The next day, Du Ruo suddenly received news from her aunt that her old illness had relapsed.
She asked Lu Lingjun to go home for a few days to visit relatives, and Lu Lingjun agreed.
After she left, the theft in the palace was still under investigation.
For this reason, Cheng Yunshuo was also asked to increase the patrol time in the palace. He did not come back for several days and was first taken to live in the barracks.
After Lu Lingjun received the notice, he had no objection other than asking someone to send some clothes and food to Cheng Yunshuo.
But she always felt that this matter was not simple, and she was afraid that Cheng Yunshuo's stupid Qing would fall into trouble in the palace and be implicated in it. After thinking about it, she thought of Lady Wang.
Madam Wang's husband is the commander of the Royal Forest Army, so he must know more.
With this in mind, Lu Lingjun urgently sent a greeting card to Madam Wang and took a car to her place to inquire.
"Sister Lu, you don't need to be too nervous. It's just a theft in Concubine Shu's palace." After Lady Wang learned about Lu Lingjun's purpose, she told her the story without reservation.
"In the palace, there are inevitable thieves every few years. The things in the palace are very valuable. Take them out and sell them for a hundred or two thousand taels. There are some mice who are eager for money or greedy for money. It's perfectly normal to collude with the maids in various palaces and steal items that the master doesn't use much and sell them."
"Then Concubine Shu is the favored concubine of the harem. She can't wear all the treasures and jewelry in several rooms. Some time ago, she happened to remember that she had a hairpin that she brought when she entered the palace, and asked the palace maid to find it and wear it. The palace maid didn't After finding her, I ordered a thorough investigation, but this investigation was extremely difficult, and it was discovered that hundreds of pieces of jewelry were missing from her!"
"so much?"
"That's right! The whole palace is investigating!"
"Didn't you find any?" Lu Lingjun asked with a slight frown.
"Now things are stuck in this place!" Madam Wang clapped her hands, "The palace may be big or small. There are hundreds of pieces of jewelry that cannot be found at all. The superiors said that it was most likely transported out of the palace. , but there are hundreds of pieces, even if they are shipped out of the palace, they must be still there!"
Lu Lingjun understood.
It is still a matter in the inner palace, and it is not too involved with the outer palace.
"Now the higher-ups are firstly checking people who come in and out of the palace. If you find jewelry on them, you can basically find the thief. Secondly, they are checking whether any of the guards are having an affair with anyone in the palace and helping to sell it off."
When Mrs. Wang said this, she looked at Lu Lingyun, "Sister Lu, don't worry, your eldest son went on an errand a while ago, and no investigation can be found on him."
After hearing this, Lu Lingjun breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you very much, Sister Wang."
"Why are you being polite to me?" Madam Wang looked at Lu Lingyun with a smile on her face.
She has a good relationship with Lu Lingjun, mainly because she thinks she is a nice person.
She didn't have many friends in the capital, and it was even harder to get along with those high-ranking ladies. There was no one like Lu Lingyun, who was high-ranking but didn't have any arrogance or bad temper.
She wanted to talk to her about this.
At this time, her maid came over to report.
"Madam, the wife of the Du family next door invites you to come over!"
"what is the matter?"
"She has interesting things, please go and take a look."
When Madam Wang heard this, she looked at Lu Lingyun and said, "How about we go together."
At this time, the Du family.
After Du Ruo came back to visit relatives, her aunt's illness was mostly cured.
On this trip, she even brought back all the newly rewarded things to her by the Hou Mansion to show them.
She first gave the new material popular in Jiangnan to her cousin-in-law.
After her cousin-in-law received the new material, she smiled from ear to ear and praised Du Ruo for his ability.
"How about we, A Ruo, have good luck in marrying the Marquis? Look, this material is so promising! I have heard many people say this material this year, it is very valuable!" Sister-in-law Du Ruo praised her, "When the time comes, I will tell you Your aunt, one person can make a piece of clothing, wear it and let outsiders see it, this is a gift from our Aruo!"
Du Ruo listened to her cousin-in-law's words with a smile on her face.
Several relatives on the side also looked at her with envy.
Du Ruo's aunt looked at Du Ruo with eyes filled with relief, "A Ruo, we have it at home, you don't need to take it home."
"What does this mean? The prince loves me so much." Du Ruo took out a snuff bottle from his body, "Look, this is something new from the south of the Yangtze River. I just said something and the prince begged for it for me."
After taking out the snuff bottle with lifelike flowers painted on it, everyone around was shocked.
A large crowd of people gathered around to watch.
"Yo! This is good stuff!"
"Is this called a snuff bottle?"
"It's so beautiful!"
"But why do I smell a strange smell?" someone said.
"You're ignorant! Do you know what a snuff bottle smells like?"
A group of people rushed to see it, how strange and strange it looked.
After all the surprises, they started to praise each other fiercely.
"This thing is not simple at first glance. Look, the mouth of this bottle is inlaid with gold wire!"
"This is the first time I've seen such a high-end snuff bottle."
"If it weren't for the things coming out of the Hou Mansion, would we be able to see such good things!"
"Look, there is nothing wrong with being a concubine. Being a concubine from a high family will lead a better life than being a wife from a small family!"
"If you ask me to say it, I will say the same thing again. If Aruo has the ability, the prince will give away such a good treasure casually!"
Listening to everyone's words, Du Ruo felt more and more proud and satisfied, "That's natural, the prince loves me."
At this time, a clear voice sounded, "Yo! I thought there was something new and asked me to see it. It turns out that Aruo is back!"
Madam Wang's voice came over, and everyone in the room looked towards the door.
Du Ruo's smiling face faltered when she saw the person following Madam Wang.
Lu Lingjun smiled at her, "I'm here with Madam Wang. I'm talking to her today. I heard your aunt has some good things here, so I came to take a look. You don't have to be nervous."
Du Ruo's aunt saw Lu Lingjun coming and got up quickly.
"Auntie, there's no need to get up, I'm just a guest," Lu Lingjun stepped forward with a smile, "How is your health now?"
"Thanks to the young lady for remembering me, I am doing very well!"
"If you miss Aruo in the future, you can come over to my house and stay for a few days." Lu Lingjun said generously.
"Thank you so much, Madam!" Aunt Du excitedly pulled Lu Lingjun to sit down, "Our A'ruo is a careless person. It's only thanks to your kindness, Madam, that she is where she is today."
Lu Lingjun smiled and said, "No way."
Lady Wang on the side said, "Didn't you say you have something good for me to use? Why don't you bring it out quickly?"
Aunt Du laughed sarcastically, "I never thought that the Young Madam would come. Whatever good things are in front of her, aren't they all rewarded by the Young Madam!"
As she spoke, Aunt Du took out the snuff bottle from her palm.
Lu Lingjun looked at the gold-rimmed snuff bottle she handed him, and was suddenly at a loss, and slowly frowned.
This thing doesn't belong to her palace.
The workmanship and materials are even a whole level better than those brought by Jiangnan.
It looks like... something from the palace!
