Concubine's true colors

Chapter 102 Who Counts?
Xiao Jinxuan slept extremely restlessly that night, but for some people, it was also a sleepless night.

Huai'an Marquis Mansion, in the Indus courtyard where Huayang lives, the night is now dark, and it seems that half an hour will be midnight, but the main house is still brightly lit, and through the window paper, a figure can still be seen. Walking up and down the house, not stopping for a moment.

And the figure reflected here is actually none other than Princess Huayang.

He looked out of the window anxiously again, but there was still no movement, Hua Yang muttered irritably: "It's been a day since I walked, and I don't know if Yun Hong has finished the matter, if he is disappointing the princess this time, Then he, the little duke, can be considered successful."

Hearing Hua Yang's words, a beautiful maidservant in willow green who stood by her side frowned slightly, and then hurriedly said softly:
"Why did the princess get so angry? I think it must be because Master Hong wanted to do things for you with all his heart, so he came back late. Why don't the slaves wait for you to rest first, so what's the next one talking about?"

Hua Yang glanced at it, and after saying this, she stepped forward to help her green-clothed maid, who twitched the corner of her mouth, but snorted coldly.

"Lian Xin, it seems that Master Hou is not in the mansion today, you have time to come back and serve me, but you are the treasure of Master Hou now, how dare this princess bother you to serve me."

Lian Xin, who had a smile on her face, immediately knelt down in panic when she heard this.

"Princess's words are really frustrating to slaves. Lianxin came out of your yard. I dare not forget your kindness at any time. What's more, Hou Ye is just trying to make fun of slaves. In Hou Ye's heart, the last thing is The one who misses you is naturally the princess, and Lianxin will never dare to have the slightest thought, so I ask the princess to learn from you."

Lianxin's words could not be more humble than what she said. After Huayang heard this, the fire of jealousy in his heart finally vented a lot.

Once this woman gets old, she will inevitably grow old and look bad. When Hua Yang married into the Marquis Mansion, relying on her youthful appearance and high status, she could unscrupulously suppress the concubines in the mansion.

But as she grew older, and she had never given birth to a son-in-law, Qian Ming, Marquis of Huai'an, wanted to take a concubine. Although she was annoyed, there was nothing she could do.

In order not to shake her status, Huayang had no choice but to take the initiative to send someone to Qian Ming's room, and Lianxin was the housemaid she sent to her husband.

Huayang chose Lianxin at the beginning because when she served her, she was always sweet-mouthed, pretty, and clever.

And since Lianxin was sent away, Huayang really did not disappoint. In the past six months, Qian Ming has almost exclusively favored him, so Huayang naturally has mixed feelings about it.

Therefore, whenever Qian Ming was not in the mansion and Lian Xin came back to serve her, Hua Yang couldn't help but run on her a few words to vent her jealousy.

Taking another look at Lianxin, who was kneeling properly, Huayang felt happy, so with a haughty expression, he asked the other party to stand up again.

But at this moment, there was a knock on the door suddenly, Huayang was overjoyed, and asked Lianxin to open the door, and then saw Qian Yunhong, whom she had been looking forward to for a long time, coming in from outside.

As soon as Qian Yunhong came back, Hua Yang couldn't wait for the other party to sit down, and didn't even hand him a cup of tea, so he couldn't wait to ask:

"Yunhong, the matter has been settled. The Miss Xiao family is willing to help you. She won't report on what we planned."

Qian Yunhong took a breath, and hurriedly said with a smile after hearing the words: "Mother, don't worry, Xiao Jinyu was already at odds with her concubine sister, plus a few days ago, her forehead was injured, and she also vented her anger on Xiao Jinxuan. Stretch scar, hate adds to hatred, there is no reason not to join hands with me."

When he heard that the matter was settled, Hua Yang raised his head and smiled, and looked at Qian Yunhong with a rare kindness.

"Speaking of which, most of this is due to Hong'er's credit. If you hadn't acted secretly and aggravated Xiao Jinyu's wound, she might not have taken the risk so easily and joined forces with us."

When Qian Yunhong heard this, he didn't say anything, but the light in his eyes flashed away, and he smiled silently.

That's right, Xiao Jinyu was injured that day, although it took some time before she went to the doctor to get bandaged, but Qian Yunhong asked the doctor privately, and learned that because the wound was not deep, it would recover as before after it healed.

Xiao Jinyu's appearance was outstanding, and when he learned that the wound would not damage the other's face, Qian Yunhong was indeed relieved. It would be a pity if such a good face was ruined.

But suddenly, he changed his mind, if Xiao Jinxuan's wound could not be healed well and left a scar, then Xiao Jinyu's resentment, one can imagine how big it would be.

As soon as this idea popped up, Qian Yunhong formed a vicious strategy in his heart.

According to his observation, the sisters Xiao Jinyu and Xiao Jinxuan were very at odds, so he thought, why not use this opportunity to make the two sisters turn against each other completely, so that they can be better used by him.

After making up his mind, Qian Yunhong bought off the doctor who bandaged Xiao Jinyu, and secretly changed the medicine that was originally used to heal the wound into a medicine that damaged the skin.

Therefore, Xiao Jinyu, who was not seriously ill at first, left that eye-catching scar after removing the gauze, and all of these were all written by Qian Yunhong.

Before Qian Yunhong, he made sure to keep Xiao Jinke by Xiao Jinyu's side, not really to relieve her boredom, but to change her dressing every day, in order to prevent people from finding out that something was wrong, so she arranged this cousin with the other party. in the room.

Poor Xiao Jinyu, still complacently thinking that he had plotted against Qian Yunhong, but he didn't know that this man who had just had a tumultuous relationship with her, since the day of the Flower Fair, has plotted against her again and again. .

But for Qian Yunhong, Xiao Jinyu, who was malicious and unaware at all, slept very soundly that night. In her dream, she also dreamed how loving and dependent she was with the other party.

Early in the morning of the second day, Xiao Jinxuan was scheduled to pay her respects to the old lady. Xiao Jinxuan, who had been disturbed by nightmares all night, looked very sleepy, and only after drinking a bowl of sedative tea brewed by Atractylodes Atractylodes Rhododendron, she regained some energy.

After her spirit improved a lot, Xiao Jinxuan rushed to the old lady's Ningtai Courtyard with Zhu Xin and Chi Ling.

Now her Forsythia Courtyard is considered to be fully staffed, with Wenxin taking care of it outside and Baishu watching over it inside.

And beside her, there is bamboo heart to serve and Chi Ling to protect. If Huayang made things difficult for her last time, Xiao Jinxuan is confident that she will not be alone.

It didn't take long for Xiao Jinxuan to arrive at Ningtaiyuan. After meeting with the old lady, before she could sit down, Xiao Jinyu also came.

I saw Xiao Jinyu, dressed very delicately today, with a coquettish look on her face, she was even more stunning than before, but the bangs on her forehead were much thicker than before.

Xiao Jinyu had a scar on her forehead, and the old lady saw it when she went to visit yesterday.

So now when the other party came, she called Xiao Jinyu fondly, and hurried to sit beside her.

"Yu'er, come to grandma, I feel better today, although you hurt your forehead, but you must relax, grandma will find someone to heal you."

Xiao Jinyu, who was still smiling when she came in, her expression darkened when she heard this, and then she felt aggrieved and nestled into the old lady's arms.

"Grandmother is so kind to me, but Yu'er doesn't want to live now, not to mention the scar on her forehead, and outsiders say that Yu'er did it to herself, because she deliberately hurt sister Xuan, so she hurt herself. Grandma, tell me, Yu'er Where would such a vicious person be?"

At that day's flower festival, Xiao Jinyu thought that she had murdered Xiao Jinxuan in an extremely secretive way, but she didn't know that her push was clearly seen by some tourists nearby.

In addition, after Xiao Jinxuan was rescued, she looked at Xiao Jinyu and said the self-inflicted words, which also made the audience suspect that the person behind this intentional harm was the exile of the capital.

Therefore, within a few days after the flower festival, rumors spread widely in the capital that Xiao Jinyu had evil intentions and murdered his sister-in-law. It can be said that Xiao Jinyu's reputation outside the world is not bad, and many people are not ashamed.

Xiao Jinxuan, who was quietly drinking tea at the side, heard Xiao Jinyu's complaints, looked up at the other party, smiled at the corner of her mouth, and lowered her head to take a sip of tea.

This sister-in-law's ability to tell lies with her eyes open has really become more and more exquisite. Now in front of her, she is telling lies without blushing at all. I have to say that this is also a kind of ability.

Xiao Jinxuan suddenly figured it out, no wonder she couldn't fight against the opponent in her previous life. With Xiao Jinyu's thick skin, no one else could match her.

But don't care what Xiao Jinxuan thinks, the old lady just likes this.

Looking at the lovely and pitiful appearance of her favorite granddaughter, the old lady's heart was about to be crumpled into a ball.

"Good boy, tell grandma what I can do for you. As for outsiders, Yu'er doesn't have to take it to heart. Grandma knows that you have been wronged."

Xiao Jinyu's eyes were red from crying. Hearing this, she couldn't help but flash a look of complacency. Sure enough, her grandmother took care of her unusually, and she was willing to rely on her for everything.

"Grandmother, in fact, Yu'er has something to do. I want to ask for your help. I see that in three days, it will be the sixteenth birthday of Avalokitesvara on June [-]. If you are going to offer incense this time, can you invite the wives and ladies from various prefectures to go with you, and then let sister Xuan, Clarify in public that I didn't push her that day, so Yu'er's innocence can be cleared."

The old lady believed in Buddhism, so every year on Guanyin's birthday, she would go to the Guanyin Temple outside the city to offer incense and pray for blessings.

But in previous years, the old lady didn't invite other houses. She was the first to go together. After all, at the feet of the emperor, one should be cautious in everything. It is always inappropriate to be too ostentatious.

But my favorite granddaughter wants to take this opportunity to clear her name.The old lady really couldn't bear to refuse.

"Yu'er, why don't you arrange for grandma to arrange for the daughters of various households who are close to you to come to the commander's residence for a small gathering, and then ask Jinxuan to help you clarify the misunderstanding in public? If it's just because of Guanyin's birthday, invite everyone I am afraid that people will criticize me if I go with the government."

If the old lady invites you in person, the invited people must be the family members of the officials. The commander-in-chief's mansion is already a master, and even the Emperor Ming is afraid. If you act in such a high-profile manner, it is too easy to cause misunderstandings and make people suspicious The handsome mansion has the intention, this is what the old lady doesn't want to see.

But Xiao Jinyu seemed to have thought a long time ago that the old lady would say this, so seeing her, she immediately said:
"Grandmother, if it's just Guanyin's birthday, the reason is really not enough, but if the Coral Guanyin enshrined by the Empress Dowager is also there on the day of praying for blessings on the birthday, you use this as a reason to invite everyone to enjoy it, which is not logical. "

Without waiting for the old lady to ask, Xiao Jinyu smiled and continued:

"More than a month ago, the third aunt just said that she wanted to give my grandmother a red coral Guanyin, but then the aunt was grounded, and the matter was left alone. As a result, when the young master came to see me yesterday, he brought it up to me again. In this matter, it turns out that the Marquis of Huai'an had already prepared this Guanyin for grandma, and this Guanyin is exactly the one enshrined by the empress dowager in the past. Grandmother is kind, so please take this opportunity to help Yu Come on."

Hearing that the Qian family actually got the Coral Avalokitesvara offered by the Empress Dowager, and even gave it to him, the smile on the old lady's face was indescribably brilliant.

In a good mood, she agreed to Xiao Jinyu's request. After all, if it was the Queen Mother's former property, it was indeed reasonable and reasonable to invite people from all the prefectures to visit and appreciate it, and this request was made by her most beloved granddaughter. How could she not disagree? Promised reason.

(End of this chapter)