Princess Chengjun carefully put the jade bottle in her purse, knowing too well the value of this pill. In order to save Hu Mingzhu, the Queen Mother begged Princess Jin, but Princess Jin would rather offend the Queen Mother than take it out.

But for the sake of Xiang'er, she took out two of them back and forth.

This affection, even if there is no interest binding, is enough for them to follow sincerely.

"Even if the princess doesn't say it, I know how valuable and rare this pill is. When I go back, I will make a jewelry for Xiang'er, make a mechanism on it to put this pill, and even the maids around me will not let them know. ”

Han Youning smiled, "That's a good idea. ”

With the pill, Princess Chengjun's heart was a lot calmer.

Princess Chengjun's maid took a spare dress, Princess Chengjun went to the inner room to change clothes, and Han Youning waited outside.

Ling'er came in and said, "Princess, the Duchess of Zhongguo is here and waiting outside." ”

Han Youning raised his eyebrows, "Let her in." ”

After more than half a year of getting along, Han Youning has long regarded the Duchess of Zhongguo as a relative, and her gentleness makes her obsessed. Since returning to Beijing, they have not seen each other.

Han Youning went to the hall house, so that she could be separated from the princess of Chengjun in a room, and there were autumn leaves guarding here, so that she would not listen to anything that she should not listen to.

Ling'er went out and led the Duchess of Chungkook into the second room.

Duchess Zhongguo's face was haggard, and the dull fat powder around her eyes could not be covered at all, and it was obvious that she had not slept all night.

She adhered to etiquette, first counted all the etiquette, knelt down and invited An Fang to sit down and speak.

"I didn't want to meet my clan relatives this year, and that happened to Nanzhang last night...... The concubine was inevitably embarrassed in the living room, so she came here to greet you for the New Year and left. ”

The Zhongguo Mansion is not a clan relative, but because of Hu Mingzhu's relationship, it can also be regarded as a bit of a relationship with the clan relatives, because on the first day of the Lunar New Year last year, they chose to come to the New Year at noon, and the clan relatives who paid New Year's greetings in the morning were staggered.

This year, because she got up late, the Duchess of Zhongguo met with the daughter of the clan.

Han Youning said, "Although Mrs. is Nanzhang's mother-in-law, everyone knows very well in their hearts that her business has nothing to do with you, and Mrs. just straightens her waist." ”

Duchess Zhongguo smiled bitterly, "Having said that, Nanzhang is a person from the Zhongguo Mansion after all, and the concubine is only glad that the Zhongguo Mansion was not as angry as the Zhenguo Mansion." ”

The emperor did not anger them, probably because their husband and wife were too wronged, and they had no real power in their hands and couldn't make any waves.

But if Hu Mingzhu annoys Emperor Qingming again, it is difficult to say whether Emperor Qingming will anger them under his anger.

However, Han Youning couldn't say that at this time, he just comforted the Duchess of Zhongguo and let her relax.

Duchess Zhongguo said guiltily, "The concubine didn't know that Nanzhang could have such a great hatred for the princess and frame you and the seventh prince like this...... Today, in addition to giving you New Year's greetings, I am still here to make amends for your sins. ”

As she spoke, she got up again to kneel, but Han Youning hurriedly stopped her, "I just said that Nanzhang's matter has nothing to do with Mrs., you really don't have to take the blame on yourself." ”

Duchess Zhongguo was quite insistent, knelt down from her hand, kowtowed, and got up.

She said, "The princess can ignore it, but the concubine can't really shirk her responsibility." The concubine thought about this matter last night, you have always been very good to Nanzhang, why is she so hostile to you. Later, I thought, in addition to Danyang...... In addition to Wang Caidan's instigation, I am afraid that there is also a reason why she has long been jealous of you. ”

"Jealous?"

Han Youning was very puzzled, since she met Hu Mingzhu, the two have had a lot of contacts, and Hu Mingzhu is also willing to come to her. Compared with other ladies, Hu Mingzhu is close to her.

Hu Mingzhu's temperament is not like Wang Caidan, if he is really dissatisfied, I am afraid he can also show it on his face.

Duchess Zhongguo nodded, she pointed to a set of jeweled heads on Han Youning's head, "This set of heads was given to you by the Queen Mother a few days ago, right?" ”

Han Youning nodded, "Exactly, Madame, but I heard what others said?" ”

After all, this face is quite luxurious, and it is a reward from the Queen Mother, and women love these jeweled things, so it is inevitable to talk about it a lot.

Duchess Zhongguo said, "It's Nanzhang who returned home one day and complained with the concubine." She said that the queen mother is really good to the princess, and she is not her own daughter-in-law, but she treats you better than her niece. With such a good appearance, the Internal Affairs Office can't get a set in a few years, but it has rewarded you twice. ”

Han Youning smiled, "Madame remembered wrong, the Queen Mother only rewarded this set." ”

Duchess Zhongguo said, "The princess doesn't know, before you married the prince, the queen mother originally prepared a set of gemstone heads for you, but it happened that Nanzhang saw it when she entered the palace." She had always liked these luxurious things, and she wanted to keep them for herself. The Queen Mother pampered her on weekdays, but in the end, she couldn't get her entangled. Later, Nanzhang added makeup to you, and picked a hairpin from the head face. Nanzhang is quite fond of that set of head noodles, and often wears it on weekdays, and always wears it for eight out of ten days. ”

Han Youning said, "There is such a thing. She said at the time that the jewel of the hairpin came from Xiliang, and she specially selected it for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to create as a makeup gift for me. ”

Duchess Zhongguo: "The gems came from Xiliang, and the gems obtained by the Ministry of Internal Affairs at that time were used to make that set of head noodles, and the Queen Mother only left two pairs of earrings, planning to give a pair to Nanzhang and a pair to Wang Caidan." Later, Nanzhang took the head mask as his own, and the Queen Mother gave two pairs of earrings to Wang Caidan. ”

Han Youning's heart moved.

There was a flash of inspiration.

When she tried to catch it again, she disappeared again.

Duchess Zhongguo continued, "The Queen Mother rewarded you with this set, although it is the same as the previous one, but it is more luxurious. Nanzhang's jealousy is strong, and the concubine body is also deeply understood, Mu'er is just loved by the grandfather of the country, and Nanzhang can't tolerate him......"

She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, "When Nanzhang complained to the concubine at that time, if the concubine thought of this, it would be good to remind the princess, it would not be so frightening for you and the seventh prince." If she is allowed to succeed, the concubine really can't imagine the consequences. ”

After she finished speaking, she saw Princess Jin sitting there in a daze.

The Duchess of Chungkook became more and more remorseful, and she was nervous and did not know what to do.

Han Youning pondered for a long time, and suddenly caught the sentence "from the same case" said by the Duchess of Zhongguo.

Yes, the same case!

The rough gems on the table behind her, one was left by the Empress Dowager Lu, and the other was rewarded by the Empress Dowager - to be exact, it was rewarded by Emperor Qingming.

At that time, when Gonggong Wei came to send this stone, he said that this stone was the same as the set of heads and faces given to her by the Queen Mother.

The set of noodles that the Queen Mother originally wanted to reward her was also the same as this set.

The pair of earrings that Wang Caidan gave her were also from the same case.

Everything comes from the same mine, from the same case.

Now, it's all with her!

(End of chapter)