The Empress Dowager said, "if he dares to make trouble, it means you don't give him color. I told you, pick a strand of Mrs. Xiao's hair, or fingers, or an arm. See if he's afraid."
The National Master said, "well... Alas, now that we are old, there is no need to do such bloody and ferocious things."
The Empress Dowager glanced sideways and said, "in the final analysis, you still love her."
It's hard for the national master to refute, but it's hard to tell the Empress Dowager the truth. He said, "well, you take a keepsake from Mrs. Xiao and I'll hand it over to Xiao Baoshan. Maybe Xiao Baoshan will give in?"
Keepsake?
These days, the Empress Dowager also paid attention to Ye Xiaoxian. She found that she often wore a treasure red agate hairpin. She didn't know whether she wore it before or after she came to the capital.
She used to wear this hairpin before, which means she cherishes it. The hairpin is of great significance to her. Maybe Xiao Baoshan knows it.
The Empress Dowager summoned an old woman: "go to Mrs. Xiao's house and see if the agate hairpin she was wearing when she came. If it is, bring it to me.
Mammy was about to go.
At this time, the Empress Dowager stopped her: "wait, I'd better go."
The national teacher said, "aren't you uncomfortable? Just let the old lady go. Why do you have to work hard?"
The Empress Dowager said, "I'll go and see her."
In fact, she always wanted to see ye Xiaoxian. When she saw Ye Xiaoxian yesterday, ye Xiaoxian turned white and had a strangulation mark on her neck. It looked terrible.
Last night, she had a nightmare. She dreamed that her daughter was strangled and there was a strangulation mark on her neck. She woke up with fright.
That's why she's so upset today.
She also thought, is it not that she has done too many bad things, so she has come to retribution?
……
The Empress Dowager pushes aside Ye Xiaoxian's house. The maid who takes care of Ye Xiaoxian is about to pay homage, but she is stopped by the Empress Dowager with a gesture.
Ye Xiaoxian's room is not big. You can see the situation inside at a glance.
Ye Xiaoxian was already asleep, leaning sideways with her back to the door.
Her hand ornaments are all on the small cabinet by the bed.
The Empress Dowager saw the agate hairpin at a glance.
She went to the hairpin, picked it up and put it in front of her eyes. She looked at Ye Xiaoxian for a moment.
Ye Xiaoxian was sleeping. She didn't know the Empress Dowager came in, so she didn't respond at all.
The Empress Dowager walked slowly to Ye Xiaoxian and looked at Ye Xiaoxian's sleeping face.
I can't see my face clearly, but I can see the Le mark on my neck. The Le mark was still red yesterday. Now it has become black and more shocking.
The Empress Dowager could not help feeling dizzy and then remembered the dream she had had.
Is this leaf really sent by God to punish her?
Hum!
The Empress Dowager did not believe this evil.
She stared at Ye Xiaoxian on the bed, and then went out with a hairpin.
……
"Is Mrs. Xiao all right?" Seeing that the Empress Dowager had returned, the national teacher couldn't help asking.
The Empress Dowager gave the hairpin to the national master, then lay back on the soft couch, and said, "I told you earlier. Cut off her finger and take it to xiaobaoshan. Xiaobaoshan can promise you no matter what conditions."
The national master smiled and said, "you used to blame me for making your hands stained with blood. Now you are the Empress Dowager. You don't have to do these things for me anymore. You can enjoy your good life with peace of mind. I can do the bloody things."
The Empress Dowager said, "my present day is not a good day. Although it is the empress dowager, I don't even have a speaker in the palace. I'm only 40 when I stay alone every day. When will this day be the end?"
The national teacher said, "as long as I have time, I'll accompany you, okay?"
The Empress Dowager said discontentedly, "only two or three times a month, but fortunately you can come, otherwise there is no hope for this day."
……
Xiao Fu.
Xiao Baoshan came back from the army headquarters and went straight back to the room.
I changed my clothes and practiced in the yard.
When Jin Xiaoyu heard the sound, he came out to see him.
Seeing that he practiced seriously, she didn't talk much, just looked at him.
He is not only practicing kung fu, but also venting. He is probably depressed.
There is no hostess in the house for the time being, so Jin Xiaoyu arranged many things in the house.
There is a housekeeper and a cook in the house, and the rest are ordinary servants.
When the housekeeper saw Xiao Baoshan coming back, he came to ask Jin Xiaoyu, "Miss Jin, is it time to prepare dinner?"
Jin Xiaoyu said, "OK, go and prepare. Make more meat dishes. Also, let someone burn some hot water and bring it to the Xiao Shilang's house."
"Yes!"
After the housekeeper went down, Jin Xiaoyu continued to watch Xiaobao mountain practice.
Xiao Baoshan didn't stop until he was sweating all over.
Jin Xiaoyu quickly handed over a handkerchief and said to xiaobaoshan, "dinner has been arranged and the hot water has been burned. Baoshan, do you want to take a bath? After taking a bath, you can eat."
Xiao Baoshan nodded and said, "thank you."
"It's okay, it should."
Xiao Baoshan didn't say much, but went back to the house to take a bath.
……
Dinner, Xiao Baoshan and Jin Xiaoyu.
Xiao Baoshan is the master and Jin Xiaoyu is the guest. Naturally, they want to eat at the same table.
"Baoshan, have you heard from Ye Zi?" Jin Xiaoyu asked.
"Not yet." Xiao Baoshan said as he picked up his rice.
Jin Xiaoyu scolded, "the Empress Dowager is really. Don't you know that the couple have been separated for a long time? It's unreasonable. I dare say she wants to occupy the leaves?"
Xiao Baoshan didn't speak.
While eating, the housekeeper suddenly reported that the national teacher had come to see xiaobaoshan.
Xiao Baoshan paused, then put down his chopsticks and went out.
Jin Xiaoyu also hurried out.
……
After the national master came in, he looked east and West. While looking at it, he praised him: "Oh, it's very well manipulated here. The weeds have been removed and several lanterns have been hung. There are a few servants. Look at the ground. Yesterday's leaves haven't been cleaned?"
Xiao Baoshan said, "what can I do for you, national master?"
"Waiter Xiao, don't you invite me in?"
Xiao Baoshan pointed to the stone table in the middle of the yard: "right here."
"Here? Is it too simple here? Besides, it's windy here."
Xiaobaoshan said solemnly, "compared with the outdoor meals on the battlefield, the soldiers take the sky as their quilt and the earth as their bed. It's nothing here."
The national teacher smiled: "OK, you say here, then here."
The two sat down, while Jin Xiaoyu looked at them from a distance.
The national master took out a hairpin from his arms and handed it to xiaobaoshan: "do you know this thing?"
Xiao Baoshan saw him and said, "I don't know!"
How could he know? This was given by the queen when ye Xiaoxian entered the palace to attend the Queen's banquet. Ye Xiaoxian liked the color of the hairpin and always wore it on her head.
I haven't seen xiaobaoshan at all, okay?
The national master took a cold breath: The Empress Dowager was right. If ye Xiaoxian was not his own daughter, he would cut off Ye Xiaoxian's finger. The effect was better.
"This is your wife's hairpin." National Teacher road.
Jin Xiaoyu recognized the hairpin and shouted, "it's really a leaf hairpin!"
Xiao Baoshan took it over, looked at it carefully, and then said, "what does the national master mean by taking my wife's hairpin?"
"It means that your wife is still safe in the palace, but if you don't obey, it's not necessarily."
Xiao Baoshan directly asked, "what does the national master want me to do?"
The national master smiled: "it was the same thing that killed Yan Ziyan."
"I'm the Chamberlain of the army now. I don't need to go to the battlefield anymore."
The National Master said with a sly smile, "it's easy to do. Just tell your Shangshu to go out and then go to Heihe villa, and then you can get things done. When it's done, I will release your wife."
Xiaobaoshan is sinking.
Jin Xiaoyu twisted his fingers and wanted to interrupt. He felt inconvenient.
The national teacher said, "if I were you, I would promise immediately. After all, your wife is very bad in the palace now. She contradicted the Empress Dowager and was punished by the Empress Dowager. She was locked up the day before yesterday and was scolded by the Empress Dowager yesterday. She couldn't figure it out and went to hang herself."
Xiao Baoshan's face was suddenly cold.
"How is she now?"
"Naturally, she was rescued, and she was lucky. Soon after hanging, she met the mammy in the palace. If she was a little late, she would die."
Xiao Baoshan stared coldly at the national teacher and clenched his fist.
Just then, there was a rustle on the surrounding roof.
Jin Xiaoyu shouted, "Baoshan, he buried archers around. Don't be impulsive!"
Xiaobaoshan naturally cannot be impulsive.
The national master smiled and stood up again and said, "I'm here to tell you this. Xiao Shilang, don't toast and don't punish yourself. When you think about it, I'll come directly to tell me that I'll arrange the itinerary for you."
Xiao Baoshan kept silent and only looked at a point on the table.
After the national teacher left, the rustling sound around him disappeared.
Jin Xiaoyu went to xiaobaoshan and said, "these people are too much. Baoshan, you... Don't be nervous. Ye will be fine. She was always fine when she lived in the national master's house. She also advised me not to worry when I was in trouble, so I believe she can handle it well in the palace."
Xiao Baoshan did not speak.
Jin Xiaoyu added, "however, ye told me that she didn't intend to go out of the capital alive. She said she didn't want you to be embarrassed. If the national teacher had to use her to threaten you, she would die. She didn't want to be a burden to you. She said she didn't want you to do anything against your heart."
……
Ye Xiaoxian woke up and felt much better.
She woke up and drank some hot porridge, and then a maid came to comb her hair.
When combing her hair, she found that her hairpin was missing, so she quickly asked the maid, "where's my hairpin? The agate hairpin."