Xia Ruqing still frowned.
Men sending each other hairpins?
Then again, perhaps it was just a gift from some other lady to her sister-in-law!
Maybe she was overthinking it.
Xia Ruqing closed the box and passed it to Zi Yue.
"Put it away!"
"Yes!" Zi Yue turned and left.
Seeing Xiao Xizi was still there, Xia Ruqing casually asked, "You just said, where did this hairpin come from?"
Xiao Xizi smiled. "It came from the Ministry of Internal Affairs!"
"The Ministry of Internal Affairs?"
It was true that gifts from outside the palace had to be inspected by the Ministry of Internal Affairs before they were allowed into the inner court. But she still felt something was not right!
Before she could think further, she was overcome with sleepiness. More than four months along, her appetite had returned, but so had her desire to sleep more than before. Her eyes were barely open when she lay down and immediately fell asleep, dreaming of meeting the Duke of Zhou.
