She stood on the second floor of the boat, looking at the sparkling lake. The sunlight rubbed into the glistening lake water like broken gold.
The plum blossoms blooming by the river were dotted with the slightly chilly early spring. It was an excellent scene, but she had no intention of watching it at this time.
Beigong Tengxiao sat lazily on the cushioned rosewood chair. He looked at her back, looking thoughtful and silent. He couldn't help but teased: "What? Accompany me to swim in the lake, let me
Are you feeling so uncomfortable?"
Chu Jiaoli pursed her lips, turned around, lowered her head slightly and said, "I don't dare."
Beigong Tengxiao gently raised the corners of his lips, stood up and walked slowly to the dressing table: "Come here."
"Yes." Chu Jiaoli responded and walked over.
Beigong Tengxiao pointed to the chair in front of him and said, "Sit down."
"yes."
Looking at her absent-minded look in the bronze mirror, Beigong Tengxiao opened the wooden drawer next to the bronze mirror, revealing a dazzling array of precious jewelry.
He smiled slightly and said: "I am in a good mood today, so I will give you something as a reward."
Chu Jiaoli was stunned for a moment, looking at him smiling in the bronze mirror, she frowned slightly and looked slightly nervous.
He has never given her any reward. It would be fine if he gave her one or two things of his own. These fancy jewelry are all for women. He has prepared so many, but nothing looks right...
Bei Gong Tengxiao picked up a light purple crystal and put it on her forehead. Before she could react, he took out a pair of hairpins inlaid with gold wire and inserted them into her hair, and a necklace inlaid with rubies.
, a pair of warm purple jade bracelets...the succession of treasures made her look like heaps of gold and jade.
Chu Jiaoli looked at the girl who was gradually becoming more gorgeous and wealthy in the mirror, her beautiful eyes were a little hesitant.
Beigong Tengxiao smiled brightly, lowered his head slowly, and whispered in her ear: "Wouldn't it be nice to wear such beautiful jewelry on your body?"
After finishing her words, Chu Jiaoli slowly clenched the fist in her sleeve.
Sure enough, he is up to something!
She frowned slightly in discomfort. It was not out of kindness to dress her up carefully, but it was clearly a warning to her.
Even if she gets off the boat and goes to a pawn shop to pawn these valuable jewelry, it will only make a bigger joke.
When they first met, he made it clear that as long as she paid back the one hundred taels of silver, she would be free, and he also acquiesced to her accepting the generous reward from others.
But all he wanted was silver, and since she was of low status, she had no right to produce evidence that he bribed the pawnshop.
He actually set up such a situation and introduced her into the palace...
She blinked her eyes, took a deep breath, and said: "Your Highness is right, I will treasure it well."
Since this road is blocked, instead of having a meaningless quarrel with him, it is better to wait until he moves into the Prince's Mansion and take advantage of the chaos to escape on the day of his wedding.
Even if she loved him deeply, she would never be so tolerant and smile as she watched him marry the woman she was so jealous of.
A quarter of an hour later.
Chu Jiaoli sat by the window and looked at the bustling crowd on the shore. Several melodious piano sounds came from behind her.
She turned her head slightly and saw Beigong Tengxiao raising his hand to touch the strings of the guzheng.
The soothing and melodious music lingers in the ears. Different from Xiaojiabiyu's gentleness, the calm and grand style does not lose the royal style.
She was listening to the beautiful tune quietly, and suddenly she heard the sound of several guzheng strings coming from a distance.
After the faint sounds of twos and threes, the sound of the piano gradually became more urgent. If you listen carefully, you will find that it does not conflict with Beigong Tengxiao's sound of the piano, but is perfectly integrated with it.
The sounds of the two places echo each other, which is truly a rare auditory feast.
Chu Jiaoli raised her eyes and saw that in an elegant boat opposite, a young girl had a perfect smile, and the sound of the piano was made by her.
Chu Jiaoli was slightly startled when she looked at the girl. That familiar dignified face was exactly the person she hated to the core of her heart - Xiang Yini.
What a beautiful sound of the piano, she has never heard such a matching tune. The two of them played the piano in harmony, creating a peaceful atmosphere.
She slowly turned her head and looked at Beigong Tengxiao. Beigong Tengxiao lowered his head and looked at the guzheng. Hearing the corresponding sound of the piano, he only slightly raised the corners of his lips without raising his head.
Seeing the smile on his face, her heart ached.
He must have felt that he had found a soulmate, and presumably, if she were Beigong Tengxiao, she would also be ecstatic about it.
Chu Jiaoli's eyes darkened slightly, she smiled bitterly and said, "His Highness and Miss Xiang are really on the same page."
Beigong Tengxiao frowned slightly, slowly raised his head, and saw Xiang Yini in the boat.
He narrowed his eyes slightly and saw that Miss Xiang was about to say hello, but the sound of his piano slowly stopped.
Xiang Yini was stunned for a moment, then quickly stood up and bowed, saying: "Bless your highness, will my daughter disturb your highness?"
Beigong Tengxiao smiled lightly and said: "Miss Xiang is very good at playing the piano. Today I have met a master."
Hearing this, Xiang Yini smiled and said, "Your Highness is so complimentary. Yia Ni's piano skills are not one ten thousandth of His Highness's."
Chu Jiaoli looked at the two people's polite words and was slightly stunned with a somewhat incomprehensible expression. Beigong Tengxiao's reaction was not quite right. He looked so smiley that he didn't look like he was overjoyed to meet his soulmate by chance.
He stopped the string before the song ended, which was really puzzling.
Beigong Tengxiao raised his hand and stroked the strings of the piano, and said: "Since Miss Xiang wants to play the piano, I will do this as an adult, so I won't disturb you anymore."
A flash of panic flashed in Xiang Yini's eyes, she tightly clenched the fists in her sleeves that were shaking due to panic, showed a polite smile, and said: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness, I will definitely live up to His Highness and miss this beautiful scenery."
After finishing her words, she sat down calmly and continued to raise her hand to play the piano.
Beigong Tengxiao glanced briefly, then turned and looked out the window, and said to Chu Jiaoli: "The ship is about to dock, let's go back together."
Chu Jiaoli was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Xiang Yini, who was lowering her head and playing the piano with a smile. She frowned slightly and lowered her voice and said, "Isn't it inappropriate for Your Highness to leave Miss Xiang here like this?"
Beigong Tengxiao stood up, stood with his hands behind his hands, and said: "I didn't invite her to swim in the lake together. I have nothing to do with her at all, so how could I say anything? I like to be clean, and she agreed to it without permission.
I no longer have any interest in the palace’s tunes.”
Chu Jiaoli frowned slightly, but she saw him smiling just now. The two zithers matched so perfectly, why did he suddenly lose interest?
Seeing that Beigong Tengxiao had already walked downstairs, she followed him with her head lowered.
Xiang Yini quietly glanced at the window of the boat opposite, and saw that Beigong Tengxiao had already left.
She gritted her teeth, still had a faint smile on her face, and the melodious sound of the piano did not stop.
She was Miss Xiang who was praised by everyone. She had to be perfect. She could never give up her self-respect and stop to ask for forgiveness just because of Beigong Tengxiao's mood.
The carriage drove slowly towards the palace. Chu Jiaoli sat in the carriage and secretly glanced at Beigong Tengxiao who was leisurely drinking tea. Then she lowered her head and silently took off the ostentatious jewelry and stuffed it into her arms.
