Han finished taking care of his son's marriage, returned to the princess's house, and Liang Dujian and I told her about the recent events one by one, she was surprised, pointing out that Yang was bold and rude to the princess. The concubine was naturally quite embarrassed when he saw it, and after that day, the princess's face was particularly ugly when she faced him, and she was covered with frost, and she ignored it completely, and he felt bored, and tried to avoid seeing the princess.

Mrs. Yang felt that Han's wariness of herself was also very unhappy, and she often sneered at Han's openly and secretly.

In August, the Han family sorted out the clothes and utensils for the princess in the season, and saw that the children's pillow used by the princess last year was not used in the cabinet, so he took it out and said to the princess: "I see that this year's princess couch has changed to Cizhou green glaze carved flower pillow, this child pillow is good, it is a pity that it is idle." My son has just been married, and if the princess no longer uses a child's pillow, she might as well give it to my son and her bride. I also want to ask the princess to give them this good fortune, so that they can add a fat grandson to me next year. ”

The princess didn't look at it and agreed: "Take it if you like." You can pick and choose from the clothes and utensils that I have left unused, and if there is anything that your bride can use, take it, even if I reward her. ”

Han couldn't help but be overjoyed, and after thanking the princess repeatedly, he went to pick out some clothes and utensils, sent them to the princess for her to see, and asked me to make a record. The princess only glanced at it, and said to her: "It's not a valuable thing, there is no need to record it, you can find two small yellow doors and send them home directly." ”

Han looked at me inquiringly again, and I smiled at her: "Since the princess said so, the jun will take it back directly." ”

Han thanked her repeatedly, and I then ordered someone to pack these items and instructed the two little yellow doors to help Han deliver them the next time she returned home.

She decided to go home the next day, and only set out after having dinner with the princess that day, but it was getting late, and because her house was at the back of the princess's house, she took the little yellow door out through the back door. Not long after I set off, one of the little yellow men hurriedly ran back to me and said, "Uncle Guo's wife intercepted Han Junjun, saying that she had stolen things from the princess's house and was scolding her at the back door." ”

I immediately rushed over, and sure enough, I saw that Mrs. Yang was aggressively asking Han to show the certificate of the princess's gift, Han was angry, and repeatedly justified with red eyes that the princess gave it face-to-face, and there was no evidence, Yang did not listen, and resolutely did not allow the attendant to let him go.

I stepped forward to tell Madame Yang about the process of rewarding the princess, and she just sneered: "I knew that the county monarch would bring you as a big rescuer." Han Junjun and Mr. Liang are like mother and son, over the years, whoever has an accident will cover up for each other, and today is naturally no exception. ”

"If Madame doesn't believe what Huai Ji said, she might as well ask the princess herself to see if the gift is true." ”

"Princess? As long as you, Mr. Liang, say a word in front of the princess, the dead can become alive, and what has not happened, of course the princess will feel that it has happened. She approached me and whispered in my ear, word by word, "You said I drugged her wine, but I would like to know what kind of ecstasy soup you poured her, or what kind of Gu you planted on her." ”

I looked straight ahead and ignored me. She didn't dwell on the artifacts any longer, but glanced at us with a cold face, with a hint of demonstration, and only turned away after a moment.

I sensed that she must have sent someone to spy on us, trying to find a place to go wrong. So, I told the princess's attendants and maids many times to be careful and not to cause trouble, but it was not long before the last thing I wanted to see happened.

One day, when I was discussing with him at the Liang Governor's place, I suddenly saw Madame Yang bring in several domestic servants, and two of them were also holding a disheveled maid.

Liang Dujian was also quite surprised, and immediately asked Mrs. Yang: "Madam, why is this?" Did Xiao Jing'er offend you? ”

Mrs. Yang walked to the front of the main seat and sat down, and then spoke: "Don't misunderstand, princess, how dare I touch her?" When I passed by Zhang Chengzhao's residence, I happened to see Xiao Jing'er coming out of it, just like this, tying a skirt while walking. The appearance of the powdered face with spring is really beautiful, I was an eye-opener, so I invited her over and let the two Mr. Liang take a look and enjoy it together. ”

She obviously pointed out that Xiao Jing'er and Zhang Chengzhao had something to do, and Xiao Jing'er did not refute and cry out, but just lowered her head and cried. I felt bad, and I glanced at Liang Dujian and saw that he also looked solemn.

"There may be a misunderstanding here, did Madame ask the two of them?" Liang Du pondered and asked first.

Mrs. Yang glanced at her smile and replied, "I'm also afraid that there will be a misunderstanding, so I specially went in to find Zhang Chengzhao and wanted to ask him if they were playing chess or throwing pots just now." Unexpectedly, when I pushed the door in, the kid saw that it was me, and immediately grabbed a piece of clothing and ran away, still bare-chested, and his shoes were worn backwards, and now he doesn't know where to hide. However, I left something on the bed, and I asked someone to bring it for you two to see. ”

As soon as she said this, she gestured sideways, and immediately a servant stepped forward, untied a cloth bag, and poured its contents onto the table in front of us. We took a cursory look and saw that there were several pictures of the Spring Palace, two or three porcelain powder boxes similar to the kind that Yuqing showed to the princess, a small bottle of pills, and the bottle was also painted with secret scenes, the most shocking of which was a wooden male organ.

Zhang Chengzhao has always been frivolous, often laughing with the maids, and Xiao Jing'er is not very stable on weekdays, it is not surprising that the two of them do such a fake phoenix, not to mention Xiao Jing'er's current expression, which is tantamount to acquiescence.

I felt ashamed and annoyed by it, and my face seemed to be on fire and began to burn. Mrs. Yang looked at it, evoked her warm mean smile again, and deliberately asked me: "Mr. Liang, in your opinion, how should this matter be handled?" ”

I said, "Later, I will bring Zhang Chengzhao and ask why, and if this is true, I will punish them." ”

But she was not satisfied, and looked at me with squinted eyes: "Then if he can't find it back for a day, you won't punish him for a day?" They must have done this ugly thing, there are all human and material evidence, even if Zhang Chengzhao comes over, they can't rely on it. How to punish is also asked to make a decision on the spot, and decide as soon as possible, so as not to delay it for a long time, I am afraid that some people will speculate more and give birth to some unnecessary rumors. ”

Liang Dujian asked her, "How is the lady going to punish them?" ”

Mrs. Yang pointed at her and smiled, and said: "First take off this little slut's shirt, whip twenty or thirty whips, then tie her hands and feet, and let her kneel in the courtyard for three days. Three days later, the matter will be reported to the palace, whether it is killed or killed, and it will be up to the official family to decide. ”

When Xiao Jing'er heard this, she immediately burst into tears, and begged me and Liang Dujian to save our lives while crying. When I heard this, I was amazed, so I said to Mrs. Yang: "This matter has not yet been clarified, and besides, both of them are members of the palace, and the case must be reported to the emperor first, and then they must be sent to the inner province to deal with it. ”

But she didn't let go: "If there is adultery between ordinary men and women, they will be arrested and paraded in the streets, let alone people in the palace." This defilement of the court is a great crime, of course, it should be severely punished to the public......" staring at me, she accentuated her tone, and deliberately emphasized the latter words, "Kill one and make an example." ”

I bowed my head and persuaded them with good words: "Convicting them without trial, and punishing them in this way, will surely make this matter public in China and abroad, and provoke public opinion." Madame allowed me to find Zhang Chengzhao first to find out what happened, and if there was such a thing, I would ask the Ministry of Finance to intervene in the trial and convict them according to the palace rules. ”

She smiled: "Mr. Liang is also afraid of people talking about such ugly things now?" and so they were defended. After the smile faded, she looked sideways at me and said, "The other day before yesterday, I thought it was very funny when the colt said a word to me, but today I forgot the meaning of the word, and now I want to ask Mr. to explain it to me again." ”

After a pause, she said the word: "The rabbit dies and the fox is sad." ”

Later, for a moment, I remained silent, but I heard someone at the door answer: "I don't know what the death of a rabbit and a fox are, I only know that someone is a fox and a fake tiger." ”

It was the princess's voice, and she slowly entered, followed by Zhang Chengzhao and Han.