Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Chapter 442 Moving the Palace

Yanjia Palace.

Lin Daiyu brought Tao Han and Chu Kai into the hall, and saw Xia Shouzhong coming out in a hurry.

Eunuch Xia has been eating more and more fat in the past two years. Now he is out of breath after taking a few quick steps, and his temples are a little shiny.

When Eunuch Xia saw the thin and plain Daiyu, he put on a stereotyped smile that he had practiced for a long time, but there was obvious contempt in his eyes. He even bowed as a greeting and took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off his face.

He said with a smile, "The Queen Mother heard that the Queen Mother took the two daughters of criminals out, and she was very worried, so she asked Princess Zhaoqing to go over and ask for details."

Daiyu smiled and did not rush to answer. She first took the hand warmer handed to her by Qingwen, and then, with Qingwen's help, she took off her outer coat and wooden clogs for walking in the snow, and then took a sip of warm tea to rinse her mouth.

Then he sat upright on the high-backed chair on the left side of the hall and looked at Xia Shouzhong with a smile:

"Eunuch Xia, right?"

Xia Shouzhong snorted in his heart, and then his face suddenly changed into a fake smile: "It's our family."

"In the early years, I heard from my grandmother that the imperial decree to make our cousin, Consort Jia, a concubine was announced by Eunuch Xia."

Daiyu smiled slightly, and the jade-like fingertips of her right hand tapped carelessly on the small hand warmer, but she nodded to Xia Shouzhong with a dignified expression:

"To be precise, he has some ties to our family."

It's a comfortable thing to say.

But the contempt shown by that hand was so obvious that Xia Shouzhong got angry and snorted, "You are just an errand to announce the imperial decree. How dare you be the incense holder of the Rong and Ning mansions?"

Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled, saying meaningfully: "It is true that I am on a business trip to announce the imperial edict, but how can it not be something that can only be done out of affection when asking our Second Brother Lian for money?"

Xia Shouzhong paused for a moment. After a moment, he sneered, "Why, Princess Zhaoqing is here to collect debts for the Jia family?"

Daiyu chuckled, stretched out her white and tender fingers, and pointed at Xia Shouzhong's face from a distance:

"Eunuch Xia, please don't make a mistake. It's you who came to our Yanjia Palace today, not me who went to your Jingshifang.

"It's true that you came here to obey the Queen's order, but when we met, I, a dignified imperial princess, didn't even receive a single greeting from a eunuch like you. This is your fault.

"I greeted you later to save your dignity. It was also a good intention to say that you have a close relationship with my grandmother's family.

"You neither appreciate nor observe courtesy in every matter, but come to question me whether I want to collect debts on behalf of the Jia family.

"I don't have such an idea at all. Even if I did, I would have taken it. How dare you, Eunuch Xia, who borrowed money and refused to pay it back?"

Then he smiled at Tao Han and said, "Xiao Tao, go to the Lord of Zhongqin County and tell him that I want to send someone to my cousin's wife to ask for the details of Eunuch Xia's loan and ask him when is the best time to go."

Tao Han agreed quickly: "Yes, I will go and ask after I serve breakfast to the princess."

Xia Shouzhong looked at Tao Han's respectful attitude, and while he was confused and doubtful, he became more and more certain that what the queen said was true.

He immediately looked down on me and sneered, "It's no big deal, just one or two thousand silver coins, why would I need a detailed account book?"

She took off the mutton-fat jade pendant from her waist and threw it into Tao Han's arms. "This is a gift from the Empress. It is priceless and is enough to pay off the debt of the Jia family!"

Tao Han was not ashamed and annoyed. He picked up the jade pendant and examined it carefully, then said to Daiyu respectfully, "Eunuch Xia is right. This is a trial product made by the Treasure Bureau and is not available outside.

"If I really sell it in the market, it would be worth eight hundred or one thousand yuan."

Daiyu smiled and nodded: "Okay, put it away, I will consider him as a match."

Then he looked at Xia Shouzhong and said, "Very good, the accounts between our two families are written off for the time being."

Xia Shouzhong snorted complacently.

"You just said that the Queen asked me to go over and ask about the details of the people the Queen Mother is bringing with her on her trip?" Daiyu asked.

Xia Shouzhong was startled, but after thinking about her words, he felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so he nodded vigorously and said, "That's right!"

"I don't know." Daiyu smiled, "I don't dare to guess what the Empress Dowager is thinking. I don't dare to spread what she said outside.

"Even if the Queen asked, I still don't know.

"Since you don't know, there's nothing to say, so there's no need to go over there, right?"

Xia Shouzhong's face turned pale as he was choked by her. He pinched his palms again and again to warn himself to stay calm. He took a deep breath and put on a serious face again:

"Your Majesty, the Queen doesn't mean that you must ask about the decision made by the Queen Mother...

"But now the Grand Master and the Queen Mother have gone to the temporary palace, and the Concubine Dowager is injured or sick, leaving the Princess alone in this huge Taiji Palace, which makes her worry.

"What's more, now that you are in Rongguo Mansion awaiting punishment, it's the New Year, and the princess is left living here alone, she will be even more sad and worried.

"Why don't you ask the princess to move to Daming Palace and stay there for a while. When the Queen Mother and Princess Yimin return, it won't be too late for you to move back."

Xia Shouzhong hesitated for only a moment before he stood up and shouted loudly, "Why don't you come in and help Princess Zhaoqing move?!"

So, you want to force yourself to enter the Daming Palace?

Isn't this like giving a pillow to someone when they are sleepy?

Lin Daiyu raised her eyebrows and looked at the eunuchs and a dozen guards pouring in from outside the palace. She then exchanged a glance with Tao Han and Chu Qian and burst out laughing:

"Oh my, shouldn't you have told me earlier? If I had known that it was the Queen who was worried about my situation, I would have happily told the maids to pack my luggage!"

She turned around and told Qingwen, "Go quickly, go with Yuanyang Xueyan and the palace maids, and pack up my, Lang'er's, and Qiao'er's luggage and daily necessities. Since the weather is good today, let's move to Daming Palace and live there for a while."

It was so smooth?!

Xia Shouzhong was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered Zhu Ying's words: "She keeps circling around the Queen Mother and His Majesty, isn't it because she envies the Daming Palace?"

It seems that shallow women understand this snobbish, vain, heartless and ungrateful orphan better!

Xia Shouzhong, with a hint of contempt, stopped his men from attacking with a gesture, and snorted in a sarcastic tone:

"It's a relief for us servants to be so understanding of the Queen's feelings!"

"Okay. We have packed up and are going to Daming Palace before lunch." Daiyu smiled and drove him away, "Eunuch Xia, go and do your work.

"I have Tao Han here. He is familiar with the imperial guards, eunuchs, and places in the palace. You don't have to bother running around with him."

Xia Shouzhong smiled sinisterly: "How can that be possible? I will go and get the carriage and horses for the princess right away!"

"No need." Tao Han took a half step forward and smiled brightly, "The Queen is under house arrest, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will speak to Kou Zhaorong from now on.

"Since our princess is going to Daming Palace, she must inform Kou Zhaorong, who is temporarily in charge of the six palaces.

"I will personally go and arrange the carriages and horses. It will be much more orderly than you can do it arbitrarily!"

Xia Shouzhong did not retort at this moment, but just nodded and smiled, then took half a step back.

As long as you are willing to enter the Daming Palace, the Queen will crush you!