The Reborn Wife Returns

Chapter 165 The Tampered Love Letter (4)
"You are?" Shui Yao had the bottom line in his mind, probably Shui Yin had already made up his mind, calling him into the palace today would only be a single word.

"Father, you can't keep this girl. Since she belongs to the empress and the murderer who killed Qian'er, there is absolutely no reason to let her go." Shui Guifei made a beheading gesture.

Seeing that she had to do it, Shui Yao pondered for a moment and asked, "How?"

"Father will just wait." Concubine Shui showed an inscrutable smile.

A woman dressed as a maid, with a basket on her arm, covered with a cloth, looked around outside the gate of Qi Mansion.

After a while, a woman wearing a blue satin dress with dark flowers and chrysanthemums came out, she was Qi Qianwan.

The maid hurriedly came up to greet her, and called out respectfully: "Miss Qi."

Qi Qianwan's expression changed, and she said in a cold voice, "It's you again!" The maid in front of her seemed to be the one who took the golden hairpin from her last time.

"Miss Qi, there was a misunderstanding last time. Our lady likes your crabapple nobile very much, but for some reason, it was put in the dressing box, and when she wanted to wear it the next day, she just missed it. After a few days, when I heard such a big event happened, I was too scared to leave the house. It's not because I feel sorry for you, so I asked my servant to come and apologize to you." The servant girl explained with a smile, and stuffed a pair of red gold hair into Qi Qianwan's hands.

Qi Qianwan weighed this look, turned her eyes, and said with a smile: "There is no need to be so polite, she also made a mistake unintentionally." As she said, she gestured to hand the things back.

How could the maid dare to ask for it, she waved her hands again and again and said: "This is a thank you gift from our lady. As for the owner of the golden hairpin, our lady made her a pastry to make amends. I have to trouble Miss Qi to make a trip for our lady and invite her by the way." Go to the inn and make an apology in person."

Qi Qianwan opened the basket, there were a few pieces of pastries in it, she covered it and said, "Only these?"

"Miss Qi, when you invite the owner of the hairpin, don't say that it's our young lady meeting, lest she think our young lady is uneasy and kind and unwilling to go." The servant girl repeatedly urged.

Qi Qianwan smiled and said, "Understood." After finishing speaking, he drove straight to the National Teacher's Mansion.

For several days, Gong Qinglan never saw Feng Ming, even if they ran into each other in the yard, Feng Ming always came and went in a hurry.

Gong Qinglan had nothing to do, sitting in the room doing needlework, Lu Baoer lifted the curtain and came in and put a letter on the table.Although Gong Qinglan knew what was inside, she couldn't help but put down what she was doing, opened the letter, and poured out a red bean.

Since I received the letter that day, there has been no more words in it.In each letter, only put a red bean.

Put it in a sachet with a smile, and when it's all collected, it's engraving someone.

"Eldest Young Mistress, Eldest Young Master is so ignorant, giving Hongdou every day, it will be a disaster of lovesickness." Lu Baoer looked at Hongdouer and couldn't help joking.

"You are less and less concerned about me as a young mistress. You joke around all the time. If you dare to say a word more, be careful that I will throw you back to Zhuangzi." Gong Qinglan deliberately bluffed and threatened.

Lu Baoer quickly said: "My dear young mistress, don't get angry. The young master may be leaning against the window at this moment, fondling your portrait, comforting lovesickness. May Bao'er make a painting for you to satisfy your greed?"

Satisfying hunger?
Gong Qinglan's meticulously drawn eyebrows wrinkled slightly, and said with a smile: "Bao'er is going to talk about someone else, but do you want me to marry you?"

I can't help but think about him, what are you doing now?
"No, young mistress. Otherwise, Bao'er will be lovesick, how can I serve you wholeheartedly?" After finishing speaking, Lu Bao'er saluted and retreated briskly.

Gong Qinglan suppressed the smile on her face, thinking of going to the secret edict as soon as possible so that she could return to Yanbei as soon as possible.

At this time, Hongyu came in to announce: "Eldest young mistress, the lady from the second room of the Qi residence is here."

"Let her in." Gong Qinglan packed up the sewing basket and saw Qi Qianwan coming in with a basket on her shoulders. She sat down next to Gong Qinglan and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, Wan'er is here to make amends for you." The basket was passed over: "This is the pastry I made, you can try it to see if it tastes good."

Gong Qinglan uncovered the cloth, took out the pastry and put it on the table, looked at the rich and luxurious flowers on it, and praised with a smile: "It's really skillful, this flower looks like it's just blooming, you should try it too."

Qi Qianwan shook her head and said, "Sister-in-law, this cake is specially prepared for you, how can Wan'er eat it? Besides, it's made by Wan'er herself. When you want to eat it, you can make it yourself."

"Really?" Gong Qinglan's eyes were slightly cold, and she looked at the figure swaying outside the window, took a bite of the pastry and said, "Not bad. The taste is delicate, not sticky or waxy, and has a faint lotus fragrance."

Qi Qianwan's eyes flickered slightly, and she smiled slightly. "Sister-in-law, last time grandma invited you to meet an old friend. Today I was going to tell you to go to the inn after dinner, but when I saw that I was looking for you, I asked me to give you a message." Qi Qianwan twirled the red gold bracelet on her wrist , smiled slowly: "Remember to dress elegantly."

Gong Qinglan nodded: "I'll go there." He ordered Hongyu to take the reward for Qi Qianwan.

Qi Qianwan took it with a smile, and when the matter was done, she left with an empty basket.

Seeing her go, Gong Qinglan put the handkerchief near her mouth, spit out the bite of pastry, wrapped it and threw it in the barrel.Seeing a jumping bird standing on the window sill, Gong Qinglan took a piece of pastry, crushed it, and sprinkled it on the window sill.The bird's pointed beak pecked at the crumbs, and after a while, it flapped its wings and fell to the ground.

Seeing this scene, Hongyu exclaimed: "Young Mistress, did Miss Qi bring this pastry just now?" Thinking of what happened last time, Hongyu looked sullen. "Eldest young mistress, she has evil thoughts, why bother to speak well of her? She should have knelt and died in the ancestral hall in the first place!" She was not at all restless.

Gong Qinglan shook her head with a smile, clapped her hands, and signaled Hongyu to invite the doctor.

The government doctor looked at the pastry on the table, shook his head and said: "It is a chronic poison and a love poison. If you eat it, the love poison will attack immediately, and after a few days, the chronic poison will break out and die quietly." I can’t find the murderer.” After a pause, he added: “I’m afraid it’s not just one person, looking at the toxicity, one wants you to die immediately, and the other makes your life worse than death.”

Hongyu's face turned pale. Seeing Gong Qinglan's calm and calm appearance, she was furious: "Eldest young mistress, you are too risky. If there is an emergency, how will the servants explain to the madam and the young master?"

"You are too caring." Gong Qinglan said lightly, and spread out a piece of silk on the table, and put the cakes one by one on the silk, wrapped them up, and put them in the inner pocket of the cuff.

"Young Mistress, who is this?" Hongyu looked at Gong Qinglan suspiciously, not knowing what she was doing with the things wrapped up.

"It's useful." After Gong Qinglan finished speaking, she saw Feng Ming open the curtain and come in, with a faint smile still on his face, but a little more tired.

(End of this chapter)