Ning Shu's eyebrows moved slightly and she said, "There are millions of women in this world. There are plump swallows and thin rings, weak willows swaying in the wind, passionate and talented women, elegant and graceful … I don't know what kind of woman Your Highness likes. If I randomly choose someone that Your Highness is not satisfied with, I'm afraid that I won't be able to bear the consequences. Therefore, I ask Your Highness to find someone else. "
Xiahou Qing said without restraint, "Don't worry. No matter who you choose, it doesn't make any difference to me. I don't need to worry about blaming you."
Ning Shu hesitated and said, "Then what if I choose the most generous and fat of all the young ladies, with an appearance that is like salt, without talent and without interest?"
Xiahou Qing continued to be calm, "It doesn't matter."
"If she has no talent and no virtue, likes to indulge in flights of fancy, and does all kinds of mischief all day, Your Highness won't mind?"
Xiahou Qing's expression was still calm, "It doesn't matter."
Ning Shu smiled. He clearly chose the person she would spend all day with. If it was someone else, their heart would be filled with eagerness. He, on the other hand, didn't look like he was choosing a concubine. Instead, he looked like he was casually choosing a painting to hang on the wall. Therefore, she casually said, "What if it's someone like me, who has a bad luck in her life?"
She thought that he would continue to maintain his cold and silent appearance. She didn't expect him to frown, as if he was extremely disgusted. Then, he spat out four solemn words from his lips and teeth.
"Impossible."
Ning Shu froze for a moment, then she smiled awkwardly and said, "Your Highness, don't worry. I was just joking. In the palace, the young ladies carefully selected by His Majesty, the Empress, and the Grand Imperial Concubine must be of good character and appearance. How could there be someone like me who has a bad luck? "
Tsk, she knew that her "good reputation" was spread far and wide, and no one would welcome her if she married into any family. However, they were friends who had solved the same case, so he should at least give her some face. If he didn't give her any face, it would be too embarrassing.
Upon hearing her words, Xiahou Qing's frown deepened. He pursed his lips and wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to respond.
At the side, Jiusi hurriedly said, "Lady Ning, please don't misunderstand. My family's heir doesn't mean to be disrespectful. Instead, it's — "He thought for a moment, but didn't know how to phrase it. In the end, he pushed the brocade box on the table in front of Ning Shu and said respectfully in a low voice," Lady Ning will understand after you see it. "
The black brocade box was pushed in front of her. Ning Shu glanced at Jiu Si's tense face. Immediately, her joking expression changed. She picked up the brocade box and slowly opened it. Then, she saw the small and exquisite token. She was caught off guard and her eyes widened.
"This is —"
Xiahou Qing's low voice slowly sounded in her ear. "Last night, the imperial astronomer obeyed Imperial Concubine Qi's orders and performed a divination for me to choose a consort. In the end, which family's young miss was the best choice for the heir's consort, the result of the divination was not the birth characters of any family, nor was it the family name. Instead, it was the curse of these eight characters that flew out of nowhere — madness, madness, and violent death. Can you guess what this token means? My heir's consort hasn't been chosen yet, but her fate has already been decided. Tell me, who should I choose? "
There was a hint of a smile in his voice, but it was the kind that was exceptionally cold.
What was dozens of times colder than his voice was the shocking red characters in front of Ning Shu. Each character seemed to have been carefully drawn with every stroke, so thick that it seemed like it would drip blood.
"How is this possible!" Ning Shu's beautiful brows tightly knit together, and she immediately raised her doubts. "First, since the imperial astronomer obeyed Imperial Concubine Qi's orders to perform a divination, it must have recorded the names and corresponding birth dates of all the young misses to be chosen. It must be checked over and over again before it can be thrown into the divination pot. How could such an ominous piece of paper be mixed in with the rest?
Second, His Highness's consort selection is a major event, so it's impossible for only one person to be present to perform the divination. At the very least, the supervisor, junior supervisor, magistrate, and more than ten other people should be there to assist. The process of making the tokens, making a vow, inquiring about the heavens, throwing the tokens, and so on, has to be done in groups of two or three. Each group is responsible for one step, not interfering with each other and supervising each other. Even if that ominous token was lucky enough to be mixed in, how could it be guaranteed that it would be chosen in the next step by chance?
Third, perhaps the person who was a ghost specifically aimed at the last step of the token throwing and took the opportunity to replace the one that was truly chosen. But how did he escape the eyes of the people next to him? Moreover, the probability of being found to be a fraud in the last step is too high. There are only two or three suspects, and after this matter is revealed, these people will bear the brunt of the interrogation. How could he be so sure that he wouldn't be found? Or is it that he doesn't want to live anymore? "
She understood at the same time. So when he said 'impossible', it wasn't that he looked down on her, but that he would never let her be chosen and fall into that treacherous and terrifying situation.
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