"Actually, there is no jade pendant at all, it's just a pot of flowers."

When Pei Yuandao gave this pot of flowers to Zhong Ying, he told it that the flower was named Jiupetal Lotus.

It is called Nine-petaled lotus, but it is not a lotus, and there is no flower at all.

There are only nine small leaves with a lotus shape, green and very verdant.

Pei Yuandao was not the prime minister at that time. Like Zhong Jia, he was just one of the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet.

Pei Yuandao doesn’t like drinking or listening to music. His only hobby is to take care of flowers and plants.

He has a small yard in Kyoto, which is full of all kinds of strange flowers and plants. He spends almost all his spare time on these flowers and plants, treating them as treasures and cherishing them extremely.

Zhong Jia and Pei Yuandao are good friends. When they have nothing to do, they will go to the Pei family with their only daughter Zhong Ying to chat with Pei Yuandao Hai Kuotiankong.

Zhong Ying would take Pei Yuandao's son Pei Song to play with him. Pei Song is the son of Pei Yuandao's sister. Because her parents died, she was adopted by Pei Yuandao.

Pei Yuandao likes Zhong Ying, who is lively and cheerful. Although Zhong Ying is a few years older than Pei Song, he still intends to make this marriage for Pei Song.

Zhong Jia naturally had no objection, but Zhong Ying refused.

At that time, Zhong Ying and Ling Chengji had already met each other. They fell in love with each other at first sight and were interested in each other.

Although there was no matchmaker's words, Ling Chengji, as the prince of the Ling Kingdom, was naturally not comparable to that of the Pei family.

Therefore, Pei Yuandao's idea of ​​getting married to the Zhong family was finally lost.

But this incident did not affect the relationship between the two companies at all.

Once, when Zhong Ying was at the Pei family, she couldn't hide her love for a plant that was extremely green and cute like a lotus, Pei Yuandao generously gave this pot of "flower" to Zhong Ying.

Zhong Ying can’t grow flowers. Not long after moving home, the flowers gradually withered.

Unfortunately, she had to hold the dried flowers and asked Pei Yuandao with apologetically how to save it.

"When she went, she was frowning, but she was very happy when she came back."

Zhong Jia remembered her daughter who returned from Pei's mansion that day, and her eyes were filled with memories of the past. "She said Uncle Pei told her that this flower grew in the north and when she arrived at the capital of night, she was unable to adapt to the environment and could wither easily. Since she had withered, she would not be able to keep it. However, it had another use."

Zhong Jia remembered that Zhong Ying dug out the dried plant. It was obviously a very small "flower", but there were huge roots under it.

Zhong Ying held the stem to show him, "Uncle Pei said that its stem can be carved into anything I want."

Later, Zhong Ying showed him a delicately carved white jade pendant, saying that it was carved from the rhizome of the nine-petal lotus.

Zhong Jia just thinks his daughter is joking with him. After all, how can the rhizomes of plants become jade?

He didn't take it to heart at all, let alone know that his daughter gave the jade pendant to Ling Chengji.

...

"Miss Zhong was looking for the jade pendant that someone carved? No effective clues have been found yet."

Jueying bowed and said, "As for where Pei Yuandao got the nine-leaf water lotus, after many years, I am afraid that I must ask him himself to understand it."

However, Pei Yuandao is now the prime minister and cannot be questioned at will. Therefore, Jueying dared not alarm the enemy without authorization.

"I will personally ask Pei Yuandao about the Nine-Leaf Drop Lotus."

When Ling Junxing said this, his eyes were covered in darkness.
Chapter completed!