Her words made He Jia very happy. After agreeing, he bowed and left. Seeing her brisk steps, Xia Qing shook her head and said, "Your Majesty, you have seen it. I want her to embroider four similar models in a month."
How is this possible with such a purse?"
"It all depends on people. He Jia is talented and smart. As long as she is willing to work hard, she will definitely succeed. Having said that." Xianyue looked at Xia Qing with a smile and said: "The third princess learned embroidery for the first time and wanted to give it to her sister. She is really filial.
Very.”
Xia Qing smiled slightly and said: "He Jia is also a whim. If we really talk about filial piety, which one can compare to the twelfth elder brother? Your Majesty, do you think so?"
Hongli smiled and said: "Both of them are equally filial, as are Yongxun and Yongxuan."
The night banquet ended with colorful fireworks. Everything seemed perfect. Only a few people knew that this perfection and calm might be a precursor to the coming storm.
One day after New Year's Eve, Huang Ying followed Xia Qing's instructions and found an opportunity to bow her head to Xiao Wu to admit her mistake. Xiao Wu did not doubt that he was there, and he would rekindle the relationship between master and disciple, and agreed that when the opportunity was right, he would try to seek help from Hong.
Li transferred him back to Yangxin Hall as an errand.
Wang's belly is now very big. Song Zihua said that judging from Wang's pulse, the fetus is mature and may give birth at any time. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has already found a nanny and a wet nurse who are ready at any time.
On the other side, in Guangxiu Garden, Wen Po and wet nurse were also ready. Zhou Minghua even stayed in Guangxiu Garden to take care of her day and night, never leaving. According to Zhou Minghua's estimation, the birth date should be during the Lantern Festival.
Before and after, until the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Wei Xiuyan showed no signs of giving birth and the child seemed unwilling to come out.
As for Du Cheng, He Shen took him back to the mansion and tortured him day and night. Du Cheng could not survive the torture. He randomly confessed the name of Manager Lin, which frightened the latter out of his wits. Fortunately, it was found that he was not involved in the matter.
Before New Year's Eve, Du Cheng couldn't bear the punishment. Although he was hung with ginseng and other things, he still died, leaving the matter in a deadlock. For this matter, He Shen was scolded by Hongli and became disgraced.
However, a suspicion arose in Hongli's heart. Was it Du Cheng who was too loyal and refused to reveal the messenger despite being tortured, or he simply didn't know who the messenger was and he was wrongly accused. If it was the latter
, the real poisoner is still lurking in the garden.
Under Hongli's instructions, He Zhengkun secretly tracked down every servant in Guangxiu Garden who had contact with Du Cheng. This matter was complex and huge. For a while, it was difficult to make any progress. However, after this matter, there was no
Nothing harmful to Wei Xiuyan happened, and no one poisoned her.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Yuanxiao Festival, Manager Lin gave some servants who had not returned home on New Year's Eve half-day leave so that they could go back to visit their families. Fan Jin was one of them.
Early in the morning, before anyone else got up, he quietly dug out a bag of silver from the ground in the back garden. This was given by Dai Jia. He took part of it to frame Du Cheng and buried the rest.
He got up and waited until the wind had passed before he dug it out and prepared to take it home.
Along the way, Fan Jin was in a good mood. His family had been poor since he was a child. His brothers had all worked as servants in wealthy families, and they had suffered a lot of glares and difficulties. Now that he had this money, he could finally live a good life; but he had to remind him
Family members should not spend too much in a ostentatious manner, otherwise they will be in trouble if others find out.
When I save enough money next time, I might as well send my family to live somewhere else, so that I won't be afraid of being suspected. Fan Jin became happier and happier as he thought about it, and kept speeding up. When he was passing through a relatively secluded alley, someone stopped him from behind.
Fan Jin turned around at the sound, and saw a middle-aged man standing behind him with a fair face and a beardless face. He was wearing a sapphire blue quilted and wind-furred dress. He looked good. He should be a rich man. He said doubtfully: "
Who are you and how do you know my name?"
The person who came was none other than Xiao Shouzi. He folded his hands in his sleeves and walked slowly to Fan Jin, "You don't need to know who I am, you just need to know Concubine Xin."
Fan Jin frowned immediately after hearing this, "Are you from Concubine Xin?"
"Of course, otherwise why would I have stopped you?" Xiao Shouzi took a look at Fan Jin's bulging sleeves and said with a smile, "It seems there is a lot of money hidden in them."
Fan Jin shrank his hands, took a step back and said cautiously: "What do you want to do?"
Xiao Shouzi said funnyly: "Why are you so nervous? Will our family still steal your money? We are here today to pass on a few words to you on behalf of Concubine Xin."
His words made Fan Jin retreat further and further. In Xiao Shouzi's surprised eyes, Fan Jin said: "You are not Concubine Xin's. She has been deposed into the cold palace. If you are not the empress, how can you be allowed to speak out? Say, you
Who is it?"
Xiao Shouzi didn't feel dissatisfied at all when he exposed her face to face, "I didn't expect you, a kid, to know some things in the palace. Yes, Concubine Xin... has been deposed as a commoner by the emperor and lives in the cold palace."
"Who sent you here? Why did you pretend to be Concubine Xin?" Fan looked back from time to time, wanting to leave.
Xiao Shouzi saw what he was thinking and said calmly: "Don't look at it. Our family knows where your home is. Concubine Xin has already told our family everything. A monk who can escape cannot escape from the temple."
"Who are you?" Faced with Fan Shi's question again, Xiao Shouzi smiled and said, "I told you that you don't need to know who our family is, so why do you have to break the casserole and ask? Although our family was not sent by Concubine Xin.
Yes, but Concubine Xin has already transferred you to our family, which means..." He took a step further and said: "Whatever our family asks you to do, you must do it, and you must not violate it!"
"That's ridiculous!" Fan Shi sneered, "Just do what you say. Why should I listen to you? You're just a lunatic. You'd better go back to the palace quickly." With that, he turned and left.
Seeing this, Xiao Shouzi's face darkened and he said coldly: "Fan Jin, do you want our family to tell the Emperor that you were the one who put arsenic in Madam Wei's fetal medicine!"
Hearing this, Fan Shi staggered immediately and almost fell to the ground. After regaining his balance, he turned back in disbelief, stared at Xiao Shouzi and said, "You...how did you know?
"
Xiao Shouzi took the handkerchief and dusted off the non-existent dust on his body, and said calmly: "Didn't our family just tell you that Concubine Xin will transfer you to our family, and she also gave you the things she told you to do before?
Our family knows exactly how much money and benefits there are; tell me...if our family revealed these things to the emperor, would your head still be there?"
Fan Jin felt cold all over as he spoke, and said in a trembling voice: "You... what do you want to do?"
Xiao Shouzi smiled slightly and said in a friendly manner: "Don't be afraid, as long as you are obedient, our family will not let you move your head. As for what to do, whatever Concubine Xin asked you to do before, do it now."