Nothing happened in the Shen family.
But something happened when I returned to the palace in the evening.
Shen Chuliu was a little amused and confused.
"Master, someone is blocking the road. It's a mother and daughter." Yuanxiao walked over with an embarrassed look on his face.
"Why block the road?" Shen Chuliu sneered: "Can you stop it?"
"My lord, we can't stop her, but the woman said she wanted to bang her head against the wall. It would be ugly if something really happened." Although the street was closed, there were still civilians following the guards. If someone really died, it would be hard to explain.
There are all kinds of opinions.
"You really have all kinds of tricks. If that's the case, go and ask this woman what she wants to do and bring her back to the palace." Shen Chuliu said.
"I asked, but she just said that she was begging Concubine Jing for help, and she refused to say what it was about." Yuanxiao was speechless.
"You called me by name, great job. Just take me away." Shen Chuliu thought for a moment and said, "Madam Zhang, go."
Aunt Zhang sighed, "I understand."
“Master, this…” Yuanxiao was a little worried.
"It's okay. They've drawn all over us. People will talk nonsense whether we leave or not. Let's take them away first." Shen Chuliu said.
I had no choice but to go during the Yuanxiao Festival.
Nanny Zhang walked over and said with a smile, "Since this woman is looking for our queen, then please follow her into the palace. Don't worry, our queen will take care of whatever you want." Nanny Zhang looked at the trembling but beautiful girl in the woman's arms, and she knew what was going on.
This girl is already fifteen or sixteen years old. Humph, how dare she walk in front of the queen with such a dirty and smelly body? Since she is seeking death herself, don't blame others for being cruel.
The woman hesitated, but she was still thinking about wealth and fame. She was a person with no way out.
Aunt Zhang has been watching people for half her life, how could she not know this? She smiled and said, "Come, come, follow me first. There are many carriages behind us. Just sit down. Everything can be discussed."
Seeing her so warm, the woman finally lost her guard. Yes, she was just a refugee from another place, the emperor was far away, what had she seen? People told her that this would help her get ahead. Her daughter could enter the palace to accompany the emperor, how could she not be tempted?
Until she got on the carriage, the palace maids were polite and even poured her tea.
The woman's heart gradually relaxed.
No matter what, at least I could enter the palace, even if I had to serve others, at least I wouldn't starve to death.
What's more, to an ignorant commoner like her, the palace was paved with gold bricks.
No matter what, you will have a life of luxury.
The carriage crossed the street and entered the palace. Shen Chuliu said directly: "Send the mother and daughter to the Internal Criminal Department first. There is no need to rush to torture them. I will go to pay my respects to the Emperor and the Empress first."
Having said that, he took Shen Gengyi to Taiji Palace.
She did not hide it and told everyone she met on the road.
Qi Yixiu raised his eyebrows, knowing what was going on.
Shen Chuliu went to the Queen again.
After paying respects to both places, word had spread that Concubine Jing was bringing people back to send them to the Internal Criminal Department.
The mother and daughter were already terrified when they entered the Internal Criminal Department. Although they were not tortured, there were so many torture instruments here and it was eerie and terrifying. How could they not be afraid?
He told the whole truth before he was even interrogated.
They said that someone gave them one or two taels of silver and asked them to stop Concubine Jing's carriage, saying that Concubine Jing was the most kind and generous person and would help people like them the most.
What's more, Concubine Jing needs help now. Her daughter is beautiful. If she can win the favor of the Concubine, she can enter the palace to serve the Emperor.
Besides, even if they couldn't, the mother and daughter would have no worries about food and clothing if they went to work in the palace.
This ignorant woman was really scared of being hungry after begging all the way to the imperial city. Secondly, both the mother and daughter were good-looking, and she couldn't bear the hassle of being so careful all the way.
This is what caused this incident. But she didn't know where the man who gave the money was from, so there was nothing she could do.
Shen Chuliu listened to Yuan Xiao's reply and smiled: "Well, quite smart, but this matter is easy to handle. It depends on what the emperor says."
"The emperor has already sent people out of the palace. I think there will be results tomorrow at the latest." It is easy to find out where this woman had stayed before, not to mention that so many people saw her on the street today. It is a very secretive matter, but if we really want to investigate, it won't be difficult.
In the evening, the emperor came to Cuiyunxuan.
It was funny that Shen Chuliu went out and brought people back.
Shen Chuliu snorted: "The whole Shen family is grateful for the emperor's grace. Grandfather and grandmother are in tears." Shen Chuliu stood up and saluted the emperor: "I also thank the emperor for his grace."
"Okay, I have never seen any concubine hum before thanking me." Qi Yixiu smiled and lifted her up.
"I am referring to that mother and daughter. Does the emperor still love me now? Will you let me make the decision?" Shen Chuliu sat in the emperor's arms.
Qi Yixiu hugged her and said, "Of course, I will make the decision for my beloved concubine. Don't worry, I have already asked someone to investigate."
Jing'an Hou returned to Beijing. Although he did not fight this time, he still made contributions. Jing Fei's departure from the palace was also a reward for the Shen family. At this time, someone did something weird, and the emperor was impatient.
How could you not check?
So at night, the mother and daughter were tortured.
The two people really knew very little, but the girl couldn't help but said a name, Zhongyong.
She cried and said, "I ran out out of curiosity and heard a little bit, and they left when they saw me listening."
She was talking about the first time the man came to see her and her daughter, there were two of them that time.
In the Internal Punishment Department, the two eunuchs carrying out the execution looked at each other and laughed.
Zhongyong, there is no way to escape this.
The next morning, the people who left the palace returned with similar news. The loyal and brave baron had taken the trouble to find such a person.
During this period, there were quite a lot of people coming in and out of the Baron Loyalty and Bravery's mansion, and soon the results came out.
Qi Yixiu and Shen Chuliu got up. The emperor was not going to court today, so when Chusi came in to answer, the emperor said, "Go to the queen."
The two had breakfast in Cuiyunxuan and went to Fengzao Palace together.
Because the emperor had arrived, the queen came out in time to pay her respects.
Then the emperor and empress sat at the top, waiting for everyone to come and pay their respects.
Knowing that the emperor was there, no one dared to delay, and soon everyone arrived except Concubine Su, who was in confinement.
Shen Chuliu glanced at Qian Xiuyi, and seeing that she seemed unaware of anything, he raised his eyebrows and smiled, thinking that this person might really not know about this.
Otherwise, she brought someone back yesterday, and this person wouldn’t be so calm.
Soon, everyone arrived and after they all paid their respects, the Queen said, "Yesterday, when Concubine Jing returned to the palace, she brought back two people. Did you all hear about it?"
Everyone looked at each other and said they had heard about it.
"Well, Qian Xiuyi, what about you?" The queen looked at Qian Xiuyi.
Qian Xiuyi was a little confused, and even felt bad, but she hurriedly said, "I know this too. Does this... have anything to do with me?"
Her first reaction was that Concubine Jing wanted to harm her.
"Come, bring the person up." said the queen.
(End of this chapter)