Reborn Concubine Queen

Chapter 151

"I've heard about it," Xiao Yongqi fiddled with the suet jade in her hand, and asked puzzledly, "but what does this have to do with Gao Qichang?"

"There is a big relationship here." Shi Yiqing paused, took the jade from Xiao Yongqi's hand, and said, "Mother asked the Yang family to find this jade, and it just so happened that King Qi also wanted to buy it to impress the empress." For this piece of jade, the two families are still not very happy about it, tell me, will Gao Qichang know the origin of this piece of jade?"

Xiao Yongqi curled her lips in disbelief: "Cousin, don't lie to me. Even if Gao Qichang follows King Qi, he won't take this little matter to heart. How could he know this jade?"

"If Xiaoqi doesn't believe it, you can ask the servants to ask Gao Qichang how he found out this piece of jade, won't everything be revealed by then?"

Xiao Yongqi pouted dissatisfiedly: "You are sure that Gao Qichang will follow your words, even if I send someone there, I won't ask anything. What's more, it's about your innocence. You should know that these things can’t be said.”

Shi Yiqing smiled and said: "I didn't expect that Miss Xiao Qi, who has always conquered the world with force, will have a day when she uses her brain. This is really the sun rising in the west."

Xiao Yongqi glanced at Shi Yiqing with dissatisfaction, muttered as she played with the tassel, and said in a sleepy state: "Cousin, you said that if I can't wake up at your house, don't you need to leave?"

"I think according to the county lord's temper, someone should carry you away." Shi Yiqing saw that Yongqi Xiao fell asleep unbearably, smiled speechlessly, got up and asked Yinyue to come forward to serve Yongqi Xiao, and led him by herself. Qingyan went to Xi Baoxia who was on the side and stayed there.

Qingyan stood behind Shi Yiqing and advised: "Miss didn't sleep last night, why don't you rest here for a while, and go out to socialize after you have recovered enough energy."

Shi Yiqing smiled and lowered his eyes: "There are so many things going on, how can I still sleep now. Besides, I am a concubine, and the Shi family has more than me, and I have a lot less. Those who claim to be valuable Famous young ladies don't even bother to talk to me, wishing I wouldn't be an eyesore in front of them, why would they use me to socialize."

After a pause, she turned to look at Qingyan, and said with concern: "You have been tired after following me for a day, go down and rest first, I don't need you to serve me here."

"Your servant is not tired." Qing Yan hesitated and said again and again, "Your servant should guard the young lady, after all, this is not Ranyuezhi, who knows if someone will suddenly appear and scare the young lady."

Shi Yiqing was waiting on the footsteps by Qingyan, looking at the blue sky outside the window, he couldn't help being dazed for a while, and blurted out in a daze: "Qingyan, if one day you can choose your own destiny independently, will you Choose to stay in the capital and enjoy the glory and wealth, or live in seclusion in a mountain village and live your life of freedom and carefree?"

"Returning to Miss, the servants don't know."

Shi Yiqing turned to look at Qingyan: "Haven't you imagined what would happen if you became the nobles in the front hall?"

Qingyan smiled calmly and said: "The servant never thinks about unrealistic things."

Shi Yiqing sighed in frustration, and said with a sigh of envy or envy, "You live a more unrestrained life than I do."

Qingyan thought for a long time, looked up at Shi Yiqing uneasily, and asked softly: "Miss, if you could choose, which one would you choose?"

Shi Yiqing sized him up and said with a smile, "What do you think?"

Qingyan lowered her gaze to avoid it, and replied in a low voice: "Your servant doesn't know."

"You know there are so many girls in the house, and my grandmother has placed so many people in Ranyuejiao. Except for the three big girls, Jianliu, He Mu, and Mo Xian, I like to bring you by my side the most, you know Is it why?" Shi Yiqing stretched out his hand to lift her chin, making her look directly at him, and continued with deep eyes, "Because you are smart enough."

Shi Yiqing retracted his fingers, paused, and said: "Except for Hua Zhu who is a fool, who can make a name for himself in this mansion, I'm afraid they are all extremely intelligent and know what to listen to and what to see." , understand what should be understood, and what should not be understood is not allowed to understand. Fang Fei looks shrewd on the surface, but in fact she has nothing to show. My eyes and ears cannot be my left and right hands. As for you Qingyan, you look innocent on the surface, but in fact you are the most clear-sighted, seeing everything in your eyes, understanding everything in your heart, but you refuse to say anything, don’t go Point it out, and I appreciate that."

Qingyan bowed nervously at Shi Yiqing's feet: "Miss Xie, praise."

"You don't need to thank me, this is what you should do." Shi Yiqing smiled, "If any of them were replaced this morning, they wouldn't be able to go as happily as you, and it would take a lot of persuasion Let me say a few words, afraid that I would ruin my reputation if I didn't understand the stakes. But you, and only you, didn't even ask, and avoided everyone's sight with skillful tricks. I felt that I had given it to Gao Qichang, just because of this, even I would look up to you."

Qing Yan, who was kneeling on the ground, couldn't help trembling.

Shi Yiqing sneered knowingly, but said with concern in his mouth: "Oh, it's so hot today, why are you shivering from the cold? I'm afraid it's cold on the ground, get up and answer quickly, or you'll be frozen, your family Master should blame me for not taking good care of you."

"Miss!" Qingyan crawled on the ground softly, and wailed, "This servant is loyal to you!"

Shi Yiqing suppressed the expression on his face, and said with determination in his eyes: "Since you are loyal to me, why do you still disclose my affairs to others? Is this your loyalty? Qingyan, in my Don't try to quibble in front of me, I've asked Nanny Xu to check your details, you are the same as Song Zi, and you were ordered by the same person, right? Answer me!"

Qing Yan was so startled that she stood up to see the murderous intent on Shi Yiqing's face, she was too shocked to speak, and after a while, she stammered and said: "Miss guessed very well, this servant is indeed... indeed..."

"who's that person?"

"Slaves, slaves can't say that."

Shi Yiqing narrowed her eyes and let out a smirk: "Do you think that as long as you don't tell her name, I won't know who it is?"

The light smoke in sight looked at Shi Yiqing in shock and astonishment, Shi Yiqing looked at Qingyan's expression carefully, and said in a deep voice: "Before you entered my house, you secretly inquired about my whereabouts with Yinxiu, and knew that I was going to the Fa Huasi, so you contacted her overnight, didn't you? This should be the first time you took my news out. After that, you passed on the news one after another through the hands of pine nuts. Until the last time, it should be that I am going to Fahua When I was at the temple, even though I acted quickly that time, the news spread, which put her on guard and made me jump into nothing."

Shi Yiqing got up and got off the soft couch, went to the desk and poured a cup of cold tea, and continued: "What I have never understood is why Songzi went out of the mansion and stayed in the mansion to pass on news to you, why did he have to I asked you to leave the mansion, but after I left the mansion, I was still tired of being by Madam Xu's side and refused to leave? Qingyan, I hope you can solve the doubts in my heart."

Qingyan shook her eyes uneasily, and said incoherently: "Slave, slave, I don't understand..."

"You are so smart, why don't you understand?" Shi Yiqing chuckled, "You were created by my eldest sister, and you have been with her for many years, so why can't you understand my words? Or, you don't want to understand at all Woolen cloth?"

Qingyan looked at Shi Yiqing in astonishment, and after a while he stammered: "Miss, you, you..."

Shi Yiqing turned back to the soft couch, stretched out his hand and patted Qing Yan's shoulder, and said softly: "Don't worry, since I can point it out clearly, it means that I have no intention of harming you, and I don't intend to drag you out." , not only because of my elder sister's affection, but also because you had no intention of harming me, which saved your life. As for the pine nuts, I can't guarantee that the mother will do anything to her."

After a pause, he tilted his head and thought for a while, Shi Yiqing smiled suddenly: "Actually, I still have to thank you. If it wasn't for the convenience of Madam Xu's access to the mansion, I would have checked your details. Living in this world. Even though she doesn't want to recognize me, I'm relieved that as long as she's still alive, it's fine, and it doesn't matter whether she recognizes me or not. "

Seeing that Shi Yiqing was really not angry, Qingyan looked at her expression carefully, and said tentatively: "Actually, the young lady cares about you very much, and has always paid attention to what happened to the Shi family. The strength to protect the safety of the young lady. It's just that it's really inconvenient for her to recognize the young lady at this time."

There was a faint smile on Shi Yiqing's gloomy face. Hearing Qing Yan's words, he took a while to speak and asked, "Did you hear my conversation with Gao Qichang outside the bamboo forest just now? I have something to do right now." It's a very important matter for you to do it, if the slightest bit of news leaks out, you and I will be here to tell you."

Qing Yan was taken aback for a moment, and then expressed her determination: "Miss orders as long as it is, servants will risk their lives to complete what Miss orders!"

"I have no choice but to stay in the Shi family. I want to leave here with Qi'er. The sooner the better." Shi Yiqing looked at the blue sky and said in a deep voice, "I don't want Xu to be involved in this matter." Mommy, I don't even hope that the Shi family will chase after her and end up in failure."

Qingyan asked urgently: "Miss, what are you doing?"

"Do you still remember the question I asked you just now? If you were me, would you choose to stay in the capital and become someone's pawn, or marry someone else as a concubine and be trapped like a canary?" Going out, will you still choose a life of poverty, but carefree life?"

Qingyan got up anxiously and persuaded: "Miss! Miss, the outside world is not as beautiful as you imagined, and the daily necessities are not free, let alone you have to take the young master with you, young master Jingui, are you willing to let me go?" Does he suffer the same as you? Miss, I beg you, this matter needs to be discussed in the long term!"

"I know, I know what you're talking about." Shi Yiqing said calmly, "Don't forget, I've been in the countryside, I know what you're talking about, and I know even more about Qi'er's life. The Shi family will have a better future. But, this is not what I want, and if Qi'er grows older, he will also suffer, because this is not what he wants either."

Shi Yiqing looked at Qingyan with a wry smile, and said: "I think you should know better than me how painful it is for children born to concubines, whether they are children or adults, how much they will be insulted and scorned by the world. I only have Qi'er as the only family member." I can't watch him being defiled by the world's ridicule, or I will go crazy. Now I have to leave quickly while the Shi family still can't remember me as a concubine. The longer I stay, the situation will repeat itself. It’s really hard to think about it.”

"Miss, Qingyan doesn't understand what Miss is talking about, what Miss is thinking, Qingyan just knows that now you can't even break through the door of Shi's house, how can you get out of the capital, let alone take your little one with you?" Master."

Shi Yiqing raised his hand and patted Qingyan's shoulder, and said with a smile: "So, I need your help and elder sister's help, and this is what I want to ask you to do. Tell my elder sister exactly what I said. , Let her help me leave the fire pit of the Shi family!"

Qingyan stared blankly at Shi Yiqing: "Me? Don't lie to Miss, unless Missy sends someone to contact me, otherwise I won't be able to contact Missy."

"Elder sister is very thoughtful and likes to keep her hand in everything. She will definitely not rashly leave the pine nuts from the Shi family. You are the only one left in the mansion." Shi Yiqing frowned and thought for a while, "Do you have any backup signals? Hands and feet in a certain yard represent a dangerous signal?"

Qingyan thought about it carefully, and replied uncomfortably: "Yes, yes, it's just..."

"As long as you can contact and convince my eldest sister, you are my hero. As long as there is something I can do, you can bring it up. As long as it is not too much, I will satisfy you."

Seeing that Shi Yiqing was determined to do so, Qingyan swallowed the second half of the sentence on her lips, and agreed, and waited for Shi Yiqing to rest on her gums again, then bowed and retreated, and called a maid outside to dye the moon I found someone to serve me.

After half a cup of tea, seeing Mo Xian, he stepped forward with a smile and said, "Sister Mo Xian, are you here?"

Mo Xian smiled softly and said, "I've suffered a lot for you today, you should go back and rest first, I'll just wait here by myself."

"Then I won't be polite to my sister, I'll go back first." Qingyan smiled familiarly, handed over Shi Yiqing's things to Mo Xian, and left Xiaoxiang Yuxie.

Qingyan cautiously looked around, seeing no one around, paused, walked around the path, but did not go to Baifang Garden, but went to an abandoned courtyard in the mansion.The yard was no longer cleaned, it was so desolate that it was hard to tell that this was Shi's house, Qingyan cautiously avoided the messy things on the ground, and went inside in a familiar way.

This was originally the residence of a deceased aunt in the third room. Shi Jingran loved that aunt very much. It used to be the busiest place in the house, but now that the beauty has passed away, Shi Jingran forbids others to touch the things here, and even closed the courtyard door Locked, trying to close the yard and keep it as it was, which led to the current state of desolation.

Qingyan imitated the cuckoo's voice and yelled twice, one long and one short, and repeated this until someone in the courtyard responded with a short short and a long one, then she stopped moving and followed the sound to find the past.

The mother was dressed in light gray, her hands and feet were thick and clumsy, she looked like she should be the most inconspicuous mother next to the lady in the yard, when she saw Qing Yan, there was a hint of impatience in her expression, and she said in a deep voice: "Didn't you say that there is no urgent matter, so we can't meet here? Why are you disobedient!"

Qingyan frowned slightly, and said in a low voice: "If there is no important matter, how could I risk coming out from Miss's side to find you!"

"Well, then you can make a long story short, what happened?"

A figure flashed past the door quickly, walked out of the yard, and went to Xiaoxiang Yuxie.Mo Xian, who was guarding the door, was surprised when he saw someone coming, "Lian Ying, why did you come here?"

Lian Ying hurriedly stepped forward and said, "My good sister, I have something to tell Miss, please go in and report it."

Before Mo Xian could react, Shi Yiqing said in a cold voice, "Let Lian Ying come in and answer."

Lianying got the order, trotted into the room with the curtain, closed the door and window carefully, and then whispered in Shi Yiqing's ear: "As expected, the place is the hairpin that Yinxiu picked up earlier. It’s the yard of Qingyan. It’s not someone else who connects with Qingyan, but a mother in charge of the small kitchen in the lady’s room.”

Shi Yiqing asked with a dark expression: "Why did the people from Tangliyuan go to that kind of place for no reason? By the way, you said earlier that it was originally the place where an aunt in the house lived? Who is it?"

"I heard from the old man in Madam's room that it used to be the aunt I liked the most when I was young. It is said that she came from a bad background and lived in a lowly workshop. The old lady didn't like it at first, but when she saw that she was pregnant with a child, she didn't like it. Just turned a blind eye and pretended not to see it. Later our third lady came, and within a month, the aunt went away, and the master was sad, so he sealed the place."

"Child?" Shi Yiqing was surprised, "Is she born yet?"

Lian Ying replied: "The child was lost before full term, and has not been conceived since then. The old people in the house said that it was the old lady who did it. Because the old lady did not allow the blood of the Shi family to be tarnished, so Only then did he kill the fetus himself. Some say it was done by the previous lady, and there are rumors that the previous lady gave a large sum of money to Aunt Yu's family after Aunt Yu's death, saying that she was going to seal them off. mouth, don’t allow them to cry out for injustice.”

Shi Yiqing was shocked and asked: "Tell me, what did you say that aunt's name was?"

"It is said that her surname is Yu, and everyone calls her Aunt Yu."

Yinxiu inexplicably broke into the yard and picked up the jade hairpin engraved with the word "Yu" there. Aunt Xiao's expression when she saw the jade hairpin, but now, Qingyan, which is related to Shi Xuanfu, entered the yard where Aunt Yu was alive.

"Lian Ying, go and check that mother, I want to know who she is."

(End of this chapter)