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"Why did the emperor suddenly gift me this?" Yan Ling frowned, a little puzzled.

"How would this servant know? But, since it's a reward from the emperor, why not just keep the young miss?" Li Yi stuck out her tongue.

"You!" Yan Ling felt helpless.

Looking at the exquisite jade pendant in the box, no matter how ignorant Yan Ling was, he could tell that it was not an ordinary item. Moreover, when the sunlight shone through the lattice window onto the jade pendant, it could be vaguely seen that the interior seemed to be made of flowing jade.

For some reason, when he saw such a treasure, Yan Ling did not feel excited at all. On the contrary, he had a feeling that something bad was about to happen.

"For no reason at all, this reward was given to me. "It's not like there's any reason at all. I'm afraid it's not going to be a good thing." Yan Ling sighed.

"Ah?" "Then what should we do?" When Li Li heard this, she suddenly became nervous.

"What do we do? "Of course it's better to take it back. Just like you said, can you really return the things that the Emperor gave you?" He spoke as if he didn't care.

The Emperor bestowed a top-quality jade pendant to the Eldest Miss. This sort of news spread throughout the entire Prime Minister's Estate in next to no time.

Some people were curious, and naturally, some people were angry.

Yan Shuang had just lost someone a few days ago. Furthermore, she had been frozen for an entire night and had caught a slight chill. She had just recovered recently.

However, when he heard this news, he was so angry that he nearly smashed everything in the room.

Even though he didn't know what that thing was like. But how could something bestowed by the Emperor be lacking? Moreover, the item itself was not important. What was important was the title of 'bestowed by the Emperor'.

If it had been anyone else, Yan Shuang would not have ended up like this, but it was all because of Yan Ling. Yan Shuang had tried several times to deal with Yan Ling, but she had always avoided his attacks.

He had been holding this in in in his heart for a long time.

A few days ago, Yan Shuang was just walking on the street when she was knocked unconscious by someone and left in the alley. Even though the Prime Minister hadn't found out who the murderer was, Yan Shuang was very certain that it was Yan Ling who had done it.

However, the Prime Minister and Madam Yan obviously didn't believe that Yan Ling had that much ability. In addition to the lack of evidence, Yan Shuang had only suffered a loss. However, she still clearly remembered this debt in her heart.

Originally, Yan Shuang had been planning on what she should do to take revenge and teach Yan Ling a lesson. Due to her previous failures, Yan Shuang did not dare to act rashly.

However, Yan Shuang did not expect that it would be at this critical juncture. He heard the news of the emperor's reward for Yan Ling.

In addition, Yan Shuang was almost certain that Yan Ling hadn't seen the emperor during this period of time. However, the Emperor's reward this time was delivered directly to the Prime Minister's Estate. From the looks of it, he did not seem to have any reason other than that he wanted to reward Yan Ling.

Such a realization made Yan Shuang angry and resentful, but in the end, there was nothing she could do about it.

The next day, Li Yi hurriedly walked past the courtyard. Her face was so ugly that it was scary. The maids wanted to greet her, but they hesitated to do so.

Without any hesitation, Li Yi walked towards Yan Ling's room. When Li Yi went to retrieve the items from the storage room, he discovered that something was amiss. Now, only Li — only she herself — knew what her heart had become.

"Miss …" Once Li Jun closed the door, she shouted with a bit of fear. As soon as the words left her mouth, the voice turned a little shaky.

When Yan Lingli saw that she looked like she was about to cry, her heart skipped a beat. Knowing that something big had happened, she unconsciously had a bad premonition.

"Don't be in such a hurry. Tell me quickly, what happened?" Yan Ling asked seriously.

"Miss, the piece of jade bestowed by the Emperor yesterday …" Li Li did not finish her sentence, but her tears had already begun to fall.

"What happened to the jade pendant that the Emperor bestowed upon us? Tell me." Yan Ling suddenly became anxious.

The Emperor's reward naturally represented a type of special honor, but if it was so easily damaged, then the Emperor's punishment would likely be even greater. If anyone were to find out, things would become troublesome.

However, the Emperor had given him a reward for no reason and for no reason at all. Now, there were probably many people who were eyeing him and waiting for his misfortune.

If something went wrong with the gift from the emperor at this moment, perhaps Yan Ling would really fall into trouble.

"This servant will go to the storehouse today. "I took what Miss said I needed, but this servant found out …" The brocade box containing the jade pendant was opened by someone. When this servant went up to check, I found that the jade pendant was missing. "

After Li Li finished this string of words, she bit her lips, trying her best to not let herself cry out.

"What!" Yan Ling fell back into his chair. Although he had tried his best to calm down, he still could not help but turn pale.

However, just at that time, footsteps came from outside the room. The master and the servant in the room instantly tensed up.

The footsteps stopped at the door, and then there was a knock on the door. "Miss, are you inside?"

"What's the matter?" Yan Ling took a deep breath and answered.

"To reply young miss, someone from the palace has arrived. They say that Miss Xuan has entered the palace." The maid at the door said respectfully.

"This …" Li Yi was so scared that her face turned the color of paper.

Honestly speaking, hearing such news again at this time made Yan Ling very nervous. However, Yan Ling was also very clear that if he were to panic at this moment, he would be in a state of disarray.

"Got it. Go and tell them that I'll be right there after I change." Yan Ling said faintly.

"Yes."

"Miss, what should we do?" After the person at the door left, Li Yi said in a low voice.

"It's not necessarily because of this matter. Let's go take a look first." Yan Ling tightly gripped the armrest of his chair, his knuckles turning slightly white.

"It's all my fault." This servant did not take good care of it. " Li Yi blamed herself.

Yan Ling glanced at Li Li, but did not say anything to comfort her. Instead, he got up and tidied up his clothes and combed his makeup.

Naturally, Yan Ling could not make the people in the palace wait longer, and in just a short while, he had already finished packing.

In the past, when Yan Ling entered the palace, he had always been escorted by Li Li. But this time, Li Yi's state was clearly somewhat off.

Yan Ling frowned as he called the maidservant, who had reported in earlier, into the room. Without batting an eyelid, he asked, "What's your name?"

"Reporting to young mistress, this servant is Qingyu." The maid replied respectfully without the slightest trace of emotion.

Yan Ling complimented and added, "Qingyu, accompany me to the palace this time. Li Yi, go back to your room and have a good rest. "

Finished speaking, Yan Ling walked out without looking back. Qingyu seemed somewhat puzzled as she raised her head to look at Li Yi's slightly reddened eyes. It was obvious that she had cried. However, she did not ask any further and instead turned around to follow up with Yan Ling.

When they arrived at the main hall, they found that the Prime Minister and Madam Yan were waiting for them. To put it simply, Frost had followed closely behind Yan Ling as they entered the hall.