Yan Xijun remained silent, but what Qinyin said also made sense. No matter how bad she was, she couldnt be that bad. Auntie Xu had advised her many times before: if you dont toughen up, people will take advantage of you!

  She also understands this simple truth, being kind to the enemy is cruel to oneself, but she just cant bear to be ruthless. Since ancient times, human nature has been good, and perhaps she was born a kind person.

  "Miss, the hairdo is done. What kind of ornament should we use?" Wenqin took out a silver pin and a flowing tassel from the dressing box and asked for Yanshus opinion: "Miss, should we use the silver pin or the flowing tassel?"

  Yan Xijun glanced at the ornaments in Wenqins hand, her eyes fell on the silver hairpin in her hand, which was a uniform silver white color, emitting a faint light, not too flashy or tacky. The tassels were a bit too showy, so she thought to herself: "Use the silver hairpin!"

  She carefully examined the hair bun on her head, and Wen Qin had combed it into a high cloud-shaped bun that reached to the temples, with two strands of black silk hanging down from the forehead, noble yet elegant.

  She lightly brushed her eyebrows, dotted her lips with rouge, and applied a light dusting of powder to her cheeks. After being attended to by Wen Qins skilled hands for a short while, the copper mirror reflected a face that could topple cities and states. Her bright eyes sparkled, her teeth shone white, and her glances were enchanting. The beautiful eyes had an air of cool elegance, which was even more captivating.

  "Miss, youre so beautiful!" Wen Qin couldnt help but praise as she gazed at the beauty in the copper mirror. Although she had been with Miss since childhood and was used to this stunning face, she still felt exceptionally amazed at this moment.

  "Since ancient times, beautiful women have had short lives. Having a beauty that can overthrow cities is not a good thing." Yan Xikun sighed with regret, and Aunt Xu had also told her before that her beauty was too dazzling, being in the harem would be disadvantageous and bring more harm than good, it would always invite jealousy from others.

  Xin Qiu smiled and said: "Miss is overthinking, beauty leads to an early death only refers to a small number of people."

  Yan Xikun didnt respond, but she actually agreed with what Xu Niang said. Being too beautiful would always attract envy, and the saying "beautiful women are a curse" was all too true. Such things had happened far too many times, and her own mother had been one of those unfortunate souls. Having a stunning beauty that could topple cities was useless in the end; she had still become someones concubine, only to have her life taken by illness. This time, she had entered the palace out of desperation, and her greatest wish was to be able to live each day peacefully in the harem. If possible, she would go beg her sister to let her leave the palace.

  "Miss, where is your jade pendant?" Wen Qin asked in surprise. The jade pendant that Miss used to wear around her neck was nowhere to be seen.

  As soon as she heard the mention of the jade pendant, Yan Xikun shifted her gaze to her neck and only then did she discover that the only piece of jade pendant given by her mother was really gone. That was something her mother had given her, so she treasured it especially and was very anxious: "How could it be gone? Could it have been lost?"

  "Find the zither for me quickly!" Yan Xijun hastily got up and walked towards the inner room, it was very likely to have fallen in there.

  Wenqin knew the importance of the jade pendant to the young lady and saw that she had already gone to look for it, so he immediately ran out to find it without saying another word.

  Yan Xijun searched every corner of the inner chamber, but couldnt find it. Finally, she shifted her gaze to the bed and hastily walked over to it. She lifted up the luxurious quilt with peonies embroidered on it, but still didnt see the jade pendant. As she tossed aside the large jade pillow, a piece of paper suddenly appeared before her eyes.

  "A life-saving favor, to be repaid another day. Privately taking the jade pendant as a keepsake."

  "Miss, Ive searched everywhere outside and didnt find the jade pendant, have you found it?"

  Suddenly, the sound of Wenqins zither came from outside. Yan Xijun was startled and quickly crumpled up the note, clenching it in her hand, looking at Wenqin who had already entered, saying: "Cant find it, not looking for now, Im hungry, go tell them to serve breakfast!"

  "Oh, okay, Ill go and serve breakfast then." Xunqin wondered in her heart why Miss didnt look for the jade pendant first before having breakfast, wasnt the jade pendant very important to Miss?

  Wenqin felt that since entering the palace, the young lady had changed and her behavior had become increasingly strange. This harem was indeed harmful to people. She shook her head and sighed as she headed towards the imperial kitchen.

  Yan Xijun hastily burned the paper in her hand after Wen Qin left, staring at the small pile of ashes, her heart was filled with hatred and resentment. That assassin had gone too far, being so arrogant and domineering, even daring to take away the jade pendant that her mother had given her. Next time if she met him again, not only would she retrieve her jade pendant, but she would also make sure to punish him severely!