concubines

Chapter 12 Alchemy Furnace

The Xia family knew that Zhou Shuxuan didn't like her when she came in, but she had never seen Zhou Shuxuan lose such a temper, and wanted to explain intermittently, "My lord, my concubine... my lord... listen to my concubine's explanation..."

"Okay!" Zhou Shuxuan looked at her angrily, "You have to explain, my king asks you, where did the money in the shortfall in the account go?"

"My concubine... I don't remember, so many debts..."

Zhou Shuxuan didn't talk to her, and asked directly: "Did you spend it yourself, or did you spend it for someone else?"

"My lord, I really don't have a concubine's body. I spend every penny of my concubine's body on the people of the palace, and I definitely don't fill my pockets."

If she had a better relationship with Zhou Shuxuan, it wouldn't matter if she hid a little private money, but they were in this situation.

"The king trusts you."

Xia couldn't believe it, and seemed to see a glimmer of hope, but she was afraid of another accident. She was right, and Zhou Shuxuan immediately changed the subject, "But it's useless for me to believe you. If you don't go to your yard, you can check it out. It's really hard to calm down my king's heart. Wei Hai!"

"Have!"

"Go and have a look at the Xia family's courtyard, and try to be as light as possible."

At this time, letting them act lightly is almost the same as letting them do whatever they want.

"Your lord is slapping my concubine's face like this?" Xia Shi wiped away tears, not knowing what to do.She is a princess and her yard was turned over, how can she discipline her servants in the future?

Zhou Shuxuan was not afraid of her when she was crying, and Zhou Shuxuan was not afraid of her when she was like this, and asked disdainfully: "This king is just slapping you in the face, what can you do?"

"The concubine has suffered such a great humiliation, how can she see others in the future, it is better to die." After finishing speaking, he grabbed the hairpin at his feet and pressed it to his neck.Wei Hai also paused when he reached the door, waiting for Zhou Shu to make an announcement.

No matter how Miao Li looked at it, something was wrong, there was no one who really wanted to die, and the hairpin didn't touch her neck, probably because she was afraid of scratching her skin.He bent down and said to Zhou Shuxuan, "It's fake."

Zhou Shuxuan nodded slightly, of course he knew it was fake, but he hoped it was true.He gave Wei Hai a cold look, "Hurry up, are you waiting for me to invite you?"

"The slave will go right away." With the order, Wei Hai hurriedly left.

Xia Shi moved the hairpin a little closer to her neck, "Is it true that the prince doesn't care about the love between husband and wife at all?"

Zhou Shuxuan was laughed angrily by her, "What is the love between you and me? I will tell you the truth, the king will prepare the coffin and shroud for you the day you enter the mansion. As long as you are willing to die today, This king will go to ask the emperor to hold your funeral with the highest standard, which is the last love between husband and wife of this king."

Xia Shi closed her eyes, lowered her hands slowly, and sat slumped on the ground.It seems that there are some things that can't be hidden today, but he can't figure out the mystery if he finds out.

"Don't pretend to be dead on the ground, I also want to go and see what treasures are hidden in your yard, should you accompany me?"

Xia could not stand up at this time, Zhou Shuxuan asked two women to help her up, and dragged her out.

When she entered the room, she was still a graceful and luxurious princess, but now her hair was messy and her clothes were wrinkled, she looked like a crazy woman.Those who don't know the past are saying that the princess is pitiful, and those who know the past are saying in their hearts that she deserves it.

"Does the lord want to check the accounts or the gunpowder?" Miao Li pushed Zhou Shuxuan and whispered in his ear.

"By the way, there is also the matter of gunpowder." Zhou Shuxuan seemed to remember it just now. I don't know if he really didn't remember it, or he didn't want to mention it. "Someone invite that second young lady over here."

"Yes."

Maybe he can kill two birds with one stone today, Zhou Shuxuan was a little surprised at Xia's Miaoli, but Xia's eyes were evasive, probably not as aggrieved as it appeared on the surface.The night she entered the mansion, she hadn't heard any rumors about the Xia family and Zhou Shuxuan, so she had only found out the truth bit by bit.

Soon he arrived at the Xia Family Courtyard. As soon as he entered the courtyard, Zhou Shuxuan looked around the courtyard, with a sneer on his face, "It's amazing, the things I use are better than this king's."

When Miao Li heard what he said, she also carefully looked at the environment inside. When she came last time, she lowered her head and didn't pay attention to the things inside.Looking at it now, I was a little scared.

From the couplet on the plaque alone, she is very familiar with the inscription, it is the name of her father's former friend.The word "thousand taels of gold" means more than ten thousand taels of gold in Xia's courtyard.

Zhou Shuxuan probably hadn't been here for a long time, and his face was a bit surprised.

Before entering the house, Zhou Shuxuan stopped Miao Li, he didn't want to go in again, it might be scary inside, he was afraid that today he couldn't help but kill Xia.

Wei Hai has achieved some success there, and has turned over some strange things and placed them in the courtyard.

Alchemy furnace?
Zhou Shuxuan frowned tightly, what did the Xia family do with so many alchemy furnaces in the courtyard?Could it be that she is crazy and wants to practice some pills and eat them to become immortals and live forever?
Zhou Shuxuan played with the small stove in his hand and asked Miao Li, "What do you think she wants to do?"

The moment these medicine stoves were brought out, Miao Li knew in her heart that the Xia family might not be able to survive.

Miao Li didn't answer his question but instead asked, "In Tang Dynasty's "True Yuan Miao Dao Yao Lue", alchemists used sulfur, realgar, saltpeter and honey to burn their hands and noodles, and burned their houses. They were just practicing alchemy, my lord. Why do you think it is so powerful?"

Zhou Shuxuan's hands were unsteady for a moment, and the small alchemy furnace rolled down, "You mean, she used these to practice gunpowder?"

All kinds of traces point to Mrs Xia, if the little black grains in the racecourse came from Mrs Xia, Mrs Xia is the one who caused Zhou Shuxuan to break his leg.

Zhou Shuxuan was not the anger Miao Li imagined, but said to Miao Li: "Don't draw conclusions, you know this and I know it, don't let the third person know."

Xia's father still had some status in the court, and Xia's had always been on his side before, without sufficient reason, it would be even more disadvantageous for him to offend Xia's father at this time.It would be great if Miaoli's father was still there. With such a genius under his command, there is no need to worry about not being included in the bag.Zhou Shuxuan thought this idea was funny again, if her father was still around, she wouldn't be here.

Miao Li couldn't figure out what was going on in his mind, so she acted according to her words.

Xia Shi saw those things being dug out, but Zhou Shuxuan didn't respond, so he let out a sigh of relief, and she said that he couldn't possibly know what it was.

After the alchemy furnace, there was another pile of antique vases and jewelry, some of which exceeded the specifications of the princess.

Xia was half kneeling and half sitting on the ground, while Zhou Shuxuan was holding an embroidery frame, on which she still had unfinished embroidery work, a five-clawed dragon pattern embroidered with ink thread on a black background.

(End of this chapter)