earth marrow; when yin energy reaches its peak, it produces toxins.
This means they are all the essence of heaven and earth, extremely precious and rare. I never thought such things existed in this world!
"This item is too valuable. Why don't you take it back and let the Third Prince reconsider? What I gave him was just a bottle of ordinary burn ointment, not worth much. He doesn't need to give such an expensive gift as thanks." Although Ji Fengyao was envious of the Poison Stone, she was too embarrassed to accept such a valuable gift against her conscience.
Moreover, she seemed to remember Wu Shang saying that the Third Prince had a bad reputation and was probably in a bad situation.
"Your Highness, His Highness the Third Prince instructed me that if Your Highness dislikes it and refuses to accept it, I should smash it. Once he has given it away, he will never take it back," the young eunuch replied, bowing deeply.
Although Shang Xiye had not had much contact with Shang Beiyu, she knew a little about his temperament and advised, "If Your Highness likes it, then accept it. Beiyu is stubborn, and he will always do what he says. If it is really a treasure, it would be a pity to smash it."
"Then I will accept it. Please tell him that I like it very much." Ji Fengyao accepted it.
After the eunuch left.
Ji Fengyao then took out the pendant and handed it to Shang Xiye: "Although the floral decoration is not very suitable for Your Highness, with this, Your Highness does not need to worry that the Frost Talisman will not have any other toxins to suppress it and will have a counterattack."
“This stone is sinister…” Shang Xiye held the pendant in his hand, instinctively disliking it.
“Stones produced in filthy places naturally carry evil energy, but Your Highness need not worry. Low-grade poison-absorbing stones are harmless to the human body and are indeed excellent ornaments for warding off poison and evil.”
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