The Marquis's line has ended? The pregnant maid is pregnant again!

Looking at the exquisite jade pendant placed in front of her, Shen Qinghe did not immediately accept it, but symbolically declined with her words:

"Your Highness's reward is far too generous. Such a fine jade pendant is so exquisitely crafted, and the jade itself must be of extraordinary quality. If I were to accept it, I would feel ashamed of myself."

That's what they say, but how could Shen Qinghe possibly let such a great opportunity slip by so easily?

The reason Shen Qinghe discovered peanut powder and continued making pastries after all that trouble was precisely for this one blessing, wasn't it?

This jade pendant was somewhat unexpected for her. Originally, Shen Qinghe only wanted a chicken feather that could be used as a command token.

But now the results are unexpectedly good.

Shen Qinghe would never let such a fine jade pendant go to waste. It was cheap, and it would be a fool not to take advantage of it!

After saying this, Shen Qinghe quickly took the jade pendant, as if afraid that Lu Jihan in front of her would change his mind.

Lu Jihan had no intention of taking it back; there was no reason to take back what he had given away.

Furthermore, he didn't even know who this little girl was!

She wouldn't refuse; at most, she'd give a perfunctory refusal, but in reality, she'd back down faster than anyone else.

This is what happened when I asked for grace last time.

This time, however, Lu Jihan, looking at her smiling face, suddenly became interested and grabbed her wrist tightly: "Since you don't want it, fine..."

Lu Jihan feigned disappointment and sighed heavily, "I'm not one to force people. If you don't want it, that's fine. I'll find you something better later."

After saying that, seeing that Lu Jihan was about to take the jade pendant back, Shen Qinghe's eyes widened, and she stared at him expectantly:

"Sir!!! You, a dignified and indomitable man, on the battlefield you...you shed blood and sweat but not tears, you..."

Shen Qinghe looked at him and saw Lu Jihan holding the jade pendant, turning around as if to hang it back on his waist.

Shen Qinghe immediately panicked and rushed to Lu Jihan's side, exclaiming, "How can you take back something you gave away yourself?!"

"Didn't you... not want it?" Lu Jihan looked at her. "If you don't want it, I can't force you to accept it, can I?"

Shen Qinghe grabbed his hand tightly: "No, Master, you can, you can force me to accept it, you are the young marquis!!"

"Oh??" Lu Jihan suppressed the smile on his lips, looking at her coldly. "So, do you want it or not?"

"Yes! Yes, yes, yes!" Shen Qinghe decisively and quickly took the jade pendant and carefully wiped it with her sleeve.

"I love it, I love it very much. There's nothing I wouldn't like from the young marquis. Especially this jade pendant, the jade is clearly of the highest quality. If I were to take it out and sell it for several hundred taels, it would be a piece of cake!"

As Shen Qinghe spoke, she became quite pleased with herself, and her smile grew even brighter.

Until a pair of large hands pinched her cheeks, Lu Jihan's handsome face was right in front of her, sneering:

"What did you say??"

Shen Qinghe immediately came to her senses and quickly pretended to be obedient: "This servant is ignorant. Although I have seen many fine things with the old lady, I am used to using silver as a metaphor. What I mean is that this jade pendant must be very precious, and this servant will definitely take good care of it."

Seeing that she was relatively obedient, Lu Jihan didn't dwell on it: "In the whole world, you're the only one who would think of selling off the reward I just received."

Shen Qinghe obediently didn't argue, and smiled as she massaged his hands: "Young Marquis must be tired too, let me massage your shoulders."

As she spoke, Shen Qinghe stood up, went behind Lu Jihan, and reached out to massage his shoulder.

Lu Jihan closed his eyes, leaned back slightly, his neck curving into a slight arc, and let out a comfortable sigh:

"That jade pendant was a gift from my grandmother when I was little; it's part of a pair. To sell it for a few hundred taels would be a complete waste!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Qinghe immediately pressed, "Then, in your opinion, how much can it sell for?"

Lu Jihan wasn't surprised by her words, he just glanced at her indifferently: "At least a thousand taels, and don't sell it for less than that."

Shen Qinghe's eyes lit up as she immediately felt the weight of the jade pendant in her pocket.

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Having gotten what she wanted, Shen Qinghe didn't linger. Seeing that Lu Jihan was about to get busy, she wisely took her leave.

As soon as Shen Qinghe returned to the courtyard and sat down to rest, Qing'er handed her a dish of pickled green plums: "Sister is back! These are freshly made, sister, have a taste."

Shen Qinghe picked up a salted green plum and put it in her mouth. She felt much lighter and her stomach felt more comfortable. Her gaze fell on Green Sleeve, who was cleaning in the corner.

"Is there something wrong with her today?"

Qing'er shook her head: "I have already put the bag of flour mixed with peanut powder back in its original place as my sister instructed. Green Sleeve went to check on it today and should not have found anything unusual."

Shen Qinghe nodded: "Keep an eye on her, but don't alert her. As the old saying goes, to catch a thief, you need to catch him red-handed. If you're going to do something, you need to find something on her, drive these spies out of my yard, and completely shut down the people behind her. Don't give her any chance to turn things around! If she does anything unusual, report it to me immediately."

Shen Qinghe's gaze was then drawn to Fang Yu among the servants: "What about him? He arrived on the same day as Lüxiu."

"Sister, he's quieter and doesn't talk much. He doesn't seem to like being around people. But he works very hard with the servants. I can't see anything wrong with him at the moment."

Qing'er scratched her head, speaking somewhat uncertainly.

"It's alright. The Lady of the Marquis isn't in the manor, so even if something happens, she won't be the first to be affected," Shen Qinghe said, holding a salted plum in her hand while pondering in her mind.

Tomorrow is the Thousand Buddhas Festival, Shen Yun'er probably won't be so quiet, right?

After all, in Shen Yun'er's heart, she wanted to be the wife of the Grand Secretary!

at night.

It wasn't Shen Yun'er who arrived, but Wu Xiaoniang.

Wu Xiaoniang was also very puzzled, as she said she came to visit Shen Qinghe, but she really did nothing.

He simply chatted with Shen Qinghe from east to west, seemingly about some trivial matter.

Even Fangfei, the maidservant brought by Wu Xiaoniang, didn't move.

Wu Xiaoniang talked to Shen Qinghe until it was late at night and she was sleepy before going back.

Only after leaving Shen Qinghe's courtyard did Wu Xiaoniang glance at Fangfei beside her: "Did you see clearly?"

Fangfei frowned, somewhat embarrassed: "Miss, Shen Qinghe hid it too well. I only found where the Buddha statue was hidden, but I really didn't see the copied Buddhist scriptures."

Wu Xiaoniang chuckled, "What's so important about the Buddhist scriptures? What we need is the Buddha statue, which Shen Qinghe spent half a month embroidering."

"But young lady, why should we help Shen Yun'er find out the location of Shen Qinghe's Buddha statue?"

Fangfei asked, puzzled, "Then Shen Yun'er clearly looks like a restless vixen as well."

"She is indeed a vixen, but she still has some use. Besides, we only glanced at that spot; we didn't tamper with it. Even if you investigate thoroughly, you won't find me."

Wu Xiaoniang glanced at it and said, "Just doing Shen Yun'er a favor. We'll rely on her to bring down Shen Qinghe in the future!"