Chongfei Manual pt. 1

46.1

The passing night wind was chilly and lifted up the edges of his clothes, but he didn’t feel anything. His dark eyes were enigmatic. It was impossible to tell whether he was feeling happy or angry.

He took out turquoise and silver waist accessory from his sleeve and whirled it around in his hands. Who knew what he was thinking? The waist accessory had a little squirrel carved from turquoise. There were two silver nuts hanging below the squirrel. The shape and look was unique and unusual. He had thought of Wei Luo as soon as he saw this waist accessory while he was in Binzhou.

When Wei Luo was a child, she liked to eat chestnuts, walnuts, pine nuts, peanuts, and so on in his carriage. When she was eating them, her cheeks would be bulging and she sounded like a rustling little animal. Her two dark whirling eyes showed her cunning and quick-wittedness. No one knew what strange ideas she held in her mind. She was smarter and cuter than a squirrel, but this squirrel on the waist accessory really resembled her. The look that a squirrel had when it was eating had been carved realistically.

At the time, he had bought this waist accessory without the slightest hesitation. He had decided to wait and give this to her when he returned to the capital. But, he didn’t expected that he would have to wait for two years. Now that he had finally returned from Binzhou, did she still remember him?

She had grown up and would go out with other men to look at colorful, flower lanterns. Would she still sweetly and stickily call him big brother?

Zhao Jie restrained the emotions in his eyes. He held the little squirrel in his palm and gradually closed his hand to firmly hold the accessory.

Yang Hao saw his action. He couldn’t resist sweating a bit for the fourth miss and hesitantly asked, “Your highness, do you still want to send over this accessory tonight?”

Zhao Jie pondered for a moment before turning around to walk inside, “No, this Prince will personally give it to her tomorrow.”

The dark sky showed how late it was. If he went there tonight at such a late time, it would undoubtedly scare her. He wasn’t anxious. He had already waited for so long. He had the patience to wait another night.

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Early next morning, Wei Luo received a written invitation sent from the palace. Princess Tianji had invited her to the palace.

Wei Luo sat at a round table. As she ate her breakfast, she listened to Jin Lu speak. She didn’t have any suspicions. Although she was no longer Zhao Liuli’s study companion, she would still go to the palace every now and then. She and Zhao Jiuli had a close and very good relationship in private. They were best friends. When Zhao Liuli had slightly embarrassing problems, she liked to talk it over with Ah Luo. So much so that when Liuli invited her today, she thought that there must be something troubling her.

Zhao Liuli was only one year older than her. Because their relationship was good, she didn’t have any qualms with telling her everything. Recently, Liuli had her first period and she had enthusiastically told Wei Luo about popular tips for dealing with periods. Unfortunately, Wei Luo had already experienced this in her previous life. She wasn’t the slightest bit curious and couldn’t echo her enthusiasm.

Today’s weather was relatively warmer. After Wei Luo had finished breakfast, she changed into her pine flower decorated golden short-sleeved jacket that had been newly made at New Years. Below that, she wore an embroidered cherry blossom pink full skirt. She sat on her bed to wait for Bai Lan. Bai Lan selected a pair of blue silk shoes lined with sheepskin inside.

(T/N: Look at the 2nd cover for “ChongFei Manual" for Ah Luo’s outfit described above. If you look really closely, you can see that she’s wearing the little squirrel waist accessory)