Poor children

Chapter 19

一
After dinner, the play started, and the old lady ordered a play of "Havoc in Heaven". At this time, there was a lively performance on the stage. Outside the door, Mr. An and his wife had already entered. When the boy saw him, he immediately came over to say hello and lead Mr. An to Meet the prince

Another girl came forward to lure Mrs. An to the hospital, but they did not go to the atrium stage, but to the east courtyard where the old lady lived.

"Girl, where are we going?" Jiang asked

"Go back to Mrs. An. The old lady said she wants to see you. She is waiting in her room right now. You should go and see you first."

After saying that, the little girl turned around and left, only Mrs. Jiang and her own girl were left, so they had to go into the east courtyard to the old lady's room, but at this time the courtyard was very quiet and no one was there, and the lights in the old lady's room were also dark.

Mrs. Jiang entered the room and called out, "Old Madam! Old Madam?"

No one answered, so Mrs. Jiang had to leave the room and hurried to the stage with her maid. When she came to the atrium, she saw that everyone and the old lady were watching the show. She hurried over to say hello and wish her birthday.
"That's all! That's all!" the old lady laughed, "I like this girl very much. The old lady is a master in today's literary world. I can't neglect his granddaughter. Go and bring a chair. I will sit with this girl. Could you please stay with me?"

"Yes..." Jiang replied

At that time, someone brought a chair, and Jiang's girl was too attentive to wait for her master to sit down. Someone bumped into her rashly and almost knocked over the suitcase containing Jiang's things.
The singers on the stage were the most famous Goldman Sachs Troupe in Beijing. If the prince hadn't invited them, they would never have sung in the hall. At this time, after "Havoc in Heaven" was finished, the prince ordered another "Empty City Plan", and the old man's singing was solid. Nice
The old lady was in a very good mood today. She was surrounded by several noble ladies and Mrs. An. These people watched a play and chatted for a while. Unknowingly, it took some time.
"Fourth sister-in-law," said the seventh princess, "I saw your golden elixir was very good the other day. Why don't you use one today? You have taken it and let us know what it tastes like..."

"Okay! Okay! Okay," the old lady said, "Today is the day! Jinfeng, go and get it quickly."

two

After a moment, I saw Jin Feng coming back in a hurry, and the color on his face changed.

He came to the old lady and knelt down, "Old ancestor! The golden elixir is gone."

"What?" The color of the old lady's face changed instantly. "How did you collect it? Why did it disappear?"

"I locked the golden elixir together with the treasures and jewelry of my ancestors in the cabinet, but when I first went to pick it up, I found that the lock of the cabinet had been pried open, and only these two golden elixirs were missing." Jin Feng cried anxiously.
Seeing that the old lady's complexion was not good enough to get angry, the prince stopped the play and came over to ask. Hearing what Jin Feng said, he asked, "Can you keep someone in the hospital?"

"Go back to the prince and leave a wife to look after the yard."

"Go and call for him." The prince has arrived.
After a while, I saw a young man dragging an old woman and running here. The old woman was fat and seemed to have little strength. She could only gasp when the young man pulled her over and knelt down.

"Are you watching in the east courtyard?"

"Back... back to the prince, it's the old slave who saw it"

"Some suspicious person was seen today"

The old woman raised her head and caught up with Mrs. Jiang at a glance. "As for the prince, I saw this lady coming out of the ancestral house tonight and leaving in a hurry." The old woman pointed at Mrs. Jiang.

"Ah! I..." Jiang was shocked and didn't know how to explain.

"Can you see clearly?" the old lady asked

"It's really true." "Then why didn't you ask when she entered the hospital, but only saw her when she left?" the prince asked.

"Back...hey!" the old woman said as she covered her buttocks. "Back to your lord, I wonder if the old slave ate something wrong at noon. As soon as the night fell, he started to have diarrhea. When the lady was admitted to the hospital, I happened to go to the latrine. Wait for me to come back. I saw her and the girl leaving in a hurry. I wanted to catch up and ask, but I felt a stomachache again, so I had to go to the hut again." As he said this, the woman farted several times in a row, and the stench was extremely bad. It was so smokey that everyone covered their noses

"That's it! That's all! Go quickly." The prince hid his face.
"Yes." After hearing this, the old woman got up and went to the toilet again.
Mrs. Jiang hurriedly knelt down in front of the old lady, "Old madam, I came late today because I had something to do with my family. As soon as I walked in, a girl told me to come to your room. She said that you wanted to see me, but I just went It was dark and no one was in the room at that time. I felt abrupt in my heart so I left in a hurry, but I didn't see any golden elixir."

"This child is so pitiful." The old lady said, "Let's look for it at home. Don't accuse a good person unjustly."

Mr. An saw Mr. Jiang kneeling from a distance, and looked troubled, so he wanted to go over. When he walked in front of the third lady, he was pulled back. "What can you do?" the third lady said in a low voice.

"Let go, there are so many people in your house right now, if someone sees..." Mrs. An was a little anxious
"It's good to have more people, but right now they are all looking at your wife and have no time to think about anything else."

"Let me go over and take a look. I don't know what happened."

"So what if you go and see it? The official is quiet, what can you do if something happens? Let me go and have a look for you." After saying this, the third lady walked forward.
"If this lady is innocent, then ask us to do a search. She will not mind to prove her innocence, right?" the third lady said.
"What are you doing here?" The prince felt a little embarrassed when he saw her coming, "Why don't you step back quickly, what's the point?"

"My lord!" The third lady said softly, "Ancestor, do you think what I said makes sense?"

"It's just..." the old lady said, "I have wronged this girl, are you willing?"

When Jiang heard this, she was willing to be searched to prove her innocence.

three

The old lady was afraid that she would be wronged, so she just asked Jinfeng to take her master and servant to search the nearby house. After a while, nothing was found.
"Look! I think you have wronged someone's child!" The old lady took Jiang's hand and comforted her.
"Old Ancestor, there is still a suitcase that I haven't seen." The third lady pointed to the suitcase in Jiang's maid and said.
"You are the only one who has a lot of things to do! That is something that people use for their own use. What do you think it will do?" the old lady said.
Mrs. Jiang quickly asked the girl to open it, "I'd better ask Miss Jinfeng to take a look again..."

Jinfeng stepped forward and took the suitcase and took a closer look. The box containing the golden elixir was inside. Jinfeng quickly took it out and opened it. The two golden elixirs were indeed in the box.

Jiang's girl hurriedly knelt down, "I don't know when this box came! We didn't have it when we came. It's not my family's property..."

"This is indeed not your home, you stole it." The third lady arrived

"How is this possible?" Jiang also knelt down, "I have never seen this thing before, and I don't know why it is in my box..."

The old lady took the brocade box and thought about it for a long time and said, "Isn't the golden elixir still there? What's the big deal? You should get up quickly! This person is very versatile. I don't have to say who took the wrong one and just leave it to you." There it is”

The old lady ordered someone to help Jiang to sit down, and then said to the prince, "You go back and sit down to start the show! It's just two golden elixirs that are not worth anything. It's just that the old god spent some time to make them more valuable. Now the thing is here." , it’s a very happy day, don’t spoil everyone’s interest.”

The prince then invited everyone to sit down and start the play again.

The old lady also started talking and laughing again, but Mrs. Jiang was still feeling uncomfortable as she twisted the handkerchief with her hands. After all, she found the things at her place and they didn't pursue the charges, but she was innocently charged with theft.

The seventh old princess saw the golden pill and urged the old lady to take it. The old lady took one and took it. After taking it for half an hour, she suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood...

(End of this chapter)