Chapter Twenty-Eight: Little Qiu Niang
Last night, Zhuang Rou drilled the dog hole out of the city, and the horses were still at home, and only after eating and drinking enough did they get on the horse and go to Princess Pingrui's mansion. Although she hadn't been there, she had already asked Zhuang Xuewen where she was.
Princess Pingrui's Mansion is in the southwest of the Imperial City, relatively close to the Imperial City. There is no vacant land to build a mansion, or there was a powerful person who committed a crime before, the mansion was confiscated by the royal family, and finally divided into three mansions, one of which was given to Princess Pingrui with many garden water features, although the place is not big but it is exquisite.
Zhuang Rou rode a horse and stopped at the gate of the princess's mansion, this road was originally full of powerful people, the house was too big and it was dinner time, and there were few pedestrians.
The gate of the princess's mansion was closed and there was no movement, she looked at the gate and found no blood stains or anything like that. It seems that even if Lin Fei collided with the princess, he didn't dare to make a move, he was really a cautious and honest person.
So Zhuang Rou got off the horse, tied the horse to the side of the horse stone, and went forward to knock on the door.
After a few taps, someone behind the door asked, "Who's outside the door?" β
"Below is Zhuang Rou, a subordinate of the King of Yinde County, who has come to meet Her Royal Highness the princess." Zhuang Rou directly pulled Chu Xia to pull the big skin, anyway, he was in charge of this case, so it was okay to say so.
The people inside didn't buy it, and responded directly: "It's getting late now, and the princess is preparing to rest, so please go back." β
Seeing that the people inside refused to open the door, Zhuang Rou shouted loudly: "You have forcibly dragged Yijunlang into the princess's mansion before, and his fiancΓ©e came to me crying, saying that her crush must have been taken by the princess and wanted to be recruited as a concubine, and now she can't wait to jump into the river." β
"I told her that the princess has already set a horse, and she will get married soon, how can she rob a handsome man on the street. At most, it is to pull it to be the head of the face, so that she doesn't have to care too much, maybe she will be able to return home in a few months. β
Before he finished speaking, the door of the princess's mansion opened with a bang, and an uncle who walked angrily from inside opened his mouth and scolded: "Who is talking nonsense!" β
After scolding, he found that there was no one at the door, and he was stunned for a moment. At that moment, the wind blew on his side, and a figure flashed past him and entered the gate.
"Let's go, take me to the princess." Zhuang Rou stood in front of the shadow wall, looked at him and smiled.
Although Liu Han has only been working in the princess's mansion for a few years, he has worked as an errand in other mansions before, and he has seen countless people, but he has never seen someone who said so badly at the door like this, and dared to break in.
Especially when she was so brazen and dared to say that she wanted to see the princess, Liu Han was angry and wanted to drive out this intruder.
Zhuang Rou saw that his attitude was not good, so she turned around and walked inside, and there were words in her mouth, "You don't have a capital crime, but thinking that he is the husband of Princess Pingrui, so the little county king specially asked me to ask." β
"If Princess Pingrui doesn't want to see her, then I'll go back to the little county king now and let him directly arrest someone to try the case. Her Royal Highness the princess really understands the righteousness, and is willing to let the little prince do it according to the law, and does not want superfluous affection. β
After she finished speaking, she stopped, glanced at Liu Han, turned around and walked out the door again. walked out of the princess's mansion and went to untie the horse's rope, and when she turned over and got on the horse and was about to leave, Liu Han grabbed the horse's reins.
"Wait, I'm going to report to the princess first." He said with a calm face, although he didn't know whether it was true or not, but if it was related to the horse, he still had to let the princess decide.
The corners of Zhuang Rou's mouth curled up and smiled: "Then I'll bother the uncle, but I can't wait too long, the stakes are very high, if it is decided, I will go to get someone to interrogate overnight tonight." β
"Don't worry, it won't be delayed for too long!" Liu Han let go of the reins, turned around and ran towards the house.
With a sly smile on her face, Zhuang Rou got off the horse again and sat directly at the door of the princess's mansion, waiting for the news inside.
After a while, I saw a sedan chair being carried over, and it seemed that it wanted to stop at the door of the princess's mansion. But somehow, the people who walked with the sedan chair said something to the sedan chair, and they suddenly ran up.
I saw them trotting all the way, carrying a sedan chair and chasing by a wolf, and rushed past her.
The road was straight and long, and Zhuang Rou tilted her head and stared at them for a long time, until she crossed several houses before she found a junction and turned away.
"......" Zhuang Rou thought thoughtfully, then stood up and tilted her head to look at the place where the sedan chair had disappeared.
"I'm here to see who is so bold and wants to take my horse master without any evidence!" A woman's arrogant voice came from the princess's mansion.
Zhuang Rou looked back at the door, a beautiful woman in her twenties was standing proudly at the door, with guards and maids behind her, staring at her with her head up and frowning.
"Is that you?" The woman looked Zhuang Rou up and down and asked coldly.
"I don't want to talk to you, if you're here to lead me to the princess, then lead the way. If you want to humiliate me, you won't be given a chance. Zhuang Rou said unceremoniously.
The woman laughed, "What a big breath, this is the princess's mansion, not your small county office." The rude person who was taken down before was also with you, since you are here, you should accompany him! β
Zhuang Rou looked up at her and said with a calm expression: "Lin Fei is an honest man, he doesn't dare to offend Her Royal Highness the Princess, so I let you drag it away." And I'm ...... Not like him. β
"What's the difference, it's just a little lackey of the government, thinking that it will bite people is a wolf?" The woman's voice said sharply.
Is this man sick?
Zhuang Rou frowned slightly and said, "If this is the attitude of the princess, then I will leave." When she had said that, she turned and walked down the steps, without looking at them, turned over and whipped her horse, and the horse ran down the road.
The people in the princess's mansion were stunned, no one thought that she would leave without saying a word, didn't she need to pass on the words of the little princess?
"You stop me, do you hear me?" The woman ran to the bottom of the steps with her skirt and shouted to Zhuang Rou, who was running farther and farther, but unfortunately the horse didn't even slow down, and went away.
Liu Han looked at this scene and asked a little speechlessly: "Qiu Niang, what should I do now, the people have already left, and the matter of the horse is ......?"
Qiu Niang turned around and glared at him fiercely, and said angrily: "Forgive her and don't dare to go back, the little county king must have called her here for the person she caught before, and dared to scare us." Even if she goes back, she won't even see the princess, and if she can't get out, she will definitely be punished, and she won't be able to come over obediently when the time comes! β
"But what if she doesn't come?" Liu Han was very worried, mainly because he was afraid that the concubine would really be taken away, so what should the princess do?
"What are you afraid of, when the princess asked, she said that the man had gone by himself, and he would not come in." Qiu Niang said on her own, usually she has the final say in the house, and everyone has to respond.
At this moment, the sound of galloping horses' hooves was heard from the other side of the road, and I don't know who was so bold as to let the horses gallop on this street.
Everyone looked back to see which unruly magnate it was, and saw a horse rushing to a stop in front of them, and the horsewhip flew and crackled on Qiu Niang's face.
"Ahh
Qiu Niang covered her face and suddenly screamed, and the whip made her face a bloody scar.
Zhuang Rou sat on the horse, arched his hand to Liu Han and said: "Below is Zhuang Rou, a subordinate of the King of Yinde County, there is an urgent matter to talk to Princess Pingrui, please go and report it immediately, the matter is very important, please don't delay time." β
"Huh?" Everyone looked at her blankly, and even rode around in a circle, pretending to be okay and coming back.
Seeing everyone standing there in a daze, Zhuang Rou raised her voice, "Didn't you hear me?" It seems that Princess Pingrui is so good to you on weekdays that you can't even get through the words. A group of slaves, undisciplined. β
"You dare to slap me in the face, why are you still standing, why don't you take this person ...... quickly" Qiu Niang was in pain and anxious, would her face be broken if she was beaten like this!
But before she could finish speaking, a whip came up again, and this time she was still covering her face, and the whip was whipped on her hand, and she grabbed her hand and screamed again.
Zhuang Rou looked at the guards of the princess's mansion and Liu Han, and said with a smile on her face: "Everyone, can the princess see me?" β
"I'm going to report it!" Liu Han was excited, glanced at the guards, and ran back to the mansion.
"The dignified princess's mansion, how can there be such an unreasonable person, is this person a female official in the palace?" Zhuang Rou pointed at Qiu Niang and looked at the guards and asked.
Seeing that the place where Qiu Niang was pumped was full of blood, someone responded: "Qiu Niang is the steward sent by the Xian Wangfu, who specializes in helping the princess manage the mansion, and is also a distant relative of the Xian princess." β
Zhuang Rou laughed, took the whip in his hand and patted it gently, and said contemptuously: "This mouthful of lackeys, I thought this was the princess of which family, it turned out to be a bloodsucker who was attached to relatives." β
"Look at this, you can be so domineering in the princess's mansion, which has nothing to do with it, and if you go to the Xianwang mansion, I'm afraid even the Xian princess won't be in your eyes. Maybe you want to call it, the concubine of King Xian? β
As soon as these words came out, Qiu Niang even forgot about the pain, looked at her with wide eyes, and stammered: "Don't talk nonsense!" I'm just a distant niece of the princess. β
"Oh, you have no power and no power, so what are you holding so rampant?" Zhuang Rou smiled slightly, and the whip was drawn again, directly hitting Qiu Niang's face again.
Then she dismounted, walked in front of Qiu Niang, squinted at her and smiled, "Before I see the princess leave, I want to see Lin Fei at the gate, and it's a good kind." Otherwise, even if you come from the Xianwang Mansion, I can still kill you and clear the portal for the Princess's Mansion. β
Zhuang Rou lifted her chin with a horsewhip, squinted her eyes and smiled: "You said that your life, can you exchange your life for the little county king being punished by the virtuous king?" β
After finishing speaking, she poked the wound on Qiu Niang's face with a horse whip, and Qiu Niang screamed in pain, and she said with satisfaction: "Look at how beautiful it is now, a living head is always much more beautiful than a dead one, Xiao Qiu Niang, right?" β
At this time, Liu Han finally ran out, panting vigorously and said, "The princess wants to see you." β
Zhuang Rou stood up at this time, smiled and replied, "There is Uncle Lao, please." β
The two walked into the princess's mansion one after another, and Qiu Niang, who was sitting on the ground covering her face and gritting her teeth and crying, was also helped up by Yahuan, but she slapped Yahuan angrily, scolding them for being useless waste, and she didn't come to help her just now.