At this time, when she heard the person behind her standing still, she pretended to be surprised and looked back, and her face was full of joy.

"Hou Gongzi? I didn't see you when I turned around just now, and I thought you were disgusted that I was too slow to pick things, and I couldn't wait to leave first, but fortunately you came back again. ”

She smiled lightly, and her face was handsome in her prime, like the peach blossoms in the courtyard under the spring scene, bright and a little scorching.

Hou Haoyan narrowed his eyes slightly, a different color flashed in his eyes, he looked at the woman in front of him in a daze, and suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and his brows were slightly wrinkled.

But there are many things he hasn't figured out yet, and even if he has a moment of thought in his mind, he can't make a direct judgment at this time.

Forcibly suppressing his thoughts, he put the gentle smile he usually wore on his face again, and when he spoke, even if his tone was slightly dry, he still didn't change his face as if he didn't notice it.

"I just saw an acquaintance who happened to walk by in front of this jade shop, and he was in a hurry, and he thought that he wouldn't go far, so he didn't bother you."

He made up an excuse indifferently, then raised his eyebrows and looked towards the counter behind Shu Qingci.

"How? You can choose what you like, if you don't have one you like, we can go to another place to see. ”

"It's the same, you see......" Shu Qingci laughed with him, then turned around and took a Hetian jade pendant that had been packed into the gift box and handed it to Hou Haoyan.

Even if she knew that Hou Haoyan was deliberately deceiving herself, in order to be able to marry into the Hou Mansion smoothly in the future, she had to pretend not to know, lest Hou Haoyan learn that she knew everything, so he simply showed his own special to Ye Hanyue directly in front of her.

She knew in her heart that she would naturally not do such a thing that would harm herself and others.

Hou Haoyan took the jade pendant and looked at it for a moment, after all, he was a little absent-minded, so he didn't look at it much, and only echoed and said a few words about how good his vision is, how good the jade pendant is, and so on.

In the end, he really had no intention of accompanying Shu Qingci anymore, and casually found a reason to send Shu Qingci back to the door of Shufu, and at this time, he realized that the maid who had been following Shu Qingci just now and didn't dare to say anything was gone.

Surprised, he asked.

"Miss Shu, I saw a maid behind you just now, why didn't you see anyone now."

He just asked casually, but Shu Qingci's drooping eyes suddenly turned cold, she really didn't understand, it was clear that she had made an appointment with Hou Haoyan, and she was the eldest lady of the Shu family, and she was also the one with a noble status, but no matter how this Hou Gongzi returned, he would pay attention to the servant who went out with her.

She was displeased, but she still replied softly.

"She suddenly felt unwell, so I let her go back to the house first."

"I see, then we'll make an appointment another day, and you should go back early."

"Okay." Shu Qingci smiled, leaned over and saluted, then turned around and walked towards the gate of the Shu family, the light on his face instantly turned into a color of jealousy.

Hearing the carriage behind her, she stopped, turned around, and stared at the carriage with Hou Haoyan in it, her eyes became colder and colder, but there was a sneer on her red lips.

Just now she said that Dong'er went back to the house first, but in fact, it was not the case, but when she saw Ye Hanyue talking with Hou Haoyan and was about to leave, she pulled Dong'er to the side of the jade shop without hesitation, and threatened in a low voice, and then ordered her to follow behind Ye Hanyue, and find out Ye Hanyue's situation at this time and come back and tell her.

And she also gave Dong'er a death order, this matter must not be known to anyone, otherwise, Dong'er's fate will be ten times worse for Ye Hanyue at this time.

Dong'er was timid, so naturally he didn't dare to say more, so he had to raise his feet and follow behind Ye Hanyue.

Ye Hanyue didn't notice that there were people behind her, she was still walking on the street at that time, there were a lot of people coming and going on the street, and there were footsteps and the noise of selling all around, and it was normal for her not to notice it for a while.

But soon after turning into the path leading to the courtyard, she faintly noticed that there was a footstep behind her that was following her unhurriedly, and the path was secluded, except for the occasional sound of leaves moving in the wind. There was no more superfluous sound.

Sensing this, she deliberately slowed down her steps, but the people behind her also slowed down, so that she was even more sure that the people behind her were coming after her.

After thinking about it quickly, she guessed that the person following her behind her might be Hou Haoyan's person, because after all, he had just met him, and although he was a little enthusiastic about her appearance, it was still very strange to look at the whole, and he wouldn't let her go just like that.

After thinking about it like this, a hint of ridicule immediately flashed in her eyes, and then she continued to walk forward without changing her face, but at the end of the path, the road that originally led to Jingyou Courtyard should have been to the left, but she chose a road to the right, and deliberately sped up some steps.

All the way around, in a blink of an eye she returned to the original street, taking advantage of the large number of people around, she no longer led the people behind her to go around in circles, but found an opportunity, and suddenly trotted into a teahouse.

After Ye Hanyue hid in the teahouse, she secretly hid behind the door of the teahouse, secretly looking at the situation on the street, and sure enough, within a moment, she saw a person, hurriedly and with eyes looking around, she ran over from the door of the teahouse.

Her eyes suddenly turned cold, and then she realized that the person who had been following her all the way was none other than Dong'er from Qinglan Courtyard.

Her mind flipped, and she immediately guessed that the reason why Dong'er followed her was because of Shu Qingci's support, and from this, she concluded that when she met Hou Haoyan on the street just now, that Shu Qingci must be not far away.

At this very moment. She also didn't have the extra mind to stay on the street anymore, seeing Dong'er walking away, she hurriedly went out of the teahouse and returned to Jingyou Courtyard along the same road.

When she returned to Jingyou Courtyard, the other two people in the courtyard didn't seem to be there, and she didn't have the heart to look for it from yard to yard, so she had to go back to her courtyard directly.

She sat down at the table, thought about the day for a moment, and then took the long gift box on the table to her with a little sentimentality.

There was a turquoise hairpin lying in the box, when she entered the jade shop, she felt at a glance that this hairpin was extremely compatible with Huangfu Xiu, but she suddenly met Hou Haoyan in the middle, she was afraid that he would chase her, so she didn't dare to go directly to the direction of the Three Princes' Mansion.

Because in the original book, the Hou family finally belonged to the crown prince of Daning, Huang Fu Hongxuan, if she entered the Three Princes' Mansion at this time, then Hou Haoyan might think that she was treating him so mean because of the Three Princes' Mansion.

She had no intention of provoking the relationship between the Hou Mansion and the Three Princes' Mansion, nor did she want to push the Hou Mansion to the side of Huangfu Hongxuan in advance before she had changed her fate for the Three Princes' Mansion.

But in this way, this carefully prepared gift of reparation, I am afraid that she can only wait for the emperor to come to the other courtyard before she can send it out.

Gloomily drooping her eyes, she gently stroked the turquoise hairpin, her face full of tenderness.

I don't know how long she was stunned, and suddenly there was a sound in the courtyard that seemed to be falling leaves, and when she thought about it, she thought it was Huangfu Xiu who came, and hurriedly opened the door with the hairpin.

"The Emperor Repairs ......"

Xu was out of habit, when she opened the door, before she could see the person who came, she first opened her mouth and called Huangfu Xiu's name, but when she raised her eyes to see the person who came, although there was a look of loss in her eyes, she was still a little embarrassed.

His face was shy and red, and he said, "Yao Lao, how did you get here?"

"What? But I haven't seen you for a long time, and the old man in your yard can't come yet, so the old man will go back......"

"Don't, Yao Lao, I didn't mean that, please ......"

Ye Hanyue hurriedly stopped, and when she stretched out her hand, she naturally exposed the turquoise hairpin in her hand, she hurriedly hid the hairpin behind her, and then smiled at Yao Lao twice.

Yao Laoyuan was joking with her, naturally he didn't really want to leave at this time, he saw the hairpin hidden in Ye Hanyue's hand, and naturally guessed who she was going to give it to.

After all, it was a matter between young people, he could mention a thing or two, but he knew that he couldn't interfere, and besides, this person was still his master's family, so he wouldn't say anything.

Shaking his head with an unfathomable smile, he entered Ye Hanyue's room with his hands behind his back.

"The little prince hasn't been here for a few days, I'm afraid he was really angry about the last time, you can think about how this matter should end."

Thinking that he had also talked about the little prince's note this morning, after Yao Lao sat down, he took the first step to ask about it.

Ye Hanyue knew that the hairpin had been seen by Yao Lao, and she no longer hid it, so she simply generously put the hairpin hidden behind her into the vacant gift box on the table, and then pushed half an inch in front of Yao Lao with the gift box.

"What else can I do, I don't have to wait for him to forgive me, huh! This is the hairpin I bought on the street today, even if it is an apology to him. ”

As she spoke, she sat down opposite Yao Lao, and her expression when she spoke didn't show any reluctance, but it just made people feel that she was a little lonely at the moment.

Yao Lao's eyes have always been extremely bright, he glanced at Ye Hanyue a few times, and then his eyes swept the turquoise hairpin on the table without hurry, and his white beard trembled slightly.

"Since you plan to send a gift to apologize, then you must have thought it through, here, if you want to give the little prince a gift, then you have to send it as soon as possible, lest the longer this matter is delayed, the more it will affect the relationship between you and the little prince."

It seems that the little prince can rest assured now, alas! The old man is obviously a medical practitioner, but now he is going to do this kind of thing similar to the matchmaker, shame on people!