Chapter 156
When Feiyun went back to the house, Zhou Xianyang also went back. When Zhou Xian Yang went back to the house, he also went back to the house. Xiangmian had indeed gotten up, and was combing his hair and joking with Feiyun, but when he saw him coming, he immediately restrained his smile.
When he saw him coming, he immediately stopped smiling. He just pretended not to see him and said with a smile, “Feiyun, you’re not outside, and Zhong Jin is sweating all over the place, who are you going to show it to?”
Feiyun was so anxious that she stomped her feet, “Your Highness, why are you making fun of the slave girl too!”
“I’m making fun of him, not you.” Zhou Xian Yang became serious, “That Zhong Jin is a good man, he’s reliable.”
Feiyun became more and more anxious, dropping her comb and running away with a red face.
Rong Xiangxian let out a sigh of relief, “It’s early in the morning, you’ve pissed off my girl, you’re combing my hair?” He took the comb.
He took the comb: “I will comb your hair.”
“Just, I don’t dare to call His Highness Yul Wang,” Rong Xiang see body a crooked, avoid him, “yesterday only said a joke, immediately put down the face, lifting the leg to go. Into the Wang Fu this half a year, have not seen His Highness to which girl boy threw face, poor me married in, now even a servant is not as good. I still have the face to let His Highness comb my hair?”
Zhou Xian Yang liked her more and more, and he leaned down and hugged her shoulder, saying, “I apologize for my mistake yesterday. Auntie Rong, please forgive me, I won’t dare to do it again.”
“If you still do this in the future, what will happen?”
“Then let all my requests for my whole life be in vain.”
“Ugh, what are you talking about?” Aimi hurriedly stopped him, “Why say such harsh words.”
“If I don’t say something harsh, I’m afraid you won’t believe me.”
Seeing that he was so lowly, Rong Xiangmian was not that unforgiving, squaring his body and letting Zhou Xian Yang comb his hair, even if it was a reconciliation.
“I only know that your highness’s hands are riding horses and carrying swords, I didn’t realize that you can even hold a comb.”
“I don’t know how to do those hair buns, I’ll always be able to tie a ponytail.”
Zhou Xian Yang brushed her long hair up and caged it at the top of her head, learning to help her fix her hair according to her usual memories.
After a few flowing movements, he let go of his hand, and it was as if his head of dark hair had been ripped off, hanging loosely at the back of his head.
“What is this?” Rong Xiangyan cried and laughed, “Those who don’t know would think that I got into a fight with someone.”
Zhou Xian Yang was also shocked by his masterpiece, “Obviously this is how Feiyun is tied, how could it be loose?”
After finishing his joke, Xiang Xiang himself re-gathered his hair with his hands, inserted a cloud-shaped wooden hairpin into his hair, casually coiled it a few times, and immediately pinned it securely in a bun.
“How did you do that?” Zhou Xian Yang looked blown away, “This is even more complicated than pulling a sword flower.”
Rong Xiangxian stood up and bobbed his head, “Awesome, isn’t it.”
“Amazing,” Zhou Xian Yang looked at her dark hair without decoration, a wooden hairpin, and plain clothes, “that’s why she looks more and more like a Taoist nun.”
At this time, Xiao Bei replied, “Zhuang Tou said, five miles away, on the hill behind Shifang Village, the lotus flowers have not yet faded, and there is a temple by the pool, quite old, with a simple and ancient form, so we can take a stroll. Further to the west, on the way to the Black Stone Village, there is a river, and the large reeds on the river bank are more than one person high, and look extremely beautiful from afar.”
“Today will be a day in the mountains as a Daoist nun.” Rong Xiangmian crossed his arms.
That Zhuang Tou knew that they were going to go on a trip, naturally he wanted to bring the stewards’ company.
This was just what Xiangmian wanted, the five of them together.
Along the way, the head of the bank was singing praises of the peaceful world, the abundance of grains, how wise his majesty was, and how divine King Yu was, without the slightest worry about this year’s annual gift.
They traveled for a full day and returned only after dark.
The guards who had been ordered to go to the villages under the jurisdiction of the Zhuangzi to inquire about the situation had already returned ahead of them, reporting back to Xian Yang and Xiang Xiang to report on the situation they had inquired about.
The conclusion is the same, this year’s year is very good, and the head of the estate says that now that he’s in the Yü Wang Mansion, he’ll have to pay extra for the first year’s gifts.
This is strange, who actually made that gift list?
Early the next morning, meet will pass out the word: want to find a word in the manor of good people, help her write a thing, ask them to recommend a few people.
Soon there were three candidates, a handful of elders with white hair and long beards, a young and thin reader, and a middle-aged woman.
Rong Xiangxian read out the few lines of honor and congratulations at the beginning of that gift list and told them to write.
The old man and the young man quickly finished writing. Rong Xiangmian read them and told them to write. He rewarded them with silver and told them to go.
Only the middle-aged woman, hesitant to write.
Xiangmian saw her concern: “You write well is, will only reward you, will not penalize you.”
Only after hearing this did she dare to write out a few sentences.
Rong Xiangmian looked at it carefully and saw that it was indeed her writing.
Zhou Xian Yang asked Xiao Bei to bring the gift list to her, “Why did you steal the gift list?”
The woman stammers and glances at the looks of King Yu and the Princess before firmly saying, “The grasshopper is helping people appeal their grievances. This year’s harvest in the manor is very good, we switched this gift list, only thinking that the royal family noticed that something had happened down here, and could send a steward to come, and I didn’t expect to startle the two of you with a big …… grass people in fear.”
Mr. and Mrs. Yu Wang glanced at each other, “What grievance?”
The woman said, “Your Highness and Your Highness, will you really help us? In this matter, the people below have no way to ask for help, the grass people can only help to ask for help from the Yuhang Mansion. If this doesn’t work out, I’m afraid that the grass people won’t be able to survive!”
Xiang see more and more feel that this manor problem is too big, must be investigated and dealt with strictly, then said: “You just say, we come over has been secretive not to attack, is to think that have to conceal for you. If you can’t do it right, you won’t be exposed.”
Hearing this, the woman only nodded and told the truth: “In this manor, there are two families that are engaged to be married. But that Li family’s daughter was spotted by Rong Zhuangtou’s son, who insisted on taking her back as his concubine. The Li family refused, he used force, spoiled the girl, causing the Li family girl killed herself in shame.”
Rong xiangmei heard the blood on the head: “there is such a black hearted thing, the local parents do not care about the officials?”
“They were all bribed by this Zhuang Tou, and scorned that he was a distant relative of the Duke of England’s House, who dared to care? At the beginning of the year, they had wanted to go to the Duke of England’s residence to sue once, and were beaten back halfway. Now, Zhuangzi married to the Yu Wangfu, their family is even more rampant in the countryside, always claiming to be a vassal of the Yu Wangfu …… who dares to move him?”
Zhou Xian Yang put the lid bowl heavy buckle on the tea cup: “Rather will climb relatives.”
Rong Xiangshi saw the gas, “They were originally my grandfather’s townsmen, their families were in trouble, and they came to Jinling to join them. My grandfather could not bear to see his fellow villagers starve to death, so he gave this manor to their family to manage, who knew that they would raise such a black-hearted family.”
Zhou Xian Yang immediately told Zhong to go in and call the two families, as well as the head of the manor and his son, to confront them. He also asked the woman, “How did you change the gift list? How could you do it if you were not close to the person?”
The woman was silent, thinking that she must be defending the person who changed the gift list.
Rong Xiangmian realized: that old man Rong’s son, most likely did not do a lot of things to bully others. The women in this village also have to temporarily submit to him. Now that a life has been lost, it is possible that he is doing this for the victimized woman.
She signaled Zhou Xian Yang not to ask, and told the woman to take shelter. She herself was so angry that her brain ached, pacing the floor.
“The night before last I thought it was strange, where did this manor find so many girls to eat and drink with them, and if it hadn’t been for the deaths, I don’t know how many families would have succumbed to their family’s lechery!”
Also said: “Fortunately, now early detection, otherwise by the people with the intention to use to make an article, will not even get you involved? The Royal Historian’s Office is going to impeach you, and there are many people from King Li and King Qing in the Court of Supervisors.”
Zhou Xian Yang saw that she was worrying about herself at this time, and couldn’t help but be moved: “Have you thought about what to do?”
“What disposition? The criminal law and regulations, how it should be sentenced!”
“If the offender is his son, the criminal law can only be imposed on him alone. His family is still in charge here, and those families won’t have a good time.”
“Well, the head of this estate naturally needs to be replaced.”
“Your father’s side should say hello.”
Rong Xiangshi nodded: “When the results are clear, I will write a letter to my father to explain. Just, who will be found to take over this mess temporarily?”
Zhou Xian Yang smiled, “There must be a few stewards in the rewarded royal estates, so just pick two to come here. The relatives who are raised by their own families are able to bully others, and those who are not related to each other, instead, it’s better to do things in a public manner.”
Rong Xiangsheng saw that it also made sense: “It’s better to send people to visit all these places, so that all these things are eliminated.”
In the middle of the conversation, that Zhuang Tou’s family has already arrived in advance, and at first they didn’t know why they came. When they saw Mr. and Mrs. Yuhang’s faces, they kneeled down and admitted their mistakes.
Rong Xiangmian originally wanted to question him, but Zhou Xian Yang gently pressed her hand, told the guards to supervise the Zhuang Tou couple and their son and daughter-in-law separately, and then passed the message to each of them, “The things you hid from His Highness and His Highness have already been made known to the king’s consort. Now, the more confessions you are asked for, the better. If any of your family members say anything and you hide it, you don’t want to go back alive today!”
The daughter-in-law of the head of the Zhuang family was the most frightened, and confessed to her husband’s evil deeds, along with the Rong family’s tyrannical behavior in the manor, all of them.
Zhou Xian Yang then asked the guards to take her words and interrogate Rong Zhuangtou’s son.
At this time, the Li family rushes over and begs Mr. and Mrs. Yu to make a decision. Yang Yang sees the old couple lose their daughter and can’t help but feel sorry for them, knowing that nothing else can be done at this point to save their daughter’s life.
Later, several other farmers bring their daughters to plead their case, and although these girls have not lost their lives, they have all been victimized to varying degrees, leaving Rong Xiangmian furious.
Rong Xiangmian was furious. She said that she would give everyone an explanation, and ordered that Rong Zhuangtou’s family’s property be copied and compensated.
Zhou Xian Yang had been thinking about what Rong Xiangmian had just said, and was so inspired that he casually wrote a petition and sent two guards to send the plaintiff and Rong Zhuangtou’s son to the Beijing Supervisory Court to file a lawsuit.
As for other matters in the manor, old accounts, at this time can only probably trace. Because there are two young sons, it is not convenient to send all the adults into the prison, Rong Xiang see people will be supervised by their family, stay slowly dealt with.
After the command, she is flipping through the books of the manor, which clocked into the door, look a little hasty.
Zhou Xian Yang sensed something strange: “What is it?”
Zhong Jin glances at Consort Yu: “Wife Rong said she has something to say to Consort Yu alone.”
Rong Xiangshi raises her head, “What important words?”
“She said that it’s about Aunt Chu.” Zhong Jin originally did not know who Aunt Chu was, or was it the old woman Rong who threatened him, “Aunt Chu is the Wangfei’s own mother, if you dare not spread the word, in the future, if she finds out, you don’t want to have a good time.”
After Zhong Jin finished speaking, he looked up to see the hand of the crown princess turning the page paused there.
When Zhou Xian Yang saw that Rong Xiangmian’s entire body was like letting go of the air, a sense of ill will arose in his heart.
Rong Xiangmian suddenly woke up as if from a dream and threw down the account book, “Bring her here.”
That Rong’s old woman had a shrewd look, her age had grown, her appearance was withered, but her eyes were bright.
When she saw Rong Xiangmian, she immediately knelt and crawled to her feet, calling, “Fourth sister ……”
Rong Xiangmian shrank back a few steps as if she was afraid of being burned by the fire. Zhou Xian Yang shouted, “Take five steps back, kneel there, and don’t move.”
Rong’s old lady smiled sarcastically, stepped back and kowtowed to them, straightening her upper body, “Fourth sister, don’t you recognize the old slave?”
Rong Xiangmian looked at this unfamiliar old woman, for no reason a burst of panic: “You originally worked in the State Duke’s Office?”
Rong old woman laughed: “Fourth sister is really smart. The old slave was originally Aunt Liu’s room, taking care of big brother’s son.”
Aunt Liu?
Rong Xiangmian’s heart sank, already guessing what she was going to say, “Big brother and second sister’s mother?”
Wifey Rong nodded, “I heard that big brother and sister have both gotten married, are they all well?”
Looking at the wifey’s unintentionally kind gaze, Zhou Xian Yang’s heart became wary.
Rong Xiangmian hmmmed, “You didn’t look for me to catch up on old times, did you?”
Old man Rong laughed awkwardly, “No wonder Fourth Sister doesn’t recognize her, when the old slave left the State Duke’s Mansion, Fourth Sister was only four and a half years old.”
Rong Xiangmian’s face grew paler and paler, when her mother passed away, she was exactly four and a half years old.
Her reaction made Old Lady Rong satisfied, “I can’t imagine that nowadays, Fourth Sister’s son has become a royal consort, and has become one of the most promising in our family ……”
Zhou Xian Yang interrupted, “If you don’t talk business again, get out!”
Rong old lady immediately nodded her head and said yes: “The old slave has some old stories, I wanted to rot in my stomach, but I can’t imagine that today I have the fate to see the fourth sister’s son, the old slave thought …… the fourth sister’s son is now in a noble position, but you can’t forget your roots as a human being. Auntie Chu gave birth to the fourth sister, and in the beginning, she gave up her life to save the fourth sister, giving you two lives. Fourth sister-er can’t just leave her behind and focus on her own fast life.”
Rong Xiangmian gritted her teeth, “What old memories!”
Seeing her in such a hurry, Old Wife Rong concluded that there was a chance, so she said, “In this matter, the old slave is risking his death to speak out, and I only ask that Your Highness look at this sentiment and forgive me a little, sparing my sinful sins!”
Zhou Xian Yang glanced at Xiangmian, and thought that this old woman took Xiangmian’s soft underbelly and excused her son, which was really hateful.
He originally wanted to say, to see if your words are worth sparing your son’s life, did not expect Rong Xiang see anger, will be a blue flower bowl thrown on the ground: “Your son has done so many unspeakable things, but also want to use my mother to plead for mercy? If you don’t want to talk about it, go back! Rotten in the mud with your family’s corpses!”
After saying that, Rong Xiangmian shouted at Zhong Jin, “These lawless things, dispose of them all tonight, and pick a place with fewer people to dig a deep pit to bury them.”