nashuaworldcup Chapter 719: Xie Qi's first gift was returned
Chapter 719: Xie Qi's first gift was returned
After the Queen was escorted away, Hongxiu said, "I have to go back to the Jiang family first. Miss Lu, are you going to the Jingzhao government office with the Prince of Qi?"
"Let me take you there!" Xie Qi said.
"No need. I'll do something else on the way and won't disturb His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi and Miss Lu." Hongxiu was going to Xiangya Pavilion to wait for news from Lin Yu.
Xie Qi said to the guard, "Pan Yang, send Miss Hongxiu back to Jiang Mansion."
"No, I..." She wanted to say that she had someone.
Xie Qi said: "The Queen has entrusted you to my care. Now anyone who has anything to do with the Jiang family is being watched. It's not safe for you to be alone now."
Xie Qi was not stupid either. The emperor had talked to him before he left the palace. This case was crucial to whether the Jiang family could survive this difficult time. Even the emperor believed that Jin Ji would not kill anyone, which meant that someone really wanted to kill the Jiang family.
Hongxiu did not delay, "Thank you, Your Majesty. You and Miss Lu should be careful too. If anything happens, leave a letter at Xiangya Pavilion."
The two of them sent Hongxiu away again.
Lu Xuefei pretended to be relaxed and said, "Is Your Majesty going to the yamen to try the case?"
"With Lord Zhang and Minister Tang here, I don't have to go for the time being." Xie Qi said calmly.
Lu Xuefei didn't know how to ask what she wanted to ask, "So what should we do next?"
"I want to go somewhere, Miss Lu, please accompany me!" He added, "After we get there, we will go to Jingzhao Prefecture to find Master Zhang."
"Shall we go together?" she asked.
Xie Qi smiled slightly, "Let's still be friends!"
Lu Xuefei was stunned, a little embarrassed, "Of course!" It turned out that he had always regarded her as a friend.
Xie Qi smiled and said, "I think we do too, let's go!"
Lu Xuefei followed behind him. There were people coming and going on the street, and she didn't know where he was going, so she just followed him closely.
Her mother always wanted her to get married, but she already had someone in her heart. Xie Qi always treated her as a friend. He had never liked her, not before, not now, and probably not in the future!
Xie Qi is now a prince and works in the Supreme Court. His father said that he might be the new Supreme Court in the future. He is very smart and studious.
The granddaughter of Master Pan was indeed very pretty. She knew that girl. It would be very helpful for Xie Qi to marry into Master Pan's family. After all, Master Pan had a very high prestige and reputation.
Seeing that her pace slowed down, Xie Qi fell behind unconsciously. He stood there waiting for her to slowly approach. After not seeing each other for such a long time, Lu Xuefei seemed to be worried. What happened to her?
Lu Xuefei didn't hear a carriage coming behind her. Seeing this, Xie Qi strode forward and grabbed her arm to avoid being scratched by the carriage.
He asked, "What are you thinking about?"
Lu Xuefei came back to her senses at this time and stared at the direction of his hand, "What's wrong?"
Xie Qi naturally pulled her aside and protected her in a safe place. "Just now a carriage passed by and almost hit you. Didn't you hear the driver shouting to make way?"
Lu Xuefei indeed didn't hear it, "Did he shout?"
"Yes." Xie Qi said seriously.
"I didn't hear it."
"What are you thinking about?"
Lu Xuefei found an excuse, "I was thinking about Madam Li's death. She must have been frightened before she died. Her mouth and eyes looked like this."
Lu Xuefei made an expression of opening her mouth and staring eyes, which suddenly made Xie Qi laugh.
"why are you laughing?"
Xie Qi said: "I'm laughing at you being stupid."
"You are stupid." She added, "Don't you find it scary?"
Xie Qi's eyes were full of Lu Xuefei's appearance, the way she spoke, the way she was cute, the way she comforted him, the way she helped him, the way he liked her.
"Your Highness the Prince of Qi." Seeing that he was in a daze, Lu Xuefei waved her hand in front of him.
Xie Qi grabbed her hand and said, "I'll take you to a place."
Lu Xuefei was completely dumbfounded. She let him hold her hand, not knowing where he was going to take her.
Xie Qi took her to a jewelry store and asked the shopkeeper for an exquisite jade hairpin to put on Lu Xuefei's bun. "It's very beautiful."
Lu Xuefei blushed and took off her hairpin. "How do you know I like this hairpin?"
Xie Qi said: "As long as you like it."
Lu Xuefei then remembered that this hairpin was actually very expensive, and Xie Qi didn't have much money either, so she quickly returned the hairpin to the shopkeeper, "I don't like it, I'm giving it back to you, we don't want it."
The shopkeeper said, "Sir, I have already said that I will not return the goods. This..."
Xie Qi snatched it away and said, "We didn't say we didn't want it, and we didn't return it. You can keep the money."
He paid the deposit the last time he passed by, but he didn't pay the full amount because he didn't have much money on him. He hadn't seen Lu Xuefei for a long time, and he was busy with work in the yamen, so he didn't come to get the hairpin.
Whenever he and Lu Xuefei passed by here in the past, she would come to take a look at the jewelry she liked. Lu Xuefei would never buy jewelry worth thousands of taels.
He said, "I have already bought this hairpin. I bought it specially for you. Thank you."
Lu Xuefei felt touched that he specially bought her something she liked, but she thought it was too expensive. Her father was an honest official, and she would neither sell nor wear such luxury items.
Lu Xuefei said: "Actually, I don't like it anymore. A girl's preferences for things will change. Return it!"
She turned to the boss and said, "I know your stuff can be returned..."
"No return." Xie Qi snatched it away. How could he return the item when it was his first gift to someone? Lu Xuefei must have thought that he didn't have money and that's why she said she didn't like it.
He really didn't have much money when he first opened his mansion, but now he is rich. After all, he is a prince. He got a lot of shops and farms when he was crowned king. As long as he manages them carefully, he will have more and more money, which is more than enough to buy a pearl hairpin.
Just as the two were arguing, a girl in a pink dress walked in from outside the store.
The person who came was Pan Xiuying, the granddaughter of Grand Tutor Pan. She said, "Your Highness Prince Qi, Miss Lu."
Lu Xuefei's hand was holding Xie Qi's hand. When she saw Pan Xiuying, she was so scared that she quickly let go of her hand, and the jade hairpin in her hand fell down.
Xie Qi caught it quickly. After practicing martial arts for so long, he was quite agile, which made Pan Xiuying cheer, "Wow, the prince is so powerful!"
She took the jade hairpin from Xie Qi's hand and said, "This hairpin is so beautiful, I like it so much! Your Majesty, can you give it to me? I want to buy it."
"can."
"No."
Xie Qi and Lu Xuefei said in unison.
Pan Xiuying paused and asked, "Whose hairpin is this?"
Lu Xuefei said: "The shopkeeper."
Xie Qi said: "This king's."
Pan Xiuying glanced at them again, and Xie Qi said coldly: "If the king says it can't be sold, then it can't be sold. There is no room for negotiation."
Lu Xuefei wondered what Xie Qi meant by wanting to give Pan Xiuying something in front of her. Wasn't he and the Pan family discussing a marriage?
Pan Xiuying looked at him with eyes full of admiration and love. She was sure that Pan Xiuying liked Xie Qi.