After I traveled through the book, I was spoiled by five little villains

When Chunfen opened the rosewood box, a gold-inlaid jade diamond-patterned armlet lay quietly inside. The top, which had been wrapped around several times, was cleverly connected to the head of the red-crowned crane, and the ruby ​​color was intoxicating.

It shines brightly on the black velvet background.

"Does the Queen have anything else to say?" Qin Yaoguang asked.

Chunfen shook his head and said, "No."

In terms of value, how can sixty thin handwritten copies of the Heart Sutra be worth such an exquisitely crafted and valuable armlet?

But from the perspective of consecration and blessing, the value of the Queen's health is immeasurable.

Queen Xie is a very particular person.

Qin Yaoguang thought: As a return gift, she could just give a few silk flowers or cakes from the palace, both would be very appropriate.

But she replied with an expensive one.

Qin Yaoguang was trying to guess what was going on in Queen Xie's mind: she couldn't lose face for the Xie family and her dignity as a queen; between the two choices, she had to choose the one that was least likely to go wrong.

Empress Xie was an extremely strong-willed woman.

Qin Yaoguang picked up the armlet and looked at it carefully, and sure enough, she saw a palace mark on the end.

Putting the bracelet back into the box, Qin Yaoguang said, "Take it to Chuntang Garden and give it to Miss Zhou. Tell her that she has done a great job in copying the Heart Sutra and that this is a reward from the Queen."

Since Empress Xie didn't specify, she was happy to take it as a favor.

Anyway, it was something from the palace, so Zhou Qinghe could only watch helplessly as it took it, and there was no way he could turn it into money to use.

Even if she got desperate and wanted to sell it, there was no pawnshop in the capital that would be so foolish as to take it.

Chunfen responded and was about to leave with the wooden box in his hand.

Qin Yaoguang added: "Let Miss Zhou pack her luggage and set off with us to the hot spring villa tomorrow morning."

Since Xiao claimed to be sick, whether she was really sick or not, let her stay in the princess's mansion.

She took Zhou Qinghe away.

Zhou Qinghe was young, so she had to rely on Xiao for many things.

The mother and daughter must be separated.

Just after Chunfen left for a while, Xuelian came to report: "Your Highness, someone from Princess Chunning's residence has come to report that Her Highness's guard of honor is coming to our residence."

Qin Yaoguang smiled happily: "Hurry up and prepare all the food and drinks that Chunning likes to eat and drink."

This younger sister is now adopted by her parents, so she doesn’t need to send anyone, she will come to the house on her own.

As soon as Xuelian left, another maid came to report: "Your Highness, Marquis Boyuan wants to see you."

Qin Yaoguang knew that he would definitely make this trip after hearing the news, so she didn't want to embarrass him and immediately ordered: "Tell him to wait in Mingguang Hall, I will be there soon."

The tea at the Princess's mansion is quite good. Marquis Boyuan hasn't tasted such authentic Lu'an Guapian tea for a long time.

Unfortunately, he was so anxious at the moment that he had no time to enjoy the tea.

If it was just the youngest son, it would be fine. It would be a good opportunity to let him suffer in the prison of the Zongzheng Temple so that he could change his reckless nature.

However, even the lady was locked up!

I asked the Ningguo Mansion to plead for mercy, but I didn't expect that the eldest princess would not even give face to her mother's family.

As Marquis Boyuan, he was too ashamed to face anyone.

He had no choice but to rush here immediately upon hearing the news that the eldest princess would leave Beijing the next day.

Sitting on the chair, he kept looking towards the door.

If he hadn't dared to be unruly in the Princess's mansion, he would have paced back and forth in the room in a hurry.

"The eldest princess has arrived——"

Upon hearing the notification from outside, Marquis Boyuan immediately stood up and paid homage to the person coming in from the door.

"Get up."

Qin Yaoguang's faint voice sounded, and Bo Yuanhou felt frightened.

He knelt down on the spot, and said with great fear and trepidation: "I am guilty, and I dare not stand up."

"Oh?"

Qin Yaoguang asked calmly: "Then tell me, what crime have you committed?"

"My first sin was that I failed to manage my household properly and failed to educate my adopted son. My second sin was that I failed to discipline my wife, causing her to offend Her Royal Highness the Princess."

Marquis Boyuan confessed his guilt sincerely, and said, "After committing the same mistake, I did not reflect on my sins, but instead took chances and tried to ask Your Highness for mercy. This is the third one."

Apart from anything else, the attitude of Marquis Bo Yuan in admitting his mistakes is worthy of recognition.

Far better than the Marquis’s wife.

Why would Marquis Boyuan let his wife take the lead in everything?

Qin Yaoguang collected his thoughts and asked, "Since everything is clear, why did the Marquis come here?"

Marquis Boyuan bowed and said, "I have come here to confess my crime to Your Highness and to ask for Your Highness's grace to pardon my wife's crime and release her from prison."

From beginning to end, he did not mention Dong Haoyuan at all, and only pleaded for Madam Hou.

Qin Yaoguang took a sip of tea and said, "My Lord, please stand up and answer."

Marquis Boyuan then stood up and asked his servant to present a gift list.

He smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, it's not that I don't have good intentions, it's just that my family is not wealthy enough. The rent for the end of the year has not been paid yet, and the several shops are just struggling to make ends meet. I can't even scrape together a hundred taels of gold."

Chunfen unfolded the gift list and let Qin Yaoguang take a look. It was the same gift list that Wang brought last time.

They are exactly the same, even the ink marks on them are the same.

Qin Yaoguang glanced at Boyuan Hou without leaving any trace, thinking: Is Boyuan Hou's family so poor? Even the writing brush and ink for a gift list have to be used sparingly.

Marquis Boyuan took a long box from the servant, bowed and presented it with both hands.

"This Autumn Landscape Painting is given to Your Highness as apology," he said, "If Your Highness is gracious, I will pay the shortfall next year."

Qin Yaoguang's heart moved.

Autumn landscape painting?

Could it be the map that contains the treasures of the previous dynasty?

At the end of the previous dynasty, due to the eunuchs' monopoly of power and their perverse actions, heroes from all walks of life rose up in rebellion.

The Qin family is one of them.

The previous dynasty collapsed too quickly. It took only more than twenty years from the beginning of the uprising to Qin Taizu's capture of the capital.

But after Qin Taizu led his army into the imperial city, there was no trace of the rare treasures in the defeated emperor's private treasury except for some old antiques, calligraphy and paintings.

After interrogating several people, they all said that at the end of the war, they sold all the treasures in their private vaults and used them as military postures.

Qin Taizu was skeptical, but he knew that he had no money in his private treasury, so he had to turn the imperial city upside down to reward the troops.

In the original book, this treasure was hidden in this "Autumn Landscape Painting" left by the court painter of the previous dynasty.

In the subsequent plot, several parties launched a fierce battle over this picture.

In the end, Zhou Qinghe took advantage of the situation and put the profit into his pocket.

With the help of the treasure in the map, Zhou Qinghe took advantage of the second prince and pretended to befriend the fourth prince, and finally helped the prince who listened to her most to ascend the throne.

Unexpectedly, this picture actually starts in Marquis Boyuan’s Mansion?

Who would have believed that such a treasure could be hidden in the Boyuan Marquis Mansion, the most impoverished of the nobles.

Qin Yaoguang calmed himself down and nodded slightly.

Chunfen stepped forward, took the box from Boyuanhou's hand, and together with Hanlu who was standing beside him, slowly unfolded the horizontal scroll of landscape painting.

The scroll depicts the scene of the defeated emperor of the previous dynasty and his ministers going hunting in autumn.

Mountains, rivers and vast streams, a canopy like a pavilion, eagles and running dogs, armor shining towards the sun, it is an atmosphere of prosperity.

However, this painting skill lacks the beauty of agility and is merely the craft of a painter.

Marquis Boyuan himself was aware of this, and he looked a little embarrassed.