Perhaps it was the intuition of someone who had been on the battlefield. After hearing this, Lan Zhen felt a thump in her heart and felt something was not good.
He looked carefully at Lady Hu's face and saw that although she still had a smile on her face, and everyone in the palace had mastered the ability to smile but not smile, he still judged that Lady Hu in an instant
The female officer is smirking.
He looked at Siqi's expression again and saw that her expression was not very good, so he felt bad, but he couldn't think of anything that Miss Hu had to say to him.
"She will definitely not be allowed to speak about national affairs. As for other things, what else can be said?" Lan Zhen, who usually doesn't take care of housework, couldn't think of what she would say. She could only say: "Aunt Hu is too polite, what else?"
Please just say it straight."
"Since the Duke said so, I will tell you straight away." Ms. Hu first bowed to Lan Zhen and Mr. and Mrs. Chen, and then started talking.
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In the backyard of Liang Guogong's mansion, there were constant sounds of 'cracking' and 'popping', occasionally mixed with the screams of women.
In the middle of the yard, three women in their twenties and thirties were lying on the ground. Three strong men were waving boards and falling down continuously. At first, someone held down the arms, legs and feet of the three women to prevent them from moving, but
No one was holding them down at this time, but they were unable to move their bodies. They just let out a hoarse scream every time the board fell on them.
Around the six of them, countless servants from the palace stood nearby, but not a single word could be heard.
After a while, one of the Zhuang Khans stopped and said to Lan Zhen: "Master, she has passed out."
"Splash water on her to wake her up, then continue beating her until she's dead!" Lan Zhen looked at him coldly. The man trembled, and quickly poured a bucket of water on the woman's face. After she woke up, she raised the board again.
The fight started.
After a while, Lan Zhen asked three other people to replace the three of them. The sound of the board hitting people paused for a while and then sounded again.
Mrs. Chen couldn't bear it anymore and said to Lan Zhen: "Master, just give him a good beating and throw him out of the house. You don't have to beat him to death."
"The Ming Dynasty has very strict regulations on the slaves of officials and other people, and the police are more lenient than dogs. If our family beats someone to death, Ying Tianfu will definitely ask questions, and there will be some trouble; and Si Qi is kind-hearted, and he definitely doesn't want anyone to be blamed for him.
And die."
Of course Lan Zhen would not listen to her: "No! Si Qi is indeed kind-hearted, so they dare to gossip behind their backs. How can they not punish them severely! As for the government, send a steward to report the matter to the general judge in charge of Zhongcheng.
After a little talk, he didn't dare to ask any more questions, and Ying Tianfu Yin Huanghuai must not be too troublesome."
"Besides," Lan Zhen said reproachfully to Mrs. Chen: "How do you manage your family on weekdays? You don't even know that your servants say such harsh things to Lian'er and Siqi?"
Mrs. Chen didn't want him to blame herself, so she didn't dare to stand up to him. She could only say: "I am not strict with my family. I will definitely learn from it in the future. Please forgive me."
After a while, the three women made no sound at all. A strong man breathed and said: "Master, he is dead."
"Go to the Zhongcheng Police Station in person and tell them that three maids died in our family. If they ask why, they will say that these three maids slandered the master's family. If the judge comes out to inquire in person, they will imply that he has something to do with Guangling.
It’s related to the princess.”
Lan Zhen ordered the housekeeper and then said to several other people: "Throw the bodies of the three of them into a mass grave outside the city; their families will all be expelled from the house, all family property will be confiscated, and each person will be left with only a pair of coarse clothes.
It’s time to repay the Heavenly Mansion and banish their whole family to the northwest. There are still a few girls in these three people’s families, and there happens to be a shortage of women in the northwest. Send a few to Qin Fan.”
After that, he paused, and then said loudly to all the servants: "From today on, anyone who gossips behind your back will be dealt with in this way, and no mercy will be given lightly!"
He gave a few more instructions and brought Mrs. Chen to see Siqi.
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Siqi, who was sitting in the house, was very uneasy when he heard the crackling sound coming from outside. After turning around a few times, he said to Ms. Hu: "Aunt Hu, I'd better go and ask uncle to let them live. They are all."
My parents raised me, so I couldn’t bear to beat him to death."
"Your Highness is so kind-hearted, this servant is truly blessed." Ms. Hu first praised her, and then said: "But Your Highness, there are no rules without rules. These rules must be established."
"Your Highness, do you still remember in the "Book of Tang" that in the late Tang Dynasty, the eunuchs dared to depose the emperor if they messed up the rules?" She saw Si Qi nodded, and then said: "Even if the royal family messed up the rules, the slaves could bully the master.
On your head, not to mention other families? The Queen is such a charitable person, but her slaves are killed with a stick every month. And I am afraid that Your Highness is not willing to let the slaves in the family oppress the master when he grows up and gets married in the future, so rules must be established.
"
Both Zhu Yuanzhang and Yunxi were deeply impressed by the eunuchs' dethronement of the emperor recorded in the "Book of Tang", so Yunxi stipulated that the earliest history book taught in the royal academy should be the "Book of Tang". He himself had nothing to do with Min'er and Siqi.
Baoqing and the other three casually talked about things in the Book of Tang, so Siqi also knew what Madam Hu was talking about.
"That's the truth, but I still can't bear it," Siqi said.
"Your Highness is still young. It will be better to understand more when you grow up," said Ms. Hu.
At this time Lan Zhen came in and said to Siqi: "Siqi, uncle has already dealt with those people and their whole family, and the three parties involved have also been beaten to death. Uncle has also issued a strict order, and anyone who gossips behind their backs will be shot with a stick."
."
"Siqi knows." Siqi said.
"Also, uncle, I want to apologize to you. It's my uncle's fault that the slaves at home are so disrespectful." Lan Zhen saluted.
"How can this nephew accept it?" Siqi hurriedly avoided it.
Lady Hu said: "My lord, this is just a mistake made by the servants. Why should my lord do this?"
"I was not strict with my subordinates, which caused such things to happen in the palace. I should apologize." Lan Zhen said.
After pushing and giving for a while, Lan Zhen finally did not salute Siqi, but the matter passed.
However, after Siqi left the Duke Liang's Mansion and returned to the palace on New Year's Eve, Lan Zhen went on to rectify the situation in the palace regardless of the Chinese New Year, and the aftermath of this incident ended in the Duke Liang's Mansion.
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"These three women, the people in Liang Guogong's palace said they were beaten to death because they offended Princess Guangling?" Huang Huai asked.
"Yes, Huang Fuyin." The general judge in charge of Zhongcheng Police Officer Xia said: "The Duke of Liang also expelled the families of these three women from the house and exiled them to the northwest. The officer learned after interrogation
It’s the same reason.”
"In this case, there is no need to continue to pursue this matter, just file it." Huang Huai said calmly.
But after the judge withdrew, Huang Huai angrily tore up the documents in front of him and began to write furiously. After a while, he put down his pen and put what he had written into a folder. There was a line written on the side of the folder:
Report to His Majesty after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.