Author: Yan Qianyan

I had been living in close confinement in the Fahua Temple for the past three months. I had just returned to Prince Pingxi's Mansion from the Fahua Temple, and my buttocks were still hot from sitting on it. Then I was taken to the palace by the imperial concubine.

A busy morning.

On the way to the palace, when Su Shixia sat in the carriage and opened the curtain to look out, she felt vaguely familiar yet unfamiliar with the capital city.

"Mother, mother! Look, this bead looks like a night pearl! It will shine!"

Xiao Qin Zhan shouted excitedly.

Su Shixia put down the car curtain and turned to look at him. She saw the little guy holding a bead in his palm and holding his two little hands together, leaving only a gap.

He raised his hands high and tried his best to signal with his eyes that Su Shixia could look inside through the gap between his hands.

"The blue ones are so beautiful!"

Seeing that he was in high spirits, Su Shixia moved over to take a look, then exaggeratedly said "Wow".

"It really shines. It seems that your master spent a lot of money to buy you a gift this time."

Su Shixia coaxed him with a smile, "In the future, you must work harder to practice well and strive to become the disciple that makes your master most proud."

"I have already asked. I am the master's only apprentice."

Xiao Qin Zhan raised his chin proudly and said: "I will definitely be more powerful than the master in the future!"

After showing off the bead, Xiao Qin Zhan took his hand back, and then as if he remembered something, he hurriedly urged: "Mother, please take out the bead that the master gave you quickly and look at it! Yours

Maybe it’s also a luminous pearl!”

Su Shixia couldn't help laughing when she heard his innocent words.

"Your master said that those two beads are a pair. Since yours will shine, then mine must also do the same."

"No matter how stingy your master is and how stingy he is with money, he can't be too generous with the gifts he gives out, right?"

Before setting off, Mr. Mo specially took out two gifts and gave them to her and Xiao Qin Zhan respectively.

The bead given to Xiao Qin Zhan is about the size of a pigeon egg. It is smooth, round and translucent green. It can be made into a pendant for a necklace and can be worn around the neck.

The necklace given to Su Shixia was of the same style, but the beads were slightly larger than those of Xiao Qin Zhan.

Mr. Mo is now Xiao Qin Zhan's master. There is nothing wrong with the master giving gifts to his apprentices, no matter what they give.

But when Mr. Mo said that he wanted to give her another necklace, Su Shixia was really surprised.

She originally refused in the name of "men and women are not intimate with each other".

Mr. Mo said that when he went out to do errands, he happened to encounter a vendor selling this necklace, saying that it was a good item fished out of the sea and was full of spirituality.

Seeing that the beads were of good quality and the necklace looked good, he thought about buying one as a gift to Xiao Qin Zhan, but the vendor said that the necklace must be bought in pairs, not sold alone.

"I've bought everything. I'm a grown man and it's not easy for me to wear this kind of thing on my body, so just keep it. If I keep it for myself, I'll just keep it in the bottom of the box and eat ashes. It's a waste of good things."

"The vendor said that wearing this thing can bring good luck to people, and the effect is better if it is worn by related people together. For Zhan'er's sake at that time, just accept it and try to stay away from it.

A good sign is also a good one.”

Before Su Shixia could refuse, Mr. Mo had already made the decision for her, and even helped her figure out how to deal with the bead in the future.

"If you really don't like it, just keep it for Zhan'er first. When Zhan'er grows up and gets married, you can just give this bead to your daughter-in-law."

At that time, Su Shixia was speechless after hearing what he said.

Little Qin Zhan is only five years old this year!

How old is he now? Mr. Mo has even planned what will happen after he gets married. Isn't this a bit too long-term?

Because the imperial concubine was waiting outside to return to the palace with her, Su Shixia did not dare to waste any more time.

Seeing that Mr. Mo was determined not to take the bead back, she didn't hesitate any longer and directly took the bead away and wore it close to her body as Mr. Mo had instructed.

She didn't know whether Mr. Mo really came across this pair of beads by accident and bought them because they matched his eyes, or whether he had worked hard to get them.

But from the moment she saw the pair of beads, Su Shixia confirmed that the beads were not ordinary beads, but the legendary shark beads.

It is recorded in ancient books that shark beads are also called water-avoiding beads. Holding this object, a person can dive into lakes and seas and walk on the water, just like walking on the ground.

Wearing something like this on your body, whether you can seek good luck and avoid disaster is another matter. Jumping into the lake to escape at a critical moment is also an excellent way to save your life. There is really no harm in wearing it with you.

"Since your master bought it specially for you, you have to put it away carefully."

Su Shixia took her necklace with beads to Xiao Qin Zhan and asked him to "study" it for a while.

When he got tired of playing, he took the necklace back, and then carefully hung Xiao Qin Zhan's necklace around his neck.

"Your master is right. This is something that can be useful to others. You should wear it close to your body on weekdays. Don't lose it."

Later, Su Shixia also told Xiao Qin Zhan about the rarity of water-avoiding beads.

The little guy's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he finally said with admiration: "Master can find treasures like this at any roadside stall. Master is really amazing."

It seems that every boy will have a feeling of admiration for men who are elders when they are young.

Most ordinary children worship their fathers.

It's a pity that Qin Yi didn't live up to his expectations. After playing the "death or life" scene for so long, he never got along well with little Qin Zhan.

Now it's fine, Mr. Mo just happened to be the master. It was logical that he replaced Qin Yi and became the "omnipotent" hero in Xiao Qin Zhan's heart.

Su Shixia secretly cursed in her heart, maybe Qin Yi and Xiao Qin Zhan were destined to be together, and there was no father-son bond.

"Princess, we have arrived at the palace gate. Please get out of the car."

According to the rules of the palace, no carriage can enter or exit the palace at will.

The nobles in the palace want to go back to their palaces. When they reach the palace gate, they should get off their horses and change to a sedan chair.

Even the imperial concubine could not break this rule, let alone Su Shixia.

Hearing Qian Duoduo's reminder outside the carriage, Su Shixia responded, opened the door and got out of the carriage with Xiao Qin Zhan in his arms.

The imperial concubine had her own sedan chair. She got on the sedan chair first and was carried into the palace gate by the palace attendants.

Qian Duoduo hugged Xiao Qin Zhan, followed closely beside Su Shixia, and followed the imperial concubine's sedan towards the palace step by step.

Before stepping into the palace gate, Su Shixia looked calm and didn't see anything strange. She even chuckled and turned her head to whisper a few words to Qian Duoduo and Xiao Qinzhan.

But after one foot crossed the threshold of the palace gate, her eyes suddenly froze, and her whole body froze in place.
Chapter completed!