Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 489 Empress Dowager Li's Decision
He Liu stopped San Niangzi.

The third lady turned around and asked, "What else is there?"

He Liu pointed to the hairpin on San Niangzi's head, and asked, "This hairpin on your head is very delicate. I don't know where it came from?"

San Niangzi's answer made He Liu excited: "Oh, you said this hairpin, it's called Cuifeng Chai. It was given to me by Da Khan. It is said that it used to belong to a certain queen of your Ming Dynasty. Thirty years ago, the Great Chai Khan conquered the Wara tribe, and this green phoenix hairpin is his spoils of war."

He Liu asked tentatively: "Concubine Han, I have an unfeeling request. Can you give me this green phoenix hairpin?"

San Niangzi tilted her head and looked at He Liu: "It's just a piece of jewelry. Da Khan gave me a lot of jewelry, and I don't miss this one. The question is, why should I give it to you?"

He Liudao: "Did you forget that 12 years ago, Khan Naji turned against my grandson for you and fled to Daming? It was I, He Liu, who brought Khan Naji back to my Khan. How to do this Forget it, I Da Khan owes me a favor. If you give me the Cuifeng Chai, it will be regarded as paying me a favor for I Da Khan."

The third lady thought for a while, then took off the green phoenix hairpin from her head, and handed it to He Liu.Then, she turned around and left the Great Wall with big strides.

Qi Jiguang asked He Liu: "Master Liu, why are you so interested in a hairpin for women? Are you afraid of your wife's ears like me? This hairpin is for Mrs. He as a filial piety?"

He Liu replied meaningfully: "Marshal Qi, you don't understand. This hairpin may be a way out for my He family in the future!"

Qi Jiguang shook his head: "You Jinyiwei specialize in secret errands, and your sixth master always speaks mysteriously. What I am more concerned about now is whether the third lady is telling the truth and whether she will retreat."

What the third lady said was really true.Half an hour later, tens of thousands of Tatar cavalry began to retreat to the northwest.

He Liuxing rushed back to the imperial envoy's office in Jizhou city.He found Bai Xiaoyan, and carefully took out the Cuifeng hairpin from his bosom.

Bai Xiaoyan smiled and scolded: "I have been with you for almost 20 years. I have never seen you give me any jewelry. What kind of wind are you smoking today? Thinking of giving me hairpins."

He Liu shook his head: "My wife, this Cuifeng hairpin is not for you!"

He Liu told Bai Xiaoyan the allusion of Cuifengchai.

Afterwards, He Liu took a sip of tea and said, "This Cuifeng hairpin may be a way out for our He family in the future!"

What kind of smart woman is Bai Xiaoyan?She said: "If I'm not mistaken, this thing, you have to give it to the daughter of Lao Ba's family, Sister Xi."

He Liu smiled and said: "You guessed wrong! I didn't want to give it to Sister Xi, but I wanted Sister Xi to give the Cuifeng hairpin to Empress Dowager Li! Think about it, the Cuifeng hairpin is the symbol of the mother of the Ming Dynasty. It has been lost for a hundred years! Now that the loss has been recovered and handed over to the Empress Dowager Li, isn’t the Empress Dowager happy? Once the Empress Dowager Li is happy, she may let Sister Xi be the queen! Our He family will have a big backer in the palace from now on ! Relying on the mountain is the way out!"

Bai Xiaoyan said: "You're right. We put so much effort into the election for Sister Xi. If she really becomes a queen, can she think of our He family?"

He Liudao: "Take Cuifeng Chai back to the capital immediately and hand it over to Sister Xi. I'll ask Yang Wan to personally escort her!"

Bai Xiaoyan said: "I know you are an imperial envoy. You can't go back to the capital until the autumn exercise is over. But Rubai, Xiangxiang, and Hanjiao haven't arrived in Jizhou yet. When they arrive, let's have a reunion dinner, and I will Can't you go back to the capital?"

He Liu was a little anxious: "Confused! The post-election matter is extremely important. What if Empress Dowager Li decides someone else to be queen before the Cuifeng hairpin is handed over to Sister Xi? As long as our He family is not defeated, There will be plenty of opportunities for a reunion in the future!"

Bai Xiaoyan nodded: "Okay, I'll go back to Beijing now!"

Yang Wan took a hundred brocade-clothed guards and traveled day and night to escort Bai Xiaoyan back to the capital.

As soon as Bai Xiaoyan returned to Beijing, she immediately came to Wang Ba's mansion.

She told Wang Ba and Sister Wang Xi about Cuifengchai.

Wang Ba was extremely surprised: "This thing, does it have such a history?"

Bai Xiaoyan nodded.She asked Sister Wang Xi: "Have you had a chance to meet Queen Mother Li recently?"

Sister Wang Xi replied: "These days, every five days, Empress Dowager Li will call us candidates to enter the palace to chat. Tomorrow is the day to enter the palace!"

Bai Xiaoyan excitedly grabbed Sister Wang Xi's hand: "My dear Sister Xi, this is God who wants to help you become the empress of Ming Dynasty!"

Sister Wang Xi was at a loss: "Aunt Liu, there are still six candidates left. I may not be able to get my turn."

Bai Xiaoyan handed the Cuifeng hairpin to Sister Wang Xi, explaining it so and so, so and so.

After the confession, Bai Xiaoyan said again: "Tell the Queen Mother Li what I have confessed, and the matter will be settled! Maybe in a month or so, when Aunt Six sees you again, she will kneel down for you three times! "

On the second day, Sister Wang Xi came to the main hall of Kunning Palace with five other beautiful girls holding a brocade box.

Empress Dowager Li glanced at Sister Wang Xi: "What are you holding in your hand?"

Sister Wang Xi said: "I report to the Empress Dowager, this is a hairpin dedicated to the Empress Dowager by a woman of the people."

Empress Dowager Li was a little displeased: "Why, do you want to bribe like those corrupt officials in the officialdom? The Ai family is the master of the harem, so they don't like your little bribes."

As soon as Empress Dowager Li said this, the other five beautiful girls cast contemptuous glances at Sister Wang Xi.

Sister Wang Xi knelt down on the ground calmly: "The Queen Mother calms down. Please listen to my explanation."

Empress Dowager Li said: "Well, then you can explain. If you can't explain why, the Ai family will immediately revoke your post-election qualifications."

Sister Wang Xi opened the brocade box, revealing the Cuifeng hairpin inside.Then she talked eloquently according to Bai Xiaoyan's teaching: "Qi Empress Dowager, at noon the day before yesterday, an old beggar with a white beard in tattered clothes came to my door to beg. I thought he was pitiful, so I brought him two a steamed bun.

After he finished eating the steamed buns, he said to me: Girl, the kindness of a drop of water should be repaid by the spring.I have nothing to repay you. I have a hairpin here, so I will give it to you.

After speaking, he took out the hairpin from his arms, handed it to my hand, turned his head and left.

I didn't want it at first, I wanted to chase after it and return it to him.Strange to say.Looking at his seven or eighty-year-old appearance, he walks like flying.No matter how I chase him, I can't catch up.

No way, I had no choice but to take the hairpin and go home.

At night, I had a dream about the old beggar with white beard.He said to me: Girl, this hairpin is not an ordinary thing!The women who have carried this hairpin include: Empress Xiaoci Gaoma, Empress Renxiao Xu, Empress Cheng Xiaogong Zhang, Empress Yisheng Sun, Empress Xiaozhuang Qian. "

At this point in the story of Sister Wang Xi, Empress Dowager Li quickly asked: "Didn't the old beggar with white beard say the name of this hairpin?"

Sister Wang Xi replied: "Yes! He said that the hairpin is called Cuifengchai!"

As the lord of the harem, how could Empress Dowager Li not know about Cuifengchai's past?She hurriedly ordered Feng Bao: "Quickly, go to the Inner Palace Supervisor and call Cuifengchai's back!"

The Cuifeng hairpin is the symbol of the mother of the Ming Dynasty, and the inner palace supervisor naturally has a picture book file.Not long after, Feng Bao returned to Kunning Palace with the back of the illustrated book.

Empress Dowager Li took the Cuifeng hairpin, compared them carefully, and was overjoyed: "This is really the Cuifeng hairpin lost during the orthodox years!"

Feng Bao took no time to flatter Empress Dowager Li: "The reappearance of the giant treasure is the auspicious auspiciousness bestowed on me by the heavens! This is the blessing of the empress dowager who respects the sky and loves the people!"

Empress Dowager Li ignored Feng Bao, she turned her head and asked Sister Wang Xi: "Since you know this thing is a treasure, why don't you keep it in your own hands, but give it to Ai's family instead?"

Sister Wang Xi replied calmly: "The treasure in the palace, how dare the daughters of the people keep it privately?"

Empress Dowager Li stared at Sister Wang Xi's dignified and beautiful face, and was silent for a while.

After a cup of tea, Empress Dowager Li finally said, "Feng Bao."

Feng Bao responded, "The servant is here."

Empress Dowager Li put the green phoenix hairpin in the brocade box and told Feng Bao, "Go, give this green phoenix hairpin to Sister Wang Xi."

Sister Wang Xi bowed her head and bowed: "Queen Mother, the status of a civilian girl is low, and she is not worthy of having such a treasure."

Empress Dowager Li smiled and said: "God, everything is God's will! You have a kind heart, otherwise you would not give steamed buns to the old beggar with white beard. It is said that what is good is rewarded with good. I think that old man with white beard The beggar must be an immortal from the sky who came down to help Daming choose a benevolent and benevolent queen! Seeing your kindness, he gave you this green phoenix hairpin! How dare you accept it at home? Let it be kept by you!"

When Feng Bao heard this, he was horrified at first: What Empress Dowager Li meant by saying this was to make Sister Wang Xi her queen!
Thinking about it again, Feng Bao was overjoyed again: Sister Wang Xi's father is my sixth brother's old brother.We are our own.If Sister Wang Xi becomes the queen, it will only be good for me, and there will be no harm!

Feng Bao respectfully handed the brocade box to Sister Wang Xi.

Sister Wang Xi knelt down, raised the brocade box above her head with both hands, and said: "Minister, thank the Queen Mother for the reward!"

Empress Dowager Li smiled and said, "Soon, you will no longer be a civilian girl."

(End of this chapter)