Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

When Chu Yao caught up with Xiao Zuochen, he saw him chatting with the Prince Consort, so he didn't approach him. Now that the Prince Consort had left, he walked over to Xiao Zuochen.

"What did you say to the Prince Consort?"

Chu Yao was curious. Xiao Zuochen just looked in the direction where the prince consort left and said lightly.

"About the governor."

Lord Governor? Isn't that the victim of the serial murder case?

"Wow, I thought you forgot about this~"

"I told you, I just don't have any clues. And now my father intends to suppress this matter, so we can't investigate it openly."

Xiao Zuochen and Chu Yao walked towards the back garden while talking.

"The current governor of the Canal gave me this news last night. I will find the Prince Consort today to ask him some questions. However, nothing is clear yet, so we have to wait and see."

"Do you need your husband to help you find someone?"

"Yes, but I'm just telling him first. Even if he's not willing to help me, I will contact this person."

"You didn't send Yun Wei to secretly follow the Prince Consort, did you?"

Chu Yao looked around and seemed not to see Yun Wei.

Xiao Zuochen curled the corners of his mouth and glanced at Chu Yao.

"What do you think~"

Well, no wonder he said he would definitely find this person. He had mentioned it to the Prince Consort, and the Prince Consort would definitely go to meet this person. Even if this person didn't want to meet Xiao Zuochen, Yun Wei would track him down to where he lived.

The two of them strolled around and chatted about other topics. For example, how is the scenery of the princess's mansion? How is today's guest dressed? Which young man or young lady is good-looking? But Chu Yao was the one who talked about it. Xiao Zuochen didn't care about these things... As they walked, they heard a noise in front of them.

"Why are you so unreasonable?"

"I'm being unreasonable? It was you who pushed me, causing me to throw the hairpin in my hand into the pool."

"I've already told you that I'll pay you back for the hairpin. Why are you still haggling over it?"

"I want to give this hairpin to the Fourth Princess. If you only want to compensate me with money, should I just give the money to the Fourth Princess?!"

"You are attending Princess Jiashan's birthday party. What gift will you give to the Fourth Princess? Your father doesn't want to think about how to get promoted, but only wants to take these unorthodox ways!"

"you--!"

The two seemed to be about to fight, and it was only the little sisters who stopped them. However, there seemed to be a lot of people in that group, and it was hard to tell who was arguing from a distance.

Xiao Zuochen didn't plan to go over and take a look. He didn't want to get involved in girls' affairs. But Chu Yao was very curious. He had never seen so many girls get together and make noise. But he turned around and saw Xiao Zuochen was going to go in another direction, so he quickly pulled him back.

"No, go over and see what's going on! Quick!"

Hurry! It won't be so lively any later~

Chu Yao was anxious and pulled Xiao Zuochen towards that direction.

On the other side, Princess Jiashan and the Fourth Princess also saw their quarrel, but they didn't know what it was about. As the young mistress of the mansion, Princess Jiashan naturally had to go forward to ask for clarification so that she could mediate between them. The Fourth Princess followed closely behind.

Princess Jiashan and the fourth princess went forward to ask and found out the reason.

It turned out that Zhang Qian, the daughter of the cabinet scholar, and Qin Ruoyu, the daughter of the editor of the Hanlin Academy, had a conflict. The matter was as simple as I heard just now. Zhang Qian accidentally bumped into Qin Ruoyu, causing her to throw the hairpin in her hand into the pond. Although the pond was not deep, the girls had no way to fish the hairpin out.

Although Zhang Qian did not do it on purpose, she knew that she was at fault and planned to compensate her directly with money.

Qin Ruoyu was planning to give the hairpin to the fourth princess today. The queen specifically reminded her father to do this because Lord Qin was the queen's man. The hairpin was also chosen by the queen, so it was not something that could be solved by paying money. But Qin Ruoyu couldn't tell anyone about this.

Princess Jiashan came to mediate. Originally, it would be fine if only a few of them knew about the matter. She asked Zhang Qian to pay the money and get to know the matter as soon as possible. But now the Fourth Princess was standing next to them. This matter was related to her. If they solved the matter casually in front of her, it would seem disrespectful to her.

"Cousin Huan, how do you think we should deal with this matter?"

The fourth princess knew that the hairpin was given to her, so of course she wanted it. Although the queen would give her some gifts, no one else had ever given her a gift.

"this..."

The fourth princess thought for a long time, but she didn't know how to ask. Princess Jiashan saw her hesitant expression and knew that she wanted the hairpin.

"Well, since this hairpin is very important to Miss Qin, I will ask my servants to salvage it first to see if it can be salvaged, and then we can discuss how to deal with it next."

Everyone heard this and no one objected, so Princess Jiashan asked a servant who knew how to swim to go down and try to fish it out. After a while, the fish was actually fished out.

The servant wiped the hairpin clean and gave it to the princess, who handed it to Miss Qin and asked her to identify whether it was the one she had dropped.

For a moment, everyone stared at the hairpin out of curiosity.

The hairpin was peculiar, not because the style was new to everyone, but because it was completely black, yet crystal clear. The head of the hairpin was simply carved into the shape of a feather, which looked simple and elegant.

"Is this made of black jade?"

Zhang Qian saw it and gently covered her mouth. Although there are many jade products, there are very few black jade products, and good black jade is even harder to find. But the one in Miss Qin's hand is obviously the best black jade. Rare things are always valuable. If she really wants to compensate for this hairpin, I wonder how much money she will have to pay.

Even the fourth princess who grew up in the palace had only seen black jade once, when her father gave Xiao Zuochen the only black jade in the palace as a reward after he returned from his illness. Now that she knew that this black jade hairpin would soon belong to her, she couldn't help but smile.

When the others who knew the situation saw the hairpin, they first exclaimed, and then looked at Princess Jiashan, who looked unhappy, with anticipation. Today was Princess Jiashan's birthday, and the gift the Qin family gave to Jiashan seemed not as good as the gift they gave to the fourth princess. Their intentions were too obvious.

Everyone shut their mouths instantly, but the "culprit" Zhang Qian gloated after she realized what was happening.

"I was wondering why you treasured this hairpin so much. It turns out you wanted to give it to the Fourth Princess. It's really precious."

Zhang Qian even raised the volume deliberately so that people around her could hear it clearly.

Chu Yao had a look of delight, but Xiao Zuochen shook his head. His silly sister was about to offend Princess Jiashan again.

Princess Jiashan also smiled awkwardly.

"Since the hairpin has been found and is not damaged, let's just leave it at that."

After saying this, Princess Jiashan turned around and prepared to leave.

Qin Ruoyu was not a smart person either. Before Jiashan took a step, she did not hesitate and went straight up to hold the fourth princess' arm.

"The fourth princess..."

Before she could finish, Xiao Zuochen "left" Chu Yao behind again and walked up quickly.

"Queen!"

Qin Ruoyu watched as her words were interrupted by King Yun, and she dared not complain at all, and followed the people around her to salute.

"Your Highness Prince Yun."

The fourth princess also looked at Xiao Zuochen in surprise. Why is this royal brother here again?

"Everyone is free of charge."

Xiao Zuochen stood in front of the Fourth Princess and Qin Ruoyu, speaking words they could not understand.

"Is this jade hairpin ready? No wonder you didn't give Jiashan anything else just now."

Princess Jiashan, who had not yet left, looked over in confusion when she heard this.

Xiao Zuochen spoke to her directly.

"My sister got this black jade by chance a while ago, and thought it was your birthday, so she made a hairpin for you. She thought it couldn't be completed before your birthday, and she would give you another gift instead, but she didn't expect it to be completed. Miss Qin also helped my sister to get it."

"I..."

Qin Ruoyu was confused by what Xiao Zuochen said. She wanted to refute something, but she didn't dare to really talk back to him.

"Why don't you hand the hairpin to Jiashan?..."

Xiao Zuochen urged in a low voice into the Fourth Princess' ear.

The fourth princess understood what Xiao Zuochen meant. Because she didn't bring any gifts today, he meant to say that this was the gift he prepared. But she had clearly lost to Jiashan by a golden crown.

As if knowing that she would hesitate, Xiao Zuochen added another sentence.

"...I'll have someone give you another one when we get back."

The fourth princess turned her head to look at her royal brother, not because she was afraid that he would lie to her, but... could he read minds?

However, with Xiao Zuochen's promise, the Fourth Princess put the hairpin into Princess Jiashan's hands without hesitation.

Princess Jiashan didn't expect that the Fourth Princess would actually give her the hairpin. Could it really be a birthday gift prepared for her in advance?

Princess Jiashan took the hairpin at a loss, and the people around her realized that they had misunderstood Miss Qin and the Fourth Princess.