Chapter 14: Song Xi asks for help
The Sixth Emperor Uncle stopped wandering, frowned, lowered his head and said to Qin Lun on the ground: "You forgot what I just said to you? β
The more secretive the Sixth Emperor Uncle was, the more Qin Lun felt that there was another hidden reason for his aunt's death, but since the Sixth Emperor Uncle didn't want him to know, he couldn't ask hard, Qin Lun took a step back, stopped asking, and just waited for himself to investigate slowly in the future.
Coming out of the study of the Sixth Emperor Uncle, Qin Lun immediately felt relieved. After walking out for about one or twenty meters, Lianzhu lowered his voice and said, "Uncle Liuhuang and Mrs. Gu have a deep relationship, but why didn't he tell Miss SΓΉ the cause of Mrs. Gu's death?"
"How can you see that the two of them are deeply affectionate?" Qin Lun asked as he walked.
Lianzhu whispered to Qin Lun: "Just now, when you were talking, I saw that the belt around the waist of the Sixth Emperor Uncle was our Jiangzhou Su embroidery, and the pattern stitch method was not broken except for our Jiangzhou weavers, and others could not embroider this effect." When I was in our house, I saw the old lady's hat once, which was the craftsmanship of Mrs. Gu, which was exactly the same as the stitch on the waist of the Sixth Emperor Uncle today. Besides, the corners of the belt have long been sharpened, and it must have been used for a long time, so I am sure. Miss, you said, Mrs. Gu has been dead for ten years, and Uncle Liuhuang still carries the things she embroidered, isn't it just a deep love?"
Qin Lun felt that what Lianzhu said was reasonable, nodded, and continued to walk forward silently.
"You dead girl, you know how to eat! Eat!!See that I don't break your legs!"
As soon as Qin Lun and Lianzhu turned the corner gate of the garden, they saw an old woman at the root of the wall beating a little girl with a broom.
Qin Lun didn't want to be nosy, but the little girl's voice was so terrible that Qin Lun couldn't bear to take Lianzhu over to see what was going on.
When he got closer, Qin Lun found that in addition to the two old grandmothers and a little girl, there were also several aunts of the Sixth Emperor Uncle, dressed in brocade clothes, standing under the eaves of the corridor on the side to watch.
Qin Lun knew that he had made a mistake, so he first made a big gift to several aunts and gave them ten thousand blessings.
When those aunts saw that it was Qin Lun, Qin Lun's current status in the Imperial Uncle's Mansion was known to everyone, so they all greeted politely.
The little girl was curled up on the ground with rattan and broomsticks, and she was thinly clothed and covered in mud. In the early spring weather, there was still a cold seal on the ground, Qin Lun made a look, and Lianzhu walked over and helped the girl up first.
"Who is this girl, and what mistake did she make?" Qin Lun asked the old woman.
After waiting for a long time, the two old grandmothers bowed their heads and were silent, and no one answered the aunts.
After a while, an older aunt said: "Don't ask, this is Uncle Huang's family matter, and it has been many years." β
"I'm the daughter of Uncle Liuhuang, cousin save me!" The little girl was helped up from the ground by Lianzhu, and immediately grabbed Qin Lun's skirt and said stubbornly.
"You call my cousin......" Qin Lun was stunned, then she should be ......
Another aunt under the eaves of the porch who looked a little more spicy immediately cursed the girl and said, "You nasty bastard! you dare to call the county lord your cousin, and you don't look in the mirror to see what kind of goods you are?"
The aunt wanted to scold a few words, but an aunt next to her pushed her elbow, made a look and said, "The county lord is here, you don't have to say a word." β
The aunt rolled her eyes at the little girl and immediately shut up, and the scene was very embarrassing for a while.
Qin Lun was even more confused, since she was the daughter of the Sixth Emperor Uncle, even if she was a concubine, she was also a daughter, how could she be humiliated by a few old slaves and concubines here?
The little girl was trembling in the wind, Qin Lun saw that the person had been saved, no matter what the truth was, after all, this was the family affair of the Sixth Emperor Uncle, and he sent someone under the fence, so he couldn't meddle in his own affairs. He instructed Lianzhu to send the little girl back, saluted several aunts, and went back to the attic.
At night, as soon as Qin Lun fell asleep, he heard someone knocking lightly outside the door. Qin Lun was tired for a day and didn't want to get up, so he sent Curly Grass to see who it was.
As soon as Curly Cao opened the door, she saw a little girl wearing tulle and forced her inside, and Curly Cao hurriedly stopped her: "Hey, hey, who are you? What are you doing here in the middle of the night?"
Lianzhu heard the shouting, and hurriedly put on a piece of clothing to get up, only to see that it was the girl Qin Lun saved during the day, so he asked, "What are you doing here?"
Qin Lun heard footsteps, so he had to get up. As soon as Qin Lun came out with his clothes on, the girl knelt at Qin Lun's feet with a "plop", pulled Qin Lun's pajama pants, and cried: "Cousin save me! Cousin save me!"
Qin Lun was taken aback, and also recognized that it was the girl during the day, so he asked Lianzhu to help her up first, and then slowly asked.
Lianzhu helped the girl sit down, Qin Lun ordered the grass palm lamp to watch the tea, the grass was cold during the day, and she was most afraid of getting up at night, seeing that it was so late, this girl didn't know how to come to disturb, so she deliberately slammed the tea cup on the table and shook her face.
"What's your name?"
Under the faint candle flame, Qin Lun saw the appearance of this girl clearly: melon seed face, two curved willow eyebrows, a pair of affectionate eyes, thin lips, fair skin, and a thin figure with only a skeleton left.
Before the girl could speak, she twitched and put it up: "My name is Song Xi, and I was born to the concubine of the Sixth Emperor Uncle." β
Qin Lun was secretly surprised, since he was the flesh and blood of the Sixth Emperor Uncle, how could he be so downcast in the mansion?
Qin Lun asked, "Then who is your mother?"
Song Xi lowered his head and said, "My mother died when she gave birth to me, and I have never seen it." I only heard from a few other aunts that my mother was not born well and was a slave in the house. β
Qin Lun saw that Song Xi's mother had died in infancy, and he was really pitiful, so he comforted him with kind words: "Since you are the blood and blood of the Sixth Emperor Uncle, your mother is not a slave, don't listen to the gossip of outsiders." β
Song Xi nodded reluctantly, and he wanted to talk a few times, as if there was something unspeakable.
Qin Lun continued to ask her: "Since you are the child of the Sixth Emperor Uncle, how dare those subordinates bully you like this?
Song Xi's head hung low, biting his lip and not speaking.
Qin Lun looked at Lianzhu, who immediately came over and patted Song Xi on the shoulder and said, "Since you came late at night and asked my young lady to save you, you naturally have to tell my young lady about it first, otherwise how can she save you, don't you say?"
Song Xi thought about it but didn't speak, tears rolling in his eyes.
The curly grass couldn't hold back, and said angrily: "If you don't say it, then go back, we still have to sleep!"
"Curly grass!" Qin Lun saw that Curly Grass was presumptuous, and reprimanded sharply, "Since Song Xi is the daughter of the Sixth Emperor Uncle, she is the master, you are the guest, she is the master, you are the slave, who allows you to speak so presumptuously?
Curly grass knelt down angrily and slapped herself twice, and gave a big salute to Song Xi: "Curly grass is rude! Please also ask Miss Song Xi for forgiveness." β
Song Xi hurriedly asked the grass to roll up, and then spoke leisurely: "The county lord doesn't know, my mother's status is low, and she was fortunate to be favored by my father back then, I heard that it was because she looked like a deceased lady in the house. β
Qin Lun listened to what Song Xi said that the deceased lady was a little like her aunt Qin Pu, she took a closer look at Song Xi's appearance, she was indeed a beauty, so her mother's appearance would naturally not be much worse, so she continued to listen carefully without revealing herself.