Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

After finally getting Tao Xingjian to sit down, Lin Daiyu waved her hand and asked the four maids to stand outside. Aunt Meng seemed to be hiding something and came over curiously to listen.

Tao Xingjian didn't pay any attention to these details at all, he was just thinking blankly.

Daiyu did not disturb him and waited quietly.

Aunt Meng was impatient and waved her hand in front of his eyes: "What is the origin of these three things? Tell me!"

Tao Xingjian suddenly came back to his senses, sighed, shook his head and said, "This is not a good thing!"

Pointing back, he said: "You all know about this screen, right? It was presented by the Jia family two years ago. Your Majesty just threw it into the warehouse and didn't take it seriously. But later he knew the value of this thing and became unhappy.

"However, after all, it was the filial piety of the Jia family, so there was nothing to say. He did go to Fengzao Palace twice in those days, but he was not very happy with Concubine Jia. The last time, before leaving, he couldn't help but asked: How much money does your family have?

"I guess this sentence made Concubine Jia unable to sleep for half a month. The Queen later found out about this and spread the news so widely that everyone in the palace laughed. Someone was originally planning to take over this screen, but after this incident, it was left with nothing but dust."

She paused and looked at Daiyu. "Didn't you embroider a purse for me as part of the New Year gift you gave me the other day? Although it was very delicate, to be honest, your needlework is not as good as Qingwen's."

Daiyu's face froze.

Qingwen was outside, covering her mouth and laughing secretly.

Daiyu saw it at once and snorted, "Deduct half a month's salary from Qingwen!"

Qingwen stuck out her tongue and shook her head, becoming more and more proud.

Supervisor Tao didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You guys are so brave! You still have the mind to joke at this moment!?"

"No, no, no. Please go ahead." Daiyu quickly became obedient.

Tao Jian looked at her helplessly, not even willing to glare at her, and said slowly: "My purse was seen by His Majesty. He will naturally ask, and I have to tell you. When he heard that there were also New Year gifts, he wanted to go to my house to pick them.

"It's the New Year, and he has to offer sacrifices and show filial piety, and the palaces are watching him closely. How can he leave the palace? If people find out, that will be disastrous. So I advise him to leave his things there and it won't be too late to go back later.

"He was already angry, and this must have made him even angrier, so he took it out on me. But I have no desires, and I only care about you; so he had someone send these things to you in my name.

"He's targeting me, not you. Don't worry!"

Daiyu nodded immediately: "I'm not in a hurry."

Aunt Meng sneered, "Come on! Who are you trying to fool? If I want to tease you, why should I give you this when I can give you anything else? You two should just pretend to be friends!"

He knocked on the table again, "Tell me, what's wrong with those two things? Can they scare you like that?"

When Tao Xingjian mentioned this, he sighed again, rubbed his temples with a headache, and then pointed at the coral and said, "Let's talk about this simple one first."

Everyone was shocked.

Is this simple or complex?!

"This is the New Year gift that the Wang family - yes, the Wang from the Jia family's second wife - presented to the Queen Mother."

Daiyu's face changed!

“Originally, this New Year’s gift was nothing special, but the Wang family has followed the Emperor and the Queen Mother for so many years, but they never knew that the Queen Mother was a concubine who was promoted to the position of the Queen Mother a few days after being promoted to the position of the Queen Mother.

"The Emperor has ascended the throne, and the Empress is in office... Sigh, I don't know what the Empress is thinking. Every time she goes to see the Empress Dowager, she has to wear red! If she wears red, the Empress Dowager can't wear red either...

"So the Queen Mother hated red the most. The red of this coral was so strong and bright that it annoyed the Queen Mother just looking at it. She didn't put it on display for a moment and threw it into the storehouse in the blink of an eye. The next day, the more she thought about it, the angrier she got. She had it taken to the big storehouse instead of being kept in her private storehouse.

"The emperor was so happy when he heard about it that he had it put in his own warehouse. But who would have thought that it would be sent to you this time..."

Aunt Meng couldn't help but ask, "Hasn't your majesty known for a long time that the Wang family is a jerk? Is this to let the girl have some fun together?"

Everyone thought: I’m afraid that’s exactly the case!

They all smiled.

Only Tao Xingjian and Daiyu did not laugh. They looked at each other and remained silent.

Aunt Meng saw something was wrong and asked, "What about the third one?"

"This is the annual gift presented by Prince Beijing to the Emperor." Tao Xingjian leaned his hands on his knees, his back slumped, and said slowly, "It was presented more than a month ago. The Emperor liked it very much and placed it in the palace.

"Years ago, the Emperor and His Majesty had a quarrel over something. The next day, His Majesty gave this bonsai to the Crown Prince."

The room was so quiet that even the sound of breathing could not be heard.

May everything go well for you.

The Crown Prince is the heir to the throne. Apart from peace in the world, what else does he need to be satisfied?

Naturally, he ascended the throne as emperor.

But it has only been a few years since the Emperor ascended the throne. How old is the Emperor? !

Daiyu couldn't help but take a deep breath and closed her eyes.

The court officials had all heard vaguely that the Supreme Lord and His Majesty had different political views. However, the fact that the conflict between father and son had reached this point was a shocking secret!

"Isn't this cursing his own son to death..." Qingwen blurted out, then covered her mouth with her hands in horror and fell to her knees with a thud!

How did she say that!?

Everyone's eyes looked over there!

Tao Xingjian's look is almost killing people!

"Slap your face." Daiyu lowered her eyes and said softly.

Qingwen slapped herself on the left side of her face, and then on the right side! Both hands were so powerful that her face became swollen instantly!

"Forget it." Tao Xingjian hurriedly stopped her, glared at her again, and scolded her in a low voice, "If someone sees the photo, it will be troublesome! Watch your mouth from now on!"

"Yes!" Qingwen kowtowed heavily with a thud.

Tao Xingjian's heart skipped a beat, and his face became even more helpless: "What kind of master and what kind of maid are you two? How can you make me angry?!"

Daiyu curled her lips and said nothing, but personally poured a cup of tea for Tao Xingjian and handed it to him.

Tao Xingjian took it, drank a sip, and put it down again. He did not pursue the matter any further and continued, "Although the prince is young, his princess is a smart person. As soon as this thing was taken away, the princess asked someone to secretly inquire whether something happened in the past few days.

"I saw that she was sensible, so I leaked the news to her. The East Palace naturally panicked immediately. Another day passed, and it happened to be the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, when it was time to worship the Kitchen God. The Crown Princess had to follow the Queen in performing the ceremony.

"I heard that the Crown Princess took this jade carving with her and presented it to the Queen."

Aunt Meng almost lost her balance on the teacup in her hand, her eyes widened in fear: "What!? Queen!? You said Your Majesty got this from the Queen!?

"The Queen knew that His Majesty sent our daughter a New Year gift, a persimmon, and it was taken from her palace!?

"How did our girl offend His Majesty? Isn't this going to cost her life???"

"Of course not!" Tao Xingjian glared at her, "Why are you so surprised? Can't you just listen to me?!"

Aunt Meng was so angry that she slammed the table and said, "Then tell me quickly! What's the matter with stopping here?!"