flstandardbreds Chapter 338 New Plan
Chapter 338 New Plan
"The Winter Solstice Feast will be held in two days. I'm afraid you will be in trouble again, Aunt Zhang."
"Your Majesty, you are so kind. The items for the Winter Solstice Banquet have been prepared almost completely, but the menu in the kitchen has not yet been finalized."
"In fact, there is no need to go to too much trouble. This time we are focusing on health preservation. I have sorted out a lot of medicinal herbs recently. I will write a recipe for medicinal food for the kitchen later."
Ye Jintang didn't care much about the Winter Solstice Banquet. She was now concentrating on making the elixir of life pills.
A large amount of medicinal materials are needed to make the elixir of life pills, and some of the medicinal materials need to be extracted for essence. After a few busy days, she has only completed one tenth of the progress, and there are still a lot of miscellaneous things waiting for her to do.
In the front yard, Xiao Mo was busy with the winter solstice sacrifice to heaven. He was responsible for the purchase of various items and the arrangements for the day of the sacrifice. Almost every aspect had to be decided by Xiao Mo.
"Mr. Cai, you can decide these small matters by yourself. You don't need to ask me about everything."
Cai Jianan felt a little embarrassed. This was his first time to hold a winter solstice sacrifice ceremony. For such a large-scale sacrificial activity, everything had to be done carefully. If there was any mistake or a joke, it would be troublesome.
"The items for offering sacrifices to the heavens have been arranged. Here is the account."
"You don't need to show the accounts to me, just give them to the princess directly."
"Yes, I will send it to the princess in a moment."
Xiao Mo was discussing matters in the study when a servant came to the door and said that the princess wanted him to come over.
Xiao Mo immediately left behind all his advisers and left.
"Lord Cai, why do I feel like the prince is a bit henpecked?"
"It's okay, it's okay, your Majesty is a very wise person, and it's okay for the prince to be henpecked."
The other counselors looked at each other, not knowing what to say. What is the connection between henpeckedness and the princess' intelligence?
Le Chuan had been investigating the matter of Hua Cailiang's basement. After several days of surveillance, he finally got some clues.
"My Lady, Your Highness, I ran over to take a look and saw a double-key mechanical lock on the basement door."
"The basement is connected to the warehouse, and there are heavy guards outside. It's not easy for us to get in."
Ye Jintang looked at the patrol shift roster that Le Chuan brought back to the City Lord's Mansion, and after studying it for a long time, he really couldn't find any loopholes.
As long as they get rid of the guards outside the warehouse, they will be discovered by the patrols in no time.
"I do have an idea."
Ye Jintang pondered for a long time and finally came up with a feasible solution.
"tell me the story."
"I have a poison here. Anyone who takes it will fall into a short-term sleep, and even if they wake up, they will not have any memory in their brain."
"We will take some people to drug all the guards at the warehouse door, and then we will put on their clothes and stand at the warehouse door. This way, even if the patrolling guards come, no one will notice anything wrong."
"I'll go into the warehouse then, but opening the basement lock is a hassle, and I can't just demolish it violently."
When she went to empty the vault of Imperial Noble Consort Dehui, Xiao Mo stole the key to the vault in advance. Now it might not be so easy to steal the key from Hua Cailiang, as they have no spies in the Hua family.
Xiao Mo suddenly remembered the little girl that Shi Bin had mentioned to him.
"Luzhu, go call Shi Bin and ask him to bring the locksmith girl over."
Ye Jintang, who was standing by, was completely confused.
"What lock picking girl?"
"A few days ago, Shi Bin picked up a little beggar and said he had great lock-picking skills."
"Oh."
Ye Jintang wondered why she had never heard of this.
In just two cups of tea, Shi Bin brought in a little girl with two buns and wearing a pink jacket and skirt.
When Ye Jintang saw the little girl's eyes, he was obviously stunned.
She had seen Liuli's appearance before she wore the human skin mask, and the little girl's eyes were almost exactly the same as before.
He couldn't find Liuli, so he found a substitute?
If that was true, she couldn't let Liuli see this little girl.
A large piece of Liuli's heart has been dug out. If she sees this little girl, she will probably die.
"What's your name?"
"Your Highness, my name is Tang Yishan."
The little girl walked forward and saluted Ye Jintang politely. Her voice was soft and very pleasant.
"Oh, I heard you can open the machine lock. Here, let me see how you open it."
Luzhu, who served Ye Jintang, brought over a double-key mechanical lock, which was usually used in the palace storehouse.
"Yes."
Tang Yisan stepped forward and pulled out a pair of silver hairpins from her hair.
The silver hairpin is different from others. It is uneven and has faint small serrations. It is obvious that this hairpin is specially made for unlocking locks.
The mechanism lock was the size of a palm. Tang Yishan took out a hairpin and put it into the keyhole. It seemed as if she fiddled with it twice without much movement. Then she put another hairpin into the keyhole.
In less than an incense stick of time, the mechanism lock opened with a click.
Everyone present was amazed.
The mechanism locks in the palace's storehouse are of the best quality, and even the locksmiths in the capital may not be able to open them.
Tang Yisan is only ten years old, but she has such unique skills, which is really amazing.
“You’re trying this.”
Ye Jintang gave another mechanism lock to Tang Yisan.
This was given by the Wen family. The mechanism lock used by Grandpa Wen is from the south and is somewhat different from that in the north.
But in Tang Yishan's hands, no matter what kind of lock it is, it looks the same.
Still, the mechanism lock was opened in less than an incense stick of time.
"Yishan, besides being able to open a two-key lock, what about a three- or four-key lock?"
Ye Jintang then asked Luzhu to take out two mechanical locks, one with three keys and one with four keys. Just by looking at the workmanship one could tell that they were not ordinary items.
"My lady, I can only open three keys at best, and it takes a long time. The more keys a lock has, the harder it is to open. My master said that some people don't have talent, and they may not be able to open a lock with three keys even if they practice for a lifetime."
Ye Jintang nodded in agreement. Locks with three keys were extremely rare in the world, and those with four or more keys were only available to high-ranking officials and other people of status.
People like Hua Cailiang only use two keys, which is extremely difficult to find even in high-end ones.
Tang Yishan picked up the mechanism lock with three keys. She inserted two silver hairpins into them and then pulled out a silver hairpin from her head.
Only then did Ye Jintang realize that she was wearing a total of four silver hairpins on her head. It seemed that she had underestimated Tang Yisan.
It took Tang Yisan a cup of tea to open the three-key lock. As for the four-key lock, she didn't even touch it and said she couldn't open it.
Looking at the neither humble nor arrogant little girl in front of him, Ye Jintang still likes her very much.
"Your Highness, I think we can act now. I will take Yishan into the warehouse. She will be responsible for unlocking the door, and I will be responsible for taking the silver. As for knocking down the guards, I will leave it to Your Highness."
"it is good."
Xiao Mo agreed immediately. This time he didn't even ask Ye Jintang how she was going to empty the Hua family's basement. Anyway, she just had the ability to do it.