Chapter 66 Flower hairpin storm, purse love
Since the birth of the eldest princess, the atmosphere of Zhilanxuan has been tense again. Four first-class maids and eight second-class maids are trembling - they know that the flying orchid hairpin has not yet fallen, and the old lady has something to say first, and I'm afraid that this matter can't be concealed.
Especially Lahui, who is in charge of the jewelry, has been restless for nearly a month. At present, he is even more panicked all day long.
However, Yuzhi, who originally strongly urged to report to the wife of the country as the master, changed her attitude. On this day, she actually discouraged her hesitation and was about to find the beautiful day of the Huang family.
"If the old lady reported to her wife like this, I'm afraid that the slaves and maidservants will be punished and can no longer serve by her in the future." After saying that, his eyes were full of tears.
Yichen hesitated even more. For a moment, he was worried about what would happen when the hairpin fell outside. For a moment, he also felt sorry for the little maids who were waiting.
Yuzhi silently looked at the expression of beautiful Chen, and had a little more confidence in her heart: "The maidservant thought that whether it was Lahui, Qiongrui, Zhurui, or even with the maidservant, she would never steal from the master. This thief should be among several second-class maids."
When Lahui and the three of them heard this, they were immediately grateful to Yuzhi and knelt down in a row and showed their loyalty.
"Lady, the maidservant is brave. Please give the lady a little more time, and let the maidservants secretly inquire about it. When the thief is corrected, ask about the whereabouts of the hairpin, and then reported to the Duke's wife for punishment, which is also regarded as a credit." Yuzhi pleaded again.
Yichen was originally a soft-hearted person and did not want to implicate the innocent. Hearing this, he immediately moved and temporarily dispelled the idea.
Lahui breathed a sigh of relief. Several big maids met, touched the situation of the second-class maids, found out a few suspects, and secretly observed them separately.
However, she said that Lahui originally had a sister who had been working in the needle room and had a personal relationship with Xia Ke. Lahui knew that Xia Ke's brother Sanshun was very well known outside, so she wanted to send a message through Xia Ke and let Sanshun to inquire about the whereabouts of the hairpin outside. She did not dare to say anything, but now, she could only be desperate. I toss it.
When Xia Ke heard about this, he immediately reported the beautiful scenery.
As soon as he heard the orchid hairpin engraved with the name of Yichen, his heart sank. His intuition was that the matter was not as simple, so he asked Xia Ke to quietly find Lahui to ask questions. Lahui shocked Wu Niang and complained about Xia Ke. He only briefly stated the story of the incident and cried for Wu Niang to beg for kindness. Don't say anything and secretly stared Xia Ke. Several glances.
"This matter is small and big, and you maids can't be responsible for it." When Yijing thought of Ma*'s marriage, she actually squeezed a cold sweat for her eldest sister. Seeing that Lahui's face was full of panic, she couldn't help but aggravate her tone: "It's happened for so long, didn't you really publicize it?"
"The slaves knew that it was powerful and did not dare to say anything, but there was no way back at this time. Yuzhi thought of that again before she wanted to gamble." Lahui said.
"What did you do earlier? You didn't know you were worried until now." Ying shook her head.
"I am responsible for taking care of the jewelry. When this happens, I will naturally bear the brunt, but I am really wronged... I am also stupid, and I can't think of any other ways. Presumably, others are also like me... Even Yu Zhi, who at first strongly criticized the lady of the country, is afraid of being implicated. Only..." Later, Lahui said that he didn't know what he was talking about, but just kowtowed repeatedly and begged Wu Niang not to speak out.
Yi Jing was stunned: "You mean that Yuzhi initially advocated reporting to her mother, but now she changed her mind?"
"Exactly, if she hadn't persuaded the lady to come up with this compromise..."
Bingjing meditated for a while, and my heart became more and more doubtful.
The maid beside the eldest sister was selected for her mother, and there were many loyal people. What happened to her mother? According to Sanshun, this Yuzhi, her mother has been with Mother Song several times these days, and she came to the door with gifts. Yuzhi originally strongly wanted to report to her mother, but it was human's normal situation - she was not the first responsible person. Even if she was implicated, she would not be heavily responsible. There was no need to take responsibility for her superiors at all, but now, she has changed her original intention.
It's not that the grass and trees are all soldiers. I'm really too worried about Mother Song. I always feel that behind this matter, there is her ubiquitous black hand manipulation.
At that moment, she sent Lahui and still asked her not to say anything, but invited her eldest sister to come for a secret talk.
Yichen learned that Yijing knew about the orchid hairpin. Although he was a little surprised, he didn't even ask more questions. Instead, he pleaded for the maids: "If you want to say that they are also innocent, since my sister knows, she won't say anything and wait until the thief is found."
Bing couldn't laugh or cry: "Sister, do you know how serious this is? If anything else is fine, your name can be engraved on the hairpin. If someone does evil and creates a storm, it will be too late to repent.
Yichen sighed: "I didn't expect it, but it has been so many days, and it's still calm. It can be seen that there are just people who are greedy for money... If you slowly look for it, there will always be something."
Yingjing was stunned, but on second thought, there are many strange things, and it is a strategy to investigate secretly first.
Then he discussed with Yichen: "According to my speculation, there must be something wrong with this thief in the family. He is in urgent need of silver emergency. Has my sister ever been suspicious?"
"There are two, both second-class maids who can enter and exit my boudoir. One is A Qing. There is a brother in the family who often plays with people and owes a lot of foreign debts; the other is A Lan, whose mother has tuberculosis and sends her down to the village. In order to cure the disease, the family also owes debts. But the hairpin disappeared for some time, and I was afraid to do it early.
Yi Jing thought carefully: "This thief thought it was out of a guilty heart, so he picked out his sister's and gifts."
"Why is this?"
"Because my sister's baby's hairpin is usually not used. Even if it is lost, it can't be found for a while. The thief must want to delay for a while... I don't know how old these two maids are?"
"A Lan is only fourteen, but A Qing is seventeen years old. A year ago, her mother reported to her mother, and her mother also agreed. After August, she let her go out to get married..." Speaking of this, Yichen's eyes lit up: "If it hadn't been for my painstaking efforts**, I wanted to find a hairpin to come out to enjoy, I'm afraid this time. Zi didn't know that something had been lost. After August... At that time, I was afraid that he would not suspect Ah Qing.
At present, Yijing agreed with Yichen and started from Ah Qing.
Soon, I found the pawnshop.
But what surprised them was that although the pawnshopkeeper admitted that Brother Qing took the jade hairpin, he said that the jade hairpin had been redeemed!
Only then did Yichen feel that the situation was serious and wanted to be punished by Huang.
Binjing has other things to say: "My sister should have reported to her mother earlier, but at this time, it is not appropriate to speak out."
I don't know why.
"Sister thought carefully, how could anyone secretly redeem this hairpin in the pawnshop? Since Ah Qing was determined to steal this thing and went out to pay her brother's debt and gave her 10,000 times, she dared not say anything. Someone must know that her sister has lost her hairpin before she wants to redeem it. What is this for? A reminder of the scenery.
Yichen was stunned and sweated coldly: "Is someone trying to trick me?"
"At this time, if you open up, I'm afraid that you will immediately force the dog to jump over the wall. If you don't care, you may make trouble all over the city." Beautiful scenery does not want to be alarmist, but when you think about it, several princes are choosing concubines, and the eldest sister is undoubtedly a determined princess, which will inevitably attract people's taboos.
"What should I do..."
Binjing is also at a loss: "The top priority is to implement the where of this hairpin. You can't hide this matter from your grandmother."
I don't know why the scenery did not mention Huang.
Yichen was already in chaos. He couldn't wait to find the deadly orchid hairpin immediately and let go to the beautiful scenery's idea. The two sisters went to Yuanying Hall and reported the details of the matter to the eldest princess one by one, naturally avoiding others, especially Mother Song.
The eldest princess was also furious. She was so confused that there was a lot of beauty. At this moment, she personally came to Ah Qing. After a forced question, Ah Qing couldn't resist the pressure and confessed her crime, but the orchid hairpin was not found after all.
Of course, everyone did not expect that someone would have done it first, and the orchid hairpin had fallen into the hands of the third prince.
Somehow, the eldest princess did not make a sound about this matter, but found a mistake and punished Ah Qing. Even the family was taken care of by Zhuangzi.
Although Yujing was suspicious of Mother Song, she was struggling to find evidence. First, she entrusted Du Yuniang to secretly investigate the details of the pawnshop. It was not until next year that she found a clue to implement the person who redeemed the hairpin to the general manager of Song. However, at that time, the storm of the orchid hairpin had passed, but it made Mi Jing's defense to Mother Song more Heavy, so that the design allows the two mother and son to eat their own results, which is a later story, not to mention for the time being.
Just say that at present, the beautiful scenery has been trapped in the well. While waiting for the third prince to go to Qianrao Pavilion to see the red clothes again, he was planning the flower appreciation trip to the water lotus pond on July 15th. On this day, the eldest princess went to the palace of Chu to talk to the old princess in order to resume listening to the little women. By the way, beautiful scenery said before At that time, because she got a blue and white porcelain pot in Yuzhou, she made a few purses for the three cousins, thinking that it was a thank you gift. The eldest princess knew that she was close to Yu Zhou and didn't care about it, so she simply went to the palace of Chu with Yijing.
When you see the three purses——
The old princess was full of praise and praised the skillfulness of the scenery, but the eldest princess laughed a little and secretly stared at the scenery.
The purse is so exquisitely embroidered that it is not embroidered by beautiful scenery.
As soon as Yuzhou heard that beautiful scenery came to the royal palace, he naturally came to Rongxi Hall with great interest. When he saw the "playing cicada" purse, he was only happy and couldn't put it down. Suddenly, he heard that Yijing ordered Qiu Yue to send the other two to Guan Suyuan and Sanlang respectively, and then he was stunned: "Why, the fifth sister is not A special gift for me?"
There was a burst of soreness in my heart, and Yu Xiang was fine. How could Yu be qualified to get the things embroidered by Wu Niang herself? Suddenly, Yu Zhou was even more frustrated when he remembered Wu Niang's hostility to Xie Sanniang that day.
"I can't favor one over the other. I want to do it horizontally and vertically, so I just rushed to embroider three. My cousins all have a share." Yijing only pretended to be ignorant and pretended not to be careful.
Yu Zhou was unwilling. Although he saw the two purses, although they were also exquisite, the composition of a green pine and an orchid grass was very simple. It was not as interesting as his own, so he was slightly satisfied and told the maid in the house to let her take Qiuyue there.
Because the eldest princess and the old princess avoided private words from others, Yuzhou and Yi Jing only sat in the tea room. Yi Jing asked about the flower appreciation on the 15th: "I have asked my grandmother's permission. Except for the eldest sister who is busy with studying * affairs, I can't be separated. The sixth sister and the eighth sister are still young, and my grandmother is worried. The second sister, the third sister and the fourth sister Sister and I are looking forward to that day. Can Brother Zhou know the elders?
Yuzhou naturally patted his chest and promised, "You are still worried about my work. An Jin is still young and can't ride a horse. This time, he can't go with him. An Hui and Anran have agreed to go, and his grandmother and mother have agreed."
Yingjing was a sweet smile, which made Yu Zhou's heart shudled and did not recover for a long time.
However, it is said that the eldest princess came in person today to thank Sanniang.
"Did the second sister-in-law really keep her to live in the royal palace?" Across the wall, the eldest princess looked a little serious and asked directly.
The old princess was stunned: "Shangyuan, I originally planned to go to the empress dowager to say a few good words... As you know, Qi'er's body... Sanniang's identity is a little unfit, but the current situation, I have to..."
The eldest princess shook her head: "The second sister-in-law is really confused. Not to mention the identity of Xie Sanniang, think about it carefully. On my birthday, Xie Sanniang actually said that she was disrespectful to Wei'er in front of many noble daughters. She also said that she was affectionate, and she knew how unwilling she was. This marriage was natural, and the twisted melon was not sweet. Yes, she has a grudge. How can she get along well with Yuer in the future?
Xie Sanniang was unscrupulous that day. Xiao Xie originally kept the old princess secret. At this time, when she heard the words of the eldest princess, the old princess was also very angry: "Is there such a girl who doesn't know good or bad? How dare she curse Yu'er?
"I think, the second sister-in-law should not worry first. There may be no way to eradicate the poison in Yu'er's body. Besides, the empress dowager and the emperor also keep it in mind. She will not wrong him in the future, and we'd better wait for two years to see."
"I don't want to be so anxious, but Shangyuan, Yuer, and the imperial doctors have said that they can't live..."
"Second sister-in-law, things are far from that point. Don't say this ominous thing." The eldest princess sighed that if it hadn't been for the unknown rights and generosity of the second sister-in-law, the king of Chu and the prince would not have to hide it from the sea. If the old princess had known that the remnants of the poison of the son had been solved, she would have been afraid that it would have been opened up earlier, and those people with malicious intentions would not know how many evil waves had arisen.
The old princess naturally couldn't hear a few words of relief from the eldest princess, but her "good impression" for Xie Sanniang has disappeared, and she won't mention the words to convince the empress dowager.
And in Guan Suiyuan, the little boy was bored in the clear sky, sitting in front of the porter, holding his chin in a daze.
It was not until Lian Sheng beside An Jin walked in front of him and stretched out his palm and shook it in front of him several times that he woke up like a dream.
"This little brother, I heard that the lotus flowers in Guan Suiyuan are blooming well. Can you give me one and put them in a bottle for Sanniang?" Liansheng smiled and stood downstairs at the tall door of Guan Suiyuan, but his tone was undoubtedly sure.
If there are other people present at this time, it will certainly be a great surprise. Who doesn't know that Guan Suiyuan is well-prepared, not to mention a maidservant, even the general's wife has been turned away.
However, there is no one else at this time.
Qingkong got up lazily and led Liansheng into it and told a maid of Guan Suiyuan: "Take her to see the prince." After saying that, he still returned to the door and held his chin in a daze.
Liansheng went all the way in and gradually turned red, looking around the vegetation scenery of Guan Suiyuan. Although the pace was brisk, it was not difficult to see her excitement, *yu yu.
Until the atrium, the maid led Liansheng to the front of the hall and asked her to wait and report to him. In a moment, she saw the ribs coming out. Without unnecessary words, she directly took Liansheng to the studio.
Yu Yu seemed to be a little absent-minded. It was not until Lian Sheng crawled on the ground and called himself the son of the world. Then he slightly turned his eyes and looked at the girl in front of him: "Say, what's the matter?"
Liansheng was silent for a moment, and then controlled his heart beating like a deer, so that his voice did not tremble: "Xie Sanniang found Jin Niang, but actually used two golden hairpins to persuade Jin Niang to help her and Erlang..."
Yu's slightly restrained eyebrows couldn't help jumping gently, and a trace of cold ridicules in his eyes couldn't help flashing.
That day, when he heard Huidu talk about it, he had some expectations for the private "enlightenment" of Xie Sanniang. He didn't know what Xie Sanniang would do, but he didn't expect that Xie Sanniang was so stupid that she actually found An Jin.
An Jin's daughter, a foreign actress, was ten years old and not long after she entered the house. Xie Sanniang actually wanted to fight for her as an alliance. That's all. Because of her common daughter, Xie Sanniang usually didn't have many opportunities to come to the royal palace. Now she is here to live in a "small house" and is not familiar with the place, and An Hui will obviously not assist her. She, Enron can't count on it. Only An Jin, who is also a concubine, is in an awkward situation. The gap and grudge between her and Xiao Xie is clear at a glance, and she is the only one who is likely to fight for it.
However, Xie Sanniang actually wanted to buy An Jin with two golden hairpins, which is really ironic.
"Sanmei is a cautious person. She will not rush to help Xie Sanniang achieve things for this little profit." Yu Yu looked at the crawling thin girl again and seemed not surprised: "Is it just for this that you came to see me?"
Liansheng squeezed his lips, suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Yu Yu: "The maidservant persuaded Jin Niang and said that no matter what Xie Sanniang was, as long as she broke the general's wife's calculation, she was also happy. Although Jin Niang did not say anything, she was obviously moved."
"Are you... making your own decision?" Although the words were slightly cold, the prince's eyebrows were still faint and amorous, and there was no intention of blame.
Liansheng gritted his teeth and seemed to be desperate: "I think that Xie Sanniang is not a good match for the son of the world. Don't push the boat along the water and help her, so as to teach the general's wife to eat her own fruit."
"What are you going to do? With your and third sister's status, how can you help Xie Sanniang achieve success? The son lowered his eyes slightly, and the corners of his lips raised, but it was not a smile.
Lian Sheng's heart was stunned, and his whole body was depressed: "I don't have a good strategy..."
"So, are you making your own decision without certainty?"
Liansheng's thin body trembled slightly in this cool meaning and crawled down again: "I know what's wrong..."
"Liansheng, I warned you at the beginning that you should never make your own decisions, and although you regard me as the master, don't forget that the third sister is also your master. In any case, you can't do anything harmful to her."
The son's tone is still like a breeze, light and calm, but it makes Liansheng's back produce a dense layer of cold sweat.
"The third sister relies on the love of her second uncle to gain a foothold in the royal palace, and what Xie Sanniang asked for is not just to break the second aunt's calculation. If the third sister intervenes rashly, in case there is a omission, won't it make the second uncle angry? Once the third sister loses her only reliance, how can she gain a foothold in the royal palace in the future?
"The maidservant knew his mistake... and asked the son to forgive him this time." The lotus face is like dead ashes.
The son pondered for a while and sighed slightly, "Well, you go back. How to make up for this mistake? I probably don't need to teach you anymore."
Liansheng took advantage of the opportunity to come, but returned depressed. Only the ribbed was worried. After hesitating for a long time, he said, "In the eyes of the maidservant, Xie Sanniang is really stupid. Even if she has that intention in her heart, it is difficult to achieve. Liansheng's idea of pushing the boat with the water is not necessarily unreasonable."
"This matter can't involve An Jin." The prince leaned gently against the rose chair, looked at the golden sun shining in the window, thought for a while, and then bent his lips: "It's up to you. Don't be too obvious. Just let Xie Sanniang know that the bright moon around Yuzhou is a useful person."