Chapter 118: Seven beads crown

"What's so interesting about this place, why is it so lively?" Zhaoping was a lively person, and couldn't help asking.
"I wonder if there are any good things for sale, it's better to go and see." Qin Jiu said and sent the loquat to see what was going on. After a while, the loquat came back and told him, "Princess, Jiuye, this is a jewellery stall. The jewellery in it is not very expensive, but..."
Zhaoping heard that she was selling jewellery and didn't have much interest. She was a princess, and she had never seen any kind of jewellery. However, she felt very strange that jewelry was sold in such a humble place. She was hesitant to go in and have a look. Seeing the loquat hesitating to talk, her curiosity arose and ordered her maid to go in and take a look. The maid came back from a different place and told: "Princess, most of the jewels here are not worth seeing. However, the servant maid accidentally saw a thing and found it strange. I don't know why it appeared here. The princess might as well come in and take a look."
Seeing the maid's solemnity, Zhaoping asked several maids to clear the way, and then she and Qin Jiu squeezed to the front of the crowd.
This is a small shop. The shop noodles are not in the West Market, but in a small alley next to the West Market. The location is a bit back. Although it is dozens of steps away from the prosperous West Market, it is in contrast. Underneath, it looks extremely simple and gray. If in the past, she would never come here again.
The walls in the shop also looked grey. There were a few shelves in the house with a dazzling array of jewels, but there were no special precious and rare things. Princess Zhaoping's maid was indeed with the princess, her eyes were very good, and she only went in for a moment and saw that these jewels are not particularly expensive, but they are extremely eye-catching on the simple wall and in the dark interior. of. However, Zhaoping felt that it was not these jewels but the women who sold jewels that really attracted the attention of the gang who couldn’t buy jewelry.
The woman was sitting behind an old desk, wearing a jade-colored ruyi dress, and her and skirts were embroidered with beautiful orchids, which was very charming. The light gauze between the wide cloud sleeves is cleverly caged, and a layer of soft smoked purple gauze is draped over the shoulders. A black hair was pulled up and fixed with a gold hairpin, very elegant.
The woman's skin is white and greasy, her eyebrows are like Qingdai, and she is so beautiful. Even Zhaoping, who has seen many beauties in the palace, thinks she is beautiful. But this woman was expressionless and cold. A pair of beautiful eyes and water spirits are as clear as a puddle of clear water, but they are so profound that people can't figure it out.
The beauty like this ice sculpture, the posture that rejects others thousands of miles away, is the most attractive to men, so most of the onlookers are idlers.
"You prodigal, tell you to sell goods, you hang around here, and give me back. It's just a vixen from the brothel, what's so beautiful!" A woman grabbed a man's ears and beat Scolded a guy away. Before leaving, I didn't forget to take a sip at the woman in the shop, and cursed: "Damn vixen."
Princess Zhaoping learned from the voices of the idlers around her that this woman was once a prostitute who was a brothel but not a prostitute. Her nickname was Shuangyu. Now she has become Liang, and she opened a shop here with her husband. Shuangyu is also the top card in the building. It is difficult for ordinary people to see it even if they take the silver. These idlers naturally can't see it. Now, this woman is sitting here, not receiving a penny, so she can watch it for nothing. The cheap price naturally attracted many people to come here to see her, so it was extremely lively here. However, these people can't see but can't touch them, and they just have an eye addiction. Because the Shuangyu's husband is in the inner room, according to these idlers, Shuangyu's husband is not only good at doing business, but also has martial arts, and is very fond of Shuangyu, so these people can only stand Looking at a beauty from a distance, no one dares to molest it.
This Shuangyu looked like everybody's lady, but unexpectedly he was a prostitute.
Speaking of it, men are also strange. Sometimes they don’t want their ladies and wives, but they prefer prostitutes like ladies. The more dignified and cold, the more they like them.
Zhaoping squinted his eyes and smiled, then looked back and said to the maid: "You said something familiar, is it her?"
The maid shook her head hurriedly and pointed to the golden hairpin in the frosty hair and said: "Princess, look at the golden hairpin in this woman's hair."
Zhaoping was not interested in accessories, so he didn't pay attention to the women's accessories, so he didn't look at the golden hairpin carefully. At this time, listening to what the maid said, following her fingers, looking at the golden hairpin on the frosty jade bun, couldn't help but be surprised.
This golden hairpin is really eye-catching, and the hairpin's head is a Chang'e with a fluttering dress. The carvings are lifelike and very smart. It was not the exquisitely carved Chang'e that surprised Zhaoping, but the bright moon held in Chang'e's hands. The bright moon was a pearl, about the size of a pigeon egg. In a dimly lit room, the pearly light circulated and shined.
Qin Jiu stared at the female golden hairpin, squinted and smiled: "Hey, why is this pearl so big? I have never seen such a big and bright pearl. This is a good thing, maybe it's expensive? "
Indeed, such a large pearl is really rare.
Zhao Ping smiled faintly, wandered to Shuangyu, and asked: "Girl Shuangyu, where did you get the pearls on the golden hairpin? I looked very good. I wonder if there are any more for sale?"
Shuangyu glanced at Zhaoping with a cold expression, and said lightly: "Naturally, they are sold in my shop. If you want them, there are two more. One is three thousand taels. The girl can't afford the silver. As long as there are valuable treasures at home, You can take a bet, if you win, the pearl will go to you, if you lose, you will keep your treasure."
It turns out that this shop not only sells jewelry, but also gambling.
Qin Jiu shook the bandage and smiled: "One such big pearl is rare, but there are still two. I don't believe it. Girl, you might as well take it out and let us have a look. If there is one, I would rather One bet."
Shuangyu turned his head, glanced at Qin Jiu, and said in a cool voice: "Of course there are, girls, please wait a moment." As the proprietress of the jewelry store, this girl Shuangyu is also cold and cold in attracting customers. She got up and went into the back wing, and soon she held out a delicately carved box. She slowly opened the box and said with a faint smile: "Please look at both of you."
Qin Jiu and Zhaoping glanced at them, and saw a jade crown in the box, with a circle of pearls inlaid on it, and they counted six. Of these six pearls, only the middle two are as big as those on the frosty jade hairpin, and the other four are even smaller. There is a gap between the two large pearls. It can be seen that the pearl on the frosty jade hairpin is taken from this jade crown. If it is added, it will be seven pearls.
Seven beads crown, three big beads, four small beads, this is the crown of the prince.
In this city of Lijing, there are also three Qizhu princes, Anling Wang Yan Su, Kang Yang Wang Yan Min, and Yan Wang Yan Yu.
Zhaoping stared at the jade of the crown and recognized that it was the crown of Kangyang Wang Yanmin, her face suddenly changed.
Pearls with the size of pigeon eggs are not available on the market, and they are generally offered to the court as tribute. Therefore, her maid saw that the pearls on the frosty jade hairpin were so great that she suspected it was something in the palace. Zhaoping also doubted it, but she never expected it to be the pearl on the crown of Yan Min.
Zhaoping looked at Shuangyu calmly and saw that her expression was extremely calm, she squinted and asked, "How did you get this thing in your box?"
Shuangyu raised her eyebrows and smiled faintly, "Girl, please forgive me. I can't tell you. If you are fond of this bead, you can buy it with silver. If you don't have silver, you can bet with treasure. If you don't have silver or treasure, Then please go slowly." She said coldly, pointing to the door. Shuangyu's tone is not necessarily so cold, but the voice of her words is naturally cold.
"How do you speak," Princess Zhaoping's maid was enraged. "Don't talk about a bead. We can buy the whole West Market."
"Really?" Shuangyu said coldly, "If that's the case, then please bring your silver." He said, closing the box with a snap.
Zhaoping smiled calmly, "Since you refuse to tell me, then go to the lobby of Jingfu Yin to speak!"
Princess Zhaoping waved her hand, and several princess mansion guards who followed her rushed in and seized Shuangyu.
"What are you doing?" a big man walked out of the back room quickly and shouted. This big man was born tall and strong, and he was Shuangyu's husband.
Zhaoping sneered coldly, "This palace is Princess Zhaoping, I suspect that the jewelry of your shop is of unknown origin, I am afraid I will trouble you to go to the lobby of the capital Yin." Zhaoping revealed his identity, the man and Shuangyu didn't dare to resist, and was taken away.
Qin Jiu smiled and asked Zhaoping, "How did the princess know that the jewelry in this shop was stolen?"
Zhaoping sneered and said, "The box is filled with my emperor's crown. If they hadn't stolen it, wouldn't my emperor's brother still give them his crown?"
Qin Jiu suddenly realized: "So that's the case, then I won't disturb the princess, so don't let it go. Later, I will send someone to send the sachet to the princess's house."
Zhaoping said lightly, "Excuse me." Zhaoping's tone was light, not as enthusiastic about Qin Jiu's embroidered sachet on the day of ploughing the weaving festival.
Qin Jiu thought, this is a good thing. Perhaps Zhaoping no longer doubted her like that day. After all, she is now a member of the Tianchen Sect, which is a far cry from her before. What's more, Zhaoping did not have a favorable impression of Tianchen Sect.
On the way back to the mansion, Qin Jiu sat in the carriage with his eyes closed and rested. Loquat couldn't help asking: "Jiuye, why did you let Princess Zhaoping expose this?"
Qin Jiu opened his eyes and said faintly, "This matter can only be the most natural if Zhaoping discovers it. Because Zhaoping has been dissatisfied with Yan Su over the years, and when he met him, it was a quarrel. Therefore, only she found out, Emperor Qing I don’t think Zhaoping is facing Yan Su, and Yan Min’s charge can be determined. Besides, the princess helped her elder brother find the lost things."
Qin Jiu planned this event today.
The chess piece Anwu Qin Jiu buried beside Yan Min has been very appreciated by Yan Min recently. It coincided with Yan Min's frustration. Yan Min couldn't help but be frustrated. Originally, he was thrifty at the farming and weaving festival. Although he was appreciated by Emperor Qing, it only made him happy for a day. Because on the day of Cultivation and Weaving Festival, Emperor Qing originally wanted to point him to the marriage, but in the end, Yan Su and Su Wanxiang were fulfilled. As for his marriage, Emperor Qing stopped mentioning him, and also denied the possibility of him marrying Tianchenzong. Qin Jiu made a sack and prevented him from marrying her. Emperor Qing only said that he had a suitable candidate, and then he would marry him. He could not marry Su Wanxiang nor Qin Jiu, he was naturally quite disappointed.
Qin Jiu knows Yan Min, he was very playful when he was a child and liked to gamble on two. It's just that, because he was brought up under Hui Hui's knees, he was still very strict with him. Even if he had this thought in these years, he didn't dare to act. But when a person is frustrated, it is extremely easy to indulge.
Qin Jiu seized this opportunity and set up this game.
Shuangyu was also a member of the Suyi Bureau. After leaving the palace three years ago, she hid in the brothel. A few days ago, under Qin Jiu's instruction, she deliberately followed Liang and opened a shop here. Her husband is a member of Mu Yufei, who is very good at gambling.
This small shop they opened in the West Market not only sells jewelry, but also sets up gambling.
Yan Min was introduced by An Wu to play here. Even if he wanted to gamble, he naturally did not dare to go to the big casino. Hearing An Wu said that the owner, Wang Hu, has a very high gambling skill here, and it is extremely hidden, no one will notice. Come to him.
At first, Yan Min just wanted to play with fun, but he didn't really want to gamble. Unexpectedly, he saw Shuangyu.
Yan Min sees a lot of beautiful women, but he doesn't see many beautiful women like Shuangyu. His face is extraordinary and his temperament is cold. When he sees him, he is neither overbearing nor cold, nor looking at him directly. Especially, when he saw Shuangyu's husband, Wang Hu, who was very high in gambling skills, he was tall, strong and black, and he was obviously not worthy of Shuangyu.
Yan Min was moved at the time and wanted to get Shuangyu to be a concubine by his side, so as to comfort his frustrated cautious liver.
Wang Hu's gambling game was also strange, it was his wife, Shuangyu, as a bet, and he asked the other party not to bet on silver, but only on jewelry.
Yan Min captured the emerald ring on his finger at the time, and naturally returned empty-handed. Every day since then, he will bring a treasure to the gambling game. The treasure he brings is naturally a treasure that is hard to see by ordinary people in Lijing. When Yan Min lost a three-foot-tall red coral tree, Wang Hu should no longer bet on the treasures he brought, because he was not interested in the treasures brought by Yan Min.
Yan Min red eyes.
All gamblers have this addiction. The more they lose, the more they want to gamble. Yan Min is no exception. He glanced at the cold Shuangyu, really loves it more and more, and feels that his temperament is not worse than Su Wanxiang.
Finally, Yan Min took out his crown. Wang Hu didn't seem to recognize this as the crown, but only saw the beads on his crown.
Naturally, Yan Min still lost this round. Yan Min thought he would win this time, and gamblers thought he would win the next game, but he didn't expect to lose. After losing, he felt that the matter was serious. This was his crown. Fortunately, these buns did not recognize it.
Yan Min is not good at revealing his identity. If he loses the prince's crown while gambling outside and spreads out and is known by his father, then he won't think about another prince in his life, let alone fight for the crown. Therefore, he plans to raise another piece of jewelry to win the crown back. If he can't win back, he plans to send someone to steal the crown back.
Yan Min didn't expect that this was a set that Qin Jiu gave him, and he hadn't acted yet, Qin Jiu acted.
Qin Jiu sat in the carriage and left the West Market, suddenly her heart moved.
The crown is no better than other jewels. After Yan Min loses, he should prevent Wang Hu and Shuangyu from leaving with Bao, so there should be his eyeliner here. If he knew that Zhaoping was going to send Wang Hu and Shuangyu to Jingfu Yin, and stopped Zhaoping on the way to explain the matter, it would be hard to tell.
Qin Jiu squinted suddenly and said to the loquat: "Loquat, you quickly send someone to pretend to kidnap Wang Hu and Shuangyu. Send Xiaoqi to the rescue."
Loquat nodded and left.
Qin Jiu again ordered the coachman to immediately turn around and head to the palace. If Yan Min went out and sealed the news in Jingfu Yin and prevented him from reporting to Emperor Qing, it might not be easy. The only plan now is to let Zhaoping make things happen.
After entering the palace, Qin Jiu secretly contacted a member of the Suyi Bureau on the excuse of looking for Concubine Hui and asked her to report the matter to Cai Gongfeng, so she went to Concubine Hui's Jingxiu Palace.
It was in the afternoon when the weather became warmer and the sunlight was extremely dazzling.
Concubine Hui just got up for a nap and was drinking tea in the flower hall. When Qin Jiu came in, she smiled and said, "Why is Jiu'er free?"
Only then did Qin Jiu know that there really is no reason to come here since. So he lowered his eyelashes, and a bleak color passed across his eyes.
"Niangniang, I heard that the master of the Yao family has arrived in the capital. Is the Niangniang going to let her marry King Kangyang?" Qin Jiu knew that he could not marry Yan Min anymore, so he simply made a fuss.
Concubine Hui sighed and put down the tea cup in her hand, "Jiu'er, come and sit. Xi'er did arrive in the capital, but she came by stealth, and she must have gone back. Don't worry about it." She came to hold Qin Jiu's. Hand, "Speaking of your ominous Kerf name, I am also extremely worried. However, I will find a way to turn your mole into a Vanves mole."
Qin Jiu knew in his heart that Concubine Hui was not telling the truth. I was afraid that Concubine Hui also wanted Yao Xi'er to replace her, but Yao Xi'er had his whole heart on Lian Yuren. Naturally, he would not agree to this. Listen to Hui The voice of the concubine might not know that Yao Xier had been imprisoned by Yuan Ba.
The two were chatting, and the in charge of Jingxiu Palace came in and told him: "Niangniang, His Royal Highness King Kangyang has sent someone to come and say that there is something urgent."
Concubine Hui's brows constricted, "Let him in."
A little rushed in and knelt down and said: "Manny, your Royal Highness sent a message that he had bet a few times at a jewelry shop in the West Market and lost the crown."
After hearing this, Concubine Hui's face changed slightly, and she raised her eyelashes and said, "What, did he gamble?"
The little nodded.
"Does anyone else know about this? Is the crown coming back?" Hui Fei asked coldly.