After I traveled through the book, I fought back in the Hou Mansion

Chapter 223 Jewelry

Chapter 223

In ancient times, men had maids serving them since childhood. When they reached a certain age, they would even have maids to warm their beds. She didn't believe that Ye Yunzhou didn't have these.

Ye Yunzhou understood the meaning of her words and his face darkened immediately. However, he still patiently explained, "I have never liked maids getting close to me since I was a child. There has never been a maid in this courtyard. I only have Ye Yi to serve me."

Luo Shuiyao glanced at a certain part of his body, and said with a tone full of disbelief: "Really? Then you've grown up so much, are you still..."

Ye Yunzhou's face grew darker and darker. Before Luo Shuiyao could finish her words, he interrupted her and replied with gritted teeth, "Yes."

"Where are you looking at as a girl?"

Luo Shuiyao blinked, pretended to be innocent and looked away, then walked towards the room, muttering: "I was just looking around, what's wrong with you?"

Looking at her pretending to be ignorant, Ye Yunzhou sighed helplessly and thought to himself, there is nothing he can do to her.

After entering the house, she consciously found a place to sit down.

Ye Yunzhou followed her in, glanced at her, then turned and walked to the cabinet next to him. He opened it and took out an ordinary mahogany box. He then placed the box in front of Luo Shuiyao and said, "These are all things that His Majesty has rewarded you with over the years. If you like them, you can carry them with you every day. If you don't like them, you can dispose of those without marks as you please. Don't throw away the ones with marks. Just put them away or give them to others."

At this point, thinking of Luo Shuiyao's background and fearing she wouldn't understand, Ye Yunzhou explained in detail: "Among these things, some are engraved with palace seals. They can neither be bought nor sold, nor can they be thrown away carelessly. They can only be carried daily and must not be damaged in the slightest. As for those without seals, they can be disposed of at will by the ministers or given as rewards to others. It doesn't matter if you sell them.

"Those with the mark are bestowed by the royal family. You must be careful not to give others any handle."

After thinking for a moment, he added, "If you really don't like it, we have a jewelry shop at home. You can just take it to be melted down. After it's melted down, the mark will be gone, and you can ask the jewelry shop to make it according to your preference."

After saying that, Ye Yunzhou looked up and saw Luo Shuiyao looking at him in surprise. He couldn't help but feel a little puzzled and asked, "What's wrong?"

Luo Shuiyao was truly astonished. In this ancient society where imperial power reigned supreme, few could speak of melting down, or even destroying, royal property like Ye Yunzhou did. Thinking of this, she asked, "This is a gift from His Majesty. You're telling me to do whatever I want with it, even melt it down. Is that really okay? Will His Majesty blame me?"

Seeing her expression of shock, Ye Yunzhou smiled, then sat down beside her, casually opened the box, picked up a woven gold hairpin, and said, "These items are usually specially made by the Imperial Household Department and given to ministers to take home for their wives and children. Although they are imperial gifts, there is no special meaning behind them; it is simply a favor. Moreover, Your Majesty gives out a large number of them each year. After so long, why would he care about these things? As long as you don't use this mark recklessly and lead to complaints, Your Majesty will not pay attention. Moreover, most of the gifts given out by the Imperial Household Department are leftovers from the concubines in the various palaces. After a few years, the styles will naturally become outdated. Who would wear the same piece of jewelry for a lifetime? Naturally, those that should be melted down will be melted down. This is something that every household knows, but it is just not said openly."

Then, he smiled and inserted the woven gold hairpin into Luo Shuiyao's hair. He examined it carefully and exclaimed, "It looks very beautiful."

Lowering his eyes to meet her still-awakened gaze, Ye Yunzhou gently touched the tip of her nose and soothed her, "Don't be shocked. His Majesty is a magnanimous person and won't take this matter to heart."

She swallowed hard. Okay, she was just surprised. She'd seen it on TV before, and no one dared to touch the imperial gift. At the time, she'd thought it was like a ticking time bomb. If someone accidentally bumped into it, they'd probably be punished. But that was actually the case.

"I'm just a little surprised. I always thought that things bestowed by the emperor should not be touched at all, for fear of damaging them and causing His Majesty's blame."

"How could that be? It's perfectly normal for these things to be damaged. As long as nothing is done intentionally, it won't alarm His Majesty."

Luo Shuiyao nodded, her shock overcoming the issue. She touched the hairpin in her hair, a smile spreading across her face. It just so happened that she was a vulgar person, and she just loved these gold and silver things. Then she stood up and looked into the box, only to find it half-filled with jewelry, all thrown together so haphazardly.

Luo Shuiyao was speechless. She no longer believed the words that this thing was not likely to be damaged. She turned to look at Ye Yunzhou, "Why don't you put it back in place? If it gets bumped, it would be such a shame if the pearls and gemstones on it fall off."

Ye Yunzhou nodded with a smile, without refutation, and simply said: "I'm wrong, then you will keep all these in the future, okay?"

Luo Shuiyao flipped through the contents of the box and rolled her eyes at Ye Yunzhou, not bothering to understand the meaning behind his words. She looked around and found that the jewelry, though haphazardly arranged, was intact, and she breathed a sigh of relief. She reached out to lift the box, but found that although it looked small, it was probably made of solid wood and was extremely heavy to carry.

Seeing this, Ye Yunzhou stood up, took the box from her hand, and said, "Let me do it. I just want to take you back."

Luo Shuiyao didn't refuse and stepped aside. After Ye Yunzhou picked up the box, the two of them walked out together. Luo Shuiyao asked as they walked, "Haven't you been very busy these days? How did you find time to come back home?"

Ye Yunzhou glanced at her tenderly and said softly, "I'm very busy. I just wanted to come see you after receiving the news that you were back. After I send you back to the courtyard, I have to go back to the office."

Luo Shuiyao was not surprised by this. She followed him and nodded as she walked forward. When she was almost at the gate of the courtyard, she saw Chuntao and Aunt Zhang standing at the gate looking out from a distance.

Seeing her, Chuntao trotted forward and said, "Miss, Chunxing has been back for a while, and I haven't seen you back yet. I wanted to come out to look for you."

Luo Shuiyao raised her hand to tidy up the hair on her forehead that was a little loose from running, patted her hand with a smile and said, "I just went to get some things from my eldest brother's yard and was delayed for a while."

Nanny Zhang came over behind Chun Xing and bowed, saying, "This servant greets the prince and the young lady."