The Regent's Tender Darling

Entering the shop, an old man in sixties with black and white hair was sitting behind the counter. The silver mask on half of his face was very eye-catching, reflecting light in the not-so-bright light in the room.

Old Man Luo never raised his eyes after the two of them walked in. He just concentrated on mending the scrolls in his hands and said, "What do you two want to buy?"

"Why is it so dark in here?" Marquis Zhaoren started talking after he came in and looked around. The room turned its back to the sun in the afternoon, and the lighting was not good this winter, so the room seemed a bit darker. , but it’s not like I can’t see clearly.

There were shelves on both sides of the room, and an old man with gray hair sat behind the counter. Behind the old man, there was a row of shelves and a door. Everything seemed to be complete.

"Old man." Yan Xuan called out warmly, then took out the jade pendant.

The jade pendant is made of ordinary material, with some orange tones, and is round in shape. It has a big turtle on the front and two lines of small poems carved on the back.

The sound of the jade pendant being placed gently on the counter made Old Luo's hand pause. At this time, Zhaoren Hou also came over, looking at a jade pendant carved with a turtle, but he didn't think it was anything.

Turtles have longevity and are often used as ornaments, but jade pendants are rare.

Old Man Luo put down the repair tools in his hand and stretched out his skinny hand. The skin on the back of the hand was dry and wrinkled, wrapping the fingers that looked fragile and easy to break.

Picking up the jade pendant, Old Man Luo took a look at it and murmured the poem on the back of the jade pendant: "If there is no north-south road outside the door, the world should be free from the sorrow of separation!"

The voice sounded hoarse and melancholy, and even though half of his face was hidden in an airtight mask, there was still a glimmer of light in his cloudy and dim eyes.

However, this emotion soon disappeared from Old Man Luo's face, leaving only a look of indifference. He looked at Zhaorenhou.

Yan Xuan said: "Old man, we are together."

"Don't call me old man, just call me old man Luo." After saying that, he put down the jade pendant, still looking at Zhaorenhou, and said: "There are no rules without rules. If you want to go in, leave something of yours."

Then he pointed at the turtle jade pendant and said, "Exchange it for a jade pendant like this."

"What?" Zhaorenhou was stunned at first, but when he saw Prince An's expression, he subconsciously looked at himself.

When he came out, he changed into casual clothes. There was a purse around his waist that had been used for decades. The purse was embroidered by his mother. It contained a stone from the river, which his wife picked up in the river, and he was engraved on it. name.

He has treasured this thing for decades, but in the eyes of outsiders, it seems a little difficult to handle.

Old Man Luo stared at the purse around Zhaorenhou's waist and said, "Just take it."

As soon as these words came out, Zhaorenhou subconsciously stretched out his hand to protect him. Faced with the strange look in the old man's eyes, he still reluctantly took it off.

The purse has turned yellow and has rough edges, and the embroidery is blurred. Even if it is thrown on the street, no one may pick it up.

"Here." Marquis Zhaoren looked particularly cherished as he handled it gently.

Old Man Luo grabbed the purse from the counter, locked it in the cabinet, then stood up and opened the small door that sealed the entrance to the counter.

The movement was clean and neat, without any delay, and then he opened the door behind the counter.

"Your Majesty, the tea has been brewed, but no one has come." As soon as Xuemei finished speaking, she heard someone coming upstairs outside, and she was startled.

No one else is allowed to go up to the third floor. It seems that King An is here.

Lin Jiaojiao suddenly stopped playing with the white jade cup in her hand. She raised her eyes and looked at the door. From the sound, she couldn't be alone.

So King An successfully brought people here.

It's not in vain that she trusted King An. If he didn't have this ability, she really had to consider replacing him.