The real daughter is reborn, I will no longer be this evil stepmother

But the more he thought about it, the more irritated he became, so he called three maids and ordered them to lie down on the ground. Then he took a whip from the wall and whipped them hard.

The three maids sobbed and cried bitterly, but they did not dare to cry too loudly because the prince had a lot of rules.

If you cry too loudly, the prince will feel that it is noisy and he will be forced to drink dumb medicine.

But if you hold back and say nothing, that won't work, the prince will find it boring.

How to grasp this measure is up to you.

The other maids outside the house were all so frightened that they were afraid that the prince would be in high spirits today and drag a few more people in.

After beating for a while, Song Kuai felt a little tired, stopped, and then tore open the clothes of one of them, preparing for the next step.

The girl's delicate skin had streaks of blue and purple, and there were bruises in several places. Against the backdrop of her fair skin, it was shocking.

In the past, Song Kuai would be very excited when he saw this, but he didn't sleep all night last night and was extremely sleepy. He stayed at his father's place to hold on for a while, and now he drank again, and felt sleepy coming over him. Losing interest, he kicked the three people at his feet a few times and shouted:

"Get out! Get out of here!"

The three maids, as if they had received an amnesty, hurriedly crawled out of the house.

……

In the evening, Liao Shiyu declined King Xihou's invitation and returned to the post house.

When no one was around, he asked Jiang Mingyue what the result of his secret investigation was.

Jiang Mingyue took out what she copied and gave it to him, and asked casually:

"Why did Emperor Jing choose the Xihou Kingdom as the first target of his favor order?"

Liao Shiyu said:

"There were four vassal states before, but now there are three in the east. The Xihou Kingdom has the most land, and the Xihou King is also the largest vassal king, so the order of grace must be successfully implemented here as a warning. Follow suit."

He also laid out the data he found and compared them one by one.

His expression was one of surprise at first, but then turned into anger.

"This old dog! His actual income is three times more than what he showed to us!"

This is still about land tax.

The important taxes of Jingguo include, in addition to land taxes, commercial taxes and head taxes.

The gap between the latter two items is even greater. The tax data on the surface is only 20% of the actual income!

"Hmph, very good. This old dog is indeed harboring evil intentions! He even hid so many heads. Is this preparation for future wars?"

Liao Shiyu sneered again and again.

"Then what should we do? Report it to the emperor?" Jiang Mingyue asked.

"Retribution must be made, but not now."

Liao Shiyu pondered for a moment, "Now that the report has been submitted, the issue of extending the grace order may come to a standstill. We have to let them finalize the enfeoffment first, and then come to trouble him."

Jiang Mingyue smiled and said:

"You are so insidious."

The family has been divided, and if this matter is exposed again, let alone how people will deal with it, let’s just say that the shortfall must be made up. Then who will make up for it?

There will definitely be a good fight, and it is not impossible for the brothers to turn against each other.

And this was exactly what the court, including Emperor Jing, wanted to see.

It can be said that when it comes to treating the next generation of princes and kings, the expectations of the imperial court and princes and kings are completely opposite.

One needs to be combined and the other needs to be broken down.

Liao Shiyu put his lips on hers,

"It's not all possible until my wife makes it possible, otherwise how can I be a husband?"

Jiang Mingyue wanted to laugh angrily at him, so she pushed him.

"It's me who's responsible for my insidiousness! I won't tell you anymore, I'm going to see Xiao Fei."

She didn't know if it was because she was watching too frequently, but she could hardly observe the progress of Xiao Fei's recovery. Even the purple lightning arc on the ice lump didn't seem to decrease much.

It kept swimming on the ice crystals, which looked a bit scary.

She also observed that the ice crystals did not seem to be able to stop the lightning arcs, they only dispersed them, and occasionally tiny arcs would penetrate deep into them.

At this moment, she saw Liao Shiyu holding an iron rod outside and standing there blankly.

She knew what he meant and recruited him.

"Daughter-in-law, I remembered that I had read a record before, saying that thunder can follow iron tools. Why don't you give me a try?"

Jiang Mingyue looked at the iron stick in his hand.

"Is it reliable? Nothing will happen, right?"

Liao Shiyu:

"There's no other way anyway, so let's try it. What if it works?"

"Then be careful."

Liao Shiyu nodded, lifted one end of the iron rod, and stretched the other end far away.

The power of this thunder arc is not easy to mess with at first glance, so of course you have to be careful.

"Zi-"

Before they even got close to each other, a small electric arc rushed to the iron rod. Oh, it's not accurate to say that it hit the iron rod. It happened in an instant. Before Jiang Mingyue could understand what was going on, Liao Shiyu yelled. , the whole person jumped up high, the iron rod bounced directly from the hand, and the hair all over stood on end!

Jiang Mingyue stepped forward in shock and was relieved to see that Liao Shiyu was still alive.

Looking at his hair again, I couldn't help laughing.

"Haha, you are about to become Thunder Lord, hahaha!"

Liao Shiyu sucked his teeth and shook his head, as if he was worried that his neck was stiff.

"No, no, it's too strong, it won't work at all."

His whole body was numb, but fortunately he moved slowly enough. If the pestle had hit him, it would have been hard to tell whether he was alive or not.

The first rescue plan failed.

There is nothing you can do if you are in a hurry, just take your time.

Just when they were getting ready to go to bed, someone came to visit them.

The second son, Song Jian.

Both of them were a little strange. What were you doing here so late?

Liao Shiyu still met him.

Song Jian quickly explained the purpose of his visit. The main idea was that if the adults encountered any difficulties, he could provide help.

Regardless of anything.

The tone is really loud.

Now is the time to brag, whether he can do it or not, this sincerity should be genuine.

Not only did Liao Shiyu understand, but Jiang Mingyue, who was listening in the corner, also understood that the arrival of the imperial envoy would be absolutely beneficial to Song Jian. He wanted the matter to be successful as soon as possible, so he came here to say this.

Liao Shiyu said:

"I am new here, so it would be great to have Second Young Master to help me. I wonder what Second Young Master can teach me?"

"How dare you give me advice in front of the Lord?"

Compared with yesterday, Song Jian now looks like a good and courteous student, "But I heard that your Excellency is checking the account books, and I have some news for you."

"please say."

"Ahem, what you are looking at today are the books in the accounting room, but my father should have a set of account books. Those are the true records. Please be careful and don't be deceived."

Liao Shiyu glanced at him in surprise,

"Oh? I wonder where the real set of account books is?"

Song Jian was a little embarrassed.

"Ahem, I haven't found that one. It's not clear yet, but I'm at least 80% sure that it should exist. It's just that my father has very strict rules and it's hard to investigate."