Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 695

The autumn hunt began the next day.

The hunting competition for the women was scheduled for this first day. With the Empress absent, Shen Lingjun, as the Crown Princess, brought out many fine items as prizes to reward the winning young ladies.

Sheng Qiongluo indeed outshone everyone else, not only hunting the most wild animals, but also shooting a marked red fox that Shen Lingjun had personally released, winning two prizes by herself.

One is a top-quality three-colored jade hairpin with openwork carvings of flowers, leaves, and cicadas; the other is a bottle of beauty-enhancing Flower Dew.

After the competition, Sheng Qiongluo invited Qi Xuan to the woods again and gave him the hairpin with a smile.

"Young Master Qi, I promised to give you the prize money from the competition. It wouldn't be appropriate to give you beauty and skincare medicine, so I'll give you this hairpin instead."

Qi Xuan was overjoyed, her face flushed, and she stammered, not knowing what to say.

This hairpin is worn by women. If it were given to a man, what else could it be used for besides as a token of love?

He had already prepared a gift for Sheng Qiongluo, which happened to be a hairpin, made of the rare and precious Yinhua wood from thousands of years ago. It looked like black jade, made a sound like tinkling jade when struck, and smelled like orchids and musk. The design was simple and could be worn by both men and women.

He hadn't dared to give it to her before, fearing he might offend the beauty. But now that Sheng Qiongluo had given him a hairpin, he dared to take it out as well.

Qi Xuan lowered his head and handed the jasmine hairpin to Sheng Qiongluo.

"It is impolite not to reciprocate. This hairpin made of Yinhua wood is an ancient artifact. Wearing it on your head can make you sharp-eared and sharp-eyed, refresh your mind and spirit, and also has the effect of warding off evil spirits and poisons, so that no poison can approach you."

Sheng Qiongluo looked both surprised and delighted.

"Young Master Qi, is it really alright for you to give me such a valuable gift?"

Qi Xuan didn't dare look at Sheng Qiongluo: "If it's not for Miss Sheng, there's no one else I can give it to."

Sheng Qiongluo smiled brightly, took the Yin Hua wood hairpin, and immediately put it on her head.

Qi Xuan was overjoyed and deeply moved. At this moment, he would give his heart and lungs to Sheng Qiongluo without hesitation.

Sheng Qiongluo took Qi Xuan's hand and lowered her head shyly.

"Young Master Qi, could you please invite the Crown Princess here?"

Qi Xuan was taken aback, wondering why she suddenly wanted Shen Lingjun to come at this time: "What is it?"

Sheng Qiongluo blushed: "It's just... it's just that I have something I want to discuss with the Crown Princess..."

Seeing her shy and bashful appearance, Qi Xuan's mind raced for a while before he realized that she probably wanted to discuss their marriage with Shen Lingjun!

Sheng Qiongluo had always been a generous and open-minded person. Apart from her own marriage, he couldn't think of anything else that could make her so shy.

She probably knew that her family was unlikely to approve of their marriage, but if the Crown Prince intervened as matchmaker, there might still be some hope.

Qi Xuan was overjoyed and moved at the same time. She never expected that she would consider this step so that they could stay together forever.