Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Chapter 183 Concubine Lai's Origin

Witchcraft!

A rag doll with a blurred face had several silver needles stuck into it, and on the back of the doll was written a line of birth data.

The queen mother was as quiet as water. She pointed at the old maid and asked, "Which palace is this from?"

"Her Majesty, she is from Concubine Xiao's palace!" The gatekeepers were afraid of getting themselves into trouble, so they rushed to answer. "She has been coming to worship the Bodhisattva every day since the birthday of the Empress Dowager, saying that she is praying for Concubine Xiao's longevity!"

Cheng Qian tilted her head to take a closer look at the palace maid, frowned and asked, "Your name is Yanzhi?"

The old palace maid shuddered.

The Queen Mother turned around and looked at Cheng Qian: "Do you know him?"

"This person seems to be one of the two maids who followed Concubine Lai into the palace. Not long after entering the palace, she fell ill and then moved to the palace to live for more than 20 years.

"Later, she quietly returned to Concubine Lai's side, but was assigned to do menial cleaning. Because she was older, she was neither promoted nor sent out of the palace, so I remember that."

Cheng Qian explained and took a step forward, "You are Yanzhi, right? Actually it doesn't matter, just take her to Concubine Lai to recognize her and you will know."

Tiffany Lai?

rely?!

Daiyu suddenly thought of Lai Da and Lai Er, the housekeepers of the Rong and Ning mansions, Lai Shangrong, who called Baoyu uncle and was born a servant but became an official, and Lai Ma, who had to be polite to Lady Jia but could point at Baoyu's nose and teach him a lesson.

If so, then everything would fit together.

Daiyu looked down at the palace maid and thought that maybe this person just really wanted to curse someone, rather than having any other conspiracy.

The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes and ordered her, "Raise your head."

The palace maid named Yanzhi shuddered again and slowly raised her face, which was already covered with traces of tears.

"You are Lai's dowry, but you are pretending to be Xiao's." The Queen Mother looked at her coldly, "The horoscope on this doll must be mine, or the Queen Mother's.

"What? After so many years of loneliness, you want to practice again during the great birthday celebration?

"Does your master think that I can't see through the tricks she played under my nose? She was just giving face to the emperor and didn't want to kill his favorite concubine directly!

"We've finally had two years of peace and there's nothing to fight about anymore, so why is she still refusing to give up? Does she think I'll let her go easily now?"

Right beside her, Daiyu suddenly reached out and gently took the doll from Cheng Qian's hand. She took a look at it and handed it to Tanchun: "This is your horoscope, right?"

Tanchun was startled, and hurriedly took it and looked at it, and was stunned: "...Yes!"

The Queen Mother and Cheng Qian were also stunned.

Cheng Qian took it from Tanchun, looked at it carefully, and presented it to the Queen Mother, saying softly, "It really is not you and the Queen Mother."

Daiyu looked at the old maid and sighed: "Is your surname Zhao or Qian? Who wrote these eight characters for you?"

Yanzhi shuddered again, and looked at Daiyu. Suddenly she came to her senses, hatred flashed in her eyes, and she spoke in a hoarse voice: "Are you the one from the Lin family?"

Lin Daiyu nodded: "That's right. I guess the person who gossiped with you and gave you the horoscope of Princess Yimin didn't have my horoscope. Otherwise, this rag doll should have cursed me."

Yanzhi sneered and gritted her teeth: "Don't worry! A bitch like you who is sarcastic, cruel, unfilial and disobedient will be punished by heaven!"

The faces of the Queen Mother and Cheng Qian both changed!

Once someone says something like this, someone will definitely spread it everywhere!

Isn't this an attempt to ruin Lin Daiyu's reputation? !

Daiyu didn't care at all and even smiled: "Three charges. As I expected, the person who gave you Yimin's horoscope should at least be a good speaker.

"People like that are used to saying four. Have you never been educated and forgotten one? Well, let me think, there is another word, isn't it ruthless and disloyal?"

Yanzhi's face changed drastically, and she asked stutteringly: "You, how do you know?"

This time Daiyu ignored her and looked at the Queen Mother with a smile: "Never mind, it's not a big deal. Queen Mother, just deal with this one quietly and don't involve others."

The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes: "Oh?"

"Zhao from the Jia family is Yimin's biological mother. She wanted to destroy the legitimate branch and become the hegemon herself, relying on the fact that she had a concubine's son.

"I was meddling in other people's business back then, just because Zhao called me a short-lived ghost. Later, a servant from the Qian family, a relative of the Zhao family, wanted to burn down my house, so I overturned both families.

"Yi Min was a man of courtesy, so he ignored the two families' pleas. The crime was pinned on the two of us.

"But it makes sense. As for the Rongguo Mansion, their family has been the master for generations. The family is powerful and they can't reach it, so they go around it.

"Just look at the two of us. One is an orphan of the Lin family, and the other is a member of the Jia family who has been expelled. Even if they are bullied in front of ghosts and gods, they will only pick on the weak ones.

"Since this person is a servant of Concubine Lai, he must have entered the palace with the Zhao or Qian family. Someone disliked Concubine Lai and chose her to avenge us.

"that is it."

Daiyu sighed and shook her head, "After all, children and grandchildren can never forget you. You are just a fool.

"As expected, it is involved. The Supreme Lord's birthday has just passed. If people were to see the Taiji Palace make a fool of itself, it would definitely spoil the fun. Forget it."

Hearing her say this, Yanzhi's shoulders relaxed.

But the Queen Mother was not willing to let it go so easily. She sneered and said, "Forget it?! I finally got a beloved daughter, and someone dared to curse her, and I just let it go?!

"Have I wasted these forty or fifty years in the palace?

"Cheng Qian, take this rouge and this doll to Concubine Lai and ask her if she will take care of it. If she doesn't, I will let Gong Zhengsi take care of it!

"When her past is exposed, you can't blame me!"

Yanzhi was so frightened that her whole body was shaking, and she said without thinking: "No! No! The Supreme Lord has said that no one should talk about the matter of the Concubine Dowager!

"Empress Dowager, you can't do this! The emperor is not your biological son! The emperor is the concubine's biological son! You are trying to shake the foundation of the world!"

Everyone was stunned by her words!

Even Daiyu was stunned!

Emperor Zhaoming is Concubine Lai’s son?

Doesn't that mean that the Lai family, the servants of Rongguo Mansion, are the emperor's in-laws? !

Is this so ridiculous?!

The Queen Mother laughed out loud after hearing this: "How dare you say such a thing! It seems that the person who found you has really good taste!"

Cheng Qian looked at Yanzhi coldly: "You are a fool looking for death!"

"Why waste your words on her?" The Queen Mother waved her hand, "Take her to Concubine Lai and let her deal with it herself."

He pointed at Cheng Qian again and said, "This is a big deal. Go report this to the Supreme Lord. Tell him to come over whenever he is free!"

Cheng Qian took the order and left.

The two gatekeepers were very smart. They rushed over to cover Yanzhi's mouth and tied her up. Then they followed the palace maid who was checking the case and ran straight to Concubine Lai's palace with the rag doll in their hands.

Princess Hongchang had watched a great show. Seeing the other three people all looking solemn, she couldn't help but ask timidly, "Are we still going to see Samantabhadra?"