Chapter 16: Resistance

Liu Chengying smiled, groped in her arms, took out a piece of jade pendant and threw it to Hannah, "I've rewarded you!"

Hannah took the jade pendant into his hand, but before he had time to take a closer look, he was seized by Yang Qianhu.

He held the jade pendant with trembling hands, and shouted to Liu Chengying excitedly: "My lord! This is unacceptable! This is given to you by the emperor......!

"Well, it's not for you. Liu Chengying flicked his sleeves and interrupted him, and then said to Margaret, "Mary, I'll send you back to the palace." ”

"Okay~" Margaret bowed slightly, took his arm, and walked side by side with him towards the outside of the manor.

After the two walked away, Hannah took the jade pendant from Yang Qianhu's hand, looked at it carefully a few times, and asked suspiciously, "Big man, why are you so excited?

Yang Qianhu glanced at her, and said to her angrily: "Valuable? This is called mutton fat white jade, every piece of jade of this size, it has to travel thousands of miles, cross the river, climb the mountains, step on the grassland, go through a lot of hardships, and die dozens of lives before it can be brought back to the capital! Moreover, this jade pendant is still a gift from His Majesty the Yellow Emperor of Yongle! This is not a matter of money at all!"

Hannah listened to Yang Qianhu's story, and hurriedly put the jade pendant into her pocket, and patted it uneasily, as if it would suddenly disappear.

"Oh ~ God, this white stone will be our family heirloom in the future. ”

Yang Qianhu shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Just do what you say, let's follow quickly." ”

"Oh oh, let's go quickly~"

Liu Chengying escorted Margaret all the way to the palace gate, and then said goodbye to her and returned to the dock with a group of horsemen.

Returning to the boat, he went into the study without saying a word, and warned the attendants not to disturb him.

Senator Zhang, who had been waiting on the boat for a long time, was very puzzled by his unusual behavior. With his own understanding of Liu Chengying, he has always been lightweight, cautious and orderly. If there is no great reason, he will never leave the business behind.

So he grabbed Yang Qianhu, who was about to leave, and asked sideways: "Lord Yang, I see that the adults seem to be a little tired, I don't know what you have done today?"

Yang Qianhu shook off his hand and said to him with a dark face: "I said Senator Zhang! Can you speak normally? You really can't hear what you want to ask!"

Senator Zhang's old face turned red, and he hurriedly covered up his embarrassment by stroking his beard, "Uh... Okay, what are you all doing today?"

"Hehe, I just won't tell you this old guy, you can guess for yourself!hahaha!" Yang Qianhu has always disliked literati, thinking that they are full of bad water and like to talk around the bend. Then he deliberately shook his face, patted his butt and walked towards his cabin.

Senator Zhang sighed, turned his back on his hands and went against him, and at the same time recited with self-pity in his mouth: "A song of liver and intestines is broken, where to find a bosom friend at the end of the world......"

While Senator Zhang was pitying himself, Hannah was in her office in Coventry, reporting to him about the day.

"Your Excellency, this is the way it is. If nothing else, I'm going back. ”

The old Coventry keenly heard from Hannah's tone that she was concealing, so he deliberately tried to say: "Hannah, are you really finished? ”

Hannah gasped, she knew that the old fox was suspicious of her, but if there was something to say, the first one to be unlucky was herself. Then she gritted her teeth and didn't want to admit it, "Your Excellency Marquis, it's really gone, Hannah doesn't dare to deceive you......"

"Hmph, you cunning little girl, I will give you one last chance to tell me everything about Marquis Liu and Her Royal Highness the Princess, otherwise I will make you regret being born into this world." "Coventry is like a seasoned hunter, laying traps waiting for Hannah to fall into the net.

It's not that he has to embarrass this insignificant little girl, but he must know the progress of Margaret and Liu Chengying, so that he can better seek benefits.

But he didn't expect that this small role, which was like a mayfly in his eyes, was no longer what it used to be.

"No, Your Excellency the Marquis, I have not hidden anything from you!"

Coventry's eyes widened and he looked at her incredulously, unable to understand how Hannah dared to disobey him.

"What makes you so fearless, or is it that with the princess protecting you, you think that no one can touch you?"

Hannah swallowed and tried not to be frightened, as soon as she showed a hint of timidity, she would be doomed.

"No! it has nothing to do with the princess!

"Your husband, God, you poor reptile, your husband, you ...... from there."

"I have a husband! Today Marquis Liu promised me to let his generals marry me! Look! This is the proof!" Hannah interrupted Coventry excitedly, and at the same time, for fear that he would not believe him, he quickly took out the jade pendant and put it on his desk.

Coventry was stunned for a moment, and then picked up the jade pendant suspiciously and looked at it, which directly startled him. Although he couldn't see what this delicate and moist white stone was, as an old nobleman, he was not lacking in connoisseurship.

He only glanced at it a few times, and he could see that the jade pendant was extraordinary. It is carved and polished to perfection, even slightly better than the Henry IV Collection.

The reason why a fox is a fox is because it will never put itself in danger, and Coventry knows that at this time, he must remain calm, so he slowed down and asked, "You tell me honestly, this is really Marquis Liu's reward for you?"

Hannah nodded heavily, and said to him in a firm tone: "Yes! Marquis Liu said that this was a wedding gift for me, and Her Royal Highness the princess was also there at that time! And Marquis Liu also said that it was given to her by His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom! This milky white stone is called ......"

Coventry was not interested in the explanation of her later relationship with the jade pendant, he only cared about two points, one was whether this jade pendant was given to her by Liu Chengying, and the other was the origin of the jade pendant. Although he got the answer from Hannah, he was willing not to have it.

He hated it in his heart now, not Hannah's struggle, he hated why this jade pendant was not his own. In his worldview, the jade pendant is placed on a person like Hannah, which is simply an insult to the jade pendant. However, now is not the time to take it by force, and what needs to be solved urgently now is how to satisfy Henry IV's spied on the Ming fleet.

In desperation, Coventry had no choice but to resist greed, hand the jade pendant to Hannah, and said calmly: "Keep it safe, don't lose it." ”

Hannah didn't hear his pun, but thought he had softened, then took the jade pendant, carefully put it in his pocket, and said to him gratefully: "Hannah thank you for your understanding, may God bless you~"

"Well, you can go. Remember, if there is news about Marquis Liu and Her Royal Highness the Princess, tell me as soon as possible. Coventry pretended to be indifferent and sent Hannah away.