After listening to Princess Ning's words, Qin'er reluctantly accepted the fifty taels of silver in the box. She knew that the lady must have given Hua'er the reward alone, and the princess felt sorry for herself, so she prepared the silver for herself.
Qin'er held the box in her hand and felt heavy. She knew that she was using Princess Ning, but she didn't expect that Princess Ning cared so much about her feelings.
Princess Ning was worried that she would be burdened, so she continued to say to her: "Qin'er doesn't have to bear any burden. Between you and Hua'er, I still trust you. After so much, I hope you can understand."
"Yes, Princess, I understand. I know that you trust me the most," Qin'er said.
Qin'er took the box and returned to her room. She turned around and saw two boxes on Hua'er's bed. Qin'er put the money in the cabinet. Before leaving, she felt very curious and opened Hua'er's pillow again.
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After Qin'er opened the pillow, she took a few steps back, and then slowly opened her closed eyes. Qin'er thought that the charm would still be placed under Hua'er's pillow, but it turned out to be a false alarm.
There was nothing underneath.
Qin'er breathed a sigh of relief, put the pillow away and prepared to leave, but she noticed the two boxes on the bed. She was curious about what was in the box, so she opened the box. It turned out that there were also five boxes in the box.
Ten taels of silver, and the other box contained a box of snacks from Baweifang.
No wonder the princess forced her to accept the fifty taels of silver. Seeing these rewards, the princess probably felt that Madam was going too far. Those were not ordinary snacks, but Baweifang snacks.
After Qin'er packed the boxes, she left the house. In order to thank the princess, she planned to go to the small kitchen to make some delicious snacks for the princess to try.
"Qin'er, where have you been?" Princess Ning asked.
She stayed in the small kitchen for nearly an hour. When she entered the house, she saw that Princess Ning's expression was very serious. Even the expressions of Hua'er and Nanny were a little strange. There was something wrong with the atmosphere in the room. What happened?
Qin'er walked over with the food box and said, "I went to the kitchen just now and made some snacks for you to try."
Qin'er took the food box to the princess' side, took out the snacks one by one and put them on the table.
"So you went to the kitchen, did you go back to your room just now?" Princess Ning asked.
"Yes, I took the princess's reward back to the room. After cleaning it up, I went to the kitchen. I stayed in the kitchen for an hour. Princess, is something wrong?" Qin'er was puzzled.
said.
Princess Ning did not continue to speak, but stared at Qin'er for a long time. Seeing the confusion on Qin'er's face, she said: "Actually, it's not a big deal."
"Princess, what happened?" Qin'er asked curiously.
When she came in just now, she found that something was wrong in the atmosphere. It seemed that something big had happened, but the princess refused to tell her. But looking at Hua'er's expression, Hua'er should also know what happened.
"There is something wrong with Hua'er's reward." Princess Ning said.
"How could something go wrong with the reward?" Qin'er asked.
Before leaving, Qin'er saw that the box was clearly placed on the couch and there was nothing wrong with the pastries and money inside. What went wrong?
"Princess, I think it's better to forget it and don't pursue it any further," Hua'er said.
"How can that be done? This is a reward given to you by your mother and concubine. You must investigate it no matter what." Princess Ning said.
"Princess, it's just a box of cakes. If you don't mention this, my wife won't know about it," Hua'er said.
"It is precisely because this is Madam's reward that we cannot let this person go easily." Princess Ning said.
Qin'er didn't know what happened. Could it be that the cakes had been stolen? However, when she was in the house just now, the cakes were still good. Besides, no other servants dared to enter their house.
"Princess, this box of cakes was given to Hua'er by Madam. Hua'er treats it as if it's for other people to eat. I don't want to pursue it any further," Hua'er said.
"Since you think so, forget it. But it is simply too abominable for something like this to happen in my yard." Princess Ning said.
"Hua'er will be careful in the future and this won't happen again." Hua'er said.
"Go and burn the pastries quickly, don't touch them." Princess Ning said.
"Yes." Hua'er said.
Hua'er took the box and left the house. Qin'er felt curious and asked, "Princess, what happened? Why did you burn the cakes?"
Princess Ning looked up and down and asked, "You really don't know?"
"What does the princess mean? Why don't you understand at all?" Qin'er asked.
"The concubine gave Hua'er a box of cakes, but someone put centipedes and scorpions in the cakes. Hua'er was so frightened that she fell to the ground. I heard the noise and went to your house. When I entered, I found centipedes and scorpions.
Hua'er was beaten to death by the servants, and Hua'er was so frightened that her face turned pale. Hua'er said that after opening the box, she saw the scorpion running out of it, and she was so frightened that she threw the box to the ground. She was beaten to death when she got out of the box.
In addition to scorpions and centipedes, a few others have run away. Someone must be jealous of Hua'er, so they deliberately put so many poisonous insects into Hua'er's pastries." Princess Ning said.
"However, it was really difficult to find scorpions and centipedes all of a sudden. How could there be such things in the palace?" Qin'er asked in confusion.
"So, this person probably did this because he was jealous of Hua'er." Princess Ning said.
"Princess, you have been staring at Qin'er since Qin'er came in just now. Do you suspect that the slave did it?" Qin'er said with sudden realization.
"I don't doubt Qin'er, it's just a box of cakes. It's just that this thing is too weird. As you said, where did you find those poisonous insects? Even if you are jealous of Hua'er and want to destroy it,
In fact, you just need to throw those pastries on the ground. Besides, you don't have that much time to find those poisonous insects." Princess Ning said.
"Princess, are you really willing to believe Qin'er?" Qin'er asked.
"Of course I believe it, otherwise I would have arrested you long ago." Princess Ning said.
In fact, Princess Ning lied to Qin'er. At the beginning, the first person she suspected was Qin'er. Because of her mother's partiality, Qin'er inevitably felt unhappy. But where did those poisonous insects come from?
Come here? It’s not easy to get those poisonous insects, let alone find them in just half an hour.
Therefore, Princess Ning didn't really believe in Qin'er at all, but she just didn't know the origin of the poisonous insect.
"Princess, it's really not Qin'er who did this. Qin'er did go back to the house with the silver you gave. After putting the money away, he saw the two boxes and threw them on the bed. Because he was curious about what rewards were inside.
I opened the box and found that there were silver and pastries inside. However, the slave just looked at it and did not tamper with the pastries." Qin'er explained.
"I believe Qin'er won't do this. Let me try the pastry you made first. It should be delicious." Princess Ning picked up a piece of pastry and said.
Although Qin'er heard Princess Ning say that she trusted her, she still felt uneasy. She didn't know why, but she always felt that Princess Ning didn't really believe in her.
When Hua'er came back again, the pastries on the table were almost eaten.
"Princess, the matter has been taken care of," Hua'er said.
"Forget it this time, if it happens again, I will definitely pursue it to the end. I know why you don't want to pursue it, and I respect your decision. It's just a pity that it's a box of pastries." Princess Ning said.
"Thank you, Princess. If Princess likes to eat, I will go to the kitchen to cook some for you." Hua'er said.
"Qin'er just made some pastries and sent them over. I've already eaten some. If Hua'er wants to do it, just wait until another day to do it." Princess Ning said.
"Yes, Hua'er knows." Hua'er said.
After dinner, Princess Ning drank the medicine on time. It may be because of the tonics she drank in the past few days that Princess Ning went to bed very early at night.
Since Qin'er and Hua'er didn't need to keep vigil, the two of them went back to their room early and lay down.
After extinguishing the candle, Qin'er asked: "Hua'er, the princess has told me what happened today."
"The matter has passed, don't mention it again." Hua'er said.
"You really don't know who did it?" Qin'er said.
"I came back with two boxes and wanted to put them in the cabinet. Suddenly I remembered that the medicine in the kitchen was ready, so I put the boxes on the couch and left the house. Waiting until the princess drank the medicine
After that, I stopped by and planned to take out the cakes and share them with everyone. As soon as I opened the box, poisonous insects came out of it, which really scared me," Hua'er said.
"This thing is a bit strange. The reward was delivered suddenly. If someone is really jealous of you, how could they catch centipedes and scorpions and throw them into the box so quickly? Don't you find it strange?" Qin'er said.
"What you said reminded me. You're right. This thing is really strange. But it's just a box of snacks, so forget it." Hua'er said.
"How can you forget it? Although it is just a box of snacks, if you are bitten by a poisonous insect, something serious will happen." Qin'er said.
"I will be more careful in the future." Hua'er said.
Qin'er actually wanted to explain to Hua'er, but Hua'er seemed to have fallen asleep. This thing was so strange that she couldn't understand it no matter how much she thought about it.
In the early morning, when Qin'er got up, she found that Hua'er was no longer on the bed. Why did Hua'er get up so early again? Did she go to the kitchen to make medicine again?
Qin'er didn't see Hua'er, so she had to wash up and go to the princess's house with warm water. After Princess Ning changed her clothes and dressed up, she said to Qin'er: "Qin'er, today I will bring
Hua'er goes to the princess's mansion, and you stay in the mansion and have a good rest."
"Yes." Qin'er said in response.
The princess mentioned yesterday that she would continue to take her to the princess's mansion today. Why did she suddenly change her mind?
At this time, Hua'er entered the house with a food box and said to the princess: "Princess, the pastries are ready, you can leave at any time."
Seeing the confusion on Qin'er's face, Princess Ning said to Qin'er: "Qin'er, I promised my grandma to let Hua'er make some pastries that she likes to eat. It's been a few days. I just suddenly remembered it last night. In the morning.
Let Aunt Qing tell Hua'er to get up early and make some cakes to take with her. Grandma will be very happy if she sees the cakes."
"The princess is right, the old lady must be very happy." Qin'er said.
