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She said he had a few last words for her father.

Xu Shilian's hand that was under the table trembled imperceptibly, yet he still maintained his composure on the surface, in case he made a fool of himself in front of the younger generation.

She clenched her fingers into a tight ball on her lap, not even knowing how to explain the terrible news to her father. She could only lower her head and repeat, "Please grieve."

This reason was originally reasonable, but for some reason, the moment Luo Yi blurted it out, she felt that something was amiss, but she couldn't pinpoint exactly what was amiss …

"How did he know?" Father Xu asked slowly.

Xu Heng said it ah — Just as the answer floated by his lips and circled around his lips, Luo Yi immediately reacted to where it was wrong.

Why did he tell Liu Liangyun his real identity?

Luo Yi recalled, and realized that the first time she had heard of Xu Heng's true identity was also on the night he had met Liu Liangyun. Liu Yin said: "This is Xu Heng, the only son of Prime Minister Xu."

Because she had guessed that Xu Heng's identity was definitely extraordinary, when she heard the news, she didn't feel that it was anything unexpected, so naturally she didn't take it to heart. But Xu Heng was such a cautious person, to even hide his identity from her, who had already been dragged onto the boat, how could she forget to remind Liu Yin not to reveal his true identity? Furthermore, at that time, they didn't even know if Liu Liangyun was reliable or not …

Luo Yi's brows unconsciously knit together, she kept thinking that she had leaked some important information. However, before she could think of it, Father Xu interrupted her once again, "You saw His Majesty?"

"Ah?" "Right." Luo Yi was startled for a second before she jumped out from her thoughts. She raised her head and looked at the Father Xu with a blank expression.

"Then did you hear what His Majesty said?" Or... What did you get from him? "

After saying half of the sentence, Father Xu's eyes suddenly became sharp, staring at Luo Yi like a lion staring at its prey. Luo Yi subconsciously wanted to touch the jade pendant that she had been holding on to all this time, but fortunately, she was able to restrain her finger from doing so. She stopped for two seconds and then, as if by some strange coincidence, she did not tell the truth.

She rubbed the tip of her nose: "Xu Heng told me to get something from him, but he didn't believe me and refused to give it to me."

Xu Shilian thought about it for a while, and felt that with His Majesty's suspicious personality, it would be impossible for him to hand over such an important thing to a stranger, so he didn't doubt her words. He quickly followed up with a change in tone, and asked, "Didn't His Majesty tell you anything?"

"I did say that …" Luo Yi recalled: "The secret passage to the palace was something like that, but he did not elaborate. He only gave me a vague address."

"Oh right, Xu Heng actually gave me something, and told you to be careful of the person who might have it by your side."

Father Xu took it and observed it carefully.

The Jade Pendant Pattern was not considered special, but the workmanship was extremely meticulous. It was the one that Luo Yi threw away several times but then returned back to her hands again and again.

Father Xu was only in the mood to ponder about the meaning of Xu Heng's words, so he did not pay attention to Luo Yi's erratic gaze.

In fact, Xu Heng had never even said these words to her.

She just … He wanted to know the origin and uses of this jade pendant, but there was no other way, so he used Xu Shilian's power to help her.

Luo Yi lowered her head and hid the expression on her face even more.

Thinking about it now, it was really strange when Xu Heng gave the jade pendant back to her. It was as if he had already predicted that she would encounter danger in the future and this thing would help her, but it wasn't willing to tell her the truth, so he set up a trap for her to jump into.

Privately, she did not want to doubt Xu Heng, but …

Luo Yi raised her head and smiled at Lin Ting, saying, "I'll wait for you at the Quan Gui Restaurant."

Luo Yi nodded along with the force above her head: "Ok."

She had just come out from Prime Minister's Estate's study, and just as the two were about to leave, Lin Ting called out to her: "Lin Ting."

With a stern expression on his face, he said, "Wait a moment, I have something to say to you."

Lin Ting didn't know what he wanted to talk about, but based on his past experiences, this conversation should take at least two hours, leaving Luo Yi here alone would be boring, but he didn't feel at ease if she went back alone.

Seemingly seeing through his concerns, Luo Yi took the initiative to smile at him: "Isn't Yi Qiannan's aristocratic house nearby? I can go there and wait for you. "

"Don't worry," she comforted Lin Ting, "Wasn't Tang Yuan invited by Yi Qiannan to his restaurant this morning? "I'm fine."

"..." "Alright then."

Lin Ting glanced at Xu Shilian, who had already returned to his study, and turned to look at the smiling Luo Yi.

When he left Prime Minister's Estate, he was brought along by a servant girl that Xu Shilian casually pointed to. Luo Yi followed behind her and walked towards the entrance, but upon passing by a certain room, he suddenly stopped in his tracks for no apparent reason: "Whose room is this?"

"Miss, it belongs to our Young Master."

stood in place for a moment, his reason urging her to continue walking but no matter what he did, he was unable to take a single step forward.

She stared at the room for a long time. When she saw the maid leading the way, she became confused and called out to her, "Young Mistress?"

"Huh?" Luo Yi came back to her senses and unconsciously followed her for a few steps. Then, she lowered her voice and asked: "Can I go in and take a look?"

Prime Minister's Estate's maidservants were not as easy to talk to as the Yi family. Almost as soon as her voice fell, she shook her head and said, "Please forgive me miss, our young master does not like people …"

"Let her in."

Before he could finish, he was interrupted by a sudden voice. The maidservant who had spoken turned her head to look at the person in surprise and respectfully called out to him, "Butler."

Housekeeper Zhang waved his hand, indicating for the servant to go down first, and then slowly walked to Luo Yi and nodded to her: "Miss Luo."

"The young master has many rules, he hates people who touch his things the most. Miss Luo? "Come here."

The butler walked forward as he spoke, and after walking a few steps, he turned around to see Luo Yi still standing in place blankly. He could not help but call out to her with a smile.

"Oh."

Luo Yi answered in a hurry, and kept on running as she caught up to the butler.

The butler laughed at her teasing. A few more lines appeared at the corner of his eyes. "This is the table where Young Master usually reads."

"These are the gadgets he made himself …" At this point, the butler suddenly stopped and rummaged through a few wooden carvings on the table. He found a small person and passed it to her. "Here you go."

This wooden sculpture was very lifelike, and could even be found in the fine details of every single strand of hair. However, there were no facial features on the face, so it was only possible to tell that it was a girl.

Luo Yi refused to accept: "Didn't Xu Heng hate people who touch his stuff the most? "I …"

She wanted to say no, but the butler shook his head and smiled. "Without the young master's permission, how could I dare touch his things?"

"He wanted to give you this."

"He gave it to me?" Luo Yi was startled, she looked at the butler who was smiling sincerely, and hesitated to hold the child in his hand.

"He wrote to the master before. But this was written in another letter and sent to me. "

As he said that, he took out a letter from his bosom and handed it over to Luo Yi.

"Young master said …"

"If there comes a day when a girl called Luo Yi comes to my house and I happen to be not be there, you can give her the unfinished wooden sculpture in my room."

"As for the reason, you don't need to say anything. She naturally understands."

The butler smiled at her and asked, "Do you understand, miss?"

— The wooden sculpture was originally going to carve the face of my beloved one, but she didn't appear for a long time, so I could only leave it there for now.

— Too bad I don't have a chance.

Luo Yi lowered her eyelids, and said "I don't understand".

The steward didn't insist. "Hehe." He smiled and led her to another part of the room. "The young master said that you can take whatever you want."

"No need, this is enough." However, Luo Yi did not follow him and continued to walk forward. Instead, she held onto the wooden sculpture and retreated two steps before stopping at the door: "I suddenly don't want to look, let's go out."

"Alright."

Hearing this, the housekeeper smiled again. From the beginning to the end, he did not make any comment on her actions. She wanted to leave, so he left the room as good as ever and hung the door lock back up.

Luo Yi watched as the door did not even have a sliver of a gap between its doors. In a daze, Luo Yi was able to see everything clearly through the door.

Even though Xu Heng had not been home for a long time, his room was being cleaned by servants everyday, so it was as clean as if the owner of the house had never left it. Luo Yi rubbed her eyes and saw Xu Heng lying prone on the table, carefully using a knife to carve out the outline of a child's body.

His hands were nimble and meticulous, so everything was done very well. Only when he was carving his facial features did his fingers stroke back and forth for a long time, and he did not know how to make a move. As a result, he could not help but be annoyed and his eyebrows gradually knitted together.

Luo Yi frowned, as though she was feeling the same way as him, but just as she frowned, the hostility in her body became even stronger, and she saw Xu Heng in the room suddenly raise his head and look in her direction.

As if he had seen something wonderful, his face suddenly lit up with a smile, and then continued to laugh. Finally, Luo Yi who was outside the door got infected and laughed out loud.

They smiled at each other across time and space until the figure opposite them faded into nothingness. Therefore, before he turned around again, Luo Yi couldn't help but think that Xu Heng must be very powerful at chess.

was not surprised when he was stopped by a servant at the entrance. He politely told Yi Qiannan, "Just say that his little sister is here."

The servant at the door sized her up with suspicion. He did not believe that this person had anything to do with his boss, but he was afraid that he would offend someone important. He could only speak hesitantly, "You wait here, I'll go in and ask."

"Alright." Luo Yi nodded modestly.

"There's no need to go through all this trouble!"

As soon as he said that, Luo Yi was wrapped around the back of his neck. Her whole body froze. She didn't even have time to turn around to see who it was before she heard him whisper in her ear, "I'll bring you in."

This person seemed to be quite familiar with each other in the rich and powerful building. Upon hearing these words, the servant that guarded the door immediately smiled obsequiously and made way for the two of them. "Please come in."

Only then did Luo Yi have the chance to clearly see the face of the person behind him, and when she turned her head, he was shocked.

It turned out that this person's right cheek had a long scar that reached to his neck. It looked like an old wound, and its color had lightened a lot.

Luo Yi was shocked, but quickly reacted, forcing the cry of surprise down her throat, and then breaking free from the man's arm: "Young Noble, you have to behave yourself."

Her face was expressionless, and no emotions could be detected from the words she said. However, the person behind her seemed to not understand the meaning of the word 'serious', as she leaned closer with a mischievous smile. "Miss, are you thinking of destroying the bridge after crossing the river?"

Luo Yi cautiously took a step back, feeling annoyed at the man's actions, she rolled her eyes, then suddenly thought of something and smiled: "It's not that I don't want to get close to Young Master."

"Oh? "Then why?"

"There are really too many troubles in front of a widow's door." Luo Yi raised her hand to wipe the tears that did not appear at the corner of her eyes, and sneakily taking a look at the man's surprised expression, the smile on her face became even wider: "My husband has just died, his corpse is still slightly cold, Young Noble was stained with my bad luck today, so you should be careful when you sleep tonight."

The corner of her mouth curved into a strange smile. "When my husband was still alive, he was too narrow-minded."