Chapter 57: Concubine Jing
Everything that happened to the Princess's Mansion jewelry shop has spread throughout the capital in an instant.
The capital said that it was not big, it was not small, what happened, from the head of the city to the end of the city, it was not so fast, but it was related to the princess's mansion of the official family, and even with 400,000 taels of silver, it became completely different.
The storyteller struggled to tell the story of this matter in the teahouse restaurant, the versions are different, and the center of the matter is completely different, and so on a few quarters of an hour, countless stories about the princess's mansion jewelry shop owing a huge amount of 400,000 yuan have been circulated, among which the most widely circulated is that Her Royal Highness the princess took over the princess's mansion, and when the property under the house was checked, it was found that the jewelry shop lost a huge amount of 400,000 silver taels, and the huge IOU was signed and sealed by the property steward in the original princess's mansion, and the housekeeper left after embezzlement, and Her Royal Highness the princess was asked to return the arrears by the wealthy businessman Kuang's family. After three days, the silver taels were returned.
As a result, this story became more and more outrageous, and it was passed on until the little maids in the princess's mansion could be recited backwards, and it had become that the princess's mansion bullied Kuang's to buy the jewelry shop, in a vain attempt to erase the 400,000 IOUs, and was exposed, but had no choice but to make an appointment in public to return 400,000 silver taels after three days.
No matter how things went viral, there was no movement in the room of Ji Qiang, the cabinet of the princess's mansion.
When the red glow rose in the sky, the door of the room finally opened, and the maids who were anxious on both sides finally saw Ji Qiang who came out of the room, chamomile started excitedly again, Leng Xiang stood aside, and the palm clenched into a fist finally let go.
Ji Qiang touched chamomile's head and comforted: "What are you crying about, there is nothing to do in this palace, it seems to be a parting of life and death." ”
"How can the princess say such a depressing thing, bah blah." Chamomile burst into laughter.
Ji Qiang wiped the tears from chamomile's face and said, "Then don't cry easily, it's unlucky." ”
"The slave knows." Chamomile sniffed, trying to hold back the tears.
Ji Qiang turned her head, looked at Leng Xiang and asked, "During the time when the palace returned to the house to rest, what happened outside. ”
Leng Xiang said: "It's not a big deal, but the rumors about His Highness have spread all over the capital, and Lord Guogong has heard it and is rushing over here, and there are ......"
"What?"
"Your Highness's mother."
"Yes." Ji Qiang frowned, what she was most worried about now was that the Bai family was worried that she would come over, the Bai family was already in poor health, the road was not close, I was afraid that something would go wrong, and after she came, she had to deal with it well, Ji Qiang couldn't help but have a headache.
"When will you get here?" Ji Qiang asked.
Leng Xiang thought for a while and said: "From the Song State Mansion to here, there is a distance of more than eighty miles, and there is a mountain road during the period. ”
"Three hours to go, and there's still time." Ji Qiang nodded and handed the folded envelope in her arms to Leng Xiang. said: "This letter was handed over to the Qi Palace, and it was said that I sent it, and it needs to be opened by His Royal Highness the King of Qi himself." ”
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The red glow is completely rendered on the edge of the clouds, on the green beads of the glazed tiles, the red anthurium of the white crane stands on it, and the bird frivolt combs the scattered hair under the wings.
Under the high eaves wrapped in tiles, two maidservants wearing palace maid costumes stand on both sides of the door, inside the house, is a screen carved with dragon and phoenix double plays, all kinds of precious placements and decorations to tidy up the room very exquisitely, in the screen, two transparent figures in it swaying.
A man sat on the bed, bowing his head and holding a grape handed over by a woman kneeling beside the bed.
"Concubine Jing, do you hear the noise outside?" The emperor, dressed in a dragon robe, supported his head with one hand and asked the concubine kneeling in front of him.
Concubine Jing has a gentle appearance, small facial features, and is obviously a typical Jiangnan woman, and even her clothes are simple and elegant, giving full play to her own charm, and for the emperor's question, Concubine Jing smiled slightly, lowered her head and fed another grape to the emperor, and said unhurriedly: "I heard that in the early morning, Princess Ming'an checked the shop under the accounts of the princess's mansion, and unintentionally pulled out a dispute of hundreds of thousands of silver taels, but it made others feel novel, and it spread a little. ”
Between the words, Concubine Jing secretly looked at the emperor's expression when he listened to his words, and the emperor swallowed the slightly chewed flesh in his mouth, and said quietly: "Concubine Jing is really well-informed. ”
Informed? Concubine Jing, who was figuring out the meaning of the emperor's words, pulled the grapes from the Western Regions and said with a smile: "It's just that the palace maid in the pavilion has a broken mouth, so that the concubine overhears it when she passes by, if the emperor minds, the concubine will be disposed of as a good student." ”
As soon as the words turned, Concubine Jing brushed off the responsibility of inquiring about the news, no matter whether the emperor liked or disliked this move, it would not have any impact on her.
The emperor raised his head and closed his eyes, Concubine Jing's movement of plucking the grapes stopped, she carefully moved back a little position, suddenly, the emperor opened his eyes, hugged her with his arms, put her on his lap, looked at Concubine Jing with sharp eyes, and said, "Concubine Jing, how do I treat you on weekdays." ”
"Nature is good." Concubine Jing didn't dare to look into the emperor's eyes, showing a little timidity, which was consistent with her reaction to the fact that she had not been in the palace for a long time, and the emperor had a trace of tenderness in his heart, and his movements of holding her with his hands slowed down a little, and said: "Then which of my elder brothers do you think is better." ”
"This ......" Concubine Jing was suddenly startled in her heart, and her eyes met the emperor's scrutinizing gaze, but for a moment, Concubine Jing looked away and replied timidly: "The concubine is still shallow when she entered the palace, and she has not had contact with several elder brothers, so she doesn't dare to talk nonsense, and the concubines only know that each elder brother is a dragon son, each has its own strengths, and they are all loyal to the emperor and the world." ”
Concubine Jing said this, and threw the emperor's question back, the emperor was not interested in Concubine Jing's answer, and his hand was withdrawn from under Concubine Jing's body, Concubine Jing sat on the mattress, quietly waiting for the emperor's next move, who knew that the emperor got up and straightened out the dragon robe, and did not look at Concubine Jing again, so he walked out of the room around the screen.
The shrill voice of the eunuch outside the room sounded, and the creaking of the shelves passed through the courtyard, bypassing the palace road, and Concubine Jing tiptoed to let the maid at the door close the courtyard door, and then she closed the door of the room herself.
The closet by the window began to move, and the cabinet was opened, and out of it came a slightly embarrassed man in a black robe.
If the emperor comes back, he will inevitably find that this man is his sixth prince Xia Chengmu.
"Since you entered the palace, the emperor has not come to your pavilion, why is it so sudden today." Xia Chengmu's face was covered with gloom, obviously still worried about the emperor suddenly coming in just now.
Concubine Jing frowned, leaned to the door and listened for a while, and after making sure that there was no one outside, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You ask me, how do I know." ”