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Hou Qingyu thought for a while. As the emperor, although he was in charge of many affairs of the Yan Qi Kingdom, he was not detailed enough to know the origins of the Jewelry Pavilion. Hou Qingyu said somewhat guiltily: "I'm so sorry, I only know that this Treasure Pavilion is being taken care of by someone called Jade Maiden. I don't know anything else."

Shui Qinan was also clear that as the ruler of a country, Hou Qingyu wouldn't have the time to thoroughly investigate every single shop in the country, but she felt that there was something wrong with this Jewelry Pavilion, even though she hadn't been there yet.

Hou Qingyu looked at Shui Qinan as if he was lost in thought, and didn't make a sound. The eyes he looked at Shui Qinan with were infatuated, as if he had become more beautiful after a few months of absence.

This was because Shui Qinan had reached the peak of her power, and her entire temperament and aura had changed.

Hou Qingyu retracted his gaze and looked outside. It was already getting late, so he should return to the Imperial Palace. Hou Qingyu unwillingly took a glance at Shui Qinan and bade farewell.

After Hou Qingyu left, Shui Qinan returned to the room where she had just looked at the account book. The mama nervously watched as Shui Qinan walked back gracefully and sat in front of her. When Shui Qinan was not there just now, the mama was already drenched in cold sweat from shock by Shui Qinan's words when she left. Now that Shui Qinan had returned, when the mama saw Shui Qinan's enigmatic face and thought of Shui Qinan's methods, his heart thumped even harder.

"Do you know anything about these account books?" Shui Qinan asked inadvertently.

"Eldest Miss, I know I was wrong, I know I was wrong, please punish me." The mama nervously knelt down and said.

"What are you doing? What am I punishing you for?" Shui Qinan slowly said as she knocked on the table.

In the days that she was gone, the entire Shui’s Mansion had been taken care of by the mama in front of her. After a long time, this mama seemed to have forgotten that she was only a servant.

"I shouldn't have interrupted before Eldest Miss could speak." The mama replied in a soft voice.

"Next time, you better remember this clearly. I don't like having other people decide for me!" Shui Qinan's eyes suddenly became stern, and the mama's mind trembled as she replied, "Yes."

"I'm going to the Jewelry Pavilion tomorrow." Shui Qinan continued to speak. This time, I don't even have the courage to ask Shui Qinan about going to the Jewelry Pavilion anymore.

The next day.

Shui Qinan brought a cute little servant into the jewelry store, and this little servant girl was the one who stayed in her courtyard all those years ago.

"Miss is lacking in jewelry so do you want to go inside the jewelry store to take a look?" On the carriage, Little Mei couldn't help but ask. After all this time, it was rare to see Eldest Miss bringing jewelry, and if Eldest Miss really did lack jewelry, there would be one in the Shui’s Mansion shop too.

Shui Qinan did not answer. Instead, she lifted the curtain of the carriage to look at the bustling streets outside and asked with her eyebrows raised, "The things that the ladies outside are wearing all come from the Jewelry Pavilion."

Lil 'Mei also looked out the window. A large portion of the people outside were either wearing pearl hairpins or bracelets. It was a strange thing that these jewelry were from the Jewelry Pavilion. It was easy to recognize them as jewelry from the Jewelry Pavilion. But if you looked carefully, it was no different from other jewelry, but it was especially attractive.

"Miss, how did you figure it out?" Lil 'Mei asked excitedly. The Miss had never seen any jewelry from the Jewelry Pavilion before.

Shui Qinan frowned, there was indeed something wrong with the Jewel Pavilion. She had already created a faint wave of evil Qi within the carriage that no one else could see, but at her current cultivation level, she could see that some of the jewelry had black energy floating around inside it. If she kept it with her for too long, not only would she lose her life, but it would also be devoured by it.

Seeing Shui Qinan not saying a word, her entire body released an extremely strong pressure, and did not dare to ask any further questions.

After a long time, he heard the coachman say, "Eldest Miss, we've arrived at the Jewelry Pavilion."

Shui Qinan got off the horse carriage, and after looking at the three big words on the door, "Jewelry Pavilion", he entered the Jewelry Pavilion.

Inside, it was truly a sea of people, as well as young mistresses from aristocratic families fighting over the same bracelet.

Lil Mei clicked her tongue. Was this bracelet really that attractive? Shui Qinan looked around, and sure enough, half of these accessories had black Qi flowing inside them.

Shui Qinan pretended to pick up a hairpin that had no black aura flowing. At this time, a woman walked over and said with a smile: "Big Miss has a good eye, this is a new product from our Jewelry Pavilion, but this is very expensive."

After Shui Qinan heard the woman's words, he looked at the hairpin's price. Fifty thousand platinum stones, Shui Qinan then looked at the other jewelry that did not have any black energy around them, most of them were made in platinum stones.

Shui Qinan put down the hairpin and looked away. At this time, the woman turned her eyes and asked: "Does young lady like this hairpin, and you think it's a bit expensive?" The woman didn't wait for Shui Qinan's reply and pointed to the other side: "There's one that's exactly the same here, it only costs fifty thousand green stones."

The woman took the hairpin and gave it to Shui Qinan. Shui Qinan took a look, and sure enough, there was black Qi inside, and not only that there were many black dots. Shui Qinan did not receive the hairpin, but only calmly looked at the woman. The woman was a little scared by Shui Qinan's gaze, and after thinking about how hard it was to deal with, she awkwardly took her hand back.

Little Mei looked at the two hairpins and saw that they were exactly the same. She could not understand why there was such a difference in price, so she asked, "Why are these two hairpins so cheap?" Is the cheap material bad? "

"This lady doesn't know. These two materials are the same material, but they are made by the precious Grandmaster Qing Yun. Naturally, they are much more expensive, and the cheap ones are made by our Treasure Pavilion." The woman explained, afraid that Shui Qinan would not believe her: "These two hairpins are definitely of the same material, if Miss does not believe me, you can buy two to compare, or go and appraise the other jewelry stores."

Shui Qinan sneered, of course the materials were the same, but one of them was evil, and the person inside the jewelry shop was not an expert, so it was natural that he could not identify them.

If she hadn't guessed wrong, the hairpin would only let the hairpin like jewelry from the Jewelry Pavilion once it was taken away. As time passed, the hair clips would carry all the evil items from the Jewelry Pavilion, so it was natural that the hairpin wouldn't be able to live for long.

Who was the owner of the Treasure Pavilion?

"Who is your master? I want to meet him." Shui Qinan said indifferently.

"Miss, what's the matter?" Upon hearing Shui Qinan's question, the woman became vigilant, she kept the hairpin that she was going to recommend Shui Qinan with, her face still had a smile, but the cold look in the corner of her eyes still sold her out.