Chapter 508 - The Present, a Precious Hibiscus Jade Ring (1/2)

At that time, the man was very ill and his face was pale, but as Mo Xuetong touched his skin while feeling his veins, she found that his flesh under the skin was taut and elastic. It definitely didn’t belong to a long-sick person who had been ill in bed for years. Besides, the reason he said was strange as well. How could a sick person leave his servant just to get to the Puguang Temple earlier when he was clear that he was in poor health?

All these indicated that there was a problem with Xiang Xieyue.

Mo Xuetong herself was in constant trouble, and did not want to interact with such a suspicious person too much, so when Xiang Xieyue called her Third Young Miss Mo, she did not explain it. Although she was smiling all the time, her expression looked faint, with slight vigilance in her eyes.

“Third Young Miss Mo, I didn’t have time to thank you at that time before you went down the mountain. And during this period of time, I’m in bad health, and have something to deal with, so I have no time to go to the Mo Manor and thank you. It happened that I met you here. Please accept my grat.i.tude.” Xiang Xieyue’s eyes fell on Mo Xuetong’s beautiful face, his lips curving into a gentle smile. Then he took an exquisite brocade box from his pocket and pushed it to Mo Xuetong with a sincere look on his face.

“You’re too polite, Young Master Xiang. It was just a little effort. It’s not worth mentioning.” Mo Xuetong reached out and pushed the box back. She really didn’t think it was a big deal. In such bad weather, no matter what reason Xiang Xieyue was for, everyone would help him when he ran into their carriage.

“Third Miss, it is just a little token to show my grat.i.tude to you.” Xiang Xieyue didn’t push anymore. He stood up, and gave a deep bow to Mo Xuetong.

He was so respectful that Mo Xuetong couldn’t sit down anymore. She had to stand up and also gave him a bow.

“Third Miss, I still have something to do, so I’m leaving first. I believe we will meet again.” Xiang Xieyue finished the salute and smiled slightly. Before Mo Xuetong could say something more, he took the manservant and went down through one of the stairs.

“Young Master Xiang…” Mo Xuetong didn’t expect him to be so straightforward that he left as soon as he gave her the present. However, Mo Xuetong couldn’t call out loudly at this time, because it was rude.

“My Lady, what’s wrong?” Mo Lan just pa.s.sed the sick man. She looked back at him, a little confused. But then she heard Mo Xuetong’s words, wondering what happened, and hurried to ask. She was really worried about Mo Xuetong. After seeing several kinds of materials, and casually picked one, she returned.

Mo Xuetong sighed and sat down again, pointing to Xiang Xieyue who was going out and asked helplessly, “That person, did you see him?” This man looked weak and sick, but he was very straightforward. After putting the present on the table, he left. If she ran after him at this time, it would only make her hypocritical.

“My Lady, the man appeared sick, and looked familiar when I pa.s.sed him.” Mo Lan thought for a moment. When Xiang Xieyue ran into Mo Xuetong’s carriage, his face was pale and he looked as if he was dying. At this time, although he still looked sick, at least he was not pale as a dead person. Therefore, Mo Lan didn’t recognize him in the first place.

“That’s the one who ran into our carriage in the Puguang Temple.” Mo Xuetong pointed to the brocade box on the table and said to Mo Lan, “Just then he dropped this, and said it was a gift to express his grat.i.tude to me. Then he left. What a weird man.”

“My Lady, it’s okay. Since he wanted to thank you, I’ll accept it for you. This person looks straightforward. Since it’s just a thank-you gift, it’s fine.” Mo Lan pondered for a moment and then was relieved. She thought it was normal now that the person didn’t stay to entangle Mo Xuetong.

That day, Mo Xuetong really saved him. It was reasonable to express his grat.i.tude to her when they met on the street.

Bringing the brocade box on the table and opening it, Mo Lan smiled and said, “My Lady, let me see what that Young Master’s present is. Maybe it is a rare treasure that even you have never seen.”

She was making fun of Mo Xuetong. Mo Xuetong had seen kinds of rare treasures. In their manor, King Xuan loved his wife so much that he often sent some rare things to her, and her small warehouse was almost full.

There were also rewards from the palace from time to time. The rare treasures were really common to her.

Mo Xuetong glared at the sly girl, but also looked at it curiously. Xiang Xieyue didn’t look like a normal person, so she wondered what gift he sent to her.

The moment the brocade box was opened, Mo Xuetong was shocked. There was a ring of pink jade in the box. Pink jade was also known as hibiscus jade. It was a kind of extremely rare jade. Generally, it was very small. The ring was small, but the lines were clearly symmetrical. It was obviously cut from a huge piece of pink jade. Such a ring was precious.

People who owned such a ring were by no means ordinary people!

Because this kind of hibiscus jade was scarce, it was occupied by the royal family or the big family as soon as it was discovered. Even if it kept well, it was impossible to have such a large piece of jade to make into a ring. On a strange book left by Luo Xia, there was a record of this kind of hibiscus jade, only saying that this kind of jade was produced in the Southern Barbarian Lands, and even the royal family of the Qin Kingdom and the Yan Kingdom didn’t own it.

Was this really hibiscus jade?

Mo Xuetong reached out, took the jade ring, and shone it against the sun. The pink looked like peach blossoms, coming through the jade. As she turned the ring, there seemed to be pieces of peach blossoms, which looked wonderful. Immediately, Mo Xuetong frowned. It turned out that Xiang Xieyue was a man from the Southern Barbarian Lands.

Feng Yuran was having a headache for the Crown Prince of the Southern Barbarian Lands now. She heard that he had not yet found him.

As their Crown Prince was missing, there must be a handful of people from the Southern Barbarian Lands. Who was Xiang Xieyue? She frowned slightly. Was the Southern Barbarian Lands going to take a big move? It was unusual for Xiang Xieyue to take out the jade.

“My Lady, look, there seems to have words.” Mo Lan pointed to a corner on the jade ring and said to Mo Xuetong.