Chapter 60
Linlang walked back and gently advised Xiangmian: “That is the Empress’ person. You still need to give the Empress face, and be careful of falling into the reputation of treating the palace servants harshly and neglecting the middle palace.”
Rong Xiangmian laughed: “Palace lackeys are not lackeys? Palace lackeys have to step on our head to not?”
“Old slaves do not dare.” The woman’s mouth was respectful, but her expression was arrogant.
Rong Xiangmian snorted coldly and gave Wei mother a wink.
Wei mother is an honest and kind, forced herself to calmly walk to the group of sisters from the palace: “Your Highness and Wangfei wedding into the palace to ask for peace on that day, who sneaked into the bedroom? Who passed things into the palace? If you tell us, you’ll live, or you’ll be killed!”
The women have never thought that the Yuhang Mansion would dare to touch the Empress’s people, and they are somewhat skeptical of the kindly Wei’s face.
Wei mother asked again in a loud voice, saw no movement, couldn’t decide, turned back to see Rong Xiangmian’s intention.
Only to hear from the hall Wangfei calm and unruffled voice: “Father said, back master informing lackey, caned to death!”
Seeing that the guards were ordered to come up to take the person, a young woman finally couldn’t help but kneel down and said, “It was Sister Li who took it, and Sister Wu sent it to the palace!”
As one woman took the lead, the others followed, kneeling down and denouncing in unison. After the first Sister Wu was surprised, she pulled the woman and beat her up.
Mr. Rong ordered, “Give Li and Wu 30 lashes each, and Feixue, go and watch them. The rest of the whole sent back to the palace, just say that this group of slaves do not work properly, do not obey the discipline. Your Highness and I, thank you for the Empress’ kindness, we really can’t afford to be served by ‘noble slaves’, so we can only return as much as we have.”
The group of slaves can not believe, have already denounced their own people, but still not let go, some people anxious: “Queen Mother’s face, Wangfei also ignore?”
Song mom really can’t sit still, afraid that Rong Xiangmian is young and impetuous to cause trouble, Zhou Xianyang pulled her, indicating that there is no need to worry.
The Li King has been exposed, and Empress Zhang is afraid that she can’t get rid of her relationship with the Yuhang Mansion, so she won’t care about this.
Rong Xiangmian thinks the same way: “You can just go back to the Empress and tell her that I’m disrespecting the Palace. Look at the time the Chengqian Palace is to punish Yuh Wang Fu slowness, or to punish you for not doing a good job?”
These words were a complete deterrent. Before their arrival, they had been advised by the Queen’s palace sisters to keep an eye on all the movements in the royal residence.
For the wedding handkerchief matter, because they had all gone to bed too late that day, they hadn’t realized in time that Yu Wang wasn’t in the residence, causing the Empress to lose face in the palace, and had already been severely reprimanded. Now that they were sent back without accomplishing anything, would they not be thrown into the cold palace or the palace?
Rong Xiangmei also let the rest of these slaves to expose each other in public, especially those who have gambled but dare to lie in public, said the right reward.
For a while there was another buzz, and there were even fewer people in the courtyard.
Later, a middle-aged woman with some fierce looks stood out: “Your Highness, the west courtyard’s steward Wu fell in love with the niece of the slave girl’s family the day before yesterday, and insisted on marrying her as a second wife. God pity, slave girl’s niece is only seventeen ah.
Mr. Wu said that his son had followed His Highness back from a great achievement. If he dares not comply, he will never let our family have a good life. The slave girl is really begging for a confession, fortunately today I see the princess, please the princess to save the niece of the slave girl.”
The woman said and then kneeled down and kowtowed.
When Rong Xiang saw that this matter involves Yuhang’s followers, he asked Wei Ma to call out that Steward Wu to ask him a detailed question.
Steward Wu looks like a man of fifty or sixty, and said, “Your Highness, don’t listen to this woman slandering the old slave!”
Wei mother is much more relaxed in the face of family slaves: “Steward Wu, what kind of grudge do people have against you that they want to slander you for good reason? How dare she ruin her own girl’s reputation to slander you?”
That Wu steward will pull the strings: “Originally I and his family man mixed a few words, for this ……”.
Rong Xiang see is good and calm, leaning on the chair: “One more lie, will add ten more boards, you just bullshit.”
Wu steward heard immediately changed his tone: “His family received the old slave fifty taels of silver! Originally, we will carry the person home today. Due to the Princess’ call, the marriage was postponed for the time being, who knew that they would not recognize the person after receiving the money!”
The woman immediately replied: “The fifty taels of silver, is he forced to throw to the slave’s sister brother-in-law, we will never figure his fifty taels of silver. If Your Highness can save my niece’s life, I will immediately ask them to return the silver to him!”
Hearing this, Rong Xiangmian knew what was going on.
Steward Wu heard that the marriage may be stirred up, immediately stomped his feet, disregarding his face and cried loudly, “My son has fought for King Yuh in West Qin ah …… Wangfei can’t listen to a few words from this bitch and trample on the old slaves ah …… spend the silver of the Daughter-in-law can run, I have what face na?” Said even regardless of howling up.
Involved in the king of Yuh’s close friends, Rong Xiang see not good to take the initiative, is hesitating, the king of Yuh has walked to the door of the council chamber.
It is only then that everyone realizes that King Yüeh is there, and they fall to their knees in a hurry. Zhou Xian Yang signaled the crowd to get up and asked, “Where is Wu Feng?”
A guard said, “He just escorted the gang from the palace.”
“You go take his place and call him in.”
“Yes.”
Mother Wei already had someone carry a chair.
Zhou Xian Yang did not sit, pacing slowly under the eaves of the veranda, he said to that Steward Wu, “The Western Qin army bandits are fierce, often invading the border people and robbing them of their women. Wu Feng once saved a local woman, people want to give their bodies in return, he said he was in the army, precarious, do not dare to delay people for life. You old thing, all about lust, how did you give birth to such a decent son?”
“Huh?” Steward Wu had never heard of such a thing before, and being scolded in public, he was so ashamed that he was speechless.
Not long after, Yu Wang’s first class chief of guards, Wu Feng, came and heard about what happened in the residence and immediately knelt down in front of the hall.
“Your Highness, humble father made a mistake, humble servant is willing to receive the chastisement.”
Rong Xiangshi saw on the side of the cold eyes, know that these people are followed by Yu Wang born to die, if not disposed of properly, I’m afraid to make the centrifugal cronies. If he is too lenient, he is afraid of letting his family members bully others, so he doesn’t know how to deal with them.
Yü Wang asks, “Do you know anything about Steward Wu marrying someone else’s girl?”
Wu Feng says earnestly: “My father is old, and I only thought of someone to take care of him, but I didn’t know that he was unwilling to do so! If I know that my father is under the banner of humble servant to marry the people’s daughter, will never let it be ignored.”
“Now that you know, what do you say?”
“If I were in the military, I would have been punished with forty clubs. Please, Your Highness, for the sake of my father’s advanced age, allow me to receive the chastisement on my behalf.”
Only then was Zhou Xian Yang satisfied, “It was meant to be your punishment. The fact that your father did such a thing is all because you were ineffective in restraining your family.”
“I understand.”
Zhou Xian Yang said to the soldiers, “Many of you have followed me from Yangzhou and have suffered a lot. Now that the days are better, you should cherish them. Don’t listen to people touting a few sentences and be used as a gun!
If you know your parents and brothers have done something wrong, the outside world will only talk about you and the Yuhuang family. All their faults have become ours. The good life that we earned with our lives has not lasted more than a few days, and it is not worth it to be ruined in the hands of those who have no laws.”
The royal palace soldiers immediately replied, “Thank you, King Yu, for your advice, my humble servant will respectfully follow the teachings.”
King Yu pointed two people out, “Steward Wu forcibly married a woman, tarnishing the reputation of the royal household, rewarded with twenty military sticks. Wu Feng was ineffective in restraining his relatives, also rewarded with twenty.”
Thus, father and son were immediately escorted to a remote courtyard where no one was present to be beaten, and it was a military stick, much heavier than the boards received by the subordinates at home.
That Wu steward wailed, but Wu Feng did not say a word, and accepted it.
The execution was completed, Wu steward only half life was carried back. Wu Feng, with the help of his companions, got up and came back to apologize.
Zhou Xian Yang instructed Xiao Bei, “Take a bottle of our medicine and send them back to put it on.”
Wu Feng thanked him, feeling humiliated and furious, and wanted to leave quickly.
Yang Zhou Xian called him back, “Gray Eagle wrote to me, saying that he found that girl in Yangzhou, and that she still misses you, and has never married. If you’re interested, I’ll ask him to arrange a match for you and bring her to the capital, so you can get married.”
“Ah?” Wu Feng couldn’t believe it for a while before he slowed down and knelt down to thank you, “Thank you, Your Highness, I am grateful, I will definitely do my duty, restrain my family and be loyal to Your Highness.”
Only then did Zhou Xian Yang smile and instructed his soldiers, “You all prepare your accompanying gifts, and go to his house to drink at that time ah. Old Wu …… your son is going to marry. Eyes to be a grandfather, in the future, honestly look after the grandchildren. Again let this king know that you do these things of power and bullying, it will not be a stick.”