Chapter 515
Ji Yunqing didn't get the silver needle for sewing clothes.
King Zhao was worried and left people to search the entire Guihua Courtyard again. He was relieved when he found nothing else suspicious.
"I will leave this matter to this king to investigate, you don't have to worry."
Ji Yunqing nodded vigorously: "Okay, fortunately there is the prince!"
Before leaving, King Zhao looked at Ji Yunqing who was seeing him off and said, "In the future, when you order clothes and jewelry outside, just report them to the account in the mansion.
I have already sent someone to settle the bill for what you and Concubine Wen made a few days ago."
Ji Yunqing was secretly shocked when he heard this.
How does he even know this?
etc.
Or was King Zhao using this incident specifically to warn her?
When Prince Zhao walked out of the Osmanthus Courtyard, a little maid holding a broom on the side of the road hurriedly stopped and pushed it aside, bowed her head and saluted, waiting quietly for Prince Zhao and his entourage to leave.
After the group walked away, one of the maids raised her head and looked in the direction where King Zhao left.
Another maidservant who accompanied her poked her with her elbow: "Ah, ah, ah, are you looking at me stupidly? The prince is so noble, not everyone can catch his eye."
As she spoke, she snorted and glanced at her companion with disdain.
"A toad wants to eat swan flesh"
The other maid didn't react much, she just picked up the broom again and worked silently.
Three days later, Ji Yunqing was drawing with Ruirui on the table when they heard a piece of news.
Concubine Cen offended the prince and was put under house arrest.
Ji Yunqing raised his eyebrows slightly. Was it really Concubine Cen who did this?
Or did she do something else?
After King Zhao left that day, Ji Yunqing tried to get information indirectly from Nanny An, the most knowledgeable woman in the academy who had once studied in the palace.
It turns out that the year on the note is this year.
Ji Yunqing: ...No wonder she always felt that something was strange that day, and always felt that King Zhao was looking at her as if she were a fool. It turned out that it was not her illusion.
Does King Zhao really think she is a fool?
After thinking about it, Ji Yunqing decided not to think about it anymore.
On the bright side, her character is not that smart, so her behavior is so realistic and natural!
Now the character she presented to King Zhao was even more innocent and harmless, right?
Thinking further... She didn't dare to think about it. She was really afraid of being treated as a fool.
"Mother!"
Ruirui's voice brought Ji Yunqing back to her senses. She looked down and was instantly surprised.
"Wow! Is this what I just drew? It's so good!"
She happily turned it over and over several times before reluctantly putting it down: "How did I draw this?"
Everyone: ...How do we know?
Ruirui came over, put her soft little face against her mother's arm, and praised her too: "Mom's painting is so beautiful!"
"Mom is really amazing!"
"I wish I could be as good as my mother in the future!"
Ji Yunqing was horrified and immediately covered his mouth: "You can't say that."
If I learn from her, won't I be led astray by her?
Nearly half of Ruirui’s face was covered by his mother. He blinked innocently, as if he didn’t understand what wicked words he had said.
When Ji Yunqing is in a good mood, he will take Ruirui out to play.
That day she was sitting in a nearby pavilion, reading a travel book, when she felt someone sitting opposite her.
She didn't even raise her head, pretending there was no one opposite her.
But someone on the other side suddenly asked, "How have you been doing recently, Yunqing?"
Ok?
Ji Yunqing was immersed in a travelogue when he saw the author visiting a county and praising the local food. He was suddenly startled.
She raised her head with lingering fear: "Ahem...Are you coughing...planning to cough...keep coughing...and...send me away?"
When the person opposite saw this, his originally gloomy look was no longer gloomy, and the entire atmosphere was broken by the cough.
He sighed softly, walked behind her and patted her on the back.
"Why are you so careless?"
"Ahem, I wasn't... careless, ahem, it's just... just ahem, I was scared by you."
"Saliva... saliva cough cough... saliva choked...throat"
The man was speechless. Who could have thought that Ji Yunqing couldn't even drink the water, but could still be choked by his own saliva.
It took a long time to calm down, and at this time, any awkward distance between the two caused by time disappeared.
There was still a trace of blush on Ji Yunqing's face. She held the other person's arm with one hand to gain strength: "Concubine Liu, why are you here?"
Could it be...
King Zhao used magic to keep the person here?
Having said that, in this era when a flat head and a straight face are not considered ugly, how could a figure like King Zhao not be considered a natural beauty?
"If you don't come to see me, of course I will come to see you"
Concubine Liu sat back in her original seat, her eyes fixed deeply on Ji Yunqing.
Although it is not stated explicitly, there are countless deep meanings hidden in the feelings.
This made Ji Yunqing... Ji Yunqing didn't mind being seen.
She showed her whole face openly: "Sister Liu, are you leaving? Do you need to look at me more? After all, we have known each other for a while. Please don't forget me in the future."
"I will never forget you"
Concubine Liu sighed: "We have known each other for a long time, but you are so ruthless."
"We are together, but we must part eventually. As long as we are both well, maybe one day I will hear about your heroic deeds from others."
Concubine Liu was stunned: "Heroic deeds?"
"Well, sister, you are so amazing, and you will definitely be even more amazing in the future. When I hear others talking about you, I can proudly say that they are my sister!"
Ji Yunqing said this, raising his chin confidently, as if he had heard those words and was proud of them.
Concubine Liu: ...Although I don’t know what the future will be like, but after hearing what you said, she feels that the future will be very promising.
"Forget it. I wanted to ask you why you were hanging out with the princess, but since you speak so nicely, I won't pursue the matter now."
Ji Yunqing was bewildered: "When did I hang out with her..."
"That day, when you two were on the second floor of the restaurant."
As Concubine Liu spoke, she couldn't help but think of the scene she saw that day, when the princess hugged someone and glanced at her.
It really makes me upset just thinking about it.
Ji Yunqing nodded in understanding, and said calmly: "So that's how it is"
"Let's not talk about this anymore. How did you get in here, sister?"
Could it be that King Zhao let her in?
That's quite...
"I sneaked in here to say goodbye to you."
She looked somewhere and said, "I should go now."
After saying this, he quickly walked in a certain direction and disappeared from Ji Yunqing's sight.
After watching for a few seconds, the familiar voice of the little maid sounded: "Concubine, Concubine, are you okay?"
Ji Yunqing looked up and saw the little maid with a sleepy face. She shook her head and said, "I'm fine."
Turns out he was asleep.
I thought the other party had bribed the maid around her.
Ji Yunqing turned around: "Let's go back"
The maid looked at the fourth master who had not yet returned, then looked at her concubine, and replied in confusion: "Yes, concubine."
Then he asked curiously, "Is this servant going to go find the fourth young master?"
The response she got was the words Ji Yunqing left when he left: "No need"
The little maid hurriedly followed the concubine and left.
I was thinking whether I should go and inform the people at the Fourth Young Master's place. What if the Fourth Young Master returns to the pavilion and can't find anyone?
Fortunately, after Concubine Ji returned to the Osmanthus Courtyard, she casually pointed to a little maid in the yard and said, "Go tell the Fourth Master that I want to have some peace and quiet for a few days. Tell Ruirui not to come back and go find his father."
When Nanny An, who had hurried over after hearing the news, heard this, she immediately understood that the concubine might have encountered something.
After Ji Yunqing returned to her room, she said to the maids, "The master may be in a bad mood, so you should be more careful in what you do.
As for where the Fourth Young Master is going, we are just delivering the message, go ahead."
After saying that, Nanny An hurriedly followed Concubine Ji into the room.
Ji Yunqing did not go to his bedroom at this time, but found a remote and simply furnished room and asked Xuancao to find a larger brazier.
After Xuancao placed the brazier in the middle of the room and quickly lit the fire, Ji Yunqing said, "You go out first."
After Daylily left, she walked from the far corner where she was standing to the brazier.
After looking at the jumping bright yellow flames for a few seconds, he suddenly raised his hand, stripped off all his clothes, and threw them into the brazier one by one.
Watching the exquisitely crafted clothes in front of her being burned one by one, Ji Yunqing noticed with her sharp eyes that countless small black bugs were crawling out of the clothes she had worn.
Nanny An, who was a few steps late, pushed open the door and saw this horrifying scene.
"Concubine!"
Ji Yunqing turned his head and looked at her expressionlessly.
"Mammy, it's nothing, I just met an acquaintance."
Her tone was full of indifference, but Nanny An could not take it lightly. Her pupils were still contracted when she looked at the brazier again.
"This is……"
She said as she was about to walk into the room.
But he was stopped by Ji Yunqing.
"Don't come over yet. I've asked Hemerocallis to prepare water. Wash it a few more times later, or I won't be at ease."
But even so, no one can guarantee that no bugs will get into the skin.
Nanny An also thought of this, and was comforted by Ji Yunqing: "Don't worry, she won't kill me so easily." If she wanted to kill her, she would have done it long ago.
Besides, what good would it do to kill her?
When she goes back and rewards everyone for their contributions, and then tells this story, will others laugh their heads off?
However, watching so many little bugs appear, no matter how much Ji Yunqing tried to comfort them, his words were extremely pale.
Nanny An finally understood why the concubine did not let the Fourth Young Master come back, so it would be better for the Fourth Young Master not to come back for the time being.
Just as I was thinking this, there was a noise outside, and someone was shouting "Come out quickly!"
"Concubine Ji, come out quickly!"
Ji Yunqing was still standing in the room. All her clothes were burned. She looked at Nanny An and said, "Go and see what's going on."
"Yes"
Nanny An frowned, her old face filled with anger.
She walked out in a hurry. She wanted to see who dared to be so presumptuous in Osmanthus Courtyard.
Ji Yunqing, who was left alone in this room: ...
She stretched out her arms in vain, but was unable to hold back Nanny An, who could not hear anything in her mind.
You walk so fast, please get me some clothes before you leave!
There was no other way, Ji Yunqing could only squat beside the brazier in boredom, watching the little bugs trying to escape from the brazier. They could not escape at all and could only be swallowed mercilessly by the flames.
It smells like burnt protein.
Ji Yunqing swallowed, then slapped himself on the mouth, but with only a slight force.
Why is your mouth so greedy?
Seeing a half-dead insect warrior finally escaping from the brazier in front of him, Ji Yunqing reached out his hand as if possessed.
She was on high alert, exerting slight force on every muscle in her body.
Until she touched the lucky bug, the other party just touched her lightly with its tentacles and quickly stopped.
There was no excitement to drill into her skin.
This confirmed Ji Yunqing's guess.
If she was poisoned by a poisonous insect, why were there so many insects inside her clothes? Shouldn't all of them have entered her body?
Thinking of this, Ji Yunqing gently pinched the poisonous insect, found a large vase in the room, and temporarily put it in it.
She thought that this insect must have other functions.
After having this idea, Ji Yunqing boldly pinched three or four poisonous insects in.
Aren't poisonous insects supposed to devour each other and produce a king of poisonous insects?
How can this type of insect bring its family along?
But she didn't know much about these things, maybe they were of different types.
Who knows?
Ji Yunqing shook the vase with one hand, causing the poisonous insects that had climbed onto the smooth inner wall of the vase to fall down, and sighed, "How boring!"
As soon as these words fell, a noisy sound of footsteps was heard, with a huge momentum.
There were also a few familiar voices mixed in.
"No!"
"You can't go there!"
"I will go and invite the concubine, please wait a moment."
Then came the irrefutable voice: "Can't wait any longer? What? Are you so afraid of seeing people?"
"Is there something wrong with your mind?"
"Look at what you said, what the hell could it be..."
Ji Yunqing's face changed.
It’s not because the people outside are difficult to deal with, but because of her current situation.
Ji Yunqing looked left and right. This was just an empty and unused room with nothing to cover his eyes.
"bump!"
The door of the room was broken open, and the man in the lead saw an image of Ji Yunqing wrapped in a pink curtain.
She was stunned, and before she could react, she stepped into the room in an instant and closed the door.
The person who was locked outside was almost caught in the gap of the door, but luckily he escaped.
Looking at Concubine He who came in, Ji Yunqing knew why everyone in her yard couldn't stop her.
This woman is very strong.
Ji Yunqing only pulled down a piece of curtain at the last moment, but she was not panicked at all at this moment.
With a stern face, he asked, "Concubine He, I haven't offended you at all, have I?"
The other party spoke at the same time: "Even if you deliberately seduce me, it won't work!"
After hearing what Concubine He said, Ji Yunqing was stunned.
She swore that she really didn't think about it this time...
Besides, even if she is seducing, she should wear something nice, right?
Ji Yunqing ignored Concubine He's terrible words and clenched the cloth in her hand tightly: "Why did Concubine He come here to make trouble today?"
"Even if you want to make a fuss, you should go find the princess, right?" Why should you find her?