Passerby's daily life

Chapter 108 The Darkness Under the Lights

Speaking of Princess Ke, Ruan Qiniang couldn't help curling her lips, as if she is the only virtuous person in "the world", who doesn't know who!In modern times, it’s a rotten slang saying, “They’re all foxes of a thousand years old, what are you playing in Liaozhai?”

Long before, Susu had organized her words, and after thinking about it again, she said: "I got some news that Princess Ke is going to attack Elder Sister Ten, but I have no way to contact her, so I can only rely on Elder Sister Seven." You. As for where I got the news, this sister can’t tell, so please don’t ask me.”

Haha, it's so rude and direct, there is no way, Susu has learned a lesson from herself, that is, never lie, even if it is a white lie, it is very likely to collapse, and there is no way to justify it.

Ruan Qiniang naturally believed that Thirteen Niang would not make fun of Shi Niang's affairs, and that Princess Ke was a sweet-hearted woman. Although Shi Niang is now a concubine, she can wait for the Ruan family to return to the title later. Yu Wangfei's.

Princess Ke doesn't have a concubine yet. If Ten Niang's birth is a boy, although he is not the eldest son, he will be the highest among the concubines, and he will be the most threatening to her own concubine in the future. Jue, Ruan Shiniang's child was stillborn when Ruan Shiniang's status was low, and she took precautions.

Needless to say, what Ruan Qiniang thought was exactly what Princess Ke thought. After all, as the noble daughter of the four founding dukes of Ningguo, she naturally knew the will of the founding Emperor Shengwu, and the Ruan family would definitely be restored.

As a bedside person, Princess Ke naturally knows her prince's ambition, which is to ascend to the highest position, not to mention that her prince is still the emperor's son, at least half of the chance will be established as the prince. As for whether he can ascend the throne as emperor, In Dachu, brothers and princes really depend on their own abilities.

If King Ke fails, the best thing is to be imprisoned, and the worst thing is to die. Let’s not talk about the failure, but if King Ke succeeds, then Ruan Shiniang is also one of the four wives who are the first rank, noble, virtuous and virtuous.

Although all the adult men of the Ruan family were slaughtered and only two or three kittens survived, there were still some married girls from the Ruan family.Not to mention others, Ruan Shiniang also has a sister, Ruan Qiniang. Her natal family is the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, her aunt is the aunt of the Marquis of Wenchang Mansion, and her own husband's family is the Annanbo Mansion.

Only these three families can connect all eighteen honored nobles in series. Although the eighteen honored nobles have been married for generations, they are all relatives, but relatives are still close and distant. In terms of connections, even Princess Ke can't compare with Ruan Qiniang, and Ruan Qiniang The relationship with Ruan Shiniang has always been good.

At this time, Ruan Qiniang didn't know that because of her guilt towards her sister, taking care of her sister in every possible way was the fuse that caused Princess Ke to commit murder. After hearing Susu's words, she said, "Who hasn't kept any secrets yet? Seventh Sister Believe you. Ten Niang is about to give birth, even if you don’t tell me, I can’t worry about it. Then Princess Ke is a sweet-faced and bitter-spirited princess. It would be surprising if she could hold back her hand. Don’t worry, I’ve already Arranged someone to enter King Ke's mansion to protect Ten Niang."

Ever since Ruan Qiniang learned that Shi Niang had become King Ke's woman, although her teeth ached with hatred, she could only admit it by pinching her nose. Knowing that Shi Niang was pregnant, she took advantage of the time when King Ke's mansion was buying a servant, and secretly kidnapped her uncle. She managed to send one of her hidden guards into the palace, and now she is in front of Shi Niang.

After Susu knew this, she didn't let go of her thoughts, and said, "Seventh Sister, the news I got is that Princess Ke is going to do something during the flower feast in the palace. At that time, there will be a lot of people talking, and no matter how careful your people are, they may not be able to stop the murderous hands in the dark."

After all, Ruan Qiniang may have given Ruan Shiniang human guards in the original book, but Ruan Shiniang still made a terrible mistake, causing Ruan Shiniang's first child to lose her breath after birth.

Thinking of this, Susu's face was not very good-looking, and said: "Seventh sister, I learned something when I left the house this time, let's think about the bad things first, and just do the good things."

After finishing speaking, Susu picked up some important modern medical knowledge and told Ruan Qiniang, especially that the fetus was born without breathing, it may not be dead, and there may still be a weak heartbeat, after all, it will take days and nights to have a baby The phenomenon of being alive is to believe in the child's desire to survive. (As for whether there is any scientific basis, hehe, who cares, let’s treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor!)
Although Ruan Qiniang felt it was unbelievable, seeing Susu's serious expression, she also became serious and kept it firmly in her heart. "Our family really received a post about the Chrysanthemum Club sent by Princess Ke. I didn't expect that Ten Niang would threaten her so much. Princess Ke, who has always demanded herself as a 'future mother of the country', would not hesitate to slap herself on the mouth. At the chrysanthemum meeting."

Susu thought for a while, and felt that Princess Ke was really scheming, "Although it may cause trouble in front of people by making a move at the chrysanthemum meeting, it is also the best way to clear up the suspicion. After all, she presides over the chrysanthemum meeting, and everyone must also I thought she wouldn't do that self-blaming thing, what's that called?"

Ruan Qiniang laughed, gritted her teeth and said, "It's dark under the lights. I will also attend the chrysanthemum meeting, and I will play by ear when the time comes, don't worry!"

After talking about Ruan Shiniang, Susu saw that it was about time, and the four of Fendai and the others should come up, so she seized the time and took out an egg-sized jade lock of suet white jade from her cuff. With the words "every year is safe".

"Before, as a maid, every needle and thread was rewarded by the master. Even knowing that my sister gave birth to a nephew, as an aunt, I have nothing to sell. I carved this myself after I left the house. The material is your future brother-in-law. Sent it here, please don’t dislike it, sister, even though we can’t meet each other, it’s my aunt’s kindness.”

When Ruan Qiniang heard what Susu said, she almost burst into tears. Her heart was so sour, she wiped away her tears, and said with a forced smile, "How can I dislike such a good thing? I'll give it to Brother Zhen when I go back." Ruan Qiniang's son Her name is Zhao Anzhen, and she is two years old this year.

Ruan Qiniang took the jade lock, she saw it was very extraordinary before, and it was warm to the touch when she took it, so she knew it was extremely precious, even her dowry didn't have a few pieces of such top-quality suet white jade.Not to mention it was made by Susu herself.Naturally, she doesn't have shallow eyelids, but the joy on her face is very obvious.

"Susu, if a man treats you well, don't just listen to those non-repetitive sweet words. You also have to see if he handed over his private house, and see if he is reluctant to give you money. Seeing that my brother-in-law treats you very Shangxin, I will let go of half of my heart. When you go to the northwest and meet Liu Lang, I will be able to let go of the other half."

As she spoke, the expression on Ruan Qiniang's face became serious, "I just want to tell you a few words, if you find a chance, you can meet Liu Lang secretly, and I will also write to my mother, asking her to take care of you, as long as Don't be negligent, you have to know that if you are not careful, you may harm the people we love, the one above wants our family to die!"

Susu nodded firmly, and then felt a little embarrassed, and told Ruan Qiniang about the "cousin" remarks she had made up. I know what Aunt Su's background is, and the only father who knows the identity of Aunt Su is gone, and the only one left is Liu Lang."

Su Su didn't expect to hear such a secret. Aunt Su's identity was not even known to Mrs. Qin. She thought it was better not to inquire about it. Curiosity killed the cat!
Ruan Qiniang and Su Su gave a few more instructions, and handed over a big box she brought to Su Su, saying: "When you get married, my sister can't add makeup to you in a fair manner, so I just took this opportunity to give you something You deserve it." Ruan Qiniang thought for a while, and said, "Father still knows that he cares about us, and he left a fortune to my mother before the incident happened. , They naturally have no way to survive, and those belongings are for those who survived, but it's a pity that the one above keeps a close eye on the Zhen Guogong's mansion, otherwise, the second sister-in-law and sister-in-law would never have ended up like this."

Speaking of this, Ruan Qiniang's eyes were all red. Only the second sister-in-law of the third room was the only one who died tragically among the Ruan family's female family members. funny."

Susu looked at her worriedly, "Seventh sister, the dead are already dead and the living are like this!" Ruan Qiniang nodded, calming down, "I know, it's just Susu, you were sent to Yangzhou, so you don't know where to stay." What kind of insults have the Ruan family members in the capital suffered? If it wasn’t for my natal family being the Duke of Zhenguo and my uncle being the general guarding the northwest, I’m afraid I wouldn’t even have the courage to live.”

Ruan Qiniang didn't want to bring up the past, and Susu didn't want to know either. The burden was too heavy, so she could only say: "Seventh sister, we will always outlive him." Handing it over to the blood of the Ruan family is really a reincarnation of karma, and the retribution is not good.

Susu and Ruan Qiniang heard three knocks on the wall of the mechanism that had been flipped earlier, Ruan Qiniang said: "Your servant girl is coming up, and Seventh Sister is gone, I have something to contact, you are out of the house now, you have to be more careful .”

Susu couldn't help but reported to Ruan Qiniang, "Seventh sister, you and tenth sister must be happy too!" Ruan Qiniang touched Susu's head, without saying anything, knocked on the wall three times, and someone opened the door over there. The mechanism, the wall turned over again, and Susu was left in the box again.

Su Su didn't have time to be sad, so she quickly turned back the teacup Ruan Qiniang had used, pushed back the stool she had made, and it was just right when Fen Dai and the four little maids knocked on the door, only Su Su looked at the big box on the table A little worried, she still doesn't know what's inside, how will she explain it later.

Susu hurriedly opened the box and took a look. She was really shocked by Seventh Sister's handwriting. Even if their scumbag father found out, it would be impossible to leave so much dowry for a concubine, right? A box full of exquisiteness Precious jewelry, and a thick pile of gold and silver tickets, Susu didn't have time to count them, so she quickly stuffed them into the baggage she carried with her.

Then he closed the box and said: "Come in!" This time is only less than 30 seconds, Fen Dai and others will not doubt anything at all.Fen Dai and the others opened the door and came in, with a bit of embarrassment on their faces, Linglong smiled and said: "I kept the girl waiting for a long time, it's true that the jewels full of gold and jade are too exquisite, and the servants are too picky to pick and choose."

Fen Dai approached her fawningly, "Girl, what do you think of this hairpin picked by the slave?" As she spoke, she handed the hairpin in her hand to Susu. Susu took a closer look, but it was just a silver hairpin. However, there are a few red jewels inlaid on the head of the hairpin, which look like three or two plum blossoms. The rubies are not big and the clarity is not very good, but the workmanship of this hairpin is very delicate, and it looks very spiritual. Apprentices full of gold and jade are also very talented.

As for why Susu looked like it was made by apprentices, it was because she stayed in the Qiaogong Pavilion in Yangzhou for a period of time in order to learn carving. Trying hands, the buyers are also maids from rich families or girls and daughters-in-law from middle-to-medium rich families, and the value is between two taels of silver and five taels of silver.

Needless to say, Susu's eyesight was good enough to guess, and she asked: "How much money?" Fen Dai said with a bit of distress: "It's three and a half taels of silver!" Susu nodded, and said: "If it's about workmanship, You took advantage of it, as long as this hairpin is replaced with a slightly better gemstone, it may cost ten times more."

When Fen Dai heard Susu's words, she immediately beamed with joy, "The maidservant still has some broken gems that the girl rewarded, just look for a chance to set them again later." She naturally believed what the girl said, and Fendai looked at the hairpin just as she looked at it. 30 taels of silver.

Susu smiled unconsciously, and then looked at the jewelry picked by Qiqiao, Linglong and Shui Mo. Qiqiao picked a pair of lantern-shaped silver earrings, which were hollow inside and filled with a pearl the size of a bean. They were very small and cute. .

Linglong picked out a ring made of silver thread, the hair-like silver thread was woven into a peony flower, the small ring only used one penny of silver, but it cost a tael to make.

The ink painting is a pair of jasmine jasmine hairpins. The jade color is good, but the water species is not good, but it is still superior to the carving. Five or six small jasmines are gathered in a cluster, which is also lifelike.

When Susu asked someone to pay the bill, he actually learned that the four little girls had already paid the bill first. Susu couldn't laugh or cry, "Could it be that the master is so poor that he can't even afford this money?" The jasmine hairpin I had was the most expensive, only six taels of silver.

The four little girls shook their heads repeatedly, and said: "Naturally, the slaves don't think so, and they know that the girl loves us, but this is the first time for the slaves to buy jewelry by themselves, and they feel that it is more meaningful to use their own money." If the girls are poor It's almost the same if there is only money left, but their parents have long taught that the kindness of the master is not the reason for them to be unscrupulous, and they must also remember that "the favor of the mistress fights the hatred of the mistress," and they must not take it for granted that the girl treats them well.

If Susu knew how the parents of the four little girls taught them, she would be more grateful to Grandpa Qiao, but at this moment, Susu couldn't refute the reason they made, so she had to follow them, anyway. There will be more opportunities in the future.

Su Su also found a reason to come to the house full of gold and jade, so naturally she couldn't just leave without doing anything, so she asked Fen Dai to call the shopkeeper to come up, she took advantage of this time to untie the burden, took out the things she brought, and conveniently put the table The box on the top is stuffed into the burden.

Shui Mo and the others only thought that the box was the jewelry that the girl had already picked out. Although the box was a bit bigger and looked quite heavy, but the girl had money, so it was okay to buy more jewelry.After all, even those who don't have much money want to move all the gold and jade back. That woman can refuse jewelry, no!

(End of this chapter)