After I traveled through the book, I was spoiled by five little villains

Zhou Qinghe knelt on the ground, trembling.

Faced with Qin Yaoguang's questioning, she was speechless and couldn't utter a word.

She had obviously been very careful. None of the items she took out to sell had the mark of being made in the palace. They were just daily-use items, so ordinary that they couldn't be more ordinary. Now you tell her that they were rewards from the emperor?

No!

Absolutely not recognize it!

Zhou Qinghe closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, she had an innocent look on her face, and said with tears in her eyes, "My Lady Princess, it was Dazhu who asked me to give it to him, so I didn't know it was a reward from His Majesty the Emperor!"

As she spoke, she suddenly pointed at Steward Wang and said in a sad voice, "Steward Wang, was it you who ordered this? You deliberately let Dazhu come and take my things, and let me bear the blame?"

Manager Wang had a piece of torn linen in his mouth. She pointed at him with his eyes wide open. He struggled and whimpered, unable to speak, with veins bulging on his forehead.

Qin Yaoguang raised his chin, and the strong woman who was guarding Manager Wang reached out and pulled the cloth out of his mouth.

As soon as he was free, he took a few deep breaths and said, "You are talking nonsense! It was you who asked Dazhu to bring the things to me and exchanged them for money. Now you are turning your back on me?"

"Manager Wang, what are you talking about? I don't understand anything." Zhou Qinghe looked innocent.

Qin Yaoguang enjoyed watching this dog-eat-dog drama.

She covered her mouth and chuckled, then said slowly, "Words are not enough, do you have any evidence?"

Manager Wang hesitated and opened his mouth but ultimately said nothing.

He did have evidence in his hands, but showing it would only make him die faster.

Zhou Qinghe rolled her eyes and cried out, "Your Majesty, please believe me. I have never had such an idea. How can there be any evidence?"

Seeing the two men trying to argue, Nanny Deng hurriedly said, "Your Highness, you must not let them deceive you! It's clear that their deeds have been exposed, and they are now blaming each other. These traitors should all be punished!"

Especially Zhou Qinghe.

Aunt Deng had noticed something was wrong with her! She was so young, but she always pretended to be pitiful to gain sympathy. She was full of ulterior motives!

Qin Yaoguang was not in a hurry. He looked at Hu Yanjin and asked, "General Hu Yan, what do you think?"

Keeping him as a witness was naturally to use him to tell the prince consort Yan Changqing all the things that happened in the mansion. If he wanted to see himself deal with Zeng Xia, he had to settle the case of Zhou Qinghe colluding with the outer court first.

This will avoid you being blamed for the incident in the future and having no place to seek justice.

The princess was handling household affairs, and Hu Yanjin was left watching. He felt very uncomfortable. Being called out by her, Hu Yanjin was startled and said, "Your Highness is very observant. How can I have any say in this?"

This was exactly the attitude Qin Yaoguang wanted, so she said immediately, "Manager Wang deceived his superiors and subordinates, colluded with both the inside and outside, embezzled property and sold items in the palace privately. His crime is unforgivable. Madam Deng, take my letter and take him to Jingzhao Prefecture to be questioned and punished impartially."

Your Highness wants to make a big deal out of this?

Nanny Deng immediately understood Qin Yaoguang's intention and ordered people to cover Manager Wang's mouth again. No matter how he struggled, he was taken away.

Steward Wang was the companion sent by the Ningguo Mansion when Qin Yaoguang got married, and her marriage contract was in Qin Yaoguang's hands.

One can imagine what will happen to a servant who betrays his master if he is sent to the government.

Zeng Xia, who was also kneeling next to him, also had his mouth blocked and was sweating coldly from fear.

Zhou Qinghe was also nervous.

After dealing with Steward Wang, it was her turn.

However, she is not a servant in the princess's mansion who can be bullied at will. As long as she denies it, the eldest princess will not be able to do anything to her!

But she was thinking the wrong thing. Qin Yaoguang really wanted to do something to her now.

However, just as Qin Yaoguang opened her mouth, before she could say anything, a servant came in hurriedly and said, "Your Highness, I am safe. Someone from the palace said that when the Grand Tutor was teaching the princes and princesses today, he thought of his deceased disciple and sighed. The Fifth Princess is kind and wants to summon Miss Cousin to the palace for an audience."

"The sedan chair sent by the palace is now waiting at the Moon Gate."

Everyone knew that the princess was talking to the person sent by her husband to deliver the message, and they also knew that she was taking care of household chores.

If it wasn't someone from the palace, who would be so blind as to come and disturb us?

Zhou Qinghe was overjoyed. He lay on the ground, not daring to get up, and pretended to be obedient.

Unexpectedly, the nominal father of this body of hers had passed away for many years, and even the original owner could not remember what he looked like, but he still protected her at the critical moment.

Qin Yaoguang raised her eyebrows and said slowly: "I know."

Now she had an idea.

First, there was Liu Yuanpan who appeared by chance, and then there was Tutor Wu who sighed in the palace for no reason. And it was such a coincidence that the Fifth Princess summoned Zhou Qinghe.

She was sure that this was the result of Zhou Qinghe's halo as the protagonist. Once she faced the plot line of leaving the princess's mansion, different people would appear to stop her and correct the plot.

It was something that even though she was the eldest princess, she couldn't stop it.

Moreover, Qin Yaoguang remembered very clearly that in the original book, Zhou Qinghe was like a fish in water among several princes, but had no interaction with the fifth princess.

In other words, the result of her wanting to change Zhou Qinghe's storyline was to give her a greater opportunity?

However, there was no obstacle in dealing with Steward Wang.

In other words, she could clip Zhou Qinghe's wings, but she couldn't touch her directly.

Once you understand this, it will be much easier to do things in the future!

Qin Yaoguang lowered her eyes and said slowly, "Since the Fifth Princess wants to see you, you should change your clothes! The palace is not like the Princess's Mansion. If you lose your manners, I can't protect you!"

Zhou Qinghe agreed, bowed politely and left.

Zeng Xia was the only one kneeling.

Hu Yanjin perked up, put down the teacup in his hand, sat up straight and concentrated.

Having just figured out Zhou Qinghe's matter, he was a little uninterested in dealing with Zeng Xia and Qin Yaoguang. He said indifferently, "Such a blind thing actually bullied the master and passed off inferior goods as good ones. Since General Huyan saw it with his own eyes, there is nothing to say."

Zeng Xia struggled desperately and wanted to beg for mercy but couldn't open his mouth. He had to kowtow to the ground with his head, "bang bang bang", trying to ask her for mercy.

"General Huyan, how should we deal with this according to military regulations?" Qin Yaoguang asked.

Hu Yanjin grinned and said, "Of course he will be beaten with eighty sticks and put on display at the camp gate for fifteen days. If he is still alive, he will be exiled to a hard labor camp."

"Then do as the general says."

Qin Yaoguang waved her hand and said, "I don't want to see that bloody smell, so I'll leave this person to you to deal with."

Hu Yanjin was shocked and almost thought that the princess knew something.

After leaving the princess's mansion, he ordered his personal soldiers to take Zeng Xia away.

Hu Yanjin reported to the Ministry of War and presented Yan Changqing's memorial. Then he went to a small courtyard in the West Market and summoned his confidant to give him a few instructions, saying, "Be sure to meet the general in person and relay the message in person."

Upon receiving the order, the personal guard immediately led a fast horse out of the stable, and rode towards Jingyang County while the city gate was still open.

Hu Yanjin scratched his face and thought: The general is really smart. No one knows now, but as long as the time is right, he can enter the capital in an hour!