Although Chu Mingyang and Mrs. Gu Er were not suspected of murder, Mrs. Gu Er came to her house because of the money during the day, and at night Chu Mingyang and Yu Wenjun argued and even fought over the money. Therefore, both sides of Jingzhao Mansion had to
Ask questions.
After Mrs. Gu Er went to ask Yu Wenjun today, she thought she was almost certain to get the money back. She thought that although she had a lot of worries at the moment, she still made a relatively generous profit, which was a little comfort.
Little did she know that late at night, people from the Jingzhao Mansion came to wake her up and told her that the eldest prince had been assassinated. She was completely confused.
Because something happened to the eldest prince, Jingzhao Mansion came over overnight, so Lord Gu also came out, and some elders of the Gu family who lived in the manor also got up to inquire.
Mrs. Gu Er's money was originally private money. In fact, she had deducted a lot of money from the public in recent years. A few years ago, Mrs. Gu Hou was ill and asked her to take care of the affairs of the house. In those years, she withheld a lot of money.
, Otherwise, how could she save hundreds of thousands of taels by herself?
Therefore, when everyone's parents were present and the eldest brother of the house was also present, she did not dare to talk about the loan. She only said that she had borrowed several thousand taels of silver from Chu Mingyang. When she saw that she had not paid it back for a long time, she went to the door to ask for help because Chu Mingyang was not there.
, she told the eldest prince.
Mrs. Gu Hou felt a little suspicious. She knew very well that this sister-in-law was very stingy. She had always been fawning over Chu Mingyang's mother. However, after Chu Mingyang's mother died, she had never seen her have anything to do with Chu Mingyang's cousin.
Sincerely, if you come here for a break in the autumn breeze and give me a dozen taels in exchange for saving face, it may be possible to lend Chu Mingyang thousands of taels of silver, but that is impossible.
However, now that Jingzhao Mansion came to ask questions, she would definitely not say much. After all, this kind of routine questioning would just go by.
But Gu Si and Yuan Qingping knew it well, so after the people from Jingzhao Mansion asked, Gu Si went in and told Lord Gu about the matter. Lord Gu was furious when he heard this and called Erye Gu.
Come here and ask him to clean up the affairs of the second room, so as not to implicate the Hou Mansion.
This Mr. Gu Er has a soft character, but when it comes to important family matters, he still stood firm and questioned her. Mrs. Gu Er had no choice but to recruit them all. The source of the money was also explained. Mr. Gu grabbed hold of her.
She went to the head of the house to plead guilty and promised that if the money was recovered, most of it would be returned to the palace.
Mrs. Gu Er was angry and resentful. She hated Chu Mingyang to the core. She knew that Chu Mingyang had borrowed money from many people, so she told the servants in the house that night and went out the next day to spread the news that Chu Mingyang was a lot of evil.
man's silver.
Originally, Chu Mingyang's deadline for repaying the interest was delayed again and again during this period. Although he was finally able to pay it, it also made the ladies uneasy. As soon as this happened, everyone had to go to Chu Mingyang to ask for money.
But where did Chu Mingyang go?
She was not in the yard, and she didn't go back to Chu's house, so it was hard to find her. In the end, Jingzhao Mansion found her first in Mingyue Temple.
When questioned, she said that she and Yu Wenjun had a quarrel over some trivial matters, and Yu Wenjun even beat her up. She really couldn't get along with Yu Wenjun anymore, but she didn't dare to go back to Chu's house even though she was injured, because she was afraid of her grandfather.
If he was sad and angry, he would start a fight with Yu Wenjun because of her, so after feeling sad outside for a while, he thought it would be boring to live this life, so he went to the nunnery to find a place to live, and planned to become a nun.
These words sounded reasonable. When the policeman reported back to Yu Wenhao, Yu Wenhao knew it, because his people had been keeping an eye on Lin Xiao, and after Chu Mingyang left the house, he first went to find Lin Xiao.
Of course, this part can be skipped, as it will not be of much help to the case. Lin Xiao never left, but only asked someone to take Chu Mingyang to the nunnery, so he was not the murderer.
After Chu Mingyang was brought back to Jingzhao Mansion for questioning, King Qi had her sent back to the Chu family. He was extremely kind to his former sister-in-law.
After Chu Mingyang returned, many people came to her door to ask for debts. The housekeeper had no choice but to let them in and reported it to Chu Shoufu. Chu Shoufu said: "It is natural to pay back debts. How can we turn away people when they come to collect debts?"
Just bring them in to find the eldest princess."
With Chu Shoufu's words, people who wanted debts rushed in. For a while, the Chu Mansion seemed to have become a bustling city. However, no one dared to cause trouble in the Chu Mansion.
Chu Mingyang used the excuse of his physical injury to postpone going to shopkeeper Sun to collect the debt, so he asked everyone to go back and wait, or he could go to shopkeeper Sun himself.
But the money was all lent out by Chu Mingyang, and it was useless to go to shopkeeper Sun. Therefore, Chu Mingyang, who everyone wanted to beat, had to be offered as a bodhisattva by those creditors, and he brought supplements the next day.
I came to the door, hoping that she would recover from her injuries as soon as possible, and then go out to ask shopkeeper Sun for the account.
After Chu Mingyang recovered from her injury for a few days, Chu Shoufu sent someone to ask if it was time for her to return to the house.
Naturally, Chu Mingyang did not dare to leave the Chu Mansion. She knelt down in front of the chief minister and cried, saying that she would rather become a nun than go back to serve the eldest prince, saying that she and the eldest prince had severed their ties of friendship.
However, Chu Shoufu did not force her and allowed her to stay in the mansion. This really surprised Chu Mingyang. He thought he would have to cry, make trouble and hang himself.
Chu Mingyang just lived in Chu's house, and she didn't dare to go out because she owed a lot of debt.
As for Yu Wenjun, who is still in a state of uncertainty about his life or death, and there is no monitoring equipment, Yuan Qingling cannot say how bad the situation is.
The next morning after Yu Wenjun's accident, Yu Wenhao went to the palace in person to report it. Emperor Ming Yuan already knew about it, but he kept it from Concubine Qin.
Emperor Ming Yuan didn't say anything when he heard it, and he didn't even show sadness. He seemed to be a person who had nothing to do with him. He didn't even care much about his injury. He only asked Yuan Qingling if he had gone to see him.
However, when the injury did not progress and Yu Wenjun did not wake up, Emperor Ming Yuan became unable to sit still and sent word to Yuan Qing Ling to enter the palace.
Yu Wenhao and Yuan Qingling entered the palace together. In the imperial study, Emperor Ming Yuan only let Yuan Qingling in and sent Yu Wenhao to go to the Supreme Emperor to pay his respects.
After Yuan Qingling entered the imperial study, Emperor Ming Yuan called for food to be served. He didn't eat any breakfast today. It was already past midnight, and the sun would turn westward in a while.
When Eunuch Mu Ru heard that he wanted to have a meal, he almost burst into tears and hurriedly asked someone to prepare it.
Yuan Qingling didn't eat lunch today. She was too busy giving Yu Wenjun an infusion. After the decree came down, she immediately went to the palace and didn't bother to eat.
She observed the words and expressions and saw that although Emperor Ming Yuan's expression was not solemn, there was always a hint of sternness in his eyebrows. Therefore, she did not dare to relax as much as in the past. She only waited quietly for the food to be served and for Emperor Ming Yuan to ask questions.