Reborn Concubine Queen

Chapter 22 Interest Relationship
Jian Shi, who has always had a feud with Sanfang, held a towel, covered her mouth, and smiled slightly: "Auntie is really generous. I see that sheep fat jade statue is a gift for our new son, but now it is a gift for us. I asked Qing'er as a gift."

Shi Yiqing raised her drooping eyelashes, and frantically pushed away the suet jade in her hand: "Since this is a gift prepared by mother for Third Sister, and it is so precious, Qing'er would never dare to accept it."

In front of everyone, how could the third lady be willing to slap her tongue and take back the jade pendant, even if it is unbearable pain, she still has to part with it.Thinking of this, the third lady smiled lovingly and steadily, patted Shi Yiqing's hand, and said, "Xin'er and Jiji still have some days to go, so don't be in a hurry. Besides, silly boy, you are just like Xin'er, I am the same as you." It's the same for you or Xin'er! Hurry up, don't let your two aunts and sisters-in-law and sisters think that our mother and daughter are petty, and push this worthless thing around like this! "

The third lady gritted her teeth secretly, wishing to tear Shi Yiqing's body to pieces.She thought to herself, if Shi Yiqing still has some eyesight, she should return this mutton jade to her where no one is around, but now this hateful Shi Yiqing pushed her back in front of everyone, easily cutting off all of her. His retreat is really abominable!

The old lady Meng who was sitting on the top smiled faintly: "What the old three family said is very true. It's just a piece of jade pendant. It's just a piece of jade pendant. It's for auspiciousness. It's precious or not. If you let you keep it, you can keep it. Don't disappoint your mother's wishes."

Seeing the third lady's duplicity, Shi Yiqing lowered her eyelashes to hide the fleeting joy in her eyes, but hurriedly said: "Then thank you for your kindness!"

Shi Xuanxin's eyes were straightened with hatred. That piece of suet jade was a precious item that she had only hoped for after so much hard work. Even the wealthy third wife, Mrs. Yang, wanted to buy this small piece of intact suet jade. It also used up all the savings in the treasury, and even used the dowry of the deceased former third wife Xiao Yan.Fortunately, the old lady Meng's words made her look forward to the fact that the thing she wanted to see fell into Shi Yiqing's hands, how could she not hate it!
Shi Yunying, the second lady of the third room who was by Shi Xuanxin's side, noticed Shi Xuanxin's ferocious face, and turned her eyes indifferently to look at the black chrysanthemum plant praised by the old lady Meng under the window, and unconsciously touched the thick fan with her fingers There are circles drawn on it, lost in thought.

The farce came to an end as the sun turned to the west. The old lady specially left the third wife Yang to eat with Shi Xuanxin. Shi Yiqing knew that it was the old lady Meng who was afraid that the third lady would wait out of Chunhui Hall. Embarrassing myself, I didn't care about the thoughts of the eldest and the second room, and left the third room behind.

When Shi Yiqing was leaving, Zhu Xi, who was supposed to be serving the old lady, chased her out and went around the corridor to call her.She turned her eyes and smiled slightly, without any contempt: "Sister Zhuxi, what's the matter?"

Zhu Xi walked up to Shi Yiqing and said with a smile: "Miss Si, the old lady said that the ink chrysanthemum you made today really caught her heart. I think Miss Si followed the meditative master to practice Zen and worship the Buddha, and she is very familiar with the Buddha's return." Thorough, so I hope Miss Fourth can come to Chunhui Hall every day to help the old lady transcribe scriptures. I just don’t know, is Miss Fourth free?”

Shi Yiqing hurriedly said: "What did my sister say? It should be Qing'er's duty to be filial to grandma."

Seeing that she was cute and smart, Zhu Xi smiled with satisfaction, bowed down to salute, then turned around and hurried back to Chunhui Hall.

When Shi Yiqing turned back to Xietang, asked Yinxiu to hand over the jewelry box to Nanny Xu, and pulled off the barefoot gold hairpin on her bun, and was about to change her nightgown, she heard a suppressed exclamation from the room, and she was surprised to find it. , I saw Madam Xu covering her mouth with both hands, and the jewelry box lying on the table in front of her was opened, and it was hidden immediately, and there were two floors up and down.

Under the uncovered red silk were ten pieces of bright and white silver. Shi Yiqing paused slightly, frowned slightly in surprise, stepped forward steadily, let out a breath of thought, and put the silver back into red Wrap it in silk, cover the jewelry box again, and hand it to Madam Xu.

All jewelry and jade pendants are fake, only white silver is real.

Shi Yiqing looked at Mammy Xu who was stupefied on the spot, curled her lips and smiled slowly, and said with an indisputable expression: "Mother, I was always worried about what to do with the little money sent by the public. With this windfall, I do have a plan, and I really need your help."

Mother Xu gathered herself together, tightened the jewelry box in her arms, and said in a hoarse voice: "Miss, this money cannot be moved. If something happens in the future, we will still live by it!"

Shi Yiqing smiled indifferently, and said slowly: "What could happen? Besides, I'm not being taken advantage of. There's nowhere to spend the money. I just want the money to flow in. Mom, I urgently need a Trustworthy housekeeper, help me manage this money, I think you should help me choose someone?"

Madam Xu thought about it suspiciously, then turned her body subconsciously to cover the jewelry box in her arms, and said tightly: "Miss, my dear lady, is lending usury something you should do as a lady? I think I'd better hide this money well, so as not to ruin your life!"

Shi Yiqing never expected that Grandma Xu would look at her behavior in this way, she was so angry that she laughed, and said lazily: "Nurse, you and I have lived together for many years, and you just look at me that you brought up with your own hands? I just want to use this money to buy some property in the capital, so as to avoid accidents in the future and our life is not guaranteed. Where are you thinking of?"

After hearing this, Mother Xu relaxed her tense nerves, and said with a sigh of relief: "It turned out to be like this, you should have said it earlier. Don't worry, leave this matter to me, and I promise to find a suitable one." Miss is a loyal person who came back."

"Remember, this person must have nothing to do with us, at least if he looks like this on the surface, don't let the Shi family or the third wife know, understand what I mean?"

Mammy Xu nodded solemnly, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, Mammy, when did I make a mistake in my work?"

Seeing that she was guaranteed by Madam Xu, Shi Yiqing rubbed the center of her brows in a relaxed manner, unable to hide the tiredness on her face, and said in a hoarse voice: "I've been tired all day today, and I want to take a good rest, because I'm not in the mood Go eat the food cooked in the kitchen, so don't call me, just let me sleep until night."

Mother Xu hurriedly stopped Shi Yiqing who was about to leave, and asked in a vigilant voice: "Didn't you give me a jade hairpin before, and let me look up the meaning of the word '余' on it? I saw it by accident yesterday. It’s a strange thing, after much deliberation and hesitation, it’s better to say it early, so that you can have a vigilant heart.”

Shi Yiqing slumped his shoulders exhausted, didn't want to hear it at first, but saw the sorrow on Madam Xu's face, and changed the direction of his words: "If I'm not wrong, don't tell me that the hairpin you saw has something to do with the third lady. "

Nanny Xu shook her head, bit her lips subconsciously, walked quickly to the window sill, looked around cautiously, and saw that there was no one else, so she closed the door and window tightly, then turned to Shi Yiqing, and whispered to her: "I asked However, this hairpin... is said to belong to the aunt in the mansion."

Shifu's family style is strict, and in the early years, the family was divided into separate houses, and each room lived independently. Therefore, the so-called "aunt in the mansion" in Madam Xu's mouth did not include the Dafang family who inherited the title of Shifu, and the second room who was too sour. .

Shi Yiqing playfully played with the jade hairpin that Yinxiu picked up by accident, sneered, and said slowly: "You mean, this poor workmanship belonged to one of my father's concubines, do you mean that? "

She paused, staring at Madam Xu who was standing restlessly in front of her with black and white eyes, and covered up all the expressions on her face with a touch of indifference: "Mama, although you and I have been back for more than a month, I think we should know about three Madam's means, look at the whole mansion now, except for Aunt Cheng who gave birth to the two sisters Shi Yunying and Shi Yunyou, beside my father, there are only Aunt Zhou and my mother who were promoted by the old lady to the position earlier, and the rest are connected. I have never had a house before. Now you want me to believe that these three people, including my mother, are so lewd that they want to go to the abandoned yard to have fun, and even nearly killed my maid? Mother, you Don’t you think these words are too absurd?”

Nanny Xu turned her body uneasily, and hurriedly said: "Miss, I actually think that it has been such a long time anyway, and the couple should have forgotten what happened, so why bother?" It’s nothing to look for, why do you have to make a scene that everyone in the world knows about?”

Stuffing the jade pendant between her fingers into Madam Xu's arms, Shi Yiqing lowered her eyes and said seriously, "Mama, you always think of things so simply. Because Xiu is my maidservant, if I am still the former third lady As a concubine who stepped on my feet, I would naturally keep secret about the dirty things that Yinxiu encountered. But now I have offended the third lady, and even gained face in front of the old lady, so that those who were indifferent and waiting to see my joke Changed my state of mind, I am afraid that even in my dreams, I would like to tear my body to pieces, how can I spare the people around me?"

Turning to look at Mother Xu beside her, she said with deep eyes, "If that person recognizes Yinxiu, he will be full of imagination, as long as he thinks that Yinxiu sees everything clearly, how can he be so clear?" I can still control whether you and I are innocent. It is the most correct choice to get rid of it first. You know what happened on the second day when we returned to the house. How did I provoke anyone at that time? Didn't I almost get caught by Shi Yunying and Shi Yun? Did sisters and sisters frame me? Did you see that my father and the third wife have defended me? If we continue to live in a daze like before, we are afraid that before I get married, you and I will be eaten There is not even bone dregs left."

Madam Xu shivered with a dazed expression, subconsciously held Shi Yiqing's hand, and said in a hoarse voice, "It's just that, miss, if you really let you find that person, what would you do?"

Shi Yiqing let out a deep breath, and said slowly: "It depends on who that person is. There is no absolute opposite in this world, and most of them are linked to interests. At worst, they can be exchanged for what she wants the most. , as long as I have it, it doesn't matter."

She twirled the jade hairpin to face the sun, frowned and looked carefully at the word "Yu" on it, and whispered softly: "I'm afraid she doesn't want anything but my life."

(End of this chapter)