Zhangjia Jinzhi

Chapter 29
Ever since Fang's imperial physician had an accident, Hui Chun felt restless.

She was ordered to tidy up and dry the warehouse of Fangfei Garden for several days in a row. She kept her feet on the ground and didn't even have time to drink saliva.

After finally finding time, she was planning to go to Banyue Residence, when she came to the garden, she saw a few figures vaguely, and she deliberately slowed down her pace.When he got closer, he only saw Li Taiwei and Dafu who were picking flowers.

Hui Chun was surprised, looked around quietly, and then stepped forward to give Li Taiwei a gift.

"You came at a good time. Grandma asked me to pick some golden osmanthus to worship the Bodhisattva. Great blessing is not as good as your carefulness. Come and see which branches have better flowers."

Huichun promised yes, took the scissors from Dafu, carefully selected a dozen or so flower branches, and handed them to Li Taiwei.

"It's done, that's all."

Li Taiwei nodded in satisfaction, and said:
"Did the count of the warehouse be clear in the past few days? Just now people came to the palace. It should be that the empress dowager gave a lot of rewards. If you are not busy, come with me to Hua'an hall to see if there is any need for help from grandma."

A smile immediately spread on Huichun's face, and said:
"Don't worry, princess, I have counted all the calligraphy, paintings and jewelry in the warehouse in the past few days, and even the princess's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet jewelry in the future has also been packed! If you are free now, if the old lady has If you need to be sent, I naturally dare not refuse."

Li Taiwei praised a few words, Huichun was very proud, and for a moment he forgot the previous anxiety.

When the three of them returned to Hua'an Hall, Mother Su, who was sent by Luo and the Empress Dowager to deliver the rewards, had already left the house.

Mrs. Li was a little tired, and rested on the imperial concubine's couch embroidered with a picture of a hundred pomegranate seeds, while Nanny Sun fanned her.

Mrs. Xue came here at some point, brought her maid, Biyun, and cooked tea for Mrs. Li at the table in the inner hall.

Seeing Li Taiwei coming in, Xue's eyes flickered slightly, she put down the tea cup and stood up, looking at her with a slightly gloomy expression.

Li Taiwei glanced at Mrs. Xue, without making a sound, bowed her knees to Mrs. Li, and called "Grandmother".

Mrs. Li opened her eyes, eyes full of exhaustion, and nodded to her.

"This year's golden osmanthus blooms exceptionally well, with a tangy aroma, and it really makes people happy to see it."

Mrs. Li smiled.

"Who says it's not? The golden osmanthus tree in our mansion was picked up by the old man himself when he was still alive. It must have been about thirty years ago!"

"At that time, Master Xiang was still young, and I remember clamoring to pick flowers for the old lady to wear when the golden osmanthus flowers bloomed."

Nanny Sun answered the words naturally, and Mrs. Li remembered the old things when she heard it, and she couldn't help smiling.He talked to Nanny Sun about some interesting stories about Li Sheng's childhood, and there was laughter in the room for a while.

Huichun and Dafu also came forward to salute. Li Taiwei took the golden osmanthus branch from Huichun and put it in the vase on the table.

Taking advantage of the skill of fiddling with flowers and branches, he sideways carefully looked at the Biyun Guanyin statue beside him.

This jasper Guanyin Songzi is made of Xiliang Tianshan Baoyu. The whole body is crisp green without a trace of variegation, which is very rare!

Her grandmother specially hired court craftsmen to create such a statue of Guanyin, and it took half a year just to carve it.

Such a treasure is regarded as a high-quality goods in her eyes. She doesn't understand why the queen mother didn't like it in the previous life?

Li Taiwei couldn't help being puzzled, and couldn't help leaning out to take a closer look.

suddenly!

Li Taiwei paused in his hand, and his heart beat wildly.

"The princess?"

Mrs. Li was talking about her excitement when she was attracted by Hui Chun's call.

"What happened to the princess?"

Li Taiwei came back to her senses, her face was a little pale, but she was thinking quickly in her heart.

After calming down, he said:

"Grandmother... I'm looking at this Jasper Guanyin... something is wrong..."

Hearing the sound, everyone couldn't help but looked at the palm-sized Jasper Guanyin on the altar table, which was exactly the one sent by Li Taiwei a few days ago.

Mrs. Li has been eating fast and praying to Buddha for many years, and she is very cautious about worshiping Buddha. Hearing the sound, she couldn't help but frowned, looked at the Guanyin statue carefully, and asked after a long while:
"What? What's wrong?"

Li Taiwei pointed at Guanyin's side face, and said:

"This Bodhisattva's face seems to have been knocked out..."

When everyone heard it, they hurriedly looked at it carefully.

really!Under the left eyebrow of Avalokitesvara, there is an obvious imprint, which looks like a plum blossom. At first glance, it seems that Avalokitesvara has lost his appearance.

Nanny Sun immediately changed her complexion, called the old lady with a pale face, took the Jade Guanyin herself, and handed it to the old lady Li.

Mrs. Li's complexion suddenly changed:
"What... what's going on here? Who cleaned this Guanyin statue?"

The maids and servants panicked all of a sudden.

"Old madam, this Guanyin seems to have been made by the servant himself. It has been wiped once since the entrance, and Grandma Sun was there that day. The slave has never bumped into it. I beg the old lady to learn from it!"

Hong Zhubai stepped forward with a face, and kowtowed to the old lady.

Mrs. Li's complexion is still ugly, but Hong Zhu is her first-class maidservant, she has always done things in a proper way, Hua Andang asked her to take care of it is considered appropriate, she can be trusted.

Grandma Sun stepped forward and said firmly:
"Old madam, Nu was indeed there that day. Hongzhu's hands and feet are always light, and she has never bumped."

"And the objects on the table are all exquisite and precious... Except for slaves and Hongzhu, no one else would touch them."

"What? Could it be that the Bodhisattva did it himself?"

Mrs. Li had a sullen face and a bad tone.

The maidservants knelt down in fright, but no one dared to respond.

Mrs. Li was anxious, her eyes fell on Li Taiwei.

"Huichun kneel down!"

Without waiting for Mrs. Li to ask questions, Li Taiwei shouted, shocking everyone.

Huichun was called by his name suddenly, and he was startled for a long time before he realized what happened, and hurriedly knelt down in front of Mrs. Li while trembling.

"It's not a slave... It has nothing to do with a slave... I beg the old lady, the princess!"

Li Taiwei said with a straight face:

"You opened the box and took it out with your own hands that day, and you also delivered it to Hua'an Hall yourself. Since there is no mistake here, what's the matter with the old lady? How dare you deny it?"

Huichun was so frightened that his face turned pale, he limp and prostrated himself on the ground, crying and begging:

"Slave... Even if you have a hundred guts, you wouldn't dare to hurt such a treasure... Princess, I'm really not a slave... I beg the princess to be the master of this slave..."

Li Taiwei still had a cold face and said:
"This jasper Avalokitesvara is made of precious jade from the Tianshan Mountains in Xiliang, and it is the only one in the world! When you passed it from the warehouse that day, it was clearly intact. How did you make such an omission when you arrived at the old lady's place!"

"You have to think carefully. Apart from you that day, did you ever give someone else's hand on the way, or did you make any mistakes?"

Xue Suqin stood silently at the side, before she could react, she heard what Li Taiwei said, and felt her eyelids twitch suddenly.

Sure enough, upon hearing the words, Huichun gradually stopped crying, and seemed to have thought of something, then straightened up and pointed towards her.

"Biyun! It's Biyun from Miss Xuebiao's room! She touched this Guanyin statue!"

(End of this chapter)