51. Chapter 51
After being stared at Yuzhu with a rare sharp glare, Jue'er was so scared that she stopped talking and did not dare to say more.
But after waiting for a while, she didn't see Concubine Xiao coming to see him. Jue'er was a little stunned for a moment. Could it be that the second girl was waiting to receive the red seal before she could come to see Miss Six?
It took an hour to go back from outside the palace. Yuzhu greeted Ju Li, but when she looked up, she was startled.
The second sister I saw yesterday was still the beautiful and brilliant flower fairy on the Huashan Mountain, but today she had an unconcealed haggard on her cheeks. She walked slightly, as if she had been walking in the vicious sun for a long time.
Yuzhu was shocked and was about to ask Concubine Xiao, but there was something wrong with it, Concubine Xiao smiled and said, "The Lord ordered me to go to serve in front of you. Although I was worried that you were coming, I couldn't escape for a while. Why have I been waiting for a long time?"
Seeing that Concubine Xiao didn't want to say much, Yuzhu just looked at her with a little concern, and then said, "It's only a while. The scenery in the Palace of the Empress is charming, and I'm fascinated and not bored."
After Empress Xiao washed up and changed her clothes, she only called Yuzhu to the inner room and worried about her.
Without outsiders here, Concubine Xiao finally could speak freely. She just held her hand and asked softly: "You and I have been together for a short time, so I have to speak freely. I only ask you, if you enter Yao's Mansion, is it the meaning of Yao Taiwei?"
Yuzhu nodded slightly, and Concubine Xiao shook her head and said, "You! But why did he see it? Then he did...what bad things?"
Yuzhu didn't want to bother her second sister about her own affairs, so she smiled and said lightly: "Second sister doesn't have to worry about me. I am now a woman who left the court and I have no reputation. Besides, I plan to take up the jade craftsmanship, so it is even more difficult to learn from other women and not leave the market. Besides, the Taiwei is not a bully in the countryside, and the servants of the Yao family are more elegant than others. What else do you have to worry about?"
If Concubine Xiao had put this in front of the palace, she might have believed it. But after being immersed in this deep palace for several years, how can she experience the unpredictability of people's hearts? She, a concubine who was granted, sometimes has a sense of difficulty in walking in this palace, not to mention that her literary and weak sixth sister was detained in Yao's Mansion without any credit... And Young Yao is a famous one-night stand-in in the capital. She has not seen him calm down for so many years... "
After confirming that this was a hopeless evil fate, Concubine Xiao seemed to have thought of something and said with a wry smile: "When I entered the palace, I knew that I was hopeless in this life. I just wished you a good marriage, but why did you meet not a good person... After all, it was the Xiao family who was sorry for you..."
Concubine Xiao was so stupid that she understood every word, but Yuzhu understood. The sentence she sighed, "I am not a good person" probably refers to Wen Jicai?
Before entering the palace, my second sister had a friendship with General Wen. She was devoted to studying jade carvings at that time, and she was still young, so she naturally didn't understand that whenever her second sister mentioned General Wen, a smile appeared on her face. Now, she thought about it, her second sister was moved.
Unfortunately, the government sent someone to notify the Xiao family at that time, saying that he had sent his second sister a portrait before, and that he had a reply, and that his second sister had been selected as a beautiful girl. However, the second sister had already fallen in love at that time, so naturally she refused to agree to enter the palace.
Finally, my grandmother used a small car and sent someone to secretly take her to the water town outside the city, so that she could see Wen Jicai and a new widowed woman having a secret meeting in front of the door, and spent the night together in the middle of the night. When the second sister saw it, she was completely lost. She still remembered that the eldest sister, who had always been quiet, actually cried all night. After two days, she became a little calmer and even took the initiative to tell her grandmother that she was willing to enter the palace.
In just a few days, he was picked up by a convoy sent by the government, and he was separated from Wen Ji from one knife.
Only close sisters learned about this sad past.
Yuzhu was thinking, and Concubine Xiao curled her lips slightly and said, "But don't resent your grandmother's cruelty, even if she treats her own granddaughter. The girl from the Xiao family is like jade material. After cutting and polishing, she will wait to marry and only marry the higher price, no matter whether he loves jade or not...",
When I was in love with Wen Lang, I didn’t see my grandmother breaking the obstacle. But after the news of my choice came, my grandmother took Wen Jicai’s romantic relationship and woke me up without any trouble. Concubine Xiao didn’t understand back then, but now she figured it out.
It was just because she married Wen Ji that she would bring more honor to Xiao’s mansion than to marry Wen Ji. After weighing the pros and cons, her grandmother naturally gave up the young general in the northwest and chose the Nine Five Supreme!
Thinking of this and thinking about the situation of the sixth sister, Concubine Xiao felt sad: Fortunately, the fifth sister is average in appearance, and may be able to earn a good marriage. In the heart of her grandmother, only her grandson is the treasure of the Xiao family...
Thinking of this, she sighed: "Brother treats you wrongly, so it is understandable that he was exiled by the Grand Marshal. However, in this way, grandmother must be very sad!"
The thoughts that I have been so depressed that I can’t say even if I meet my mother. Only when I see this sixth sister who has been smart and quiet since childhood can I express it.
Yuzhu didn't know what to comfort her second sister. She heard that Xiao Shan was exiled because of Taiwei Yao's interference, and her heart suddenly became moved.
But it was difficult to speak for a while, so I could only reach out to hold my second sister's slender palm and comfort me silently. But when I reached out to hold it, I held the jade bracelet on the jade wrist of Concubine Xiao. Yuzhu was a jade slut, and when I saw any good jade, I had to look down at it. Now I was the old man again, so I glanced at it. But after looking carefully, I couldn't help but frowned slightly and said softly: "Second sister, can you take off this bracelet and take a closer look with me?"
Concubine Xiao always knew her sixth sister's hobbies, so she thought she was fascinated again. She smiled bitterly and took off the jade bracelet, handed it to her, and said, "This is a reward from the queen. It is said to be carved from the southern region. The workmanship is very exquisite and it has its own fragrance, which has the effect of concentrating the spirit. The queen pity my weakness, so she gave this bracelet to concentrate the spirit."
When Yuzhu heard that the jade bracelet was actually given by the queen, she frowned again, got up and walked to the window, raised the bracelet, and carefully looked at the texture and veins of the jade bracelet through the sunlight.
An old friend once said, "The jade nature is spiritual and spiritual, and it is a wonderful material for warming and nourishing."
If you soak the jade with medicine juice and wear it on your body, it will be like bringing a medicine bag twice the result with half the effort. The jade in the southern region is loose and can absorb a large amount of medicine juice, which is most suitable for warming and replenishing.
But what surprised Yuzhu was that the texture of the jade bracelet on her hand was very similar to the kind of medicine bracelet mentioned in a jade book she had seen before. That kind of medicine bracelet is a selection of jade materials from the Southern Region. After carving and polishing it into a jade bracelet, it is expanded along the natural texture of the jade bracelet itself, and carving fine holes are carved to store the medicine powder.
When wearing this jade bracelet, the medicine powder is slowly catalyzed by the heat from the wearer's body and slowly seeped out from the fine holes. The warm and tonic effect is much better than the jade pieces soaked in juice. Because the carved holes are similar to the natural texture of the jade material, they are very exquisite. Non-insiders can even see where the natural texture is or where it is hand-carved, so the price is very expensive and it is impossible for non-high officials and nobles to afford it. However, this carving technique has gradually been lost. In recent years, no one has ever heard of any craftsman who can make this medicine bracelet.
The most important thing is that what is most recorded in the lonely book is that most of this medicine bracelet is not used to warm the body, but is used as a harm to people. It is just because Tibetan medicine is not easy to detect, and many people are suffering from chronic poisoning due to this...
Now, the second sister's jade bracelet is not found in the subtle powder, but under the light, it is full of flakes, and it can be seen that the medicine powder is thoroughly eaten into the jade material...
Yuzhu was silent for a while and asked, "This bracelet is very special. Can you tell me who is the carving work of this jade bracelet?"
Concubine Xiao smiled and said, "Who else can besides the jade carving genius Fan Qingyun and Fan? You should know that now, Lord Fan doesn't touch the jade pieces, and his jade products are priceless. If it weren't for the queen's reward, I might not have the chance to get this treasure!"
When Yuzhu heard Fan Qingyun's name, she felt a surge of anger and was shocked and angry. What was shocked was that this person who thought he was seeking fame was really impressive, and she could carve and hollow out the medicine bracelet with such complex craftsmanship that had long been lost.
What’s angry is that this person is dedicated to utilitarianism. How could he give his second sister a good medicine for warm and tonic when making such evil things?
Thinking of this, she put the jade bracelet back on the table, smelled the faint fragrance from her fingertips and said, "How is the second sister's body since she wore this jade bracelet?"
Concubine Xiao smiled bitterly, I laughed at you as weak when I was a child. Now I realize that I am leaving the water and soil in the northwest, and my health is getting worse every day... It's okay, but I'm sorry to the emperor. I haven't saved two babies in a row. The dragon fetus fell down by itself in February..."
After hearing this, Yuzhu was already in a clear mind.
The father's instructions at the time of death were still remembered. When you are far away from the kings and princes, you should not interfere in the right and wrong in the palace. It was a dark abyss that didn't know the way forward. If you step a wrong step, you will be crushed to pieces and lose everything.
Behind this small jade bracelet, there are so many conflicts of power and interests involved, and the jade bead is hard to predict.
But her intuition told herself that this was a good opportunity to overthrow Fan Qingyun and ruin his reputation. Even if he took risks with his own life, it was worth a try - not to mention that this was also involved in the life of his second sister!
Thinking of this, she looked up and whispered: "This bracelet can't be worn anymore. Second sister... You may not be weak because you are slipping."
Chapter completed!