Passing through the flower hall and down the corridor, Bai Suzhen returned to her room in just a moment. She seemed to be a little distracted, and when she pushed the door open and entered the room, the hairpin on her head accidentally fell to the ground without her noticing.
Xiaoqing was stunned for a moment, then bent over to pick up the hairpin on the ground, and then stepped into the house. She looked at Bai Suzhen pacing back and forth, and saw that her eyebrows were slightly frowned, with a hint of worry between her eyebrows. At the same time, she noticed that her right thumb and middle finger were interlocked, as if she was calculating something. Xiaoqing walked forward and called softly, "Sister..." and shook the hairpin in her hand.
Bai Suzhen looked at the hairpin in Xiaoqing's hand, was slightly startled, then smiled bitterly and said: "I am so careless that I didn't even notice that the hairpin you gave me, Qing'er, fell off." Just as she was about to reach out to take the hairpin, Xiaoqing raised her hand and personally put the hairpin back into the bun for Bai Suzhen.
"Sister, you look a little uneasy, but what's the matter? You can tell me."
Facing Xiaoqing's concerned eyes, Bai Suzhen lowered her eyes and whispered, "Qing'er, I don't know why, but I suddenly feel a little uneasy. I always feel like something is going to happen."
Xiao Qing said: "Sister, you have cultivated for thousands of years. Please calculate what will happen in the near future. We should avoid disaster and seek good fortune."
Bai Suzhen shook her head, with confusion between her eyebrows and eyes, "Qing'er, I have just tried it, but it's strange, I can't calculate our fortunes at all."
Xiaoqing said indifferently: "Sister, since you can't figure it out, you don't have to worry too much. Maybe it's just because you've been too busy recently, so you can't help but think too much." After a few words of comfort, she changed the subject and asked: "Sister, didn't you just say that you had something for me to do? What is it?"
Bai Suzhen calmed herself down, put aside her uneasy feelings for the time being, raised her head and instructed: "Qing'er, go to Prince Liang's Mansion later and return the four treasures to Prince Liang's Mansion..." Upon hearing this, Xiaoqing muttered reluctantly: "Sister, didn't we just deal with Liang Lian? They have no evidence to prove that the treasures were stolen by us. If that's the case, why should we return the treasures to them?" She thought her sister wanted her to do something, but it turned out that she wanted to return the four treasures that she had stolen with great effort. Why should she return something that she could keep? "Besides, sister, you also said that the four treasures did not originally belong to the Liang Palace. The Liang Palace secretly withheld the tribute from foreign countries to the emperor. They withheld the tribute, and we stole the treasures, which was just a way of giving them a taste of their own medicine! In my opinion, we might as well leave the four treasures behind. If we can't find the treasures, then Prime Minister Liang will surely be restless all day long. Humph! This can be regarded as a punishment for his greed. What do you think, sister?"
"Qing'er, you can't do that." Bai Suzhen said sternly, "If you do that, there will only be endless troubles."
Xiao Qing raised her eyebrows and asked, "Why do you think so?"
Bai Suzhen explained, "Qing'er, we just barely dealt with Liang Lian. I don't think Liang Lian believes everything we say. Besides, the four treasures have been publicly displayed at the Three Emperors' Ancestors' Meeting today. Liang Lian and his men only need to ask people who have seen the four treasures to know that the four treasures we displayed are the treasures that were stolen from the Liang Palace. If we withhold the treasures again, the people in the Liang Palace will definitely not let it go."
"What if they won't give up? We are not afraid of the Liang Palace." Xiao Qing didn't take a few mortals seriously. She thought of Liang Lian's gloomy and cold eyes, frowned and said, "Sister, just as you said, it won't take long for Liang Lian and others to find out that the treasures stolen from their Liang Palace were stolen by our Baoan Hall. So even if we return the treasures now, how can we guarantee that Liang Lian will let it go and stop causing trouble for us?"
Bai Suzhen nodded and said, "It's true that I can't guarantee it... But I think Liang Lian is a smart man after all. Since we know that their Liang Wang Mansion has four treasures, the Fiery God Pearl, the Godly Heavenly Music Picture, the Hour Eight Trigrams Furnace, and the Mutton Fat Jade Bottle, he should have expected that we would have investigated the origins of the four treasures clearly. Privately withholding tribute is a serious crime. I don't think Liang Lian will add unnecessary trouble to their Liang Wang Mansion. Therefore, even if he knows that we are the ones who stole the treasure, he will never use the power of the government to make the matter public."
"I'm afraid that the people from Prince Liang's Mansion will not come openly, but come secretly." Xiao Qing hit the nail on the head.
Bai Suzhen sighed softly. This was exactly what she was worried about. She looked out the window in the direction of Lin'an Prefecture and murmured, "... I just hope that when the people in Prince Liang's Mansion see that the treasure has been recovered, they will no longer pursue the matter of the theft..."
Xiaoqing is not so optimistic. She can tell from the Liang Lian just now that he is a man with a gloomy heart who will resort to any means. So how can she expect such a person to keep quiet
While Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing were silent, Bai Fu had already brought the four treasures he had collected, "Miss Bai, the four treasures are here." He put the four treasures on the table, and seeing that Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing had no other instructions, he quietly retreated.
"Qing'er—" Bai Suzhen raised her eyes and said, "There is no time to lose. Return the four treasures now."
Xiaoqing's eyes fell on the four treasures on the table. Looking at the four rare treasures, her mind moved, and she raised the corner of her lips. Suddenly, she had an idea, "Okay - since sister has ordered, I will go and return these four treasures to their original owners." She moved to the table, rolled up her sleeves, put away the four treasures on the table, looked back at Bai Suzhen, and said, "Sister, I'm going -" Just then she stepped out of the room and her figure suddenly stopped.
"Qing'er, what's wrong?" Bai Suzhen wondered why Yu Xiaoqing stopped. She walked to the door and saw Xiaoqing frowning and looking in the direction of the corridor with annoyance. She raised her eyes and followed her gaze, and saw Xu Xian walking towards them quickly.
"Sister, it's that idiot Xu Xian!" Xiaoqing said in a muffled voice, looking extremely unhappy. She hated Xu Xian hanging around her sister all day long, she hated it so much.
Bai Suzhen pondered and said, "Mr. Xu must have come here for the treasure... Qing'er, you go first and return the treasure to Prince Liang's Mansion as soon as possible. I will explain to Mr. Xu about this."
"Sister, you have to promise not to let that idiot get within five steps of you." Xiaoqing turned her head to look into Bai Suzhen's eyes and demanded.
Bai Suzhen smiled, pursed her lips and nodded: "Yes."
"Quickly get over the matter of the treasure and send that idiot away. Don't give him the chance to chat with you." Xiaoqing added.
Bai Suzhen smiled and said, "Okay."
"Don't smile at him."
"Um."
"besides-"
"Qing'er—" Bai Suzhen interrupted Xiaoqing and said angrily, "Why don't you go and do your business?"
"Okay, I'll leave now..." Xiaoqing stuck out her tongue and left.