Because Feng Liao had two days off, she simply took Yong Ruo back to Prince Ying's mansion for two days, paying her respects to Concubine Shen, and doing her best as her son Cheng Huan.
The carriage they rode into Prince Ying's Mansion was greeted by the eunuchs and maids who stayed in Wuchen at the second gate.
Yong Ruo glanced at everyone's expressions, and found that Zhu Ying's expression was particularly exaggerated, with tears in his eyes, as if the hardworking people who had been oppressed for many years on TV saw the Red Army coming.
She sneered in her heart: What is Zhu Ying planning to do with this appearance
She ignored Zhu Ying, and followed Feng Liao directly to Shou'an Hall to pay her respects.
Concubine Shen was about to go out, and went to Weininghou Mansion with Mrs. Liu, and sent them away after they invited Ann.
Mrs. Qin, Mrs. Marquis of Weining, is the direct cousin of Concubine Shen, and she often visits Prince Ying's residence.
After coming out of Shou'an Hall, Yong Ruo and Feng Liao went back to Wuchenju, sat in the small flower hall in the east wing, and listened to Yujing, who stayed behind in Wuchenju, report on the work of this month.
"Other things are normal..." Yujing said, "It's just that Miss Zhu Ying and Dahan have some disagreements these days, and the two have had some conflicts. The slaves are so stupid that they can't make decisions. I respectfully invite the prince and wife to decide..."
Before she could finish speaking, Zhu Ying had already walked out from the crowd, knelt down in front of Feng Liao and Yong Ruo with a "plop", and began to cry about her "tragic experience".
To put it simply, one day about half a month ago, someone poured a large basin of water in the middle of Zhu Ying's bed, and the quilt and mattress were soaked.
She couldn't sleep at all at night, and she couldn't make a noise in front of Concubine Shen and Princess Ying. She would embarrass Wuchenju and burst into tears! Thanks to Yu Jing's kind heart, she let her sleep in her own bed for a few days before drying the bedding.
This time, because there was no evidence to prove who did it, she could only endure it, and just regarded herself as a newcomer who was secretly excluded.
In order to ease the relationship with other people, she used her private money to buy a banquet, and invited the girls and eunuchs who stayed in Wuchen Residence to have a drink together, which is regarded as a pier worship.
Unexpectedly, within two days, the pomegranate skirt given to her by the concubine, which she had just worn once, was burned with several holes and could no longer be worn.
And this time it was more of a coincidence. At that time, she was asking a little eunuch named Xiao Anzi from Wuchenju to come into the house to get something, and she witnessed the skirt being held by Dahan in his hand, the skirt was still emitting green smoke, and the room was filled with a burnt smell. Son. If it wasn't made by Dahan, who else could it be
Zhu Ying spoke sadly, filled with grief and indignation.
Feng Liao, however, became more and more impatient as she listened, and her face was as cold as ice: "Miss Zhu Ying lived in such a wronged life in my Wuchenju, why don't I send you back to the Shou'an Hall, and you continue to be a threat in the Shou'an Hall?" How is it a blessing?"
His words directly expressed his distrust and dislike for Zhu Ying, the bitter master, causing the surrounding girls and eunuchs to look at each other, and Da Han couldn't help showing a little joy.
Zhu Ying looked at him with the expression of being struck by lightning, full of disappointment and disbelief, tears froze in her beautiful eyes.
Yong Ruo pursed her lips and smiled, and said to Feng Liao: "My lord is always impatient to listen to these trivial matters. Why don't you go to the front yard and talk to Mrs. An and Mrs. Su. How about leaving such trivial matters to my concubine?" How should I put it, Miss Zhu Ying was also awarded to my concubine by the concubine, and the prince directly returned her to the Shou'an Hall, which is somewhat unreasonable."
Feng Liao snorted, squeezed her hand, stood up, walked outside.
While walking, he looked sideways at Zhu Ying, and said in a cold voice: "My Wuchenju has always been clean, but you have so many right and wrong here. The popularity is so bad, I don't know how to reflect on myself, but I have the face to complain? I really don't know how you became a big girl in Shou'an Hall!"
A few simple words made Zhu Ying fall to the ground, crying even more sadly.
"Ma'am, this servant is really wronged! I have served in Shou'an Hall for many years, and no one from the top and bottom said that this servant is not good. Now I have been here for less than a month, and I have been treated like this. The prince is a person who does great things. , it's not uncommon to be impatient to pay attention to such trivial matters. The servants can only ask the madam to decide!"
Yong Ruo felt that Zhu Ying's crying was probably a little really sad-she might not have thought that Feng Liao would be so merciless to her, right
I don't know if she has forgotten the lessons of the two "attempts to climb high branches and unfortunately fell", or whether she feels that she is different.
Looking at Feng Liao's back as he walked away, Yong Ruo suppressed the smile in his heart and asked Da Han who was kneeling beside him: "What do you have to say?"
Dahan quickly kowtowed, and anxiously argued: "Ma'am, this servant is really wronged! Madam ordered the servants to respect Miss Zhu Ying, how dare the servant refuse to do so
"The matter of the skirt is really a coincidence! When the servant girl entered the room that day, she smelled a burning smell, and saw Miss Zhu Ying's skirt neatly folded on the stool, braving Green smoke. The servant was afraid of getting out of the water, so she hurried over to pick up the skirt and shook it, and a ball of incense that was still burning came out from the skirt. The servant was lucky to find it in time and did not cause a catastrophe. Bringing Xiao Anzi in, insisting that the servants are burning her skirt, and that the water on her bed last time must have been splashed by the servants, so that the servants can't tell the difference!"
Dahan kowtowed heavily on the ground: "I beg my wife to be the master, and return the innocence of this servant!"
Zhu Ying said loudly: "You little bastard, Xiao Anzi and I bumped into each other face to face, and there are all witnesses and material evidences, how dare you argue? You are so confident, who did you rely on? Do you want Madam to beat you up? Are you willing to recruit?"
"What I have never done, why do I need to recruit?" Dahan was so anxious that tears were about to come out, he kowtowed heavily to Yongruo, "everything I said is true, please learn from my wife! What happened that day was either a coincidence or not. Either someone deliberately set up a trap to frame the servant! The servant is really wronged!"
Yong Ruo thought to himself: The situation is very unfavorable to Dahan!
For myself, this matter is also a test. If I don't handle it well and make this matter an unclear Rashomon, from now on, I don't want to have prestige among servants.
How to let the truth of this matter come to light and convince everyone
Yong Ruo pondered secretly.
Both Zhu Ying and Dahan are people she is very familiar with, and she knows the baseline of their expressions very well.
And as an expert in micro-reactions and a master at observing words and expressions, Yong Ruo can 100% conclude based on their previous performances: Dahan is innocent, and it was Zhu Ying who deliberately framed her.
But now, it is meaningless to analyze the case and collect evidence to clear up Dahan, because Dahan has already been "caught".
It's like a person was killed with a knife stuck in his body; a passer-by saw it and pulled the knife out of the dead man; and the scene of him pulling out the knife happened to be captured by a camera.
If passer-by A argues: I am only the one who draws the knife, not the one who inserts it, will anyone believe it? If the photos are posted on the Internet, no matter how much evidence the police cite to prove that passer-by A is not the murderer, people who eat melons will only think that there is something shady about it, right
This thing is the same.
No matter how she analyzes the case and cleans up Dahan, others will only think that she is favoring Dahan, and even say that Dahan did these things under her secret instigation, directly turning her from an arbitrator into a party, making her Drag into the water.
Listen to Zhu Ying's questioning of Da Han just now: "You are so confident, who did you rely on?"
If she gets entangled in the case, refuses to call Dahan even with all the witnesses and material evidence, and tries her best to "excuse" Dahan, wouldn't she become the "reliance" that makes Dahan "have no fear"
In this day and age, there is no principle of "no doubt". In the yamen, if you catch a suspect, if you have evidence, you will be recruited.
If I don't do that, as long as Zhu Ying hints to others, and others push and add fuel to the flames, I will no longer be able to explain clearly.
So this matter, we must find another way...
Fortunately, Zhu Ying is only in her teens, and she is not the kind of treacherous and evil person who has gone through a lot of wind and waves, and still has considerable weaknesses in her heart.
Yong Ruo rolled his eyes and glanced at Zhu Ying's wrist.
On the snow-white wrist, there is a string of sandalwood beads.
Generally, young girls prefer to wear beautiful bracelets made of gold, silver, pearls and jade. Few people would wear such lifeless things every day.
In his heart, Yong Ruo deliberated over Zhu Ying's words and deeds, thinking: this girl was instigated by Concubine Shen to do such things as drugging people and being the heir of bad guys, right
She made up her mind: there is a way, you can try it, and let's talk about it if it doesn't work.
Yong Ruo twirled his fingers, leaned on the pillow, and said slowly: "Who is right and wrong between you two, my wife already knows it well. However, in order to convince you, I will give you a chance to prove yourself .”
She whispered a few words to Hua Ruan and Yujing, and Hua Ruan and Yujing took people out to make arrangements.
Only Yong Ruo and Zhu Ying were left in the room.
Yong Ruo said with a low laugh: "My wife has always believed in a word: there are gods standing three feet above the head. People can be deceived, but the sky cannot be deceived. Gods and Buddhas in the sky look down on all living beings, and even more so. People who have done bad things will be punished sooner or later. retribution!"
She began to talk about karma and reincarnation to Zhu Ying and Dahan.
"Let's not talk about anything else, let's talk about the recent affairs of Princess Xing'an. The princess bribed the Wu family and forged Geng stickers to cheat the marriage. I thought it was a trivial matter, right
"What was the result? The matter was revealed, and Yang Jingyue killed someone in anger. The emperor ordered the princess and his wife to marry each other... Now, the princess has been confiscated by the emperor. Every day, she follows the nuns sent by the palace to learn the virtues of women." .
"If this is not retribution, what is it? But when the retribution comes, it will be too late, and the princess will have to suffer the retribution for life!"
When Zhu Ying heard her talk about Princess Xing'an, she naturally thought that Yang Qi's ex-fiancee was the Mrs. Yong in front of her.
And according to the Taoist priest, Mrs. Yong's fate is precious, and the five elements are complete and can be suppressed.
She couldn't help shivering, her face turned blue.
Yong Ruo looked at her face and continued:
"Let's talk about the unjust case of my family back then. How crazy were the members of the Wei family back then? Framed my father, made my father die unjustly in prison, and left a whole house of orphans and widows alone. But in just a few years, I With the favor of the prince, let the case be heard by Datian, no matter how many backers his family has, they cannot continue to cover the sky with one hand.
"Now, the Wei family is ruined and their wives and children are separated! Isn't this the retribution... But it's too late to regret it. They can only live with this retribution and atone for their past sins!
"Let's see if they can come to their senses! lest they go to the 18th floor of hell after they die..."
Yong Ruoyue said, Da Han's face became more excited, and Zhu Ying's face became uglier.
Huarou came in and reported: "Madam, the incense table is ready."
Yong Ruo stood up and said to Zhu Ying and Da Han, "Come out with me."
She took Zhu Ying and Dahan out of the small flower hall and came to the courtyard.
In the middle of the courtyard, an incense table has been set up. There is only an incense burner and an old Buddhist scripture on the incense table.
Yongruo stood still on the side of the incense table, and the eunuchs and girls in Wuchenju also stood respectfully behind her or on the other side of the incense table.
"This incense burner is an ancient relic from the previous dynasty. It has been incensed for many years, and it is said to be quite spiritual. This Buddhist scripture was hand-copied by an eminent monk in the previous dynasty, and it was also offered to the Buddha for many years."
These are the truth. These two things were found by Feng Liao to pray for blessings after talking to her about the cause and effect in the world.
Yongruo slowly said to Zhu Ying and Dahan: "Today, my wife rewards you with dignity. After you clean your hands, respectfully burn a stick of incense in this incense burner; then kneel down facing the west, and put your hands on this incense burner. In this sutra, I swear a poisonous oath to the Buddha to prove my innocence."
Dahan glanced at Zhu Ying, whose face was getting bluer and greener, and happily blessed Yong Ruofu: "Thank you, Madam, for the reward! It's a blessing in disguise that this servant can burn incense in this incense burner and touch this Buddhist scripture today." .”
She walked to the side without hesitation, washed her hands with the clear water specially prepared by Yongruo, and then solemnly, she offered incense as Yongruo said, knelt down, and solemnly made an oath by pressing her hands on the Buddhist scriptures:
"The believer girl was so cold, she never poured water on Zhu Ying's bed, let alone burned Zhu Ying's skirt. If there is a word of falsehood, the believer girl is willing to suffer all the suffering and disasters in the world, and finally her intestines will be pierced and her stomach will rot. Sores, pus on the soles of my feet, thunderbolts from the sky, a terrible death, after death I was eaten by wild dogs, my soul was thrown into the 18th level of hell, and I will never be reborn... Buddha, I will surely learn from it!"
Dahan narrated all the tragic endings he could think of, and swore a super poisonous oath.
After finishing the oath, she calmly kowtowed three more times, then stood up and looked at Zhu Ying provocatively: "Do you dare to swear this poisonous oath too?"
Not only was Zhu Ying's face turning blue, there was already a lot of dense cold sweat on her head and face.
The girls and eunuchs who were watching didn't need to be very good at observing words and expressions to see that Zhu Ying was suspicious.
Zhu Ying smiled a little stiffly, and reluctantly said to Yong Ruo: "Sister Dahan dared to make such a poisonous oath, the words she said must be true. The scene that the servant girl and Xiao Anzi saw seems to be really a coincidence."
She blessed Dahan, bowed and said: "I'm sorry, I misunderstood sister Dahan! I'll prepare a banquet later, and apologize to my sister!"
Dahan's face was filled with joy immediately.
She snorted and was about to speak when she suddenly remembered: Madam is still standing beside her! Then he blessed Yong Ruofu and said happily, "Your servant obeys my wife!"
Yong Ruo smiled slightly, and said to Zhu Ying very coldly: "It's too late for you to apologize now! Now that Da Han has sworn a poisonous oath, you need to compare her words: If you set up a trap to frame her, You have to suffer like that!"
Zhu Ying's body trembled slightly, she looked at Yong Ruo in great fear, and pleaded with all her eyes: "Ma'am..."
With full momentum, Yong Ruo said very clearly and forcefully: "You can either swear or tell the truth, there is no third choice."
Zhu Ying's tears flowed down.
She looked at the Buddhist scriptures on the incense burner on the incense table, as if a mouse saw a cat or saw a ghost in the middle of the night, even her lips were trembling. She hesitated, dawdled, and flinched as she walked towards the incense table, and she was caught in a violent struggle in her heart.
Seeing that she was approaching the incense table, Yong Ruo sternly stopped her with a pun: "Stop! Do you want to use your dirty hands to desecrate this Buddhist scripture?"
Zhu Ying trembled all over, subconsciously stretched out her hand to look, but couldn't hold back any longer.
Her knees softened, she knelt down in front of Yong Ruo, and kowtowed repeatedly: "Madam, please forgive me! This servant did something wrong for a while! This servant will never dare again! I beg Madam to spare this servant!" She was flustered. A thought flashed across his mind: Being punished by his wife is better than retribution, right
The girls and eunuchs around looked at this scene in shock.
Yong Ruo hooked the corners of his mouth ironically: "If you want my wife to spare you, you have to recruit yourself first, right?"
Zhu Ying didn't dare to hide any more, and told the whole story of this incident like a bamboo tube pouring beans.
It's actually quite simple: she directed and acted both of these events. She poured water on the bed herself. She calculated the time for that skirt, wrapped it in burning incense and put it on the stool, and made an excuse at random, and dragged Anzi along to be a witness.
After listening to her, all the girls and eunuchs around went to see Xiao Anzi.
Xiao Anzi looked at Zhu Ying with indignation and disbelief.
Yong Ruo glanced at the girls and eunuchs, and said coldly, "Zhu Ying comes in. Hua Rou, Yu Jing, and Jiao Zhu also come in." Turning around, she walked towards the east wing.
Zhu Ying got up from the ground shaking her legs, wiped her tears, and followed Yong Ruo into the house. The other three people who were named also quickly followed.
"Why did you do this?" Yong Ruo asked Zhu Ying with a serious expression while sitting on the grand teacher's chair in the middle of the small flower hall.
Zhu Ying knelt down in front of her, with her head bowed deeply: "Servant... Nuservant was confused for a while!"
"Don't use these nonsense to perfuse me! If you want me to spare you, just tell the truth obediently."
Zhu Ying bit her lips, and said in a low voice: "The servant girl was left here by the madam to write about the past, and she was bored, so she often went to the garden. One day, she met Ling'er, who was next to Princess Xing'an , she instigated the servant a few words, and taught the servant this method. The servant was infatuated for a while, so she wanted to take the opportunity to drive away a close girl next to the lady and replace her, so that she could serve in the lady's room... "
Princess Xing'an! Yong Ruo thought: half a month ago, she just recovered from her injury, right
As soon as her injury healed, she couldn't wait to make waves. It seemed that she was really going to fight to the death with herself!
If I deal with this matter according to common sense, whether it is to torture Dahan or to clear up Dahan, Princess Xing'an has many backers to play with, and I will really be in big trouble.
And Zhu Ying is just a gun being used by others.
From the way Zhu Ying looked at Feng Liao just now, Yong Ruo can conclude: this girl is interested in Feng Liao and wants to climb Feng Liao's high branch.
So, after she was provoked by Ling'er, she couldn't hold back her turbulent heart, and wanted to get ahead.
It's not a strange thing for a girl to want to be a concubine for the male master. I fully understand your "motivated" heart. But if you want to pry my man, it means you have no eyesight. If you are kicked down by me, don't blame others!
This is called willing to gamble and admit defeat.
Yong Ruo was thinking about how to deal with Zhu Ying's matter.
Zhu Ying took two steps on her knees, stepped forward and hugged Yong Ruo's leg, crying and begging: "Madam, please don't tell the concubine this matter! If the concubine knows that the servant has made such a big mistake, she will definitely forgive her." No servants. I beg Madam to be merciful, and save this time! The slaves will work for Madam in the future, and will never complain!"
Yong Ruo thought: It would be more enjoyable to spread what Zhu Ying did in front of Concubine Shen and slap Concubine Shen in the face. However, this will also aggravate Concubine Shen's anger towards herself, and speed up the frequency and strength of Concubine Shen's attacks on herself, which is a bit uneconomical.
I still need to accumulate strength now, so it is not appropriate to confront the little boss head-on so soon.
Moreover, Concubine Shen is not wrong at all: she is about to go out to socialize with many people. For example: the upcoming wedding of Princess Longqing is a big event. Having a girl like Zhu Ying by her side was indeed a help.
When I get used to the social circle and have almost recognized everyone I should recognize, it won't be too late to send Zhu Ying away.
"Let's do this! Go tell your mother yourself and let her choose a suitable marriage for you! After a while, I'll let you go back and get married. This is the way I take care of you the most."
"Ma'am..." Zhu Ying looked at Yong Ruo and murmured in great disappointment.
"At this point, it is impossible for me to keep you by my side. In addition, I would like to remind you again: be careful of the people of Princess Xing'an who are plotting against you. Don't walk alone at night, don't go to a secluded place alone... "
Seeing Zhu Ying's terrified expression, Yong Ruo sighed, and asked softly: "You don't understand why the people of Princess Xing'an want to attack you, do you?"
Zhu Ying nodded repeatedly.
Yong Ruo sighed again, and looked at her speechlessly: "If you can't even figure this out, you are too stupid. With your qualifications, you'd better go outside and find a commoner to marry! Maybe you can live a lifetime." Safe. Still don’t understand? Then you can ask your mother quietly! Mrs. Ben is too lazy to explain to you.”
Zhu Ying retreated in despair.
Yongruo said to Jiaozhu: "You send Zhu Ying back to Madam Du, hand her over to Madam Du face to face, and say that I think Zhu Ying has worked hard recently, and give her a few days off. If you don't say anything else, you don't mind Don't talk too much." Jiao Zhu agreed, and hurried away.
Hua Ruan and Yu Jing sighed: "I didn't expect Zhu Ying to be such a person!" Then she asked a little puzzled, "Why did Madam leave her in Wuchenju? It's not necessary to spoil the little girls."
Yong Ruo smiled lightly: "It's still useful to keep her. You just let the little girl have less contact with her."
Yujing said somewhat dissatisfied: "Yi Numai said that treating Zhu Ying like this is too cheap for her! You should beat her up and sell her so that she can wake up the latecomers!"
Hua Rou shook her head: "She is the daughter of Madam Du and was rewarded by the concubine, how can she be so merciless!"
Yong Ruo picked up the tea, took a sip, and said with a smile: "My wife is accumulating blessings, so I have to leave some leeway in my actions!"
This is related to the overall packaging line, dear! To show your own pattern and tolerance, you can't collapse your personality.
If there are latecomers who want to emulate Zhu Ying, just come and try. There's no need for her to turn herself into a vicious Yaksha in order to warn the latecomers, that would be too uneconomical.
"Then what about Princess Xing'an?" Yu Jing was still angry, "Is that the case?"
"Otherwise, what else can I do? It's just Zhu Ying's one-sided opinion, Ling'er will admit it?" Yong Ruo said lightly, "Nowadays, the princess has four maids in the palace, so it's not so convenient to do things. You should pay more attention to it at ordinary times. That's it!"
Yong Ruo stood up, intending to take a walk in Qinfang Garden.
Will Concubine Lin wait for her in the lonely pavilion