Unaware that My Legitimate Sister is My Husband - Chapter 57
~End of chapter 56
With the crisp sound “da”, one box was opened. Xi Xian smiled and put the fan in front of He Jinrong, and said to her: “Look at this brushwork, are you familiar with it? ”
Her tone was light and soft, He Jinrong at first was just shaking the fan, nodding slightly with a smile on her face, but the more she looked at it, the more her expression became odd.
She then saw Xi Xian open a few other boxes, and she went to see them, each time with light steps, after looking carefully at it, she broke out in cold sweat, as if she had fallen into an ice cellar from the incredulity she was feeling now.
Chapter 57
(21.4)
Zhou Gongwei’s twenty-four fans were a rare heirloom, and the painting on it were also famous for having been made by Zhou Gongwei for his wife. He had spent a whole year to paint them.
Later, when his wife passed away, these twenty-four fans were collected by Zhou Gongwei who put them away, and then later, they were transmitted to the imperial family, and it was said that the late empress, Xiao Jing Ren, passed them to the crown prince.
This was something that He Jinrong, who liked exquisite fans, was very clear about.
But how could these fans be in miss Xi’s hands?
What was even stranger was that this miss Xi didn’t seem to know anything about the implications behind these fans. In fact, she didn’t know much about them at all, and when He Jinrong asked her about the origin of the fans, she only said that someone gave them to her.
But who would dare to take the crown prince’s things and casually give them to someone else?
He Jinrong did not dare to imagine it.
The current empress didn’t have a son, it was naturally not possible to mention the game of throne that was happening between the two noble people at the top, the Duke of Su’s residence on the surface wasn’t taking any side, but they were actually under the crown prince’s command since a time long ago.
The crown prince was using them but also guarding against them, but they also enjoyed many benefits from that, which was why the Duke of Su’s residence had been so glorious during these recent years.
He Jinrong was a girl who had been raised and trained by the Duke of Su’s residence to marry the crown prince in the future, how could she not understand what kind of person he was?
She had once seen the crown prince in the residence, he was dressed in black and was talking with her father under the pavilion, he was far away, but there seemed to be the imposing aura of the imperial family coming from his body, sunny and bright, as well as elegant and graceful.
She did not even see his face at that time. She only remembered that he was wearing a jade crown, with long black hair spreading out behind his head, his long fingers were playing with a folding fan, and his face was slightly lowered as he listened to his father’s report, which made him look very gentle and romantic, like a naturally elegant nobleman.
She didn’t know whether she had such thoughts because she was a girl or not.
She always had the hope that such a man could leave some of his heart to her.
He Jinrong did not dare to look at him too much, and hurriedly left, carrying her light-colored skirt to leave, while her heart could not stop beating, and her cheeks flushed with red. Towards the man she was going to serve in the future, she had more yearning than interest in her heart.
At this time, He Jinrong got an answer in her mind.
The only person who could take the crown prince’s things and give them to others was the crown prince himself.
Perhaps, it was to please the young girl in front of her. Those fans were Zhou Gongwei’s gift to his late wife so there was a deep meaning to them, He Jinrong did not know whether she was overthinking, but she always felt that the Xi Xian in front of her, and the crown prince were quite …… a strange match.
Although Xi Xian looked very delicate, and a bit younger, but He Jinrong’s intuition as a woman was buzzing, telling her that he had faintly ambiguous feelings for her.
As she thought so, there was some bitterness in her heart.
If Xi Xian really did not know that he was the crown prince, perhaps the crown prince’s heart for her was even deeper than she thought.
She could even imagine what it would be like when the two of them were standing together, they would definitely look so sweet together that people could not help but smile.
But how did the crown prince get acquainted with Xi Xian?
The social gap was as wide as the one between a firefly and the bright moon.
It was really not easy for a girl like Xi Xian to seduce a man of such eminence like the crown prince.
Xi Xian did not understand what was going on, so she bit her lip and said softly, “Sister He, do you not like them?”
He Jinrong looked at Xi Xian’s delicate face and stopped her steps for a moment before saying slowly and coldly, “It’s too precious, I can’t accept it.”
(22.1)
Xi Xian did not know what was going on, she just slightly inclined her head, as she said warmly with some confusion: “Sister He, those are but a few fans, let’s not mention how valuable they are, if you were not an elegant person, I would not gift them to you.”
With her lowered soft snow-white neck, she looked very confused and clueless, as her fingers unconsciously were twisting the corners of her clothes.
Except for her legitimate sister, almost everyone, men or women fell for the tricks that Xi Xian usually made use of, because she looked too deceptive.
But they were useless in front of her legitimate sister.
Xi Heng’s eyes were sharp and clear, she knew all of her little tricks, she was just too lazy to expose them. But when Xi Xian went too far, her legitimate sister would get very angry.
For example, when she deliberately stabbed herself with needles in order to frame her fifth sister, her legitimate sister was very furious, as her cold fingers squeezed her chin, questioning whether she could behave herself or not.
She certainly would not behave herself, she would never abide to the rules.
Translator : Laura
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