The little lady in the palace

Chapter 15 Treasure Seal
Xie Yuyin saw that Ning Zhi was worried when she came back from the hospital.This little girl was born fair and clean, and the contrast between her dejected look and her usual one was even more stark.

Yu Yin put down the scriptures she was reading, and asked Ning Zhi: "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

"...No." Ningzhi immediately denied.

Yu Yin thought for a while, and then asked further: "What's the matter with the eldest lady?"

Ning Zhi suddenly shuddered: "You know?"

Yu Yin: "..."

Little kids are so cute!Do you really think that you can hide from the eyes of adults by being sneaky and silent? Do you really think that if He Jing is "threatened", the people in the yard will help her hide from the concubine in the mansion?
Yu Yin held back her smile, and looked at Ning Zhi lightly: "Of course I know, I've known since the first time you sneaked out to play with the eldest lady. Tell me, what happened, or did one of you upset the other?"

Ningzhi lowered her head for a while, and muttered stammeringly: "Yeah, it's nothing..." She secretly looked at Yu Yin, "It's just that the servant and the young lady had an argument... Don't blame the young lady! Yes The servant couldn't hold back for a while!"

At that time, Yuyin only thought that this little girl was so naive, and she was eager to take responsibility for her little friend.In fact, in terms of status, if something happened, she, as a court lady, must suffer more than He Jing.

Since Yu Yin didn't intend to blame this kind of "children's bickering", she didn't ask any more questions, and waved her hand to let Ning Zhi rest.

As a result, at noon the next day, she found that the small seal on the desk was gone.

The small seal was used by her as the princess of the palace to manage the affairs of the palace. It was made of white jade and engraved with six characters: The Treasure of the Princess of Yijun.

On weekdays, there are things that need her to make up her mind in the mansion, but all the things that are presented in black and white must be stamped with this seal to be counted.Even the account books that are still under the control of Youshi have to be submitted to her every ten days for review, and she will send them back after stamping.

It was the first day of February, the day when she wanted to check the account book, but suddenly she couldn't find the seal.

Coral felt strange, picked up the printed sandalwood box and looked up and down: "Impossible... Can you throw away things that are on the bright side? Usually you don't take them elsewhere."

Liuli Amber and others also searched around the house, Zhao Chengrui even lay down beside the bed and looked under the bed for a long time, but they found nothing.

Zhao Chengrui said puzzledly: "This is really strange... Even if the hands and feet are not clean, I have never seen anyone stealing a seal! It wasn't stamped in your room and taken out. Others will inevitably be suspicious when they see it; as for If you take that print and sell it... if you dare to accept it after seeing the words on it, you must have eaten the heart of a bear!"

Yuyin was astonished as if a needle had been pricked in her heart, and now she feels that "it's weird" is nonsense, if it is really someone who steals and orders in her name and causes trouble, it will be a serious crime.

"Let's look for it again." She suppressed her panic, "I'm sure you haven't left this room, so you guys will search in the room together. If you haven't found it in an hour, then go back to His Highness first."

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw a small figure swaying by the door, as if she was about to come in, but then she suddenly avoided it.

"He Jing!" Yu Yin subconsciously sipped but couldn't stop, she sensed something was wrong, and chased after her.

When I got to the door of the main room, I saw that it wasn't He Jing, and she shouted again: "Ning Zhi!"

Ning Zhi stopped abruptly, but did not immediately turn around to salute.Yuyin frowned, seeing that Shanhu and the others had come out, she gave Zhao Chengrui a wink to check.

Zhao Chengrui leaned forward and walked forward, Ningzhi just lowered his head, clenched his hands tightly in his sleeves, but Zhao Chengrui could tell something was wrong at a glance.

Zhao Chengrui looked at her: "What's in your hand? Hand it over and have a look."

Ning Zhi shook her head: "Nothing."

"Hey girl..." Zhao Chengrui rolled up his sleeves in a sly manner, "Take it out quickly, don't cause trouble for yourself. Don't care what it is, if you carry it to death, you will definitely have nothing to eat!"

Ning Zhi still lowered her head and did not move her hands.Yu Yin looked at her back and saw that her shoulders were getting tighter and tighter.

Zhao Chengrui became anxious, and directly leaned forward to break her hand forcefully, Ningzhi couldn't dodge and let out a scream, and the things in his hand were snatched in an instant!
Her face was pale and she wanted to grab it: "Give it to me!"

Zhao Chengrui glanced at the things he had snatched, and slapped them down hard: "You don't want your life!"

After a crisp "pop", the yard was silent.

Yuyin recited "Amitabha" silently in her heart, and asked coldly, "Ningzhi, what are you doing with this seal, tell the truth!"

Ningzhi covered her face and knelt on the ground, her face full of fear.But after she knelt there trembling for a while, she suddenly bit her lip hard as if she had made up her mind, lowered her head and said nothing.

Yu Yin: "..."

It was the first time she had encountered such a thing, but the other party was a little girl, so she didn't know what to do for a while.

In the study in the front yard of the palace, King Yi Jun also didn't know what to do.

He had just recovered from his injury, and in the study he was trying to sort out a general idea of ​​"the hidden story behind the unexpected beating of the board", when Concubine He came with He Jing.

The female relatives in the back house generally don't come to the front, and there must be something wrong when they come.Meng Junhuai ordered people to be invited in, and before the two entered the room, the elder and the younger, Concubine He fell to her knees.

Then he opened his mouth and said, "Your Highness, forgive me!" He still cried.

Meng Junhuai had a bit of a headache. He didn't like He very much all the time, because he felt that it was too much for He to cry and apologize at every turn.However, before he thought that He Shi was gentle and gentle, and could teach He Jing well, but now he suddenly hesitated.

——He is He Jing's father, and He Shi is now her mother.When the mother saw the father, she knelt down without saying a word. Isn't it good for the child to see it?
Meng Junhuai suppressed his anger for the time being, and also suppressed this thought: "What happened, talk about it when you have something to say."

Just like that, Mrs. He still refused to get up.She knelt on the ground and broke down in tears: "Your Highness, forgive me, He Jing, He Jing is still young, I didn't teach her well... I didn't expect her to do such a thing, she, she..."

After talking for a long time without explaining anything, Meng Junhuai frowned impatiently: "What's the matter? Explain clearly."

He's voice choked suddenly, and then "she..." and "this..." several times intermittently, and finally took out a piece of paper from his sleeve.

When Yang Enlu saw it, he immediately stepped forward to take the paper, and handed it to King Yijun.

Meng Junhuai opened it, and the first thing he noticed was the bright red seal of the princess in the lower right corner, and then he looked carefully at the crooked line on the paper.

... Hey, isn't this He Jing's word?

Meng Junhuai recognized the handwriting and glanced at He Jing, and He Jing, who had been poking beside her sobbing just now, shrank subconsciously.

He put the page on the table: "He Jing, what's going on?"

He Jing didn't speak, and he asked again with a sullen face: "You lied to your mother and concubine to stamp you?"

He Jing was terrified of death, on the one hand, he didn't understand why the father and concubine He could tell something was wrong at a glance, but on the other hand, he was very clear that the current situation was terrible - the father thought that she lied to her mother and concubine to stamp her face up!But the truth is worse than what the father thought!The truth is...she let Ning Zhi steal the seal from the concubine mother!

She kept her mouth shut, and Mrs. He hurriedly defended her: "It's not... a maid in the main courtyard gave her the idea, and the seal was also stolen by that maid. Look, Your Highness..."

"Okay." Meng Junhuai interrupted He's words. He really couldn't stand He's words like this without distinction--now, if the truth is true, that's all, but if there is a newcomer, her kindness To justify is to teach He Jing to lie.

He picked up the piece of paper, looked at it, and stood up: "The side concubine should go back first, I will take He Jing to the main courtyard to meet the princess."

The father and daughter went to the main courtyard together, but King Yijun ignored He Jing with a straight face, and He Jing didn't dare to say anything, and obediently followed behind.

The father and daughter entered the main courtyard of the back house without saying a word, stepped into the courtyard gate, and saw a six or seven-year-old girl kneeling in the courtyard.

He guessed that the servant made a mistake, so he ignored it and went straight into the house.But He Jing's feet were stagnant, and she ran over to pull the little girl.

Meng Junhuai frowned: "He Jing?"

He Jing peeked at him silently, trying to pull Ningzhi up, but Ningzhi knelt and dared not move.Meng Junhuai thought for a while and felt something hidden, so he nodded to Ning Zhi: "Get up."

The three entered the house together.At this time, Xie Yuyin was sitting in front of the desk looking at the scriptures but had no intention of continuing to copy them. She rested her chin and worried about what to do about this matter.Yu Yin felt that Ning Zhi was still young, if she admitted this matter, no matter what the reason was, she could forgive her.But what if she refuses to admit it?There are still rules in the mansion, but she won't let her be punished heavily.

"Oh..." Annoying!

Xie Yuyin sighed, and before he finished, he looked up and saw the three people who came in.

"Your Highness." She got up and left her seat, and just after taking two steps, He Jing rushed over at a trot: "Mother Concubine!"

"Hey..." Yu Yin almost didn't realize it for a while, He Jing hugged her arm and raised her head, her eyes were red, she opened her mouth and said, "That... it's not Ning Zhi's fault, concubine mother, don't blame her!"

"Let's not talk about this first." Meng Junhuai answered the words flatly, and while handing the note in his hand to Yu Yin, he asked He Jing, "Tell me first, what's the matter with this sentence you wrote?"

Xie Yuyin opened it suspiciously, and saw next to the bright red seal of the princess, the words that were clearly written by a child: Do not hand over He Jing to Su Fengyi.

...Su Fengyi?

(End of this chapter)