Rebirth of the Merchant Girl

Chapter 178 Diverting Your Eyes
Mrs. Xie's old face was burning hot, she just felt that she had lost all face in her life, so she begged Mrs. Yuan in a low voice.Otherwise, if the matter becomes serious, let Mr. Xie know, not to mention Xie Ruitong, but she will lose even the power of the housekeeper in the backyard.

Mrs. Yuan couldn't see her careful thinking, she nodded and said: "If Madam can find the eldest girl before nightfall, it will be regarded as never having happened."

Mrs. Xie thanked her again and again, climbed out of the carriage practically with hands and feet, and immediately greeted Xuehui to return home.

There are very few places that Xie Ruitong can go, and her daughter, Mo Ruomu, knows that the place her daughter can go to is nothing more than the palace.

"Ask someone to secretly go to the palace with Master Xie's name card, and tell him something important to tell him personally." Mrs. Xie thought about it, and she had to use this method to enter the palace, otherwise she is a woman, even if she sends someone over, I'm afraid I can't even get in the door.

Xuehui agreed, and hurriedly called her good friend to do the job.

The chances of being able to enter the palace are very few, if you make meritorious service or be favored by the prince, that is a great thing.

The servant was naturally happy, and squeezed hands with Xuehui quietly, seeing her blushing, then put away the name card, and immediately set off for the palace.

Who knew that when they arrived at the palace, there seemed to be more guards at the gate than usual.

The boy was a little puzzled, and he hadn't heard of any major incidents recently, so why are there so many guards?
"What are you doing?" The sharp-eyed guard saw the boy wandering around, and the two immediately caught him.

The young servant turned pale and hurriedly begged for mercy: "You two gentlemen, the young one is delivering letters for my master, so he is by no means a bad person."

"Whether he's a good person or not, you can't tell." The guard snorted coldly, and glanced at the name card in his hand: "When will the palace be a mere merchant who can just say he wants to see the prince?"

The boy was dumbfounded, he thought he could go in smoothly, but unexpectedly he was stopped outside.

He hurriedly took out a bag of silver taels from his sleeve, and handed it to the guard with heartache: "Master, please do me a favor, and I'll do my errands. If something goes wrong, I'm afraid the master will blame me!"

The guard weighed it up, gave the person next to him a look, nodded and said, "Okay, then you can go in."

"Thank you, sir," said the servant, overjoyed, that he was finally able to step into the palace.This is beyond the reach of many servants in the mansion. I never thought I would have such an honor in my lifetime!

The guard walked a few steps ahead, then suddenly turned his head and asked him: "What does your master want to do with the prince, you can't do business with him, right?"

The boy shook his head: "The little one doesn't know too well, I just came to relay what the master said."

"What did you say?" the guard paused and asked again.

The young man faltered and said: "The master personally ordered to come down, and the younger one should tell the prince himself, so the elder should not embarrass the younger one."

"It's really impossible not to embarrass you." The guard drew out his long sword in the blink of an eye, and pointed the tip of the sword at the boy's neck.

The boy was so frightened that his legs were weak, and his whole body was on the verge of collapse: "I said, I said. It was ordered by the madam to ask the eldest girl if she has come to see the prince."

The guard withdrew his sword, and said slowly: "Just say no earlier, don't suffer less."

The guard at the back helped the young man up, and said with a smile: "So it's from the Xie family. Your eldest girl has made great contributions and is now resting in the mansion. Wait outside the door to see what your girl has ordered. .”

It was a turn of events, the boy thought he was going to die, guessed what kind of disaster the eldest girl had caused, and offended the fifteen princes, who knew that she had made a great contribution?

He was also arranged to rest in the palace, and the servant couldn't help being overjoyed.

He waited and waited outside the door, only to hear Xie Ruitong's weak voice from inside: "Go back and tell your mother that I am fine in the palace, and let her not forget about it. I can't leave for the time being. I will take care of anything else." Now, as for the Yuan family, I will ask the prince to explain it."

The boy made a note of it, and immediately rushed back to Xie's mansion with a generous reward.

After Madam Xie heard this, she felt that she was in a fog.

Xie Ruitong went to the palace, why didn't he come back, how should he explain to the Yuan family?

Even if the fifteen princes intercede, the Yuan family may not necessarily accept it.

Mrs. Xie's heart was uneasy, and she always felt her eyelids twitching: "Young lady only said this, nothing else?"

The young servant dutifully reported: "Listening to what the guards said, the eldest girl has made great contributions. The younger one inquired a bit, but the guard kept his mouth shut, saying that the eldest girl is very lucky, and the prince is ready to accept her."

Mrs. Xie stood up abruptly, which was really unexpected!

Mrs. Xie thought that Xie Ruitong escaped from marriage, and if the fifteenth prince didn't say anything, he must be unhappy in his heart.

Unexpectedly, Xie Ruitong took advantage of this to make meritorious deeds, and then stayed by the side of the fifteenth prince.

The corner of her mouth curled up, wishing she could tell Master Xie the good news immediately.

Who said that if his daughter didn't talk about it, she would become a blockbuster if she didn't sing, and she would become the prince's side in the blink of an eye!
Xuehui persuaded Madam Xie and said: "Master, it's better not to tell the master, if you say it at this time, I'm afraid the master won't believe it."

Mrs. Xie pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

Master Xie was in a fit of anger, and she was only listening to what the boy said, so how could she be sure?

If you got it wrong, lost your relationship, and turned around, wouldn't Master Xie be even more angry?
However, in Mrs. Xie's heart, this matter was settled. It was inevitable that Xie Ruitong would get a blessing in disguise. After all, she was her daughter, so where could it be?

"Alright, let's keep it a secret for now, and tell that boy not to go out and gossip. If there is any gossip outside, I will be the first to ask him. When the time is right, mention it to the master, it can be regarded as a surprise for him. .”

"Just don't worry, ma'am, this servant will let him keep his mouth shut." Xuehui responded hastily, fearing that her lover's mouth would be too loud and offend Mrs. Xie.

She turned around and dragged the boy to the corner to ask carefully, and then worried: "Are you sure what the guard said is true? The eldest girl ran to the palace, why did she make meritorious deeds in a blink of an eye?"

Contributing meritorious service, what sort of meritorious service is it?
How could a little girl who was born in a merchant do meritorious service to the prince?

The servant lowered his voice and said quietly: "I see that the number of guards in the palace has increased a lot. I'm afraid that something happened inside. But I don't dare to ask more. Knowing too much is not a good thing. There is no need for the guards to lie. I, the eldest girl, may have been involved in something and happened to do the prince a favor."

He looked around, saw no one around, and said softly: "I heard something wrong with the eldest girl's voice outside the courtyard. Now that I think about it, I'm afraid I was injured."

Xuehui exclaimed, and looked around to see if there was no one around, and then hurriedly asked: "Since you know, why didn't you mention it to Madam just now?"

"I'm just guessing, how can I talk nonsense?" The young servant is no better than Xuehui. He is cautious, and he knows how to say more than one mistake. It's better not to say: "No matter what, the eldest girl has made great achievements, and Madam has something to look forward to this time." gone."

Xuehui nodded, thinking that Xie Ruitong had climbed a high branch, Madam Xie's status would rise steadily, and she, the big maid serving by her side, could also get some credit.

Her cheeks were flushed, she glanced at the boy again and said, "Be careful, tell me if there is anything."

"Understood," the servant and Xuehui swayed for a while, and soon left, the smile on their faces fell.

He really likes Xuehui, a maid, but if he asks himself to hang out in the palace frequently, isn't that a dead end?
The boy is not so stupid, he would die for a girl's words.

After walking a few steps, he met a snow goose.

Her round face is very festive, and she is the servant girl next to the third girl, and the servant is also very polite to Xueyan.

Xueyan came over, weighed a money bag in his hand, looked at the bulging one, glanced at the boy curiously and said, "I heard that you have left the mansion, but do you know any interesting news? If it is good, the girl just now I will give you half of the reward I gave you."

The boy has always known that Xueyan likes to ask questions, so he can go to the third girl to ask for credit.

He was also happy to earn some money, picked and picked and talked about interesting stories outside the mansion, but Xue Yan was not interested in hearing it, so he yawned and said: "That's all, nothing else?"

Seeing that the purse he was about to get was going to fly away, the little servant thought about it for a while, and then briefly described the meritorious service of Xie Ruitong in the palace, and reminded: "It's not certain, but listening to the nonsense of the guards, a good sister can be a thousand years old." Don't talk about it outside, just listen to it in private as a fun."

Xueyan finally heard the satisfactory news, and generously divided the reward money into half, and waved her little hand: "If you come to tell me about these interesting things in the future, there will be reward money. The mansion is usually boring, not in the east." The servant girl lost something, and the woman in the west bickered, it was really boring."

Seeing her was just to relieve boredom, so of course the boy agreed.

Seeing that he was gone, Xueyan quickly returned to the Begonia Garden, and told Xie Yanniang what happened just now.

Xie Yanniang was surprised, what did Xie Ruitong do for Long Zhiyu, and she was left in the palace, and might Long Zhiyun take him under his tent?

She thought and thought, but never thought of such a thing.

However, Long Zhiyu was willing to offend the Yuan family for the sake of a woman named Xie Ruitong, which is really unbelievable.

Xue Ling shook her head and said: "That young man must be full of nonsense, so he fooled Xueyan. Ordinary people's sons and brothers, who say that she is a woman who escaped marriage, think she is not a good girl. How can she marry back, let alone a ten-year-old girl?" The fifth prince is such a noble person. If it spreads out, wouldn’t it make people think that the prince is messing around and making fun of his own reputation?”

Hearing this, Xie Yanniang raised her eyelids, but smiled: "It's only because you remind me that I can understand."

The last time Long Zhiyu was attacked, Ruan Jingxin stepped in and turned the wind around.

Meng Mingqi will suddenly be unfavorable to the fifteen princes, it is likely that the cooperation has broken down, and there must be interests involved.

Long Zhiyu was so devastated that he hid in the palace and dared not come out.He happened to be injured, so he simply used this excuse to refuse to see the guest.

Presumably this specious rumor has caused him misery.

Not to mention anything else, even the young emperor and the assistant ministers around him became wary of Long Zhiyu.

In the past, he only thought that the fifteenth prince was an idle son, even if he was the younger brother of the first emperor, he didn't think much about that position, so he continued to mess around.

The more Long Zhiyu squandered and messed around, the more the auxiliary ministers were happy to see him succeed. After all, if such a person loses his reputation, can he still aspire for that chair?

Who knew that they might collude with the Rong people and join hands, they had to be on guard.

For this reason, Long Zhiyu planned to use Xie Ruitong to divert attention, which was absurd enough, not only offending the Yuan family, but also completely reassuring the young emperor and the auxiliary ministers.

(End of this chapter)