Hundreds of years ago, King Qi Wei built the capital here, and the name of the jade capital originated from a jade river extending in all directions outside the city. The Jade River leads to Chen in the west, reaches the Chu River in the east, traders from all over the world cross the river here, barter, from the beginning of buying jade and selling jade, it gradually evolved into the largest bazaar among the seven countries of Kyushu at that time, people come and go, very prosperous. There is a branch of the Jade River that extends in all directions to flow through the southern suburbs of the Jade Capital, narrowing and slowing, nine miles of peach blossoms on both banks, extraordinary, so it has the name of "Peach Blossom Creek".

Liu Jing and Ling Fei took Liu Shu to sneak out of the Ling Mansion, which was in Nancheng, so the first thing they went to was the round-the-clock market in Nancheng. The three children were running and jumping, and in addition to being richly dressed, they were no different from the other frolicking children in the market, and they were not very conspicuous.

The bazaar is bustling with people and has all kinds of novelties. The three children walked and stopped, dizzying.

Liu Jing took a look at a bean-sized pearl, which looked no different from other pearls from a distance, and was even less lustrous than other pearls, but up close, there were extremely fine lines on the pearl, and the lines were not ordinary lines, but strange words. Liu Jing picked it up and looked at it for a long time, and he knew almost every word, but he didn't know what to do. He showed it to Ling Fei, and Ling Fei shook his head in confusion. He took it to Liu Shu, who was studying other things on the side, Liu Shu looked at it carefully and said, "This is probably a music score, a song, but I don't know much about music scores, I don't know what kind of music it is." ”

Liu Jing was pleasantly surprised: "Someone else engraved the song on the pearl? And it's so fine, it's so ingenious! So he turned to Ling Fei and said, "You brought the money, right?" I'm going to buy this. ”

Ling Fei nodded. Liu Jing asked the vendor, "How much does this bead cost?" ”

The old man was dizzy, and probably couldn't see the words engraved on the beads at all, thinking that they were beads of bad color, and seeing that they were three little dolls, he said, "A penny." ”

Ling Fei took out a small bag of broken silver and whispered to Liu Jing, "Your Highness, I don't have a penny...... Wouldn't it be too much to give silver? ”

Liu Jing replied in a low voice: "Give it to him, you don't need to look for money, just be your Royal Highness the king, and be sympathetic to the people." ”

Ling Fei helplessly rummaged through the smallest piece of broken silver in the small pocket, handed it to the vendor, and said, "You take it, you don't need to look for it." ”

The merchant happily took the silver and asked, "That's too much...... Otherwise, I'll give you a hole in this bead for free to make a small necklace? Just for this female doll. ”

Liu Jing said: "Good idea! So do it! ”

So the merchant made a very fine hole in the pearl with his eyes and shaking his hands, and then wore a red cotton rope, and tied a beautiful pattern knot, and heated the bottom of the hot rope knot with a match, so that it would not loosen. Liu Jing took the pearl necklace made of red cotton rope, put it on Liu Shu's neck, and said, "You have a pearl hairpin, bring another pearl necklace!" Go back and ask your mother what kind of music is written on this bead. ”

Liu Shu said embarrassedly: "Today is obviously Brother Ling's birthday, but you gave me a gift first." ”

Liu Jing glanced at Ling Fei and said to Liu Shu: "Although the gift was bought by Ling Fei, this is a gift from me, and I will return the money to him when I go back." ”

Liu Shu snorted out laughing and said to Ling Fei: "Don't expect my brother to pay you back, he's the 'His Royal Highness the King' who usually never brings money!" It is estimated that he has never even seen what a hanging of money looks like! ”

Ling Fei looked at the "penniless" King Song, and couldn't help but laugh.

The three of them were wandering around the market again, Liu Jing said a few words to his sister alone in order to break away from Ling Fei, and deliberately let Ling Fei buy a bunch of things to carry and hold, and in the end Ling Fei couldn't catch up with them.

When Liu Shu reacted, Ling Fei had already disappeared. She glared at Liu Jing and said, "You are so bad! Brother Ling celebrates his birthday today, you first let him be in a dilemma and take us out of the house, and then let him take so many things with money and effort...... He is not your slave, how can he do this to him? ”

Liu Jing pulled Liu Shu out of the Nancheng City Gate with the flow of people, and the two came to the bank of Peach Blossom Creek to find a quiet place to sit down. Liu Jing said: "Shu'er, you are very strange these days, is there something on your mind that you haven't had time to tell me?" I'm very busy in the palace, and you've been sick for so long, we haven't had a good chat for a long time. I finally had a chance today, I deliberately broke up Ling Fei, we don't have much time, what do you have on your mind, tell me quickly. ”

Liu Shu was relieved that he couldn't hide anything from his brother's eyes. She is really uncomfortable these days, and she wants to talk to her brother alone for a while, but she really doesn't have a chance. At this time, when the words came to his mouth, tears flowed down first. She said with difficulty: "Brother, I want to ask you a question......"

Seeing that her sister was suddenly crying for no reason, Liu Jing patted her shoulder and said, "Don't cry, don't cry, as long as I know the answer, I will tell you, if I don't know, I will try to figure it out and tell you." ”

Liu Shu sobbed and said, "If I wasn't your sister...... What to do? ”

Liu Jing thought this question was funny at first, and wanted to tease her: "Are you my sister?" But seeing that she was crying sadly, she had to restrain her funny emotions and ask seriously: "What do you mean by 'you are not my sister'?" ”

"It's if...... If my biological father ...... It's not my father's ...... at all."

"What?" Liu Jing was also shocked.

"Brother...... Before I fell ill, one day at the gate of Suhua Palace, I heard two elderly palace maids talking about Xiao Niangniang. They said that before Xiao Niangniang entered the palace, she was Chen Guo's dancing queen. They said that Xiao Niangniang's child was probably not his father's, so ...... So grandma...... ordered someone to kill Xiao Niangniang, and sentenced Qiao Yuan, who killed Xiao Niangniang, to death...... But I'm blessed to have survived......"

"You...... Have you asked your mother? ”

Liu Shu lowered his head and said, "No." I don't know how to tell my mother. My mother will be sad, I don't want my mother to be sad. Moreover, Xiao Niangniang's child is his, and my mother probably doesn't know ......"

Liu Jing hugged her sister who had been sobbing all the time, and comforted: "Maybe it's just a rumor in the palace, don't believe it easily." ”

"But...... My biological mother is Xiao Niangniang, you know this is not a rumor. Perhaps any rumors are not groundless. ”

Liu Jing felt that her former naughty and naïve sister suddenly grew up after learning about her own life experience, but she suddenly grew up, and she seemed to be more distressing than before. He patted her on the back and said, "I said before that no matter whose daughter you are, you are my sister." Now, whether you are my sister or not, I will love you and spoil you for the rest of my life. ”

Liu Shu got a small head out of his arms, and his red and swollen eyes looked at him watery.

Liu Jing wiped away her tears with her sleeve, and said with a smile: "What are you crying for, if you are really not my sister, if you are blasted out of the White Jade Palace...... Big deal, I'll marry you! ”

Liu Shu saw Liu Jing's hippie smile and was not serious, glared at him, got up and said, "What is 'big deal'?" Hmph, even if I am not the princess of the Song Kingdom, when I grow up, there will definitely be many people lining up to marry me, and when the time comes, your penniless little highness will not be able to line up! ”

Seeing that Liu Shu was alive again, Liu Jing got up with confidence, strode in the direction of the city, and said as he walked: "Yes, yes, yes, when the time comes, I will marry your team, from Yuhe to Chushui!" ”

Liu Shu burst into tears and laughed, chasing Liu Jing and beating him. Liu Jing ran away with a cigarette and dropped a sentence: "Laipi pig, come and beat me, you can't beat me!" ”