Di daughter is easy to marry: the stunning princess

Chapter 293 Bad news

A good night's sleep, not even a dream.Listening to the loud birdsong outside the window, Jin Xi reluctantly opened her eyes, if she wasn't afraid of being told a joke, she really wanted to sleep until dark.

Qin Xiao obviously got up early, and the place where he slept was not warm at all. Jin Xi turned over and hugged the pillow Qin Xiao had slept on, smelling the faint manly scent on it, his heart was filled with a softness called happiness.

Jin Xi waited for a while before getting up to take a shower. When he came out, he didn't see Qin Xiao anywhere, so he couldn't help but ask, "Where did your son go?"

Qing Xing took a boxwood wide-toothed comb and skillfully combed Jin Xi's hair, and while smoothing her hair into several strands, she said, "My lord was sent away by the prince before it was light, and I specially ordered my servants not to wake the girl. He also said to let the girl do whatever she wants. Just tell the girl to have dinner with him when he comes back!"

Jin Xi responded lightly, knowing it.There was an indescribable sense of loss in my heart, waiting for him to come back for dinner, that is to say, he won't come back for a day?

In the past, Qin Xiao often disappeared, and it was not uncommon for him not to be seen for ten days and a half months. Jin Xi didn't feel comfortable.But now, she just couldn't see Qin Xiao for a day, and she couldn't help but start missing him?
Since when did she become so attached to Qin Xiao that she didn't want to be separated for a moment?
Jin Xi was stunned and did not speak, Qing Xing didn't know what she was thinking, so she was tactful and did not talk much, but her hands moved more swiftly.After a while, I combed a bun to welcome the immortals, picked a red gold dotted emerald butterfly hanging bead hairpin and inserted it obliquely on one side, and fastened it with two temples inlaid with red and sapphires on the other side.

Seeing that she took another small flower crown made of rice beads and wanted to insert it in the middle, Jin Xi quickly waved her hand, "I don't see customers and don't go out, don't make it so formal, I'm so tired!" Really tired, four or five things are heavy The jewelry on the top of the head, the neck is sore all day long, isn't this just asking for guilt?
If she could, she would rather wear her hair down and tie it with a ribbon.

"Young girl just got married, it's taboo to be too plain!" Qing Xing didn't agree with her words, the three dynasties hadn't passed yet, and the servants in Uncle Changping's mansion saw her dressed too plain, and thought she didn't have any jewelry.

Jin Xi also knew that Qing Xing's words were justified. Anyway, there are two elders in the Changping uncle's mansion. As a bride, she is dressed too plainly, so it is easy to make people talk about it.

Glancing at the dressing table, she pointed to a few silk flowers piled up with organdy in the box, and said with a smile: "Wear this one, it's lighter than that pearl crown, and it's also joyful!"

Qing Xing looked at the pearl crown in her hand and at the few silk flowers in the box, and couldn't help but wonder, girl, do you know which one looks better?The other girls have expensive jewelry for fear that others will not know, so they can't wait to change it ten times a day.You are so lucky, just trying to save trouble!It's a pity that Master Shizi refurbished these jewelry for you!

Jin Xi finally waited for Qing Xing to help her put on the silk flowers, turned her face and saw the clothes Qing Xing had picked out for herself, and couldn't help sighing, "Put away these big clothes for going out, I'll just wear them yesterday That homely jacket."

"That's not allowed!" Qing Xing, as a big maid, also has her own insistence, and she does not give in to Jin Xi's idea of ​​being lazy and unmotivated. "The girl just got married, so it is reasonable to change her clothes three times a day. In the morning, I will ask the elders to wear formal clothes, during the day, I will dress more expensively in the house, and at night, I will serve the son for dinner, and I will wear more lively clothes..."

Then there is no need to do anything this day, just change clothes and play!Jin Xi gave her a blank look, and said directly: "It's not that particular, just a home jacket will do!"

Seeing that Qing Xing was doing her best and wanted to persuade her, Jin Xi hurriedly changed the subject, "Why didn't you see Haitang? Yesterday you delivered something to Mrs. Uncle, what did Mrs. Uncle say?"

When mentioning what happened last night, Qing Xing shuddered, she looked back and realized that she hadn't seen Hai Tang since she got up in the morning.

Hearing that Zhang Gen's family had already set breakfast in the side room, Qing Xing hurriedly sent the little maid to find Hai Tang, and let her come in to serve Jin Xi.But the little maid went out and looked around, but she couldn't find anyone.He also said that the woman guarding the gate saw Haitang go out early in the morning, and she hasn't come back yet.

Qing Xing suddenly had a bad feeling, Hai Tang had bad legs and feet, and rarely left the yard, and came in early every morning to take care of her, why did she leave the yard silently today?
She suddenly remembered that Haiyan, the little girl next to Mrs. Uncle, said yesterday that Mrs. Uncle would go to the back garden every morning to fold a few flowers and put them in vases. Hai Tang would not go to the back garden early in the morning to block Mrs. Uncle, right?

The more she thinks about this possibility, Qingxing's face turns pale. What if Madam Uncle is just like Haitang suspects...

"What happened?" Jin Xi originally asked casually, but when she saw that Qing Xing's face turned pale with fright, she immediately became alert.

Qing Xing didn't know how to put it, she felt that this kind of fantasy was more suitable for Hai Tang herself.

But before she opened her mouth to explain, Mammy Yu suddenly brought a few people and ran in stumblingly, out of breath, said: "No, Shi Zifei quickly send someone to take a look, the one next to you is called Haitang The big maid slipped and fell into the lotus pond!"

"What?" Jin Xi stood up abruptly, "Did you get rescued? Did you call for a doctor?"

"The person was rescued, but..." Nanny Yu didn't expect Jinxi to react so strongly, she looked at her in embarrassment, wiped her eyes and sighed after a while, "There is no one in the back garden early in the morning, wait until the garden is swept When my mother-in-law found Miss Haitang, she was... out of breath!"

"Impossible!" Jin Xi's eyes darkened, and she almost fell over.How can such a good person just say no and disappear?
Aunt Yu was quick-sighted, and helped her up, "My condolences to the Princess, what do you think we should do now?" The implication is, should Haitang's funeral be handled according to your rules or our Changping House's rules?

Jin Xi couldn't hear her subtext at this time, and regardless of whether it was bad luck or not, she ordered to lead the way, and went straight to the back garden of the Changping uncle's mansion.

At this time, the master didn't say what to do with it. Of course, Haitang's body was still placed beside the lotus pond.The boat girls who salvaged the corpse didn't dare to go far away, they stood far away under the shade of the trees, talking in low voices.

The white cloth covering Haitang's body was extremely glaring under the sun, and Jin Xi saw it from a distance, and his legs became so weak that he couldn't move.Leaning on Qing Xing's body, she half dragged her to the white cloth.

Nanny Yu stepped forward and lifted a corner of the white cloth.Seeing Haitang's swollen face, Jin Xi couldn't hold back the tears anymore, and cried out with a whimper.

"Haitang!" Qing Xing threw herself on Haitang like crazy, crying bitterly.All these years, she and Haitang have lived and ate together, and they have long been in love with sisters. She would never have imagined that the person who was alive and kicking last night, now lying here coldly, staring at the sky with rigid eyes, is actually...unfortunate to die!
The master and servant surrounded Haitang, crying loudly.The boat girls in the distance were stunned and looked at each other in disbelief.Isn't it just a dead girl?How could the master be so disregarding the rules and cry loudly in front of people?

Nanny Yu was also dumbfounded, she didn't expect to go up to comfort Jin Xi.

Jinxi cried for half an hour, until she was so hoarse that she couldn't make a sound, so she held back her tears and said, "Find an empty room, let Haitang stop for a while, and find her mother-in-law What? I have something to ask her!"

Nanny Yu seemed to have expected Jinxi to say this, and immediately pointed to the woman in the brown cotton jacket standing behind her and said, "This is Mrs. Zhao who found Miss Haitang. If you have any questions, the princess, please ask!"

The woman fell to her knees with a thud, not knowing what Jinxi was going to ask her, her tongue tied in fright. "It's... old... old slave who discovered...!"

Jin Xi suppressed her grief, raised her eyes and gave Mrs. Zhao a few glances up and down.The skinny old woman in her fifties knelt down and didn't even dare to lift her head, she seemed to be very honest.Thinking about it, as a poor envoy who cleans the backyard, she is simply a servant among servants, so how can she be a publicity figure.

Mrs. Zhao knelt there, her back was drenched with sweat from the sun, but she didn't dare to move, she kept scolding herself for being unlucky, how could she be the first to find Haitang's dead body?
She was complaining to herself, when she suddenly heard Jinxi ask: "When did you find Haitang? Who else was with you at that time? What was Haitang like when you found her?"

Jinxi's tone was quite calm, Mrs. Zhao let out a long breath, and her tongue became sharp, "Return to the princess! Today is not the old slave's shift, it should be my in-law's shift. Yesterday, the old slave celebrated his birthday and set up a table of wine at home. My in-laws had a bad stomach for a while, and couldn't get up on the kang. The old slave had no choice but to take over for her.

Yesterday, the old slave also drank two more cups, and arrived at the garden a quarter of an hour later than usual. At that time, the fog had not cleared, and the old slave didn't see anything wrong.It took half an hour to sweep from the gate of the garden to the lotus pond.

At that time, I saw a touch of red material floating up and down in the lotus pond, and the old slave thought it was a little maid's handkerchief or something throwing around, so I took a bamboo pole to fish it, and then..." I remembered that when I went down the bamboo pole, it floated up. With a dead body with eyes closed, Mrs. Zhao shivered subconsciously.

Jin Xi knew that it was impossible to ask anything of value at this time, but she still didn't give up, "You were the only one at that time?"

Mrs. Zhao nodded her head, and suddenly raised her eyes to look at Yu Yumo without hesitation.

Aunt Yu glared at her, "If you have anything else to say, just tell the princess directly, what are you doing in a secretive manner?"

Mrs. Zhao shrank her neck, and immediately shook her head, "This old slave has told me everything I know, there is nothing else to say!"

Jin Xi frowned, she had an intuition that Mrs. Zhao still had important things to hide. "It's a matter of life and death. If you still know something, it's best to say it now. Otherwise, it's not the way to ask someone from the yamen later!"

"Ah?" Mrs. Zhao trembled in fright.Nanny Yu also looked at Jin Xi in surprise, "What does the princess mean by that?"

Jin Xi gritted her teeth and said, "It's nothing interesting, it's just that Haitang can't die so vaguely. I want to ask Chuzuo to do an autopsy!"

(End of this chapter)