Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Chapter 486 1 laugh

So, the Xue family preserved many ancient recipes?

Daiyu's mind was slowly turning. She turned back to look at Baochai, whose face was pale. Her heart moved slightly, and she spoke directly:

"Princess Xue, these important prescriptions of your Xue family must not be in the second house now, but in your first house, right?

“Given your brother’s character, I’m sure your mother wouldn’t hand it over to him.

"Could it be that all those prescriptions are in your hands now?

"——Or, you also know nothing, and your mother still keeps it secret and has never given it to you?"

Xue Baochai closed her eyes slightly, and when she opened them again and looked at Aunt Xue, all the mother-daughter affection disappeared, and she asked coldly:

"Mother, where are those prescriptions now?"

Aunt Xue avoided Xue Baochai's gaze and said stubbornly, "That's the Xue family's stuff, I'm going to leave it to your brother.

"He, he is not yet determined, he has not yet started a family and he has not yet established a career. I will save it for him, in the future..."

"After we came to Beijing, I helped pack our luggage.

"Which of my mother's most secret and personal boxes and luggage have I not seen?

"Before I got married, my mother searched the whole house, the big warehouse, the shops in the capital, and even the warehouses of Xue Ke and his siblings to buy a dowry for me.

"If those ancient recipes are really still in your hands, how come I haven't even seen a single piece of paper?!"

Xue Baochai asked, tears streaming down her face, "I always thought you loved me the most, just like Bao brother always thought that aunt loved him the most.

"In fact, we are all fools!

"You sisters don't care about anyone but yourselves!

"When the imperial concubine was favored, Sister Yuanchun was the apple of my aunt's eye; later, when Baoyu won the old lady's heart, Baoyu became my aunt's life;

"Back then, my elder brother was the eldest grandson of the Xue family, and he was my mother's sweetheart; later, I was valued by my father, and I became my mother's jewel in the palm!

“But once the uncle who seems to be the most powerful among the four families speaks, Sister Yuanchun, Baoyu, my brother, and I will all become idle and abandoned!

"From the beginning to the end, uncle treated you as chess pieces, and you treated us as chess pieces!"

Xue Baochai burst into tears!

Aunt Xue was scolded by her daughter so much that she couldn't even lift her head. Her tears kept flowing and she could only stammer in denial:

"No, my dear daughter, listen to me, no...

"Your uncle is doing this for my own good and for your future...

"No, it's really not!"

Xue Baochai stiffened her neck and chest, her face full of anger. She wiped her tears with her handkerchief and looked straight at Aunt Xue:

"Since mother denies it, please tell me the truth:

"Where are those ancient prescriptions now? How many of them have you used? Who asked you for them, and on whom did you use them?!"

In the final analysis, all the foreshadowing was only to help Princess Zhaoqing get Mrs. Xue Wang's confession at this moment.

Princess West raised her eyebrows in understanding, curled her lips, but said nothing.

Watching other people's families fighting each other, mothers and daughters, fathers and sons turning against each other, and dragging each other into the abyss, was the last pleasure for her, who was gradually drowning in the swamp.

Mrs. Wang Ziteng, who was standing beside her, was only staring at Aunt Xue warily, her hands unconsciously clutching the golden edging of her wide purple Shu brocade sleeves.

Only the wife of Marquis Xiao Shi noticed something was wrong. Just as she opened her mouth to warn someone, a figure stood in front of her - it was the eunuch Chu Kai.

Chu Qian didn't even need to look at the face of Madam Xiao Shihou. Just the tall back view and the taut hands on the handle of the sword at his waist were enough to intimidate her.

Aunt Xue hastily said, "Except for the ones that Princess Xi just mentioned, I haven't touched any other ones!"

She glanced at Xue Baochai timidly and whispered, "The Xue family's traditional method is to pass down inheritance to males but not females, to sons but not daughters-in-law, and it has always been in the eldest branch...

"After your father died, your uncle said that I was soft-hearted and blind, and that I couldn't recognize people. Sooner or later, I would squander the Xue family's wealth.

"So the ancient prescriptions, medicine storehouse, and horse team for collecting medicine that the Xue family relied on were all taken away by him...

"He said he would manage and keep it for your brother first! When he grows up, he will naturally return it to your brother!

"Mother, your uncle is great! Your uncle will never harm us!"

A horse team collecting herbs?

Daiyu's heart was slightly moved, and she asked, "Where do the Xue family go to collect herbs? Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Chongqing, Qinghai, Tibet, Heilongjiang?"

Aunt Xue hesitated and said nothing.

Xue Baochai answered, "Both. But Qingzang accounts for 50 percent."

After a pause, he looked at Aunt Xue again and asked angrily, "Mother said that uncle would not cheat us, so why are the ginseng and snow lotus in recent years more than 70% less than when father was alive?

"It's impossible that he, who is in charge of nine provinces, is not as lax as my father in controlling the cavalry?

"Could those merchants who were collecting herbs dare to deceive a battlefield general who kills without blinking an eye?!"

Daiyu thought for a while, then waved to Chu Kui and whispered a few words in his ear.

Chu Qian's expression suddenly became serious. He nodded to indicate that he had taken note of it, and then stepped aside again.

Daiyu turned her head to look at Madam Xiao Shihou and Madam Wang Ziteng, and said with a smile, "Ms. Xue Wang has almost confessed everything.

"Do you two ladies have anything to add?"

Mrs. Wang Ziteng was stunned.

Mrs. Shihou glanced at Daiyu coldly, and after a pause of two breaths, she said, "Prepare paper and pen for me, I will write it myself."

The officer over there, who was writing so fast that his hands were almost broken, let out a sigh of relief, rubbed his wrist, and handed over a stack of white paper and pen and ink.

The thick confession was condensed into four thin pages.

Princess Xi, Mrs. Wang Ziteng, and Aunt Xue all signed and sealed the two copies of the supply paper with different expressions.

Daiyu looked at the pile of things, nodded with satisfaction, and then nodded to the Princess of the West with a smile:

"Since the princess has done this for me, I will do the same for her.

“The East King and the West King woke up together a few days ago.

“The King of the West called me over and wanted to discuss a deal.

"We have been friends for many years, and I believe you know the character of the King of the East very well.

"He had no patience to listen to those twists and turns, so he simply killed the King of the West with a single strike of his sword."

The legs of the Princess of the West and the Crown Prince's Consort went weak at the same time and they fell to the ground, their faces full of despair!

If a person is gone, there is nothing to expect!

"To be honest, I think the King of the East is still soft-hearted." Daiyu smiled again, sincerely, "According to your confessions today, the King of the West's crimes are probably worthy of being cut into pieces."

Princess West spat out a mouthful of blood onto the ground.

Daiyu looked at her with a smile, but instructed the female jailer: "Evidence, material evidence and confession are all necessary to convict a person.

"You must take good care of Princess Xi!

"If she dies before His Majesty returns to the throne, we will have a hard time explaining it."

The female jailer received the order and rushed forward like a wolf or a tiger, grabbed the West Princess and immediately stuffed her mouth to prevent her from biting her tongue to commit suicide;

Then they tied his hands and feet again, took him directly to an empty cell across the street, threw him in, and locked the door.

Want to commit suicide?

No way!

Daiyu turned to Mrs. Wang Ziteng and Aunt Xue and smiled again.