Chapter 427 Suspicion
They not only shaped the ancient pines, cypresses and plum trees, but also added various mosses and rocks.
Although there are not many varieties, there are many different ways to play.
According to the shop owner, there are different schools with different styles.
For example, the southern style of tree stump bonsai often has dry and clumsy trunks, twisted branches, uneven leaves, and a rugged appearance; the Hui style of ancient plum trees emphasizes an ancient, proud, and vigorous charm; the Jiannan style of banyan tree bonsai emphasizes an ancient and simple style.
Ji Changying was shocked when he heard this. What a great ancestor!
Give them an idea, and they can make anything interesting!
After strolling around for half a day, Zhou and she excitedly bought a lot of potted toys and vases of flowers for their new home, but they had no idea what gift to give to Jiang Qianruo.
Although the flowers sold in the flower market looked quite rare, to Jiang Qianruo, they were probably no different from the wild flowers and weeds on the street.
"How about this, mother, pick out an implement and I'll find a unique flower to give to you. This way, it can be considered as a token of our mutual appreciation."
Seeing Zhou scratching her head in worry, Ji Changying simply told her what he had thought.
Zhou's eyes lit up after hearing this: "That's great! If not, ask Shopkeeper Wang to send you two pots of flowers from our place. I don't see any of our flowers here."
"knew."
After getting Ji Changying's affirmative answer, Zhou happily picked out a blue and white jade vase with cloud dragon pattern. When paying, both mother and daughter grinned in their hearts when they heard the price.
It's just a beautifully carved vase, but it costs three hundred taels of silver!
As if sensing their suspicion, the shopkeeper explained with a smile, "I'm not deliberately asking for a higher price. It's simply because you two have excellent taste! You immediately chose the best. This jade huchun vase is a new creation by a famous porcelain master from Jiangnan. There's only one of its kind in the world. We just brought it back and planned to keep it for ourselves, but we didn't expect you two would take a fancy to it."
The shopkeeper looked at the jade huchun vase with regret and reluctance, his face full of the pain of parting with it.
When Zhou heard that there was only one such person in the world, her eyes lit up and she couldn't help but tighten her grip: "In that case, then..."
Finally, the shopkeeper sent the man out of the shop with a strange look on his face.
Who would have thought that a distinguished person dressed in fine clothes, wearing top-notch hair and accessories, accompanied by maids and nannies, would actually bargain when shopping?!
The shopkeeper looked up to the sky and cried. If he had known this would happen, he would have been bolder and raised the price a little more.
On the way back, Zhou happily hugged the vase and said, "I saved three taels of silver. When I get back, your father will definitely praise me for my good housekeeping skills!"
"Of course! Saving is earning. We even earned three taels of silver after a day of fun! Mom is awesome!"
Aunt Hua twitched her face but didn't say anything.
Who would have thought that the minds of these mother and daughter were so... so different?
After returning home and ordering people to put things in place, Ji Changying told Yanyun that he needed to rest and not to disturb him, then he carried the pot of golden branches and jade leaves into the space.
She planned to pick out a flower that was suitable for display in a vase and that was suitable for the environment in the capital.
“Chirp!”
Seeing her come in, the black dog pounced on her in surprise and climbed from the corner of her skirt to her shoulder in a few seconds.
The black dog pointed at the things in the space and showed them to Ji Changying with pride.
I don’t know when, but all the crops that were planted before have matured, and a large area of corn cobs have been broken off by the black dog.
The soil in the vegetable garden and orchard was soft, and things grew luxuriantly. It was obvious that the yellow-haired rat had put in a lot of effort.
Ji Changying looked at it and exclaimed: "Not bad! You did a great job! It would be even better if you could harvest and husk the wheat and rice."
This was of course a pipe dream. The black dog simply leaned his body on her shoulder, indicating that he wanted to rest.
Ji Changying ignored it, trimmed the jade plant in her hand, and found a suitable place to grow and replanted it.
After choosing for a long time, I finally took out the snow willow stems and branches from the corner.
When the snow willow blooms, the tender green branches are accompanied by dense snow-white flowers, which are cool, elegant and fresh, like a bright touch of vitality in winter.
I'm sure the Empress would feel the same way when she saw this in the palace.
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Hall of Mental Cultivation.
Emperor Mingde's eyes flickered as he looked at Concubine De, who was limp on the ground, and asked, "Do you have anything else to say?"
Xie Siheng started with the dead eunuch and thoroughly investigated everything that happened before and after he entered the palace.
Among the people I have come into contact with recently, after unraveling the mystery, one person gradually emerged.
Wang Delu, the eunuch beside Concubine De.
His family used to run a vinegar-making business outside the palace. Just two hours before the incident, he ordered a eunuch from Piaomiao Garden to contact the dead eunuch and give him a package.
The eunuch was timid and afraid of trouble. After getting the things, he hurried back to the imperial kitchen and almost bumped into Princess Hehua.
Finally, seeing that the matter was exposed, he was worried that he would fall into the hands of the Criminal Investigation Department and suffer a fate worse than death, so he simply drank a bag of arsenic and committed suicide.
Wang Delu originally wanted to clean up the mess as soon as the man died, but he didn't expect that the people from the Criminal Investigation Department would investigate too strictly. In a moment of desperation, he viciously bribed several eunuchs from Piaomiao Garden and asked them to pretend to accidentally release a strange beast, intending to completely muddy the waters and divert the attention of the Criminal Investigation Department.
As a result, despite all his calculations, the eunuch did not expect that he would be the first to die at the mouth of a strange beast. The emperor even conducted an investigation overnight and arrested all the people in Piaomiao Garden, and the investigation led to Wang Delu.
Now that there is both human and material evidence, and Wang Delu has confessed personally, he can basically be convicted. Emperor Mingde is just going through the motions.
Concubine De's face was filled with panic, tears welling in her eyes, and her frail body slumped to one side. "I truly did not order this to happen! I have always respected the Empress, and I have never met Princess Xiyue. How could I, with no grudges against her, order anyone to disrupt the recognition of the Emperor and the Princess? This lowly slave must have framed me. I hope the Emperor will understand!"
When Prince Yi saw his mother like this, he naturally could not just stand by and watch.
He knelt on the ground and took two steps forward to tug at the edge of Emperor Mingde's clothes. "Father! Before the palace banquet, I had a conflict with Lord Xie. Perhaps he harbors resentment and is trying to frame Mother in an attempt to implicate me. I hope Father will see clearly and give Mother justice!"
"Third brother, what are you saying? My fifth brother and I were present when we had a conflict with Lord Xie. Why didn't Lord Xie frame us, but instead came after you? You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. The evidence and witnesses are right in front of us. I advise you to stop making random accusations."
"Shut up! It was Concubine Lan who first brought up the idea of a blood test. Why is she suddenly saying this? Maybe Concubine Lan had already ordered all this to happen, and she brought it up at the critical moment to make things go her way! And then she framed Mother to clear herself of suspicion!"
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