Xiao Chong looked at the pink soap in Queen Xiao's hand and fell into deep thought.
After a while, he asked:
"Mom, what is this... soap used for? Is it very precious?"
When Empress Xiao heard this, her fair and pretty face turned slightly red, she coughed slightly, and she said:
"Lianhua said that there don't seem to be many of these things in the palace. They are only found in a few concubines and the queen's palace."
Xiao Chong was stunned for a moment, with a hint of embarrassment on his face. He turned around and moved the gift box he had just opened to Xiao Hou.
"My dear, look."
"Hey, why are there so many?"
After saying this, Xiao Hou and Xiao Chong looked at each other, and both saw doubts in each other's eyes.
Xiao Chong turned his head and looked at the gift box and said to himself:
"He sent so many precious things to his house? Did he want to use these things to block someone's mouth?"
"That's not right! He clearly knows the identity of a certain person and his empress, and he spoke so harshly last time. How come he looks like someone who is submissive and showing favor?"
Sitting aside, Empress Xiao frowned slightly. She couldn't figure out for a moment why the neighbor she had never met would send such an expensive gift to the house.
If it was to please himself and Xiao Chong, he didn't seem to have the need?
To say that you are asking for something is even more nonsense!
How could he, a young man who could bring the queen and three legitimate sons to visit him, ask for help from someone from the previous dynasty?
Thinking of this, Empress Xiao pointed to the two remaining gift boxes and said:
"Brother Chong, go and open those two boxes and see if there are any letters or anything like that inside."
After hearing Empress Xiao's instructions, Xiao Chong nodded, reached out and moved the two gift boxes to the table-shaped coffee table next to Empress Xiao's chair.
After Xiao Chong took off the lids of the two gift boxes and saw the contents inside.
Xiao Chong and Xiao Hou were both stunned!
Just because one of the gift boxes actually contained a bright red palace dress embroidered with gold edges!
Xiao Chong's whole body trembled, and he gritted his teeth and said:
"Bastard thing!"
After speaking, Xiao Chong stretched out his hands to hold the sides of the gift box, and was about to throw it out of the room!
At this moment, Empress Xiao stretched out her hand to press the gift box, and said in a trembling voice:
"Wait!"
Xiao Chong raised his head and glanced at Empress Xiao, whose eyes were red, and said sadly:
"Empress, why are you doing this! That thief sent these here to humiliate you!"
Empress Xiao's eyes were red, she pointed at the two cuffs on the palace skirt and said:
"Brother Chong, look what is this?"
When Xiao Chong heard this, he lowered his head in confusion and looked at the two cuffs of the palace skirt.
I saw two small words embroidered with golden silk thread on the bright red cuffs.
[Jun...Zi...Jun...Zi...]
【Zijun? ? ? 】
Xiao Chong's pupils shrank, he turned to look at Empress Xiao, and stammered:
"Could it be a coincidence?"
Empress Xiao's eyes were red, she took out the palace dress with trembling hands, and carefully touched the two words on the cuffs.
After Empress Xiao took away the red palace skirt, Xiao Chong immediately discovered that there was a light yellow skirt underneath the palace skirt.
Xiao Chong subconsciously looked at the cuffs of the undershirt, and then his whole body felt as if he had been struck by lightning!
The light yellow skirt was also embroidered with two small characters of "Juanxiu"!
One is Chang and the other is Xi.
"Sister, look! It's Chang Xi!"
Empress Xiao trembled when she heard this, then suddenly raised her head and looked at the yellow skirt in the gift box!
After seeing the two words clearly, Empress Xiao, who had not shed tears for many years, burst into tears and then fell down.
The bright red palace dress in her arms quickly became wet.
When Xiao Chong saw this scene, he was also in tears!
After a while, the two people's emotions stabilized.
Empress Xiao wiped the corners of her eyes and asked seriously:
"Brother Chong, last time you went to the Qin Mansion, did you hear anyone mention the names of Chang Xi and Jun'er?"
Xiao Chong thought for a while, shook his head and said:
"Never heard of it."
Empress Xiao frowned slightly when she heard this. She thought about it and said:
"I remember you said last time that he warned you not to try to identify yourself with Wan'er?"
Xiao Chong frowned.
Now he is also confused by Qin Ming's actions!
Since Qin Ming doesn't want Wan'er to be too involved with him, an old man from the previous dynasty!
Then why send two such suggestive dresses?
"Well, he did say something similar, and implied that with a certain person's current status, having too much contact with Wan'er will only bring trouble to her!"
Empress Xiao leaned on the chair and rubbed her eyebrows with her right hand.
"Then this doesn't make sense! Based on the information you have collected these days."
"He has gained a huge reputation among the literati in Chang'an! Moreover, he has a very good relationship with the nobles who hold military power in the court. Even Li Erlang favors him!"
"A young man with a promising future like him shouldn't tell us even if he knows the identities of Chang Xi and Zi Jun!"
"What's more, it's done in such a subtle way!"
"This does him no good at all! It makes no sense at all!"
Having said this, Empress Xiao stood up, walked around the room twice, and inadvertently glanced at several gift boxes on the table.
"Brother Chong, take out everything in the gift box and see if there is any letter or note hidden inside."
Xiao Chong nodded when he heard this, and then quickly rummaged through several gift boxes.
Nothing was found.
At the same time, Empress Xiao also rummaged through the two dresses and found no clues!
Empress Xiao put down the dress in her hand, glanced at Xiao Chong, and saw him shaking his head.
Empress Xiao sat down on the chair slumped.
She stretched out her hand to rub her eyebrows, thought for a while and asked Xiao Chong:
"Did the person who came to deliver the things say anything to you?"
Xiao Chong, who was sitting on the ground, heard Empress Xiao's question and thought carefully about the conversation he had with Dong Xue at the gate of the mansion just now!
Suddenly, Xiao Chong stood up from the ground like a carp.
Empress Xiao was startled by him and asked nervously:
"What did you think of?"
Xiao Chong didn't say anything. He immediately reached into his sleeve and pulled out a big red gift list with a trembling hand.
Then Xiao Chong dragged the gift list with both hands, handed it to Empress Xiao respectfully and said:
"This is a gift list from the Qin Mansion. I wonder if it contains..."
Before Xiao Chong could finish his words, Empress Xiao snatched the gift list away.
Xiao Meiniang took a deep breath. Because she was so nervous, her hands couldn't help but tremble while she was looking through the gift list.
Her eyes quickly skimmed over the words on the gift list until she saw the last line of beautiful small words!
Xiao Meiniang's face finally broke out, a long-lost bright smile!
Just because it was written clearly at the end of the gift list!
Xiao Changxi, the housekeeper of Qin Mansion, delivers it on behalf of the family head!
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