When Xiao Cheng heard Qian Jiujiu's words, he almost vomited blood in anger: "What does the princess mean?"
Qian Jiujiu looked at Xiao Cheng with a serious face: "Master Xiao, do you know who these people are? They are all servants of the Lin family. This princess is also going to complain now."
"Father, you have to make the decision for your daughter-in-law. Not only did the Lin family forcibly seize other people's property, but they also leaked court secrets. After being stopped by this princess, they still had evil intentions."
"They colluded with Lord Xiao from the Censorate to falsely accuse my daughter-in-law. Father, please make the decision."
Mu Yexiao looked at Qian Jiujiu and said it so directly. It was obvious that she didn’t want to drag it on any longer and she didn’t have the patience anymore, so Mu Yexiao had to push the wheelchair out.
"Father, I know my princess's personality very well. She is impatient and sometimes speaks harshly, but she would never oppress innocent people."
"Father, my princess must be wronged in this matter. I hope you can make the decision."
The emperor looked at the two of them with an embarrassed expression: "It seems that both of you have a point. In this case, do you have any evidence to prove your innocence?"
All the ministers complained silently in their hearts. They remembered that Prince Xiao and Princess Xiao were protesting their injustice, so what they said made sense.
The emperor is too biased, but everyone knows what is going on, and since there is no decision yet, no one will stand up.
As for the people from Concubine Xian's family, they would not stand up at this time. After all, Xiao Cheng was pushed forward by them, and they still believed in Xiao Cheng's abilities.
Mu Yexiao suddenly looked enlightened and looked at the emperor: "Yes, I do have evidence. I have the real owner of the medicine garden in my hand."
The emperor said, "Why don't you send the person up here?"
Soon, Yu Guang, Yu Shi, and Yue Niang arrived at the main hall. Looking at the emperor, the three of them knelt down and said, "Long live the emperor."
The emperor shouted, "Stand up, who are you three? Tell me yourself."
Yu Guang and Yu looked at each other, and then Yu Guang looked at each other and said, "Your Majesty, my name is Yu Guang, and I am the owner of the medicine garden. The medicine garden has been passed down from generation to generation in my family."
"I am also a good citizen. I have nothing to do with the Lin family. But a few days ago, the Lin family suddenly sent someone to my house, saying that they wanted to buy my herb garden for a high price of 100 taels."
"The medicines in my herb garden are worth more than a hundred taels, so I'm naturally unwilling to give them. It just so happens that my sister-in-law is the shopkeeper accepted by the princess, so I'm asking for help from the palace."
"When the princess arrived yesterday, my family was being threatened by the Lin family's servants, that group of people. It was the princess who helped us hold on to our property."
I have always thought that Mr. Xiao was a good official who spoke for the people, but I never thought he was such a person. "
Xiao Cheng was stunned for a moment, his eyes widened to show his disbelief: "This is impossible. It is impossible to forge the red deed of the government office."
When Yu Guang heard this, he quickly took out the title deed of the medicine garden and the red deed of the government office, and looked at Xiao Cheng: "Sir Xiao, this is the red deed of the government office."
"It was handled when my grandfather was still alive. These are all true."
The emperor glanced at Xiao Cheng and said, "My dear Xiao, what else do you have to say now? The Lin family is really bold. Yu Guang, do you know who in the Lin family wants to occupy your medicine garden?"
Yu Guang immediately knelt down and said, "I know it's Uncle Lin from the Lin family. When those servants came to my house, they were talking about Uncle Lin and said there was a drought in the north."
"Sooner or later, we will need a large amount of medicinal materials, so we have set our sights on this common people's herb garden."
Qian Jiujiu coughed and looked at the emperor: "Father, you see, it's a good thing that the truth has come out, otherwise, wouldn't my daughter-in-law be wronged for nothing?"
Listening to Qian Jiujiu's words, the emperor looked at Xiao Cheng: "Xiao Cheng, what do you think about this matter?"
All the ministers fixed their eyes on Xiao Cheng, whose face was still red at this time: "Your Majesty, if what the princess and Yu Guang said is true, then someone dared to forge the red deed of this government office."
"This is simply outrageous. This matter must be investigated thoroughly."
The emperor hummed, waved his hand and looked at Qian Jiujiu: "Princess Xiao, please go down first. This is the time to discuss court affairs. Your father has seen the grievances you have suffered."
"I will definitely give you an explanation. Your mother should have woken up by now. You should go see her first."
Qian Jiujiu then bowed and said, "Then I'll take my leave."
After he finished speaking, he withdrew. When the emperor saw that Qian Jiujiu had disappeared, he looked at the ministers and said, "My dear ministers, tell me, how should we deal with this matter?"
"Lord Lin, you're not going to say anything..."
Qian Jiujiu had no idea what happened in the court later, because she was already in Concubine Qing's palace. She saw Concubine Qing sitting on the edge of the bed, looking outside the room.
"My daughter-in-law has seen my mother. How long has my mother been awake?"
When Concubine Qing saw Qian Jiujiu, she was also happy. She used to think that Qian Jiujiu's status was a bit low and that her son was a bit unfair.
But since she was saved by Qian Jiujiu, her opinion of Qian Jiujiu has changed. She looked at Qian Jiujiu and asked, "Why did Jiuer come to the palace today?"
Qian Jiujiu laughed: "Father summoned my daughter-in-law to the palace. But it's just what my daughter-in-law wants. You have run out of facial masks, right? My daughter-in-law just brought it to you."
"At noon, my daughter-in-law will stay in your palace to eat. Mother, please don't dislike me."
Concubine Qing smiled and looked at Qian Jiujiu: "You are such a lovely girl. I wish you could come to the palace every day to accompany me!"
"In that case, then stay and have lunch before leaving. It's just right, I'll ask someone to check if the morning court has ended. If it has, ask Xiao'er to come over as well."
Qian Jiujiu laughed and said, "No need, mother. The prince will definitely come over later. After all, he knows that I have entered the palace. By the way, mother, if I have time today, your daughter-in-law will make a facial mask for you."
Concubine Qing smiled and said, "Okay."
Qian Jiujiu arranged for Concubine Qing to prepare a facial mask. The morning court over there was also over, and not only Mu Yexiao came, but even the emperor came along.
The emperor glanced at Qian Jiujiu, then at Mu Yexiao: "Now that you have entered the palace, you should go and pay your respects to the queen. Go ahead."
Mu Yexiao and Qian Jiujiu looked at each other and nodded: "Then I will take my leave."
After the two of them finished talking, they turned around and walked out. Qian Jiujiu looked at Mu Yexiao impatiently: "Mu Yexiao, how did things go next? Why did you guys disperse so quickly?"
Mu Yexiao looked at Qian Jiujiu with a smile: "I thought you were not interested in these things!"
Qian Jiujiu snorted coldly: "I was not interested at first, but since it has been designed to happen to me, no matter what, I still want to know the outcome of this matter."
"There is no result yet. Lord Lin has been demoted three levels and his salary has been deducted for one year. As for the matter of the red deed, it has been handed over to Xiao Cheng to investigate."
"After all, he was the one who discovered this matter, so he was allowed to investigate. As for Master Lin, he was exiled to the frontier."
Qian Jiujiu blinked: "If I remember correctly, isn't Master Lin the nephew of Concubine Xian?"
Mu Yexiao snorted coldly: "So what? It's a pity that he was adopted. The Lin family can't protect him. The virtuous concubine wants to reach out, but it depends on whether she dares to do it."
Qian Jiujiu blinked his eyes. It seemed that the Lin family was in a miserable state. The official position, which was not high to begin with, was demoted three levels, and the only descendant was also punished and exiled.
The Lin family was finished. So Qian Jiujiu didn't care anymore and continued to live her life. In fact, she was very kind, but even kind people had their bottom line.
Her bottom line is that I won't offend anyone unless they kill me, so the Lin family can only consider themselves unlucky. But she is still very curious: "Actually, I am quite curious. They clearly wanted to frame me, so why did they let Yu Guang and others live?"
Mu Yexiao snorted coldly: "I sent people to protect these people early in the morning."
Qian Jiujiu blinked and looked at Mu Yexiao: "I understand, this Yu Guang is also yours."
Mu Yexiao looked at her, neither admitting nor denying, with an expression that said, "You're not stupid."
"But from now on, Yu Guang will be yours, and it's been made public. You did him a favor this time, so it's normal for him to turn to you."
"If you don't accept them, I'm afraid they will have a hard time finding a good backer in the future."
When Qian Jiujiu heard this, she always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't remember it for a moment, so she could only put the matter aside for the time being.
Because the two people had already arrived at the Queen's palace, the Queen watched them come. The Queen already knew about what happened in the morning court, and she looked at Qian Jiujiu.
"Jiu'er has been wronged in this matter, and your father will definitely not let you suffer in vain."
Qian Jiujiu immediately said that she was fine, and left some of the facial masks she brought with her to the queen, and then prepared to go back to have lunch with Concubine Qing.
The queen was reluctant to let him go, and looked at Qian Jiujiu and said, "Jiu'er, why don't you stay and have lunch with your mother. Let Prince Xiao go back and keep him company, mother, and father."
Qian Jiujiu blinked her eyes. What did the queen want to do by leaving her alone
Just looking at the queen's smiling face, it seems that you have no ill intentions, and she doesn't seem to have any reason to refuse, so she glanced at Mu Yexiao.
But she found that Mu Yexiao was also looking at her, meaning that it was up to her to decide this matter.
Qian Jiujiu looked at Mu Yexiao helplessly and said, "Then, Prince, please go back and tell my mother that Jiuer is having dinner here."
Mu Yexiao heard that this meant he wanted to stay: "Okay, then I'll go back first. I'll pick you up when I leave the palace."