Chapter 87 Ophiopogon Japonicus (1)

After Yuchen and Yuxi returned to the Duke's Mansion, the reward from Concubine Song arrived. The gift given to Yuchen was twice as much as that of Yuxi. Hearing the amount of the gift, he knew that Concubine Song was very satisfied with the third girl. As for the fourth girl, she followed to join in the fun.

Yuxi was rewarded with two horses of palace satin, a pair of phoenix tail hairpins dotted with emerald auspicious clouds inlaid with gold beads, a pair of sapphire blue dotted emerald bead hairpins, a pair of palace fans, and a pair of fragrant bead bracelets.

Yuxi looked at Zisu's ugly expression, and said with a smile: "The tenth prince has taken a fancy to the third sister, and it is human nature for the imperial concubine to reward the third sister more than I do. Besides, the imperial concubine's reward is not thin !” The rewards of these jewelry are worth a lot of money.

Zi Su was taken aback, and asked, "Miss, have you seen the tenth prince? I heard that the tenth prince has inherited the appearance of the noble concubine, and he looks very outstanding."

Yu Xi nodded slightly: "Well. Actually, the Ninth Prince is not bad, but the Ninth Prince is too imposing, and no one sees him rightly."

Zisu hurriedly asked: "Then what is the impression of the imperial concubine on the girl?" The tenth prince would have a crush on the third girl, but Zisu knew that the ninth prince would definitely look down on his own girl. It's not that she underestimates herself, but that she has never seen such a beauty with an identity like the Ninth Prince's. Besides, my girl is still young, so she didn't even open her mouth!

Yuxi shook her head and said: "I don't know, the imperial concubine didn't talk to me. But that's okay, if you can not go to the palace, you should try not to go. There are too many rules in that place." You are not allowed to get up on the ground, and her knees are still hurting!

Zi Su felt a little regretful.

Two days later, Princess Qinxin sent someone to pick Yuchen into the palace. Zi Su felt sorry for this, but Yu Xi didn't care, and went back to the study to read.

Tired of reading in the study, Yu Xi went out. It was very hot at this time, and only her second-class maid, Cai Die, was standing in the porch in the courtyard, while the others were all huddled in the room. And Cai Die, who was standing in Chaoshou veranda, looked entangled to death.

Yuxi laughed, stepped forward, and asked, "What makes you so difficult?" Yuxi never made things difficult for the maids below. Although Zisu was a bit strict with the maids below, as long as she did her job well and didn't cause trouble, I will not scold casually. Therefore, the life of the maid who works beside Yuxi is very easy.

When Caidie saw Yuxi, her face turned pale with fright, and she couldn't speak fluently: "Gu, girl..."

Yuxi looked at Caidie's appearance, combined with her appearance just now, there was nothing she didn't understand. Immediately said: "Come to my study." Cai Die's entanglement may have something to do with her. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so frightened when he saw her.

After entering the study, Yuxi stood in the middle and asked, "Tell me, what is it that makes you so entangled."

It's all over here, don't hesitate anymore, Cai Die said: "Girl, it's about Sister Mai Dong's house."

Yuxi was a little puzzled: "What's wrong with Mai Dong's house?" Since she warned her last time, there has been no moth in Mai Dong's house.

Cai Die made up her mind and said: "Maidong's grandmother's birthday was two days ago, and Mai Dongniang took her sister-in-law to celebrate her birthday. My mother saw that Maidongniang was wearing gold earrings, a gold ring, and a gold ring on her hand. Four or five taels of gold bracelets, and Mrs. Mai Dong is wearing an emerald bracelet." The things the two women wore together cost more than two hundred taels of silver.

Yu Xi asked calmly, "What's wrong?"

Jade's voice was very low: "Let's not talk about Mai Dongniang's gold bracelet. My mother said that Mai Dong's sister-in-law's jade bracelet is worth tens of taels of silver. My mother said that Mai Dong's family has never been rich. With Mai Dong’s sister’s subsidy, it’s a lot easier, but Mai Dong’s eldest brother and second brother married two wives one after another. It costs a lot, and they don’t have any savings. My mother thinks this is wrong, and she wants me to tell this matter. girl."

Yuxi asked: "What's wrong?"

Fei Cui lowered her head even more: "My mother said that Father Mai Dong and the eldest brother and the second brother are both honest and honest people.

Not doing business, it is impossible to drop such a large amount of money out of thin air. At first I thought it was a gift from the girl to Sister Mai Dong, so I asked Sister Zisu specifically. When I found out that the girl hadn't rewarded Sister Mai Dong's gold and jade bracelets, I felt that something was wrong. "

When Mo Ju, Mo Taohai, and Hongshan beside Yuxi got married, Yuxi had rewarded them with gold and silver jewelry, but it was for them to be kept at the bottom of the box, which was a special case. No matter how generous Yu Xi is on a daily basis, it is impossible for her to be so generous as to give a bounty bracelet and an emerald bracelet worth tens of taels to the maids around her. If you really do this, then it's not called generosity, it's called mindless.

Yuxi nodded and said: "I know, don't tell others about this." Caidieniang guessed that the money for the jewelry of Mai Dong's family came from improper sources, so she asked Caidie to tell her. In fact, Yuxi knew there was a problem as soon as she heard it.

Cai Die was full of gratitude: "Thank you, girl." Before that, she was hesitant to tell the girl about this. Because once she said this, no matter whether there is a problem with Mai Dong's family, she will not be well. There is no problem with Mai Dong's family, and she will be the one who stirs up trouble; if there is a problem, Mai Dong will definitely be implicated, and the sisters who have a good relationship with Mai Dong will definitely have opinions on him. If she is excluded, her life in Tao Ranju will not be easy. Now the girl doesn't let her speak out, which is tantamount to keeping her a secret. No matter what the result of the investigation is, it has nothing to do with her.

Yuxi tapped lightly, and said: "Grind the ink! I can practice calligraphy."

On weekdays, the errands of grinding ink are done by the personal maid, so when Zisu came over with a bowl of lotus seed soup, she was very surprised to see the colorful butterfly grinding ink.

Yuxi waved her hand and said to Caidie: "Go down!"

After Caidie went down, Zisu asked strangely: "Girl, why did you ask Caidie to grind ink for you?"

Yuxi said: "I happened to want to practice calligraphy, and when I went out and saw her on the veranda, I asked her to come in. What's the matter? Is there any problem?"

Zisu shook her head and said, "No, it's just a little strange. Speaking of which, Caidie has been acting weird these past two days. Last night, she came to ask me if she ever gave Mai Dong a gold bracelet? Well, I don't know. Why is she asking about this?" Yu Xishang pointed out that everything needs to be registered in the account, and Zisu is the person in charge of the account book, so asking her is the most effective.

Except for the four personal maids, Yuxi doesn't have much contact with the second-class maids and third-class maids below, but she needs to know the basic situation: "I remember that her mother works in the tea room, and she has an older brother who seems to have inconvenient legs and feet." ?”

Zisu smiled and said: "Her mother works in the tea room, but his mother is very good at being a person, and her popularity is very good. His brother has not been married because of his bad legs and feet! Mai Dong has a good personality, quick to do things, and a good brain She's also flexible, but she doesn't like to talk much." The tea room is a clear water yamen, and there's not much oil and water in it.

Yu Xi didn't continue to talk about this topic, but picked up the lotus seed soup and ate it. After eating, I continued to practice calligraphy. Zi Su didn't see the difference in her.

Yuxi is a very calm person, until after dinner, Yuxi took Zisu to the main courtyard to look for Qiu's family.

When Qiu saw Yuxi, she smiled and said, "Why are you here today?" Ever since Yuxi got those books by Han Jianye, Yuxi hasn't had much time, and the number of times she came to the main courtyard has decreased a lot.

Yuxi smiled and talked with Qiushi for a while, and then said to Zisu: "I have something to tell my aunt, you go outside and wait!"

Zisu was a little surprised, but she didn't ask any further questions, and just backed out.

With Yu Xi's appearance, Qiu Shi still didn't understand, and asked the other maids in the room to go out, and then asked Yu Xi: "What's the matter?" The bird was startled.

Yu Xi told Qiu Shi what Cai Die said: "It doesn't sound right to me, but it's not good to investigate it with great fanfare. It's good to find out the problem. If you don't find the problem, you will always let the people around you Don't feel at ease." The maid who is close to her body can't be suspicious casually, let alone investigate in a big way, otherwise it will make people panic.

To do it quietly, Yuxi's current ability is not enough, so this matter can only be investigated by Qiu Shi.

Qiu Shi said: "There are nine out of ten problems with this matter, it just depends on the size of the problem." If it was the stewards of the outer court or the ladies in charge of the inner court, these people would have more than two dollars on hand, especially in a place like the kitchen where there is a lot of oil and water, they would have a lot of money. But Mai Dong's family, except for Mai Dong's job is good, everyone else's job is average, where can I buy a gold bracelet and buy an emerald bracelet.

Yuxi said: "Auntie, please check for me!"

Qiu nodded and said: "No matter what is found, this Mai Dong can't be kept anymore."

Yu Xi smiled and said, "We'll wait until the results are found out." If it had nothing to do with Mai Dong, she would definitely not drive Mai Dong out. But if it's related... for some reason, Yu Xi has an intuition that this matter may have something to do with Mai Dong.

After talking about Mai Dong, Qiu talked about Yuchen again: "You went to the palace with Yuchen, why did Princess Qinxin invite Yuchen into the palace instead of you?"

Yuxi smiled and said: "This is Yuchen and Qinxin's predestined relationship, so we can't force it."

Qiu Shi just felt a little regretful: "If you can also get Princess Qinxin to look at you differently, you will have more opportunities to show your face in the future, and you will have more room to choose your marriage."

Yuxi smiled and said: "This kind of thing can't be forced. Moreover, the palace rules are too strict, and I don't quite get used to them. I still like to be at home, relaxed and unrestrained.

Qiu said with a smile: "Looking at your prospects, you know that you are guarding your own one-acre three-point land. But speaking of it, you can live a relaxed life for two days when you are a girl at home. Once married, the cumbersome There are a lot of things to do, and it’s not as relaxed as before.”

Yu Xi said cheerfully: "It's still too early to get married!"

Qiu didn't think it was too early: "You will be thirteen in the new year, and you won't be able to stay at home for a few years."

ps: (*^__^*) Hee hee... Who do you think Yuru will choose? (to be continued)