Chapter 91
"The owner of the pawn shop?"
Lin Yunwan looked surprised, wondering why the pawnshop owner came to her door.
Pingye said: "It was said that our family pawned something really big in their shop, but they didn't dare to accept it, so they returned the item and the pawn ticket."
"He also said that he doesn't want any money from us anymore. He just wants the government to take back this jade pendant."
This is really strange. The heirloom jade pendant of the new shopkeeper in Zhongzhou is so important?
Lin Yunwan had no choice but to say, "Go and tell the people in the front yard to take the jade pendant back."
"yes."
Pingye went out for a trip and came back soon, but the jade pendant she brought back was not the one Lin Yunwan asked the Lin family steward to get!
What's the matter?
Lin Yunwan frowned: "Didn't the pawnshop owner send the wrong thing?"
How could Pingye know? She shook her head and asked, "Grandma, why don't you ask me in person?"
"Has anyone left?"
Lin Yunwan took the jade pendant and wanted to ask it herself.
Pingye said without saying anything, "Even if I leave this slave, I still have someone to bring her back."
He turned around and ran out.
She had quick legs and feet, and the pawnshop owner actually left, but was chased back by the nurse in the front yard.
Lin Yunwan went to a hall next to the second door to meet someone. Because he was a foreigner, there was a screen between them.
"You said this is something that Wudinghou Mansion pawned?"
The shopkeeper nodded: "This grandma, I personally saw a servant of your mansion get on the carriage of Marquis Wuding's mansion. She is very strong and should be a servant of your mansion."
This is even stranger.
How could a servant doing menial work possibly pawn such an expensive jade pendant?
Lin Yunwan did not ask who it was, but picked up the important ones and asked: "You said this jade pendant is amazing, what is its origin?"
The shopkeeper hesitated for a moment and then said: "...Grandma, I am just a hard worker. If I tell you, just pretend you have never heard of it! There is a leopard tail on this jade pendant. Look at it. See if that’s right?”
Lin Yunwan took a look and said, "I saw it."
The shopkeeper said: "This is a jade pendant only owned by the masters of Xingguo Duke's Mansion."
How could the wife of the Marquis of Wuding have the jade pendant of the mistress of the Duke of Xingguo?
Lin Yunwan was indeed surprised.
However, she has also heard that some wealthy families have their own unique carvings, and their children wear carved ornaments from the moment they are born and infancy.
It seems that the jade pendant with the leopard's tail that symbolizes the master's identity in the Xingguo Duke's Mansion.
She frowned and asked: "Such a jade pendant is never told to the outside world. Only people in their house know about it. How did you know about it?"
He even came here specifically to tell her.
The shopkeeper lowered his head and said, "Don't be afraid to tell grandma. Something bad happened in the Duke Xingguo's mansion. A young man got drunk and lost his jade pendant in a bet. When he came to my shop, the next day the Duke's mansion was closed. Bring someone to redeem you."
The young man almost had his leg broken.
He said helplessly: "Grandma, don't make this matter public, otherwise I won't be able to open my shop."
"This jade pendant was indeed pawned from your house. I heard that you are a kind-hearted person, so let the villain go! Thank you, grandma!"
If he really left Wu Dinghou's house, she would have no reason to keep him.
Lin Yunwan ordered: "Send off the guests."
She took the jade pendant back to Yushou Hall, intending to check out all the women who had gone out recently. When she walked to the door of Yuxing Pavilion, she suddenly remembered something.
"Zhuqing."
Lin Yunwan went in to see Zhu Qing, with a jade pendant in her sleeve.
Zhu Qing had just woken up from his nap and was still lazy, but when he saw Lin Yunwan, he became energetic. He smiled and told Tong Liu: "Put the mat softer."
Xiliu had already brought a thick blanket over and said, "Grandma, sit here."
Lin Yunwan glanced at her and looked very good.
"Are you happy serving Aunt Zhuqing?"
Xi Liu nodded and said, "Aunt Zhuqing is so easy to talk to."
Zhuqing also praised her two girls: "They have taken good care of me since they came to me."
Lin Yunwan smiled.
If it were a few years ago, Zhuqing would not have such a good temper, and it would be a good time for the two of them.
Zhu Qing also sat down next to Lin Yunwan and asked, "Grandma, are you here to see me, or do you have any instructions?"
Lin Yunwan felt that there were too many people in the room, so she told Pingye, "Get out."
Pingye took a few girls out.
Zhuqing didn't know what was going on, and he was so serious that he didn't dare to laugh.
Lin Yunwan placed the jade pendant in front of Zhuqing and asked her, "Have you seen this?"
Zhuqing shook his head and asked, "Who lost it?"
She touched the jade pendant and said, "Such a fine mutton-fat jade, isn't it in the old lady's room or the Marquis's?"
"neither."
Lin Yunwan said: "Someone in the house pawned this jade pendant. The people at the pawn shop didn't dare to accept it, so they gave it back to me. They said it was pawned by a servant."
Zhuqing frowned, bit his lip, and pulled up the handkerchief.
She said with a pale face: "It's broken!"
Recalling what happened on the day when Ge Baoer was sent away, he said in a panic: "It belongs to Aunt Ge! The mother-in-law who gave it to her said that she pawned it as a jade pendant for her! I, I thought it was a small matter, so I didn't tell you."
Zhuqing was very nervous: "Grandma, is something bad happened to me?"
"It's really hers..."
It was just a casual guess at first, but now that it was implemented, Lin Yunwan couldn't tell how she felt.
Zhuqing became more and more panicked.
"Grandma, what is the origin of this jade pendant?"
Lin Yunwan thought for a moment and said, "Don't ask questions yet, take good care of the baby." He also told her, "Don't mention this matter to anyone, okay?"
How could Zhuqing not obey?
She nodded very solemnly and said, "I won't say a word to you!"
Lin Yunwan was afraid that there might be a misunderstanding, so she found the woman who gave it away that day, and asked her first: "Look, is this the jade pendant you bought for Aunt Ge that day?"
The mother-in-law was so frightened that her legs went weak.
Lin Yunwan's tone was very good: "Just answer it. I won't ask you about your guilt. Look carefully. If you took a wrong look, then I will ask you about your guilt."
The old woman was afraid of being punished, so she nodded: "Yes! That's it! I did it with my own hands, there is nothing wrong with it."
Lin Yunwan didn't say anything and returned to Chuisi Hall in silence.
Ping Ye and Tao Ye closed the door tightly.
Pingye was very curious: "Grandma, what is the origin of this jade pendant?"
Lin Yunwan told the two girls the truth: "It is the jade pendant of the mistress of Duke Xingguo."
"Xingguo Duke's Mansion?"
Pingye felt as if her head had been hit hard. There were only three princes in the entire dynasty, and Duke Xingguo was one of them.
Although they are both noble families, the Wuding Marquis Mansion and the Xingguo Duke Mansion are completely different.
Pingye asked uneasily: "Then, what about Aunt Ge and this jade pendant... I mean, what is the relationship between her and Duke Xingguo's Mansion? Why is the jade pendant from Duke Guo's Mansion in her place?"
Lin Yunwan said she didn't know either.
But she remembered that when she was a child, she seemed to have heard about the Xingguo Palace.
"When I was three years old, Duke Xingguo lost a legitimate daughter. Later, my parents did not allow me to go out every year during the Lantern Festival."
When girls were young, they didn't talk about the protection of men and women. Unfortunately, because the young ladies of the Duke's Palace could be lost, the capital was in chaos, and many officials did not allow their daughters to go out.
Pingye was dumbfounded: "Grandma, you said... you said... could Aunt Ge... be the legitimate daughter of Duke Xingguo who got lost?"
Lin Yunwan slowly shook her head.
She really didn't know this.
"Whether it is or not, she has to be!"
Lin Yunwan went to Yushou Hall.
