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She quickly took her gold medal and handed it to Zhao Yingluo, "Go and bring Amei to me, I'll talk to her first."

There are a few healthy women guarding outside Yao Mei's room. They only obey the order of the princess, and other wives don't buy it, so only the princess' gold medal can be accepted.

Not long after, Zhao Yingluo took Yao Mei to the princess's room and closed the door to prevent others from entering.

Seeing the concubine, Yao Mei knelt down, wiped her tears and said: "This servant is guilty of failing to live up to the love of my wife, this servant is sorry for my wife!"

Lu Xiu was stunned, and asked for a while, "You admit your guilt?"

"Yes! The servant is guilty, she shouldn't have seduced the prince last night."

"what!"

Lu Xiu was angry and funny and said: "I was helping you last night. Don't you know that the prince will toss people in the middle of the night? He is too energetic, so I let you go. How many times did he do it with you last night?"

"Three times!" Yao Mei whispered with her blushing face.

Lu Xiu asked with a smile: "Is it not convenient for you to walk?"

"It's all right now."

"Okay! The reason why I asked Mrs. Wen to lock you in the room is because someone took my Ye Mingzhu and found it in your room later."

"what!"

Yao Mei turned pale with fright, and quickly said: "It's not me! I didn't take Madam's beads, I promise I didn't take them!"

Lu Xiu nodded, "I thought it was Xue'er who took it, and I yelled at her, but it turned out that it wasn't her, who wronged my daughter, so I was very irritable, you understand my mood!"

"I understand!"

Yao Mei's eyes turned red, she bit her lip and said, "I won't blame the princess, but who put the beads in my room? Framed me!"

At this time, Zhao Yingluo walked in with the female guard on duty, "You tell the princess!"

The female guard whispered something in Lu Xiu's ear, and Lu Xiu immediately became gloomy.

The two stepped back, Lu Xiu stood up, and saluted Yao Mei, "I wronged you, and I apologize to you!"

Yao Mei was so frightened that she quickly knelt down, "Ma'am, this servant can't take care of me."

Lu Xiu helped her up and said, "From today onwards, you are my younger sister, and your name is Amei. Don't call yourself a servant anymore."

Yao Mei was so moved that she wanted to cry, she lowered her head and said, "Amei remembered."

At this time, Xueer showed her small head from the door, and whispered, "Sister Amei, I've been looking for you everywhere."

Lu Xiu smiled and said, "Go! I'll change the name slowly later, take them to feed the deer, and then call Aunt Wen."

Yao Mei suddenly hugged Lu Xiu tightly, turned around and left, Lu Xiu sat down slowly, shook her head for a while, and said with a smile to herself: "No wonder Madam is attracted to her, even me."

At this time, Mrs. Wen, the housekeeper, said at the door: "Madam, are you looking for me?"

Lu Xiu's pretty face turned cold, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Go and open the door of the Xuntang, I'm going to start a family law today!"

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In the afternoon, the banquet for the officials was still held, Chen Qing was a little overwhelmed with alcohol, so he left the banquet and went home.

The carriage gradually approached the gate of the mansion, but unexpectedly saw a few bullock carts parked in front of the side gate, each of which was full of luggage, which made Chen Qing slightly different. At this time, a few young women came out of the mansion crying, holding Carrying baggage.

The person at the front, Chen Qing, knew that it was the concubine's personal maid, Chun Xi, and the others in the back were also personal maids, all carrying their bags and wiping away tears as they walked.

Chen Qing was a little surprised. At this moment, Manager Tian saw Chen Qing's carriage and ran over quickly.

"My lord is back!"

The carriage stopped, and Chen Qing pointed to the bullock cart next to the side door at the back and asked, "What's going on over there?"

Steward Tian sighed and said: "They committed a crime, the concubine opened an interrogation hall and ordered them to be sent home, and the contract was terminated in advance."

This made Chen Qing even more surprised. The interrogation hall in their mansion was also the interrogation hall. It had never been activated, but it was activated today. This was the first time!

"What did they do?"

"The villain is not too clear, it may be related to Miss Yao Mei, the prince should ask the princess!"

'Is it related to Yao Mei? '

Chen Qing was secretly taken aback, since his wife had already ordered the expulsion, of course he would not stop it casually, this bit of face should be given to his wife.

Chen Qing went into the mansion full of doubts, and happened to meet his second wife Zhao Qiaoyun in the middle hall, followed by Zhao Qiaoyun's other maid, Xiao Wu, and her personal maid Xia Huan seemed to have been kicked out of the mansion just now.

Seeing her husband come back, Zhao Qiaoyun hurried forward to salute. Chen Qing saw that she and the maid were both holding the letter, and took it with a smile, "Is there any letter during the New Year?"

During the holidays, some urgent notices were sent directly to the mansion, and Zhao Qiaoyun sorted them into key points for Chen Qing, and then handed them over to Chen Qing for approval. Normally, Zhao Qiaoyun didn't care about them, and Chao Qing and Wei Ji were responsible for sorting them out.

Zhao Qiaoyun smiled and said, "Not many, just a dozen."

The two got into the carriage, and the maid Xiaowu sat in front. Chen Qing asked, "What's the matter with Xia Huan?"

Zhao Qiaoyun's face was gloomy, and she sighed: "Don't mention it, she let me down too much."

"Tell me about it!"

Zhao Qiaoyun briefly described what happened today, and finally said: "The two of them are guarding, and the other is stealing and planting. They think they are invisible, but they don't know that the female guard hiding on the roof can see clearly. It really pissed off Ms.

"But those who were driven out of the mansion, I saw that there seemed to be five people, not just the two of them!"

Zhao Qiaoyun shook her head and said: "If it's just framed, with the tolerance of the eldest sister, it won't be so heartless. The key is that the five of them formed a small gang, cut five villains, wrote Yao Mei's name on them, and posted them on five Then, according to the body parts of gold, wood, water, fire and earth, they were pricked with needles and hidden in the box. As a result, the princess searched all five villains."

Chen Qing was furious immediately, "How could they be so vicious?"

"I'm jealous! Eldest sister is very kind to Amei, let her read and practice calligraphy with Xueer and Binger, and play with them. Other maids don't have this kind of treatment, especially the annual reward on New Year's Eve. The princess gave Amei a hundred guan The money is five times more than Chunxi and the others, and this incident became the reason for their frame-up, the five of them discussed together, and then Chunxi came up with a solution."

"Don't they know there are guards watching over their heads?"

"Of course they knew. It was just a mistake. Amei left the eldest sister's dormitory in the middle of the night and never went back. The female guard said that the only person who entered the dormitory was Chunxi."

Chen Qing immediately understood that it was really a mistake. If Wang Hao hadn't asked for an interview last night, he would not have gone to the study, and Yao Mei would not have come to the study to serve him in the middle of the night, and left the princess' bedroom early. Wrong, a few of them didn't expect it.

……

In the study, Lu Xiu told her husband the results of her interrogation in detail today. Chen Qing only heard Zhao Qiaoyun give a rough summary in the carriage, and now he knows many details.

The little paper figurines were not cut, but ghost amulets bought from Taoist Master Qingyun, a female Taoist priest of Shuiyue Temple, for five pennies each, and the priestess ran away within a month.

The little paper figurine not only has Yao Mei's name, but also her date of birth, cursing her to go to the [-]th hell and never turning over, it is very vicious.

On the first day Yao Mei came to the mansion, five maids formed a gang with a name that made people laugh and cry. The concubine party, Chunxi pretended to be friends with Yao Mei, looking for something to do with her, but couldn't find it, so she started to use witchcraft. On the second day after the operation, Yao Mei fell ill. They thought it was effective, and they continued to buy talismans. They bought [-] times, a total of [-] talismans.

Lu Xiu sighed: "If it wasn't for the theft incident, I would have been kept in the dark, thinking how harmonious and peaceful the relationship between the family is, and the result... the result is shocking."

"How will the lady deal with them?" Chen Qing asked.

"I saved face for them and didn't beat them with a cane. Then I paid them all their wages according to the remaining years of their respective contracts. For example, Chunxi expires at the end of the year, and there are still twelve months left. She earns five guan a month. I just gave her sixty pennies, and the others did the same. After the employment contract ended, I sent them home, and I believe their family members can't find anything wrong."

"It's a good job, it's really benevolent."

Chen Qing was very appreciative, he pondered for a moment and asked again: "A-Lian is not involved in this matter, is it?"

What Chen Qing was most worried about was that this matter involved Yu Lian. Yu Lian gave him pillow talk more than once, belittled Yao Mei, said that she was too young, ignorant, and couldn't serve men. Chen Qing only thought she was jealous , and didn't take it to heart.

When he heard about witchcraft today, he immediately thought of Yu Lian, don't do stupid things and get involved in it.

Lu Xiu shook her head and said, "A-Lian's personal maid, Dong Xin, is also one of the five, but A-Lian did not participate in it, A-Lian just complained a lot, you let her do witchcraft, she is not so vicious, the key is that A-Lian Mei didn't threaten her status, and she is Liangyuan, the fifth rank, she is jealous with a maid, isn't it shameful?"

"Where's Nine Treasures? Is she among the five?" Chen Qing asked again.

Jiu Bao is the great-granddaughter of Zhou Tong. After Zhou Tong became a monk in Guancen Mountain, the only thing he could not let go of was his great-granddaughter. This is the only surviving descendant of Zhou Tong. Qing then asked Yu Ying to take her in as a personal maid, and when she grew up, she would marry her favorite bodyguard, which relieved Zhou Tong of any worries.

"Nine Treasures not. Among the five of our personal maids, only she and Qiu Yue did not participate. I think Ah Ying is better educated. Ah Ying is generous and kind. Her maids are all good, and they don't fight for anything."

Chen Qing nodded and smiled, "Call Amei here! I'll comfort her."

Lu Xiu rolled her husband's eyes and said, "It's broad daylight, don't use your way to comfort her!"

Chen Qing was a little embarrassed, and quickly explained: "I will go to Qujiang to inspect in the afternoon, and I will come back at noon to drink a cup of tea and take a rest."

Lu Xiu snorted, "I believe you are the one to blame!"

She got up and left, not long after, Yao Meihong rushed into the room with eyesight, threw herself into Chen Qing's arms and began to cry.

She only found out today that someone cursed herself with a little paper doll. She was so angry that she trembled all over, feeling extremely wronged.

Chen Qing comforted her for a while, although he really wanted to comfort her in his own way, but his wife had already told her off, so he was a little embarrassed to do so.

After being gentle for a while, Yao Mei stood up and said, "I'll make tea for the prince!"

She walked two steps, then turned her head and gave Chen Qing a white look, her eyes were full of charm, Chen Qing couldn't hold back the fire in his chest anymore, and dragged her into the back room...

Chapter 280 Buying Medicine

In the afternoon, Chen Qing came to Qujiang Bieyuan. Qujiang Bieyuan was also a palace, but most of it was burned down by Jin Bing. The restoration was completed three years ago. It covers an area of ​​150 mu. , but Chen Qing did not consider living in another hospital, and has been locked up empty for three years.

It wasn't until last night, when the first emperor Zhao Huan died suddenly after taking the elixir, that Chen Qing transferred them to the other courtyard in Qujiang overnight, and sent [-] internal guards and [-] female guards to protect them. Of course, they were also monitoring.

At present, there are several wives and concubines of Zhao Huan living in the Qujiang Bieyuan, as well as his son, the former prince Zhao Chen's family, one wife, two concubines and three young children.

Chen Qingxian came to the back garden and burned three sticks of incense in front of a newly erected tomb. He turned his head and said to Jiang Yanxian who was accompanying him, "The cemetery is a bit shabby. It should be repaired, paved with stone slabs and surrounded by a fence, and plant some pine trees around it." , the tombstone will temporarily use a stele without words."

Jiang Yanxian nodded again and again, "The humble job will be arranged tomorrow!"

Chen Qing said to Zhao Chen next to him: "This is just a temporary move. In the future, the tomb of the late emperor will be moved to the Bianliang Royal Cemetery, and we will have a rich burial there!"

Zhao Chen is already 30 years old. He has lived in the extremely cold Wuguo City for more than ten years. He has injured his body, looks weak, thin and weak, and has a timid and cowardly personality. He is actually very clear about his destiny. The former prince was actually just a tool of King Yong. After so many years of setbacks, he no longer had any inappropriate thoughts. His only hope was that he could live out the rest of his life safely and that his children would grow up safely.

He lowered his head and said, "Everything is arranged by His Highness!"

Chen Qing nodded, looked at the surrounding environment, and said with a smile: "It covers an area of ​​150 acres, and the area is large enough, so you can live here with peace of mind. , To be honest, there are more maidservants than mine. There are only over [-] people in my family. You and your family members have a monthly salary, and you will allocate another [-] yuan and a thousand-acre manor as your private property. In short, I will not wrong you and your family."

Zhao Chen hesitated, but still mustered up the courage to ask: "Your Highness, I still don't quite understand, this is different from before."

"Before, it was because your father was here, and I couldn't arrange it, so I could only temporarily let you live in the Taoist temple. After living for so many years, although he passed away unfortunately, it was a relief for you. From today on, you and All Jingzhao people live a normal life, have their own houses, maids and servants, and own property. You have special status, so you still have a monthly salary. In autumn, you can take your family to the manor to relax Live for a few days."

"What does your Highness mean, we can still go out?"

Chen Qing glanced at him, and said calmly: "His Royal Highness, let's open the window and speak honestly! You and I have special identities, and I am also restricted. If you want to go to Wazili, you need the approval of the Internal Affairs Hall. Those of my personal soldiers, nominally protecting my safety, are actually watching me and not allowing me to run around. I have been assassinated six times in these years, and I almost died in Yuchi County, Kaifeng Prefecture. Do you understand? ?”

"Understanding!"

Chen Qing didn't correct him when he heard that he called himself a lowly post, but continued to laugh and said, "It's the same with you. The emperor Zhao Gou wanted to put your father and son to death in his dreams. I must ensure the safety of you and your family. Of course, it is impossible to go to teahouses and shop in tiles like ordinary people, but I will not imprison you like a prisoner. If you and your family want to go out for a walk and relax, it is absolutely fine. , Tell General Wu, General Wu will report to the higher authorities, and the inner guard will arrange your driving route. Your family is sitting in the carriage, just like me, and you cannot get out of the carriage. Let’s make a rule! Go out every two months, and then fall You can go to the manor to live for a few days, but not more than ten days, is that okay?"

"Humble job has no objection!"

"Well, it's settled like this. I will send the money. The manor is also in your name. It's all your personal property and can be left to your children and grandchildren."

Zhao Chen was moved, and quickly bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness!"

Chen Qing smiled and said: "Your family can live in peace of mind. Don't always think about how I will use you. Frankly speaking, I don't need to use you at all to save your father and son from Jin Kingdom. I have gained world fame, so you can live a normal life, let your children study, take care of your body, practice calligraphy, and find something to do."

Chen Qing is here to comfort Zhao Chen, speaking very sincerely, Jiang Yanxian next to him felt emotional, His Highness has also become black-bellied, and he was still telling himself years ago that the crown prince Zhao Chen is his secret weapon, and it can play a big role at critical times , and now he said it nicely to Zhao Chen, if it was really useless, they wouldn't have left their family in Jingzhao.

Looking at Zhao Chen's obedient look, Jiang Yanxian sighed in his heart, "There is really no hope for Da Song."

Coming out of the other courtyard, Chen Qing and Jiang Yan took the carriage back to the palace, Jiang Yan couldn't help asking: "How does Your Highness plan to deal with them in the end?"

Chen Qing pondered for a moment, then said with a faint smile: "You know how to hide a grain of sand so that people don't pay attention to it. What's the best way?"

"Humble job would like to hear about it!"

"The best way to hide a grain of sand is to throw it on the beach, and it will disappear completely. Zhao Chen and his son are the sand. If you kill them, they will be remembered by history instead, just like the Southern Tang Dynasty. Li Yu, the queen master, if Taizong didn't kill it and left him in a certain county to be an ordinary citizen, he would live and die in obscurity, and there would be no records in history.

They are the same, living in a remote, unknown small county, disappearing in the sea of ​​people, disappearing in mediocrity, and there is no record in history. "

Jiang Yan nodded first, "Your Highness sees it thoroughly!"

……

In the blink of an eye, it was February. In early spring and February, there was a bit of warmth in the city of Taiyuan. At noon, a caravan composed of [-] camels slowly lined up from outside the east city. The leader of the businessman was a Han. Now Camels have also become the mainstream of folk caravans in the north, gradually replacing mules. They carry a lot of weight, are not easy to get sick, are easy to feed, can eat leaves and hay, and are low in cost. They have become popular among merchants.

Xiazhou and Lingzhou have become the largest camel producing areas. Private camel farms can sell thousands of camels every year, and most of them are bought by businessmen.

It is also for this reason that more and more scenes of Han businessmen leading camel teams are seen on the streets of Jingzhao, but this camel was blocked by soldiers, "Camel teams are not allowed to enter the city!"

The leading businessman said in surprise: "We went to the city last year!"

"The new regulations starting from this year, camels entering the city are dirty and smelly, and the roads are too congested. Even army camels are not allowed to enter the city. Find an inn outside the city to stay!"

"But I have to go to the city to unload the goods!"

"You can hire a bullock cart to pull the goods into the city without affecting your sales."

The businessman took out two pieces of money and handed it to the escort, "Help us in!"