Chapter 261 The Daughter of the Sinful Minister 9
The golden hairpin disappeared, and Furong didn't dare to ask: "Miss, which hairpin are you wearing?"
Xining looked at the jewelry box and found five or six hairpins of various materials. Although the Gu family does not have a high official position, it has a rich family fortune, and each hairpin in it is worth at least one or two months to a commoner's household. And in her package, there were five sets of heads and faces inlaid with various gemstones.
After thinking for a while: "Open my package and take out the ruby head and face."
Fleur was stunned, but still did as she was told.
Mu Xiang came again from the eldest lady's place. Although Mu Xiang was already in her twenties, she was startled when she saw Fu Rong putting on the ruby tial that was worth thousands of gold and serving Xi Ning to put it on in turn.
Xining looked at the woody fragrance in the flower-prism bronze mirror: "Did mother ask you to come here?"
Muxiang bowed slightly and lowered her head: "Exactly."
Xining sighed slightly: "The store should prepare breakfast at this time. Buy all the steamed buns and snacks. Use some if you have time to eat. If you don't have time, see if you can use them on the road."
After Mu Xiang responded, she went out. I will definitely tell the eldest lady everything I see here. If the eldest lady knows, the old lady will also know.
After Fu Rong finished serving her, she couldn't help but say, "Miss, she's so pretty." After saying that, she choked up and turned her head to wipe her tears secretly.
Looking at myself in the mirror, I really depend on my clothes. My whole body lights up. The ruby pendant hangs by my ears, making my skin look whiter and whiter.
"Go get some porridge and ask the old lady if there are any pickles. If so, ask for some." After Xining ordered, he stood up, walked to the window, opened the window gently, and looked out.
The sky is getting brighter, but there should be no sunshine today, and thick clouds are covering the sky.
She looked down and saw two Jinyi guards standing outside the store door. The two of them were talking to each other, as if they were whispering something softly.
Feeling something strange, they both turned to look out the window almost at the same time.
Xining did not hide. He seemed guilty if he hid, and faced them face to face.
The figure of the body master made them stunned, and a touch of beauty seemed to be reflected in his cold eyes. There was no other reaction. Xining nodded at them half-smilingly, then stepped back and left the window.
Furong came in carrying a plate with a mournful face as if someone had died in her family. A large bowl of rice porridge, two plates of pickles, and a few meat buns were placed on the table one by one.
Xining was already sitting at the table, picked up the chopsticks, and asked leisurely: "Has grandma had breakfast?"
Fu Rong took the small bowl and scooped the porridge into the big bowl, her voice still trembling: "The old lady sent Musk to get it. When I learned that the young lady wanted pickles, I ordered some of them. The eldest lady is in the old lady's room. We will use them together." Breakfast.”
Since the old lady is a merchant from Yangzhou, there are many kinds of pickles in the Jiangnan area, mainly sweet and crisp. Normally, the old lady's wet nurse would also make sauce, and the caravan from Yangzhou's hometown would bring a lot of it when they came to the capital. The body owner usually likes to ask the old lady for food, but now that he has no appetite, it would be best to have it with porridge.
Xining nodded, picked up the porridge and took two bites: "You can eat it too."
Furong made a sad face: "How can I eat this slave?"
Xining seemed to be sighing: "I don’t know what the food in the Tianlao tastes like. If you don’t eat it now, you may not be able to eat it in the future."
After hearing this, Furong thought for a while, picked up the meat buns that had just come out of the pot and started to bite them. Eating hard, before finishing the one in one hand, he picked up another one with the other hand.
Xining...
"Hurry, hurry!" There were shouts accompanied by footsteps outside.
Fu Rong was eating the steamed buns and took a look at the window. She immediately grinned, holding the unswallowed steamed buns in her mouth, and cried: "Miss, they are government servants, there are many."
It seems they are here to catch them. Xining continued to eat: "Why don't you eat quickly?"
"Yeah, yeah!" Furong ate even faster, making her cheeks bulge.
Chaotic footsteps went up the stairs, and then a door was kicked open. Following the kick, a fierce voice sounded over and over again: "Come out, come out all of us!"
When the door of the eldest daughter of the Gu family was pushed open, two government servants with knives rushed in and pointed their knives at the two girls who were dining.
Xu Mian stood outside the door and did not see that many of the criminal's family members were in panic. Except for the aunt who cried bitterly with her children in her arms and screamed when she kicked the door open, the other principals were having breakfast.
He unknowingly moved to the door of the eldest lady Gu Wanxin. When the door was kicked open, the yamen rushed in.
I saw Gu Wanxin, who was radiant and dressed as if she was about to enter the palace, sitting in front of the Eight Immortals table, holding a small bowl with pickles and eating slowly. The maid standing behind her was holding meat buns in both hands. Although her face turned pale with fear and her legs were shaking, she kept stuffing them into her mouth and chewing them.
Gu Wanxin swallowed the rice porridge in her mouth and asked leisurely: "Master Xu, you want to have breakfast at my daughter's place again?"
Unexpectedly, Gu Tingrui's obedience in the court was like a mere charlatan, but the members of the Gu family were actually a little brave.
It's a bit interesting. The corner of Xu Mian's mouth curled up inadvertently: "I have already used this seat."
"Oh~" Xining picked up another chopstick with pickles, finished the last mouthful of porridge, put down the bowl and chopsticks, stood up, and walked over.
As expected, the eldest daughter of the Gu family had a very strict upbringing. When she walked, she would not move her skirt, and her two ruby earrings as big as thumbs would not move at all. She has a graceful and steady temperament, which is nothing more than the empress in the palace. It was as if the shining official sword had become a decoration, and she didn't even look at it.
When he walked to the door and stopped, he felt that his maid was not following him, so he said leisurely: "Fu Rong, bring all your things! Bring the remaining steamed buns on the table as well."
"Yes, Miss!" Furong immediately put the packed package on her back and went to pick up the steamed buns with both hands. She found that even if she held it with both hands, she couldn't hold it in her mouth, so she simply threw the steamed buns in again and picked up the bowl containing the steamed buns.
This made everyone present dumbfounded.
Xu Mian thought for a while and finally said it: "Regardless of whether Gu Shilang was involved or not, the Gu family's flight early in the morning still needs to be reported back to the capital. After the investigation is completed, the emperor will make a conclusion."
His tone was loose, and whether he was coaxing or not, he was obviously trying to comfort him.
So Xining saluted: "Thank you, Mr. Xu."
Xu Mian looked at the ruby earrings hanging from Miss Gu's beautiful earlobes. The earrings reached to her chin, making the fair skin of her face and neck look extremely white and tender.
After Xining saluted, he stood up straight and said to the government servant next to him, neither humble nor overbearing, as usual: "I'd like to have you lead the way, sir."
Seeing that the commanders and magistrates of the Jinyiwei were treating each other with courtesy, one of the yamen servants immediately turned the blade of the knife with the tip down and bowed with the knife: "Miss, please!"
Xining walked out of the room, and at this time the old lady and the eldest lady had already left the guest room with the support of Musk and Muxiang respectively.
Both of them were well dressed, the old lady was wearing a luxurious emerald hair and face; the eldest lady was wearing a red gold hair and face, as if they were not going to be escorted back to the capital to be imprisoned, but to be grandly entered into the palace.
When Furong saw it, she quickly stepped forward to help the eldest lady. But what’s the point of holding a bowl of steamed buns in one hand?
Although the 12-year-old eldest son was scared and followed the eldest lady closely, he did not lose his sense of proportion.
And Aunt Zhao’s place is...
(End of chapter)