Sheng Chong Concubine

Chapter 698 The Mystery of the Jade Card, the Beginning of Calculation (3)
"Grandmother... Forget it, you will understand later." He paused, his voice soft.

"Grandmother is also a poor person. She is old now, and sometimes she speaks a little meanly. Don't take it to heart. She has a knife mouth and a bean curd heart. As long as you don't go too far, you can go in one ear and out more in the right ear. Grandma thinks It's boring, and I won't make things difficult for you again."

Qiu Mingyue remembered that in the princess's room in the morning, Concubine Rong's speech was indeed a bit harsh, but she was not aggressive.

"Well, it's the elders anyway, I still understand respecting the old and loving the young. Oh, by the way, I almost forgot one thing."

She suddenly thought of something, pushed Feng Qingli to the inner room, then opened the drawer under the dressing table, and took out the jade plaque that Prince Rong gave her this morning.

"What does this jade tablet represent? Why did Princess Rong change her face when she saw it?"

Feng Qingli looked at the jade tablet in her hand, her eyes seemed a little dazed, and at the same time seemed a little confused and regretful.

"This is left by my mother."

Qiu Mingyue was startled, and looked carefully at the jade tablet in her hand again. It was the size of a palm and looked like a jade pendant, but she didn't want to. There were many complicated patterns carved on it, not messy, but extremely delicate.

"This jade tablet...what does it represent?"

She is not an idiot, from Prince Rong's solemn expression and Princess Rong's slightly jealous eyes, one can guess that this jade card is not simple.

Feng Qingli pursed her lips, "The token of the secret guard of the Yongchang Hou Mansion."

"what?"

Qiu Mingyue's shock was no small matter, she immediately stood up while sitting, and looked at Feng Qingli in disbelief.

Feng Qingli raised her head slowly, "You didn't expect that, did you? Hehehe, actually, it was given to my mother by my great-grandmother. Princess Rong's mother and my grandmother are twin sisters. My grandmother married into Yongchanghou Mansion, and Princess Rong's My mother married into the prime minister's mansion. My great-grandmother was also a woman who refused to give up her eyebrows. She was born in the general family and learned a strong martial arts. Since she became an adult, she has trained a group of hidden guards. After she married, there is no need, So I gave my mother the jade card for ordering the hidden guards. Princess Rong also knew about this jade card, and her mother was jealous of my grandmother because of this, and felt that my great-grandmother was partial... Later, the Yongchang Hou Mansion was destroyed. My mother, until she died I didn't use this jade tablet. Those hidden guards are all highly skilled in martial arts, but there are only a small number. If they appear in the palace, I'm afraid they will attract the suspicion of that person. Later, the father gave it to me, and I said, wait for me Be an adult. Later, I met you."

He didn't say that the jade tablet had ever fallen into the hands of Emperor Xiaoren, and he didn't say that the box was double-layered, the first layer was just a jade pendant, and the lower layer was the jade tablet.That man thought it was just his mother's relic.Maybe it was out of guilt, or maybe there was a little missing, so I kept it by my side for many years.Later, when he grew up, maybe the man felt that it was time to hand over his mother's only relic to him.Or maybe, those long-standing so-called longing and guilt have long been submerged in the river of time, leaving only indifference.

He smiled and looked at Qiu Mingyue, remembering that on his birthday last year, Prince Rong gave him the box, and later he returned it to Prince Rong, saying that when he got married, he would give this to his wife.His mother will not need these hidden guards until her death, since they are given to him, they can be used to protect his wife.

Qiu Mingyue pursed her lips. Although his tone was a little indifferent, she could still hear the sadness and desolation contained between the lines.

"Your grandmother..."

She smiled, "It must be a very smart woman."

"Ah."

Feng Qingli also smiled, "Grandmother's background is very mysterious, and grandfather never knew her origin."

Qiu Mingyue was slightly surprised, and then smiled indifferently.

"Is it?"

She discovered that in Feng Qingli's life, there were many mysterious and sturdy characters.

"Don't think about it. Keep this jade tablet well, it may be of great use in the future." Feng Qingli said to her.

Qiu Mingyue looked down at the jade tablet in her hand and raised her eyebrows.

"Princess Rong knows it's in my hands, won't she come to take it?"

Feng Qingli said: "The group of hidden guards is a secret, even my father and king don't know about it. Princess Rong only knows that there is this jade plaque, but she doesn't know the meaning behind it. In short, my grandmother has this jade plaque. Her mother didn't have a token, so out of jealousy, she was naturally unbalanced. Besides, this jade token is of high quality, and it is worth a lot of money. Maybe she thought it was just a dowry from my great-grandmother to my grandmother and my mother. Now Yongchang The Hou Mansion is gone, and my mother is dead, so it will be useless for her to steal this jade tablet. At most, it’s just because she feels uncomfortable."

"Oh."

Qiu Mingyue looked at the jade plaque carefully, and asked, "But since it's a hidden guard trained by your great-grandmother, even if it was trained from a young age, isn't it old?"

Feng Qingli looked at her amusedly, "It's because they are old and dead, and there are descendants who have been loyal to the owner of the jade tablet for generations. Therefore, this jade tablet cannot fall into the hands of others, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous."

"Allegiance for generations?"

Qiu Mingyue was a little surprised, "What kind of woman is your great-grandmother? She can make a group of dead soldiers loyal for generations? I'm getting more and more curious about her now."

Feng Qingli smiled but said nothing.

Qiu Mingyue took the jade token in her hand and played with it, "How do I use this?"

"These hidden guards are not many, and they are all distributed in the capital. They used to be in the imperial palace, but now they should be near Prince Rong's mansion. You just need to find a place where no one is around, and come out with a jade card to summon them."

Feng Qingli's voice was suddenly a little soft, a little sad, a little suppressed in grief and despair.

Qiu Mingyue pursed her lips, "Since you are in the palace, why didn't you save your mother back then?"

Feng Qingli shook her head bitterly, "This is a precept from the ancestors. The kings of the Jokhang Kingdom held the central government in their hands, and they most tabooed their courtiers from privately raising soldiers and horses and secret guards. So when my great-grandmother handed this jade medal to her, she reminded her, Don't use it lightly. As for the dark guard, unless summoned by the person holding the jade card, you must not appear anytime and anywhere, otherwise you will hang yourself to atone for your sin."

Qiu Mingyue's heart shook.

Feng Qingli's voice was a little hoarse, "If mother summoned those hidden guards back then, she would be saved, but she would also be discovered by that person. At that time, she would not be able to survive. It's better to keep these people, To protect her only son."

His fingers on the handle were trembling, and although his voice was calm, the words contained hard blood and deep-seated hatred and pain.

Qiu Mingyue shook again and reached out to hold his hand with a very soft voice.

"Your mother, she loves you very much."

Feng Qingli still lowered her head, but held her hand instead, and slowly tightened it.

"The matter of the hidden guards is too confidential, so my mother didn't even tell my father, for fear of bringing danger to my father and losing my family and life. That year, when the fire broke out, my mother was on the verge of death, so she told me this secret."

(End of this chapter)