After Father-in-law Xu left, after a while, the queen's decree came, this time it was not Father-in-law Xu who directly entered Qinghuan's small courtyard to invite someone, but announced the decree in the front yard, and the busy Zhao family hurriedly called Shen Yue, and arranged for the next person to prepare the incense burner, and the whole family knelt in the courtyard and waited for Father-in-law Xu to speak. What I didn't expect was that Shen Yue hurried back and saw such a big pomp, and in the end, Gonggong Xu just announced a word from the queen, and had no other instructions, just said that he wanted the eldest lady of the Shen family to enter the palace and enter the palace immediately.

Zhao's face was happy, but Qingxi didn't dare to go with a sad face, and when Zhao didn't know why, Qingxi had already been taken away.

Later, he went to his mother's courtyard and told Zhao about the Qingxi and burning books: "Mother, my sister and I really didn't know that the queen would send someone to pick up the books, we were tricked by Qinghuan's slut, and now the queen must be angry, my sister doesn't know what happened in the palace?" ”

"Well, you really, can't you save me a snack? Why do you provoke her well, now I am planning to marry your sister to the palace, and Princess Xuan has always been close to the queen, so my efforts are not in vain? ”

knew that his heart was weak, he lowered his head and said, "Don't blame my mother first, hurry up and find a way to save my sister." ”

"Everyone has been taken away, what else can I do, for today's plan, I can only go to Nanyang Hou's Mansion to deliver a letter, and see if Concubine Li can help plead for mercy."

The Zhao family also just thought that for Concubine Li and the eldest prince, she thought that she had a clear conscience, and she was also in her mother's state of mind, so she had to be more or less considerate.

In the evening, Qing Xi was carried back, yes, it was carried back.

After she entered the palace, she did not see the queen, but was ordered to kneel outside the courtyard to reflect, at noon under the poisonous sun, Qingxi fainted once, was woken up by a eunuch splashed with water, and added two broken tiles under her knees. In the afternoon, Concubine Li came, entered the queen's Chang'an Palace, I don't know what to say, and after a while, she asked people to bring Qingxi to her palace, and found someone to bandage her injured knee and rested for half an afternoon before letting people send it back.

When I came back and saw Zhao, I immediately couldn't hold back my tears: "Mother, if it weren't for Concubine Li, my daughter might have died." ”

Zhao was distressed and angry, and said: "From now on, you can remember, don't provoke Qing Huan easily in the future, so far it really impresses us." ”

"I swear, I'll never let her go." Qing Xi said this sentence.

Zhao advised: "Naturally, you can't let her go easily, but you can't be reckless in doing things, and you need to plan better before acting." ”

Qing Xi nodded: "I know, she should burn high incense and not fall into my hands." But mother, Concubine Li has something to convey to her daughter. ”

Zhao's heart tightened, for fear that he would have something he couldn't do, so he hurriedly asked, "Say it quickly." ”

"Concubine Li said that the emperor is not in good health, and now she has the idea of establishing a prince, and she wants her mother to tell her father that anyone who can speak in front of the emperor must be more active, and she also said that the current situation is already like this, and the second prince has the support of the Xuanwang Mansion, if Concubine Li fails, our Prime Minister will not be able to protect it. Nanyang Hou Mansion and Xiangfu are all tied to Concubine Li. ”

Zhao sighed deeply, "Mother doesn't know this, but your father, he doesn't support the second prince, but he doesn't want to get involved in court disputes." That's it, I'll try again, now I'm the head of this prime minister's house, and I have you three children, your father doesn't want to stand in line, in the eyes of outsiders, he has already been in the same camp as the Nanyang Hou Mansion, we should fully support Concubine Li, if the queen's son ascends the throne, none of us will have a good life. ”

"Mother, what about the daughter's marriage? I heard that Princess Xuan likes Qinghuan very much, and now that we have a clear position with King Xuan's Mansion, there must be no hope for this marriage, right? The political stance can be clear, but how can she persuade herself to give up?

"Probably the previous efforts have been in vain, your grandfather hopes that we can marry King Xuan's mansion, so as to pull King Xuan into his camp, but they all say that the prince doesn't like Miss Qianjin, and my mother also feels sorry for you, there is no Xuanwang Mansion, there are still so many high-ranking families in this capital, and my mother will choose it for you. When you settle down with a clear marriage, I will quickly think about Qinghuan, just a girl, no matter how she makes waves, sooner or later she will be married. If Xuanwangfu is in the queen's camp, how can he choose such a person with no background to be the princess, the queen will not agree to it for the sake of the second prince, and now I look at it and like it just to relieve boredom, and in the end, the marriage of children is not something that can be decided by parents with a word. ”

Qing Xi's heart slowed down a little, feeling that the future was unknowable, he still had his mother's plan, and his grandfather's family was Concubine Li's maiden Nanyang Hou Mansion, and Qing Huan was just a third miss who had no mother and was also ignored by her father, three young ladies and three young ladies, in the end, there were two sisters pressing on it.

In the days that followed, Qing Huan lived extremely peacefully, Qing Xi's knee injury was in order not to leave the root of the disease all day in the room to recuperate, clearly following the Zhao family, it is said that he is learning to be a housekeeper, saying that he will marry in the future and will also learn, in fact, he is checking in the warehouse every day, as for what to check, Qing Huan understands in his heart that he just wants to find the baby, and now they all think that the only clue is the boxes of things left by Mrs. Yun. Despite these things, Zhao had seen them more than ten times and eight times.

In addition to the silver coins, Mrs. Yun left behind those jewelry, which were strange and various, and even the hollow hairpins were removed by the Zhao family one by one, wanting to see if there were any secrets inside, but after checking for a few days, they were all in vain, and finally had to think of Qinghuan again.

Zhao's maid came in and said that Mrs. had made a new pastry, and asked Qinghuan's sisters to taste it. Qing Huan felt strange, he didn't know what medicine was sold in the gourd, so it was better to find out than to be remembered.

In the flower hall in the backyard, Qing Xi was not there, Zhao was beckoning Qing and Shen Mo to eat snacks, and when he saw Qing Huan coming, he greeted him very warmly, Qing Huan glanced at the snacks on the table, but it was exquisitely done, and it was pleasing to the eye just by looking at it. Shen Mo was young, and it was the time to be greedy and greedy, so she didn't see it when she glanced at Qinghuan clearly, picked up a piece of osmanthus cake and tasted it: "Madame is so interested, and the dim sum is also delicious." ”

Zhao's face was a little embarrassed, and he hurriedly said: "I owe you something before, your father has already said about me, you are now grown up, we will slowly make up for it in the future, whether it is a family, or don't let outsiders see jokes." ”

"Since Madame said this, Qinghuan is naturally happy to see it, but I don't know how Madame and Father are going to make up for it?"

Zhao scolded secretly in his heart, he didn't expect Qing Huan to be so cheeky and climb up the pole, but now that the goal has not been achieved, he naturally persuaded him with good words, "I have given birth to such three children in the past few years, and I am busy managing the Prime Minister's Mansion, and I have neglected you, now that you have grown up, no matter what you will do in the future, if there is a clear analysis and clarity, your share will inevitably be indispensable." ”

The corners of Qing Huan's mouth pulled out a nonchalant smile, "Really?" Then I'm going to thank Madame first. ”

Zhao was overjoyed and said: "It's all a family, why be so polite, you can sing, I plan to invite a gentleman to teach you to play the piano, I don't know if you are interested?" ”

Qing Huan said: "No need, I'm so old, I don't know if it's too late to learn now, and besides, the big county lord said, if you really want to learn, you can go to her, and the county lord is no worse than those Mr. Xi, right?" ”

Zhao looked at Qing Huan with wide eyes and said, "Qing Huan, your grandfather's family is the Marquis of Nanyang, and there has been a bit of a disagreement with the Xuanwang Mansion recently, so it's better for you to stay away and don't be taken advantage of." You don't understand it when you're young, but you're a young lady from the Prime Minister's Mansion, and these are what you should have considered. ”

Qing Huan's face returned to indifference, and he said lightly: "What grandfather's family? Qing Huan's maternal ancestor is surnamed Yun, a noble relative like Nanyang Hou, you should climb it yourself. ”

Zhao's face was embarrassed, and Shen Mo opened his mouth and said, "Doesn't the third sister like her grandfather?" Grandfather was kind to Mo'er. ”

Qing Huan didn't lose his temper with a child, so he lowered his tone and said, "Mo'er is so well-behaved, and the third sister also likes Mo'er." ”

Zhao saw that the atmosphere eased again, and finally opened his mouth to get to the point, "Qinghuan, I listened to you sing at the flower banquet that day, you said that your mother once sang, after so many years, I didn't expect you to remember, it can be seen that you are really a smart and good memory child." ”

Qing Huan replied without knowing it: "Madame praised it falsely, how dare you forget the matter of your mother so easily." ”

Zhao nodded and said with a smile: "You are a good child with filial piety, so do you remember other things about your mother?" ”

Something else? Heh, isn't this too obvious?

"I wonder what Madame is talking about?"

Zhao asked, "For example, did your mother have any special favorite things when you were a child?" ”

Qing Huan secretly scolded the Zhao family for being stupid, if the mother knew that she had a priceless treasure, how could she not take it away before leaving, if the mother didn't know, how could she tell her daughter. Could it be that the Zhao family really thought that his mother was taken away without defense? Qing Huan knew in his heart that what they had been looking for was their own necklace, but fortunately, they had always kept it close to their bodies and never showed it to outsiders, so the Zhao family couldn't find it all over the time!

Qing Huan was afraid that the Zhao family would really find out about herself, so she quickly lowered her head and thought about it for a while, and then she started talking nonsense: "I remember one thing, my mother seems to like a jade bracelet very much back then, and when I was a child, I also said that the jewelry full of cages is not as good as that one that won her heart, and in the future, Qing Huan will give it to Qing Huan as a dowry when she grows up." ”

Zhao finally found the keyword, was overjoyed, and asked, "Jade bracelet?" There were several pairs, do you remember what color it was? ”

Qing Huan blurted out without thinking about it: "Turquoise." ”

It doesn't matter what color it is.

"Oh, it seems like there are bracelets like this, but I remember not one, but a pair." It is said that jade has spirituality, could it be the pair of jade bracelets?

Qing Huan pretended to be surprised and said, "Oh, is it? That could be my mistake. Why, does Madame want to give me my mother's bracelet? ”

Zhao coughed: "You are still young, your father asked me to keep it on my behalf, and when you marry in the future, you will not have your share, you can rest assured." ”

What do you mean by my share? It seems that it is all mine, do you still want to share it with your two sisters? Qing Huan was so angry in his heart, now that the time has not come, he will definitely not be able to get those things back. But get one back first.

"Madam, you just said that you would treat us equally, Qinghuan doesn't have any jewelry, forget about the past, shouldn't this year's one be sent?"

"Don't worry, I'm ready, you go back and wait in peace." Zhao's eyes were full of coldness, but the corners of his mouth were smiling.

Qing Huan didn't care, and said lightly: "Then thank you, madam, and I hope that Mrs. will not forget what she said." ”