Marrying into a poor family

Chapter 341 Jasper Hairpin
As he said, there was no malice in his smile, it was even gentle, but this made Qin Xiang even more worried.

He only said that he had no ill intentions towards his mother and himself, not that his family members had no ill intentions.

However, he is not very similar to his mother. Could it be that his mother can make him miss others when he sees them?

There were many doubts, but fortunately the Ninth Prince wanted to help her clear up her doubts. This was very good. No matter what the outcome was, Qin Xiang would at least be spared endless guessing.

The unknown is the scariest thing.

However, since Mrs. Su was here, Qin Xiang didn't say much, so she took Mrs. Su away and left.

When she came out, she saw Yaoxiang coming. Seeing that Qin Xiang was about to leave, she asked her a few questions. Qin Xiang felt a little better when she saw that she was sincerely concerned, so she introduced Princess Yaoxiang to her mother.

Hearing that she was the princess, Mrs. Su knelt down and kowtowed. Yao Xiang hurriedly stretched out her hand to stop Mrs. Su, who was helped up before her knees even touched the ground.

Yao Xiang looked at Su carefully, then smiled and said to Qin Xiang: "Except for these eyes, you mother and daughter are not very similar."

The ordinary Su Shi always smiles and bends her eyes, with gentle or timid eyes. Unlike Qin Xiang, who is cold and indifferent and has a sharp look at people.

Qin Xiang glanced at her mother. Few people said that her eyes looked like her mother's. But now that she looked closely, it was indeed the case.

Qin Xiang was more sensitive and instantly felt that Princess Yaoxiang was very polite to Su. You know, Yaoxiang was not a very talkative person.

Princess Yaoxiang probably liked Su Shi very much, so she wanted to keep her talking for a while, saying that she had just raised a child and had been crying at night recently. She wanted Su Shi to help find out what was wrong.

Qin Xiang smiled and refused on Su's behalf: "My mother doesn't understand this either. I'm afraid the nanny at the princess's house is more experienced!"

"My wet nurses are outsiders after all. I don't know what they are thinking!"

Qin Xiang's heart skipped a beat: The wet nurse was carefully selected by the palace, and she was considered an outsider. Could it be that the Su family was not an outsider?
Not an outsider
Qin Xi didn't dare to think about it anymore. This was more terrifying and frightening than what she thought before, that she was going to serve the Ninth Prince.

Su was very frightened when facing the Ninth Prince, but she was less timid when facing the smiling Yao Xiang. Seeing Yao Xiang's sincerity, she thought that she had just given birth to a child, and was really worried when she cried, so she said to her daughter: " Let’s take a look. Although I don’t know much about it, I have just given birth to a baby, so I might know something about it.”

Qin Xiang thought for a while and agreed to Su's proposal. Then she used the excuse that she had dropped something and wanted to find it, so she asked Su to follow Yao Xiang first.

Su Shi followed Yao Xiang, and Qin Xiang was still relieved, probably because she was a little more relieved about Yao Xiang.

The journey back was very smooth, and even the servants waiting at the entrance of the courtyard did not surprise Qin Xiang.

The Ninth Prince is playing chess alone, looking a little lonely.

This is a frightening figure, but now he is slightly hunched over, staring at the chessboard and meditating, just like any other old man.

Qin Xiang had some suspicions in her mind. She stepped into the room again and saw the old man again. She calmed down and stood aside to watch him play chess, waiting quietly.

"The man you married is a good chess player. It can be seen that he has a decent character and a certain groove in his chest. He will be a promising person in the future."

The Ninth Prince dropped a chess piece and said calmly.

Qin Xiang knelt down and saluted: "Thank you so much, Your Majesty!"

The Ninth Prince played with a white jade chess piece on his fingertips. He smiled when he heard this. He turned to look at Qin Xiang. Seeing her calm expression, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "You have adjusted your mood so quickly?"

Qin Xi also smiled: "It's not like I have adjusted my mood, it's just that I have some guesses."

"Oh, tell me?" "If my mother's jade butterfly hairpin was taken away by someone sent by the prince, then the matter is probably close to ten."

The Ninth Prince never thought that Qin Xiang would talk about the hairpin first, but after thinking about it, the hairpin was indeed an important thing, so he smiled ambiguously, neither saying that he took the hairpin, nor that he didn't.

Qin Xi secretly scolded this man for being an old fox. She said so, but she was actually just trying to deceive the Ninth Prince.

"My mother has a hosta, which was left to her by my grandmother. Unfortunately, my mother only got it a few years ago."

The Ninth Prince looked down at the chessboard, but the chess pieces in his hands no longer moved, and his whole body was as motionless as a clay sculpture.

Qin Xiang wanted to figure out what the Ninth Prince was thinking, but she couldn't tell what he was thinking from his expression. Her mind turned around and she took a deep breath.

"Before this, my mother lived a very, very hard life. She didn't even know that she was not the daughter of the Su family. She had to do endless work, suffer endless hardships, and endure endless beatings and scoldings, but she didn't even have enough to eat. I can’t even have a meal.”

The Ninth Prince's fingers moved in a daze, but Qin Xiang couldn't see it clearly. She didn't know if it was her imagination.

So, she continued: "When she was sixteen years old, she was sold by her father and brother. She was originally going to be sold to the land of fireworks, but my father saw her at the door and took a liking to her. So, my mother became a An outhouse that is worse than a concubine."

This time, Qin Xiang could see clearly that the Ninth Prince's fingers really moved.

Qin Xiang was secretly happy. It seemed that the Ninth Prince cared about this matter.

"My mother was afraid of being judged, so she never dared to go out and trapped herself in that small place for more than ten years. How many people have more than ten years? She lived in poverty in the first sixteen years, so what happened to her in the next sixteen years? Living comfortably?"

The Ninth Prince had obviously investigated the situation of their family. He smiled and said, "Fortunately, with the help of ghosts like you, she has been able to live a relaxed life these years. Even if she remarries, she is still a reckless man, hum!"

Qin Xiang was able to confirm the Ninth Prince's thoughts and felt relieved.

"But this reckless man has been taking care of our mother and daughter, and has been silently accompanying and protecting my mother. Why can't my mother marry such a reckless man?"

"Your mouth doesn't sound like your mother's!"

"Then who does the prince look like?"

"There are some things that are not good if you know too much!" The Ninth Prince pointed out something. He looked at Qin Xiang with no blame in his eyes.

"I don't know, but that doesn't mean things won't come up. Rather than keeping things in the dark and making blind guesses, which will lead to restlessness day and night, it's better to face things head-on."

The Ninth Prince looked at Qin Xiang quietly, and Qin Xiang was not afraid to look at him.

After a long time, the Ninth Prince said, "Come with me, and I will show you a painting."

Next to the door on the left is the study room. The bookshelves against the wall are filled with books.

The four treasures of the study are placed on the desk, and a rolled picture scroll is placed on the ground next to it.

The room is lit with agarwood, giving it a feeling of peace and tranquility.

On the wall behind the desk, there is a life-size painting of a woman sitting in a pavilion playing the piano. But his eyes were looking to the opposite side, with a gentle and lingering smile on his face, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, there were two small dimples on his lips, and there was suddenly a jade hairpin on his head.

Qin Xiang took a breath of cold air and her fingers trembled slightly.