"Are you threatening me?" Ji Yunshu raised her voice to cover her fear upon hearing how sharp Qianru"s words were."Do you feel threatened?" Qianru asked with confused expression. "I come to give you my blessing on behalf of Azura"s Kingdom." She signaled Jinse beside her to give the small box to Ji Yunshu"s hand.
However, Ji Yunshu glared at her servant, who had blocked Qianru"s way earlier, to receive the present. Startling, the poor servant hastily received it.
"I hope you live a healthy life." Qianru said her blessing words before she left Ji Yunshu who was staring dagger at her back.
If look could kill, then Qianru would be bleeding to death by now.
Once Qianru and her young female servant were out of sight, Ji Yunshu s.n.a.t.c.hed the box from her servant and opened the lid.
There was a shrill scream followed, after that a loud thumping sound was heard when Ji Yunshu threw the box in her hand harshly to the ground.
"Qianru!" Ji Yunshu said her name as though it was a cursing word.
***
The sky had turned dark when Qianru left Ji"s mansion as many people were roaming around the street, night became livelier.
If it was Qianru in the past or if she was still in the Xiao Jun"s Mansion in Azura, she wouldn"t confront Ji Yunshu the way she did before.
It wasn"t her nature to irritate other people.
But, it was different now and the situation that she needed to face also different. Back then, all she needed to do was being obedient and turned deaf if Jinse came back with the report about rumor that spread among the servant about Xiao Jun lack of affection toward her and how they hadn"t had a child yet even after two years of marriage.
Here, Qianru had to face the royal families and their schemes, fake smile and fluttering words were swarming around her.
She couldn"t present herself as an obedient wife and warm person to those who wanted to see Xiao Jun"s downfall.
Once Qianru let them stepped over her head and showed a weaknesses than their enemy would crush them with ploy and plot in their mind.
She wouldn"t let that happen.
No matter how Xiao Jun feeling toward her, he was still her husband and she would do anything to support him.
Meanwhile, Jinse was preparing dinner for Qianru when Xiao Jun came.
"Jun, I thought you are not comeback yet." Qianru hastily asked Jinse to prepare another set of bowl and chopstick for him.
It was a rare occasion for Xiao Jun to come and having a dinner with her, so she a.s.sumed the matter about sending her back to Azura has pa.s.sed.
"I heard you are visiting Ji"s mansion this evening." Xiao Jun asked while Qianru happily put dishes into his bowl.
"How do you know? Jinse?" Qianru tilted her head.
"You were traveling with my people."
"Oh." Right. Those guards indeed his people who would report back to him.
Xiao Jun delighted to see Qianru had come back to be herself again, it was an odd feeling when he missed her simple attention like this.
"So, what are you doing there?" Xiao Jun ate a piece of meat that Qianru put on his bowl.
"There is this tradition in Rockstone Kingdom for a girl who will wed." Qianru said. "Their female friend should give the bride- to- be a present, jewelry mostly, to show their blessing."
Xiao Jun looked at Qianru with impa.s.sive expression, but there was amus.e.m.e.nt dancing in his eyes. "And you chose to give Ji Yunshu an Amethyst stone."
Qianru stopped her chopstick mid air before she resumed her calmness and pretended there was nothing wrong. "Yes, it"s a healing stone." She said as aloof as she could muster.
"And you surely know what the meaning of that stone is in this Kingdom." Xiao Jun glanced at Qianru who still fake her calm.
"For… healthy life…" She drawled her answer.
"Amethyst stone is only given to patient suffering from venereal disease." Xiao Jun put his chopstick down and stared directly at his wife. "Do you really not know about this? We lived for almost a year here when we were young."
Qianru felt awkward when she was caught red handed by Xiao Jun. "I… I… yes, I know." She stuttered. "…Are you angry?"
Qianru peered at Xiao Jun through her long lashes, but to her surprise, Xiao Jun resumed to eat.
"No, I am not." Xiao Jun munched his meat. "But it"s better if you give her a rope."
"A rope?" Qianru tilted her head in confusion, her husband was getting more and more fickle day by day. "For what?"
Xiao Jun shrugged. "Maybe she wanted to hang herself after they consummated their wedding."
"Jun!" Qianru"s eyes dilated in surprise as she hit his upper arm. "You know about Mo Su Chen"s… condition."
"It will be weird if I don"t, since I have put a lot of effort to gain more information." Xiao Jun looked at Qianru with brows locked together. "But, how you know about this?"
"Well… I have my way too to gain information." Qianru smiled cheekily, trying to hide something.
"But, I am still apt for rope."
"Stingy." Qianru sneered, but there was a faint smile graced her lips. "I have known you for half of my life and just now I know that you are so stingy."
"She needs a rope more than a stone." Xiao Jun said stubbornly.
"I will give her a rope for her wedding gift." Qianru relented with laugh.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www.webnovel.com for visiting.
It had been a long time for Qianru to be able to laugh so freely and having a light conversation over dinner with Xiao Jun like this.
"Come to the court with me next week." Xiao Jun blurted out.
It wasn"t a common sight to see a woman in the court. That was why, Qianru slightly taken aback when Xiao Jun asked her to come.
"There are much more for you to learn." He answered her questioning eyes.