Concubine's true colors

Chapter 78
Xiao Jinxuan was calm, so she asked Zhou Xianrui for someone when she opened her mouth, and she also bluntly said that the other party was in the handsome mansion and had her own eyeliner.

As soon as she finished speaking, Zhou Xianrui's eyes narrowed:

"Miss Si is so sure, how do you know that someone must have been inserted into this mansion by me."

What he said was actually tantamount to admitting that what Xiao Jinxuan said was true, but he still had to figure out where the flaw was, otherwise his pawn would be destroyed if someone discovered it next time.

Xiao Jinxuan smiled, but did not answer immediately.

Because she knew that it was mainly in her previous life. When the crown prince fell, Prince Rui was also imprisoned. When the tree fell and the monkeys scattered, his subordinates confessed to Prince Rui. He had his own eyeliner in many important officials' homes. in it.

It's just that she was married to Ji Lingfeng at that time, and the old lady didn't like her. Who was this eyeliner? The Shuaifu executed it secretly, and even Ji Lingfeng didn't find out.

But these have nothing to do with the current Xiao Jinxuan, as long as she knows that there are hidden chess in the handsome mansion, which can be used by her at critical moments, that's enough.

"Your Highness is worrying too much. Jinxuan just came to the commander-in-chief's mansion. How could she see any flaws? I just worked with His Highness in Yangzhou for a period of time. I know that you are far-sighted, so I made this guess. I didn't think I was right."

Zhou Xianrui heard Xiao Jinxuan's words and looked deeply at Xiao Jinxuan for a while, seeing the other party's expression was calm, this prevarication made him perfunctory for a while, and he didn't suspect it.

Then I saw him, with the index finger of his right hand, dipped some tea in the teacup in front of him, and then slowly wrote a name on the jujube wood tea table.

When Xiao Jinxuan saw the name of the person clearly, surprise flashed in her eyes, and then she smiled in relief, very satisfied.

Seeing this, Zhou Xianrui also smiled, and wiped off the handwriting on the table casually, looking at the tea set and wooden table in front of him, his brows were raised.

"It seems that Miss Si, it is indeed difficult to live in this handsome mansion. The style of this tea set, if I remember correctly, is the style of the year before last, and this table is not even pear blossom wood. The majestic lady of the handsome mansion, To use jujube wood furniture, and old tables and chairs with peeling paint, it seems that the old lady is not generally dissatisfied with you."

Xiao Jinxuan smiled when she heard the words, raised her teacup, and took a sip of tea comfortably.

"Yes, since Your Highness knows that Jinxuan is not easy, why don't you send some things to supplement me, and I think my life will be much easier when I come here."

Hearing this, Zhou Xianrui understood what the other party meant after thinking about it for a while, and cupped his hands, he said with a smile: "This king understands, and I will surely disappoint Fourth Miss."

After Zhou Xianrui left, in the evening, as expected, the things of the four big carriages were delivered.

As big as seats and benches, as small as ornamental objects, the small forsythia yard has been completely renovated from the inside to the outside.

Naturally, the old lady couldn't hide this matter. After the other party knew about it, she even came to see it in person, but when she left, her face was as black as the bottom of the pot.

The old madam is like this, it's because Xiao Jinxuan is envious that Xiao Jinxuan got something, the main reason is that she can't afford to lose this person.

Thinking about this Marshal's Mansion, in Changping, and even in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, it is one of the best big families, but now a young lady in the mansion needs outsiders to help with the arrangement of food and clothing. It's a laughing stock.

And the most important thing is that the young ladies of the Shuai Mansion, once they are used, are all subordinates in the Changping family. Now there is a concubine, but the treatment is so different. Just thinking about it, the old lady feels that the , appointed someone to poke her back, saying that she was mean and ruthless.

So when Xiao Jinxuan left, the old lady called Qian Shi, who was in charge of the family, and complained and got angry before she drove him away.

As a result, in the early morning of the second day, Qian had no choice but to come to the Forsythia Courtyard with a smile on her face. The clothes were soft and the maid was a maid. All of the expenses that she deliberately deducted before were doubled to Xiao Jinxuan.

And under Zhou Xianrui's interference, although the old lady didn't like Xiao Jinxuan, in order to show the image of a loving grandmother, she bleed a lot and rewarded a lot of good things.

Just a hundred taels of silver ingots, three small boxes, a box of small gold ingots, ten pearl hairpins and hairpins, twenty pairs of bracelets and jade, seven silks and satins, and ten pairs of porcelain vases.

This time, the old lady wanted to save face, so that people would not think that she favored one person over another, so all the things she brought out were high-quality goods.

In addition to the above, the three sets of jewelry are even more exquisite. Even in the previous life, Xiao Jinxuan later became a princess and saw many good things, but such jewelry is extremely rare.

The first two sets of jewelry consist of hairpins, earrings, necklaces, and bracelets.

The first set is all made of East beads of different sizes. East beads are very valuable. The one with the size of a thumb is worth a hundred taels of gold. The necklace in this pair of jewelry is decorated with East beads that are eye-catching. It's so big, I'm afraid it's worth more than a thousand pieces of gold.

The second set of jewelry is made of ordinary materials, all of which are made of pure gold, but what is rare is the exquisite hollowing out, especially the step rocks, which are hollowed out and carved. Hundreds of butterflies come. When the breeze blows, these butterflies As if alive, all spread their wings, beautiful and amazing.

If the first two pieces were already rare treasures, when the third set of jewelry was shown in front of Xiao Jinxuan, she, who was always indifferent, couldn't help but gasped.

I saw this set of jewelry lying quietly in a box made of agarwood. Different from the previous two sets of jewelry, this set of jewelry is composed of nine hairpins of the same size.

These nine hairpins are different from the hairpins I saw in the past, they are so delicate and shiny, full of jewels.

On the contrary, the hairpin in this box is as black as ink. If it wasn't for the silver light flowing from time to time on the handle of the hairpin, anyone who saw it for the first time would think that the hairpin was made of black ink. Made of sandalwood.

On the top of the hairpin, a bird-shaped totem that looks like a phoenix is ​​not a phoenix, and an eagle is not an eagle is carved, and it is clearly outlined with red gold wire.

This bird is carved very vividly, the domineering arrogance of raising its head up and singing straight into the sky, even just looking at it like this, can make people empathize with it.

And in the eye sockets of this bird, tiny rubies are used to adorn the eyes. I don't know how the craftsman who carved it did it. , but also to be even more disdainful to the birds and look up to the world.

And when the hairpin handle, which looked like wood, was held in her hand, Xiao Jinxuan realized that it was quite heavy and as hard as iron.

Almost the moment she saw the nine hairpins, Xiao Jinxuan fell in love with them, and couldn't wait to wear one of them on her head.

Looking at this scene, Zhu Xin was puzzled and said: "Miss, why do you like this kind of black lacquer thing, the servants can't even tell what kind of material it is made of, especially the bird engraved on it. , it looks scary."

Xiao Jinxuan heard the words, but said with a smile: "Don't underestimate this hairpin. Although I don't know the material of the hairpin handle, the red line used to outline the totem is the red gold among the five-color gold unique to the Beirong Kingdom. , Beirong respects black and red, I think this set of hairpins may belong to Beirong Kingdom."

She can see the origin of this hairpin at a glance, and this is also due to the precious books that Meng Mian gave her. What she said above is what she saw in the books.

The Xiao family fought in all directions, and every time the spoils were captured, many of the treasures were naturally distributed according to military merits. It is not surprising that there are things from other countries that were taken into the commander's mansion.

At this time, Bai Zhu, who was in charge of sorting out the supplements and medicinal materials, came in with a storage list.

"Miss, in addition to the ginseng, bird's nest, astragalus, lotus seeds and other supplements sent by the third lady, I also recorded the deer antler, sea cucumber, blood bird's nest, and the century-old ginseng sent by the eldest lady. Small warehouse."

After the old lady expressed her opinion, each house naturally took out things and sent them to Xiao Jinxuan. Even the second wife, who had been recovering from illness and did not show up, also sent a pair of jade ruyis to express their affection.

Therefore, Xiao Jinxuan made a lot of money this time, and with the things she brought in Yangzhou, compared with the other concubine ladies, this family's wealth is not bad at all.

Xiao Jinxuan and Zhou Xianrui cooperated tacitly. With Zhou Xianrui's help, Xiao Jinxuan rarely found a moment of peace in the commander's mansion. No one would trouble her again. She was afraid of being called a harsh concubine. Even the old lady had a good attitude on the surface. Quite a lot.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, Xiao Jinxuan has been living in the handsome mansion for nearly a month.

And winter turned to spring, and in a blink of an eye, it was May, and the weather became warmer, and the thick cotton curtains on the doors and windows to block the wind were also removed one after another.

After nightfall, the soft moonlight shines into the room through the window, and midnight is the time when people fall asleep soundly.

Xiao Jinxuan is the same now, her hair is in a bun, and she is sleeping sweetly with a peaceful face.

But suddenly, a woman's sharp scream sounded out in the middle of the night without any warning. That voice was full of fear, making people feel shuddering when they heard it at such a night.

Xiao Jinxuan was already sleeping very lightly, and almost at the moment when the scream sounded, she opened her eyes, and a cold light flashed through her eyes.

When she came to the handsome mansion, even when she was sleeping, she didn't let go of her guard, so she didn't have the slightest hazy state when she woke up. She lifted the quilt, put on her shoes and got off the ground.

Frowning, he raised his voice and shouted: "Zhu Xin, Bai Shu, what happened outside, who is screaming in the yard?"

As a personal maid, even if she rests at night, she still sleeps in the side room next to the door of the master's room, so as soon as Xiao Jinxuan spoke, Zhu Xin and Bai Shu pushed the door open and came in.

Zhu Xin is most afraid of sneaking, she also heard that scream, and now she is trembling with fright, but Bai Shu, who is at the side, needs to calm down a lot.

Then she saw Bai Shu and said, "Miss, Zhu Xin and I don't know, but something happened."

Xiao Jinxuan nodded, and was about to say that she wanted to go out and see for herself, but before she could say anything, she heard Zhu Xin yelling in horror.

"Ah! There's a ghost, there's a ghost in Missy's window, you...you run quickly." After speaking, Zhu Xin's body was so frightened that she didn't know where the strength came from, but she stepped forward to block Xiao Jinxuan's In front, a pair of eyes looked at the window in horror.

Xiao Jinxuan naturally wouldn't run away, she frowned and hurriedly looked to the window, and then her pupils shrank.

On the window that was originally empty, there was a pale face with seven holes bleeding, the hair was loose, and all in white clothes, holding the window frame with both hands, the whole face was tightly pressed against the window , with straight eyes, looking around the room.

(End of this chapter)