Chapter 139 Opening Gifts
Chapter 139 Opening Gifts
Yinzhen listened to the report from the Blood Dropper with a very satisfied look on his face.
"It seems that I did not choose the wrong person. The father and son of the Li family know their limits very well."
At this moment, Su He was enjoying his first dinner since arriving at the palace with Concubine Jing.
Su He pushed the fish in front of him towards Concubine Jing, "This fish is good. If you don't feel sick, eat more."
Concubine Jing picked up a piece of fish with chopsticks and said, "The taste of this fish is very different from the one made in the palace."
Su He also nodded in agreement, "Indeed."
Concubine Jing leaned back in her chair, looking at the table full of delicious food, and couldn't help but sigh.
"I originally thought that even if I didn't suffer hardships here, my life would be much worse than in the palace. I didn't expect to have such a good life. I can even have fish and meat for dinner during the period of mourning for the Queen Mother."
Su He poured a bowl of soup and handed it to Concubine Jing. "Whether it's good or not, you'll know after a while. I just don't know how long this kind of life can last."
If it were before, Su He would still be doubting Yinzhen's purpose and intentions, and was not quite sure.
After arriving at the palace, Su He was sure that the reason why Yinzhen asked her to come to the palace was the same as in the drama, as she saw Xiao Xia Zi's beating of the palace servants, the secret guards hiding in the dark, and the various meat dishes on the table. The reason was that they were all stopgap measures.
Concubine Jing noticed that Su He's expression was not right, "Are you tired, Madam?"
"Maybe I got up too early in the morning."
Concubine Jing knew that the noble lady had something on her mind, so she didn't want to pry into the matter, so she quickly finished her meal and returned to her own palace.
The palaces they chose to live in were two adjacent palaces. The palace covered a large area and was sparsely populated, with not many guards, so they chose to live closer so that it would be easier to take care of them. If there was any emergency, it would also be convenient for the guards to protect them.
After dinner, Su He opened the gifts given to him by the concubines before leaving the palace.
What Concubine Hua sent was a dozen silver bills and a letter. The content of the letter was how to contact the Nian family outside the palace, as well as the recipe and method of making crab roe crisps.
There were two silver notes in Lipin's purse, totaling 200 taels of silver.
Su He remembered Wei Lin telling her that when he was examining her before, she said that she had saved 500 taels of silver over the years, and had given 300 taels of silver to Wei Lin before. Now the remaining 200 taels of silver were probably given to herself.
"Your Majesty, I didn't expect Concubine Li to be such a down-to-earth person."
"He is a man who knows how to repay a favor."
Su He continued to open the gifts. In Yubin's black cloth bag were simple explosives and a small wooden box.
Su He opened it and saw that it contained the same bullets as the small pistol she had gotten from Yongzheng. Su He knew at first sight that it must have been prepared by Mr. Dai for her.
Lingrong and Xiao Siji's packages contained various bottles and jars of spices. Each spice box or bottle was wrapped in oil paper, on which the function and usage of the spice were recorded.
There are aphrodisiacs, refreshing scents, knockout drugs, itching powders, scar removal creams, and their new autumn and winter lip balms and moisturizers that are about to be launched.
In Shen Meizhuang's food box, in addition to a full bowl of Dong'e Ejiao and two plates of lotus root powder and osmanthus sugar cake, there was also a recipe for the lotus root powder and osmanthus sugar cake.
In addition to the peppers, Concubine Xin's package also contained the contact addresses of pepper vendors in Beijing and Sichuan.
"Empress~"
Cuiguo saw her mother staring at a pile of things in a daze, so she called out softly.
"Cuiguo, go get some paper and pen."
"You are tired too, go down and rest early, and get up and clean up tomorrow."
"Madam, we will accompany you."
Su He shook his head. "I will be busy until late. You guys go to bed. I can make up for it during the day tomorrow, but you still have to pack up."
"But, Madam."
"Go down and rest quickly. I can't concentrate on my thoughts with you here. Xiao Yingzi, don't keep watch. Go to sleep. There are guards patrolling here. It's safe."
Su He spent the entire night writing.
The next morning, Cuiguo and the others woke up early. Seeing their queen still writing furiously, they felt very worried.
My wife has never been in such a situation before.
"Sister Cuiguo, Sister Hongtao, I will quickly prepare food. I'm sure the queen will be very hungry after being busy all night."
Hong Tao followed Bai Guo and said, "You are not familiar with the cook here, and I don't know what her character is like. I will help you."
"My lady, take a break. Bai Guo has heated up a cup of milk."
"If Xiao Xiazi wakes up, call him over."
After a quarter of an hour, Su He heard two hurried footsteps outside the door, "My Lady, Xiao Xiazi is here."
"Your servant greets the Majesty. Did the Majesty sleep well last night?"
"Didn't sleep."
"Empress, what are you doing?"
"Xia Zi, I have three letters that I want you to help deliver."
"Don't worry, Madam. I will definitely deliver it and make sure no one will know about it."
Su He took out a purse from his sleeve.
Xiao Xiazi took two steps back, showing no sign of wanting to take it.
"Your Majesty, you can't do that. You are outside the palace now, and you have to spend a lot of money. I have received a lot of favors from you in the past. Now it's just a small matter of delivering a letter. Your Majesty doesn't need to spend any money."
Su He stood up and stuffed the purse into Xiao Xiazi's arms, "Just take it. I brought a lot of good things out of the palace. I'm very rich now."
Su He gave Xiao Xia Zi some instructions and asked him to deliver the three letters, two thin and one thick, to Wei Lin, Fu Zi and the father and son of the Li family respectively.
Xiao Xia Zi ate a bowl of meat wontons from Baiguo, wrapped three large meat buns in oil paper, and left the palace in a hurry.
After Xiao Xiazi left, Su He took advantage of the time while setting up dinner to quickly return to the space to see the child and take a bath.
As soon as Su He entered the space, he found that Lingling was constantly changing her animal skin. The two little guys watched and danced, making sounds like "uh", "ah" and "oh".
[Master, when I scanned the entire palace, I found that there is a palace in the southeast direction with a secret passage inside.]
[Su He's eyes lit up. Let's go take a look when we have time.]
[The secret passages in this palace are generally used for escape. I wonder if the temporary palace is also used for escape? Didn't you find the secret passages when you were in the palace before? ]
[Master, there is Fat Orange guarding the palace. I can only cover and scan our palace, but it is ineffective for areas beyond the range of our palace.]
[Is there such a situation? ]
[I'm going to take a shower first. I'll take the two little ones out to play later. Otherwise, it will arouse suspicion from others if they stay in the space for a long time. Besides, the little ones can't stay in the space all the time.]
[When we move together tonight, we will go and find out where this secret passage leads to.]
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