Chapter 205: Coming to Steal the Nine-tailed Phoenix Hairpin
When Jin Shangshu walked into Jin Pingmei's yard, he saw a thin and small maid kneeling there, her cheeks were swollen, and her bright red fingerprints were crisscrossed, as if blood would ooze out at any moment.
Jin Shangshu looked at her and said coldly: "What have you committed?"
Cai Yuan lowered her head and said calmly: "The errand that the eldest lady gave to the slave was not completed."
"What's the errand?" Jin Shangshu took a deep breath, fearing that he would hear something that he couldn't bear and would be unable to breathe.
"..." Cai Yuan was silent for a while and stopped talking.
Just as Jin Shangshu was about to step forward to ask, Jin Pingmei walked out of the bedroom and stepped forward to greet him: "Why are daddy here?"
"You actually did that to Princess Yun..." Jin Shangshu has been crawling in officialdom for so many years, and he still has some tricks to squeeze out a few truths. He pointed at the maid kneeling there, his voice fierce.
He said, "Now that people are coming to your door, how are you going to give an explanation?"
Jin Pingmei's face turned pale, and she rushed to Cai Yuan and kicked her: "Didn't you say that no one knows that you are doing something for me? How could anyone come here?"
Cai Yuan was kicked hard and struggled to get up. She said in a trembling voice: "Miss, I really didn't say anything!"
"You bitch!" Jin Pingmei punched and kicked Caiyuan.
Jin Shangshu grabbed Jin Pingmei's back collar, dragged her away and threw her to the ground: "You still haven't recruited her!"
When Jin Pingmei saw her father's furious face, she didn't dare to hide it, so she told Cai'er exactly what happened to her to control Princess Yunqin to throw herself into the lake.
Jin Shangshu looked at the maid who was still kneeling on the ground: "Can you control people's hearts?"
Jin Pingmei immediately replied: "She grew up in southern Yunnan, which is across the river from Huadu City in Xikang, so she knows some of the skills of Xikang people."
"What can you do with others?" Jin Shangshu looked at Cai Yuan and thought to himself: He had heard from his colleagues that the slaves in Xikang are very loyal, and some of them can also use magic. If this maid can be used...
Cai Yuan thought about the eldest lady asking her to murder her benefactor, and was afraid that the master would also want her to do something harmful to the world, so she had a suspicion in her heart: "Back to the master, this slave only knows a few things, making people sing, dance, fight, and curse. Today, I can barely control Yun."
The princess failed when she threw herself into the lake..."
Jin Shangshu felt disappointed. He did not need this maid to control people to do these weird things. A cold light flashed in Jin Shangshu's eyes, and he asked the servant to call the housekeeper over: "Has this maid's deed been registered with the government?"
"Not yet." The butler replied.
"Sell it out immediately." Jin Shangshu calmly made a 'dispose of' gesture to the butler.
"Yes." The housekeeper took Cai Yuan down.
Jin Pingmei thought that even if she couldn't control Princess Yunqin to commit suicide, it would be good to make her laugh and make noise like a madman: "Dad, my daughter likes this maid very much, can she keep her..."
"Do you have to harm the whole family before you stop?" Jin Shangshu realized at this moment that his daughter-in-law was not only evil-minded, but more importantly, stupid.
Jin Pingmei stood there blankly, watching her father walk away.
The housekeeper here personally went to Caiyuan, first took her to a mass grave outside the city, raised the wooden stick in his hand, and was about to hit her on the head. Caiyuan suddenly turned around and looked at the housekeeper closely.
The butler kept swinging the stick, his eyes becoming vacant and lifeless.
Caiyuan found her body deed from him, lit it and burned it, and quickly left the mass grave. The housekeeper stood like a wooden stake for a quarter of an hour. When he came back to his senses, he was still a little confused. He couldn't remember why he came here.
Shaking his head, he felt that what he had to do had been done, so he went back home.
Jin Shangshu wandered around in the study irritably. Ever since his wife and eldest daughter made a fuss in Prince Yun's palace, he felt that officials from various ministries were secretly trying to make him wear shoes. He knew that Minister of War was a princeling, that is, he was from Prince Yun's lineage.
.This time the money for military supplies was allocated happily, so I hope that Prince Yun will see his good side and let him go.
I don’t know if my show of kindness has caught the eye of Prince De Yun, but my eldest daughter has come back to hinder me. Although the maid has been dealt with, it may not be safe for Prince Yun to investigate...
After the eldest daughter made a fool of herself in Prince Yun's palace, the third prince also extended an olive branch to him. He thought that things hadn't gotten that bad yet, so he didn't respond. Now, Prince Yun and the prince would be offended to death. If he doesn't take refuge with the third prince,
Prince, if something happens to him, he won't even have anyone to speak to him.
Jin Shangshu thought for a long time, gritted his teeth and asked someone to prepare a car to go to the Third Prince's Mansion.
The third prince Si Yu was in a good mood after receiving the nine-tailed phoenix hairpin. When discussing matters with his staff, he unconsciously touched the brocade box containing the phoenix hairpin.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Jin, the Minister of Household Affairs, would like to see you." The steward came in and announced.
The third prince's eyes lit up. Could it be that the nine-tailed phoenix hairpin was really so efficacious that Lord Jin came to him as soon as he got it?
"Invite him to come to the study." The third prince winked, and the two aides exited the study.
Listening to Jin Shangshu's expression of loyalty, the third prince took a box from the bookshelf and handed it to him: "If you can handle this matter well, I will believe that you are sincerely helping me.
Jin Shangshu took the box and opened it. When he saw the supplies needed by the third prince, he felt dizzy. He had just allocated a large amount of military supplies to the Ministry of War. How could he get so many supplies? But when things got to this point, there was no way out.
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"We must do our best to serve His Highness the Third Highness." Jin Shangshu began to think about which part of the silver to move.
"Then there will be Minister Jin." Si Yu's mood became better and better. With the help of Minister Jin, he could hoard more private soldiers.
"Wei Chen excuses himself." Jin Shangshu walked out of the Third Prince's Mansion, feeling that his body was hollowed out. This time he took refuge with the Third Prince, not only did he not feel at ease, but he felt even more uneasy.
In the evening, the third prince did not go to the backyard to visit his concubine, but returned to the bedroom alone with the nine-tailed phoenix hairpin. Lying on the bed, he opened the brocade box. He suddenly sat up in shock - there was no nine-tails in the brocade box.
Feng Chai only has an ordinary silver hairpin, the kind made by the Shangyi Bureau for ordinary palace maids, and even slaves who have a little respect in front of their masters don't care to wear it.
The third prince's head was buzzing, and it took him a while to regain his ability to think. He had always kept this brocade box with him. He only stood up to take things out of sight for a moment when he was talking to Jin Shangshu. The third prince's pupils were tightened. Could it be that
Said - Jin Shangshu came to seek refuge just in disguise, but in fact he came to steal the nine-tailed phoenix hairpin!
This nine-tailed phoenix hairpin was not acquired openly and honestly, so the third prince did not dare to say anything about it. While sending secret guards to search for it, he quietly watched Jin Shangshu's next move.
