Chapter 204 The Marquis Mansion Falls
The servant ran over with a panic face and announced: "Your Majesty, the people from the Criminal Department are already waiting in the front hall, saying that they want Your Majesty to come over now."
Aunt Liu hadn't reacted yet, and she was a little surprised: "Who reported it, why did the people from the Ministry of Punishment come in person?"
Hongyu also murmured in her heart, even if she didn't know much, but it stands to reason that the Jingzhao Mansion would have solved a small case like a burglary directly. Is it because the thief hurt Shensi that the Criminal Department was alerted?
Jiang Lin said nothing. He had done a lot for the third prince, and it was only a matter of time before someone from the Criminal Department came to his door.
After following the boy out and walking in the corridor, he turned his head and looked at the pavilions and pavilions of the Marquis Mansion.
Looking out through the exquisitely carved wooden windows on the wall, the cornices are raised, and the green tiles reflect the sparkling light in the sun. Two little girls from the large kitchen hurried past under the eaves, looking nervous, holding tiles in their hands. The pot of decoction seemed to be sent to Shen Sisi.
In a daze, he recalled his previous life. At that time, he relied on Shen Qingyun's dowry and the help of the General's Mansion to serve as an official in the court. His prospects were very bright. People from the Marquis' Mansion often came to visit. Even the maids and servants were all in good spirits. Vibrant.
He lowered his head and chuckled, and murmured: "Seeing him building a Zhulou, watching him entertaining guests, watching his building collapse..."
When they arrived at the front hall, the official from the Ministry of Justice said straight to the point: "Prince Jiang, I need to ask you something. Could you please come with us?"
Originally, the matter of arresting people was under the control of Dali Temple, but Dali Temple was infiltrated by too many forces by the Third Prince and is still under investigation, so the people from the Criminal Department had to take full responsibility. Nowadays, the affairs are complicated, so naturally they don't look good.
But Jiang Lin didn't seem to care anymore, and just nodded obediently: "Let's go."
Once I left, I never came back.
The people in the Hou Mansion were in panic for a while, and even Mrs. Jiang Hou, who had been staying in her room, began to inquire about the news.
Since Shen Sisi's consciousness had been a little blurry, she could only call Aunt Liu and Hong Yu over to ask: "Do you know why the people from the Criminal Department are here?"
The two looked at each other with confused and worried expressions, and the room fell into silence for a while.
People in the Hou Mansion also began to speculate on what Jiang Lin had committed.
"Could it be that the prince injured the prince's wife?"
"How is that possible? The prince is the most gentle person and would never do such a thing. Besides, you have forgotten that the prince's wife has lost all her jewelry. It is impossible for the prince to take it!"
"That's right, but why?"
"Me, it's probably related to the third prince's matter. Didn't the prince always work for the third prince before?"
"Do you still understand this?"
"I have a young lady who works as a maid elsewhere. The master of that mansion is an official in Taichang Temple, and all the servants in the house have been dismissed. This is not bad. I heard that even the maids and servants have to follow those who commit serious crimes. In jail and exile!"
"This...what can we do..."
"What can you do, wish yourself good luck!"
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The people in the Hou Mansion were unstable, Shen Shensi was injured in bed, Mrs. Jiang Hou was unable to do anything, and the two aunts Hongyu and Liu Mei could only stare.
However, they did not worry for too long, because soon the Hou Mansion was sealed and all the servants and masters were imprisoned.
Shen Sisi finally regained her consciousness, but unfortunately when she woke up, she was already locked in a prison.
At night, she slept on a pile of hay, and the indescribable stench from the ground rushed up, making the wound on her head hurt and making her sleep restless. She felt something moving near her feet, and she sat up. In the moonlight, she discovered that a big mouse was chewing on her shoes. She was so frightened that she jumped up and screamed.
Now she really broke down, grabbing the iron fence and shouting outside: "Jiang Lin and I have reconciled. I am not the wife of the Jiang family, I am the daughter of the Shen family. Let me out, let me out quickly!" "
Aunt Liu, Hong Yu and Mrs. Jiang Hou were all locked up together. They huddled in the corner, watching coldly as Shen Sisi cried and fussed, making a clanking sound as they slapped the fence.
An official was woken up and came over impatiently: "What's the noise? What's the Shen family? I'm afraid you don't know. The old lady of the Duke's Mansion sent someone here and said that you would have been removed from the Shen family a long time ago." The family has been removed from the family, and if you make any more noise, you will be locked up somewhere else."
After saying that, he yawned and turned around and left.
"Impossible, impossible, how could my grandmother do this to me..." Shen Sisi fell to the ground weakly, the wound on her head hurting so much that her face was filled with tears.
But she didn't dare to scream anymore. Although she didn't know where the jailer meant "put her somewhere else", she knew it was definitely not a good place.
When Aunt Liu saw this scene, she sneered coldly: "It's already this time, are you still dreaming of being your princess's daughter?"
"Okay, don't say anything." Mrs. Jiang Hou looked desolate. She never thought that after a glorious life, she would be jailed when she was old. Even if she died, she would not have the shame to see the old Marquis.
There are only two things she is happy about now. One is that her and Shi Shaohua's son was sent away and he does not know where he is now in the world. The other is that Jiang Miaodan has been married and successfully escaped.
As for herself, it didn't matter anymore.
Of course, Jiang Miaodan's current situation is not good. When she was sent to the governor's house, the second son was already too sick to get out of bed. The people in the house brought a rooster over and forced Jiang Miaodan and the rooster to worship. At this time, Jiang Miaodan didn't know that the Hou Mansion had been sealed off, and he couldn't escape even if he wanted to, so he went on a hunger strike in the mansion.
Hongyu, on the other hand, hugged her legs, sat in the corner and cried silently, muttering in a low voice: "I wonder what happened to the prince?"
Mrs. Jianghou glanced at her, but she didn't expect that it was Hongyu who missed Jiang Lin in the end.
"Jiang Lin, yes, it was Jiang Lin who harmed me and us, and you still think about him!" Shen Shensi glared at Hong Yu fiercely, wishing that Jiang Lin would just die.
Aunt Liu still wanted to ridicule Shen Si, so she opened her mouth but did not speak. She just closed her eyes in silence, feeling as if she was dead.
On the other side of the cell, Jiang Lin took out the only remaining jade pendant on his body and quietly handed it to the jailer: "Can you help me send a message to the Duke's Mansion? I want to meet Shen Qingyun, the eldest lady of the Duke's Mansion."
The jailer picked up the jade pendant, looked at it, weighed it in his hand, and glanced at him: "It's okay to send messages, but whether they come or not is none of my business!"
Jiang Lin gritted his teeth: "Okay, I'll leave it to you."
Early the next morning, Yi Cui took the letter sent from the concierge. She was a little surprised when she heard it was from the jailer and gave it to Shen Qingyun.
Shen Qingyun took a look and saw that Jiang Lin wanted to see her.
She threw the letter aside casually.
Pearl saw it and muttered: "This cell is dirty and you can't just go there if you want to. Could it be that Prince Jiang still wants to ask the young lady to save him?"
Chapter completed!