The Self-cultivation of a Salted Fish Concubine

Chapter 126 Don’t care

After talking about Concubine Yun, Xie Run asked about the maid who was locked up in the woodshed.

"How's that girl? Did she vomit anything?"

When Dan Tao heard this, her face turned unhappy and she said, "That guy is also stupid. He was fooled by a few words."

"She's a maid who was just assigned to our courtyard. She got a hundred bucks from someone else and she really thought something had happened to the master of the family, so she rushed to tell you and take credit for it..."

"Whatever others say is what it is. When I went to see her, she actually asked me if the master wanted to reward her?!"

Dan Tao thought it was outrageous.

No one with a bit of common sense would do such a thing.

Chunshanyuan was such a fool that he was actually found by the other party.

"Did you find out any useful information?"

Dan Tao shook her head. "She said she was guarding the corner gate when suddenly a maid with an unfamiliar face grabbed her and gave her a hundred coins. She said the princess asked her to come and inform you quickly that the master had broken his leg."

"She thought she had received the order, so she ran in in a panic, shouting at the top of her lungs."

Dan Tao personally interrogated the girl.

Therefore, I am sure that the girl is not lying, she is really stupid.

I was so stupid that when I asked her questions, I felt so powerless.

Xie Run: "How could such an unintelligent girl be assigned to our courtyard?"

Dan Tao: "I've also gone to check."

"Her father is Zhang, the steward of the palace's treasury. He gave money to Madam Liu, hoping to assign her to our courtyard to do some easy work like guarding the gate and sweeping the floor."

The job of guarding and sweeping the courtyard of a favored concubine is also a popular job.

It's easy and profitable, so many people are rushing to do it.

It just so happens that this girl is not smart, so she doesn't need to use her brain to guard the door and sweep the floor.

Who could have thought she could cause such a disaster? !

Xie Run: "Manager Zhang is truly devoted to his daughter, but we definitely can't keep her here."

Dan Tao nodded: "This servant thinks so too, I just want to ask the master how to deal with it?"

Xie Run: "The princess assigned him to us. Now let's send him back to her for disposal."

"According to the rules of the mansion, this is what we should do."

According to the official rules, she, as a concubine, has no right to punish the little girl.

Except for the maids who came with the dowry, the princess had the power to dispose of all the slaves.

Xie Run sent the maid to the princess for disposal, which was also in compliance with the rules of the palace and to give face to the princess.

The princess also took Xie Run's reputation into consideration and would not let the girl off easily.

Dan Tao: "That's right, maybe with the princess's ability, we can find out something from her!"

"This time, I have learned my lesson."

"From now on, you can't just focus on the maids serving in the courtyard. You have to carefully select the maids and servants who do the rough work!"

"The courtyard is so big, it's bound to be easy to make mistakes." Xie Run was quite tolerant: "You are already very good at guarding the inner courtyard for me by yourself. I can't ask you to guard the outer courtyard too."

Dan Tao smiled and said, "I am looking forward to Xiao Shu's return soon."

"Soon." Xie Run also laughed: "Don't tell me, I miss her a lot too."

While the two were discussing, Xie Jing did something big.

He used his eloquent tongue to brainwash Fang Huaian and then sent Fang Huaian to King Jing.

King Jing looked at Fang Huaian kneeling on the ground, feeling a little confused.

All in all... not very happy.

Fang Huaian: "There is absolutely no private relationship between me and Concubine Xie. All the rumors are just rumors spread by jealous classmates!"

"That handkerchief was given to me by my sweetheart on my way to the imperial examination. The orchid on it is her name."

"This letter is from Concubine Xie, who was confused about her studies when she was young and is asking for guidance."

"I hope Your Majesty will understand!"

This was what Xie Jing had helped him to smooth over before he came here. Fang Huaian was not a fool, so his answer was very fluent and natural.

King Jing sneered, "Why? She's confused about her studies, but she doesn't ask her brother, but comes to you instead?"

Fang Huaian's forehead was covered with beads of sweat. "Your Highness, the Xie family values Brother Xie very much and never allows the women in the family to disturb Brother Xie's studies."

"At that time, Concubine Xie was young and shy, and she didn't dare to disturb her brother!"

Fang Huaian smiled bitterly and said, "You're saying something that's out of line. I'm five years older than the Second Miss, so even if we were to have a childhood sweetheart relationship, it would be with the First Miss."

After listening to Fang Huaian's words, King Jing felt a little better.

I just don't like him no matter how I look at him.

He had clearly learned all the information from Xie Jing, but he still deliberately made things difficult for Fang Huaian.

King Jing: "Then why did you come to the palace yesterday?"

Fang Huaian complained, "I was coerced and bribed!"

"I was studying at home to prepare for the imperial examination. Suddenly, someone quietly abducted me from my home and brought me all the way to the capital."

"He told me to insist that he and Concubine Xie had an affair, and even told me to go to his house and tell him about it yesterday... But how could I dare?!"

Fang Huaian was about to cry, "It's death anyway. I'm a scholar after all, I want to die with a clear conscience!"

After saying this, he stiffened his neck, looked ready to risk his life, and closed his eyes, waiting for King Jing to strike him with the knife.

King Jing snorted lightly, "Never mind. I am not such a petty man."

Shi'an next to him handed over a pen and paper.

King Jing said, "Write down everything about how you were captured, who you met, and what happened. If you can catch the person behind this, I will spare your life."

"If you can't catch me..." King Jing's eyes were filled with more anger: "You'll pay with your life!"

Fang Huaian opened his eyes, picked up the pen and started writing without saying a word.

King Jing waved his hand and said, "Wait until he finishes writing, and then send him to the dungeon and lock him up. We'll talk about it later when Jing Wu finds out the truth."

Fang Huaian held the pen, feeling a sense of despair.

In fact, the target is just a few royal palaces outside.

Jing Wu obtained Fang Huaian's confession and investigated the case quickly.

When the investigation results were delivered to King Jing's desk, he became furious.

He was so angry that he smashed a corner of the inkstone on the table.

"I thought of the third and fifth brothers, but never of him!"

"How dare he reach out to my yard?!"

King Jing's eyes turned red with anger, and he gritted his teeth and said, "He is my own brother!"

King Jing was furious at the thought that his own brother had reached out to his backyard and wanted to kill his favorite concubine and children.

Jing Wu quickly tried to persuade him, "Your Highness, please calm down. Although I have traced this matter back to Prince Su, I still have doubts."

"Prince Su has a deep heart. Now his mind and eyes are filled with only the Eighth and Seventh Princes. How could he attack you?!"

There is a chasm in his heart, which means that Prince Su is very ambitious and wants to fight for that position.

Currently, the only ones who can make Prince Su feel threatened are the legitimate seventh prince and the eighth prince favored by the emperor.

Now that the fight for the throne has not become too obvious, Prince Su will not be so desperate as to attack his own brother first.

King Jing also calmed down, "What do you mean?"

"If Prince Su wants to cause trouble, I'm afraid he will attack you, Your Highness. Only the women in the backyard like to start with these trivial matters, and they are so vicious and cruel..."