Evil Girl Reborn: The Eldest Princess, She Takes Manchurian Civil and Military Affairs

Chapter 72 The Punishment of the Wooden Donkey
Immediately afterwards I saw Awen rushing in, "Mother, it's not good, Aunt Song from Qingning Palace is here. She said that someone saw Chongrong having a private exchange with the palace people, and she wants to ask you to go to Qingning Palace for questioning. Maybe it's He was seen when he met with General Cheng’s people.”

Ji Chongrong immediately looked at Yiman, who looked back in surprise and said firmly, "It's not me."

Ji Chongrong panicked for a moment, then calmed down, straightened his sleeves, and prepared to go out.

Yiman stretched out his hand to stop her, "You stay in Hanxiang Hall and Qingning Palace, and I'll go talk."

With suspicion in Ji Chongrong's eyes, he hesitated, "Why don't I go with the princess together?"

Yiman knew it in his heart, and smiled lightly, "If Ben Gong wants to sell Chong Rong, what can Chong Rong follow?"

Ji Chongrong smiled bitterly. She was temporarily obsessed and got involved with Cheng Youseng.

Yiman hesitated for a moment, turned his back and lowered his voice, "For the sake of Brother Eleven and for himself, Chongrong better not do stupid things again." After that, he walked out of the hall.

Sure enough, Aunt Song brought someone Hanxiang to wait outside the hall.

Aunt Song had already seen the ceremonial driver of Qingsi Hall, but she still couldn't help but ask, "Princess, why are you here?"

Yiman smiled slightly and said, "Come to Ji Chongrong's palace to eat new cakes. Auntie is here to treat Ji Chongrong?"

"Exactly. Princess, please return to the palace quickly."

Yiman stepped forward and pulled Song Yan to one side, smiled lightly and lowered his voice, with a hint of coquettishness, "Auntie, can you tell me why the mother-in-law said that Ji Chongrong was giving and receiving privately?"

Aunt Song looked embarrassed, "Don't ask the eldest princess, the servant girl is going to wait for Ji Chongrong."

Yiman pulled her back and held her in his arms, "Auntie, don't wait any longer, I can prove Ji Chongrong's innocence, I'll just go back with Auntie, let's go."

After speaking, without waiting for Aunt Song's consent, she walked forward forcefully.

Behind him, Ji Lan led the palace people of Qingsi Palace, and also surrounded the palace people from Qingning Palace who came to fetch people, and drove forward together with a smile.

Although I don’t know how the queen knew about Ji Chongrong and when Ji Chongrong offended the queen, the queen’s move was not a wise one.

Now that the implementation of the New Deal is imminent, the old man of the Ji family is still alive, and he is still a leading figure in the Jiangnan literary world and a symbol of cultural spirit.Even if the accusation of Ji Chongrong colluding with foreign men is exposed to the emperor at this time, if the emperor wants to stabilize the world and ensure the implementation of reforms, he must act as if he does not know, to stabilize the literati clan in the south of the Yangtze River, and then he will definitely anger the queen who revealed this matter .

Besides, Ji Chongrong is now related to Cheng Youseng, and the emperor wants to gather military power in the near future, so he must not startle the snake.In case Cheng Youseng really has so much sincerity towards Ji Chongrong, once the emperor disposes of Ji Chongrong, it will be the point where Cheng Youseng's anger will erupt in the future.

Yiman thought about how to appease the queen, so he dragged Song Yan back to Qingning Palace.

As soon as I arrived at Qingning Palace, I saw Grandma Gao waiting with her attentive guards.Seeing Yiman pulling Song Yan back, he was very surprised.

"Princess?"

Yi Man smiled and took Granny Gao with his other hand, pulling the two of them inside.

"Mommy, don't be surprised. Go in first and explain."

After taking a look at Ji Lan, Ji Lan immediately led people to guard the gate of the palace.

After finally pulling the two of them in, Yiman shook his overstretched hands.

"What are you doing, Princess? The Queen is still waiting to ask Ji Chongrong. Song Yan, where is Ji Chongrong?"

Aunt Song couldn't tell, so she had to watch Yiman.

At this time, the voice from the outer hall also alarmed the queen, who slowly walked out, "Manman?"

Yiman smiled faintly and stepped forward to hug the queen, "Mother, I happened to meet Aunt Song to arrest someone. How did the queen know that the concubine was having an affair? What did I want to tell the empress?"

The queen pulled Yi Man's hand away helplessly, "Man Man, this is not something you should know." "Then the empress should always tell the son, why the mother knew it faster than the son, right?"

The queen sighed, "It's Nanny Gao. I was worried about you. I saw you arrested and went to the prison, so I went to the prison and asked. I saw Ji Chongrong calling you, so I hurried to check. As expected, I have had contact with the palace officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This Ji Chongrong is a master of literary works and a model of etiquette. I never expected that such a thing would happen, alas."

The word on the prison sentence is indeed lax, and it is also widely spread.If the people from Qingsi Hall hadn't been guarding Chun Nuan, they would have let Aunt Gao carry him away directly.Aunt Gao must have felt that people in the prison could not escape, so she went directly to check on Ji Chongrong, who came with a guilty conscience.

Aunt Gao actually sent someone to follow her?
Yiman glanced back at Madam Gao lightly, and saw that she was not guilty at all, and she still looked serious in her clothes.

Yiman sneered in his heart, with doubts on his face, "Did the person in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Ji Chongrong say it himself, did you catch it?"

Nanny Gao's tone was blunt, apparently annoyed and Yiman intervened, "Of course I caught it."

Yiman looked back at the surprise in Aunt Song's eyes, and saw the doubt in the queen's eyes, and knew that she wanted to hide it from him.

If they had really caught the irrefutable evidence, Hanxiang Palace would have raided the palace by now.

His brows were slightly furrowed, and he looked puzzled, "Has Grandma Gao misunderstood, isn't it Ji Chongrong? I'm thinking of reporting this to my mother."

"Oh? It's not Ji Chongrong, who is that?"

Yiman pursed his lips in embarrassment, "It's Du Baolin and Zheng Baolin."

"what?"

Gao Momo originally thought it was the eldest princess making nonsense, but she didn't expect that she really had a name and a surname.

The queen was also quite surprised. She took Yiman's hand and walked to the inner hall to sit down.

"What happened? How did you know?"

Yiman pouted, looking very aggrieved, "Mother, my son went to bring soup to his father. Ji Lan said that someone was following him, so he captured her and took her to the prison to Lord Kang. Unexpectedly, the trial came out. The palace maid was called Chun Nuan, and she was the palace maid of Ningyun Pavilion. The palace maid said that Du Baolin thought that his son saw him - he saw him, so he asked people to follow him. In fact, he came from Juyuan in a panic that day. Go, I didn’t even see which way I was going. It’s really unjust and unspeakable, I beg my mother to make the decision for my son.”

The queen touched Yiman's head distressedly and patted her back, "It's actually like this. Manman has been wronged and encountered such a nasty thing."

Yiman lowered his eyelashes, feeling aggrieved.Seeing Aunt Gao from the corner of his eye, he raised his head again and said, "Aunt Gao, the people from Qingsi Palace have been guarding the palace maid. You can go to the prison to ask for advice."

Gao Momo was a little suspicious in her heart, she smiled dryly and nodded.He exchanged a glance with the queen, got permission, and took people down to check.

There was worry in Yiman's eyes, "Mother, this matter concerns the royal family's face. Do you want to tell your father?"

The queen sighed, "Of course I want it, and we have to do it quietly. Your father has not sorry for them, but I didn't expect them to do such a thing."

Yiman opened his mouth and closed it again, it's not her turn to comment on the emperor's actions.

"Queen mother, what would you do with them if you were the one?"

"Let's throw them into the cold palace and then secretly give them the punishment of wooden donkeys. After all, we have to save your father's face."

Yiman was startled, the queen usually looked the most benevolent, but this was the first time he heard such cruel words from the queen.

Seeing Yiman suddenly raised his head to look at her, the queen thought Yiman was frightened.Holding Yiman's hand with a gentle expression, "Don't be afraid, Manman, then what do you think should be done?"

Yiman twitched the corner of his mouth, and held the Queen's hand instead, "The queen mother is very right, and I don't have a better idea."

I thought the queen was just being naive, but I didn't expect it to be accompanied by cruelty.

The queen smiled happily, took Yiman's hand and started talking about Yiman's soup delivery in the past few days.

(End of this chapter)