Da Suining

Chapter 128 A Night Pearl
Mrs. Xiang saw the clue.

She was getting old, and her eyesight was a bit bad, so she asked Madam Su to bring a lamp, and Madam Su brought the lamp, and Mrs. Xiang carefully examined the wound. The wound was thin and deep, although it was not necessary Life, but if it is a little deeper, then I'm afraid it will be more dangerous.

"Who did you meet when you went out? What happened? Someone wanted to kill you?"

Xiang Suining loosened his hair to cover the wound, got up and took the candle holder from Mrs. Xiang's hand and put it aside, and poured another cup of tea for Mrs. Xiang.

Mrs. Xiang didn't drink.

Mingzhu hesitated to speak.

Xiang Suining winked at her.

What happened to Xiang Suining, Mingzhu's heart ached so much, she wished she could tell the old lady about Xiang Suining, but she knew that Xiang Suining didn't want to worry the old lady, so she had to kneel down and say, "It's all slaves who don't care about it." Second Miss, it's the servant who doesn't take care of her well."

"What the hell happened?"

"Grandma, I was so bored during the few days I was sick, so I went around the countryside, and happened to meet several families flying kites. Grandma didn't see it, so I don't know how fun it is, and I don't know how delicate the kites are. , there are butterfly-shaped kites, lantern-shaped kites, and centipede-shaped kites. The centipede-shaped kite has dozens of legs. There is also Zhu Bajie’s kite carrying his wife. The daughter-in-law couldn’t be more beautiful. What's funny?"

"Funny thing?"

"There are a lot of kites, and everyone is chasing and watching along the river bank, but they saw an old lady knelt down, muttering something, saying that she had burned incense all her life, and had never seen a living Bodhisattva, and now the Bodhisattva appeared above her head, it must be She sincerely touched God, and she will definitely burn incense and add sesame oil to the temple in the future. Everyone wondered why she was the only one who saw the Bodhisattva appear. Later, the wind calmed down, and the old lady raised her head and muttered, It is said that the Bodhisattva is going to descend to the earth, and the Bodhisattva is going to descend to the earth, until a kite falls to the ground. It turns out that the Bodhisattva is a painting on the kite. It was the Bodhisattva who appeared and came to save her."

Madam Xiang didn't smile, but asked Xiang Suining solemnly: "What does your neck have to do with the kite?"

"There are so many kite-flying people, it's inevitable that some people can't take care of them. I just looked up, but I didn't look in front of me. I was cut by the kite string, right up to my neck. Luckily, it wasn't too deep, and it wasn't a serious problem."

"You child." Mrs. Xiang hurriedly asked Mother Su to take the ointment to apply to Xiang Suining, and then stuffed the box containing the ointment into her hand: "After applying this, there will be no scars in the future. Everything should be done more Just pay attention, what should I do if the cut is deep?"

"I remember my grandmother's words."

Mrs. Xiang was relieved now, she drank a cup of tea and ate some fruits, and Xiang Suining told her some outside things. That night, Xiang Suining slept next to Mrs. Xiang, maybe it was hot weather, maybe It was the wild cats on the beams that kept jumping around, and she couldn't sleep.

The silver moon is round outside the window.

The flower shadow is gentle.

A small cluster of potted flowers on the window sill is in full bloom, and the fragrance of the flowers is so strong that the whole bedroom is fragrant.

Although the summer heat was almost over, there were fearful of mosquitoes, so even though the mosquito net was propped up, Madam Su and the others pulled out a large bunch of mosquito grass and placed them on the small table beside their bed.

The Mosquito Grass has no special smell, and it is very refreshing when applied on the body.

People in Qingcheng like to grow this plant most. Whether it is a family with a field or the backyard of a wealthy family, as long as there is spare time, most of them will plant a clump. This thing is very effective in repelling mosquitoes.

Xiang Suining secretly pinched a piece of mosquito grass and spread it on the palm of his hand, it was so cold, like holding a piece of ice.

The coolness flowed from her palm to her arm, then passed through her body and entered her head. She was afraid of waking Mrs. Xiang, so she didn't dare to make too many movements while lying down, and she was extremely careful when turning over. It was just going back and forth in my mind, without stopping for a moment.

Dark night.

The drapery is deep.

The candles were extinguished, the moon was hidden in the clouds, and the moonlight was also dim.

Her mind was very clear.

She closed her eyes, blue fading in her mind.

She opened her eyes, and her eyes were also blue faded.

The appearance of him wearing embroidered flowers, the appearance of him drawing a knife, the appearance of him flying over the eaves and walls with her.

It's all about him.

I don't know how he is.

Will there be trouble.

The next morning, Lan Tui wanted to go on duty, but Princess Guo stopped him and forbade him to go: "Now you have picked up Liang Zi with Guo Kai, who knows if he will play tricks, if you go to the palace and he finds a group of people Wouldn't it be called Tian Tian not to give you a beating?"

"Mother, what happened yesterday is what happened yesterday. I'm in charge today, so I don't want to go."

Lan Yong also supported him: "If Tuer doesn't go on duty, in the eyes of outsiders, it will be Tuer's fault. He is guilty and dare not go out. Madam, do you want others to think so?"

Princess Guo didn't think so much.

She also listened to Lan Yong's words: "Since this is the case, Tuer will still go to work, and I will go to the palace."

Princess Guo took the carriage in the mansion and went to the palace.

She went to concubine Zhao Rui first.

If the guess is correct, Guo Kai must have gone to Zhao Rui to complain first, and then Zhao Rui took him to complain to the emperor, and then used the emperor's hand to clean up Lan Fai.

The process will not be messy.

Consensus courtyard.

Concubine He is being put on makeup by the grand maid Cai'er.

Cai'er is the court lady she is used to. She used to work in the Shang Palace Bureau. Because she knows how to match paints, she can grind various kinds of makeup powder, and she knows how to apply makeup. The technique is light and delicate. The makeup is vivid and outstanding. She begged the emperor to let her come to the Heyiyuan.

Every time Concubine He meets the emperor, Cai'er needs to dress up.

In front of the bronze mirror, Cai'er took a powder brush and gently patted the powder on Concubine He's sideburns. After powdering, she took out a rose red lip balm and prepared to apply it on her lips.

Princess Guo entered the Heyiyuan, and the maids of the Heyiyuan hurriedly reported that the princess had come.

Concubine He felt angry when she looked at Princess Guo in the mirror, but she couldn't take it directly, so she knocked off the lipstick in Cai'er's hand: "What do you do? When you are a caring person, look at what you do. How can you be worthy of following me like this? Still have the face to serve me in front of me?"

"Slave..." Cai'er was also taken aback. Although she came to the Heyi Courtyard, although she was beaten, most of it was because she made a mistake first. Concubine He's anger is a bit inexplicable today. She is obviously right. There is nothing wrong with the lip balm.

Concubine He lost her temper and her face was not good-looking.

She sat there, just turned her back to Princess Guo, and didn't even say a word of reason.

She thought that Princess Guo would apologize to her. The only Princess Langding in Qingcheng, how beautiful she was back then, didn't she want to come to her Heyiyuan to admit her mistakes?I'm afraid Concubine Mei Gui has never enjoyed this kind of treatment, has she?Even if Princess Guo's apology is affectionate, she can't be taken advantage of, and she must put on the concubine's spectrum and let her hang out, which is the aura of her concubine.

Unexpectedly, Princess Guo didn't like her at all.

Princess Guo sat down on her own. If there is no tea, let's have some snacks.

She ate up a plate of rice cakes with jujubes and nothing was left.

After eating the rice cakes, he began to feel thirsty, so he asked the maid to bring tea.

The maid looked at Concubine He.

Concubine He felt angry: "Is the princess still able to drink it?"

"You can drink it."

Unexpectedly, Princess Guo would not accept the move at all.

Concubine He could only nod her head.

The maid quickly brought over a cup of jasmine tea. After drinking the tea, Princess Guo felt much more comfortable. She happened to see Concubine He's embroidered cloth hanging by the window, so she held it in her hand and looked at it carefully.

Concubine He was born as a court lady, and her embroidery skills are not bad.

Among these concubines, embroidery skills are considered first or second.

Princess Guo laughed while holding the embroidering frame: "In the past few years, my son-in-law learned to embroider, and I hired a master from Yishui. When I was free, I often sat on the sidelines and watched, but now my embroidery skills are not very good. , but to see if other people embroider well, I am good at it.”

Even if she praised herself, she couldn't give her a good face.Concubine He thinks so, Princess Guo praises herself for her son's fault.

Unexpectedly, Princess Guo did not praise her: "In terms of color, the water you embroidered should not be green, which looks feminine, but should be water blue. The golden-yellow Panlong embroidered here, golden-yellow is good, The dragon is also embroidered with momentum, but the emperor doesn't like the style of the dragon. The emperor likes the unicorn beast. There is a reason why the emperor likes the unicorn beast. It was the year before the emperor became the throne. One night, the emperor dreamed of the unicorn beast. I brought him an emperor's throne, but the emperor didn't want it, so the Qilin beast insisted on following him. Later, the emperor really became the emperor. Looking back, the Qilin beast was an extremely auspicious sign. It's the cuffs, the purse, embroider this picture more, Concubine He, you embroidered the dragon, isn't it thankless?"

Concubine He thought about it carefully, it seemed that apart from the dragon robe, most of the other things the emperor had were embroidered unicorns.

She thought that the other concubines were stupid, they couldn't even embroider dragons well, and she wanted to embroider dragons to show the royal style by embroidering the stingy Qilin beast for the emperor to take.

It turned out that she was the one who was stupid.

She was just a little palace maid before, who knows why?
Princess Guo reminded her that she had sold her a favor.

Concubine He still didn't have a good face.

Guo Cheng came in at this time, with a bow on his back and a gray robe, as if he had just returned from the desert in the northwest.

As soon as Guo Kai came in, he asked for water, and the court lady Cai'er brought water, and Guo Kai drank three bowls in one go.

Concubine He secretly grabbed the handkerchief.

This son, how many times have I told him, is going back to bed to recuperate.

She wanted to take Guo Kai to file a complaint with the emperor, but unfortunately the emperor has been busy these few days and never met their mother and son.

She asked the imperial physician to see Guo Kai, but the imperial physician only said that he vomited blood heavily, but in fact, he would be fine after drinking a few medicines.Apply some medicine cake to the wound on the tiger's mouth, and it will heal in a few days.

Expecting that Princess Guo and her party would come to plead guilty, she told Guo Cheng several times that she wanted to pretend.

At this moment, Guo Cheng forgot again.

Concubine He coughed.

Guo Kai looked up and saw Princess Guo, he just called out "Auntie" and then wobbled and sat on the ground: "My chest hurts so much, I'm afraid I'm going to vomit blood again, I can't do it—"

It's too late to get into the show.

Concubine He hurriedly said: "Help my son to rest quickly, and help my son to collapse quickly."

Guo Cheng was helped by the maid to lie down, and the maid rubbed a warm towel and placed it on his forehead, and another maid who was smaller squatted down and beat his feet lightly.

Princess Guo moved to the front of the collapse, saw Guo Cheng's eyes were closed, and kept ouching, she said, "Qing'er is seriously injured?"

"Of course it's very heavy. Could it be that Cheng'er is just pretending." Concubine He was angry.

"Have you seen the doctor?"

"Of course I did. The imperial doctor said that it would take a few months to raise it. If it was an ordinary person, without good medicine for such a serious injury, I'm afraid they would die. I didn't say that, your family's Lan Fai will start with him—" Concubine He did not say anything. After speaking, Princess Guo pulled her sleeves, walked around the curtain, and pressed her on a bed near the window.

"Your son—" Concubine He was shocked as soon as she opened her mouth.

Princess Guo took out a black brocade box from her sleeve, opened the box, inside was a black brocade cloth, on top of the cloth was a night pearl the size of an egg.

Everyone in the world talks about the Pearl of the Night, but Shengdou Xiaomin naturally cannot see it.

Those princes and nobles also love it very much. If they have conditions, they will keep one in their mouth after death. It is said that it can illuminate the path of the underworld, and the ghosts of the underworld will know that this person is special when they see this valuable night pearl. , dare not embarrass.

Living people also love night pearls. If someone has one the size of a finger belly, it will be a disaster. The faint light at night is enough to illuminate a room.

Not to mention this egg-sized night pearl.

Searching through the emperor's warehouse, I'm afraid I can't find a few.

Although Concubine He has a lot of things like hairpins and bracelets, but she doesn't have such a round, big and flawless night pearl.

When Concubine Mei got a night pearl the size of a lychee, Concubine He was still her maidservant. Concubine He accidentally knocked over the brocade box, dropped the night pearl, and was so frightened that she knelt down on the porch for half an hour.

This night pearl the size of an egg can properly crush the one in Concubine Mei's palace.

Only Princess Guo can get such a rare thing.

If this luminous pearl fell on her Heyiyuan, the light at night would be enough to illuminate the whole Heyiyuan, right?
By then, those little hoofs will know how much she is favored, right?

Even Concubine Mei would have to bow down, right?
Concubine He stretched out her stretcher, almost touching the brocade box.

Princess Guo shrank her hand and took the brocade box back.

"Hey——" Concubine He was unwilling: "What does the princess want?"

"This was rewarded to me by the Empress Dowager in the early years. This is the only one that is so big in the whole palace. I put it in the warehouse for a long time and never took it out. Today I specially brought it to the sky. I heard that this night pearl can illuminate the room. She, to drive away the pain, isn’t the sickness of Ciao’er, just to drive him away.”

"What serious illness is it? It's not serious at all." Concubine He hurriedly said: "Don't listen to his kid yelling, what's the point of grinding teeth between kids? It doesn't hinder at all."

"really?"

"Seriously, seriously." Concubine He went to the bed and pulled Guo Cheng up.

Guo Kai couldn't afford it: "Mother, have you forgotten about me vomiting blood?"

"Is there any hindrance, you can eat or drink, go and shoot your arrows, I haven't practiced for a few days, my hands are going to be rusty."

Guo Kai had no choice but to be expelled from the Heyiyuan.

Not as good as that night pearl?

His own mother gave up herself for Ye Mingzhu?
Is this still my mother?

Oh my god.

(End of this chapter)