"Fourth Sister-in-law!"" Quan Shaoteng approached again with a beaming smile and said, with a teasing smirk, "The trinket on your wrist, isn't that the very keepsake Emperor Qianlong gave to his beloved woman?"
Startled, Zhan Se lifted her wrist and took another look.
Under the sunlight, the jade pendant, known as 'Shih Ba Zi', seemed even more lustrously translucent; the pendant swayed, exuding a luxurious brilliance as if it were flowing with iridescent light.
"Is it real?"
She murmured, and Quan Shaoteng chuckled lightly, "Do you think our Fourth Brother would use a fake to bluff his woman?"
Zhan Se remained silent.
Indeed, what he said made some sense. Considering the Quan family's wealth, it was unlikely that they would resort to gifting fakes. Unintentionally, the Young Emperor's face when he joked that the 'Shih Ba Zi' was a fake re-emerged in her mind.
If it was an authentic piece, why would he claim it was a fake?
Was it to give her peace of mind?
