The next day, Yu Xiang woke up early and sat in front of the dressing table to get dressed. Liu Lu helped her comb a spirit snake bun, and chose a string of drop-shaped necklaces to put in her hair. The drop in the center was bright red, hanging right between her eyebrows, making her skin look like fat and her eyes like The deep pool is indescribably gorgeous and charming.
Seeing that she was staring blankly at the mirror, Tao Hong had no intention of applying makeup by herself, so she picked up the black pen to help her draw eyebrows.
"I'm not going to put on makeup today." Yu Xiang came back to her senses, she hesitated a little after pushing away the Daibi, her light white fingertips lingered on the neatly arranged small box of lip balm, and finally chose a peach flavor, and evenly applied it on the skin. on the lips.
My brother might sneak kiss me today, this peach flavor is his favorite, sweet but not greasy. When she realized what she was thinking, Yu Xiang's calm expression cracked, and she slammed the lipstick box on the dressing table.
Tao Hong and Liu Lu were startled, and asked her what was wrong.
"It's nothing, I feel a little angry when I think of Yu Miaoqi." Yu Xiang forced a smile and waved his hands, sat there for a while, finally picked up the small box, and applied a thick layer on his lips, even licking it felt very sweet. You say no, but your body is very honest! This sentence suddenly popped up in her mind, she rested her forehead and sighed, feeling that she might have been planted.
"Miss, do you have a stomachache again? Why don't we go to pay your respects?" Tao Hong asked in a low voice.
"It's just a little abdominal pain. It's nothing compared to my ancestor being poisoned. Let's go, I don't feel relieved if I don't go and see. The ancestor is impatient. I'm afraid he will take Yu Miaoqi and his mother to make amends to each family today. I can't hide here." Home." Yu Xiang put the lipstick back, lowered her head to adjust the skirt, saw the slightly open neckline, couldn't help but pull it down, revealing a seductive cleavage.
Realizing what she had done, she felt like being struck by lightning, and slapped her right hand fiercely with her left hand, cursing silently: "You're so cheap, who are you trying to seduce!"
Tao Hong and Liu Lu are used to her occasional convulsions, and they look at each other with wry smiles.
After torturing her right hand, Yu Xiang said calmly, "It's getting late, let's go." He paused, and asked casually, "Where did brother go?"
"Because the emperor ordered Master Hou to self-examine for half a month, Lord Hou went to the yamen to hand over the official duties early in the morning. He came to see you at a quarter of an hour and sat on your bedside for a quarter of an hour before leaving." Tao Hong sneaked up Report in the master's ear.
Yu Xiang nodded, her expression was very calm, but the tip of her tongue couldn't help sticking out to lick her sweet lips. A group of people walked halfway, but they saw Yu Siyuxing hurried up to greet him, "A strange thing happened in the mansion today, do you know?"
"What's the matter?" Yu Xiang's heart trembled violently, but she didn't show anything on her face. Could it be that her adultery with her brother was exposed
"Didn't you leave the small courtyard in the west wing to Yu Miaoqi yesterday? When I left, there were a few kapok, acacia, crabapple, and jacaranda trees that I couldn't dig out, so I had to keep them. Do you remember?" Yu Siyu touched Touch her elbow.
"I remember. It's a pity that my few jacarandas have bloomed just right these few days. From a distance, they seem to be covered with blue veils, ethereal, hazy, like clouds, and the beauty is amazing. "Speaking of this, Yu Xiang felt pain in his flesh, and his brows were so tangled that he couldn't pull them apart.
"It's really beautiful. When I first saw it, I stood under the tree for a long time, and I was drunk." Yu Siyu sighed, and in a short while began to gloat again, "Don't even think about it, those few jacarandas of yours, Kapok, Albizia julienne, Begonia... all died overnight last night, and the leaves were burnt and brown, as if they had been burned!"
"Who did it! Yu Miaoqi?" Yu Xiang's pity expression was suddenly replaced by grimness.
Yu Siyu quickly patted her on the shoulder to comfort her, "No, you misunderstood. Those trees were not burned, they died by themselves, that's why I find it strange! Now it's spread all over the house that Yu Miaoqi is the lone star of the evil spirit, No luck, you have ruined your good treasure land."
Yu Xiang was stunned for a moment before she came back to her senses. She felt that this matter was a bit mysterious, and she felt sorry for her own flowers and trees.
In the main courtyard, the old lady was also listening to Mother Ma's report that the flowers and trees had withered overnight. Her ugly face seemed to be painted with white paint at the moment, and she wrote tremblingly, "Her body is full of evil spirits. I can't hold it anymore!"
Nanny Ma nodded, "That's right. Madam, what do you think we should do? Right now, Master Hou is just suspending his duties for self-reflection, and he won't be so lucky next time."
"The emperor just granted four foster mothers, but he told me not to drive her away. Come on, find her a family as soon as possible, and choose the one with the toughest life, so as not to cause trouble and hurt my Hou's house again." The old man Mrs. wrote quickly.
"Hey, I'm going to send someone to inquire now. The capital is such a big place, so I'm afraid it's hard to find it. Why don't I ask someone to go to another place to ask?"
"It doesn't matter where, as long as you can marry her as soon as possible!" The old lady put down the brush and rubbed her burning throat.
Mother Ma bowed and promised, threw a few notes into the brazier and burned them, and just after the burning was over, a girl outside the door reported that the three young ladies and wives had come to greet her.
The old lady waved for them to be brought in. Both Lin's and Yu Miaoqi's faces were haggard, and their eyes were bluish-black, showing that they hadn't slept all night. Yu Xiang followed closely behind, her face was not much prettier than the two of them, but her lips were pink and wet, and they faintly exuded the strong fragrance of peaches, which made people want to take a bite.
Yu Siyu's face was full of red, and she took the initiative to go forward to help the old ancestor get up.
The old lady sat upright, and wrote with a pen, "The nine princesses are the most poisoned. Today we will go to the palace to plead guilty to the emperor and empress. Yan'er is already waiting at the gate of the palace, and we will set off immediately."
Lin's expression was numb, but Yu Miaoqi was taken aback, and asked sharply, "Why do you still have to go to the palace to plead guilty?" Has the matter become so big? Even the empress knows, so how will she marry in the future
The old lady gave her a cold look, and wrote, "The Ninth Princess is the treasure in the palm of the emperor and empress. You bought poisonous dates and harmed her. Do you still want to settle this matter easily and quietly?" Exposed? You are dreaming! Entering the palace today, going to the prince’s mansion tomorrow, and the Duke’s mansion the next day...every family needs you and Mrs. Lin to personally take the blame!"
Yu Miaoqi's face was pale, and she could almost foresee her notoriety. How would others judge her? Greed, unfilial, prodigal, stupid...all are the bad qualities of the most intolerable woman in the world. Not to mention the royal family, I'm afraid even ordinary people would look down on her.
It's over, this time it's completely over, even if Yu Xiang's background is revealed, she still won't be able to turn over.
Yu Miaoqi fainted on the ground as soon as her body went limp. Mrs. Lin screamed in fright, but the old lady didn't even move her eyebrows, and wrote slowly on the paper, "Wash her up, change her clothes and set off immediately!"
Mama Ma hurriedly asked someone to carry her away, Yu Siyu sat and talked with the ancestor, and Yu Xiang went down to prepare gifts. The stewards were kneeling outside the courtyard, listening to Nanny Feng's lecture. There are only two things to sum up: First, regardless of whether Miss Xiang'er is from the blood of the Yu family or not, she is the master and will not be disobeyed. If anyone has an evil heart or can't control his mouth and gossips, Lord Hou will clean him up personally; second, from now on, Miss Xiang'er will still be in charge of the government affairs, and Miss Siyu will be in charge, and the rules abolished by the second lady will be renewed from today on. Stand up.
Yesterday alone, many servants were disposed of in the mansion, and the ones left behind were abandoned by Lin's mother and daughter. Now that they have returned to their original positions, they are naturally grateful to Dade with joy, and they will promise loudly when Nanny Feng finishes her training. , Kowtow three more times to the old lady, and then went down.
Within a few quarters of an hour, the servants who were scattered like sand gathered together again. In the past, I thought that Miss Xiang'er's rules were too strict, but when she became a headless fly running around and frequently offending Lord Hou, I realized that those rules were their guiding lights, and they must never be missing. Take a look at the few people who were killed yesterday, they just ended up not following the rules.
Yu Miaoqi was poured three or four buckets of cold water one after another, and finally woke up slowly. After changing her clothes and combing her hair, she went to Yimen with a pale face to meet the old lady and others.
Although the remaining poison of Princess Nine has been cleared, her throat was really burnt by the sulfur, she can't speak now, she can only babble and gesture. The emperor and the empress were naturally very annoyed at the perpetrator, and since Emperor Chengkang knew Yu Miaoqi's origins very well, when he told the empress about her killing Shen's mother and murdering Shen Yuanqi, the empress frowned in disgust.
Because he and Yu Pinyan had political affairs to discuss, Emperor Cheng Kang hurriedly left Kunning Palace. The queen sorted out her mood before ordering someone to bring the young and old of the Yu family in.
Because the queen's little Jiu'er is a mentally disabled child, the queen feels pity for Yu Xiang who is also physically disabled. Moreover, Yu Xiang grew up under her nose. Although she has a perverse temper, her mind is very straightforward and she values love and righteousness. Without her protection, even a little eunuch would dare to fool Xiao Jiu'er. Therefore, not only did the queen not feel that Yu Xiang was unruly, but she was also in control of her, and this incident had nothing to do with her, so there was absolutely no reason to vent her anger.
As soon as the empress arrived, she ordered Yu Xiang to be taken into the inner room to visit Xiao Jiu'er, leaving the old lady, Mrs. Lin and others to talk outside the hall. Because the old lady was also poisoned, the queen didn't have the heart to be harsh, but she also didn't want to see Yu Miaoqi's hypocritical face, so she ordered the palace staff to take her and Mrs. Lin into the side hall for training.
The palace man recited aloud according to the female precepts, and they recited for a full four hours before letting the two of them leave. When they got into the carriage, their knees were already swollen.
The old lady was so angry that she wrote in handwriting, "The empress has something to say, there will be a selection in the sixth palace at the beginning of next month, and there will be a number of concubines and side concubines for the fourth prince, fifth prince, and sixth prince. Yu Miaoqi's virtue is at fault, Let’s give up on picking and choosing, and just stay in the mansion to learn the rules.”
Yu Miaoqi stared at the black and white writing in front of her eyes, her facial features gradually distorted. Choose? Why didn't pick it early and didn't pick it later, but picked it when she was so ugly, was God playing tricks on her
In fact, she had some reason to think so. According to her original fate, the choice at this time is exactly the opportunity for her to marry into the Fourth Prince's Mansion. If Yu Xiang hadn't had the dream of the mountain collapsing, the fourth prince would have gone to rescue the disaster instead of the prince, and met her on the way to owe her kindness; if Yu Pinyan hadn't thrown her into prison, the Shen family would not have fallen, neither would Shen's father and Shen's mother. Will die, she is still the dear one of the Shen family. Shen Yuanqi will naturally take her to recognize her ancestors after being the champion of high school. The old lady and Mrs. Lin will definitely cultivate her with all their strength and pave the way for her bright future...
So one wrong step, one wrong step, all of this was finally wiped out by Yu Xiang, a little butterfly wing.