"Ning'er, let's play riddles, okay?"
Mo Chuan took a deep breath and exhaled it again. He controlled the thoughts in his head and knew that he had to divert his attention now. If he continued to look at her like this, he would lose control again.
"Guessing a riddle? Okay, how do you guess? What kind of riddle do you guess?" Her eyes rolled and she seemed to have guessed what he was thinking, and she breathed a sigh of relief.
"You come with me."
Mo Chuan smiled and took her hand and walked to a corner of the palace, where there were stacks of beautifully carved boxes, some large and some small.
"What is this?" Shen Ning asked curiously.
"This is a congratulatory gift from the ministers. How about we guess what gifts are in these boxes without looking at the gift list? There will be prizes for correct guesses, and penalties for wrong guesses." He smiled.
"Guessing things from boxes? This is very rare, I can't guess it." She smiled and stuck out her tongue, but her eyes showed eagerness to try.
"If you can't guess it, then accept the punishment. I'll punish you... and give me a bath and wipe my back later." He smiled narrowly.
Shen Ning glared at him: "Then if you lose, I don't want you to help me take a bath. You think so!" Her face couldn't help but blush.
"Okay, then let me help you take off your clothes, okay?" He deliberately teased.
"Mochuan!" She stamped her feet.
He was also a little embarrassed. He had never said such frivolous and teasing words in his life, but today for some reason, he couldn't help but blurt it out.
Perhaps because he was so excited thinking about having a wedding with her soon, all he could think about was that matter.
Mo Chuan gathered his thoughts, picked up the gift box on top, and took a look.
"I'll guess first. If I guess wrong, I'll make you drink one drink. If you guess right, I'll make you drink. Is that okay?"
She nodded with a smile and looked at the box: "Okay, that's it. Hey, this gift box is from the Queen Mother. What kind of gift will the Queen Mother give us?"
Mo Chuan tried the weight of the gift box. The gift box was not much bigger than a palm, and the hollows were very delicate. The box alone was already worth a lot of money, and one could imagine that the things inside would be even more valuable.
But this box is not heavy.
He guessed: "I guess it's a piece of jewelry, either a hairpin or a pearl hairpin."
"I think you must have guessed wrong. How could the Queen Mother send such an ordinary thing? I don't believe it." She shook her head with a smile.
Mo Chuan smiled and said nothing. He opened the gift box and saw a red gold mandarin duck and a beaded hairpin placed neatly on the purple-red velvet cloth. Each bead was as big as the belly of a little finger, but the body of the bead was slightly yellow, but it gave off an emotive sound. The softer and more lustrous luster is beautiful under the candlelight.
"What a beautiful hairpin!" Shen Ning never liked jewelry, but when she saw this ingenious handicraft, she couldn't help but praise it.
"No matter how beautiful she is, she's not as beautiful as you." Mo Chuan picked up the hairpin and put it in her hair.
The beads made a clear and sweet collision sound, and the pearlescent light made her pretty face even more radiant and moving.
Shen Ning stroked her hairpin and smiled: "Okay, you guessed it right. I am the loser. I will be punished by drinking."
She picked up the wine glass and drank it all. Seeing Mo Chuan's face filled with pride, she couldn't help but said: "Humph, you cheated. Don't think I can't guess. This pearl hairpin must have been worn by the Queen Mother when she got married. It has been passed down from generation to generation, so you have already guessed that she would give this hairpin to her future daughter-in-law.”