When Concubine Xi heard this, she was struck by lightning, the things in her hands fell to the ground, and she looked at Shen Yuerong in disbelief.
"Are you serious?"
Shen Yuerong pursed her red lips and spoke with a serious expression.
"I said it with all sincerity. If mother doesn't believe me, you can send it to the Appraisal Department. You should still have this kind of ore."
Concubine Xi had completely believed Shen Yuerong's words at this moment, and her face turned pale.
"So what should I do?"
Shen Yuerong took a quick look and thought that so many gold and silver jewelry might contain this mineral. She then sighed and began to comfort him.
"These jewellery items should be sealed up first, and no one should be allowed to touch them. We will go and settle accounts with the owner of Jinxiufang. They dared to deceive us with these fake and shoddy items. We will never tolerate it."
Upon hearing this, Concubine Xi immediately panicked.
If Shen Yuerong knew that these things were made in the shop she opened, she would probably never be able to wash herself clean even if she jumped into the Yellow River.
So she hurriedly grabbed Shen Yuerong and forced a smile.
"You are so busy, so I won't bother you. I will handle it myself."
Seeing her like this, Shen Yuerong became suspicious and asked.
"Mother said she wanted to start a small business a few days ago. Could this be it?"
Concubine Xi immediately waved her hand and replied, "Of course not, the shop I run is very small, not that big."
Only then did Shen Yuerong lower her suspicion and smiled to comfort him.
"If mother can't solve it, then come and look for your daughter-in-law."
Concubine Xi nodded and agreed to watch Shen Yuerong leave, then she packed up her things urgently and hurried into the palace.
The moment she stepped into the Pepper Room, she wrapped the golden hairpin in her hand in a handkerchief and threw it to the ground.
"Queen, what do you mean?"
Queenstown ate her cakes leisurely, leaned lazily on the couch and spoke slowly.
"What's wrong with you, mother? Why are you so angry?"
Concubine Xi strode closer and stared at the queen in front of her with cold eyes.
"These jewelry of yours are made of something that shouldn't be used. They are not gold at all, but a kind of mineral. It will make you sick if you touch it. Shouldn't you give me an explanation?"
The queen put down the teacup and stroked the gold hairpin in her hair with her fingers.
"Who told you this nonsense, mother? There is absolutely nothing wrong with this hairpin. I have been wearing it on my head for so long. Do you think I am sick?"
She put down her hand, sighed deeply, and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.
"Why would mother be willing to believe what an outsider says instead of me? Even if this hairpin is made of other materials, I can guarantee that there will be absolutely no problems."
Concubine Xi hesitated for a moment, thinking to herself, could it be that Shen Yuerong made a mistake, but there was a voice in her heart clamoring.
“Believe in Shen Yuerong!”
Seeing her hesitation, the queen stood up and approached her.
"Mother, we have already given so much, why can't you trust me?"
She reached out and held Concubine Xi's hand, her eyes filled with a sincere light.
Concubine Xi raised her eyes and looked at her, and the Queen felt very proud.
I just used a small trick, but Concubine Xi was fooled by me. There is naturally no problem with the gold hairpin I wear.
Just when she thought Concubine Xi would choose to believe her, she was slapped hard in the face.
The sound of crisp slaps rang out in the store, and Concubine Xi's cold voice reached her ears.
"I'm telling you, the matter of Jinzhufang must be resolved. I paid so much money, not for you to fool me like this."
"If you don't solve this, don't blame me for telling His Majesty and my sister."
The queen looked a little grim and spoke coldly.
"Then give me three months."
Concubine Xi answered directly and decisively.
"You only have one month to buy back all the stocks you've sold. Otherwise, just wait."
She left a few words, turned around and left the Pepper Room.
The queen stared at her leaving back with a sinister look in her eyes.
"Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. Besides, you signed all this with your own name. What does it have to do with me?"
"A month is just the right time for everything to settle down, and you can just wait to be ruined."
On the way back, Concubine Xi felt a dull headache. She didn't dare tell Shen Yuerong or the Queen Mother about this matter, so she could only keep it a secret to herself.
When she was sitting alone in the carriage, she finally relaxed, and her whole body was in a shaky state.
When Concubine Xi returned to the courtyard, she went straight to the bed and fell into a deep sleep.
She slept like this until the end of the night and there was no sound at all.
Hua Qiu sensed something was wrong and stepped forward to call out softly, but Concubine Xi did not respond at all.
She reached out to touch her, only to find that Concubine Xi was extremely hot all over, and immediately hurried to the courtyard where Shen Yuerong was.
At this moment, Shen Yuerong was having dinner with Chi Mu, and she learned that Concubine Xi was in a coma.
She dropped her bowl and chopsticks and hurried over, lifting her skirt.
When Shen Yuerong's fingers touched her wrist, she felt it burning hot, and she frowned and asked Hua Qiu.
"Where did mother go today?"
Huaqiu was so anxious that her eyes were filled with tears. She then told him about her visit to the palace today.
"I said that I wanted to accompany the Concubine Dowager to find the Queen Mother, but she wouldn't let me, saying that she could handle it herself."
"I stayed outside and heard the quarrel inside. When the concubine came out again, she didn't say much and fell asleep as soon as she came back."
When Shen Yuerong heard Hua Qiu's words, she thought to herself that Concubine Xi might have had an argument with the Queen, so she didn't think much about it.
She quickly took Concubine Xi's pulse and prescribed medicine, personally served her the medicine, and also performed acupuncture.
As the sky gradually darkened, Concubine Xi finally woke up and saw Shen Yuerong busying herself under the light of the lantern.
She looked at Shen Yuerong and couldn't help but blushing. She trusted Shen Yuerong so much that things turned out like this.
But then he thought again, the Queen had already promised to handle it, so he decided to keep the matter secret.
When Shen Yuerong turned around, she saw Concubine Xi who had woken up, and walked forward with a worried look on her face.
"Is mother feeling better?"
Concubine Xi sat up and answered with a smile on her face.
"I'm feeling better now. I'm sorry for making you worry."
She no longer had the arrogance she had before and looked weak and pitiful.
Shen Yuerong suddenly felt distressed and comforted her softly.
"How could that be? As long as mother is healthy, we, as the younger generation, will naturally be happy."
"But why did mother have a dispute with the queen? Did she bully you?"
Concubine Xi waved her hand and replied, "No one bullied me. It was the things she sent that had problems. I was so angry that I argued with her."
"Maybe I was too busy these days and didn't get enough rest, so I collapsed from exhaustion."
If someone else had given her this explanation, I'm afraid Shen Yuerong wouldn't have believed it.
But the person in front of her was Concubine Xi, so she actually believed it a little.
After all, it seemed that only she would do something so impulsive and illogical.
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