The candlelight in the Lu Mansion study flickered in the draft. Jiang Wan stared at the spread-out IOUs on the table, her fingertip tracing the Zhusha seal of the "Lu Mansion" signature, and she suddenly let out a soft laugh. Lu Jingyuan, who was adding charcoal to the brazier, looked up and felt a wave of relief at the sight of her raised brows—it was her habitual expression whenever she discovered a flaw.
"What do you see?" he asked, stepping closer. The scent of agarwood mingled with the musty smell of old paper.
"The color of this seal is wrong." Jiang Wan lifted the IOU with a silver hairpin. Under the candlelight, the Zhusha seal glowed with a peculiar orange-red hue. "The official seal of the Lu Mansion uses cinnabar, which has the color of a sunset, but this one..." She turned to look at Lu Mingyuan. "Third Uncle, do you remember when the Right Prime Minister gifted you a box of Lingnan red clay for your birthday last year?"
Chapter 213