Chapter 028: Counter-killing
Since the accident of Imperial Doctor Fang, Huichun has been a little restless these days, and he has run to Banyueju more often.
But Xue's own can't protect himself at the moment, and the words of comfort to her are just a few words back and forth. Huichun was very uneasy in her heart, thinking about the fact that Mrs. Li had allowed her to be the servant girl in charge a few days ago, and her heart was even more tormented.
Coming out of the Half Moon House, when I walked to the garden, I vaguely saw a few figures, and when I got closer, I only saw Li Taiwei and Dafu who were picking flowers.
Huichun quietly looked around for a while before stepping forward to give Mrs. Li a slight gift.
"You came just in time, my grandmother asked me to pick some golden cinnamon to worship the Bodhisattva, Dafu is not as careful as you, you come to see which branches and flowers grow better."
Huichun was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly promised to say yes, took the scissors from Daifuku's hand, carefully selected a dozen or so flower branches, and handed them to Li Taiwei.
"That's it, that's all."
Mrs. Li nodded with satisfaction, and said:
"How many days have the treasury counted? Someone came to the palace just now, it should be the Queen Mother who gave a lot of rewards, if you are not busy, go with me to Hua'an Hall to see if there is anything you need help from your grandmother. ”
Huichun immediately smiled on his face and said:
"The county lord can rest assured, the slave has personally counted the calligraphy, paintings and jewelry in the warehouse in the past few days, and the county lord has also picked up the clothes and jewelry for the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet the day after tomorrow.
Mrs. Li couldn't help but praise a few words, and Huichun was very proud in her heart, and she forgot her previous anxiety for a while.
When the three of them returned to Hua'an Hall, Changping's concubine Luo and Su Mama, who was sent by the Empress Dowager to send rewards, had already left the house.
Mrs. Li was a little tired, resting on the chaise longue embroidered with pomegranate seeds, and Mama Sun was playing a fan for her. The Xue family didn't know when he came, so he took the maid Biyun and took the small table in the inner hall to personally cook tea for Mrs. Li.
Seeing Li Taiwei coming in, Xue's eyes flashed slightly, put down the teacup and stood up, looking at her slightly at a loss.
Mrs. Li glanced at Xue slightly, didn't make a sound, just didn't think there was her, curtsied at Mrs. Li, and called "grandmother".
Old Madam Li opened her eyes, her eyes full of exhaustion, and nodded at her.
"This year's golden cinnamon blooms exceptionally well, the fragrance is fragrant, and it really makes people happy to see it."
Mrs. Lee smiled.
"Who said no, this golden cinnamon tree in our house was personally carried by the old lady when he was alive, this counts...... It must have been about thirty years, and the grandfather was still young at that time, and the slave remembered that when the golden osmanthus flowers bloomed, he was clamoring to pick flowers for the old lady to wear......"
Mama Sun naturally answered, and when Mrs. Li listened, she remembered the old things, and couldn't help but smile on her face. I talked a few interesting things about Li Sheng's childhood with Grandma Sun, and there was laughter in the room for a while.
Huichun and Daifuku also stepped forward to salute, and Li Taiwei took the golden osmanthus branch from Huichun and personally inserted it into the vase in front of the jasper Guanyin.
By fiddling with the flower branches, he carefully looked at this statue of Guanyin with a side face.
This jasper goddess of mercy is made of Xiliang Tianshan Baoyu, the whole body is snow-white without a trace of variegation, it is very rare!
Her grandmother specially found a court craftsman to create such a statue of Guanyin, and it took half a year to carve it alone.
Such a treasure is considered a fine product in her eyes, why was it not loved by Concubine Hua in her previous life? Mrs. Li couldn't help but wonder, and couldn't help leaning out to take a closer look.
Really! Mrs. Li was stunned in her hand, and her heart quickly calculated......
"Huh?"
Mrs. Li was talking about the excitement when she was attracted by Mrs. Li's surprise.
Mrs. Li exclaimed:
"Grandmother! How did this Jade Guanyin become like this? ”
When everyone heard the sound, they couldn't help but look at the palm-sized jasper Guanyin on the offering table, which was the one that Li Taiwei ordered someone to send a few days ago.
Mrs. Li has been fasting and reciting Buddha for many years, and she is very cautious about worshipping the Buddha, so she couldn't help frowning when she heard the voice, looked carefully at the statue of Guanyin, and asked for a long time:
"What? What's wrong with this Guanyin? ”
Li Taiwei stretched out his hand and pointed to the Guanyin statue and said:
"What about the golden boy and jade girl in the hands of this Guanyin Bodhisattva?"
When everyone heard this, they hurriedly looked at it carefully. Really! The Guanyin was holding the bottle in his left hand, but his right hand was empty.
Grandma Sun immediately changed her complexion, and hurriedly stepped forward to take a closer look, that Guanyin did have a not very obvious break on her right hand, if you didn't look carefully, you really couldn't pay attention to it.
With a white face, Mama Sun called the old lady, took the jade Guanyin herself, and handed it to the old lady Li.
Mrs. Li's complexion changed suddenly:
"This ...... What's going on? Who cleaned this Guanyin statue? ”
The servants panicked at once.
"Old lady, this Guanyin seems to have been touched by the slave maid herself, but the slave maid has never touched it. Since beating this jasper Guanyin, please enter the door, the slave has never seen the golden boy and jade girl in the hands of Guanyin, ask the old lady to see it! ”
With a red and white face, he stepped forward and kowtowed to the old lady.
Mrs. Li's face is still ugly, but Hongzhu is a first-class maid in front of her, and she has always been very measured, and Hua'antang asked her to take care of it very properly, and she is trustworthy.
"Let's talk about it, who else has touched this Guanyin statue these days?"
Old Madam Li had a calm face and an unkind tone.
The maidservants were so frightened that they knelt down, but no one dared to respond.
Mama Sun stared at Jade Guanyin, thought for a while, and said firmly:
"Old lady, since this Guanyin statue entered the door, the slave has been taking care of it tightly, and the old slave also remembers...... Since this jade Guanyin entered the door, there has never been a golden boy and jade girl in his hands. ”
When you walk in the door, it's gone?
Old Madam Li's eyes couldn't help but fall on Mrs. Li.
"Eiharu kneel!"
Without waiting for Mrs. Li to ask, Mrs. Li snorted slightly, which surprised everyone.
Huichun was suddenly called, and was startled for a while, only then did he realize what was happening, and hurriedly knelt down in front of Old Madam Li.
"Not a slave...... It has nothing to do with slaves...... Ask the old lady, the county lord Mingjian! ”
Mrs. Li said with a straight face:
"You opened the cage with your own hands that day, and you personally sent it to Hua'an Hall, since there is no mistake here in the old lady, what's the matter? Do you dare to deny it? ”
Huichun was so frightened that his face was bloodless, and he fell to the ground with a soft body, crying and begging:
"Slave...... Even if a slave has a hundred guts, he would not dare to hurt such a treasure...... The county lord is really not a slave...... Ask the lord of the county to be the master of the slave and maid......"
Li Taiwei still had a cold face and said:
"This jasper goddess of mercy is made by the treasure jade of Xiliang Tianshan, the only one in the world! When you passed through the treasury that day, you were obviously intact, how did you get to the old lady and there was such an omission! ”
"You have to think carefully, apart from you that day, did you fake your hands to others on the way, or did you make any mistakes?"
Xue Suqin stood silently aside, and before she could react, she heard Li Taiwei say this, only to feel that her eyelids jumped suddenly.
Sure enough, when Huichun heard this, he gradually stopped crying, as if he had thought of something, so he straightened up and stretched out his hand towards her.
"Biyun! It's the blue clouds in Miss Xue's house! She's touched this statue of Guanyin! ”