Queen of Nongmen: Hexagrams determine the universe

Chapter 296
"How is this possible?" Mrs. Xu asked puzzledly, "The situation is already bad enough, it is as difficult as going to the sky to keep Mingzhu's reputation!"

"I have a plan here, but I don't know if Mingzhu agrees with it." Ye Qiongdan said thoughtfully.

"Let's hear it." Xu Mingzhu asked impatiently.

Ye Qiongdan leaned over and spoke out her plan in a low voice. After she finished speaking, she looked at Xu Mingzhu helplessly: "If this is successful, you will definitely suffer from your reputation in the future."

"No, wouldn't it? Would it be too exaggerated?" Xu Mingzhu asked hesitantly.

"This is the best way, and the only way I can think of now." Ye Qiongdan waved his hand.

Xu Mingzhu stretched out her hand and scratched her head: "Will anyone believe it?"

"It depends on Madam." Ye Qiongdan smiled slightly.

"Well," Mrs. Xu nodded and breathed a sigh of relief, "This idea is indeed good. If the Pearl of Tomorrow can make a big splash, then it will be more than enough to let her enter the palace in the future. As for how to spread this matter , and control the scope of transmission, you two little girls don't need to worry about this matter."

"Mom, you don't really want me to enter the palace, do you?" Xu Mingzhu became frightened, "If you have this idea, then I would rather bear the stigma all my life and serve you and my father at home!"

"Nonsense!" Mrs. Xu said with some displeasure, "Can this kind of thing be used as a joke?"

"Mother, I don't want to enter the palace..." Xu Mingzhu muttered, "After entering the palace, it will be difficult for me to see my parents, and it will be difficult for me to see Qiong Dan..."

"We'll talk about those things later," Mrs. Xu patted her hand, "Let's pass tomorrow's test first. Qiongdan, I heard you say it so miraculously, can it really be effective? This kind of strange art, I don't know It's really unheard of!"

"Madam, don't worry, even if it doesn't succeed, it won't make Mingzhu's reputation worse."

"That's true," Mrs. Xu nodded, "Then I'll have someone prepare flowers now, but if I want to make this matter as grand as possible tomorrow, the flowers are easy to prepare, and ice may not be enough."

"That's right, there's not enough ice!" Xu Mingzhu said worriedly, "When we get enough ice, the sky will be bright tomorrow! It's too late!"

"The matter of ice is on me." Ye Qiongdan said with a smile.

"Where do you get ice?"

"Shanren has his own tricks," Ye Qiongdan looked at her with a smile, "are you interested in participating with me?"

"Of course I'm interested, what a fun thing to do," Xu Mingzhu forgot her troubles in an instant, and said happily, "Let's go, let's go now!"

"Okay, let's go quietly through the back door."

Mrs. Xu looked at the two daughters, and asked with a smile, "Where did you get the ice? Are you going to be tricking me?"

"Ma'am, I promise to give you a surprise. You can ask your servants to prepare flowers quietly now. Don't let the wind leak out." Ye Qiongdan warned.

"Okay, I'll reserve the cellar first." Mrs. Xu nodded.

After Ye Qiongdan and Xu Mingzhu left, Mrs. Xu ordered the maid to bring a basin of water. She took off her makeup and washed her face. Then, she couldn't wait to order her servants to prepare flowers and clean the cellar.

Xu's family has a large flower field in the suburbs of Yiling County, and she can make some dried flowers for sale, which can be regarded as one of her properties. At this time, that flower field can come in handy.

An hour later, Xu Mingzhu came back, but Ye Qiongdan was not there.

"Where's Qiong Dan?" Mrs. Xu asked quickly.

"When we sneaked back through the back door, we met Mr. Han who was smelling of alcohol in the backyard. Mr. Han said he wanted to speak to Qiong Dan alone, so I came back first." Xu Mingzhu explained loudly.

"You damn girl!" Mrs. Xu poked her on the forehead, "How can you let them stay together alone? What if a guest bumps into him? Do you want to lose Qiongdan's reputation?"

"I didn't think about it that much at the time..." Xu Mingzhu said aggrievedly, rubbing her forehead.

"Forget it, let's not mention this matter for now, I hope no one will see them in the backyard," Mrs. Xu sighed, "By the way, where is Bing? Did you find it?"

"No." Xu Mingzhu shook her head.

"Why did you come back without you?" Mrs. Xu asked puzzled.

"Qiong Dan took me to buy some nitrate, and then we came back."

"Didn't you mean to buy ice? What are you doing with nitrate?" Mrs. Xu was anxious.

"I don't know." Xu Mingzhu said blankly.

Mrs. Xu looked at her helplessly, not in the mood to teach her a lesson. After living for so many years, she is really old and careless.

I didn't get the ice back, so what should I do?

She knew that she shouldn't trust this adopted daughter too much. A saint is always worried, and there must be a loss!

She paced around the house anxiously, then called the maids to come in, and told them to go to the county to open the ice shops, and buy as much ice as they could buy!
Just as the maid was about to retreat, Ye Qiongdan came in.

"Qiong Dan, you are back," Mrs. Xu stepped forward to hold her hand, and said with some resentment, "I have ordered the maid to buy ice, but I'm afraid I can't buy enough ice... ..."

The maid who was about to step back nodded to Ye Qiongdan.

"No need, as long as there is a well, there will be ice," Ye Qiongdan smiled mysteriously, "Madam, let someone boil the nitrate."

"Boiled salt?" Mrs. Xu and Xu Mingzhu asked in unison.

"Well," Ye Qiongdan nodded, "I bought those nitrates, which are very useful! But, I have to ask Madam to send a few stern-mouthed servants to assist me."

"No problem, I'll transfer all the maids and wives I trust to you!" Mrs. Xu nodded curiously, and then called seven or eight maids and wives over, "They are all from when I got married. The people brought from my natal family were the sons of my natal family before, and they are loyal and reliable."

"Thank you ma'am, ma'am just wait and see the show." Ye Qiongdan stepped back firmly.

Where Xu Mingzhu could hold her breath, she naturally followed to watch the excitement.

So, this night, I heard Xu Mingzhu yelling frequently.

Just after midnight, Mrs. Xu was about to take a rest when Xu Mingzhu shouted loudly: "Enough! Enough! It must be enough!"

Madam Xu suddenly lost all sleepiness, went to the closet and found a cloak, tied it around her neck.

The exhausted Master Xu said vaguely: "Madam, go to sleep...it's almost time to be ugly, let the children go to work..."

"You go to bed first." Madam Xu carried a lantern when she went out, and then signaled the maid to blow out the candles in the house, and walked towards the backyard, wanting to see where Ye Qiongdan was going to make a pile of ice .

(End of this chapter)