The next day, in the busiest part of the streets of the capital, a high platform was set up by unknown people. The high platform was like a martial arts arena, but the platform was not big and could only accommodate three or five people. Although it was just an empty platform, what?
No, there were still some people watching who were joining in the fun.
Everyone is speculating on the purpose of the platform. Some people say it is a ring competition, some say it is a martial arts competition to recruit relatives, and some people say it is a martial arts competition here.
A middle-aged man who was watching the fun asked the people around him: "Have you heard? This morning, there was news from the General's Mansion. The rumors about the future princess were all servants of the General's Mansion.
, deliberately injuring the princess-to-be, and also said that the man was caught last night."
The middle-aged woman who was asked raised her head and said loudly: "This matter has been spread early in the morning. Who doesn't know about it? I also heard that the servant who maliciously slandered was a personal maid next to the soon-to-be-Crown Princess.
He only did such things to harm his master because of the sales instructions. Such an unfaithful and unjust servant should be beaten to death."
Hearing someone talking about the affairs of the General's Mansion, the people around him all agreed, "Isn't it true? That kind of treacherous servant should be beaten to death."
"You are too gullible to believe the rumors." At this time, a little girl of twelve or thirteen years old appeared in the crowd and said loudly: "I am the maid of the General's Mansion. Who among you knows the affairs of the General's Mansion as well as I do?"
"Are you a maid in the general's residence? Does the potential Crown Princess often beat her own sister? Is the painting yesterday true or false? Was it a rumor deliberately created by the potential Crown Princess's personal maid?"
People around were talking a lot when they heard someone claiming to be a maid from the General's Mansion. They all gathered around the little girl gossiping and asking whether the rumors were true or false.
"The rumors spread by the maid are purely false." The little girl showed a cautious look, looked around before diving into the crowd, and said matter-of-factly: "Our master is afraid that the second lady's vicious reputation will spread out of the house and affect the second lady.
As the crown princess, the young lady randomly pulled out a maid from the palace to bear the slanderous charge.
That maid has served the second young lady for more than ten years, but she is loyal and does not dare to have any second thoughts. However, the second young lady is cruel enough to let her take the blame and die. It is just a pity for the maid, so she becomes the scapegoat."
After hearing what the little girl said, a big man had doubts: "Little girl, you are not talking nonsense, are you? If you are the maid of the general's house, you dare to go out of the house to defame your master and the second lady. I think you are the designated one."
I came here deliberately to slander the general’s mansion and the second lady.”
Hearing some people questioning, and others obviously not believing what the little girl said, one of the middle-aged men stepped forward and grabbed the little girl's hand, and said angrily: "You must be making up rumors about the quasi-Crown Princess, you said you are
Maid of the General's Mansion, then I will take you to the General's Mansion now to see if the people in the General's Mansion recognize you."
"Uncle, you will know right away whether what I said is true. Did you see that this platform was built by the General's Mansion? The purpose is to take the maid who was wrongly accused and hold her there in front of everyone.
The crime of malicious slander can make the second lady's reputation improve in your hearts."
When the little girl said this, her tears flowed down, and she continued crying: "Is it easy for us maids to be slaves? We have served our master for decades, but we have to be pulled out by the master to bear the crime and be executed.
The person who was wrongly accused was the one who entered the General's Mansion with me. I really don't want to see her being wrongly accused and dying in vain.
Even if I take this miserable life, I still want to clear the name of those of us who are servants. If you want to drag me back to the general's mansion, then you can arrest me! Anyway, our slaves' lives are to be treated as slaves.
Step on it and slaughter it at will."
The little girl said sadly, while she burst into tears. Her miserable appearance, coupled with her still young age, made the people around her feel sympathetic, and they couldn't help but believe her words, and even grabbed her
The middle-aged people also gradually let go of their hands.
Compared with the officials, the common people are naturally a weaker group and tend to be more disadvantaged. Seeing the little girl claiming to be a maid, they cried sadly and pitifully. Everyone was angry with the general's palace and hated the cruel would-be princess from the bottom of their hearts.
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Everyone knows that it is not easy to be a maid in an official family. Many maids will be beaten to death with sticks and their lives will be like straw. Therefore, when everyone heard that the general's mansion wanted to protect the reputation of the second lady, they randomly roped in a maid to take the blame and die.
They are all bound to stand on the side of the weak, and have inexplicable heroism.
"Little girl, please stop crying. If what you say is true, we will never watch that poor maid take the blame." The middle-aged man looked a little panicked when he saw that the little girl was still crying.
"That's right, little girl, don't cry. The general's palace really uses the maid to take the blame. We, the people, will not die without mercy. The life of the maid is also life. How can we kill it at will? Even the general can't do it at will.
It’s a shameless step on people’s lives.”
Another man also comforted the little girl. As the two men acted bravely, others also agreed and threatened that they would not let the maid die in vain.
"Thank you, thank you, you are such good people." The little girl bowed to the bystanders with tears in her eyes.
In the general's mansion, Mu Fu led several guards to escort Cai Die out of the woodshed. Cai Die's eyes were red from crying and were as swollen as a big walnut, her pale face was completely drained of blood, and her eyes were so dry that they were bleeding.
The lips were also extremely pale, and only traces of blood could be seen seeping on the edges of the lips.
"Caidie, the second young lady's reputation depends on you to maintain it. You must not let me and the second young lady down." Mu Fu looked at Cai Die, whose face was as red as death and haggard. He held the rice in his hand and handed it to him.
He reached her lips and sighed: "Eat some food so that you can have the strength to speak."
"Do I have to be Butler Mu?" Cai Die burst into tears, "Second Miss is really so cruel, let me see Second Miss and just say a few words, please, Butler Mu."
As Cai Die said, she knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Mu Fu. Mu Fu's face was full of helplessness. He looked at Cai Die sympathetically and said, "So what if you meet the second young lady? It's not like you don't know the second young lady's temperament."
, I'm afraid that if you go to see her, it will only make her more angry."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" Cai Die knelt down and cried with her body trembling, "Please let me see Miss Second, and I will just say a few words, please."
Mu Fu shook his head helplessly, and after a while he made up his mind and said, "Okay! I'll let you see the second lady again!"
After that, he asked a few guards to carry Cai Die to Mu Wanxi's villa. After arriving at the villa, Mu Fu knocked on the door and said: "Second Miss, Cai Die wants to see you again, saying that he has something to say to you.
you say."
Mu Wanxi, who was reading in the room, opened the door after hearing Butler Mu's words, looked at Cai Die being held up by the guards with disgust, and said impatiently: "What's the matter?"
