Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Chapter 457 Old Script

Before finishing breakfast, Xue Baochai sent Ying'er to test the waters. After asking, she found out that Marquis Huaiyuan would not be here all day long. He only came for a visit at the 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. every day.

Xue Baochai had an idea in mind, but she became suspicious again: "How could it be so easy to find out?"

Ying Er sobbed and showed her her bare wrists: "My four gold bracelets were all taken away by them!"

Baochai smiled slightly, stretched out her hand and took off a jade bracelet with excellent water content from her wrist, took Ying'er's hand, and put it on her herself.

Without further ado, he hugged her shoulders and whispered in her ear affectionately:

"What's that? We've been master and servant for more than ten years, how much are a few pieces of jewelry worth?

"What's important is to have accurate information so that I can plan our future. Otherwise, should we be buried here together?"

Ying'er raised her wrist to look at the bracelet, her eyes lit up, she was distracted for a moment, and quickly blinked her eyes, becoming a little more sober.

Then she calmly turned her arm around, helped Xue Baochai back to the table, and whispered, "Now that you've said that, my lady, I suddenly remembered something.

"The voices of the soldiers further away were not so clear, but I vaguely heard them mention the word 'young madam'."

Xue Baochai was startled.

These soldiers...even if they are Marquis Huaiyuan's confidants, they should not openly talk about the women in Shangguan's family, and the young women at that!

So, could this be a trap?

Xue Baochai calmed down instantly: "I know. Go and rest first. Take your time."

Ying'er thought her words would make Xue Baochai even more excited, but unexpectedly she calmed down and had to lower her head and say yes and leave.

This girl who was close to me was not very smart, nor was she very considerate. But under such circumstances, she did not ask me if I wanted some drinks or snacks, which was rare.

Xue Baochai glanced at Ying'er's back with some surprise.

When he noticed that she closed the door, a trace of guilt flashed across his face, and he suddenly felt something in his heart.

The door is closed tightly.

Xue Baochai pretended to be tired, took off her shoes and lay down on the bed.

After a moment, Ying'er's wide eyes flashed through the gap in the window.

After a while, the familiar sound of light footsteps faded away, and Xue Baochai sat up with a grim face, put on her shoes, and looked in the mirror, only to find that the phoenix hair on her temples was shaky, so she had to call another maid in to help her with her makeup.

After tidying herself up for a while, Baochai rubbed her neck and pretended to be uncomfortable: "It's uncomfortable no matter how I lie down. I'm going to take a walk in the garden."

The maid responded and accompanied him.

Baochai knew that Ying'er had a habit. In spring and autumn, she liked to climb willows and pick flowers to make flower baskets as ornaments, while in summer and winter, she loved to twist straw ropes and make loops and buttons.

Whenever she is stressed, she loves to do these handicrafts.

It’s just that this kind of work is easy to spread over a large area.

When she was with him at home, there was naturally plenty of room for her to mess around. But since arriving at Prince Zhongshun's mansion, the servants' quarters where Ying'er lived were crowded and dark, and she became less and less willing to stay in the house.

The most common thing is to go shopping everywhere.

At the garden gate, Baochai frowned and stopped: "I came out in a hurry and forgot to bring the hand warmer. My hands are very cold. Go and get it for me."

The maid hesitated for a moment, then gave another instruction: "The prince loves snow the most, and after the snow, few people come to the garden, and no one cleans it.

“Princess, please be careful when you walk, don’t slip.

"Otherwise, you can wait for me in the corridor here. I will go get the hand warmer and ask the two sisters to come and serve the Crown Prince's wife?"

Baochai waved her hand: "You go ahead. I'll walk slowly and wait for you."

The girl ran away.

Baochai then began to walk in quietly.

She remembered that the lattice at the end of the curved bridge over the lotus pond in the garden was Ying'er's favorite place to go.

I walked slowly along the way, around the mountain and through the rocks, and slowly came to the back of the lattice, and finally I heard someone talking inside.

It was the voices of two men.

Xue Baochai was shocked.

There's a male guest?!

According to the rules, one should not listen to anything inappropriate. She should walk away quickly, avoid it, leave the garden, and go back to the backyard.

However, just as he was hesitating for a moment, someone inside said something earth-shattering:

"I think they must have succeeded at Chang'an Post. I just don't know if it was the Emperor or the Crown Prince. Otherwise, the Emperor wouldn't have been so anxious to fly over there overnight!"

"That's right. We can't act rashly now. We can just sit back and watch the fight."

"Your Highness is absolutely right. Regardless of whether it is the Grand Master or the Crown Prince, this news can be suppressed for three days, but not for seven days; it can be suppressed for seven days, but not for half a month.

"Based on Prince Yu's information channels, I'm afraid that the guard knew about it the same day he returned. That's why he was willing to linger with the prince at the Dali Temple."

“Not really.

"Prince Yu is quite scheming, especially pretending to be stupid.

"If he didn't have the ability to play dumb, how could he have survived among the cousins ​​of the retired emperor's generation and even got the great benefit of being the regent uncle?

"I'm afraid his people have already been sent over, but there has been no news from them.

"He just took this opportunity to change the direction of the wind in the capital..."

"Your Highness, what you mean is that Prince Yu intends to push the incident at Chang'an Posthouse onto the Emperor?!"

"Haha! Of course! Isn't this what we planned from the beginning?

“The Grand Master and the Current Master have been at odds with each other for a long time.

"When Lin Ruhai went to Jiangnan to serve as an official, the Supreme Emperor wanted to forcibly send this classmate with whom he had a close friendship to exile, so as to prevent the Supreme Emperor from becoming too powerful too early.

“So, the three lives of the Lin family were indeed taken by Prince Xining and his party, but it was the Emperor who gave them the opportunity.

"Look at the emperor's attitude towards the orphan girl of the Lin family. Don't you know how much hatred he bears for the emperor?"

The two men laughed out loud.

Xue Baochai was so horrified that her face turned pale!

This is his father-in-law, Prince Zhongshun, and his most trusted Qingke Xianggong!

They planned to assassinate the Supreme Lord and the Crown Prince at Chang'an Posthouse, and it has already been carried out!

They are plotting treason!

Xue Baochai just felt dizzy!

At this moment, the little girl's anxious voice came from the direction of the garden gate: "Crown Princess! Where are you, Crown Princess?"

"Crown Princess!?" The Qingke's voice sounded in panic!

Xue Baochai forced herself to concentrate, and hurriedly retreated a dozen steps, then stepped heavier, opened her mouth and laughed loudly:

"Ying'er! Don't hide! Come out!"

The lattice window was knocked open with a bang!

Prince Zhongshun had a gloomy and murderous look on his face, and he looked fiercely into Xue Baochai's eyes: "Xue! What are you doing?"

Xue Baochai shuddered all over and quickly knelt on one knee in the snow: "Daughter-in-law pays respect to father!

"Father, I feel a little unwell and would like to go for a walk in the garden.

"Just now I saw my personal maid Ying'er squatting over here from a distance.

"The daughter-in-law wanted to play a joke on her, so she came around quietly, but when she got there, she didn't see the girl!

"My daughter-in-law was so impetuous that she shouldn't have suddenly raised her voice and disturbed my father. I beg you to forgive me!"

Prince Zhongshun narrowed his eyes and said, "Girl?"

"Yes. My daughter-in-law's maid is named Ying'er." Xue Baochai lowered her head deeply, crossed her hands on her knees, and stood firmly.