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Pulling the obviously worn red string, Chunmiao flipped it back and forth several times. The more he looked at it, the more familiar it seemed to him, and the more puzzled he became:

"Who is this? It's fine if you just throw the gold, but you're not afraid of hitting someone."

At a glance, Mu Lianzhi recognized it. The golden gourd with the word "An" on it was not the largest or the most beautiful, but it was the one she specially picked out from all the things. The way she tied the bow had modern traces and was different from the current conventional way.

It was the amulet she gave him.

He actually threw it away?

With a chill in his heart, Mu Lianzhi reached out and took it:

"show me."

As soon as she lowered her eyes, she noticed the wear and tear on the red rope and some obvious stains.

Did he use it before or did it just fall off?

These are two completely different situations.

Just as Mu Lianzhi was about to take a closer look, a familiar male voice came from the side:

"Second Madam——"

Turning around, she saw Xiao Tingrui and a girl in luxurious clothes appearing at the fork in the road. They were looking at her with smiles in their eyes.

Holding the gourd tightly, Mu Lianzhi turned sideways and saluted him first:

"Meet His Royal Highness Prince Rui."

Because he didn't know who the girl was, but seeing that she was well-dressed and followed by many servants, she should be of high status. So Mu Lianzhi moved over and squatted to greet her.

"No need to be polite."

Raising his hand, Xiao Tingrui said:

"This is my sixth sister. She is the one who took a fancy to the bag you are carrying."

Looking at the beautiful and dignified little girl in front of him, Mu Lianzhi was about to salute her again when a slightly childish female voice came over:

"Sister, you are so pretty, and your bags are pretty too."

This one sentence revealed the truth, and Xiao Tingrui blushed uncontrollably:

"Hey, Ling'er, you are a princess."

The little girl was obviously stunned for a moment, and then she responded half a beat late:

"Oh~"

Seeing the two of them staring at each other, the little princess seemed to not understand Xiao Tingrui's meaning at all, but she had the innocence of a well-protected child. Mu Lianzhi squatted down to salute again, but a rare relaxed smile appeared on her face:

"I have met the Sixth Princess. She is also very beautiful."

Mu Lianzhi turned around and looked at Chunmiao behind her. She took out a mini gourd bag from the cloth bag on her back, took it, and handed it over:

"I heard that the princess is quite interested in my bags. I don't know which one the princess likes, but I happened to have a slightly smaller one that I haven't used, so I brought it with me. If the princess doesn't mind, you can take it back and play with it first."

"Wow, it's beautiful, thank you, sister."

The Sixth Princess reached out her hand and was about to take it. As she moved, she seemed to realize that something was wrong. She looked at the maid behind her:

"Zilan, take it quickly, and be careful not to break it."

Seeing her sparkling eyes, she must be really in love, so Mu Lianzhi felt relieved.

On the other side, Xiao Tingrui narrowed his eyes again, obviously unable to bear to look directly at it:

"Ling'er, you should call me 'Madam'."

"Ah, Oh~"

The Sixth Princess pouted and glared back, half aggrieved and half coquettish:

"Fourth brother is always good at lecturing people, and mother is not here..."

Without asking, Mu Lianzhi knew that the two of them should have a good relationship. The Sixth Princess was so cute and casual, so Xiao Tingrui must love her very much. Suddenly, Mu Lianzhi felt a little homesick.

At this moment, another cold male voice came from behind:

"Greetings to the Fourth Prince and the Sixth Princess."

"Master Beitang~"

Mu Lianzhi stepped aside to make way, and the few of them greeted each other.

"Lord Beitang is here too? This Linglong Pavilion is the best viewing tower in the Imperial Garden. What a coincidence."

The last time the three of us met at the Chinese Valentine’s Day banquet, the atmosphere was not so pleasant. How come we met again?

Xiao Tingrui always felt that Beitang Yi seemed to be prejudiced against Mu Lianzhi. Fearing that the past would happen again, he was about to step forward to separate the two, but heard Beitang Yi say:

"My amulet has fallen, and I am here to look for it."

His face looked bad to begin with, and he never expected that the people below were Mu Lianzhi and Xiao Tingrui. Looking at Mu Lianzhi's still colorless outfit and frail figure, Beitang Yi felt even worse. Unfortunately, he could not say or do anything now.

As soon as his sight turned, he stretched out his hand:

"Madam, please return my things to me."

Seeing this, Chun Miao's eyes widened in astonishment, but he subconsciously pursed his lips:

No wonder she felt it looked familiar. Was the gourd hanging rope really the one that the young lady had woven?

She actually gave it to Beitang Yi?

Chunmiao's heart was in disarray.

But she was afraid of showing it, so her eyes were drooping and she didn't even dare to look in Mu Lianzhi's direction.

"How can you be sure that I picked it up? Since it has been thrown away..."

Why would you want more?

Mu Lianzhi spoke softly, her voice calm and without any ripples. However, before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by Beitang Yi:

"give me back."

This time, his tone was even more certain, his eyes fixed on her intently, and he even stretched his hand forward, his attitude self-evident.

Without saying anything else, Mu Lianzhi slowly raised her drooping hand, and her fingertips pinched the small pure gold gourd with force, and then she slowly placed the hooked red rope in his palm:

"My Lord, please hold on to it. After all, it is gold and worth some money. If you throw it away, you may not be able to find it again next time. It will be even worse if you hit someone with it."

He didn't throw it.

Beitang Yi was about to clarify when another anxious female voice with a crying tone came:

"Brother Beitang..."

When Mu Lianzhi raised her eyes, she saw a woman in a pink dress and skirt running out of the attic with her skirt lifted up. At this moment, the woman had a childish face, a pale complexion, moist eyes, and in her hand was a similar red rope gourd pendant.

Who is this?

Everyone looked at each other, and there was a moment of silence at the scene.

In the end, it was the pink-dressed woman who spoke first:

"Greetings to the Fourth Prince and the Sixth Princess. Hello, Your Highness~"

When the woman let down her skirt, she looked very dignified. Although Mu Lianzhi didn't know her, he could probably guess which family she was from.

Xiao Tingrui raised his hand to signal, and the woman stood up and timidly looked at Beitang Yi again. Then, she moved closer to him little by little, with admiration, obsession, intimacy and love written almost undisguisedly on her face.

Beitang Yi Lengwu's eyes darkened again. Before he could react, Xiao Tingrui spoke first:

"Since you two are busy, then I won't bother you, Lord Beitang. I heard that the Second Madam is an excellent chess player, and my sister is also quite interested in it. I wonder if you can come and teach her? And teach her how to use and maintain this bag. I think she really likes it~"

He turned sideways and made an inviting gesture, and his brows softened instantly as he looked at Mu Lianzhi.

He nodded in response, and then the group turned the other way.

A faint, almost imperceptible voice floated past his ears. Looking at the slender and graceful emerald figure walking away little by little, Beitang Yi clenched the small gourd in his hand, and then he felt something was wrong——