famous concubine

Chapter 550
"Old madam." The aunt's originally soft and respectful tone suddenly became a little more serious; even the expression on her face showed a coldness, "Of course I have already been to the Quanfuyuan; I didn't find it in the madam's yard Appropriate, the concubine has nothing to think about, so I came to ask the old lady for advice."

"The reputation of the Dongfang Mansion is not a matter of the concubine alone; old lady, as an elder in the mansion, shouldn't you also do something for it?" The auntie spoke very slowly, her every word and every sentence revealed a There was a contradictory attitude that made the old lady sick, "I have no other excessive demands, but I just want to borrow a decent treasure from you, old lady, and send it to the palace for business."

"As soon as this treasure appreciation meeting is over, I will immediately return the treasure to you, old lady."

The old lady looked at the suddenly aggressive aunt, and her heart surged with anger.

Thinking about it before, this was just a maid who bowed her head to listen to the training; today she dares to stand here and scold her!

It really makes no sense!

"No!" The old lady was so annoyed that she refused in a cold voice without even thinking about it. "There are no treasures that can be sold in Madam's yard, let alone here; as for whether there are any in the warehouse, only you, the head of the house, will know."

"If you can't even deal with such a small matter, then you as the head of the family might as well just replace it with someone else." The old lady stared at the aunt with her dark eyes, and spouted a sarcasm with a gun and a stick.

"Since this is the case, the concubine has to choose one from the warehouse and send it to the palace for business." The aunt seemed to have not heard the old lady's cold sarcasm just now, and she slightly lowered her head: "I hope that the treasures of the Dongfang Mansion will be released by then." It won't be the worst among the wives of officials."

"The concubine is going to choose it first. Let me go." The aunt gave the old lady an indifferent look, said goodbye before turning and leaving the Cijing Hall.

Mother Gui waited until she could no longer see Auntie, her eyes were cautious, she said softly: "Madam, this matter... concerns the reputation of Dongfang Mansion, if you let Auntie go on like this, is it really okay?"

"Hmph, there's nothing wrong with it." The old lady lowered her eyes, knocked on the lid of the cup slowly, and snorted coldly: "Isn't she the head of the house elected by everyone? If this is the case, this kind of thing should naturally be considered by her, the head of the house. She, the head of the family, should bear any consequences."

The old lady still has the most true thoughts in her heart, anyway, the Dongfang Mansion is now considered dilapidated, the young master and the eldest lady are gone; even the wife is crazy; so why do you care about the reputation?
The two girls Dongfangni and Dongfangyu didn't care about her at all. This good reputation is only helpful for them to marry a good husband in the future; but what does it have to do with her?

Whether the two of them marry well or not, no one will care about her; she might as well keep those treasures and leave them to Nihong.

What treasure appreciation conference?
Bah, whoever loves to show will go now, she is not interested in contributing her treasures.

The old lady's thoughts were deep, and her eyes were even more vaguely scheming.

The aunt came out of the Cijing Hall with a look of embarrassment and helplessness. She was always worried about the treasure offering, anxious and worried, and kept sighing.

The third aunt and the old lady saw it; they hid in the dark and gloated and waited to see the aunt make a fool of herself and see her laugh.

The night came quietly when the aunt was so worried that her hair was almost turning gray.

It's late autumn now, and the night wind blows every inch of the night, and the autumn feeling suddenly becomes deeper and stronger.

Because of the fact that my aunt came to borrow treasures during the day; at night, perhaps because she was not at ease, the old lady could not fall asleep after tossing and turning in bed; after thinking about it, she decided to get up and go to the warehouse alone to have a look at the treasures she had collected .

At this time, after midnight, the old lady carefully carried the lantern and a bunch of keys, and walked to the storeroom of Cijingtang lightly like a thief; I don't know what she was guarding in her heart, she At that time, even Gui's mother, who had always been trusted, didn't wake up.

There were three doors in the warehouse. She took out a bunch of keys and opened them slowly one by one, then walked in, carrying a lantern to the innermost place.

Because the limited space of this warehouse is almost full of all kinds of jewelry, she found that it is really inconvenient to walk through the middle, and it is not easy to go to the innermost part; Peeping at her treasures from the window, so there is a relatively spacious place next to the wall.

The old lady carried the lantern and walked in cautiously, feeling a little nervous and a little excited.

As she was walking, she suddenly felt a little cold on her body. She looked up at the multiple doors, and there was a crack, and the cold wind came in through that crack, blowing her clothes up and down, and even the lantern in her hand was blown away. It shook.

She was slightly suspicious in her heart, she remembered that she seemed to have closed the door just now, why did it suddenly open?

She frowned, and instinctively tightened her sleeves. When she did this, she still walked in unhurriedly; and when she felt the cold wind blowing, she happened to walk to the window. The heavy curtains swayed left and right along with the cold wind pouring in.

The old lady frowned, thinking whether to close the door tightly before going in to have a look.

But she didn't know that when she turned her head to look at the multiple doors, the curtain dancing in the wind happened to be placed on the lantern in her hand.

This swing seemed to be filled with a thousand pounds of force, and it was unbearably heavy.

The old lady felt a weight in her hand, and being frightened, she was forced to let go of her hand subconsciously, trying to get rid of the heavy pressure.

But she forgot the lantern she was holding in her hand at the moment; as soon as she let go, the lantern immediately fell to the ground, and as the strong wind blew, the paper lantern turned sideways and rolled up and down. The flames also burned away the outer layer of paper in an instant. Once the paper caught fire, a tall flame shot out. The flame swayed with the wind, and burned up along the curtain in the blink of an eye.

The wind helped the fire, and it was a very dry and flammable season; a large group of scorching flames burned with the curtain of the curtain.

When the old lady came to her senses, a big fire had already formed in front of her eyes.

She was naturally panicked and immediately turned around and walked out; of course, she was not worried that the flames would burn herself; she was worried that the treasure inside would be reduced to ashes in the scorching flames.

She turned around and almost ran out, she had to find someone to put out the fire quickly.

Whether it is calligraphy and painting antiques or gold and silver jewelry or other treasures, they are all afraid of fire.

If the fire burned the whole warehouse, all the property she had accumulated for most of her life would be burned.

(End of this chapter)