Since we were painting, we had to move to the lotus pond. The girl set up the desk and painting tools, and several young ladies followed her to watch.
"Huimin County Master, don't you go and take a look?" Qiu Ningyan said when she saw old Tian Minyan sitting there calmly.
"I'm not expert on this, and I can't tell anything." Tian Minyan smiled lightly.
Qiu Ningyan snorted, then looked at Mrs. Jiang and said, "Mrs. Tian, how do you think of today's dim sum? Is it good enough for you? Compared with the ones in your country, it's not bad, right?"
Mrs. Jiang was eating a piece of lotus root cake. When she was suddenly asked, the lotus root cake choked in her throat. She hurriedly took the water on the table and took a few sips. Tian Minyan frowned and looked at Tian Huaifang, who was fighting with a lady.
It was so hot that I didn't notice it at all.
Tian Minyan glanced at Zi'er, and she shook her head invisibly. Tian Minyan felt a little depressed.
Jiang took a few sips of tea and wiped his mouth with the palm of his hand. Seeing Qiu Ningyan and the others looking down on her, she remembered what the occasion was. She was so ashamed that she picked up the handkerchief and wiped it with her hand, saying: "Okay, okay
, tastes pretty good.”
"If Madam Tian likes it, then you can have two more." Qiu Ningyan giggled and said, "If you like it, you can pack a few pieces and take them back to your house."
Zi'er took the tea on the table, moved her palm, and a small pill fell into the cup and dissolved, and handed it to Jiang: "Old madam, drink some water."
Jiang took it, but before she drank it, her stomach started to churn. She groaned and held her stomach.
Tian Minyan's expression changed when she saw it, and she stood up hurriedly and walked over and asked, "Old madam, what's wrong with you?" She glanced at Zi'er again, and Zi'er shook her head slightly.
"My stomach hurts." Mrs. Jiang sighed and shouted, "Thatched room, I want to go to thatched room."
"What's wrong?" Qiu Ningyan looked over and asked with concern.
Tian Huaifang and the others also noticed it and came over to ask.
"Maybe I ate too much and said it was a stomachache." Tian Minyan said with a smile: "I have to borrow a clean room from Mrs. Liang and the princess."
"Oh, come on, take the old lady to the clean room quickly. The old lady's intestines and stomach are just bad." Qiu Ningyan said hurriedly.
"I'm going to ask an imperial doctor to take my pulse." The eldest princess stood up and said, "If the old man's stomach is damaged, it will be bad. After all, it is in our house. It's better not to eat to get a bad stomach. I'll leave this to you, sister.
Hosted."
Tian Minyan was wary and said with a smile: "We are going to trouble the princess." She then said meaningfully to Zi'er: "Ruyi, Qiuyue, you must take good care of the old lady."
"Don't worry, slave." Ruyi nodded, and Qiuyue followed Jiang.
Tian Minyan was talking to the people around her again. Tian Minting had been sitting next to her, her eyes constantly looking towards the lotus pond, eager to go there.
"Give me peace of mind." Tian Minyan whispered.
Tian Minting snorted, sat angrily, and pouted.
Tian Minyan was too lazy to pay attention to her, and she also had something on her mind, so she only paid attention to Qiu Ningyan, as long as Qiu Ningyan did not leave her eyes.
At this time, Qiu Ningyan drank a bowl of medicine and heard her say: "What kind of anti-fetal medicine is it? It's bitter and astringent. My fetus has already been firmly seated. I still want to drink it. Take it."
The girl said tremblingly, "Yes", Tian Minyan's heart moved slightly, she picked up the tea cup on the table, tilted her hand, and the tea soaked the handkerchief in her hand, then he sighed and said to Zi'er: "Look at me
My hands are shaking, and the handkerchief is all wet. Zi'er, go and get a new handkerchief from Ruyi's for me." He winked at the back of the girl who was carrying the medicine, and Zi'er nodded in response.
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Tian Minyan sat bored in every possible way, distracted from time to time by talking to the lady next to her. During this period, Huang Wenyuan had already finished a painting. Naturally, it was not as good as Le Yi's, but it was not too ugly. After all, she also accompanied her during the Qing Dynasty.
The young lady from the He family attended classes for a few days.
When Qiu Ningyan saw it, she stabbed her a few words indifferently, which made Huang Wenyuan's face turn red with embarrassment and she kept looking at Tian Minyan.
She was a little worried, fearing that Tian Minyan would not be happy. It could be seen that she had no expression at all, and seemed to be absent-minded, frowning.
"What are you doing?" Tian Minyan pulled Tian Minting, and she kept twisting her body.
"I've had too much tea and I'm going to clean the room. Do you want to go with me?" Tian Minting said angrily.
Tian Minyan glared at her and signaled to Jixiang, who nodded and took Tian Minting away.
When she came to the eldest prince's mansion this time, Tian Minyan was completely out of control. Of the four maids around her, she only left one red leaf at home to look at the yard. The others were all transferred over, just to avoid worrying about what might happen.
She watched Tian Minting go away, then looked up and saw that Qiu Ningyan had disappeared. Her expression changed and she stood up.
Huang Wenyuan kept paying attention to her, so she walked over and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"
"I'm really worried about the old lady's health. I want to take a look. Cousin Yuan, you are having fun here with your aunt. I'll go take a look." Tian Minyan said with a smile, and took a step closer to help her straighten the hair on her head.
Bu Yao lowered his voice and said: "Something is wrong. Don't run around. Just wait here for us to come back. Remember, don't go wherever anyone takes you. You must be with everyone."
Huang Wenyuan's heart twitched after hearing this, and her face changed several times. When Tian Minyan saw it, she said in a deep voice: "Show your smile."
Huang Wenyuan had no choice but to stiffly twitch the corner of her mouth and sit down awkwardly.
But when Mr. Jiang came out of the clean room, he bumped into a little girl carrying water and splashed all over her. The girl was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. Mr. Jiang was so angry that she cursed.
The new clothes she just put on were splashed all over her body, how could she not be annoyed?
Fortunately, the eldest prince's concubine came over after hearing the news. She first cut off the little girl's hair, and then immediately arranged to change her clothes and re-even her makeup. Fortunately, everyone who came to the banquet brought a set of clothes as a spare, otherwise she would not be able to stay in the eldest prince's mansion for a while.
I don’t have clothes for my age.
Qiuyue was half-kneeling to help the old lady adjust her skirt. When she took the purse on the side table, her expression changed slightly.
When no one was paying attention, she quietly opened her purse and sniffed it. Her expression changed drastically, but she took a few deep breaths and tightened her purse.
This purse is still the same as before, but the spices inside have been changed. The fragrance is similar, but there is an extra taste of medicine.
When did this person get replaced, but they have no idea what to do now? What do they want to do?
Just when Qiuyue was doubtful, Ruyi noticed it and couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong?"
Qiuyue didn't dare to hide it, so she pulled her aside and whispered a few words in her ear. Ruyi's face changed drastically: "Is what you said true?"
"Nine times out of ten, you have forgotten what my previous employer did?" Qiuyue looked solemn.
Ruyi blinked. Qiuyue's former employer was a spice seller. She served the lady there and often came into contact with spices. She knew all kinds of spices very well. Tian Minyan even planned to wait for Jiang and the others to leave.
Went to Liyanfang.
"What should I do now?"
"What are you doing so procrastinatingly?" Jiang asked in displeasure when he saw the two people muttering to the side.
Before Ruyi and the others could answer, the eldest princess walked in at this moment, followed by Qiu Ningyan.
Qiuyue and Ruyi looked stern, they came so quickly!
Qiuyue tightened the purse in her hand. What should I do? Qiu Ningyan couldn't be with them.
"Mrs. Tian, how are you now? My sister heard that you were upset, so she came here to see you! Oh, look at this outfit, she is really pretty." The eldest princess smiled and walked around her body and praised: "
There's just something missing, I remembered that the old lady had a purse."
Jiang was so stunned by the praise that he lowered his head and asked, "Where is my purse? Why don't you hang it up for me?"
Qiuyue groaned and said in annoyance: "Old madam, Cai'er is so busy that I don't know where this purse has gone? Ruyi and I were looking for it just now."
Jiang's face became very ugly after hearing this. She thought she had lost face and wanted to get angry, but the eldest princess and the others were here and it was not easy for them to be playful. She just said in a deep voice: "Why don't you look for me quickly?"
"We're looking for it. The eldest princess and Madam Liang should go out first. It's turbid here, so don't bump into Madam and the imperial concubine." Qiuyue said apologetically.
"This woman's purse is a private item, don't lose it, Shuang'er, Dong'er, help me find it." After hearing this, the eldest princess winked at the maid next to her.
"yes."
After hearing this, Qiu Ningyan said to a girl next to her not to be outdone: "Zhimo, you can also help me look for her."
"yes."
"Mrs. Tian, let the girls find it. Let's go out to the living room to have tea?" The eldest princess glanced at a few people and then said with a smile: "My sister is tired, so let's sit down and talk for a while."
"
Qiu Ningyan pressed her nose with the handkerchief, put her hand on the maid's hand, and walked out.
Inside, Qiuyue and Ruyi looked at each other, what should they do now? This was obviously a frame-up, but they didn't know whether Qiu Ningyan wrote and directed it or whether the eldest princess borrowed a knife to kill someone?
The two of them only knew that this purse must not appear, otherwise, if it appears the next moment, there may be something wrong with Qiu Ningyan's stomach.
The two of them took a look at the cleaning room, and then they had an idea. They nodded and said loudly: "Oh, did the old lady just fall into the cleaning bucket when she was relieving herself?"
Qiuyue said, "I'll go take a look." She walked over quickly, and Shuang'er followed her. Ruyi's eyes flashed, and she stepped forward and said, "Sister, please send another girl along the way."
Look for it for us, lest it falls into the hands of a man and it will be bad."
Shuang'er was pulled by her and couldn't follow her, but his eyes looked towards the clean room and only saw Qiu Yue's back. He couldn't help but feel annoyed and said: "Okay, I will report it to the imperial concubine later and send someone to find her."
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"Oh, it really fell into the cleaning bucket." Qiuyue shouted in the cleaning room, Ruyi breathed a sigh of relief, let go of Shuang'er's hand, and said in annoyance: "What's wrong now?
That purse is our old lady’s favorite style, this..."
Shuang'er looked at her deeply and said, "It's just a purse. Just embroider it. I'll go back and report to the imperial concubine." After that, he walked out.
After hearing Shuang'er's report, the eldest princess frowned and looked at the old lady. Seeing her astonishment, she smiled and said: "It's true...Old madam, that purse is useless, look at it.
I'll have someone send you some patterns later, you choose another one, and I'll ask the embroiderer to embroider another one to compensate you?"
Mr. Jiang was heartbroken, why did he fall into the dung bucket? After hearing this, he said: "My purse is embroidered with gold thread."
The eldest princess was startled after hearing this, her eyes showed disdain, and she smiled and said, "If it's done, I'll embroider it with gold thread."
Ruyi was very embarrassed, thinking that the old lady was really petty.
"Now that you've found it, go back to the banquet, Zhimo, and fix my makeup for me." Qiu Ningyan said and touched her bun.
"Hey." Zhimo came over and said in surprise: "Madam, why is your golden phoenix and tasseled purple luan hairpin missing?"
Qiu Ningyan was startled, touched it, and hurriedly shouted: "Look for it, look for it quickly."
"This is a gift from the Queen, but it cannot be thrown away. Please help find it. It was there just now, why is it missing now?" Zhimo shouted.
Ruyi immediately felt something was wrong. She lowered her head and pretended to help look for him, but she looked at Qiu Ningyan from the corner of her eye. This look made her heart move.
Since it was a jewelry gift from the queen, it must be a top priority. If she lost it, she would definitely be panicked. But she didn't panic at all, and the corners of her mouth even curled up in a vague way.
Qiuyue also felt something was wrong, and looked at each other with Ruyi, thinking, today is one thing after another, and I don’t know how many shit basins are about to be placed on the head.
Only Mr. Jiang foolishly thought that Qiu Ningyan had dropped the gold hairpin, so she stood up and looked around the room, murmuring: "No, did you drop it somewhere else?"
"Impossible, it was still there when I just walked in." Zhimo said.
"Look, turn this house upside down and search for me. I want to see who is so bold and dares to steal the jewelry that the Queen gave me." Qiu Ningyan was furious, and her eyes glanced at Jiang and the three of them.
Qiuyue Ruyi and the others' hearts sank, this was really going to be framed.
Jiang also felt that something was wrong and said without thinking, "You mean we stole it?"
"Mrs. Tian, I didn't say it, but you said it yourself. Is there something in your heart?" Qiu Ningyan looked at Jiang and sneered: "It's really not surprising what you did. I don't know who came out of nowhere with shallow eyelids."
, when you see something good, you put it away.”
"You fart!" Mrs. Jiang jumped up and was about to spit out foul words. Ruyi covered Jiang's mouth and said, "Mrs. Liang, don't be surprised. My old lady is sick again." She said quickly.
The earth winks at Qiuyue.
Qiuyue also hurriedly held Jiang's hand, stretched out her hand and pinched her waist hard, and said with a smile, "Yes, I was in a hurry to go out today and forgot to take medicine."
"Hmm..." Jiang's mouth was covered, her eyes widened, and she kept struggling.
"Hmph! I...well." Qiu Ningyan stood up, sneered, and was about to reprimand, but suddenly felt a cramp in her lower abdomen, and she snorted.
"Sister, don't be angry. The old lady really didn't mean it. It's important to be careful about the fetus in your belly." Seeing her like this, the eldest prince's eyes flashed and he hurriedly supported her.
Qiu Ningyan pushed her away, her body tilted, and her lower abdomen seemed to be twisted hard by several hands. She couldn't help but bend down and let out a scream.
"Madam, what's wrong with you? Ah, you're bleeding. Someone, someone, come quickly!" Zhimo couldn't help but screamed as he saw the bright red oozing out of Qiu Ningyan's Hunan-colored skirt.
