Chapter 141 Blue Jade Pendant
Chapter 141 Blue Jade Pendant
"Perhaps this matter has affected too many people, so the Prime Minister is not in a position to let you know."
An Qingqian spoke to comfort him. In fact, An Qingqian could still understand. After all, the Prime Minister was his father and a family member.
Fathers are always soft-hearted towards their children and don't want to tell their children too many cruel realities.
"Well, it's just hard for me. I can't go out during this period of time, and I can't even leave my own yard casually."
After finally seeing An Qingqian, Lan Mingyue couldn't help but start complaining.
She could do almost nothing every day, not even practicing the piano, for fear that someone who came to investigate would notice something was wrong.
Apart from reading, she could only sit in front of the window and look outside out of boredom.
Moreover, it is winter now, and the outside is bare. Except for a few green pine trees occasionally, there is nothing else.
"There's nothing we can do about it. Just be patient for a while. The Prime Minister might have already figured out a way to resolve this matter."
Indeed, it is really difficult to stay in the room every day and not be able to go out.
"This is what I brought you. It's a five-hundred-year-old ginseng. It's just right for replenishing your body."
An Qingqian took a red box from Yingyi's hand and placed it in front of Lan Mingyue.
"Ginseng?" Lan Mingyue took the box, took a look at it and put it aside, obviously not interested.
"Oh, by the way, there's this." An Qingqian took something out of his sleeve.
"What?" Lan Mingyue became slightly interested when she saw the thing wrapped in the handkerchief.
"This is a jade pendant. I asked someone to find a piece of raw stone, and I asked a craftsman to polish it and carve it for you personally."
An Qingqian opened the handkerchief and revealed what was inside.
Inside was a rare piece of blue jade, which was polished into a round shape.
Seeing this, Lan Mingyue became excited. She took the jade pendant, held it in her hand and looked at it carefully.
The round jade pendant has a blooming crabapple flower engraved on the front and some budding crabapple flowers on the back. If you look closely, you can see two small words engraved on the upper right corner.
The light in the room was not bright, and Lan Mingyue couldn't make out what the words were even when she got closer.
So she stood up, walked to the window with the jade pendant, pushed open a corner of the window, and with the light from outside, Lan Mingyue could see clearly what the two words meant.
It is the bright moon engraved in small regular script, which is Lan Mingyue’s name.
When Lan Mingyue saw her name engraved on it, her eyes lit up and a look of joy flashed across her face. She felt very happy.
Blue jade is rare, and Lan Mingyue’s favorite is the crabapple flower. This thing really touched Lan Mingyue’s heart.
She turned the jade pendant over and over again to examine it with great joy.
However, thinking that I should not show my emotions on my face, I forced myself to suppress the upturned corners of my mouth and pretend to be indifferent.
Returning to her seat, Lan Mingyue deliberately coughed twice, "Ahem, I didn't expect that your vision and craftsmanship are quite good."
Lan Mingyue said this, but actually held the jade pendant tightly in her hand, and it was obvious that she liked it very much.
An Qingqian noticed Lan Mingyue's little action and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
"I was just worried about your health. I hope you're okay." An Qingqian's main purpose today was to make sure she was okay.
"It's okay, but this matter did help me. Otherwise, I'm afraid I would have been arranged to marry now." Lan Mingyue pursed her lips, with a flash of relief in her eyes.
She didn't expect that this incident would unexpectedly help her.
"What's going on? Why would the emperor suddenly grant you a marriage?" Speaking of this, An Qingqian was also very curious.
Before this, there had been no news about this matter, as if the emperor and the empress had suddenly come up with the idea.
The prime minister must have received the news in advance, otherwise he would not have been so calm in the Linhua Palace at that time.
"I don't know either. On the morning of the palace banquet, news suddenly came from the palace that the emperor might grant me a marriage, so he asked Dad to make some preparations.
Before entering the Linhua Palace, I took a pill that could falsify my pulse and make it look like I was poisoned. That’s why I fainted before the Queen even opened her mouth.”
Lan Mingyue briefly explained what happened before.
"So that's how it is. However, the medicine seems to be very effective. I noticed that you looked a little unhappy at the time. And judging from the emperor's expression, he probably didn't doubt this matter."
An Qingqian suddenly realized. At that time, she thought it was very likely that Lan Mingyue was pretending to faint, but when she saw that the emperor had personally sent the imperial physician over and there was no sign of anger, she guessed that perhaps Lan Mingyue was really poisoned.
"At that time, the emperor arranged for his most trusted doctor Gao to check my pulse in the side hall, but he thought there was something wrong with this matter. Therefore, on the second day, he arranged for two doctors to come to the Prime Minister's Mansion in the name of concern to confirm whether I was really poisoned."
Lan Mingyue said this and let out a long sigh. She didn't understand why the emperor was in such a hurry to grant her a marriage.
"Then, do you know who the emperor is planning to marry?" An Qingqian looked at Lan Mingyue tentatively.
"Daddy didn't say it, but I know he must have known it." Lan Mingyue supported her face with her right hand, and subconsciously stroked the blue jade pendant with her left hand.
An Qingqian nodded slightly, indicating that he understood. It was probably because the person for whom the marriage was granted was not someone the Prime Minister was satisfied with, so he did not want to tell Lan Mingyue about this, lest she find out and worry about it.
"By the way, what have you been doing all this time?" Lan Mingyue was really bored. Once, she wanted to sneak out to play, but was caught by her brother and was scolded.
From then on, she never dared to sneak out again.
"I didn't do anything, just stayed in the general's mansion."
During this period, An Zhenyuan was in the general's mansion, and An Qingqian rarely saw her father. Therefore, she didn't want to go out unless there was something to do.
"Ah? You just stay in the mansion and don't go anywhere?" Lan Mingyue's face fell when she heard An Qingqian say that.
"Don't you feel bored? Why don't you go out and play?" Lan Mingyue was puzzled. An Qingqian's personality was really boring. She actually liked to stay in the house and not go out.
An Qingqian smiled and said nothing.
"Oh, it would be great if we could switch places. You stay at home and I go out to play." Lan Mingyue sighed.
Suddenly, an idea came to her.
He stared straight at An Qingqian, with a malicious smile on his face.
"What do you want to do?" An Qingqian raised her eyebrows and saw that Lan Mingyue had some evil ideas in her mind.
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