After returning to the Xiangfu, Cui'er distributed the snacks she bought to the maids, who chattered happily. Xia Taoyuan changed out of his men's clothes and searched for the jade hairpin for a long time but couldn't find it. When he asked Cui'er, Cui'er said she didn't see it. The maids also searched for it but couldn't find it.

Xia Taoyuan knew it was lost, but when did she lose it? She was afraid Cui'er would drop it, so she had been holding it herself. It was probably lost during the confrontation with Li Si. The situation was very chaotic at that time, and her mind was also a mess. She couldn't remember when the jade hairpin fell.

Xia Taoyuan still felt bad, after all, she spent fifty taels of silver. She calculated that the silver that Wei Zhiying didn't take away plus the silver that Madam Wei sent her last time didn't have much left. She counted and found that there were only one hundred and forty or fifty taels left. With her lavish spending style, she would spend it all after a few outings.

Now the gift I bought for Lu Qing'er is lost, and I have to buy a new one tomorrow, which will cost dozens of taels. Just thinking about it makes my heart ache.

Xia Taoyuan lay in bed thinking about what happened at noon, and fell asleep unconsciously. Perhaps she was too tired, and slept for several hours. When she woke up, it was already midnight. Zhu'er and Yu'er were still waiting for her. Seeing that she woke up, the two maids immediately prepared to heat up her meal. She had told them that if she was sleeping, she should not be called for trivial matters like eating. She would not starve to death if she missed a meal, but she would feel uncomfortable if she missed a little sleep.

Xia Taoyuan ate a few bites and asked Zhu'er and Yu'er to go to sleep. The two little maids were also sleepy, so they went to sleep.

Xia Taoyuan was no longer sleepy, but she didn't know what to do, so she got up and paced around the room. She was so bored that she recalled her ordinary but busy life at home, and she actually missed it a little.

She walked to the window and saw a full moon in the sky, and suddenly she became interested. She went downstairs quietly, found a bottle of wine, opened the door, walked to the courtyard and sat at the stone table under the cherry tree. She poured herself a glass of wine, the moonlight was bright, the evening breeze was intoxicating, and petals were falling from the cherry tree. She was wearing ancient costumes and drinking by herself. It was so beautiful. If she had a mobile phone, she would have posted it on WeChat Moments and complained about it.

Xia Taoyuan took a sip of wine. The spring night breeze was as gentle as a lover's hand, gently caressing her face. She was intoxicated by it. She casually caught a petal, bent her head to smell it, and felt this wonderful night with her heart.

It is difficult for people to be satisfied, and they always want more. Xia Taoyuan drank for a while, thinking that it would be better if there was someone to drink with her under the moon. But where could she find someone to drink with her in the middle of the night? She suddenly thought of Qi Nanfeng in the daytime. He was a wonderful person, good-looking and interesting. She also thought of Prince Jing Chu Xingluo, who was also good-looking and could not be looked away, but he and Qi Nanfeng had completely different temperaments.

Chu Xingluo is cold and aloof, but what is Qi Nanfeng? Romantic and unrestrained? Thinking of this, Xia Taoyuan laughed. There are quite a few good-looking men in the North Yue Kingdom.

She poured another glass of wine, stood up and raised the glass to the moon, and said softly: "Cheers to the fairy Chang'e, to the moon goddess." After that, she drank it in one breath. This wine was brewed by the Xiangfu himself, and it was much better than what she drank in the tavern during the day. After drinking two glasses, Xia Taoyuan felt a little dizzy.

She squinted her eyes at the hazy moon and hummed her favorite song softly:

How can a guest sleep in the wild inn outside the pass when there is no smoke from the night? When the cold comes, who will add two more pieces of clothing to my sleeves?

At three or four o'clock in the morning, the snow and wind blew all night long, but the poor skinny horse did not have a good rest.

I feel melancholy as I fall into a dream and wake up after several months. The past is sad and beautiful, but the relationship between us is shallow.

The partridge's plaintive cry can be heard but it cannot fly back to the hall. Who will unveil the old couplets whose red has faded and the ink has remained?

I have searched for you a thousand times, from sunrise to sunset, and I have been up and down in the world;

I have searched for you a thousand times, another year has passed, but you are never in the dim light.

As she sang, Xia Taoyuan felt a little sad. She thought of her home, her grandparents, and even her boyfriend of a year. She couldn't help but smile bitterly. Now that she had come to the North Vietnam, no one in her world would notice her, right? That was right. She was a person that no one cared about. How could anyone notice her disappearance?

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