Xia Qing said eagerly: "No, no matter what the slaves are, they all like the things the emperor rewards, but..." She said with a sad expression: "As a slave, how can I be qualified to wear such a precious hairpin, so...
It would be better for the Emperor to take it back."
Her words moved Hongli's heart. He looked at Xia Qing with a deeper look than before. After a long time, he inserted the hairpin in Xia Qing's hair again and said: "I give you permission to wear this hairpin, so that you don't have to wear it again."
I’m troubled.”
Xia Qing was happy in her heart, but when she was about to say anything further, Hongli had already left with Sixi, so she could only swallow her words and bow to Hongli's back.
Although the results were somewhat different from what she expected, everything could not be as expected. Now, she was very satisfied. She raised her hand and stroked the delicate beaded flower in her hair, with a smile looming on her lips. She believed that after
Today, Hongli has left a deep impression on her. As long as there is another suitable opportunity, she will definitely get Hongli's favor.
At this time, Manager Huang came over and said with a puzzled look on his face: "Miss Xia, why did the Emperor come here with you? And Hu Hanxiu, although she doesn't look good, she is honest. How could the Emperor say that she is unknown?
You don’t know yourself? You ordered our family to send her out of the palace immediately. What is going on?"
Xia Qing said perfunctorily: "I just went to look for pearl flowers, and happened to meet the emperor. I answered a few words, and then the emperor said that he would come together. As for why the emperor reprimanded Hu Hanxiu like this, I don't know."
When Manager Huang frowned in confusion, she added: "In fact, with Hu Hanxiu's appearance, there is absolutely no possibility of being promoted to the palace. Now it may not be a bad thing for her to go back early."
"Having said that, her..." Before Huang Guanshi finished speaking, Xia Qing said: "I'm still rushing to report my order to the master, so I'm going to take a step ahead."
Looking at her leaving figure, Manager Huang shook his head secretly. Hu Hanxiu could indeed go back earlier, but her reputation was almost ruined. The days to come would be miserable.
Xia Qing didn't know this. Along the way, her steps were as brisk as ever. From the moment she saw the mediocre Hu Hanxiu, she began to take advantage of her and used her to highlight her beauty and ugliness. In fact,
There is no absolute, it just depends on how to compare; although she is not a beautiful woman, she is much better than Hu Hanxiu.
Standing with him will definitely attract the attention of others; so she deliberately rushed Hu Hanxiu to the end, deliberately hid the pearl flowers and threw them near the Yangxin Hall, and then deliberately bumped into Hongli, all in order to attract attention.
Hongli's attention allowed Hongli to see that her beauty was no worse than those so-called beautiful girls, or even better.
Back at Yanxi Palace, Xianyue was talking to A Luo. When she saw her coming in, she raised her eyebrows and said, "Why have you been here for so long? I was planning to ask A Luo to take a look."
Xia Qing lowered her head and said, "To return to my master, when I passed by, I accidentally lost a pearl hairpin. I searched for it for a long time. Fortunately, I finally found it."
Xianyue nodded, and when he was about to order her to go down, she suddenly saw the pearl hairpin in her hair, and said in surprise: "Didn't you give the pearl hairpin you found to Xiu Nu?"
Seeing her eyes falling on her bun, Xia Qing remembered that she had forgotten to take off the beaded hairpin, which was discovered by Xiayue at this moment. She took off the beaded hairpin with an uncomfortable expression, A Luo frowned and said: "Xia Qing,
You should know that this pearl hairpin is given to all the beautiful ladies by the master, and is not for us to wear, let alone keep it privately."
Xia Qing gritted her teeth slightly, bowed to Xianyue and said: "The words returned to the master were not kept privately by the slave, but the emperor rewarded the pearl hairpin to the slave. The slave had declined several times at that time, but the emperor insisted on it.
I have no choice but to accept it." As she said that, she told what happened in Zhongcui Palace. In her words, she berated Hu Hanxiu, and even drove him out of the Forbidden City by Hongli, saying that he deserved it.
After hearing this, Xianyue was very surprised and said: "I didn't expect such a thing to happen. This Hu family is really rude!"
"I didn't want to alarm the emperor, but the emperor is determined to go to Zhongcui Palace..." At this point, she knelt down and said: "It's all my fault. If I hadn't lost the pearl hairpin, things wouldn't have turned out like this.
This slave deserves to die!"
"It's not your fault for this. Hu Hanxiu is arrogant and domineering and deserves this retribution." After ordering him to stand up, Xianyue and Yan said: "Since the emperor agreed, you can take this beaded hairpin with you."
Xia Qing thanked her gratefully. After she stood up, Xianyue said, "I'm a little hungry. Go to the small kitchen and stew a cup of rock sugar and white fungus."
After Xia Qing withdrew, Qi Kuan, who had been silent until now, frowned and said, "Master, I think Xia Qing's words don't make sense."
Xianyue withdrew her gaze and said coolly: "Speak."
Qi Kuan bowed and said: "The most obvious point is that from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to Zhongcui Palace, there is no need to pass through the Yangxin Palace. If this is the case, how could the pearl hairpin fall near the Yangxin Palace?
"
A Luo echoed: "Yes, the slave has also discovered this problem, and Xia Qing's eyes flashed just now, and she flashed panic after the master discovered the pearl hairpin. It is clear that she is hiding something from the master."
Xianyue had already thought of what they said, and even more. After thinking for a moment, she said: "Go and call the steward of Zhongcui Palace. I have something to ask him."
After a while, Manager Huang was called over. What he said was roughly the same as Xia Qing's. The only difference was in Hu Hanxiu. According to Manager Huang's words, Hu Hanxiu had a mediocre appearance, an honest nature, and was not good at arguing with others. Xia Qing was so indifferent before.
She was politely asked to go to the end of the queue, and she agreed without even a single complaint.
Xianyue wanted to see Hu Hanxiu, but just now, Manager Huang had sent her crying out of the palace in accordance with Hongli's order, so she could not be seen.
After sending Manager Huang away, Qi Kuan whispered: "Master, it seems that Xia Qing is really lying, but... why would she do this? What good will it do to her to harm such a beautiful girl? Servant
I really can’t understand it no matter how much I think about it.”
When Qi Kuan was puzzled, A Luo said slowly: "What if her target is not Hu Hanxiu, but the emperor?"
Qi Kuan was startled, then understood and said in shock: "You mean, Xia Qing wants to be like Wei Jingxuan?" Before A Luo could answer, he shook his head repeatedly and said: "Impossible, Xia Qing is not greedy for wealth and pleasure.
Man, she wouldn’t do such a thing.”
Xianyue's eyes were cold and authentic: "Xia Qing is indeed not a person who covets fame, but she is obsessed with hatred. During this period, Xia Qing was so peaceful that she didn't even ask me about Wei Jingxuan's situation. I already
I feel a little strange, the revenge of killing father and mother cannot be just released."
[Author's digression]: There is another chapter to be updated in about half an hour