Ning Shiqian came back from meeting Wende and saw Bai Jiuxiao sitting in front of the dressing table in the room, practicing her expressions in front of the bronze mirror.

He walked over with a smile: "It's okay. You have the best expression when you don't have an expression. You have a very straight face, looking cold and arrogant."

Bai Jiuxiao stood up: "Next, are we going to the palace to pay respects?"

"Yeah, but we have to do two things first."

"What's the matter?"

"Sit down first." Ning Shiqian held her shoulders and pushed her back down.

Then under her surprised gaze, she opened the dressing box prepared for the wedding, took out a box of powder, and opened it.

"Do I need to apply another powder?" Bai Jiuxiao asked.

She felt that the dough had been made perfectly.

"of course not."

Bai Jiuxiao took it and looked at it in his hand.

"Yes," Ning Shiqian nodded, "but I didn't prepare it for you to pretend to be Zhuyan. I originally wanted to give it to you as a gift, but I didn't have the chance to give it to you later."

"Zhuyan wears earrings."

He originally had this pair of earrings made, thinking that one day she would be a woman and be able to wear them.

After covering the marks on his neck, Bai Jiuxiao asked: "What is the other thing?"

"Zhuyan and I made a contract from the beginning. We will never be husband and wife. If she is really from my father, she should tell him this. Moreover, we have been treating our mother and concubine these days, so there is no possibility that we will be together.

Do this in your leisure time.”

Ning Shiqian was relieved.

"By the way, aren't you going to tell Shi Lei who I am?"

Ning Shiqian took out one and showed it to her.

The tone was not harsh, but rather strong and domineering.

There is no woman in this world who doesn’t have her ears pierced or wear earrings. This is the case for Da Zhao, and it is also the case for Sang Lin.

Ning Shiqian dipped a cotton puff into powder and gently applied it on her neck to cover up the marks he left last night and just now.

Ning Shiqian said nothing, went to the closet, took out a small lacquered red wooden box, came back and opened it to Bai Jiuxiao.

Safety first, it's better for no one to know. He didn't tell anyone at Baiyundu Manor, and he didn't plan to tell anyone, Shi Lei.

"Fortunately, Zhuyan is not from Sang Lin. If he were, he would have had two piercings in his left ear." Bai Jiuxiao said.

It was a pair of Dielianhua earrings.

Bai Jiuxiao glanced at him in the bronze mirror: "I know."

Suddenly thinking of a person, Ning Shiqian said seriously: "Don't tell Gu Yin either."

Ning Shiqian smiled: "I know you don't have your ears pierced. These earrings don't need to be pierced. They are clip-on. They are just made to be more subtle and covered up by the shape. When you put them on, you can't tell that they are clip-on."

Gu Yin is a mean person, he is always opportunistic and takes advantage of others' dangers. She must be kept away from him.

Although it wasn't him who told Quge that she was born as a girl, it was ultimately because of him.

"Well, I don't want to tell anyone."

It really is.

After saying that, he checked with her: "Did you hear that?"

"It's not necessarily that Zhu Yan is not from Sang Lin. It's just that he may have been careful since he was a child, so he didn't have two ear piercings. After all, this sign of Sang Lin is too obvious."

Bai Jiuxiao said nothing, because she thought what he said was reasonable, so she allowed him to patiently cover up the marks on her neck one by one.

"But I don't have my ears pierced." Bai Jiuxiao frowned, feeling that this was a bit of a problem.

He was afraid that such a catastrophe would happen again.

"Have you prepared this pair of earrings a long time ago?"

Bai Jiuxiao nodded, that's true.

If she had two pierced ears, it would be impossible for the old emperor to let her pretend to be a disciple of Si Ya.

Ning Shiqian carefully put the earrings on Bai Jiuxiao.

"Earlier you asked me how I knew it was you, even though you looked so similar, I said it was because you, Bai Jiuxiao, were the only one who wanted to consummate the marriage so straightforwardly. In fact, there was another reason I didn't mention, and that was because

You don't wear earrings, you don't even have pierced ears. Among the women I know, you are the only one who is like this."
Chapter completed!