Deng Luoshan looked at the large bundle of cotton-padded clothes in front of him and was angry and angry: "No, my mother personally led people to buy this year's new cotton and led her servants to stay up late into the night to make these cotton-padded clothes stitch by stitch! You guys are so After touching it twice, you will say that the cotton-padded clothes are not up to standard and don’t fit, so you won’t accept them! If you don’t accept them, forget it. Why do you say that the cotton-padded clothes inside are not good, throw dirty water on us and ruin our reputation?”
Li Wanwan sneered: "Our cotton-padded clothes are not given to you, they are given to the soldiers at the border. Why do you say you won't accept them? Besides, these cotton-padded clothes are so thick, you just took one look at them and said they are unqualified and you won't accept them! This What are you thinking about? I don’t know, but I thought you were deliberately trying to slander the reputation of the imperial officials!”
Huang Hengxi glanced at Nuan Nuan not far away and snorted coldly: "An Guo Gongfu also donated 200,000 cotton-padded clothes! When you just inspected, why didn't you take out any of them? Are all their cotton-padded clothes qualified? Okay, there are only so many unqualified people in our government! Did someone instruct you to deliberately stumble us?"
A soldier said: "Of course not. There is nothing wrong with the cotton-padded clothes in Duke Anguo's mansion. There is really something wrong with these cotton-padded clothes and they are unqualified! You can check it yourself."
The inspecting soldier just didn't want to say it clearly. The cotton inside was hard and solid, and he could tell by touching it that it was made from old cotton-padded clothes. Such cotton-padded clothes were not suitable for sending to soldiers at the border.
The reason why they say they are unqualified and unfit is to protect the reputation of each government. After all, being able to donate cotton clothes is considered a good deed, right
When other people were found to have bad cotton-padded clothes, they all blushed and said something like "I'm sorry because the people under my command didn't do it well!"
Why are the three of them so unwilling to let me go!
The soldiers had never quarreled with women, and they were concerned about their reputation, so they didn't know what to say when faced with the questioning of the three of them!
After all, if you really say it, you will offend people.
But the more they hesitated like this and couldn't say anything, the more Huang Hengxi thought that they were guilty and deliberately looking for trouble with them.
Huang Hengxi put his hands on his hips and said: "I touched it and there is no problem at all! Today you have to explain clearly, where are our cotton-padded clothes unqualified?! Is it the wrong size, or is this cotton-padded coat worn out! It's a good cotton-padded coat, it's used They are all made of good cotton and fine cotton. There is nothing wrong with them! Don’t even think about pouring dirty water on our Minister’s Office of the Ministry of Industry! If you don’t explain clearly, so many people here don’t know what they think of our Minister’s Office of the Ministry of Industry. !Tell me, did someone instruct you to deliberately frame my father’s reputation!”
Deng Luoshan also looked unyielding and said, "Yes, make it clear. If you don't make it clear, we will go to the Yamen and sue you for deliberately slandering the imperial officials!"
Li Wanwan said kindly: "Although my father is no longer the prime minister, my aunt is still a noble concubine in the palace! She will not ignore your deliberate slander of the imperial officials! Besides, there is also the Second Prince's Mansion here. Here are the cotton coats given away!”
Nuan Nuan came over at this time, without saying anything, he tore open a cotton-padded coat, revealing the yellow, black, and moldy cotton inside!
Nuan Nuan handed the cotton coat directly under Li Wanwan's eyes.
Li Wanwan: "..."
Wen Nuan glanced at her coldly, then threw down the cotton-padded coat, then walked up to Deng Luoshan, tore open the cotton-padded coat, revealing lumps of yellowed cotton inside, and then held it up in front of Deng Luoshan.
Deng Luoshan: "......"
Nuan Nuan walked to Huang Hengxi again.
Huang Hengxi's face turned pale, with a look of disbelief and uneasiness in his heart.
No, she saw with her own eyes that her mother had bought a lot of new cotton to make cotton-padded clothes! There must be nothing wrong with these cotton coats!
"You can't tear our cotton-padded clothes. We want to donate them to the soldiers on the border! They're not for you! You don't need to send my cotton-padded clothes to the border!" Huang Hengxi reached out to protect those cotton-padded clothes.
"You're not saying that the soldiers slandered you! I just want you to see if they have slandered the imperial officials, so that you can sue them!"
Saying Nuan Nuan, he took out a cotton coat and tore it off!
The cotton inside is also yellow and moldy!
Huang Hengxi's hand stretched out into the air froze.
There was silence.
The three of them looked at the rotten cotton coat in front of them, and their faces turned pale!
how so
A child among the common people suddenly said: "Mom, those cotton-padded clothes are so new on the outside, but the cotton inside is the same as the rotten quilts we don't want!"
The child’s mother quickly covered the child’s mouth: “What nonsense are you talking about!”
Then he took the child and left in a hurry!
Those people look like official ladies at first glance, they can't afford to offend!
The little girl's words seemed to wake up everyone. There were some bold and fearless people in the crowd and some scholars who were full of benevolence, justice and morality.
They couldn't stand it any longer and said one after another:
"Oh my God! These are cotton-padded clothes sent to the bitter cold frontiers for the soldiers who defend their homes and the country! If you don't have money, it doesn't matter if you don't send them! How can you use these rotten cottons as shoddy goods! This is It will freeze people to death!”
"It's absolutely crazy. How can you give such cotton-padded clothes to those soldiers who risk their lives to protect their country and the people! In the middle of winter, wearing these cotton-padded clothes will freeze you to death!"
"Black-hearted, really black-hearted! If this causes the soldiers on the front line to suffer from frostbite and freeze! The enemy invades, do we in Nalan Country still have soldiers who can resist the enemy? Isn't it wrong for you to give these tattered cotton coats to the soldiers? A traitor from the enemy country, right?"
"No wonder you were so fierce just now! You are so rational and strong when you pretend to be good, you must be guilty! Tsk tsk, you are really thick-skinned!"
... ...
Huang Hengxi and the other three faced everyone's pointing fingers, their faces turned green and red, and they were so embarrassed that they wanted to find a hole in the ground and crawl into it.
Li Wanwan also didn't expect that the cotton-padded clothes from the Second Prince's Mansion would be shoddy!
But she still has some adaptability: "This must be used for outsiders to make, and those who are greedy for petty gains exchange the good cotton for it!"
Huang Hengxi's eyes lit up: "Yes, yes, yes! It must be like this!"
Deng Luoshan didn't say anything. The thousands of cotton-padded clothes at home were made by her mother, the maids from the mansion, and the women from Zhuangzi.
Nuan Nuan nodded expressionlessly: "Since the good cotton was secretly replaced by a greedy person, you should take it back to the government to investigate the matter! If you want to sue the official, you should bring evidence to report it to the official!"
Three people: "......"
Huang Hengxi's face was pure and white, even more exciting than a color palette. She bit her head and said confidently: "Of course, I will definitely find out!"
After speaking, she said to the servant beside her: "Bring this evidence back quickly! This girl must find out who secretly replaced the good cotton and framed our Shangshu Mansion like this!"
Li Wanwan and Deng Luoshan also followed suit, instructing their servants to pack up their cotton-padded clothes and take them away!
The three of them can be said to have escaped!