Concubine's true colors

Chapter 88 Leaving the House (1)

Three days later in the morning, the weather was bright, Xiao Jinxuan stood by the window, leisurely watching the maids in the yard, busy cleaning the yard.

That day when she came out of Luwei Courtyard, she and Mrs. Zhao returned to Lianqiao Courtyard not long after she separated from Mrs. Zhao, there was an aunt in charge in the backyard who was in charge of dispatching servants, and took away all the people Mrs. Qian had sent, and replaced them with new ones. .

Although Aunt Tian has not been replaced, she has calmed down a lot now, at least she will come to inform Xiao Jinxuan first about the matters in this courtyard, and she no longer dares to make decisions in private.

Xiao Jinxuan looked at it for a while, and suddenly saw the courtyard door was opened, and then Bai Shu's figure came in from outside.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Jinxuan smiled slightly, then left the window, and ordered Zhu Xin in the room to bring her the cloud gauze shawl.

And after she finished dressing, Bai Shu also came in, approached Xiao Jinxuan a few steps and said softly:
"Miss, what you said is indeed correct. Miss Yu really left the mansion today. The servants watched her go out, and then came back quickly."

Xiao Jinxuan nodded, because she retained the memory of her previous life, she was naturally very clear about some of Xiao Jinyu's habits.

Asking Bai Shu to take the two brocade boxes wrapped on the table, and instructing Zhu Xin to heal her wounds at ease, Xiao Jinxuan hurried out of the yard and went straight to Zhao's residence.

Not long after, the master and the servant arrived at Shuxiang Courtyard. After the maid passed on the news, Aunt An Rong, Zhao's most trusted aunt, greeted her from the courtyard in a short while.

Coming closer, An Rong gave Xiao Jinxuan a blessing with a smile, and said politely:
"Miss Si, please come to the room. My wife just told me about you, and now my lady is here. You and my wife really hit it off."

As soon as they were talking, everyone entered the room. Sitting in the hall, Mrs. Zhao saw Xiao Jinxuan coming in, and kindly beckoned him to come and sit beside her.

After greeting each other and taking their seats, Xiao Jinxuan motioned for Bai Shu to hand over the two brocade boxes she had brought to Mrs. Zhao.

"Auntie, Jinxuan has been in the mansion for a while. Thanks to your care, I can live in the handsome mansion. These two brocade boxes are the gadgets that Jinxuan brought from Yangzhou. They are all for expressing your love. You must be sure." To accept."

After Xiao Jinxuan finished speaking, Bai Shu opened the brocade box, and then Mrs. Zhao saw that there were two brocade-patterned silk handkerchiefs with hundreds of flowers in the box, a pair of bracelets as clear as water, and two urns of tea.

Mrs. Zhao comes from a famous family and has lived in the commander's mansion for many years, so she naturally has good eyesight

So she immediately recognized that the silk handkerchief, which was as thin as a cicada's wing and exquisitely embroidered, was made of high-quality soft smoked yarn. It is also a treasure that is rarely seen in the upper circles of the capital.

And the above embroidery method is also unique to Yangzhou. Flat embroidery is popular in the capital. Although it is grand, it is not as delicate and graceful as Yangzhou embroidery. Therefore, Mrs. Zhao fell in love with these two handkerchiefs at a glance.

At this time, Xiao Jinxuan picked up the pair of bracelets, put them on for Mrs. Zhao herself and said with a smile:

"This water-like bracelet is made of a whole piece of dripping jade. The inside of the bracelet is engraved with the Avalokitesvara Heart Sutra, which corresponds to the elegant name of the Dripping Avalokitesvara. My grandmother believes in Buddhism, and my aunt wears this bracelet every day. Grandmother will be happy to see you."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhao hurriedly put down the handkerchief, happily fiddled with the dripping jade bracelet on her wrist, and looked at Xiao Jinxuan gratefully.

"It's because you have a delicate mind and know how to help your aunt to please your grandmother. With Jinxuan in my heart, I feel much more at ease."

Xiao Jinxuan shook her head with a smile, and handed two urns of snow plum blossom tea to Mrs. Zhao.

"Auntie's words are too outlandish. Now, except for me, all the sisters in the handsome mansion are all descendants. Jinxuan is terrified. I can only be taken care of if you are here. Just today, sister-in-law can go out to play in the mansion, but Jinxuan's status is humble, but she doesn't even dare to mention it, after all, I'm just a concubine, how can I really compare with all the sisters."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhao looked at Xiao Jinxuan with pity, and couldn't help but sigh.

In fact, except for Xiao Hua who died prematurely in the second room, the other three rooms have concubines, and the first room also has two concubines but they are not in the capital, they just follow the mansion where the uncle Xiao Ting is stationed.

So it is really as Xiao Jinxuan said, she is really the only concubine in this handsome mansion now.

Seeing Xiao Jinxuan's pitiful words, Mrs. Zhao frowned and said: "Actually, after you come back, this token to leave the mansion should be given to you, but at that time the old lady told you to learn the rules first, and then let you leave the mansion when you are safe. Now, according to my aunt, Jinxuan is no worse than Miss Dichu in the mansion, so I will give you the token, and you can come and go freely in this handsome mansion from now on."

Hearing this, Xiao Jinxuan's eyes flashed with satisfaction, but her face immediately revealed a girlish look of joy and joy.

After getting the token, and listening to Mrs. Zhao instructing her to pay attention when leaving the mansion, she bid farewell to the other party and left the mansion directly with the token.

After Xiao Jinxuan left, Mrs. Zhao looked to Aunt An Rong and asked:

"Auntie, you have met this Fourth Miss now, do you think it is worth wooing?"

Hearing this, An Rong bowed and said: "In my opinion, this fourth young lady came here today for the token of leaving the mansion. She is lavish and well-spoken. No matter how you look at her, she really doesn't look like a down-and-out concubine, and she Since I have an enmity with the Qian family, I will wholeheartedly help Madam in order to protect myself, this servant thinks it is worth wooing."

Although Mrs. Zhao is not as exquisite as Mrs. Qian, but after living in the deep house for a long time, she is still cautious in her heart and knows how to plan for herself.

But now Aunt An Rong's meaning coincided with that of Mrs. Zhao's, the smile in her eyes grew stronger, and she nodded in satisfaction.

Speaking of Xiao Jinxuan, now she is sitting in a carriage, driving on the streets of Changping City.

After another quarter of an hour, the carriage drove into the busiest East Street and stopped in front of a restaurant called Jude Restaurant.

After entering, someone greeted Xiao Jinxuan, and this person was Xiao Wenxin who had been separated from her for a long time.

Both of them didn't speak, just nodded to each other, and Wen Xin led the way, Xiao Jinxuan went up to the third floor of the restaurant, and was brought to the door of Tianzi No. [-] private room.

Xiao Jinxuan pushed open the door, and saw Zhou Xianrui wearing a deep purple Confucian gown with brocade python pattern, sitting inside, looking at her with a smile in his eyes.

With a slight smile back, Xiao Jinxuan walked into the room and sat down, then asked directly:
"Your Highness, the things I asked you to do for me a few days ago, I don't know if there will be any results."

Looking at Xiao Jinxuan who came up without even saying a word of pleasantries, and just talked about business matters, Zhou Xianrui shook his head with a wry smile.

"Miss Si ordered, how dare I not do it, after the partridge sent me the news that day, the king went to the Fu Yin prison according to your words, and interrogated the old Taoist, and it turned out that it was indeed Princess Huayang who did it. , As for what you want, I also got it for you from that old Taoist."

Partridge was the code name of the eyeliner that Zhou Xianrui placed in the handsome mansion, and as soon as the sneaking incident was over that day, Xiao Jinxuan contacted Partridge and asked her to bring news to Zhou Xianrui to help investigate the cause.

Xiao Jinxuan knows very well that Qian is a housewife, and it is difficult for her to set up a brazier. This is within the ability of the other party, but she pretends to be a ghost and robs Zhuxin, and then finds an old Taoist priest. Xiao Jinxuan doesn't think that Qian Shi has this ability.

So after thinking about it, Xiao Jinxuan felt that there must be someone secretly helping her, and the object of suspicion was naturally the Marquis of Huai'an. In order to determine the strength of the enemy she was facing now, she asked Zhou Xianrui for help.

Sometimes it's not scary that the enemy is strong, but the fear is that you can't see through the enemy and you will be very passive, and this is why Xiao Jinxuan must find out everything.

At this time, Zhou Xianrui also handed a yellowed and torn booklet to Xiao Jinxuan.

"Miss Si is not asking me to ask you, let me help you figure out exactly how that old way and mysterious method was achieved back then. I think this book will explain it for you very well."

Taking this booklet in her hands, Xiao Jinxuan saw the four big characters Xuanhuang Thaumaturgy written on it. After opening it curiously, she saw inside that there were mysterious and miraculous little spells recorded in the form of pictures and texts.

Of course, it is more appropriate to say it is thaumaturgy rather than spells. This book records many strange mystical techniques that use drugs and special methods to enable the interpreters to do something that violates common sense.

After flipping through it hastily, Xiao Jinxuan had already seen that the old way, that day, was a way to make the embroidery needle float on the water without sinking.

According to this book, the interpreter will put a layer of clear oil on the peach wood sword and dry it in the sun, and then put the wooden sword into the water bowl when making the practice, so that the oil on the sword will seep into the water , forming a buoyant force on the surface.

Then the interpreter is burning the talisman paper, but must surround the water bowl, this is to let the burning paper scraps fall into the bowl, and the tiny dust will be scattered on the layer of oil slick, which can not only cover up the oil stains but also deepen the buoyancy .

At this time, the practitioner picks up the needle, plugs the needle hole with dandruff, and then puts the embroidery needle lightly on the water surface, so that the needle will be supported by the slick oil and will not sink to the bottom of the water.

As for the bleeding from the yellow talisman before, Xiao Jinxuan had seen some clues when she was at the scene that day, and told her intuitively that the strangeness inside must be caused by the so-called spiritual liquid in the gourd.

Afterwards, the old Taoist was arrested, and Xiao Jinxuan took all the strange things in his bamboo basket back to the Forsythia Courtyard. Then she took out the talisman paper and the water in the gourd, and tried it with her own hands.

At the beginning, there was no abnormality when the two things met. Until later, she accidentally discovered that there was a box of talisman papers placed separately in the bamboo basket. She took out one and dripped the spiritual liquid on it. As expected, the talisman paper turned red immediately when the water entered it. .

At that time, although she deciphered the old-fashioned method, she never studied the principle of this phenomenon. It was not until she read this book that she realized that the so-called talisman paper bleeding was just the meeting of turmeric water and alkaline water , but it will be a kind of reflection.

And the gourd contained alkaline water, and the talisman paper used to see the blood was soaked in turmeric water in advance. It is said that everything will be easy if it is difficult, and it will not be difficult if it is difficult.

Originally, in Xiao Jinxuan's eyes, the mysterious and unusual thaumaturgy, now that she understood the reason, she no longer felt mysterious.

Zhou Xianrui on the side, staring quietly, Xiao Jinxuan looked down at the book, although it was just a silhouette, but he felt very warm and comfortable at this moment, he didn't even dare to make a sound, for fear of breaking the silence.

After a while, until Xiao Jinxuan closed the book and raised her head again, Zhou Xianrui said calmly:

"Actually, compared to the mysterious thaumaturgy in this book, I am even more curious about Miss Fourth. Now she is so comfortable in the commander-in-chief's mansion, she can come in and out of the mansion at will. It seems that the old lady has changed a lot towards you."

One of the reasons why he would ask this is because Xiao Jinxuan's status in the Shuaifu is directly related to whether he can control the Shuaifu and support the prince in the future.Another reason is that he really wants to know from the bottom of his heart whether the other party is doing well or not, and he can't help but worry about it.

After Xiao Jinxuan heard the words, she put away the booklet, then shook her head and said with a smile:
"Your Highness thinks too highly of Jinxuan. Grandma hates me. It's so easy to change. I can leave the house today. I really want to thank my sister-in-law Xiao Jinyu for all of this."

(End of this chapter)