"Why not... send someone back again as soon as possible?" the eunuch suggested anxiously.
This sentence reminded Xie Feng, and his eyes lit up immediately, "Go and keep an eye on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. If possible, try to be slow. I'll be back soon."
The road to Yuejin Pavilion was not far, so it would be relatively quick for her to go there. The shopkeeper of Yuejin Pavilion was timid, so she just said a few words and asked him to borrow two people for a few days. Anyway, the fourth young lady of Qu Mansion would not know about it.
Thinking this in his mind, he hurriedly called a carriage and went out. When he got off the carriage at Yuejin Pavilion, he went to look for the shopkeeper. Unfortunately, the shopkeeper was not there. He said that he was not feeling well and had gone to see a doctor. It was not certain whether he was at home now. As for the goldsmith, he was not in the shop at this time, and it was not clear where he lived, but only a rough range.
After hearing what the waiter said, Xie Feng felt dizzy. Time did not allow her to look for someone, so she had no choice but to return to the mansion. As soon as she entered the house, she saw the eunuch who had informed her before was running around anxiously. When he saw her coming, he hurriedly pulled her to the corridor and asked, "How is it? Is the person here?"
"Didn't find it!" Xie Feng gritted her teeth angrily. She shouldn't have been so kind as to let the person go.
"How come we didn't find it? There was no one in the shop before?" The eunuch was very anxious. "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is about to go there, and you... you haven't found this person yet..."
"It's okay, I... I'll go tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince right now!" Xie Feng said bravely. Since the concubine was punished these days, she felt much more at ease. The Crown Prince treated her well.
"You... it's useless for you to go..." The eunuch has been with the prince for many years.
"It's better than not going and being discovered by the prince." Xie Feng thought he was in favor now.
"Then...then go!" The eunuch thought about it and let go helplessly. It seemed that this was the only way at the moment. It would be better to say it now than to wait until the prince found out. At least the meaning was completely different.
Although Xie Feng was also afraid, this was not the time for her to be afraid. She gritted her teeth, straightened her clothes, and went to the prince's study.
Pei Luoan was sitting in the study, holding a hairpin in his hand. There was a full moon on one end of the hairpin and a light-colored gem in the center. He was very satisfied with the shape of the hairpin. He had polished it himself. Although the overall shape had been constantly being corrected, it looked very good overall.
Now it just needs a little more sanding and it's basically done.
Looking at the hairpin, a hint of darkness flashed in his eyes. There were some things that he thought he had forgotten, but at this moment, they slowly flowed in his heart.
I can’t explain how it feels, do you regret it
"Your Highness, Xie Feng requests to see you." A eunuch came in to report.
"Bring her in!" Pei Luoan said calmly. In the past, this maid would bring him there at this time. It was time for her to come now.
After Xie Feng entered the room, she knelt down hurriedly and said, "This servant greets His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"Let's go!" Pei Luoan put the hairpin in his hand into his sleeve and prepared to stand up.
"Your Highness, I have something to report!" Xie Feng said hurriedly.
"Let's talk about it after we get out!" Pei Luoan frowned unhappily.
"Your Highness, it's about the hairpin." Xie Feng said.
"Hairpin?" These words stopped Pei Luoan, and his face darkened. "What's the matter?"
"The master who helped make the hairpin had some problems at home.
, his family came to look for him, so I asked him to go back first. "Xie Feng glanced at Pei Luoan who was sitting on the upper floor and found an excuse to defend himself.
"When will you be back?" Pei Luoan's face looked unhappy.
"This... this servant asks him to do it as soon as possible." Xie Feng's face turned pale as she promised that after this incident, no matter what, she would have to ask the master to come again. She didn't believe that Shopkeeper Zhang would dare to go against her wishes, or the wishes of the Crown Prince's East Palace.
As for the annoying Fourth Miss Qu, he was not to be feared. It was impossible for her to stay in the shop all the time and threaten Shopkeeper Zhang with a few words, so he did not dare to tell anyone about it.
"How long is as soon as possible?" Pei Luoan asked coldly.
"Just... just a moment! I... I will go and get that person back right now." Xie Feng said tremblingly.
"A while? I'll wait for you here for a while?" Pei Luoan chuckled, his voice deep.
“Slave... your servant... your servant...” Xie Feng panicked, and deduced some different meanings from Pei Luoan’s words. He kowtowed heavily on the ground hurriedly. After a few kowtows, his fair forehead became red and swollen, and tears fell from his eyes, one by one, looking extremely pitiful.
Pei Luoan looked at her coldly as she kowtowed, then stood up, walked in front of her, and suddenly squatted down.
Xie Feng was startled, and raised his head hastily, his whole body trembling, but with a bit of joy, he looked at Pei Luoan with tears in his eyes: "Your Highness, Your Highness..."
"Do you think that since you are her maid, I should look up to you?" Pei Luoan stretched out his hand and held her neck.
The suffocating feeling made Xie Feng raise his head involuntarily. He subconsciously pulled Pei Luoan's sleeves with both hands. His eyes were full of pleading. He said with difficulty: "Your Highness... Your Highness..."
"What gave you the idea that you could be so unbridled and act on your own here?" Pei Luoan continued to ask, with a faint red color in his gloomy eyes that had never been seen before.
“Your Highness... spare my life... spare my life..." Xie Feng was no longer able to say anything nice to say and could only look at Pei Luoan in front of him with pleading eyes.
"Bitch!" Pei Luoan showed a trace of disgust as he looked at her little face which was slowly turning purple. He waved his hand and rushed Xie Feng sideways. Then he stood up, took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands carefully a few times. Then he casually threw it on Xie Feng's face, and his expression gradually returned to his usual calmness.
"Remember, don't act on your own in anything." Pei Luoan waved his hand, and two guards came in, dragged Xiefeng out, and then threw her heavily out of the yard.
The study became quiet. Pei Luoan took out the hairpin again. The expression on his face softened. He stroked the hairpin twice very gently and sighed softly. A hint of sadness welled up in his eyes, accompanied by a bit of indescribable love, as if the hairpin in front of him was not just a hairpin, but a girl that pleased him.
A gentle voice, with a hint of tenderness: "I will do what I promised you eventually!"
Xiefeng was half paralyzed outside the yard, stroking her chest and coughing heavily. It felt like something was coming out of her chest. After a long time, she took out a handkerchief with trembling fingers, wiped her face roughly, stood up by holding the wall, and walked out staggeringly. She didn't dare to stay here any longer.
After walking for a distance, she fell down heavily again, and this time she started coughing violently.
Two maids passed by, saw her from afar, pointed at her, and then turned and left. No one paid any attention to her, and she could even hear them joking. She knew these two maids, they were both around the concubine.
Now that the Concubine has fallen from power, these two no longer dare to be as rampant as before, otherwise they will definitely laugh at her.
"Miss, why are you here? What happened?" A maid came hurriedly. This was Mingxin, the maid assigned to her. No matter how useless she was, she was still the prince's person, so naturally there were people who served her specially.
Of course, this servant did not follow her all the time. She was just a maid and had to serve Concubine Ji. This maid helped her deal with things in the house. When she returned to the house, some of the serving work was done by the maid named Mingxin.
As for the time when she was not in the room, this girl was just a maid doing chores in the concubine's courtyard and was not allowed to appear in front of the concubine.
"You... you help me go back!" Xie Feng was trembling even when he walked at this time, and had no strength to go back. He looked at Ming Xin and said hurriedly.
She never knew that His Royal Highness would be so terrible. Hasn't His Royal Highness always been gentle and kind? Even if he was disobeyed, he would just smile and let it go. When the Crown Princess was here, didn't she disobey His Royal Highness often? Not only the Crown Princess, but even the maids who followed the Crown Princess would occasionally make some small mistakes, but the Crown Prince had a good temper. Not only would he not blame them, he would even speak up for them.
But this matter was not a big deal at all. If it were in the past, how could the prince be angry? He would even sit aside and gently help them persuade the princess when they were reprimanded.
Now she is not only the maid of the Crown Princess, she is also the Crown Prince's person. Why... would the Crown Prince treat her like this? At that moment just now, Xie Feng really felt death. At that moment, the Crown Prince's big hand was pinching her neck, as if he would break her neck in the next moment, and she was completely powerless!
Why is it like this? It shouldn't be like this, right
Her current status is different from the past. When she was serving the prince before, the prince told her some old stories with a smile. The prince said that she served him well that time and specially asked someone to reward her. She still remembered the angry but helpless look on the concubine's face when she saw her.
Shouldn't she be more favored than the concubine at the moment? Why did she really think that the prince would strangle her to death just because of such a small mistake
Why is this happening? Xie Feng couldn’t figure it out, and didn’t dare to think further. He supported Ming Xin’s heart and walked slowly. His mind was in a mess. Why is this happening... How could His Royal Highness the Crown Prince become like this... Isn’t she the one who is favored by the mansion... A few days ago, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that he would give her a good reputation in the future...
Wrong, what was wrong, why is it like this? Where should she go to find this goldsmith now? She originally just wanted to please His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and she even came up with this idea for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. But now she feels like she has shot herself in the foot. How can she make amends now
She was sure now that if she didn't make amends, the Crown Prince would not let her off easily next time...
This is different from what she thought at the beginning. Shouldn't she be promoted now