Chapter 92: The Shallow Pond
At the urging of Qin Huai, all the nobles, whether they were willing or unwilling, were arranged in the front hall and began to rack their brains and start to sway ink.
Several of them looked embarrassed, as if they didn't know where to start.
Also, the eldest brother has done a lot of foolish things unscrupulously with the queen's favor for so many years, and these noble ladies have nothing to do with the eldest brother on weekdays, let alone heard of the great achievements of the eldest brother, even if they are made up, they don't even have a sample.
Qin Huai's gaze never left the noble lady, and Qin Yue followed her gaze to the lady, holding her head high and asking.
"What do you see, cousin, could it be that you know that lady?"
If the relics of the mother concubine were discovered by Qin Yue, she didn't know how to destroy them, Qin Huai didn't reply directly, but deliberately angered her.
"I don't know, do you know my sister who is far away in Qingzhou?"
Qin Yue was choked and rolled her eyes and stopped making a sound, but Qin Huai didn't want to let her go so easily.
"It was your sister who kept saying that you wanted to write a eulogy for the eldest brother before, and it was your sister who pushed me to hold this party. Back then, the eldest brother was not thin on his sister, I remember that when you were six years old, you almost fell into the water tank, and it was the eldest brother who passed by and saved you......"
Qin Huai came to so much foreshadowing inexplicably, didn't he just want Qin Yue to join the nobles in writing eulogies.
Why bother to talk about these things about Chen sesame seeds and rotten grain, if you want to say that she fell into the water tank, isn't it because Qin Huai lied to her that she raised a little shark in the water tank. She still has the face to mention at this time?
"I'll write, I'll write!"
Qin Yue admitted it, and without waiting for Qin Huai to say his intentions, he went around to the middle of the noblewoman and pinched a piece of rice paper, and then began.
The ladies started one after another, and the ladies had nothing to do, picking and choosing in front of the melon and fruit flower plate.
Only then did Qin Huai find an opportunity to catch Mingyue and walk to the side.
"Mingyue, what's the origin of that lady?"
Qin Huai pointed to the noble lady who looked like a headless fly, the clothes on her body didn't look like a very valuable material, and the bead hairpin on her head was also the pattern of the year before last, either she was not favored, or her family was not rich, and she really didn't know how the bracelet came into her hand.
Mingyue saw the princess staring at the person in a daze, and she had already looked carefully, thinking that the princess knew the identity of this noble lady so she looked at it twice, but she didn't expect the princess to know it.
"That's Xu Shilang's second wife, the one who was slapped twice by you before."
Xu Shilang? Xu Jiyuan!
"No, Xu Shilang's second wife is this age? Xu Shilang's taste is too heavy. ”
Qin Huai did not hesitate to evaluate himself, looked this noble lady up and down, and was very puzzled by Xu Jiyuan's hobbies.
Xu Jiyuan is the latest young waiter in the Ministry of Rites, in his early twenties, but this young man is very angry and disrespectful to Qin Huai, so Qin Huai personally rewarded him with two slaps.
Mingyue looked left and right, and didn't feel anything wrong. "They're only five years older than you."
That's just three years older than Xu Jiyuan, how can he look like he can be his wife.
She will definitely get the mother's bracelet back, but she hasn't figured out how to get it yet.
If this Xu Shilang's second wife came with resentment today, just to see if Qin Huai had lost power, then Qin Huai would definitely be rejected if he asked for it, and maybe it would attract attention.
Forget it, try your luck.
She walked towards the woman with a step, smiling as she spoke.
"This is the wife of Xu Shilang's family, she is really extraordinary, and she is really a good match for Xu Shilang."
This lady was taken aback by Qin Huai's sudden enthusiasm, she was just the second lady of a waiter, not to mention talking to the princess, even if she met at the state banquet, she could only bow her head.
If it weren't for the county lord's post, she probably wouldn't have seen such a magnificent mansion in her life. And Qin Huai, who has never been out of reach, actually took the initiative to greet her today, and it was really the sun that came out in the west.
"Princess...... The courtiers had seen the princess. ”
As soon as this lady wanted to salute, she was helped by Qin Huai and led her to an inaccessible corner.
"Madam, Xu Shilang and I are old acquaintances, so don't be polite, sit down."
Qin Huai didn't lie, it was indeed an old acquaintance, or no acquaintance.
It is expected that Xu Jiyuan should be a good-looking person, but he was slapped twice by Qin Huai, and he may not go home to tell his wife and daughter.
"Xu Shilang is also considered a minister of humerus now, most of the official documents reviewed by the Ministry of Rites have to go through his hands, and I have heard the female official praise her before, maybe in the future, Mrs. will be able to make a lady."
Phew, if Xu Jiyuan could be a minister of humerus, there would be no one in Yu that day.
Her two sentences were all made up, but Mrs. Xu took them to heart and immediately became flattering.
"Ouch, the husband of the courtier's will have to rely on the princess to support her in the future, the courtier's daughter is just an ordinary woman, how can she be rewarded like this."
It's kind of self-aware.
Qin Huai has no ability to interfere with the rewards and punishments in the court and the promotion and promotion of officials, one is that she is not summoned by her father now, and the other is that the female official sees the situation in the court firmly, and she can't persuade Mu Guanqing to do it.
The foreshadowing was almost done, Qin Huai glanced at Mrs. Xu's wrist, and his expression was particularly exaggerated.
"Ah, this bracelet is so beautiful, I don't know where I bought it."
She raised Mrs. Xu's hand and took this opportunity to take a closer look, the texture and texture of this bracelet, she would never admit that it was the one given to her by her mother.
Mrs. Xu received the princess's praise, her tail was cocked to the sky, and she hurriedly took it back and put it in front of her to take a closer look, and she told the truth.
"I didn't buy it, I redeemed it at the door of the pawnshop a month ago, and I don't know which rich man's maid pawned such a good object."
Eight or nine are not far from ten, Qin Huai left the princess's mansion, and those maids who were not in the palace saw that no one was in charge, so they stole the previous things in her mansion and pawned them, which fell into the hands of this lady.
You must know that this is a pure gold bracelet, and the depiction on it is also specially designed by the painter hired by the Ministry of Industry, and only the concubine can wear the pattern of the lotus boat.
If it weren't for the fact that this woman didn't know the goods, how could she not tell that this was an item in the palace.
"Sure enough, it's good, I like it when I see it today, or Madam, you can make a price, and give me this bracelet today."
Since this woman was not suspicious, Qin Huai thought about taking this opportunity to get the bracelet back.
In fact, she is also up and down at this time, after all, there is not much money in the princess's mansion, in case this woman opens her mouth, she still has to plan what to counteract.
"Princess, what are you talking about, if the princess likes me, I will give it away, but this bracelet must be related to me, otherwise it will not fall into my hands, I can only say sorry to the princess today."
This sudden turn of events made Qin Huai's eyes widen, she had been talking to this woman in such a low voice for so long today, she didn't expect her to be so ignorant.
Mrs. Xu watched the princess's face sink, she was afraid that she would offend the princess, but she was really reluctant to part with her love.
After all, the fortune teller gave him a fortune divination a few days ago, saying that she was afraid that something had happened recently, and the only way to resist it was not to scatter her wealth.
Mrs. Xu hesitated, and hurriedly changed her tone and smiled. "Another day! Another day, I will definitely find the best jewelry and send it to the princess's mansion. ”
This woman is also clever, she thinks about what the princess's mansion is in, how can the princess lack a pair of bracelets, she will put her words here for the time being, Qin Huai has a lot of opportunities, and she must not be able to think of it.
At the same time, Qin Huai also rolled her eyes unabashedly, looking at this woman's tacky clothes and the old accessories on her head, she didn't believe that this Mrs. Xu would have any vision and money to give her gifts.
"Since Mrs. refuses to cut her love, I am not reluctant, but I see that this bracelet is a good thing, and I ask Mrs. to take good care of it!"
She bit the last four words intensively, and she couldn't wait to grab this woman now, even if she chopped off her hand, she would take the bracelet back.
Maybe she would have done it two months ago......
"Princess Xie mentions, the courtiers must take good care of it!"
This Mrs. Xu just doesn't open her mind, Qin Huai has already pointed it out, she is still like a calf protector, and sure enough, she hasn't made any movement in Xunyang in the past two months, and everyone thinks she is a good kind.
Then Mrs. Xu said two more words and hurriedly fled, for fear that Qin Huai would really beat her bracelet idea.
This time Qin Huai can only give up, after all, there are many people, and Mrs. Xu is not sober, if she shouts out and says that when the princess and a poor sour woman snatch property, Qin Huai's face must not be lost.
"Princess...... Could it be that bracelet ......?"
Mingyue stood not far away and listened to everything that should be listened to and what should not be heard, originally she wondered why the princess was entangled with such a woman, but after thinking about it carefully, she felt that the bracelet was familiar.
"That's right, it's the relic of the concubine, I didn't expect it to be in her hands."
Qin Huai was indignant, he was angry at everything, and kicked a stone under his feet far away.
Mingyue looked at the stone that had fallen twice on the ground and rolled out for a long time without stopping, remembering what the princess had asked her to do before, her eyes couldn't help but light up, and asked, "Princess, then what should we do." ”
"Since she won't give it to her, let's keep it with her for a while, and I'll get it back one day."
In the past, Qin Huai had already let her do it, but now Qin Huai was surprisingly friendly, and tried to convince people with virtue several times when something happened, which made Mingyue feel emotional and have a headache.
Before she could stop the princess, a grandmother trotted in not far away to report the news.
"Princess! Miss Xuan fell overboard! ”
Rice paper overboard?
"How is that possible?"
She knows her pool best, either it is fenced with white terrazzo, or it is reminded of it with flowers and plants. Xuan Paper is a smart girl, and there is no epidemic disease, how could she fall into the water.
Besides, because the pond fish raised in the princess's mansion are not suitable for deep water, and the requirements for water temperature are extremely high, so the pond and lotus hall are located some distance from the front hall, and there is no trace of the woman's waist at all.
That's weird.