Jin Tingjiao

Chapter 532 Do you remember her?

When Shen Xi arrived at the front hall, Su Mo was already standing under the door. The young man had grown a little taller in the past few months, and the usual warmth between his brows and eyes was removed, showing a bit of heroism again.

He looked down at the ground slightly, looking thoughtful.

"Is there something urgent?" Shen Xi sat down and asked.

He saluted and said: "There is no urgent matter, this subordinate is just sending the booklet to Qianqing Palace on behalf of the prince, and I will stop by to meet His Highness."

Shen Xi guessed that he had other things to do, but he still asked first: "Is there any brochure from the prince to present to the emperor?"

"It's a note from the Ministry of Rites about asking to play the emperor's book."

Su Mo said, "Someone in the yamen is suggesting that the emperor fill the harem, but the prince has already blocked this matter. These documents are just for the emperor to see."

The emperor's harem was empty, no, it was empty, and most of the courtiers were old ministers left by the Li family. In order to please the new emperor, it was natural that they would inevitably mention the matter of accepting concubines.

If the emperor agrees, the flattery will be flattered, if not, then the proposal is justified, and they will not let go of such a good opportunity.

And He Lanzhun had already blocked it, and presented it to the emperor, presumably it was just to put eye drops on the emperor.

Shen Xi pondered, without commenting, he asked him: "Did the lord say anything else?"

Su Mo paused for a moment, and then said, "My lord didn't say anything more, it's just that my subordinates received a message this morning."

"what news?"

"Does Your Highness still remember Han Ning?"

Hearing Han Ning, Shen Xi paused.

It's no wonder Su Mo asked this question. Although it's only been half a year since Han Ning's incident happened, how many things have happened since the collapse of the Han family.

Since the Mu family left Beijing, she almost forgot about the Han family.

I just remember that Li Rui decreed to kill the adult men in their house, and then sold the female relatives into slavery or went to the music workshop.

Han Ning was out of town when the accident happened to the Han family. Naturally, she was escorted back, but she couldn't escape the fate of being imprisoned after returning.

According to the usual practice, the offender's family - like the Han family, the women's family and the young men will stay in the prison of Dali Temple for a certain period of time.

In the first two days, their relatives and friends may pay ransom to take them out. Even if they take them away in the name of slaves, in fact, they don’t have to worry about food and clothing except for the low status.

This ending is naturally the best.

But the Han family was defeated by the emperor and Yan Wang and his son at that time. Even a family like An's family who still cared about her wanted to protect her, but their arms couldn't twist their thighs. How could they have the guts to fight against them?Therefore, no one came to redeem people.

If no one came to pick them up in the first two days, then it will be open to wealthy families in the city who are interested in these criminal officials' families. They can bring funds to come and choose, and buy the selected ones back as slaves or concubines.

In the end, if no one cares about it, or if there is a direct instruction from above, it will be sent directly to the Jiaofang Division.

The so-called sending to Jiaofang Division means official prostitutes who have been demoted to Yue Ji.

Later, Shen Xi was busy investigating Bi Shangyun's matter, but he never paid attention to this layer.

"How is Han Ning?" she asked.

Su Mo pursed his lips and said, "After the fall of the Han family, the story of Han Ning and Shi Di in Cuihu was spread quietly at that time, don't say that someone came to redeem him while he was in prison. No one even bought her to be a slave and concubine.

"Later, she joined the Jiaofang Division. With her own skills, she also made a name for herself. Now she is the top card of the Jiaofang Division Xia Danyatang."

The Tanya Hall under Jiaofang is, of course, an official brothel exclusively for princes and nobles.

With Han Ning's beauty and talent, it is easy to become the top prostitute.Not to mention that she still bears the title of the No. [-] noble lady of the Great Zhou in the past.

But thinking about how she was reduced to a prostitute after all, the gap is really big.

"So what if she's number one?" she asked.

No matter how popular this card is, they have nothing to do with it after all. Even if Su Mo knew about it, he should have already known about it. There must be a reason for mentioning her.

Su Mo breathed a sigh of relief, and then explained: "According to the old bustard in the brothel, this Han Ning has only been there for half a month and has squeezed out the previous top spots.

"Recently, two thousand households under the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies came here admiringly, but they got into a dispute because of her. People are suspended.

"The wives who gave birth to these two people have a lot of background. I heard that they lost their official positions because of Han Ning in the brothel. Yesterday, the two wives took people to Tanya Hall to beat Han Ning.

"Coincidentally, this Han Ning is quite favored by Zhu Xuan, the second son of Duke Protector. Zhu Xuan admired Han Ning very much in the past, but the Han family still looks down on the Zhu family.

"Now that Zhu Xuan has the opportunity, she often goes to listen to her playing the piano, and it is said that she has thought of redeeming her back to the mansion, but the family is not allowed, so she has to take care of her outside.

"Here I heard that she was beaten, and they didn't care about Sanqi 21, so they immediately ordered people to make trouble at the homes of the two dismissed officers.

"The Fifth Army Yamen has already received the complaint, but they dare not tell His Highness the Crown Prince directly. They came to Jingnan Prince's Mansion for help, but the subordinates couldn't make excuses, so they had to promise them to talk to His Highness first."

Shen Xi was also stunned after hearing this passage, this Han Ning is still so smart after entering a brothel, the court has only been stable for a long time, and here she is trying her best to provoke the relationship between the great Yin generals and nobles.

Do you really think she can make any waves by herself?

"What does Jiaofangsi do?" She put the teacup back on the table. "If they are so disobedient, they just let them go?"

Su Mo hurriedly said: "Because of the special status of the Lord Protector, the people in the Jiaofang Division dare not provoke him.

"It is said that there are still rules, but it can't stop Han Ning's fierce tactics. The people who used to teach Fangsi have no temper in front of her, and there is nothing wrong with her words."

Han Ning used to be the young lady who was raised in the deep boudoir of the Han family. She was knowledgeable and good at guessing people's colors. If she couldn't handle even a small teaching workshop, she would really feel ashamed of what she did to Yan Wangfu and Shen Xi back then. Those despicable means.

Shen Xi squinted at her: "Then did you come here to let me deal with Han Ning, or to help resolve the dispute between the second son of the Duke Protector and the two generals?"

"It's a dispute between Zhu Xuan and the general."

Su Mo said: "Han Ning is nothing to worry about, and there is no need to alarm His Highness.

"It's just that the grievances between Zhuxuan and the thousands of households, if the yamen handles things according to the rules, it is very likely to offend the Duke Huguo. If they want to accommodate, they are afraid that His Highness the Crown Prince will turn around and blame them.

"So Duke Ding went to the palace, and wanted to ask His Highness to come up with an idea."

Now the commander-in-chief of the five armies is Xiao Huai, and Jin Xiao's father Ding Guogong is in charge of the Chinese army's governor's mansion.

(End of this chapter)