Resourceful beauty

Chapter 110
Taoye is still small, and the clothes she wears in Lilac don't fit her well. Sitting on the couch beside the soft couch, she has a cautious expression on her face, which makes her look preoccupied even more.

"What's the matter? But I'm worried that your lady will blame you if she finds out that you've run amuck in the palace and something happened?"

Changing clothes and coming out, Fang Ruxuan asked with a smile when she saw Taoye's wrinkled face.

"No, it won't, the miss won't blame the slave."

Nodding his head, he hurriedly shook his head again, and Tao Ye stammered a bit.

In the previous life in Wutong Garden, Taoye always looked like this every time she did something wrong. Fang Ruxuan just looked at it like that, and suddenly felt a sense of emotion in her heart: This is so good, she is still alive, and Taoye is also alive .

She had made up her mind a long time ago that she would not let Taoye stay in the Qiu mansion, but now that Taoye's identity is in the hands of the Qiu family, Fang Ruxuan can't openly ask them for a little maid, that's why Fang Ruxuan asked Lanxi to let her Haosheng took care of Taoye.

But what Fang Ruxuan didn't expect was that Qiu Shumin actually took Taoye to Hexiangyuan. In this way, if something happened to Taoye, neither Lanxi nor herself could do it.

Forget it, what will happen in the future can only be discussed in the future, let's take one step at a time.

Comforting herself in her heart, Fang Ruxuan told Ding Xiang to take care of Taoye and send her back when Taoye's clothes were dry.

Watching Fang Ruxuan lift the curtain and leave, Taoye sat there obediently, very well-behaved.

There was no one in the room, Ding Xiang took the embroidery basket, and talked to Tao Ye while embroidering, and learned that her family members died during the famine, and she was sold into the Qiu Mansion by Ren Ya Zi, and then thought of how she bathed herself just now. When sending clothes to her, there were blue and red marks on her arms and waist, Ding Xiang felt a little more pity for the thin little girl in front of her.

In the big family, the masters will often vent their anger on the maids around them when they are in a bad mood, but they can't let outsiders see that they are self-defeating. Therefore, whether they pinch or prick with needles, they all choose such hidden places as the waist and abdomen. .

Xu Shi was shocked just now, and perhaps he felt a bit restrained when he came to a strange place, Taoye only answered three or two sentences out of ten sentences for Ding Xiang's question.

"Don't be afraid, the old man often said that if you survive a catastrophe, you will have a future blessing. There are still many blessings waiting for you in the future, huh?"

Patting Taoye's hand with a smile, Ding Xiang put down the embroidery basket and walked towards the main hall, "Sit down for a while, I'll go and see if the clothes are dry."

There was no one in the room, Taoye slowly raised her head, her deer-like timid gaze quickly looked around the room, and finally, Taoye locked her target on the delicately patterned mahogany box on the dressing table.

If my lady has any precious things, she usually puts them in a box and locks them up.

He got up and went to the screen and listened for a long time, when he heard Lilac lifted the curtain and went out, Taoye boldly took out a finger-sized oiled paper bag from her hair, and put the contents inside into a mahogany box.

When she sat back to her original position, Ding Xiang finally came back from the outside.

Her eyes flashed across the mahogany box, Ding Xiang put the dishes in her hand on the small table beside Tao Ye, greeted her with a smile: "This is the ginger soup that our lady ordered someone to make, drink it quickly Well, even though it is summer, it is hard to guarantee that you will catch a cold and have a fever. Drinking it will make you feel at ease. Are you hungry? This is the mung bean cake sent by Princess Sixteen in the afternoon. It is refreshing and refreshing. It is also sweet and delicious. It is delicious. Eat it quickly Bar."

Holding the hot ginger soup in her hand, Taoye felt a little sad and wanted to cry.

After drinking the tea, he ate two more cakes. A maid from outside came in with Taoye's clothes, said that they were dry, and handed them to Lilac with a smile.

After changing clothes, it's time to leave here. Miss knows that she has completed the task, so she won't punish herself like before, right?

After leaving here, I will never see the gentle princess who always smiles at me with crooked eyebrows, and I will never see Sister Lilac who brings me snacks.

Thinking to and fro in her heart, Tao Ye held her clothes and walked towards the back of the screen. Halfway there, she turned her head and said to Ding Xiang: "Sister Ding Xiang, is there any more ginger tea that I drank just now?"

Ding Xiang was stunned for a moment, nodded and went out with the empty bowl.

When Ding Xiang came back, Tao Ye had already left, opened the mahogany box, and saw that there were not too many things inside, Ding Xiang sighed with some emotion.

It was half an hour after Fang Ruxuan returned to Jingning Palace.The smile on Qiu Shumin's lips became deeper and deeper: It's about the same time as I calculated, so Taoye should have succeeded, right?
Thinking about when to make trouble, Qiu Shumin carefully watched the expressions of the first emperor and empress. Seeing that Emperor Rui'an was concerned and asked if there was something wrong with Ming Guiren, Qiu Shumin felt that the time had come.

Quickly blinked at nobleman Ming, Qiu Shumin turned his head away, and in the next moment, nobleman Ming said coquettishly: "Everything is fine with the concubine, and the baby is also very good, thank you majesty for your inquiry."

When Emperor Rui'an nodded in satisfaction, Mr. Ming said in a low voice with some disappointment: "It's just..."

Raised first and then lowered, the effect was really good, Ruian Disu asked with a positive expression: "What's wrong?"

Ming nobleman replied with some anxiety: "When I came out of the palace, my concubine specially brought the purple jade pillow that the empress gave me, but when I went back to change my clothes, I found that it was missing, so I searched all the pillows in the bedroom. Nowhere, nowhere.”

It is a small matter to calm the nerves, but it is a serious matter if there are thieves sneaking into the palace without a sound. Immediately, Emperor Rui'an changed his face, and the noble Ming said: "The concubine also heard that at the evening of the day before yesterday, Princess Xuanyi It was also attacked in the forest near the hunting ground."

Seeing that she couldn't hide it anymore, Fang Ruxuan got up and told what happened that day. Emperor Rui'an got angry immediately, and ordered the commander of the Imperial Forest Army to lead him to take three hundred Imperial Forest Army generals to conduct a thorough search in the palace, and he was sure to find the culprit.

On the side, the empress also asked the female officials beside her to bring dozens of palace maids to inspect the residences of the concubines and foreign wives, lest there be thieves hiding in them.

Thinking that if the thing in Fang Ruxuan's house was found, her reputation would be damaged, Qiu Shumin couldn't express her pride.

But after a while, a servant girl hurried over and whispered something in Qiu Shumin's ear, Qiu Shumin's expression changed immediately.

Thinking that this farce would end in an anticlimactic manner, and that all of this would be ruined by Taoye, a maid who failed to accomplish anything but made things worse, Qiu Shumin wished she could be dragged out and punished with twenty sticks. It fell down instantly.

Fang Ruxuan didn't know what happened, but looking at Qiu Shumin's expression, she probably guessed that no matter what Qiu Shumin was planning before, it might not come true.

Next, there is still a good show.

Fang Ruxuan thought to herself.

Sure enough, an hour later, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army came back and said that there was nothing abnormal in the palace, unless the thieves were hiding in the paddock, and the female officer sent by the queen also replied that everything in the female family's residence was normal.

The banquet has just come to an end.

Reluctantly walking towards her residence, Qiu Shumin only took a few steps when she saw a palace servant rushing towards her, saying that Princess Sixteen had an invitation.

Although he was somewhat suspicious, the maidservant usually followed the sixteenth princess. Qiu Shumin responded, turned around and followed the maidservant towards Yiliu Hall.

But as soon as he walked halfway, he saw the Jingning Palace and hurriedly chased out the female official just now.

"Miss Qiu, the Empress has an invitation..."

Compared with the sixteenth princess, the empress was naturally more important. The servant girl beside the sixteenth princess walked away wisely, and Qiu Shumin turned around and returned to the Jingning Palace.

In the main hall, the empress was talking to nobleman Ming with a calm expression. Qiu Shumin entered the hall and knelt down to pay his respects. The queen asked the nobleman kindly, "The purple jade peace of mind pillow, are you sure you didn't lend it to someone else, or asked someone to collect it for you?" caught?"

Ming nobleman shook his head, "When I was resting last night, my concubine was still sleeping on it. When I got up early today and went out, I specially ordered the person who cleaned the bed to be more careful, but when I went back to rest in the evening, it was gone. Besides, what the empress gave to my concubine, How can a concubine be lent to others? If there is even a little damage, the concubine will die and cannot be redeemed."

The queen smiled, turned her head to look at Qiu Shumin and asked: "Miss Qiu, there were so many people just now, for the sake of the Qiu family's face, I didn't pursue it. The purple jade soothing pillow was found in your room, you How to say?"

"what?"

Shouting in surprise, Qiu Shumin looked up at the Queen in disbelief, and Ming Guiren also looked shocked.

The Ziyu Anshen Pillow was just an introduction, let Emperor Rui'an know about Fang Ruxuan's attack, let everyone focus on Fang Ruxuan, and the empress arranged for female officials to patrol the houses. This is Ming Guiren and Qiu Shumin's real plan.

Fang Ruxuan's dowry box should have found a pack of acacia incense, but the peach leaves failed to put in, so it's just that it has expired, but the soldier talisman in Fangzheng Jun's house actually exists. Although it is a forgery, it is [-]% similar. That's enough, as long as the Holy Majesty becomes suspicious of King Qi and his son again, that goal will be considered achieved.

But what I didn't expect was that it had already been arranged, but when the Yulin Army replied that everything was normal, what went wrong?
At this moment, Qiu Shumin couldn't care less about those thoughts at all. What happened to that purple jade soothing pillow that appeared in her room out of thin air?

"The empress is very careful, how could Shu Min do such a thing? What's more, Shu Min has been in the hunting ground all day and has not returned to the house. Someone must have planted the blame on Shu Min. Please also ask the empress to be clear and return Shu Min." A clean one."

Qiu Shumin kowtowed and begged.

The queen's voice was not heard above her head, and Qiu Shumin felt a little uneasy. After a while, the queen smiled and said: "Qiu Xiang's family style is very strict, and I also feel that this matter is quite strange, otherwise, I wouldn't have known it just now." Keep it a secret. Since that's the case, Ms. Qiu will find out what's going on when she goes back to the room, and here in the palace, you must have an explanation."

A heart suddenly fell back to the original place, Qiu Shumin thanked her, and walked out of the Jingning Palace without daring to raise her head.

　This is just the beginning...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)