Princess Liao was even more dissatisfied, barely suppressed her anger, and listened to Xin Nian say something there about "The concubine is frightened, I don't know where to anger the princess" and other non-nutritious perfunctory words, she slammed the table and said sharply: "Are you afraid? I don't think you're the slightest bit scared. In front of so many people, in front of me, these lies and clichés come as soon as you open your mouth, which shows what a presumptuous and perverse person you are? If you continue to indulge like this, will you be able to pay it back? Someone ...... coming."

"Princess."

Xin Nian interrupted Princess Liao in time, a good woman does not suffer immediate losses, as a princess, once the words are spoken, there is no reason to recycle, even if she knows that it is inappropriate, no one can shake the princess's face and majesty.

Xin Nian didn't look at Princess Liao's Tie Qing's complexion, and spoke quickly: "I don't know what the concubine did wrong, causing the princess's monstrous anger?" If it is said that these minions are punished, it is also for a reason. The prince handed over the investigation of poisonous snakes to me, and the princess will punish me without asking a word? It really doesn't matter if I'm punished and embarrassed, but the dignity of the prince always has to be taken into account. What do you think? ”

The meaning of this is very clear: it was your son who entrusted me with the task, and I did my best, and you shouted and killed indiscriminately, and asked your son's opinion? Have you ever thought about what happens after you beat me? Although filial piety cannot be violated, but the three obedience and four virtues cannot be ignored, right?

Princess Liao looked at the beautiful face in front of her, and hated it in her heart, but she had to admit that Xin Nian was reasonable. How strong her son is, she knows best as a mother. If it weren't for that, how could this errand fall on the other party's head?

"Hearing you say that, you are so aggressive, is it reasonable? You still know the word decency, you are afraid that you will be punished for losing your decency, but these minions, they have also worked hard in the palace for more than ten years or even decades, why are you so ruthless? Half a point of disregard for their decency? ”

Listening to Princess Liao's words, Xin Nian smiled slightly and said: "The princess doesn't know anything, in front of you, they are naturally hard-working, but without you, these daughters-in-law will change their faces." You see that my punishment is so severe, but as soon as you come, these ones are still like fighting cocks and geese, and the eight immortals cross the sea to show their magical powers, which shows how perverse and presumptuous these slaves are. ”

"Xu is that they are wronged, so as soon as they see the princess coming, they are in a hurry to confess, which is also human nature."

Liao Shi slowly spoke: "Besides, since the princess is here, and the minions are also here, we can't just listen to my sister's words, why don't we call people in and listen to what they have to say?" ”

Xin Nian glanced at Liao, his expression did not move, and he nodded, "Okay." ”

After speaking, he turned his head and instructed the little girl standing by the door: "Let Mrs. Chen come in." ”

Princess Liao glanced at Liao's family, and saw Liao's nodding slightly, knowing that this Mrs. Chen was a clear-headed and somewhat decent person, it seemed that Xin Nian didn't find someone to fool her, and her complexion softened a little.

Soon Mrs. Chen staggered in, knelt on the ground as soon as she entered the door, climbed a few steps to Princess Liao, and before she could speak, she heard Xin Nian next to her and said lightly: "The princess called you to ask, you answer honestly, don't cry with tears and snot on your face, staining the eyes of the princess, don't blame me for beating you out." ”

Sure enough, as soon as she said this, Mrs. Chen's crying was immediately put back, her body shrank imperceptibly, and she responded aggrievedly: "Yes." The old slave didn't dare to lose his temper. ”

Liao's eyelids jumped slightly, and he couldn't help but look at Xin Nian, and said secretly: These daughters-in-law are not good at stubble, they have only worked hard for two days, and they are afraid of her, so soon they will be majestic? Hateful, an aunt, where did she get her qualifications, she blames her cousin for being confused. I hope that this time my aunt can find her fault and kill her majesty.

While thinking about it, I listened to Princess Liao say: "Don't be afraid, tell me honestly, what is Aunt Xin punishing you for?" ”

Mrs. Chen hurriedly kowtowed, choked up, and said, "The old slave doesn't know ...... either"

Without waiting to finish speaking, he heard Xin Nian say in a long voice: "You can reply to the princess's words, what don't you know?" Didn't I speak clearly enough when I punished you before? ”

"Yes."

Mrs. Chen shook twice: "Aunt Xin said that Mrs. China's backyard is our people who take turns cleaning and picking every day, and now there is such a big thing, almost killing Mrs., all because we are lazy and derelict in our duties, so we must be punished severely, let us have a long memory, and we must be diligent and conscientious and loyal in the future." ”

Princess Liao frowned: Anyway, this excuse is high-sounding, and people can't find fault with it.

"Then you are really derelict in your duties?"

Liao asked. I saw Mrs. Chen say loudly: "The old slave is wronged! Madame's backyard was not originally the responsibility of the old slave, and the poisonous snake was not to blame on the old slave. ”

Mrs. Chen shouted loudly. Princess Liao looked at Xin Nian, only to see that her face did not change, her eyes drooped slightly, and she said lightly: "You can be careful, in front of the princess, who dares to lie and deceive?" You said that Mrs. is not responsible for the backyard, so have you ever been there? How many trips have you been to this month? ”

Mrs. Chen shrunk her neck and muttered, "That'...... Then I was entrusted by the eldest sister of the Cheng family, taking advantage of my leisure to let me ...... Let me take care of it for two days, and help her pick some flowers by the way. ”

"That's it."

Xin Nian looked at Princess Liao and said in a deep voice: "Princess Rong." Because our house opened up sources and reduced expenditures back then, and gave preferential treatment to subordinates, we assigned special minions to take care of the outputs everywhere. Now the lady's backyard is under the management of the Cheng family, and the woman regards every flower as private, and even the girl next to the lady usually doesn't dare to pick an extra flower and insert it in a vase. ”

Princess Liao naturally knew about this, and when she heard Xin Nian talk about it at this time, she did have some truth, so she frowned and said in a deep voice: "That poisonous snake is rare, and I think I just ran in, but in the past two days, you have implicated many people, why?" ”

Xin Nian replied calmly: "Originally, I didn't want to implicate so many people, but the more I investigated, the more frightened I became, these daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law colluded with each other, formed gangs, and ran amok for personal gain, so there was nothing they didn't dare to do." If this goes on for a long time, it will be difficult to ensure that there will be no big mess, so they simply take this opportunity to beat them up, so that they will not dare to have bad intentions in the future, and they will be cautious in handling errands, so as not to cause trouble in the future. ”

"This is ridiculous, what kind of trouble can be caused by such a good person?"

Aunt Qiu suddenly sneered. Seeing that Princess Liao's face was cloudy, Mrs. Chen hurriedly shouted: "Princess Mingjian, Mrs. Mingjian, the old slaves are doing their best, the poisonous snake really doesn't know when to run in, if you say that we will be punished for this, we will also admit it." But the aunt is obviously using this as a pretext to take revenge for personal gain, and the old slaves have nowhere to complain. ”

"Is that so? No wonder the movement is so loud and the actions are so vicious. Princess Liao glanced at Xin Nian coldly: "Xin, what else do you have to say?" ”

actually indiscriminately convicted Xin Nian of the crime.

Xin Nian was still silent, only his eyes narrowed slightly.

Then she suddenly smiled, glanced at Mrs. Chen contemptuously, and said leisurely: "Say that I take revenge for personal gain? I have to ask, why do I take revenge for personal gain? An aunt of mine, who used to live in the Qingliang Pavilion, never even spoke a word to you minions, what personal grudge do I have with you? ”

One sentence blocked Mrs. Chen there.