On this day, it was the day of listening to the Fufeng Hall, because it was already autumn, and it was not as hot as midsummer, the little ladies did not stay in the Fufeng Hall for lunch, but went back to the courtyard where they lived, and Yi Jingcai and Banniang and An Jin stepped into the Lvqing Garden, and listened to the spring twilight to explain the arrival of the three princes - a few days ago, she had a long talk with Yu Feng, and had to accept Yu Feng's suggestion, entrusting him with the orchid hairpin, and the next day Yu Feng sent someone to send a message, saying that the matter had been basically resolved, but the three princes wanted to return the orchid hairpin with their own hands, so that she could rest assured.

Yi Jing guessed a few times, and she didn't know how Yu Feng persuaded the demon, but she subconsciously believed Yu Feng's words, and really didn't worry about the orchid hairpin anymore.

As soon as he heard that his grandmother was actually staying in Yuanying Hall, Yijing knew that the third prince must have returned the orchid hairpin, and he did not put forward any other conditions.

She was very curious, and she didn't know how the demon explained the cause and effect of the orchid hairpin, so she coaxed her grandmother to get rid of it.

A meal lunch was tasteless, and after An Jin and Banniang took a nap, Yijing couldn't help but let Qiu Yue, a "PHS", go out to inquire and get an amazing news!

The eldest princess not only entertained the three princes, but also invited Yichen to Yuanying Hall to meet with the three princes.

Yijing is inevitably worried, for fear that things will change, and the eldest sister will still inevitably marry the "bad luck" of the third prince.

was anxious, I didn't want Yichen to come to Luqingyuan, Yijing saw the eldest sister's smile like a spring breeze, only to breathe a sigh of relief, and after a closer look, I found that the hosta on the eldest sister's hair was the orchid hairpin that made her suspenseful.

The two sisters went to the Lotus Pond Pavilion hand in hand, and dismissed the maid, and Yijing urgently asked the reason.

"I was worried that my sister was still worried about me, so I hurried over." Yichen said with a smile: "Grandmother also advised, except for the fifth sister, don't say anything about this to others." ”

Yijing was anxious: "I heard that His Royal Highness stayed in Yuanying Hall for dinner today, but my sister met with him?" ”

Yichen bowed slightly: "The reason why this hairpin was lost and regained is because of the three highnesses...... My grandmother asked me to go to thank Her Highness in person. ”

It turned out that today's three princes specially met the eldest princess with Wei Guogong, just to return this orchid hairpin - according to the three princes, he was "admired" Yichen, had begged in front of the queen, the queen had a motherly heart, promised to try her best to match, but was known by the "suspicious" person in the prince's mansion, in order to please in front of the master, to win the trust, even made his own opinion, when he learned that the brother of the maid next to Yichen was a gambler, he laid a trap, lured his brother and sister to conspire, stealing the things in Yichen's boudoir, and then secretly redeemed it from the pawnshop, as a precaution, that is, if this marriage fails, he will hand over this thing to the third prince and threaten the Weiguo Mansion.

Unexpectedly, things really took a turn and turn, and the subordinate of the prince's mansion presented the hosta without hesitation.

The three princes were furious, severely punished the house slaves, and "returned the hairpins to their original owners".

The third prince behaved very sadly today, but he was righteous and awe-inspiring, saying that although he had an "admiration" for Yichen, he deeply regretted that he had misbehaved for a while, made a mistake, and ruined his marriage, and had nothing to do, but he wished that Sister Chen was safe and happy, and would never do anything harmful to Yichen's life.

There are many loopholes in this remark, but it seems to be vaguely expressed - the matter of the orchid hairpin has nothing to do with the queen.

The eldest princess was already a little puzzled, but when she learned that this hairpin involved the queen and the prince, it was inconvenient to pursue it further, so she only ordered Yichen to explain one or two things to Yijing, and then don't make any publicity.

Yijing listened to these words, of course, he didn't believe a word of what the three princes said, but he was also amazed by the scheming of the demon, first, he took the initiative to return the orchid hairpin, which will inevitably make his grandmother grateful - the third prince is also forced to be helpless, he was so persistent in this family affair before, and there must be a reason why the queen is the prince to fight for power, but the third prince is still a proper person after all, not only did he leak Yichen's private belongings, but returned them to the original owner, and generously blessed the "sweetheart" with peace and joy, expressing that he had given up his attachment, Grandmother's heart was afraid that most of it would disappear; Second, he always talked about things in a cloudy way, not only did not reveal his eyes and ears in the Weiguo Mansion, but also successfully pulled the queen into the water, once again emphasizing that he was forced to be helpless.

However, when the matter came to this point, it could be regarded as a satisfactory solution, Yijing did not intend to debunk the three princes, and she really hated this demon and couldn't stay away.

"Fifth sister, but there is one thing that I think is very disturbing." Yichen said.

After all, he still hesitated, as if he had never mustered up the courage to speak, Yichen fiddled with the tasseled jade pendant hanging from his skirt a little crampedly, raised his eyes to look at the beautiful scene, and shook his head again, frowning.

"Big sister, if you have something, let's say it, if you press it in your heart, it will only make you uncomfortable." Yijing persuaded.

Yichen was silent for a long time, and then he hesitated: "Today, my grandmother called me to Yuanying Hall, first relayed the words of the Third Highness one by one, and asked me to thank the Third Highness in person, but she still left me in the back court, and specially let me take this hairpin...... After a while, my mother came, first greeted His Royal Highness, and then came with my grandmother...... I think my grandmother shouldn't have told my mother about the orchid hairpin. ”

Hearing this, Yijing didn't understand the essentials at all, seeing that Yichen fell into a desire to speak again, and it was not easy to urge, these days of getting along, she knew a little more about the temperament of the eldest sister, if she was too urgent, she was even more hesitant, so she had to wait quietly.

"Fifth sister, I seem to think that my grandmother misunderstood my mother a little...... Later, my grandmother asked my mother how she chose Zhilanxuan's maid at the beginning, how many children were born in the family, and how many were bought from outside, and finally said that the first-class maids are not young at the moment, so they simply let them out, and my grandmother will personally choose the personal maid for me. ”

Hearing this, Yi Jingfang suddenly realized, thinking that since her grandmother learned of the disappearance of the orchid hairpin, her hidden behavior was clearly suspicious of the Huang family.

In fact, Yijing was not without this suspicion at first, after all, Zhilanxuan's maid was chosen by the Huang family, and if such a big thing happened, if her mother didn't know about it, she couldn't tell the truth.

So he asked Yichen: "Then sister, look, how is my mother looking today?" ”

"As usual, when I saw the hairpin I sent on, I said with a smile, I rarely saw me with it in the past, but today it is fresh, and said that the hosta jade pendant, or often bring it, always keep it, but there is no spirituality." Yichen was obviously extremely worried: "Mother has always treated us as if we were in person, and even San Lang and Liu Niang can't compare, how can it be ...... If the grandmother misunderstands the mother, the mother should be sad. ”

For the Huang family, not only does Yichen have respect, although Yijing is not as close as Yichen and his stepmother because she grew up in front of the eldest princess, she is also very respectful, and she does not want to suspect that the Huang family is a person with evil intentions.

"Big sister, don't worry, grandmother will definitely distinguish right from wrong, after all, it was the misbehavior of the maid next to my sister that caused such a thing, and it is reasonable for grandmother to be a little dissatisfied with her mother." There is another word, Yi Jing did not say it, although she did not want to doubt the Huang family, but for the sake of safety, she was very much in favor of her grandmother's decision, a few first-class maids, in the future, they will definitely have to pay for the eldest sister to marry, if someone is unfaithful, they will not be able to make waves in the future, and the grandmother will choose by herself, so she is prepared.

"Actually, I am to blame for this, if I had told my mother earlier, I would not have let her be blamed by my grandmother." Yichen blamed himself very much.

Yijing had no choice but to comfort her a few more words, and when she sent her eldest sister away, it was time to go to Fufeng Hall to listen to the lecture again.

An Jin went with her, but for the whole afternoon, she was a little absent-minded.

It's the orchid hairpin that is still being counted over and over.

This matter should have nothing to do with the queen, the reason why the queen strongly advocated the marriage of the three princes and the Weiguo Mansion was to stabilize the power of the prince, but if for this purpose, she instead did something threatening and completely offended the Weiguo Mansion, wouldn't the gains outweigh the losses? For the same reason, the third prince would not rashly use the orchid hairpin to make waves, so he threatened with words at the beginning and did not take the first step.

This seems to show that there are indeed a few truths in the words of the three princes today.

The disappearance of the orchid hairpin should not be because of the plan of the three princes - this is also in line with the truth found before, the thief A Qing was not instructed by others.

The demon city is very deep, when he would not do such a stupid thing, trying to save the marriage with a hairpin, if he wanted to take revenge on the Weiguo Mansion and ruin the reputation of the eldest sister, then he would not confess the whereabouts of the orchid hairpin to himself.

Thinking about it this way, it does seem that someone wanted to tie up with the three princes, so he redeemed the orchid hairpin from the pawnshop and handed it over to him.

This person, could it be Mama Song?

After all, Yuzhi's family and Mama Song had frequent contacts after the disappearance of the orchid hairpin, and their attitude changed greatly, from reporting to the Duchess of the country, to later dissuading the eldest sister from making a noise, no matter how you think about it, it is very strange to think about it.

But why did Mama Song help the three princes? Why do you want to match the marriage between the eldest sister and the third prince? This point made Yijing puzzled.

It seems that it is still necessary to look for clues in that pawnshop in order to expose the dark shadow hidden in the shadows.

Yijing made up his mind, and asked Xia Ke to inform Sanshun that day, so that he could "befriend" the pawnshop shopkeeper with good food and drink, and repeatedly reminded him not to forget the appearance of the person who ransomed the hairpin - because someone specially asked about the orchid hairpin with the painted pattern, and ransomed it with a heavy sum, the shopkeeper still had an impression, but according to his description, that is, a middle-aged man with two eyes and one mouth, there was no conspicuous place on his face, and he had never met him, and he did not know the surname.

With this clue, it is undoubtedly whimsical to find the person who redeems the hairpin among all living beings.

But Yijing was unwilling to give up, she guessed that nine out of ten of the people who ransomed the hairpin were related to the Weiguo Mansion, otherwise it was related to Mama Song, and it might appear in the future.

In short, on this day at the end of August of the third year of Yuanqing, the autumn was crisp and the wind was beautiful, because of the noble arrival of the three princes, many people in the Guogong Mansion had their own different emotions - although the eldest princess felt that this matter was still strange, but there was nothing suspicious about the Huang family, and she was temporarily relieved; Yichen is relieved and ready to get married; In addition to the doubts of the beautiful scenery, a new round of Zhang Luo arrangement began; Mama Song was surprised to see the orchid hairpin on Yichen's hair, and pondered a few back and forth, naturally she didn't know what it was, so she wisely chose to remain silent; There is also a Sanniang, who fell into a trance and anxiety in the afternoon, and when practicing calligraphy in Fufeng Hall in the afternoon, he actually dipped his fingers in ink...... attracted a ridicule from An Hui and Erniang, but she didn't have the heart to talk back.

In addition, Wei Guogong, who only learned today that his daughter had lost the orchid hairpin, sent off the three princes and returned to Herui Garden, and slammed the door of the bedroom with a "bang".