Then he started coughing again, clutching his handkerchief, coughing so hard it was heart-wrenching.
I turned around. "Isn't it indigestion? Why are you coughing so badly?"
Peony panicked and lowered her head, remaining silent.
Liu Mengshi, who was coughing, quickly stopped. She glared at Shaoyao, who had her head down. Who was it that mentioned typhoid fever?
"Yes, I'm sorry to have worried my fourth sister." Her voice sounded much more normal.
Me: "Sigh...it seems like my second sister's food is pretty good..."
Liu Mengshi looked at me and said, "Fourth Sister has lost quite a bit of weight..."
"Really?" She was secretly delighted; losing weight was great...
Liu Mengshi glanced at Shaoyao: "It's getting late, Fourth Sister, don't go back too late. I'll have Shaoyao take you."
I stood up. "Second sister, I'd like to ask you to go shopping tomorrow, okay?"
Liu Mengshi was somewhat puzzled, but Fourth Sister...
He nodded: "Okay, it's been a long time since I went out with my fourth sister."
Ping'er and I walked to the door.
"You don't need to send Peony. I have Ping'er."
Ping'er, standing behind her, asked in bewilderment, "Miss, why don't you expose her true colors and reveal her true nature?"
I asked in confusion, "Where did you hear that word?"
Ping'er: "The story of the Three Battles with the White Bone Demon that you told the Seventh Prince last time."
I:"……"
Ping'er hurriedly said, "Miss, please continue telling me about Dream of the Red Chamber. What happened to the woman who shared the same name as the madam?"
I turned my head: "You mean Qingwen?"
Ping'er nodded, a hopeful nod.
"To find out, please stay tuned for the next installment."
"Miss……"
Back in my room, I suddenly noticed a letter on the table.
He asked blankly, "Ping'er, where did this letter come from?"
Ping'er glanced at it, also puzzled. She shook her head, "I don't know, I've never seen it before."
Suddenly a white figure flew over.
The well-fed pigeon landed on the table, poked off the wax residue on the envelope with its beak, and then suddenly flew away.
A large amount of white smoke billowed out. Things that rushed to the side caught fire, with only a few purple flames.
“Miss…” Ping’er was shocked.
I watched quietly, "Don't move..."
The pigeon flew back and dragged the letter out. It landed on my shoulder and handed the letter to me.
I glanced at it. "You mean, you want me to open it and take a look?"
The fat pigeon nodded.
Hesitantly, he reached out his hand.
"Miss..." Ping'er cried out urgently. She walked over and said, "Miss, let me do it."
I quickly stopped her. I looked at her seriously and said, "I'll do it."
It feels smooth and silky to the touch.
The moment I opened it, a fragrant aroma wafted out.
His expression immediately changed.
"Miss, what's wrong?"
"fine."
Lowering my eyelids, I smelled the familiar scent of gardenias.
I remember back then, Sun Rui asked me what my favorite scent was. I didn't know why he asked that, so I just answered that I liked the scent of gardenias.
One day, I opened a drawer and found a bottle of gardenia perfume inside. Later, I learned that Sun Rui had extracted and produced it in the research lab.
The faint scent of gardenias brings a sense of peace to my heart.
"Miss……"
I turned around and said, "Ping'er, you go out first, let me be alone for a while."
I slowly opened the letter.
My expression changed; it wasn't a prank.
"A letter to my wife?" I murmured, continuing to read, "To my beloved..."
The content here left me completely baffled, ranging from sweet talk to utterly serious statements. What particularly caught my attention was the discussion of the current situation, including the recent actions of the First Prince and the Fourth Prince.
The last sentence.
"The eldest prince harbors ill intentions; it's best to stay away from him. As for the fourth prince, he has no intention of harming anyone..."
"No intention to harm anyone?" I tilted my head and placed the letter on the table.
Looking down again, the contents of the letter had disappeared.
The letter became a blank sheet of paper.
I was stunned for half a second. Who wrote this letter?
Turning to look at the plump white pigeon, she asked, "Did you bring this back?"
It seemed to nod.
So, this letter was written by the mastermind behind the Hundred Flowers Pavilion.
"Miss, are you really alright?"
This is the seventy-eighth time Ping'er has asked me.
I nodded: "Ping'er, I'm getting dizzy from listening to all this. I'm really fine."
"But that letter..."
I laughed and said, "It's just a little magic trick, it's harmless, really, look, I'm perfectly fine, aren't I?"
Ping'er asked curiously, "What is magic?"
"This magic trick is actually a kind of visual magic, making you feel like you're being cast a spell."
Seeing that Ping'er still didn't understand, I smiled and said, "Alright, look, I'll conjure one up for you first."
I held out my hand, and there was a copper coin lying in my palm. "See this? A copper coin."
Ping'er nodded, staring at me with unwavering curiosity.
"Watch..." The hand slowly closed, "I'll make it disappear in a moment..."
I blew a breath and gave her a mysterious look.
“Miss…” Ping’er held her breath and waited.
He stretched out his hand.
"have a look……"
"Ah...it's really gone!" Ping'er exclaimed in surprise.
I smiled smugly. "That's magic."
The person on the rooftop unconsciously smiled.
"Jue, you smiled?"
The man in black suddenly awoke, his face returning to its icy expression.
"Chen, what brings you here?"
The person called Chen was a head shorter than him, and his entire body was covered in purple. There was a large purple lotus flower on his face.
Chen slowly approached, a mocking smile on his face: "You've fallen in love with her, haven't you?"
A look of shock flashed in Jue's eyes, but he quickly regained his composure: "No."
"If you can kill her, I'll believe you."
"I won't." Not that I can't, but that I won't. Deep down, I wouldn't even have that thought.
Chen chuckled coldly: "Look how foolish you are. She'll never know that someone is secretly protecting her, observing her, protecting her with their life, and even loving her wholeheartedly."
"Chen, stop talking..."
This is their fate as shadows.
Chen suddenly remembered something and said, "We've found Yi."