Ji Qingwu hesitated, wondering whether to take the dagger.
Just then, the door to the bridal chamber was pushed open.
Two maids were shoved out, and Princess Qingyun's furious voice carried outside.
"Are you blind? Those two earrings were right on the table. Why would they just vanish into thin air..."
Qingyun had finally managed to wait for Li Chengxun to return and had already changed into her red bridal nightgown. The two had barely exchanged a few words when they learned the Emperor had arrived.
She was both shocked and anxious. She had to fix her hair ornaments before she could present herself.
But the pair of gold-inlaid pearl earrings was nowhere to be found. The more frantically she searched, the more elusive they seemed.
Princess Qingyun snapped, "If you can't find them, will you be able to bear the responsibility when my Imperial Brother asks about them later?"
