Yuchen and Yuxi returned to the Guogong's mansion on the front foot, and the reward of Song Guifei arrived on the back foot. The number of gifts given to Yuchen was double that of Yuxi. When I heard the number of this gift, I suspected that Concubine Song was very satisfied with the third girl. As for the fourth girl, she followed to join in the fun. Yuxi was rewarded with two pairs of palace satin, a pair of phoenix tail hairpins with dotted emerald clouds inlaid with gold beaded beads, a pair of sapphire dotted emerald bead hairpins, a pair of palace fans, and a pair of scented bead bracelets.
Yuxi looked at Shiso's ugly look, and said with a smile: "The ten princes have taken a fancy to the third sister. The gift that the concubine gave to the third sister is thicker than me, and it is also human nature. Moreover, the reward of the noble concubine is not thin! "These few pieces of jewelry are worth a lot of money.
Shisu was taken aback, and asked: "The girl saw the ten princes? I heard that the ten princes inherited the appearance of the imperial concubine, and they are very outstanding."
Yuxi nodded slightly: "Well. In fact, the Nine Princes are not bad, but the Nine Princes are so powerful that no one looks at him and thinks right."
Zisu hurriedly asked, "How does the imperial concubine empress the girl?" The ten princes would like the third girl, but Zisu knew himself well, and the nine princes would never look down on his own girl. It's not that it's presumptuous, but that beauty like the Ninth Prince has never seen. Besides, my own girl is still young, she hasn't opened yet!
Yuxi shook her head and said: "I don't know, the concubine lady didn't talk to me. But that's okay, I can or try not to go to the palace. There are too many rules in that place." Kneeled without moving, and knelt down. The ground won't let you get up, her knee is still hurting now!
Basil is a little sorry.
Two days later, Princess Qinxin sent someone to pick Yuchen into the palace. Zisu felt sorry for this, but Yuxi didn't care, and went into the study to read again.
Tired of reading in the study, Yuxi went out. At this time, it was very hot. In the courtyard, only her second-class maid, Caidie, stood alone on the chaoshou veranda, while the others were all shrunk in the house. And Caidie, standing on the veranda of Chaoshou, looked tangled to death.
Yuxi laughed, stepped forward, and asked, "What makes you so embarrassed?" Yuxi never embarrassed the maid below. Although Zisu is a bit harsh on the maid below, as long as she takes a good job and doesn't disturb her. Will not scold casually. Therefore, the maid serving as a errand by Yuxi's side had a very good life.
When Caidie saw Yuxi, her face turned pale with fright, and her words became uncomfortable: "Aunty, girl..."
The way Yuxi looked at Caidie, combined with the way she was just now, there was nothing left to understand. At the moment she said: "Come to my study." Caidie's tangled things may be related to her. Otherwise, I wouldn't be so scared to see her. Entering the study, Yuxi stood in the middle and asked, "Let's talk about it, what is it that makes you so entangled."
It's all here, don't hesitate anymore, Caidie said, "Girl, it's sister Mai Dong's business."
Yuxi was a little puzzled: "What's wrong with the Maidong family?" Since the last time she warned, there have been no moths in the Maidong family.
Caidie made a lot of determination, and said: "On her grandmother's birthday, Mai Dongniang took her sister-in-law to her birthday. My mother saw Mai Dongniang wearing gold earrings, gold rings and a gold ring on her hand. A gold bracelet of four or five folds, and my sister-in-law Ophiodonta wore an emerald bracelet on her hand.
Yuxi asked calmly, "What's the matter?"
The emerald’s voice was very low: “I won’t talk about the gold bracelet of Ophiopogon japonicus. My mother said that the jade bracelet of Ophiopogon jade is worth tens of taels of silver. My mother said that Ophiopogon’s family has never been rich. There is a lot of money for the subsidy from my sister Ophiodon, but the eldest and second brothers of Ophiodon cost a lot to marry two daughters-in-law, and there will be no savings. My mother thinks this is wrong, and asks me to tell it. girl."
Yuxi asked, "What's wrong?"
Jade’s head lowered even further: "My mother said that Father Mai Dong and the elder brother and the second brother are both loyal and honest people, and they don’t do business. It is impossible for them to drop such a large amount of silver out of thin air. I began to think it was a girl rewarding him. Sister Ophiopogon’s, so I specifically asked Sister Perilla. I found out that the girl hadn’t appreciated the gold bracelet and jade bracelet of Ophiopogon, so I didn’t think it was right."
When Mo Ju, Mo Taohai and Hongshan beside Yuxi got married, Yuxi had rewarded gold and silver jewelry, but that was for them to press the bottom of the box, which was a special case. No matter how generous Yuxi is on weekdays, it is impossible for Yuxi to be so generous as to give bounty bracelets and jade bracelets worth dozens of taels to the maids around him. If you really do this, then it's not called generous, it's called mindless.
Yuxi nodded and said, "I know, don't tell anyone about this." Cai Die Niang estimated that the source of the money for jewelry from the Mai Dong family was improper, so she asked Cai Die to tell her. In fact, Yuxi knew there was a problem when he heard it.
Caidie was grateful: "Thank you girl." She was hesitant to tell the girl about it before. Because once she says this, no matter whether there is a problem with the Mai Dong family, she will not be good. There is no problem with the Mai Dong family, she will be the troublemaker at that time; if there is a problem, the Mai Dong will definitely be implicated, and then the sisters who have a good relationship with the Mai Dong will definitely have opinions on him. If she is squeezed out, her life in Tao Ranju will not be easy. Now that the girl refuses to let her speak out, it is tantamount to keeping her secret, no matter what the result is, it has nothing to do with her.
Yuxi lightly tapped, and said, "Spread the ink! I will practice Chinese calligraphy."
Usually the work of grinding ink is done by personal servants, so when Perilla brought a bowl of lotus seed soup, she was very surprised to see Caidie grinding ink.
Yuxi waved his hand and said to Caidie, "Go down!"
After Caidie went down, Zisu asked strangely: "Girl, why did you ask Caidie to polish ink for you."
Yuxi said, "I just wanted to practice handwriting. I saw her on the porch when I went out and asked her to come in. What's wrong? Is there any problem?"
Zisu shook his head and said, "No, it's just a bit strange. Speaking of it, the maid Caidie has been weird these past two days. Last night, she ran to ask me if the girl had rewarded the golden bracelet for Ophiopogon japonicus? I don't know. What did she ask about this?" Everything Yuxi rewards has to be registered in the account, and Shisu is the one who is in charge of the account book, so asking her is the most effective.
Except for the four personal servants, Yuxi doesn’t have much contact with the second-class and third-class maids below, but the basic situation is to be understood: "I remember her mother works in a pantry. She has an older brother, which seems to be inconvenient for her legs and feet. ?"
Zisu smiled and said: "Her mother works in the tea room, but his mother is very good at being a human, and is very popular. His brother has not had a relationship with him because of his bad legs and feet! Ophiopogon has a good temperament, does things quickly, and has a brain. Flexible, but not very talkative." The tea room is a clean water sect, and there is no oily water.
Yuxi didn't go on to talk about this topic anymore, but picked up the lotus soup and ate it. After eating, I continued to practice calligraphy. Zisu didn't see her difference.
Yuxi was a very calm person, until after dinner, Yuxi took the perilla to the main courtyard to find Qiu's family.
Seeing Yuxi, Qiu said with a smile: "Why did you come here today?" Since Yuxi got those books from Han Jianye, he hasn't had much time, and the number of visits to the main courtyard has decreased a lot.
Yuxi smiled and talked to Qiu's family, and then said to Zisu: "I have something to tell auntie, you go outside and wait!"
Zisu was a little surprised, but she didn't ask too much, and just withdrew out.
With Yuxi like this, Qiu's family still didn't understand, and let the other maids in the house go out, and then asked Yuxi: "What's the matter?" With such an incident with the county lord of Shou, the Qiu's will soon be over. Frightened bird.
Yuxi talked about Caidie’s words to Qiu’s: “I’m not right, but it’s not good to investigate with a big fan. It’s okay to find out the problem. If the problem is not found, I will always let the people around me. I'm uneasy." The close-knit maids can't be suspected casually, let alone investigating them with fanfare, or they will make people panic.
To do it quietly, Yuxi's current ability is not yet possible, so this matter can only be investigated by the Qiu family.
Qiu's said: "There is a problem with this matter, but it depends on the size of the problem." Qiu's is the housekeeper's wife, and he knows the doorway inside. If it is the steward of the outer courtyard or the stewardess of the inner courtyard, these people have more than two dollars on hand, especially in places with rich oil and water like the kitchen, they are very generous. But for the Ophiopogon japonicus family, except for Ophiopogon japonicus, who have good errands, everyone else has a mediocre errand. Where can they afford gold bracelets and jade bracelets.
Yuxi said, "Auntie, please check it for me!"
Qiu nodded and said: "No matter what you find, this Ophiopogon japonicus can't be kept anymore." The close-knit maid's house is too messy and easy to get into trouble.
Yuxi smiled and said, "We will wait until the result is found." If it has nothing to do with Ophiopogon japonicus, she will definitely not drive Ophiopogon japonicus out. But if it matters... I don't know what's wrong, Yuxi has an intuition that this matter may not be related to Ophiopogon.
After talking about Ophiopogon, the Qiu family again talked about Yuchen: "You went to the palace with Yuchen, why did Princess Qinxin invite Yuchen into the palace, but didn't you?"
Yuxi smiled and said: "This is because Yuchen and Qin Xin are predestined, and I can't force it."
Qiu's is just a pity: "If you can also get Princess Qinxin to look at her differently, there will be more opportunities to show her face in the future, and there will be more room for personal choice."
Yuxi smiled and said: "This kind of thing cannot be forced. Moreover, the palace rules are big, and I am not very comfortable with it. I still like to be at home, relaxed and unrestrained.
The Qiu family laughed and said: "Look at your pros and cons, and you know that you are guarding your own one-third of an acre. But speaking of it, you can live a relaxed life for two days when you are a girl at home. Once you get married, it will be a trivial matter. Just a lot, not as relaxed as before."
Yuxi said cheerfully: "It's too early to marry!"
The Qiu family didn't think it was too early: "You will be thirteen after the new year, and you won't stay at home for a few years."
ps: (*^__^*) Hee hee... Who do you think Yuru would choose