Chapter 67 The Concubine
"Why are you so nervous? Sister-in-law is the person who knows the rules best." Jiang Changning smiled meaningfully, "Sister-in-law wants to enter the palace, but you have to hurry up. The palace door will be closed soon, but you won't be able to get in."
"Ms. Jiang, don't be complacent." Mrs. Qiao walked away with a puff of her sleeves. The servant she brought let go of Liu Ye and left with her.
"Am I proud?" Jiang Changning asked.
Xiulan couldn't help laughing and said: "The princess is not proud."
Liu Ye knelt down and said, "I didn't do my job properly. Please punish me, Princess."
"She is the master and you are the slave. You confronted her head-on and made her come to investigate. You really deserve to be punished." Jiang Changning said with a cold face.
Liu Ye kowtows without making any excuses.
As expected of someone trained by the Queen Mother, he has eyes.
Jiang Changning let out a breath and said, "I'll punish you by beating you a hundred times."
Liu Ye's tense body relaxed, "Yes."
"Fangju, let Chunlai go and ask a doctor to come in and treat Aunt Zhou."
Only when the disease is cured can we drive people away.
It's so inhumane to kick patients out.
After giving the instructions, Jiang Changning turned around and returned to Nuange, continuing to read her notebook.
In the afternoon, Mrs. Jiang, the second mistress of the Baling Palace, came in with a greeting card and wanted to visit Jiang Changning.
"Just say I don't have time and refuse." Jiang Changning had no time to socialize with the person who wanted to give a concubine to King Jin. She was busy completing the task that King Jin asked her to say, "Fangju, go get that colorful glass cup."
Come."
Zhou's physical fitness is good. In two days, she will be able to come to pay Jiang Changning's greetings.
Looking at Mrs. Zhou, Jiang Changning's eyes were complicated. She was a pawn and felt the fate of Mr. Zhou the same way, but she had to take action.
After setting up the situation for a few days, Jiang Changning told King Jin that night, "Tomorrow Mrs. Zhou will be driven away to Zhuangzi. The reason is that she accidentally broke my beloved glass cup. I drove her away in anger."
Zhuangzi."
Looking at Jiang Changning who was speaking expressionlessly, King Jin chuckled lightly, raised his hand and touched her head, "I'm embarrassing you."
Feeling the warmth on the top of his head, Jiang Changning tried his best to pull up the corner of his mouth and said with a fake smile: "It would be great if I can help Yong Zhou."
"Ning Ning is a good wife." King Jin said with a smile.
The next day, just as planned, Mrs. Zhou was knocked forward by the little maid, and she pushed down the glass cup that was placed there. It fell to the ground and broke into pieces.
The glazed lamp had been placed there for several days, and Mrs. Zhou would never have imagined that it was a trap set for her.
"Aunt Zhou's illness seems to have not healed yet. She can't even stand still." Jiang Changning said with a cold face and displeasure.
"Princess, it was the little maid who bumped into me, and I couldn't stand still. My illness has been cured," Mrs. Zhou defended.
The little maid knelt on the ground, "Princess, this slave did not hit Aunt Zhou."
Mrs. Zhou insisted that the little maid bumped into her, causing her to lose her balance, dive over and knock over the glass cup.
The little maid insisted that she did not hit Aunt Zhou. Aunt Zhou had wronged her and said: "If this slave had hit Aunt Zhou so hard, there would definitely be marks on her body. I beg the princess to examine Aunt Zhou to clear her name."
Jiang Changning stared at the little maid, silent for a long time, as if he was wondering whether to agree to her request.
After a long time, Jiang Changning said: "Mrs. Pu, take Aunt Zhou to the side room for a physical examination."
"Princess, although I am just a concubine, you cannot humiliate me like this." Aunt Zhou said with tears.
"I was trying to find out the truth, but you said that I humiliated you. It seems that she didn't lie, she didn't bump into you, you deliberately wanted to knock over my glass cup." Jiang Changning patted the Kang table, "Here comes,
Drag Mrs. Zhou down and lock her in the woodshed."
"Princess, I have no body..." Zhou's mouth was covered.
In the horrified eyes of Pu and Liu, Zhou was dragged down like a dead pig.
The maid came in to clean up the puddle of glass fragments on the ground. Jiang Changning was still angry and said: "I treated her leniently, but she was so angry that she kicked her nose in the face."
Mrs. Pu and Mrs. Liu advised each other: "Princess, please calm down. Ms. Zhou is sick and confused. The princess is in great numbers. A small punishment but a big punishment."
One interceded: "The princess is kind-hearted and asked for medical treatment for Zhou. Zhou is grateful to the princess and would not intentionally break the princess's beloved things. She must be weak and unsteady, so she accidentally broke them."
Made of glazed glass."
"You mean I asked her to come here to pay her respects when she was sick?" Jiang Changning asked coldly.
"I don't mean that." Mrs. Liu was so frightened that she knelt down.
Jiang Changning said expressionlessly: "It's none of your business, go back to the courtyard and rest."
"I excuse myself." After the two concubines left, Jiang Changning took his maid to the Liuxuan Courtyard to pay his respects to the concubine.
Jiang Changning deliberately told the story about Mrs. Zhou contradicting her and breaking the glass cup, and asked distressedly: "Concubine, I have only been married to the house for less than a month, how should I deal with this kind of concubine who disrespects my mistress?"
I don’t have any rules, so I asked my mother-in-law to teach me.”
On the surface of the Zhou family, it is the concubine given by the concubine to the King of Jin.
Prince Jin obviously did not intend to tell the truth to the concubine. If Jiang Changning dealt with the Zhou family without considering the concubine's opinion, the concubine would definitely feel uncomfortable.
Jiang Changning's attitude in asking for instructions from the concubine really pleased her.
"If she dares to disrespect the mistress, you can deal with her how you want. It's best to deal with her in a serious way to avoid causing trouble for others." In essence, the concubine does not want to see concubines.
Of course, the attitude towards the husband's concubines is different from that towards the son's concubines.
"Ms. Zhou seems to be quite honest. You can't do such arrogant things, right? There may be something else going on here," Mrs. Qiao said.
Jiang Changning chuckled, "I never expected that my sister-in-law would know the prince's concubine so well."
The meaning of this statement sounds problematic.
If you think about it more carefully, the problem becomes the biggest.
"Living in the same house, we know a little bit about each other," Ms. Qiao argued.
"Sister-in-law, there is no need to be modest." Jiang Changning still had a hint of thorn in his words.
Mrs. Qiao was silent and asked: "What does the county master plan to do with Mrs. Zhou?"
"Sister-in-law really cares about Mr. Zhou." Jiang Changning said with a smile.
Qiao held her breath and glared at Jiang Changning angrily.
Jiang Changning turned a blind eye and drank tea from a cup leisurely.
After having breakfast with the concubine and chatting for a while, Jiang Changning returned to Rujing Courtyard, Mrs. Qiao went to deal with the house's internal affairs, and Princess Kangren went to the study to attend classes.
"Call Chun Lai over." Jiang Changning ordered.
After a while, Chun Lai trotted over and said, "Princess, I would like to send you my regards."
"I've worked hard for you these days." Jiang Changning motioned to Xiulan to give Chunlai her purse, "When I'm not on business, go have a few drinks in a small bar."
"Working for the princess is a small job. It's not hard for a small person." Chun Lai half-bowed and said, "Thank you for the reward, princess."
"Take someone to send Aunt Zhou and the maid beside her to the village outside the city." Jiang Changning said directly.
Chapter completed!