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"Father!"
Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei knelt down to salute King Zhennan together.
"Excuse me!" King Zhennan waved his hand to signal everyone to excuse themselves. He looked at Aunt Mei who was kneeling on the ground, frowned and asked, "What are you doing kneeling here??"
Aunt Mei raised her little face as white as jade, and shouted charmingly: "Your Majesty..." There was unspeakable grievance and cowardice in her pair of shining black pupils. She bit her lower lip with her white jade teeth, glanced at Nangong Yue with a hesitant expression, and then half-closed her eyes, her long eyelashes trembling slightly like cicada wings.
King Zhennan frowned slightly.
A playful smile flashed in Nangong Yue's eyes. Before he could ask, he took a step forward and gave another blessing. He respectfully reported: "Father, Aunt Mei is new to the palace and has not learned the lesson from our palace. According to the rules, my daughter-in-law is punishing her to reflect on herself for an hour so that she can remember the lesson this time and avoid making jokes in the future."
King Zhennan nodded suddenly, so that’s it.
The palace has always been in good order since the Crown Princess took charge, which shows that the Crown Prince's rules are very good.
He nodded and said: "Prince Concubine, you are in charge of the house now, you can make the decision!"
"Thank you, father." Nangong Yue thanked her respectfully.
Aunt Mei knelt down stiffly on the cold bluestone floor in winter, motionless, her thin figure looking pitiful.
The King of Zhennan glanced at the young and delicate concubine, feeling a little distressed, but he did not want her to be arrogant, so he strode away without saying anything.
After that, no one paid attention to Aunt Mei anymore.
"Sister-in-law, let's go to Merlin."
Xiao Fei and Nangong Yue continued to move forward according to their original plan, leaving Aunt Mei kneeling there alone.
Aunt Mei's personal maid glanced at the departing figures of Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei, and then at her master. She did not dare to help her get up. From time to time, maids and women passed by, whispering and pointing. Point and point.
After kneeling for a full hour, the maid carefully helped Aunt Mei up.
It was freezing cold, and Aunt Mei’s knees felt numb and cold as she knelt. She described how embarrassed she was as she was helped back to her yard by her maid, and then sent the people away.
When she was the only one left in the room, her expression changed. The original coquettishness and embarrassment in her eyebrows disappeared, and her expression became calm and decisive, as if she had changed into a different person in an instant.
She strode to the desk, polished the ink with her own hands skillfully, spread out a piece of silk paper, then picked up a wolf hair, dipped it in the ink, and started writing without hesitation——
"...The Crown Princess has a calm temperament, is decisive in dealing with things, and combines strength and softness. She has won the trust of King Zhennan. Now the internal affairs of the palace are under the control of the Crown Princess, and it is difficult to find any loopholes. I will continue to act according to the plan, Wait for the opportunity."
After putting away the pen, Aunt Mei read the letter again, pondered for a moment, and then added a stroke at the end of the letter, saying: "I heard that Her Royal Highness the Saint has arrived in Luoyue City. If you have any orders, please give me your instructions! ”
Aunt Mei carefully blew away the tissue paper and pulled out a flower hairpin from her hair. She deftly removed the hairpin from her hairpin, and it was shocking to see that the hairpin was hollow! She carefully rolled up the tissue paper and stuffed it into the hairpin, then put the hairpin head back on and removed a pearl on it.
After finishing all this, she put away all the pen and ink, and then whispered, "Ah!... Qinglan, Qinglan!"
The maid Qinglan who was waiting outside quickly opened the door and came in. She knelt down and said, "Auntie."
"My hairpin!" Aunt Mei's eyes were full of tears, and the tears seemed to fall at any time. She said at a loss, "This is a gift from the prince, why is it broken?"
Qinglan stepped forward to look at it and hurriedly comforted her: "Auntie, don't worry. It's just a bead that fell off. I'll just find a gold and jade shop to repair it in a few days."
"Yes, yes!" Aunt Mei's eyes lit up and she said, "Hurry up and get it for me to repair. When I was waiting at Madam's place, I heard that the masters in Jinmantang in the north of the city are good at craftsmanship. You can go there to repair it." Right." At this point, she paused, her tears seeming to fall, and she looked pitiful, "I am like a rootless duckweed in this palace, I can only rely on the prince. If the prince knows that I don't cherish his reward so much, Something, maybe, maybe... I have offended the Crown Princess, what should I do without the prince's favor?"
"Don't worry, Auntie." Qing Lan was concerned about her concerns and said loyally, "Concubine Wei is a nice person. I'm just going to fix a hairpin, so I won't embarrass you."
Aunt Mei took her hand and said expectantly: "Then you go and come back quickly."
Qinglan nodded and hurried away with the hairpin.
Aunt Mei looked at her hurried away figure, her red lips slightly raised.
Despite the strict rules of the palace, the imperial concubine, as the daughter-in-law, still has no control over her father-in-law's inner court. Concubine Wei has always been easy to talk to, so as long as she gets her permission, it is not difficult to go out and do some "small things".
Aunt Mei opened the window leisurely, and the cold wind came with the refreshing fragrance of plum blossoms. She remembered that just now, the Crown Princess and the eldest girl were walking hand in hand. The maid who was following behind was carrying a small red clay stove, a copper pot and a bamboo basket. She must have planned to go to appreciate the plum blossoms... She had heard about it before entering the palace. The Crown Princess and the eldest girl have a very good relationship, and it seems that is indeed the case now.
Maybe this will be a breakthrough...
The plum blossoms in the Zhennan Palace are in full bloom, and all kinds of wintersweets are in bloom, especially in the north garden, which has the best scenery.
Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei cooked tea and admired the plum blossoms, splashed ink and wrote poems. A picture of winter plum blossoms jumped on the paper. In the picture, the winter plum blossoms were in full bloom. A gray eagle stopped on the branch and pecked its wings, adding a new feeling. Full of life.
Both of them thought the painting was very good, and Nangong Yue even asked Baihui to frame it with great interest.
Xiao Fei muttered regretfully, "It would be nice if there was snow." As she said that, her eyes lit up and she said, "Sister-in-law, let's pick some plum blossoms and make some snacks."
Nangong Yue agreed with a smile, so the two of them and several maids happily picked several baskets of plum blossoms in the garden.
Xiao Fei ordered the maid to take the baskets of flowers back to Yuebiju, vowing to go back and make plum blossom sugar jam now, and invite Nangong Yue, Mrs. Fang, and Han Qixia to taste the plum blossom cakes she made in two days. Served with plum blossom tea.
Seeing that Xiao Fei was in high spirits, Nangong Yue let her do what she wanted.
After bidding farewell to Xiao Fei, Nangong Yue returned to Bixiaotang.
Despite the cold weather, after some activities in the garden, she still sweated a little and went to the clean room to bathe and change clothes.
After Nangong Yue was completely refreshed, there was a sound of curtain lifting, and Que'er came in holding a booklet. He knelt down and said: "Prince Concubine, this is the first roster that has just been recorded. In it are the names of those who are responsible for the little ones." Garden flowers and trees, slaves sweeping the house. You take a look at it first. If this is possible, then the slaves will continue to do it."
Nangong Yue responded, took the roster, put it on the dressing table, opened the first page, raised her eyebrows slightly, and then turned another page...
Quie'er is indeed promising. The roster not only carefully notes the origins of these people and how many years they have worked in the small garden, but also what positions they have held in other places in the mansion and how long they have been there. They were all listed one by one, as well as their family relationships in the house, etc. Even after she read them, she felt that she couldn't be more thoughtful than her.
Looking at the corners of Nangong Yue’s mouth that became higher and higher, Que’er puffed up her chest proudly. She didn’t chat with people for nothing in the palace on weekdays. Even if she didn’t want to say something, it didn’t mean that She had no other way to get information.
Nangong Yue turned down page after page... Suddenly, her hand that was about to turn the page stopped, and her eyes fell on one of the pages thoughtfully.
It says about Mrs. Luo who is responsible for sweeping the garden. This Granny Luo was just a rough lady in the palace, and she was ordinary enough. What attracted Nangong Yue's attention was Granny Na Luo's daughter - Granny Luo had a daughter named Banxia, who was once the third-class daughter of the late Princess Dafang's courtyard. The maid was later sold because she made a mistake.
Nangong Yue half-squinted her eyes and stared at the time noted above, 19 years ago, the second day of February... Couldn't that be shortly before Xiao Yi's mother-in-law gave birth?
Nangong Yue meditated quietly, tapping the index finger of her left hand a few times on the dressing table.
Logically speaking, the former princess’s baby was about to be born at that time. In order to accumulate blessings for the newborn, unless the slave really made an unforgivable mistake, the master would generally be more lenient to the servants. Why is this half Was Xia Hui sold out at this time?
Did Banxia really make a big mistake, or...
Nangong Yue couldn't help but think of Sun Xinyi's aunt. Back then, she planned to be sold because she accidentally knew some secret things to save her life. Could it be that this maid was the same?
Quie'er and Huamei looked at each other, wondering how it was just a small garden roster that could make the Crown Princess show such a solemn expression.
"Prince Princess..." Que'er looked at Nangong Yue nervously, wanting to ask if there was anything wrong with the roster.
Nangong Yue’s left hand stopped, and her lips pursed into a straight line.
No matter whether you are too suspicious or not, even if there is a slight possibility, you cannot miss it!
"Magpie, go find the old roster from nineteen years ago..."
When Nangong Yue made the time so specific, Que'er also somewhat understood that the Crown Princess must be looking into the past. It seems that my errand has been completed!
She responded energetically and hurried down to do something.
Not to mention how the palace's warehouse where old account books were kept was turned upside down, the box of old rosters and a large box of account books were moved to Nangong Yue's yard by several women.
The maids dusted off the dust first and then presented it to Nangong Yue.
The first book Nangong Yue wanted to look through was the roster in Dafang’s courtyard. The roster from so many years ago was in dilapidated condition, some were eaten by insects, some were off pages, and some were dim and unclear. Fortunately, Nangong Yue still found the name Banxia on the fifth to last page of the roster——
This Banxia worked as a third-class maid for Dafang family for half a year, responsible for cleaning the tables and chairs in Dafang family's house.
Nangong Yue frowned slightly when she saw the last line.
The roster does not mention what mistake Banxia made, nor does it mention which Yabo took over.
However, most powerful families will not use those second- and third-class Yapo, let alone Zhennan Palace!
For mansions like Zhennan Palace, fixed teeth are used.
Nangong Yue ordered again: "Look for the account books from nineteen years ago to see which family used Yapo in the palace at that time. Are they still in Luoyue City now?"
As soon as she gave the order, the maids immediately rummaged through the boxes and cabinets to search. After a while, they found out that the palace used a Li's dental shop, and even noted the address of that dental shop.
Nangong Yue naturally ordered Baihui to investigate again, but this time, the result disappointed her.
"Prince Princess, Li's Dental Shop closed down ten years ago. I heard that the Li family all moved to Linbai Town and never returned to Luoyue City."
Nangong Yue felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured on her, and her originally boiling heart suddenly calmed down.
Yes. It has been almost nineteen years, not nineteen days. How could things have gone so smoothly?
The inner room was quiet for a moment, and then Nangong Yue said in a deep voice: "Baihui, go and pass the message to Zhu Xing and keep looking." As long as the Li family is still alive, even if they search every inch of soil in southern Xinjiang, Everyone needs to be found!
Then he ordered Que'er: "Que'er, go and find out what mistakes that Banxia made that year..."
"Yes, Crown Princess."
The maids are all busy again, especially Queer. Not only does she have to check on Pinellia ternata, but she also has to register a copy of the palace's roster. She will be busy for a long time!