Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Daiyu straightened her back, narrowed her eyes, and said calmly, "Shut up!"

Zijuan bit her lips, but tears were already streaming down her face as she burst into tears!

How can this be good! ?

If I lose the token bestowed by the Queen, and if it is taken away by thieves and causes trouble, will the lives of the girl and myself and others be saved?

What's more, it will also implicate the Jia family!!!

At this time, Concubine Yuan seemed to be in favor, but from the words of Aunt Meng, it can be heard that the Concubine's life in the palace was not easy!

If the Empress used this to build a raft, then the life of Concubine Yuan...

Zijuan didn't dare to think any further!

"Where is Ruyi?" Daiyu immediately thought of another gift from the emperor!

Zijuan's face turned pale, and she quickly unlocked another long box in the cabinet, only to see that the purple jade Ruyi was still lying safely inside. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Has anyone else seen that sign since the third day of September?" Daiyu gathered the five maids, closed the door, and asked carefully.

The other four looked at Zijuan in confusion.

"How dare I take out such important things without the young lady's help?" Zijuan wiped her tears, "Only when we were burning incense the other day, the young lady asked me to take out the token and the Ruyi as a sacrifice, and they were taken out for half an hour.

"I remember that when I received the token and the Ruyi, I happened to meet the grandmothers and girls who came to visit you and wish you a happy new year. You stood at the gate of the courtyard and asked them to go back."

Qingwen suddenly frowned and tilted her head to ask Xueyan: "Do you remember when Master Huan San and Lan Ge'er sneaked into the yard? Because there happened to be no one in the house, I stood on tiptoe from the back window and saw them, and I even called out?"

"I remember! I happened to be here and ran into them at the front door. I even asked Huan Ye and Lang Ge'er what they were looking for. They hesitated and ran away."

Xueyan tried hard to recall, and after a while she cried, "But I really can't remember whether they hadn't entered the house yet or had left!"

"That's all trivial." Daiyu waved her hand and stared at Zijuan, "Did you lock all three doors that day? Did you have the keys with you?"

"It's definitely locked!" Zijuan swore to the sky, "Since these two things entered our house, I have locked and opened these three locks together, and the keys have never left my body for a moment! Even when I sleep at night, I'm afraid someone will miss me, so I lock the doors and windows before going to bed, even in the middle of summer!"

Aunt Meng looked at Zijuan, smiled slightly and nodded.

Daiyu pondered for a while.

After a long while, he looked at Aunt Meng and asked, "Aunt, when you came here last night, besides the Lin family who led the way, how many others came with you?"

"There are four more. But they have nothing to do with your case." Aunt Meng answered readily.

Daiyu's heart moved, and she stopped asking further questions. She just looked at the five maids and said, "Now you search my room again. If you can find it, everything will be over. If you can't find it, you can only report it to the authorities. This is a serious matter, so I won't waste my time."

"Miss, aren't you afraid that Miss Zijuan will be falsely accused of embezzlement and then tortured? After all, the keys are with her?" Aunt Meng raised her eyebrows.

Daiyu looked back and smiled: "If there is a problem with this matter, if Zijuan had not made a mistake in the past fifteen days and someone had touched her key without her knowing, I would not have been able to ask about it.

"Or maybe an expert picked the lock, and we laymen can't tell. But he only took the small token, and not the relatively large jade ruyi, which means that this person must not be an outside thief, but a family member.

"In this situation, if we let the madams try, none of my five maids will be saved; otherwise, let the experts in the government try, at most Zijuan will suffer some injustice, but with this Ruyi given by the Empress, at least we can find out the truth quickly."

Aunt Meng nodded vigorously with satisfaction: "You are right! Be decisive, don't force yourself to save face, and don't dwell on the choice. Good boy!"

As he spoke, he spread out his hands.

The small gilded token of Kunning Palace lay in her jade-like palm.

Zijuan collapsed to the ground, opened her mouth, took a few deep breaths, and then cried and complained: "Aunt, why did you scare us like this on the first day!?"

"Miss, tell me why." Aunt Meng looked at Daiyu with a smile.

Daiyu felt a little guilty and lowered her head: "Aunt, you want me to see the consequences of being willful and reckless."

"I know that after the courtyard was sealed, there were almost no outsiders that the young lady didn't trust. So the young lady felt sorry for these precious girls and arranged the night shifts in a haphazard manner.

"I got up at 11:00 a.m. and walked around the yard. I couldn't go in except for Miss Zijuan's room. I searched all your rooms and valuables."

As she spoke, Aunt Meng took out things one by one from her waist, which made several people put their hands on their mouths!

There were purses, sachets, silver bills, gold locks, and more than ten other items, and even a packet of medicine powder!

"Whose is this?" Xiaohong looked at the bag of medicine powder warily.

Aunt Meng smiled meaningfully: "A girl who makes fire in the kitchen."

Qingwen jumped up suddenly, gritting her teeth and saying, "What is this thing? Is it from a bad guy?

"Our girl has already hired a good doctor to prescribe good medicine. Zijuan said that she felt much better after eating so much on the way back to Beijing. But as soon as she entered this courtyard, she started to lose weight again! Isn't this the reason?!"

Aunt Meng smiled and nodded, "It's true. This is a good medicine made by a master. Just put a little bit like a fingernail in the soup or rice each time. Over time, it will naturally make people die of weak blood and qi."

As he spoke, he tapped the table lightly, the corner of his mouth raised, "You didn't put out the breakfast today, I don't know what the fire girl will do if she finds out that something is missing."

Qingwen's eyebrows were raised: "What should I do if I wait for her?! I'll pull her out first, take this, and talk to our old lady!"

As she said this, she was about to leave in a hurry, but Xiaohong grabbed her and said, "Such a big matter, sister, wait for the girl and aunt to make the decision."

Qingwen was annoyed: "Is there anything else to think about?"

"What would you do if that girl suddenly got hit by something and died, or if she denied it because she wasn't caught in the act?" Aunt Meng looked at Qingwen with a smile.

Qingwen paused.

"Now that the medicinal powder has been obtained, let's send it to the Lin family." Daiyu said lightly, looking at the old plum tree outside the back window - it was particularly fragrant this year.

Aunt Meng looked at her with a smile.

"Xiaohong, ask your mother to get me a new fire-making maid." Daiyu looked at Xiaohong, "If she can't pick a good one, I will ask the Queen to give me one."

Xiaohong trembled with fear.

Aunt Meng smiled and called Xiaohong, asking her to look directly into her eyes. She said, "Or, I can tell Supervisor Tao to ask His Majesty to grant one to me. That's fine too."

Xiaohong's face was filled with fear.