In the palace, lanterns were lit.
Luo Qingzhou first sent Miss Qin Er back to Meixiang Garden.
After telling her to go to bed early, he prepared to leave.
Miss Qin hesitated for a moment and reminded softly, "Brother Qingzhou, if Dad asks about the divorce, Brother Qingzhou just needs to answer truthfully."
Luo Qingzhou said: "I know."
Miss Qin Er was still worried and asked, "Brother Qingzhou, if Daddy asks you about your opinion on the divorce letter and your current opinion on my sister, what will you say, Brother Qingzhou?"
Luo Qingzhou was silent for a moment, then said, "Just tell the truth."
Miss Qin frowned slightly and said, "Some things cannot be said truthfully. Now that the matter is settled, Daddy and Mommy will not say anything more. We just want to make sure what Brother Qingzhou thinks and whether he will treat his daughter well. If Brother Qingzhou's answer does not satisfy Daddy, he will be very worried."
Luo Qingzhou looked at her and asked, "How do you want me to answer?"
Miss Qin Er said softly, "Brother Qingzhou, why do you have to ask when you already know the answer?"
Luo Qingzhou didn't say anything more, and said: "I understand, you should go to bed early."
After saying that, he turned and left.
Miss Qin Er stood in the courtyard, watching his back disappear outside the gate. She was stunned for a while and suddenly started coughing.
She habitually took out her handkerchief and covered her mouth.
When she took off the handkerchief, the snow-white handkerchief was already covered with a bright red stain.
"Miss… "
Qiu'er and Zhu'er, who were standing by, were both horrified when they saw this scene.
"fine… "
Miss Qin Er had a calm face and murmured, "I am already satisfied to be alive until now... I just hope, I hope to see Brother Qingzhou and Sister... lovers finally get married..."
"I... I'm just a third party..."
at this time.
Qin Wen Zheng was standing in the courtyard, looking at the moon in the night sky. It was unknown what he was thinking about, and he looked like he had a lot on his mind.
Song Ruyue stood beside him and said a few words to him, but he seemed not to hear anything.
"Master, you...what are you worried about?"
"Master, why...why are you ignoring Ruyue?"
"Master, do you have... another woman outside?"
"Wuwu... It's okay, just say it, I... I won't cry, I won't make a fuss, wuwu..."
Qin Wenzheng retracted his gaze, and couldn't help but rolled his eyes at her, saying, "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Song Ruyue wiped her tears and said, "But...but the master ignored me, and just now...he sneaked into the room and stole the jade pendant that I gave to him...Wuwu, did he want to secretly take it away and give it to another woman?"
The muscles on Qin Wenzheng's face twitched a few times, and he said with a straight face: "Yes, I want to give it to someone else."
As soon as these words came out.
Song Ruyue cried even louder: "Woo..."
Mei'er stood outside the door, at a loss.
At this time, Luo Qingzhou suddenly walked over from not far away.
Song Ruyue was still crying: "Wuwu, Master, what did Xiao Ruyue do wrong... Does Master dislike Xiao Ruyue for being old? But Xiao Ruyue is only 29 years old this year... People say that Xiao Ruyue and Wei Mo are sisters, with soft and smooth skin, great figures, beautiful looks, and smart and virtuous people, wuwu..."
Luo Qingzhou walked to the door and heard the crying and these words. He stopped immediately, not knowing whether he should go in.
Mei Er, who was standing at the door, was also embarrassed. After hesitating for a moment, she said cautiously, "Master, Madam, my aunt... my uncle is here..."
Song Ruyue immediately stopped crying and wiped her tears.
Qin Wenzheng glanced at her with a headache and said, "Go back to your room. I have something to say to Qingzhou."
Song Ruyue immediately shed tears and said aggrievedly: "No, no, what can't be said to others? Does the master want Qingzhou to give you a jade pendant? Woo, how can the master let Qingzhou do such a thing? It will lead him astray..."
Qin Wenzheng held his forehead and sighed, and could only say to the outside: "Qingzhou, come in."
Luo Qingzhou walked into the courtyard with embarrassment on his face, and bowed, "Father-in-law, mother-in-law."
Song Ruyue stood there sobbing with tears in her eyes, like a wronged child, and did not say a word.
Qin Wenzheng sighed again, and handed the jade pendant in his hand over, saying: "Qingzhou, take this jade pendant."
Luo Qingzhou was stunned for a moment and was about to reach out to take it.
Song Ruyue: "Woo... Woo..."
Luo Qingzhou: “???”
Song Ruyue looked at him pitifully and said, "That's mine...your father-in-law gave it to me..."
Luo Qingzhou became even more confused and said, "Father-in-law, this jade pendant..."
Qin Wenzheng was silent for a moment, then said, "This jade pendant was indeed given to your mother-in-law for safekeeping, but it was not given to her. Qingzhou, you take it first."
Song Ruyue: "Woo... Woo..."
Luo Qingzhou was embarrassed and did not dare to take it. He said, "Father-in-law, why don't you give it back to mother-in-law? I don't need it..."
Song Ruyue quickly reached out to take it.
Qin Wen Zheng simply opened her hand, and then without saying anything, put it into the hand of his son-in-law.
“Woo—”
Song Ruyue suddenly felt even more aggrieved. She covered her face with her hands and ran into the house while crying.
Mei'er followed in quickly.
Qin Wenzheng ignored her and said, "Qingzhou, let's go and talk outside."
Luo Qingzhou held the jade pendant in his hand and suddenly felt that the jade pendant seemed a little different. Not only was it amazing to touch, but there seemed to be a trace of strange energy flowing inside it.
He was confused and followed him out quickly.
Qin Wenzheng stood under the big tree outside the door, looked up at the moon in the night sky again, and was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Qingzhou, originally I wanted to keep this matter to myself and never tell anyone. After all..."
At this point, he suddenly smiled bitterly, looked at him and said: "But who would have thought that you would eat from the bowl and take the pot away. If I didn't tell you about this, I'm afraid you would continue to hesitate because of some moral issues and hurt my daughter..."
Luo Qingzhou was a little confused and asked, "Father-in-law, what exactly do you want to talk about?"
Qin Wenzheng showed a complicated expression on his face, sighed, and whispered: "Qingzhou, you must promise your father-in-law first that you must not tell anyone about this, not even Weimo."
Luo Qingzhou was slightly startled, and said, "Qingzhou agrees."
Qin Wenzheng nodded, then approached him, pointed at the jade pendant in his hand, and said, "This jade pendant actually belongs to Jianjia. I wore it on her when I picked her up."
As soon as these words came out, Luo Qingzhou's mind suddenly buzzed and went blank.
After a long pause, he trembled and said, "Father-in-law means that the eldest lady...she is not you and mother-in-law..."
Qin Wenzheng nodded bitterly and said self-deprecatingly: "Your mother-in-law is indeed beautiful, but do you think your mother-in-law and I can give birth to a child with the looks and temperament of Jianjia?"
Luo Qingzhou was a little bit unbelievable and said, "But... But Qingzhou feels that the young lady and mother-in-law are somewhat similar..."
Qin Wenzheng smiled bitterly and said, "Because you think they are mother and daughter, and Jianjia grew up drinking her milk, and you spend every day with her, so naturally there are some similarities, so you think so... But compare them carefully, how are they similar? In terms of Jianjia's appearance, temperament, personality, and even intelligence, how much do you think your mother-in-law is like her?"
Luo Qingzhou fell silent, his heart still in turmoil, difficult to calm down and believe.
Qin Wenzheng looked up at the night sky, as if recalling what happened back then, with a look of pain on his face: "That day, your mother-in-law was about to give birth to a girl, but unfortunately... because she hadn't come out for a long time, when she finally came out, she was... already dead..."
"At that time, your mother-in-law fainted from the pain... I held my newborn daughter in my arms, feeling more distressed than anyone else, but there was nothing I could do. I couldn't let your mother-in-law see her again when she woke up, so I hurried out and buried her myself. When I was about to return to the courtyard, I suddenly heard a baby crying at the back door..."
"I thought I heard it wrongly. I thought it was the baby I had just buried crying. I was so scared..."
At this point, tears welled up in his eyes.
"But when I followed the sound to the back door and trembled as I opened the wooden door, I suddenly saw a pink and jade-like baby, wrapped up and placed on the steps of the back door, with only this jade pendant in its arms..."
"She is Jianjia..."
"I didn't know what was going on at the time. I suddenly felt that God had pitied us and gave us another daughter. I felt that this daughter must have been transformed from my daughter who had just died..."
"So, I took her back and placed her next to your mother-in-law..."
"Fortunately, there was only a midwife and a maid there. I gave them a lot of silver and let them leave."
"When your mother-in-law woke up, she looked at Jianjia next to her. Jianjia was looking at her with her beautiful eyes, and then they both laughed..."
"I still remember that scene clearly, and I believe I will never forget it... Jianjia smiled very cutely, and your mother-in-law smiled very happily. At that moment, I knew that they might have really been mother and daughter in their previous life, and in this life, they must be..."
Qin Wen Zheng's mouth showed a happy and warm smile, but his eyes were full of tears.
"Qingzhou, the reason I told you this is because I was afraid that you would hesitate because Jianjia and Weimo are sisters. They are indeed sisters, but they are not related by blood..."
"Take the jade pendant and think of it as... a token of love from her. After all, when you got married, she didn't give you anything..."
Luo Qingzhou lowered his head and looked at the jade pendant in his hand.
The moonlight shines on it.
In the center of the jade pendant, there seemed to be a ray of moonlight that suddenly appeared and flickered slightly.
"Um?"
He looked carefully at the ray of moonlight inside the jade pendant.
The moonlight was flowing slowly like clear water, and gradually condensed into a vague font.
When he wanted to see it clearly, the font suddenly broke apart and disappeared in an instant.