Chapter 1050 - 1052: Xiang Yun’s Grand Wedding (9)
His expression remained exceedingly calm, merely folding his hands behind him, peacefully walking along, without a trace of embarrassment or rage from the humiliation, as if the one who had just been ridiculed and driven out of the Palace was not him.
Nangong Shi seemed to have been influenced by his composure; after walking for a while, he clenched his fist and said, "Fine, I will endure!"
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Cai Wei and Chang Mei finished planting the medicine and went to brew liquor. She picked many ripe fruits and a lot of flowers that were about to wilt, preparing to brew more wine. When she went to fetch water from the Lingxi River, she unexpectedly found a white jade hairpin in the river.
The quality of the jade hairpin was translucent and as smooth as sheep’s fat, but the craftsmanship of the hairpin really left much to be desired. Holding the hairpin, she imagined which unfortunate jade artisan had wasted such a rare piece of fine jade.
Suddenly, she felt a sense of familiarity with the hairpin. After thinking carefully, she remembered that during the time they had roast duck in Qing County, Gou Dan’er had bought her a hairpin with the same design from a street stall. However, the material of that hairpin was very poor, with many impurities and cracks, barely qualifying as jade, a far cry from the one she held in her hand.
Because that rough object represented the child’s thoughtfulness, she forced herself to wear it for a few days, but later it was lost somewhere.
She examined the hairpin she found up close for a while and finally confirmed that it was indeed the one Gou Dan had bought for her. Clearly, the hairpin had accidentally fallen into the Lingxi River, undergoing evolution by the river’s water, becoming a lustrous and pure, superior jade!
The Lingxi River even had such a function!