Chapter Ninety-Six: The Treasure House of the Sycamore
Although Chen Silian was fooled by Qin Huai and left, Qin Huai left all the dowry gifts he sent on the grounds that Chen Silian had not sent her a birthday gift for so many years.
And Qin Huai didn't see it, those nobles and ladies also came to the door with gifts.
For example, the fine jade Xuan glass cup, the new tribute cashmere red carpet, and the new work of Duan Xiaolang of the Smell Pavilion......
In addition, Caixia is back now, and the key to open the small treasury has been recaptured in her hand, and the princess's mansion at the end of the year will be rich again.
"Mingyue, hurry up and order someone to keep an eye on the second lady of Xu Shilang's family, inquire about her preferences and the like, what occasions she usually goes out, and who she socializes."
Mingyue received the order, but stood still.
Normally, if Qin Huai had any orders, he would directly hand them over to the shadow guards to do, but now that the shadow guards have been withdrawn, no matter how her golden whistle blows, no corner of her clothes will float back, let alone dispatch.
To say that they are all shadow guards raised by the royal family, they are naturally loyal to the emperor's order, but Qin Huai didn't say anything about letting them go to the soup before the accident, but now it's different, and the father and emperor let them leave, and they are even more obedient.
"Let Ruoqian do this matter, I heard that she was in the limelight in front of all the nobles today, so this matter is naturally the most suitable for her, just give her three days to see how far she can go."
Thinking of Ruoqian's current state, it stands to reason that the servants of her princess's mansion should be respectful and courteous, and they have never dared to collide with nobles. Even if Qin Yue was wrong today, she shouldn't have acted like that, Qin Huai always felt that there was something unusual about this maid.
"Yes, the slave will take care of it."
Mingyue glanced at Caixia when she left, and she was reluctant to give up, and she had a lot of things to share with her.
Caixia always felt that she had done something wrong and should not have been by her side when her master had an accident, so she kept her head down and didn't dare to look at Qin Huai head-on.
"Do you still have the key to the back storeroom of my dormitory?"
Qin Huai, who has always been big-hearted, didn't take this matter to heart, but just wanted to comfort her through something, so he found the most important one at present.
Seeing that Qin Huai's attitude was no different from before, she hurriedly untied the small pendant hanging on her chest and offered it with both hands.
"Here, such a valuable thing slave and maid dare not leave for a moment, and carry it with them all the time."
The pendant in Caixia's hand is in the form of a jade shell, the color of the jade is dull, and there are a few yellowed and uneven wear lines on the outside, but when you untie it with skill, it is a cold iron key inside.
The two of them bypassed the front hall to the back of Qin Huai's bedroom, where there was usually no one to clean, only a few green-leaved plane trees were lush and green, and the plane trees were liked by his mother, so Qin Huai had a large area in the southwest direction of the princess's mansion, and if there was no order from her, no maid would come to clean it.
And these sycamores are even more competitive, even if no one comes to fertilize and take care of them, they will escape the storm and grow into a beautiful appearance that everyone never imagined.
Many people in the house thought that Qin Huai came here on weekdays to express her thoughts on her deceased mother, but in fact, she just secretly hid some of her favorite treasures.
This warehouse was named the Sycamore Treasure House by Qin Huai, as the name suggests, because it is surrounded by a plane tree, covering the sky and the sun, and the leaves fall to know the autumn, which is not known.
When Qin Huai built the princess's mansion by himself, he ordered one of the masters who was good at the construction of secret rooms and ice caves to build it on purpose.
The entire treasure house is constructed of black iron and Dali plastic stone. Very hard and difficult to find, the only key to this treasure trove is the cold iron key hidden in the shell jade, which she has always taught her most trusting Caixia to keep.
This time, Qin Huai personally pushed the door of the treasure house open, and the light of the Night Pearl of the East China Sea illuminated the entire treasure house in an instant.
Among all the treasures here, her favorite is a gold-embroidered Hanhong Tang Shuang, and a hand-embroidered jacket skirt with flying wings.
This jacket skirt is bright red, mixed with gold thread, shining in the sun, the whole skirt is embroidered by phoenix and peony, it is the highest level of palace dress of the Tianyu royal family, and it is also a symbol of her status as a princess of Tianyu at the coming-of-age ceremony.
Although her value is not as good as the rare night pearl of the East China Sea for thousands of years, nor is it worthy of the bone china fired day and night by thousands of craftsmen, it is the most suitable one that Qin Huai has seen in these years.
"Can you still find those two boxes of gold bricks in them, now is the time when they are needed."
In fact, the BRICS will appreciate the princess's mansion every year, but with the way Qin Huai has squandered it over the years, no matter how much gold and silver it has, it should be lost, but these two BRICS are different.
These gold bricks are the style of the Hongshu period, and the pictures and texts of the gold diamonds still maintain the original style of dogwood money strings, and in her grandfather's generation, they became the copywriters of the Tianyu country.
Because Qin Huai has always had the habit of collecting things she likes, and these golden diamonds in the Hongshu years have been slowly accumulated by her, if it weren't for the princess's mansion to be rebuilt, she would never have taken out these treasures.
When Caixia saw her master doing this, she had already expected the current situation in the princess's mansion.
She did not directly reveal her identity to Shangshu of the Ministry of War when she was in Shangshu Mansion, but stayed by Shen Simiao's side as a new maid to serve, she asked the official family and the little maid who followed Master Shangshu to the court, they all said that the princess is in a difficult situation now, according to His Majesty's favor for the princess in the past, how could she not be summoned for so many days, but stayed in the Three Princes' Mansion and no longer cared.
Besides, the divination skills of those people in Wuxiang Pavilion are like the Mandate of Heaven, even if Your Majesty doesn't do that, the people of Tianyu will be persecuted by manpower, how can they let the princess continue to do whatever she wants?
It's just that she has wandered around the Three Princes' Mansion for many days, not only rarely seeing the traces of the Three Princes, but also never seeing the master, not even Mingyue.
Every time there is a purchase in the back kitchen of the Three Princes' Mansion, she always follows quietly, pretending to be a servant girl who does not understand the market to ask about the situation, but they are always the strictest, not only Samoyed refuses to say, but also can't even get involved.
Just when Caixia was about to give up, she heard the news that the female official asked the princess to take charge of the marriage of the three princes.
She didn't believe that His Majesty would have such a determination, but now that the facts are in front of her, she has to believe it if she doesn't believe it.
"Master...... Could it be that we and Your Majesty are really separated? ”
Caixia is not like Mingyue, she doesn't understand things and will ask directly, instead of hiding them in her heart.
Because only by asking clearly and knowing the difficulties she is facing in front of her, she can better solve problems for the princess.
Qin Huai sighed slightly, very straightforwardly: "Now there is no good land to buy and sell in the name of the princess's mansion, and there will be no monthly rewards in the palace, the future will not be simple, we still have a lot of things to prepare." ”
Seeing Caixia contemplating her eyes, she comforted again.
"Caixia. Now that you're back, I've got an extra helper by my side. I believe that with you and Mingyue here, the days will get better and better in the future. I also believe that I have a way to return to that position and become the only most noble princess of Tianyu again. ”
These words are sonorous and powerful, and they are not the words of a princess who once only acted recklessly.
In fact, the princess used to be protected too well, she didn't understand the suffering of the world, and she didn't know the law of the transformation of all things, and it was painful to fall from the clouds, but since the princess could face it so firmly, it was good for the princess or Tianyu to take it as an experiment.
Looking at the princess in front of her, her thin and soft hair on her forehead had become longer, and now it was hanging down on her sideburns. The jet-black three thousand green silk was draped behind his head, and a golden hairpin was used to pull out a double moon bun.
The two wisteria steps were inserted on both sides of the bun, and now there was no usual smell of ambergris on her body, but two points of rigor.
Caixia didn't dare to speculate, for fear that her inadvertent words and deeds would once again evoke her master's sad past, so she hurriedly entered the treasure house sideways, and dragged out two boxes two feet high and three feet wide one by one with a small rubbing force.
To say that the number of gold bricks is not much, but if you find a merchant who knows the goods, I am afraid that the price can be doubled, and if you spend more time, you may be able to try.
"You pick some, go out and exchange them for broken silver, first send the silver of the moon reading example of the servants in the house, and then give them some compensation, it will be regarded as a hard time in the future. You can take care of other indispensable things in the house, and I can rest assured that these things will be handled by you. ”
With this sentence, all of Caixia's previous scruples disappeared.
Since childhood, the princess's trust is there, no matter when and where, she will appear by the princess's side and work hard.
"I'll keep the other things in it for the time being, only when I see this, can I remember that I am still the princess of Tianyu."
Qin Huai was also tired, so he put down this sentence and withdrew. At this time, it was already a long time, and she used a lot of desserts, and she didn't want to eat anymore, so she wanted to go back to her room and have a good rest.
There was no one along the way, and the days were not so difficult, so he hummed a little song comfortably and hummed back to his yard.
Just when I walked to the door of my yard, I saw a slender figure standing motionless on the edge of the lotus pond with his back to her.
His robe was white and dazzling, spotless and unchanging, his back was straight, like an upright soldier, and he didn't frown when the iron weapon was broken.
returned to the princess's mansion again, and the scene when he and Liu Yanxin were in the past seemed to appear in front of him again.
Qin Huai has been running around for Xunyang's affairs for the past few days, and he hasn't talked to Bai Xiu properly for a long time, so he shouldn't be angry with himself.
I saw Gu Baixiu slowly turn his head, his face was calm, but his clear eyes were sincere to Qin Huai.
In the sun, his face is like a holy snowflake on the mountain, which makes people can't take their eyes off, but they want to get closer.
"Gu Baixiu ......"
"I'm here."
If Qin Huai could hear him say these two words with his own ears every day in the future, then the position of princess seemed to be nothing more than that for her.