C75 Discovering the Secret of the Red Box!
When she returned to the city, the people in the city were talking about the evil dragon mountain bandits abandoning their evil ways and returning to the good side.
Lan Qingqian pouted and asked Gu Jun’an who was writing, “Am I that scary? The people said that a scary thing came from the evil dragon mountain and scared the bandits away.”
It was obvious that this scary thing was her!
Touching her hair bun, Lan Qingqian felt that she was so cute and pretty. What was there to be afraid of?
Gu Jun’an smiled and said, “You’ve done a good deed for the people!”
Many years later, the legend of the evil dragon mountain bandits was still around. Without the bandits, no one dared to go to the evil dragon mountain. The evil dragon mountain became desolate…
During the new year, Gu Jun’an went out for something. Lan Qingqian sneakily went to the back of the yard and pushed away a cauldron that had been abandoned for many years. She dug out the red box that was hidden underground with a hoe.
She carefully carried it back to the house and opened it. She reached out to touch the thing inside, “Father, it’s the new year again. I miss you so much. When will you come and bring me home? Is it because your stallion is too lazy and is walking so slowly?”
Lan Qingqian flipped through the familiar things and remembered what Emperor Xiao Ren said, “Little Nine, this is your secret. You can’t give it to anyone. Do you know?”
She took out a crystal lock and rubbed it. She then said, “Father, I will protect these secrets and I promise not to tell anyone.”
“Yi, what is this pattern?” Lan Qingqian looked down at the candlelight and saw that there were lines on the lock. However, it was too small and she couldn’t see what it was.
She laid on the bed and looked at the crystal lock. She wanted to see what the mysterious secret her father was talking about was. However, after looking at it for half a day, there wasn’t even a pattern on the lock. What kind of mysterious secret could it be?
The moonlight outside the window was too bright. The moonlight shone in through the window and Lan Qingqian’s crystal lock started to change under the moonlight.
There seemed to be a map drawn on the crystal lock. It was very small and could only be seen with the purple lines.
“What is this?” Lan Qingqian touched it but couldn’t touch it.
She got up and wanted to see it more clearly. However, she noticed that there was something strange in the dark room. The moonlight shone on the crystal lock and the map on the crystal lock would appear in the dark. It was even clearer than the map on the lock.
After moving the crystal lock away from the moonlight, it was transparent again.
After a few times, Lan Qingqian realized that as long as the crystal lock was exposed to the moonlight, the map would appear in the dark.
She stared at the painting for a long time, but she didn’t know what it was.
“Your Highness, Your Highness, is this servant here to deliver the bird’s nest to you? Are you asleep?” Chun Luo said softly when she found the door was closed.
Lan Qingqian immediately pulled the crystal back and threw it into the quilt. She then ran to open the door.
Chun Luo came in. “Your Highness, why did you lock the door?”
“I, I am looking for new clothes!” Lan Qingqian remembered her father’s words and didn’t tell Chun Luo.
She ran to the tea table and waited for Chun Luo to bring the bird’s nest to her. “What color do you want to wear? This servant will find it for you.”
“I want to wear red, like fire!” Lan Qingqian didn’t want to find clothes, but Chun Luo really did. She could only say that. She drank the bird’s nest in one breath and ran to the quilt to hide. She was afraid that Chun Luo would find her.
In her tender heart, secrets couldn’t be found by others. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be a secret.
“Do you want to wear this?” Chun Luo raised a red skirt and asked.
Lan Qingqian nodded. “Yes! Alright, I will sleep after I find it.” She lay in the quilt and waited for Chun Luo to leave.
She didn’t expect Chun Luo to sit over and startle Lan Qingqian. “What are you doing?”
Chun Luo looked at her. “Your Highness, what’s wrong with you? This servant is here to tell you a story. The prince won’t be able to come back to the residence tonight.” She felt that the princess was acting weird tonight, but she couldn’t tell what exactly was wrong with her.