"The hairpin may be a little rough, and it's not as good as other precious jade hairpins, but I just want to make something for you with my own hands. Do you... dislike it, Ah Yue?"
Qi Xiuyao's nervous hands clenched and stretched, then clenched into fists again, repeating this action over and over again.
Yu Shuyue looked at his face with a little nervousness, then lowered her head and looked at the hairpin in the box in her hand. She did not speak.
She took the hairpin out of the box and looked at it. Although the hairpin was ordinary peach wood, it was actually very delicately carved and not as rough as he said.
An extremely simple hairpin, with a simple peach blossom carved on it, and the carver specially decorated the peach blossom with cinnabar, adding a touch of bright color to the hairpin.
"Your Highness didn't say anything, but Ah Yue thought it was a hairpin made by an old master. It's very beautiful and I like it very much."
The corners of Yu Shuyue's mouth raised, and her eyes showed true love. After speaking, she raised her hand to insert the hairpin.
Seeing the heartfelt smile on her face, which was completely different from the polite thank you when she received the box of jeweled gifts, Qi Xiuyao couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
His face relaxed now, he took the hairpin from her hand, and leaned forward slightly closer to her.
Although he was sitting in a wheelchair, he was actually about the same height as Yu Shuyue when she was standing, so he easily inserted the hairpin for her.
Yu Shuyue was stunned for a moment by his actions, her eyes fixed on his hands. Because of this, she could clearly see the injuries on his hands through the light of the lantern above her head.
"Your Highness, your hand..."
The corners of her raised mouth slowly straightened because of the large and small wounds on his hands, and her face showed concern for this matter.
"It's okay, it's getting late, why don't you come into the room quickly?"
Qi Xiuyao wanted her to feel sorry for him before, but seeing her caring about him made her feel particularly satisfied.
But now, when Yu Shuyue had a concerned expression on her face, he couldn't bear to part with her.
He liked seeing the carefree expression on her face even more.
The prince left and Yu Shuyue also returned to her boudoir.
She took off the peach wood hairpin from her hair, put it in her hand and looked at it, feeling a little distracted.
Why did he say it was his fourteenth birthday?
What about the large box of jeweled treasures he gave me earlier?
"Shaoyao, bring the box of jewelry given by His Royal Highness to my room."
These were all her things and had been stored in her own small warehouse for a long time. Now she was so curious that she couldn't sleep, so she took them up and opened them to take a look.
"Miss, they are all here."
Shaoyao's face was slightly excited. After all, this was a box of rare treasures, and the prince really cared about the young lady, so he was so willing to give it up.
Just like Qi Jing said, almost no woman in this world can escape these glittering treasures.
"Well, you go down."
When she saw the excited looks on Shaoyao's and the others' faces, she knew that leaving them here would not be convenient for her to think, so she asked them to leave.
She was the only one left in the boudoir at this time, and the box of jewelry that could almost blind people. She planned to put the peach wood hairpin on her hand aside, and then inspect these treasures. Finally, she paused and turned her hand.
It was bent and inserted into the hair.
She took out the treasures inside one by one, including cloth made of gold and silver silk satin, various rare gems, corals, etc. She took out each item and remembered each one, there were thirteen items in total.
Why is there exactly thirteen items, no more, no less, plus the hairpin in her hair, there are exactly fourteen items.
I also remembered what he specially emphasized when he gave the hairpin to her as a fourteenth birthday gift.
Could it be that all the items in this box were supplies he had given her as birthday gifts for the past thirteen years?
Suisa's idea is a bit too narcissistic and takes herself too seriously.
But this is the most reasonable explanation at present, and the only one that seems to be able to explain all these coincidences.
After all, she didn't believe there were so many coincidences in the world.
In her view, most of the coincidences in the world are created by humans, and only a small part are God's arrangements.
The suspicion in her heart made her stunned for a moment, and she couldn't help but mutter to herself: "Why would he do this..."
Qi Xiuyao's level of care made Yu Shuyue a little scared and at a loss.
She was afraid because she knew she was falling step by step.
Before she knew what was going on at the back of Huayan Temple, she had always been sure that Xiao Mi in his previous life was unforgiving when it came to Shi An.
He used her and ended up ruining her country and her family. For such a person, even if his love is in Shi'an, his love is cheap, and his feelings are not worth mentioning in front of so many dead souls in the Jiang Kingdom.
Therefore, when Yu Shuyue saw the unofficial history record that he would never marry because of the current situation, he was not moved at all.
Although Shi'an's incident has little connection with her now, the thought of appearing in front of her with a face exactly like Xiao Mi's and doing something to deceive and threaten her.
Of course Yu Shuyue was as far away from Qi Xiuyao as she could not afford to offend such a man.
But what she saw at the back of Huayan Temple shook her previous thoughts.
She had seen the state of death of people who fell from high altitudes. Shi An's corpse in the sarcophagus was so perfect, perfect like a living person, and not at all like the remains of a person who fell to death.
Unofficial history is relatively unofficial history, and many things cannot be verified.
But before she had time to check the seals, she immediately learned about her marriage to the prince.
And Qi Xiuyao's straightforward confession to her that day stunned her.
His expression at that time was so serious that she couldn't refuse.
She was able to strengthen her heart before, but under his attacks again and again, she was defeated.
However, before the doubts in her heart were solved, she would definitely not give her heart to him in a daze.
Although she didn't know if he was the second Xiao Mi, she didn't want to be the second Shi An. This chapter has been completed!