The Prince of Jin's Mansion was under the supervision of Jiang Changning, so no trouble occurred. Everyone stayed in the mansion obediently and no one went out casually.
The people outside were indignant, and General Xiong fired indiscriminate bombardments, killing some of the rioters, but more were innocent people.
General Xiong forced the troublemakers onto the city wall of Xizhimen, intending to trap them. However, the people who had lost their loved ones hated the officers and soldiers, and secretly helped the victims.
The siege plan failed, and General Xiong was very angry. However, officials in the court, led by Prince Jin, kept impeaching him and demanded that the executioner be severely punished.
General Xiong could still tolerate all these, after all, he had the emperor to protect him, so no matter how many memorials Prince Jin and others submitted, it would be useless.
But he couldn't face the tears in the eyes of the women at home. "Master, no one in the mansion can go out these few days. If you go out, someone will throw rotten vegetable leaves and broken stones at you."
"Then don't go out." General Xiong said with a gloomy face.
"Master, we can stay at home, but if we don't go out to buy things, are we going to be trapped in the mansion and starve to death?"
General Xiong's face darkened even more. "Damn it."
The disaster victims who were causing trouble were not trapped, but their own families were trapped instead.
"Master, please think of a solution quickly."
"My eldest son, how about you mobilize a team of soldiers to drive those people away?"
"It's not enough to disperse them. We need to arrest them and put them in jail."
"Those people are so despicable that they dared to block the door of the General's Mansion. They must be arrested."
The women were talking at once, making General Xiong dizzy. He looked around but didn't see his son Xiong Dinggen. "Where's Dinggen?"
"The roots are in the princess's mansion."
"I will find a way to resolve this matter." General Xiong couldn't let all the Xiong family members temporarily stay in the princess's mansion. He couldn't afford to lose face.
But this matter is not so easy to resolve. With Prince Jin and others watching, he dare not dispatch troops to arrest people.
He ordered his men to come out with sticks and beat them, but those people ran away very fast and only their backs were seen as they fled.
During the winter, the Xiong family stockpiled some food, so they weren’t starving for the time being, but they didn’t eat as finely as before.
But after eating, you have to poop, and the night-blower can’t come to the house, and the Xiong family’s house is filled with stench.
In a rage, General Xiong did something that angered God and man. He shot to death a boy of about eleven or twelve years old with a musket.
Hearing this, Jiang Changning almost wanted to hire someone to kill him. He angrily said to King Jin: "It will be difficult to appease the public anger if he doesn't die."
"With Princess Yirao here, you can't die, but you can't escape the punishment of living." Prince Jin held her shoulders and said, "Don't be angry. If you get angry, your stomach will hurt and you won't be able to eat. I'll be the one who feels bad."
"I had someone find out that Aunt Wei stole things from my mother's private storehouse and sold them, and even built a large business outside."
"The family property will be taken back, and Wei's family will be severely beaten a hundred times. They will not be allowed to receive medical treatment and will be sold off."
"Mrs. Wei is my mother's person, so it's better to let my mother deal with her."
"My mother is soft-hearted. I'm afraid the Wei family will let them off easily after they cry and complain."
"Then go and tell Mother. I won't incur Mother's wrath."
"What's going on here?"
"My mother is dissatisfied with the fact that I have been married into the mansion for a year but I am still pregnant." Jiang Changning felt that she was eighteen years old and could have a baby.
"It's easy to make a noise." King Jin picked him up and said, "Let's make a big noise right now."
That night, the couple lived in harmony, tossed by the waves.
After Jiang Changning fell ill, Prince Jin just ate a plain meal and went to the palace to be busy for the past few days. Finally, he had a satisfying meal tonight.
The next day, Prince Jin deliberately did not attend the morning court and went to Liuxuanyuan with a gloomy face.
The Toffee smiled and said, "In the storeroom, what's wrong?"
"Mother, please change the furnishings here every once in a while. It will be more fresh." Prince Jin learned these words from Jiang Changning.
Jiang Changning likes to change the furnishings, saying that it makes him feel like living in a new house.
He also thinks it's good to change the furnishings every once in a while to give a refreshing feeling.
"There's no need to go through so much trouble. What's the point of it being fresh or not?" The toffee waved her hand.
She is old and doesn't have so much leisure time.
"My son is on a day off today, and there's nothing to do anyway, so I'll help mother change the furnishings." Prince Jin helped the concubine to the storehouse to pick out furnishings with great interest.
The concubine did not want to spoil her son's fun, so she happily selected things in the storehouse.
As I picked and selected, I found that a lot of things were missing.
When Prince Jin saw that the Concubine Dowager's face was becoming increasingly ugly, a smile flashed in his eyes. His little princess was really smart, and this idea was great.
"Yu'er, check, check for me, I want to see who has the guts to steal my things!" The concubine was furious.
"Mother, this matter is easy to investigate. Who is in charge of your warehouse? That person is the biggest suspect." Prince Jin began to guide the concubine step by step.
It is indeed better to let my mother handle this matter than for him to handle it directly.
"It's Heqin who's in charge," the concubine replied.
"Then let's try He Qin." said the King of Jin.
Heqin, like Xiangzhi and the others, is a maidservant serving the Dowager Concubine. She has served the Dowager Concubine for many years, acts steadily, and is deeply trusted by the Dowager Concubine.
But now it is obvious that Heqin has betrayed the concubine's trust.
He Qin was brought into the warm room, and the concubine asked directly: "Why are so many things missing from the storeroom?"
The King of Jin said, "Hand over the books in the storehouse."
"My Lady Concubine, I didn't steal those things." Heqin confessed without even having to be interrogated, "Mother Wei took them away. She said that the Lady Concubine gave them to her as a reward."
"Asshole, how could I possibly give those things to her?" the concubine said angrily.
"How much benefit did Mrs. Wei give you?" Prince Jin's question hit the nail on the head.
"No, no, I didn't accept any favors from Madam Wei."
The King of Jin laughed, "It seems that you are unwilling to tell the truth. Come, take him down and give him 20 lashes of the cane, and bring Mrs. Wei and her family into the palace."
"Your Highness, please spare me. Your Highness, please spare me. Mother Wei said that as long as I help her, she will let me marry her nephew who is the steward. I..." He Qin struggled desperately, but to no avail, and was dragged into the yard.
The servants of Liuxuanyuan were called together to watch the execution.
“Watching another execution?” The timid ones’ faces turned pale.
Even a strong man could not bear twenty strokes of the cane, let alone a delicate woman.
When the fight started, He Qin could still scream, but after five strikes, her voice became weaker.
After being beaten with twenty boards, she was dying, only breathing out but not in, and her buttocks were covered in blood.
At this time, Mrs. Wei and her family were also escorted in. When Mrs. Wei saw the Heqin on the bench, her face changed drastically, and she knew that something had happened.