"What?!" Qin Dezhao knew he was drunk and thought he heard wrongly, "Did Jing Zhaoyin take the wrong medicine? You dared to go to my house of Marquis Zhongyong for no reason to get the noble wife of Marquis Zhongyong?!"
"The bodies of the five dowry girls who were sold by the madam were found in a mass grave outside the city. The bodies were claimed by the parents of the dowry girls. Only then did Jing Zhaoyin come to our house to collect the madam's belongings.
My servants are looking for the Marquis everywhere, waiting for the Marquis to come back and make the decision!" Chang Sui said with a sad face.
The drunken Qin Dezhao slapped the table and stood up, his eyes were full of sternness, and he said angrily: "I just killed a few girls. Is the Jingzhao Yin Mansion crazy or is it going to be my enemy?"
"No, Lord Hou, these girls have been freed from slavery and are good citizens. Madam, she has been involved in a lawsuit with a name, so the Jingzhao Yin Mansion came to arrest her! Lord Hou, please return to the house quickly!" Chang Sui nodded.
I was in a cold sweat and almost cried.
Qin Dezhao was more than half drunk. What's wrong with the government of this country, so they use good people to marry girls? Qin Dezhao has never heard of marrying good people in his half-life!
"Go home!"
The chief quickly took off Qin Dezhao's chinchilla skin cloak, put it on Qin Dezhao, and helped Qin Dezhao go downstairs.
As soon as he left the threshold of the restaurant, Qin Dezhao was about to get on the carriage, when he saw the carriage of his cousin, Censor Zhongcheng Sima Yan, parked in front of his carriage. Sima Yan raised his hand to lift the carriage curtain and looked at Qin Dezhao.
Qin Dezhao hurriedly handed over his hands: "Cousin..."
Sima Yan looked unhappy: "The news about Madam's involvement in the murder case reached the Yushitai half an hour ago. Is Dezhao still in the mood to drink here?!"
The hairs on Qin Dezhao's back stood up: "Dezhao will go back home right now!"
"Nowadays, the atmosphere of the meritorious family is really frowned upon by the emperor. Dezhao listened to my brother's advice and asked your wife to quickly go to the government office with the servants of Jingzhao Yin Mansion to answer questions. Don't rely on the honor of the Marquis Mansion to fight against Jingzhao Yin Mansion.
! Now that the feud between your stepmother and legitimate son has been brought to the table, and your legitimate son Qin Lang has asked for the throne and has been praised by the Holy Emperor, there is no guarantee that there will be no courtiers who cater to the emperor to participate in your palace. By then... I will seize the throne.
It’s still unclear how noble your residence will be! Remember..."
As soon as the cold wind blew in his face, Qin Dezhao's whole body immediately became cold with sweat.
"Thank you cousin for the tip!" Qin Dezhao's attitude was respectful.
Sima Yan sighed and looked at Qin Dezhao and shook his head: "It's the new year, let your wife live in peace and don't cause any trouble for you!"
After saying that, Sima Yan, the censor Zhongcheng, lowered the curtain and asked the driver to drive away.
Qin Dezhao hurriedly ordered the driver to return home quickly.
Ever since the Jiang family indulged their daughter and injured Bai Jinxiu, who had just married into the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion, misfortune seemed to have entangled them in the Marquis Mansion. Qin Dezhao also resented the Jiang family at this time.
The main entrance of the Hou Mansion was already surrounded by people watching the excitement and the guards of Jingzhao Yin Mansion, and the door was closed tightly.
Qin Dezhao avoided the limelight and asked his chief attendant to stop the carriage at the corner gate, and entered the mansion with a gloomy face. As soon as he entered the inner courtyard, Qin Dezhao heard the useless roar of Mrs. Jiang beating and scolding his servants in the room. Veins jumped on his forehead.
He lifted up his skirt and entered the door.
"Master Hou..."
When Grandma Wu saw Qin Dezhao coming in, she hurriedly bowed and saluted.
There was wind at Qin Dezhao's feet, and he grabbed the cane with which Mr. Jiang was beating the maid, and slapped Mrs. Zhongyong Hou on the soft couch: "You are an ignorant and poisonous woman who fails to succeed but fails to succeed.
The big guy is still here beating people and cursing dogs!"
Aunt Wu and the other girls were so frightened that they all knelt down and lay prone, not daring to raise their heads.
Jiang covered her face and looked back at the furious Qin Dezhao with her eyes wide open. She was about to get angry, but she could think of the servants waiting to take her outside the palace gate, and hurriedly knelt down at the feet of Marquis Zhongyong: "Master Hou! Master Hou, you are
They want to save my body! This is the government of the country who wants to harm my body! When I came yesterday, they said that the lives of those girls were in Bai Jinxiu's hands, but as soon as they turned around, why did those five girls become good citizens! The country
The Duke wants to put my concubine to death, Lord Marquis, you can't ignore it!"
Qin Dezhao's brows jumped, but he calmed down. He thought for a moment, and there was a strong chill in his eyes: "You said...yesterday they said that the bodies of those girls were in Bai Jinxiu's hands?!"
"It's absolutely true. If I tell lies, I will have my body cut into pieces by five horses and die! If you don't believe it... Lord Marquis, just ask Aunt Wu!" Mrs. Jiang hugged Qin Dezhao's legs and cried without any manners as a lady.
Nanny Wu, who was shaking like chaff, kowtowed heavily: "Master Hou, yesterday I accompanied my wife to the gate of the Duke's mansion to take the eldest grandma back to the mansion to ease the matter of the prince's leaving the mansion! But the three girls of the Bai family said it was a big deal.
Grandma gave birth to our girl's stone just to pave the way for the prince to leave the palace. Miss Bai also said that the identity deeds of the five dowry girls are in the hands of grandma. I don't know which family dares not to see the identity deeds.
Take them away! These are absolutely true!"
The Duke's Mansion... Qin Dezhao gritted his teeth and his sharp eyes were frightening. Mother Wu was so frightened that she didn't even dare to raise her head.
Qin Dezhao closed his eyes, all the drunkenness had passed: "You go with the officers of Jingzhao Yin Mansion first, I will ask someone to take care of it, and you will not be wronged! But if you don't go now...
It will implicate our entire Houfu and your son."
Hearing Qin Dezhao's words, Jiang slumped on the ground with a pale expression.
There was chaos in the Zhongyonghou Mansion, and the news that Mrs. Zhongyonghou was imprisoned was reported back to the Zhenguo Palace through the steward Bai Jinxiu stayed at Zhongyonghou Mansion that night.
This situation was just as Bai Qingyan expected, and she had nothing to be happy about.
Before Bai Qingyan settled in, Chuntao hesitated to report that Yinshuang, the little girl who had been following Chunyan quietly today, came to report that Chuntao went to the front yard to meet Xiao Si.
"Seeing that Xiaosi leaving the house, the little girl Yinshuang followed him out without knowing the importance of the matter. As a result, he saw that Xiaosi went straight to the back door of Prince Liang's Mansion and whispered to the servants of Prince Liang's Mansion. Without saying a word, he rushed over and punched the person.
She came back fainting. Just now she threw her at Lu Huyuan's place, and then she ran to the gate of Qinghuiyuan happily and asked me for credit and asked for pine nut candies..." Chuntao couldn't laugh or cry.
Bai Qingyan, who was sitting in front of the bronze mirror, was still full of anger, but was immediately amused and laughed out loud: "Yin Shuang is fourteen this year, right?"
"Back to you, girl, it's fourteen now, girl, you still remember..." Chuntao took the white jade comb to comb Bai Qingyan's hair.
Yinshuang was only ten years old when she was brought home by Shen Qingzhu. She was very thin, not to mention not very bright, but she had a lot of strength. Because she had too much food and the family could not afford it, she was given to her by her parents.
Sold.
Yinshuang has been following Shen Qingzhu for so many years, but she doesn't know what her skills are.
"Tomorrow you go report to Nanny Qin and transfer Yinshuang to Qinghui Courtyard. Let Chunxing and the others teach them the rules. From now on, she will stay in Qinghui Courtyard." Bai Qingyan said.
Chuntao's lips moved, thinking about the friendship she had grown up with Chunyan, she wanted to plead for Chunyan: "Big girl, Chunyan..."
"Leave it alone, just send someone to keep an eye on it."