After seeing off Prince Yu and Prince De, Prince Jin was about to return home when he saw a carriage approaching.
The person who came was Mrs. Zhuang II, who had brought generous gifts to visit the mansion. When the carriage stopped, she got out and saw Prince Jin. She was delighted, thinking that she was really lucky.
It turned out that her luck was not good. After knowing who she was, the King of Jin said coldly: "How dare you bother the princess with such a trivial matter? Do you want to die?"
"No, Your Highness. This matter has nothing to do with our Second House. It was all caused by the First Wife from the First House." Although Second Wife Zhuang was afraid, she still said it.
"She admitted it?" Prince Jin asked in a deep voice.
"She admitted it, she admitted it. She sold all her property just to save her son."
A hint of joy flashed in the eyes of Prince Jin, "Chang Youzhong, send Madam Zhuang II to the Ministry of Justice."
Mrs. Zhuang's face turned pale with fear. "Your Highness, Your Highness, this matter really has nothing to do with our Second House. I know nothing about it!"
Chang Youzhong said with a smile: "Mrs. Zhuang, don't be afraid. Go to the Ministry of Justice and tell us what you know. It will be good for both you and the second wife."
"I won't go to the Ministry of Justice. How can I, a woman, go to court? I won't go. I won't go." Mrs. Zhuang stepped back, her face full of resistance.
But Chang Youzhong would not allow her to disagree. He instructed two maids to force her into the carriage and took them to the Ministry of Justice.
Prince Jin did not tell Jiang Changning about this, nor did he allow his servants to reveal it.
Jiang Changning didn't know that someone from the Zhuang family had come to look for her, and wondered, "It's really strange that the Zhuang family didn't come to look for me after such a big incident."
Fu Cui brought in some snacks and after hearing this, she said, "Isn't it good that no one is bothering you?"
"It's not that it's bad, I'm just worried that the dealer has some big trick up his sleeve." Jiang Changning said as he sat up.
"No matter what big tricks you have, you have to hold them in as long as the prince is here. Princess, just focus on taking care of your pregnancy and don't think about those unnecessary things." Xiulan handed her the wet towel.
Jiang Changning took the handkerchief, wiped his hands, ate some snacks, and forgot about the banker's prisoner exchange.
The case of the banker exchanging prisoners, as the little emperor said, is not the first time it has happened. It is quite easy to investigate, after all, there are too many people involved and the case files involved are piled up like a mountain.
What is even more unexpected is that Prince Qing’s brother-in-law was also involved.
This time he is a real brother-in-law, not the younger brother of a concubine or a maid, but the younger brother of Princess Qing.
Upon hearing this news, Jiang Changning chuckled, "Isn't this Prince Qing shooting himself in the foot?"
The prisoner exchange disregards the law and takes human life lightly, which is indeed a very bad nature. It is a good thing that it is exposed.
But Prince Qing exposed the matter not to correct evil, he just wanted to deal with Prince Jin.
But now the development of things was beyond his expectations. Prince Jin was unharmed, and he was extremely worried.
"Don't you feel it's too hot to accept that kind of silver? Aren't you afraid of something bad happening?" Prince Qing roared at his brother-in-law.
“When I accepted it for the first time, I was also afraid. I was afraid something might happen and I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to cover it. But they gave me so much that I couldn’t refuse, so I accepted it,” explained my brother-in-law.
"How much silver have you received over the years?" Prince Qing had also received a lot of silver bills from his brother-in-law, and now he knew where his brother-in-law got those silver bills.
The brother-in-law hesitated for a moment before saying, "It's only a few hundred thousand taels."
Prince Qing grabbed the cup on the table and smashed it over. "How dare you not tell the truth in front of me? Do you think you can get away with this?"
The brother-in-law dodged the cup that was thrown at him and said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, I am not telling you the truth. This is also a confusing account. I spent the money as soon as I received it. I didn't count how much it was."
"You said you didn't count. Fine, I believe you didn't count. When Prince De and his men come to interrogate you, you can also say so."
Hearing this, Prince Qing didn't want to care about him anymore, and the brother-in-law panicked, "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, I'll go back and get the account book, and then I'll know how much silver I've received."
"Go and get the account book, quickly." Prince Qing said anxiously.
The brother-in-law hurried home and took the account book from the secret compartment in the study.
But he didn't expect that he would be followed as soon as he left Prince Qing's Mansion, and as soon as he got the account book and left the mansion, he was held down by someone.
"Who are you? What do you want to do? Do you know who I am?" the brother-in-law asked loudly.
"This is a business in the Dali Temple. Outsiders please stay away." The man who was holding his brother-in-law shouted when he saw someone coming forward.
The other man smiled and said, "We know who you are, and we're going to arrest you."
My brother-in-law's face turned pale. It's over! He was caught red-handed.
Prince Qing was in the mansion, and when his brother-in-law didn't come for a long time, he knew that something was wrong, so he immediately sent his confidant to look for him.
The person was not found, but his whereabouts were known. He was captured by people from the Dali Temple.
Prince Qing was shocked. "Why was he captured by the Dali Temple?"
Logically speaking, it wouldn't be possible to find his brother-in-law so quickly.
Why did the Dali Temple start arresting people
This person had just left his palace to get it.
"Not good!" Prince Qing's heart sank. His brother-in-law was caught so quickly and things were out of control.
Prince Qing never expected that the spear he aimed at Prince Jin would end up stabbing himself.
The prisoner exchange case caused a sensation in the city. Even the festive New Year did not distract the various governments from paying attention to the case.
But there are so many people involved that even if they are interrogated at the same time, it will take a very long time.
By the time the prisoner exchange was settled, it was already early March. On March 3, Jiang Changning, who was listening to Xiaochun talking about the final outcome of the prisoner exchange case, felt labor pains and said, "I'm giving birth!"
Having had these experiences twice before, the maids did their work calmly and in an orderly manner.
Xiulan and Fangju helped the person into the delivery room which had been prepared long ago. Nanny Feng and her two daughters-in-law delivered the baby. Hot water was always available on the stove.
Shucui sent her maid to Liuxuanyuan to report the news to the imperial concubine.
Yan Yinyao was playing cards with the concubine. When she learned that Jiang Changning was about to give birth, she hurried to accompany the concubine.
The two arrived quickly, but Jiang Changning gave birth quickly as well. As soon as they reached the second gate of Rujing Courtyard, they heard loud crying.
"Give birth?" The concubine was stunned.
Yan Yinyao laughed, "This child is impatient."
The concubine smiled and said, "Giving birth so quickly will help mother to be less tired."
"He's crying so loudly, it must be another naughty boy." Yan Yinyao remembered her cousin's wife, who always wanted to have a daughter, but now it seems that her wish has not come true.
In the delivery room, when Jiang Changning heard Nanny Feng say that it was another little boy, she almost fainted from breathlessness.
"Another boy?" Jiang Changning didn't want to believe it.
seeing is believing.
Jiang Changning saw the small teapot between the baby's legs and said, "Well, the third child is still a son."
Half an hour later, Prince Jin, who had rushed back from the government office after hearing the news, held his newborn third son and named him "Helian Yuqian."
(End of this chapter)