146 Twelve hairpins
When Lu Nianjin woke up, she didn't see Xiao Xun, she got out of bed and asked the maidservant on duty, "Where is the prince?" ”
The maidservant on duty was blessed and said respectfully, "Back to the princess, the prince and Sister Yunjiang went to the study together. ”
"Study?" Lu Nianjin raised her eyebrows, a trace of bad premonition surged in her heart, she walked out of the main room and walked in the direction of the study.
When I got to the door of the study, I happened to bump into the rue ginger that came out.
"The crown princess?" Yun Jiang screamed a little uncomfortably and saluted.
Lu Nianjin nodded and asked her, "The prince is still inside?" ”
"Yes." Yun Jiang lowered his head.
Lu Nianjin walked past her and walked directly inside.
"Why did you come back again?" Xiao Xun lost his internal strength, Wu felt a little weaker, he didn't hear the conversation between Lu Nianjin and Yun Jiang outside the door, and thought that Yun Jiang was going and returning.
Lu Nianjin took advantage of the dim candlelight to walk towards him who didn't even lift his head, and only then did he whisper before and after him, "It's me." ”
"Jin'er?" Xiao Xun put down the pen in his hand, raised his head and shouted.
Lu Nianjin nodded, his slender white index finger gently tapped the head on the edge of the dark desk, and asked him, "Did Yun Jiang tell you everything that should be said and what should not be said?" ”
Xiao Xun's pupils shrank and looked at her thoughtfully.
Silence spread between the two, and just when Lu Nianjin thought that Xiao Xun would give her an answer, Xiao Xun reached out violently, grabbed her arm, and pulled her whole person into his arms.
"What are you doing here, and are you going to use some little tricks to gag me?" Lu Nianjin frowned slightly, staring at him unhappily and questioning.
Xiao Xun lowered his head, pressed his forehead tightly, and said, "Jin'er, it's not that I interfere in your affairs, but the fact that Tianhe Stone has a lot to do with it, and it is very likely that it is related to a Tianhe Stone Mine, if the ore is occupied by a private person, it will be a catastrophe for the entire Yun Dynasty." I am the prince of the Yun Dynasty, the future prince of the county, I must not watch this kind of harmful thing appear, do you understand? ”
Lu Nianjin was busy: "...... The prince painfully stated the pros and cons this time, and he knew it with emotion and reason, can I not understand? Do I dare not understand? ”
Xiao Xun heard her say this, and didn't understand that she was still angry in her heart, so he hugged her tighter and gently dropped a kiss on her lips, "Then what do you say, how can you completely forgive me?" ”
"Give me the blueprint of the twelve-flower hairpin." Lu Nianjin thought about it and stretched out a tender white palm towards him.
Xiao Xun met her overly bright eyes and took a deep breath, "Okay, you get up first." ”
Lu Nianjin was obedient, climbed on his shoulder and was about to get up, but who knows, before she could stand up, he brought her back again, pressed her against the edge of the desk and kissed her fiercely.
Lu Nianjin was kissed by him and his cheeks were bloodshot, dizzy and swollen, and it took a long time to recover.
"Where's the blueprint?" When her complexion had returned to normal and her clothes had been straightened, she held out her hand to him again.
This time, Xiao Xun was not depressed, he reached under the desk to touch the mechanism, and the next moment, a drawer popped up under the table, and in the drawer were the twelve design drawings he had drawn.
"Ah," Xiao inquired to Lu Nianjin.
Lu Nianjin opened it and saw that it was a flower hairpin designed in twelve seasons, each set was vivid and exquisite, and it echoed her temperament.
Her eyes were full of light, and the honey in her eyes was almost overflowing.
Xiao Xun looked at it, covered his lips and coughed lightly, "If the crown princess has any dissatisfaction, she can say it, and I will modify it for you." ”
"Not really!" Lu Nianjin glanced at him, and handed the design back to him, "Let the craftsman do this!" ”
"Good!" Xiao Xun nodded.
The next day, he had the drawings sent to the inner workshop.
The people in the inner workshop received the drawings, and when they opened it, they were running into Princess Huyang's palace maid Yu Niang to pick up the customized jewelry, she casually glanced at the design drawings in the hands of Director Wei, and was immediately attracted.
"It's so beautiful!" She hugged the jewelry box and whispered in admiration.
Director Wei knew that Yu Niang was the person next to Princess Huyang, so he glanced at her with a smile and said, "This is a pattern sent by the National Teacher's Mansion, customized for the crown princess." "The implication is that even if you think it's good-looking, you can't give it to Princess Huyang.
Yu Niang was so little by Director Wei, a touch of unnaturalness floated on her face, she blessed, and retreated outward.
Back in the Yuhu Palace, she presented the jewelry she took back to Princess Huyang, Princess Huyang only glanced at it, her brows furrowed, and said, "How can it be these vulgar things, this palace will be tired of seeing it." ”
Yu Niang heard her master say this, her eyes rolled, she bent down slightly, lowered her head and said, "Princess, speaking of which, the slave maid went to the inner workshop today to pick up the jewelry for your wedding, but I saw twelve sets of very chic, but with the theme of the twelve flower orders, each set of design drawings are extremely exquisite, lifelike, if you wear it on your head, it must be very good-looking." ”
"Really?" Princess Huyang asked rhetorically, obviously having some interest.
Yu Niang nodded hurriedly, paused, and said again, "But ......"
"But what?" Princess Huyang asked impatiently.
Yu Niang lowered her head and whispered, "But Manager Wei said that it was the trick of the National Teacher's Mansion, and he was going to send it to the National Teacher's Mansion to the crown princess." ”
"The crown princess?" Mentioning Princess Lu Nianjin Huyang, she suddenly thought of her insult to her when she sent makeup, squinted her eyes and sneered, and said, "What about her?" Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister, everything in this world should be the father's, the palace can see her design drawing, it is her blessing, you immediately send someone to the inner workshop to star, twelve sets of hairpins are ready, immediately sent to the Yuhu Palace. ”
"Yes, princess," Yu Niang agreed, and retreated.
National Teacher's Mansion, Lu Nianjin didn't know that her hairpin had not yet been laid, and she was targeted.
Now, she is more concerned about the peacock hairpin, just like Xiao Xun said, Tianhe stone mines generally appear in pieces, this peacock hairpin has the first branch, there will be a second branch, if there are uninformed people in the future to sell it as an ordinary thing, it is really harmful to the common people.
On this day, Wisteria Mansion reopened, and Zhang specially invited Lu Nianjin to watch the ceremony.
Lu Nianjin told Xiao Xun to rest well, and after taking the medicine on time, he went out.
In the carriage, Zhang was not worried about staying in Wanfu safely, so he simply brought the two children out.
Lu Nianjin touched Ping'er and An'er's faces, and said with a smile, "It looks a little fatter again." ”
Zhang nodded, "Yes, two little things were born in the same fetus, not only are their bodies not much different, but their appearances are becoming more and more similar." ”
"Really," Lu Nianjin looked at the two children, and suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, holding An'er's hand and whispering, "The same fetus is sound, the dragon and phoenix fetus are still so similar, so what if it is two boys?" ”
"Naturally, it's exactly the same!" Zhang said with a smile.
Lu Nianjin pursed his lips, the corners of his mouth hooked up a relieved smile, patted the side wall, and said to the coachman outside, "Turn around and return to the teacher's mansion." ”
"The crown princess?" Zhang looked puzzled, "Why are you doing this?" ”
Lu Nianjin smiled embarrassedly at her and said, "I'm sorry, I suddenly remembered that I have more important things to do, and I am afraid that I will not be able to go with my wife to watch the ceremony in Wisteria Mansion today." ”
When Zhang heard this, he first raised his eyebrows, then relieved, and said, "It's okay, then I'll take Ping'er and An'er over first, the princess is busy with business." ”
"Thank you, Madame, for your understanding." As he was talking, the carriage stopped at the gate of the National Teacher's Mansion, Lu Nianjin held Yun Jiang's hand, lifted the curtain and got out of the carriage.
"Where's Yunshu?" After getting out of the car, Lu Nianjin walked towards the National Teacher's Mansion on the one hand, and Yun Jiang on the other.
Yun Jiang had a touch of embarrassment on his face, lowered his head, and said, "Chopping wood in the big kitchen!" ”
"Haven't finished splitting yet?" Lu Nianjin was surprised.
Yun Jiang said, "These days are the end of the month, and the big kitchen has only entered the firewood that will be used for the whole month next month. The implication is that in a few days, Yunshu will definitely be incomplete.
When Lu Nianjin learned this, he took a deep breath, "Let's go back and find a few people to help her, after all, it's a woman." If your hands are rough, they don't look good. ”
Yun Jiang nodded in agreement.
Lu Nianjin took her straight back to the bedroom, in the bedroom, Xiao Xun was talking to Laichen, when he saw her come in, he raised his head and asked suspiciously, "Why are you back?" ”
In front of the ministers, Lu Nianjin bowed down first, and then said, "On the way out, I suddenly thought of a clue and wanted to come back and talk to the prince first." ”
"What clues?" Xiao Xun motioned for her to sit down, got up and poured her a cup of tea, and then asked.
Lu Nianjin frowned, looked at him and said, "The prince said yesterday that Changping has never left the courtyard where he lives in the past year, and every day when he comes back from the Chengguo Mansion, he will greet his neighbors, although anyone can prove his whereabouts?" ”
Xiao Xun looked at her deeply and nodded, "That's right." ”
"Then the prince has asked people to check, does Changping have siblings? Especially the twin brothers? ”
Lu Nianjin asked seriously, and Xiao Xun finally understood when he heard this, "You mean, there are two Changpings, and the two of them appear alternately, covering for each other?" ”
"Yes," Lu Nianjin nodded.
Xiao Xun pondered for a moment, then suddenly looked up at the ministers and said, "Did you hear the words of the crown princess?" Check it out now. ”
"Yes, Prince!" The minister was ordered to leave.
Yun Jiang also quietly retreated.
She walked to the big kitchen when she got out of the cloud step courtyard, outside the firewood room of the big kitchen, Yun Shu was rolling up her sleeves to chop wood, Yun Jiang saw that she was sweating on her forehead, and she stepped forward to pick up another axe to help her.
Yun Shu saw it, and hurriedly put down the axe to stop her, "Sister Yun Jiang doesn't want it." ”
"What?" Yun Jiang looked at Yun Shu, with a puzzled expression, paused, afraid that she didn't understand, and said, "It's the crown princess who asked me to help you." ”
"Then it's even more needless," Yun Shu hurriedly shook her head, and said with a solemn face, "The person who punished me is the prince, even if you want to pardon, the prince has to speak in person, you come to help me without saying a word, if the prince knows, what if he punishes me even more harshly?" ”
Yun Jiang thought about it for a while, so she had to accept the heart of help, and while taking out a handkerchief to help her wipe her sweat, she asked, "How did you offend the prince?" ”
Yun Shu lifted her skirt, sat down on the wooden pier on the side, and sighed, "It's all tears." ”
"Specifically, let's listen to it, let me increase my experience, and after saving it, I also touched the prince's moldy head and was punished to chop wood."
Yun Shu glanced at Yun Jiang resentfully, "What kind of plastic sisterhood is this?" ”
Yun Jiang was embarrassed, and then urged, "Come and listen." ”
"Here's the thing, that day, didn't the crown princess ask me to send the third lady of the Chengguo Mansion to the bottle of cigarettes on Yanping Road, after I came back, she asked me, how is Sang Pinggongzi, I told the truth, Sang Gongzi is very handsome, and then ...... This sentence happened to be heard by the crown prince. ”
There is no need to repeat the following, Yun Jiang has already understood.
Speaking of which, Yun Shu is really not to blame for this incident, and she can only be blamed for her poor luck.
"Forget it, let's not talk about it, I'll go chop wood first," Yun Shu stood up, picked up the axe and walked towards the pile of firewood.
Yun Jiang shook his head and left the large kitchen.
With the direction given by Lu Nianjin, Laichen went to Changping's hometown, that is, the hometown of the old lady of Chengguo and Mama Kang, and after some investigation, he quickly found out the details of the old lady and the whereabouts of the peacock hairpin.
In the old lady's hometown, Shuzhou Lin County, there is indeed a small piece of Tianhe stone mine, and the old lady's peacock hairpin is also buried deep in the mine when it is not in use.
After reporting this, he added, "Because the peacock hairpin is a big murderous thing, I didn't bring it back for fear of hurting people." ”
"It doesn't matter." Xiao Xun waved his hand, he tapped lightly on the table and said, "No wonder the Yan family has been staying in that small place in Lin County for so many years but not moving, it turns out that they are guarding this Tianhe Stone Mine." ”
"So far, I don't know what the prince's countermeasures are?" Lu Nianjin was silent for a while and asked.
Xiao Xun smiled coldly, "Naturally, they will count the sins they have done for generations." He looked at the ministers and asked, "Can you check the things that the Yan family has committed in previous generations?" ”
"If you go back to the prince, you have checked it, and the evidence has been obtained."
"Send it to the palace!" Xiao Xun commanded in a cold voice.
The minister took the order and retreated.
Lu Nianjin sighed, pulled Xiao Xun to sit down beside her, and was about to talk to him about the old lady. At this time, Ah Yuan walked in from the outside and said, "Crown Princess, there is an adult outside who asks to see him, and he says that he is the head of Wei in the inner workshop. ”
"Mr. Wei?" Lu Nianjin looked at Xiao Xun suspiciously.
Xiao Xun's face changed, and he looked at Ah Yuan with cold eyes, "Let him in." ”
"Yes, Prince!" Ah Yuan was ordered to retreat.
Xiao Xun helped Lu Nianjin up, and while walking outside, he said, "Maybe something happened to your twelve sets of hairpins." ”
Lu Nianjin pursed his lips, "Let's listen to what Manager Wei has to say first!" ”
Soon, Manager Wei was brought over, and as soon as he entered the hall, he knelt on the ground and said, "The slave Wei Changan has seen the prince, and he has come to ask the prince for his guilt today." ”
"But what's wrong with the twelve sets of hairpins that this palace has made you build?" Xiao Xun asked Mr. Wei rhetorically.
A touch of panic appeared on Mr. Wei's face, he threw himself on the ground and kowtowed twice, and said, "If you go back to the prince, yes!" …… After the twelve sets of hairpins were laid, the slave originally wanted to personally send them to the National Teacher's Mansion to the prince for a purpose, but who knows, the slave just went to wash his face, and the twelve sets of hairpins were sent to the Yuhu Hall by the slave's godson Wei Dahai, who was not a weapon, although he said that he was threatened by the jade lady of the Yuhu Palace, and had to betray the slave, but here in the minion, the wrong is wrong, begging the prince to punish the slave heavily, and the slave never complained. The godson Wei Dahai was also at the disposal of the prince. ”
Xiao Xun heard Chief Manager Wei say this, and looked at him coldly, "The hairpin is stolen, you and Wei Dahai naturally can't escape from it, but right now, the most important thing is to find the twelve sets of hairpins back." ”
Chief Manager Wei was shocked when he heard this, "What does the prince mean to let the servants go to the Jade Lake Hall to get the twelve flower hairpins back?" ”
Xiao Xun looked at him and snorted coldly.
Cold sweat trickled down from Chief Manager Wei's forehead, and he knelt on the ground and said, "With the temper of Princess Huyang, if the slave dares to come to the door, the slave will definitely be beaten to death, and I beg the prince to have pity on the poor slave......"
Xiao Xun sneered, "Princess Huyang has a bad temper, so you don't dare to touch her moldy head, the crown princess and the palace have a good temper, so you dare to talk about the price here?" ”
Manager Wei listened to Xiao Xun's words and froze there.
Xiao Xun stood up, "Give you two days, if you can't get those twelve sets of flower hairpins before Princess Huyang's wedding, then you don't have to live in this world." After speaking, he took Lu Nianjin and turned around and left.
Manager Wei watched Xiao Xun leave without looking back, and he crawled on the ground for a long time before he got up tremblingly and retreated.
He returned to the palace, and Wei Dahai, who had been beaten, immediately stepped forward and asked, "Godfather, what did the prince say?" ”
Manager Wei looked at his godson coldly, he couldn't hold back his anger for a while, raised his legs, kicked him hard, and scolded fiercely, "You rebel, you really want to kill your godfather and me!" ”
Wei Dahai was frightened, stumbled up from the ground, and said, "What does godfather mean, the crown prince and the crown princess are unwilling to tolerate mercy?" ”
Manager Wei snorted Wei Dahai, "What am I, but a minion, why should the prince and the princess be affectionate to me?" ”
Wei Dahai didn't dare to say anything more.
Manager Wei held his forehead and thought for a while, waved his hand, and said in pain, "Go, pack up all my savings over the years." ”
Wei Dahai was surprised, "Godfather, this is what you want?" ”
"Right now, the only one who can save my life may be Fuquan."
"Yes, godfather!" Wei Dahai retreated painfully.
That night, Manager Wei went to Father-in-law's room with his baggage, and the two talked for a long time.
The next day, Gonggong Fu took advantage of the breakfast to tell the emperor about the difficulties of Manager Wei, the emperor frowned, although he loved his daughter, but thinking that the prince still needed the princess to heal, he didn't dare to offend Lu Nianjin too hard, after thinking for a long time, he waved his hand and said, "Huyang, this girl, is really getting more and more unsuccessful, it's just that, I remember, I still have a set of twelve hairpins left by the queen mother in my private vault, you take it to the Yuhu Palace to Huyang, and let her return the things of the crown princess to the crown princess." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Father-in-law Fu agreed and retreated.
In the Yuhu Palace, Princess Huyang was trying on the twelve hairpins that had just arrived in front of the mirror, and when she tried the magnolia, a palace maid walked in from the outside, stepped forward and said, "Princess Qiyu, Gonggong Fu asks to see." ”
"Father-in-law?" Princess Huyang raised her eyebrows and said casually, "No, just say that this princess is unwell and has fallen asleep." ”
"But ......," the palace maid swallowed, "Father-in-law Fu has a lot of gift boxes in his hands, and he looks like he is here to give things to the princess." ”
Princess Huyang heard the palace maid say this, turned the flower hairpin in her hand, and said, "Then take the things away, no one will be seen." ”
"Yes, princess," replied the maid cautiously, and stepped back.
Outside, Gonggong Fu listened to the words of the palace maid, his face suddenly darkened a little, he frowned slightly, swept the dust in his hand, and said, "But the emperor ordered that our family must see the princess before handing over the gift box to the princess. ”
"Yes, Father-in-law, please wait!" The palace maid agreed, and walked to the Yuhu Palace.
In the Yuhu Palace, Princess Huyang saw the palace maid going and returning, raised her eyebrows vigorously, and asked, "Why are you back again?" ”
The palace maid saw that the master was angry, and knelt on the ground with a pop, and said in a panic, "If you go back to the princess, it's Gonggong Fu, he, he said that he had to meet the princess in order to give the gift box to the princess, and said that this was the emperor's order." ”
"Then let him in!" Princess Huyang looked impatient.
The palace maid got up and went out to spread the word.
Father-in-law Fu soon walked in with the little eunuchs, twelve little eunuchs, each holding a gift box in his hand.
"Father-in-law Fu, what is this?" Princess Huyang stood up and asked arrogantly.
Fu Gongfu glanced at her and said, "Twelve flower hairpins." ”
"Twelve hairpins?" Princess Huyang's face changed.
Gonggong Fu turned around and motioned for the little eunuchs to open the gift box.
The next moment, the golden brilliance, the exquisitely carved twelve sets of head faces were revealed.
The palace maids in the Jade Lake Hall were stunned, it was the first time they had seen such a gorgeous face.
Princess Yuhu's eyes also flashed with amazement, but only for a moment. She is not an illiterate person, she knows that the twelve hairpins in her father's hands are left by the Queen Mother, and they are all excellent things, but she doesn't like these luxurious things now, she just likes to snatch things full of aura.
"Is my father-in-law here to deliver something to me?" She smiled and tilted her head to look at Fu Gonggong, "Since everything has been delivered, I will keep you for a short time, and I will personally thank my father and emperor later." ”
"Princess Rongyu," Father-in-law Fu naturally did not leave when he heard Princess Huyang say this, but arched his hand, bent down slightly, and said, "The emperor gave you these twelve hairpins to mean that I hope the joke you and the crown princess can stop in moderation." ”
At the moment, if she hands over the twelve hairpins of the National Teacher's Mansion now, the emperor is still willing to spoil her and cover her up.
This was a good intention, but Princess Huyang relied on herself to be about to fall, so she didn't take the emperor's kindness in her eyes at all, and looked straight at Fugong Gong, "What if I don't want to?" ”
Gonggong Fu smiled, "Then the person who comes to the Yuhu Hall to ask for a hairpin will become a person from the National Teacher's Mansion...... The servant wanted the princess to understand that although the prince had a good temper, he had always been very polite to those who were disrespectful to the princess. ”
Princess Huyang was beaten by Gonggong Fu, her face was a little tense, and she looked at him angrily, "You are a gelding, dare to talk to this princess like this?" ”