Use a substitute on your wedding night to scatter the ashes of your entire family

Ling Heng suddenly realized from Li Shuangwan's ecstatic expression that this Nanny Zhao was extremely trusted by Li Shuangwan, and might even be trusted more than the two maids Yizhu and Luoman.

The hand in her sleeve rubbed back and forth gently. Her son was seriously ill and it must have cost a lot of money.

After a while, a maid came in behind the servants.

As soon as she came in, her eyes turned red and she knelt down: "This servant greets the prince and princess."

Li Shuangwan hurried forward and helped the person up personally: "Madam Zhao, you're back."

Madam Zhao wiped the non-existent tears from her face with her sleeves: "Princess, I finally see you. For more than a month, I have missed you day and night. Today, I see that you look very well, and I am relieved."

Zhao Mama's husband's surname is He. Li Shuangwan asked, "How is Brother He's health?"

Madam Zhao choked up and said, "It's getting better. But, alas, his illness is very expensive. I have sold everything I could at home, and I can't come up with a penny. From now on, it all depends on his own luck."

"What should we do? Chen Rong, go get two hundred taels of silver from my box and give it to Aunt Zhao."

On the surface, Aunt Zhao thanked her profusely, but in her heart she was furious. Two hundred taels of silver were nothing. It would be more than that even if she gave alms to a beggar. And she had served her for more than ten years.

Ling Heng looked at Madam Zhao coldly. She was about 40 or 50 years old, with cloudy eyes and very thin lips, which looked a bit mean when she pursed them. She had her hair tied up in a bun, with a few white hairs on her temples, and she was wearing a light blue short jacket.

People with this kind of face and lack of money are the easiest to bribe.

Ling Heng: "Ah Wan, I'll come and accompany you in the evening."

Li Shuangwan: "Your Highness, aren't you going to the White Horse Temple today?"

In ten days, it will be the ancestor emperor's ritual, and things need to be arranged one after another.

Ling Heng smiled slightly: "I won't go today, I'll go there early tomorrow morning, I'll accompany you tonight."

Li Shuangwan curled his lips and said, "Okay, Your Highness, go and get busy."

Ling Heng glanced at Madam Zhao and said, "Serve the princess well."

When Nanny Zhao saw Ling Heng, she had already taken an assessment of him. He was a good-looking man with a handsome appearance, and was also good to Li Shuangwan. It was a pity that he was not liked by the emperor and was useless.

Qianqian leaned forward: "Yes."

Ling Heng walked out of Lexiaoyuan, and Si Po followed him.

"Your Highness, I have found some information about this Madam Zhao."

"explain."

"This person is the wet nurse of the princess, and she is very trusted by the princess. One and a half months ago, that is, half a month before your wedding to the princess, her son owed gambling debts and was beaten half to death. Zhao Ma had no choice but to beg the princess. The princess gave her five hundred taels and asked her to come back after she had taken care of the matter."

"In that case, why did it take you so long to come back?"

"Oh, that Zhao Ma's son is worse than a beast. He never learned his lesson. Just when his wounds were healed, he went back to gambling. This time he owed even more. The gambling house gave him seven days to pay. If he can't pay after seven days, they will cut off his legs and his offspring. If he still can't pay, they will ask him to pay with his life."

Ling Heng frowned slightly: "How much do you owe this time?"

"Five thousand taels."

Ling Heng was shocked: "Five thousand taels? How could the people in the gambling house let him owe so much money?"

Sipo: "When that girl went to return the five hundred taels, Madam Zhao was worried and followed her. Naturally, she knew her identity."

Si Po lowered his voice and whispered in Ling Heng's ear: "Your Highness, that gambling house is ours. After Butler Wu got the news, he arranged the follow-up matters. Originally, Butler Wu would have reported the matter to you in a few days, but who knew that something would go wrong."

Ling Heng pinched gently with his index finger and thumb. Li Shuangwan brought not many people from the General's Mansion. There were only Yizhu and Roman, the coachman Zhou Wen, and the wet nurse.

Yizhu and Luoman are both family-born children. Their parents and brothers are all in the General's Mansion in the northwest, so the risk of bribery is too great.

Zhou Wen is just a driver, so it would be useless even if he was bribed.

She brought Chen Ping and Chen Rong into the mansion only after they got married. Not only did she not know much about Li Shuangwan, but their families were also from the General's Mansion.

Only Madam Zhao had a husband and a son. Her son was a gambler. She knew that this guy would not learn his lesson and would come to gamble again, so she let him taste the sweetness first and then slowly clean up the mess until he owed five thousand taels and could no longer pay it back.

Unfortunately, before Butler Wu could explain everything to him, he was killed.

Sipo: "The interest is compounded, and now it's seven thousand taels. The gambling house gave him seven days, and there are only five days left before the deadline."

Ling Heng smiled coldly. He was originally annoyed that Yizhu and Luoman didn't die, but now, with Nanny Zhao around, he didn't have to do anything.

"My Lord, will the princess lend money to Mrs. Zhao again?"

Ling Heng snorted coldly: "An old woman whose body is about to be buried in the ground, even if you sell her body, it is not worth much money. Seven thousand taels, do you think Li Shuangwan will give it? Besides, this is a bottomless pit."

Sipo: "What does the prince mean?"

Is the princess really such a heartless person?

Ling Heng walked towards the study room and said, "Tell them to chop off her son's third leg in five days, and then bring Madam Zhao to me."

She is Li Shuangwan's personal nanny and has followed him since childhood. However, no matter how deep their relationship is, it cannot overcome the mother-son relationship. It would be best to force Nanny Zhao through her son.

In Lexiao Courtyard, Nanny Zhao knelt in front of Li Shuangwan and cried.

"Princess, I know that even if my beast died, it was his own fault. But I and my wife have only given birth to such a son at such an old age. I beg you, please save him. The He family is still counting on him to carry on the family line."

Li Shuangwan sat upright on the chair, took a sip of the tea that Chen Rong brought to him slowly, and slowly placed the teacup on the table.

Then he said, "Madam Zhao, what did I tell you before I left? You don't have to pay back the five hundred taels I gave you, but I will only do this once to pay off gambling debts. I asked you to persuade him well after you went back, but now you come back and tell me that he has gambling debts again."

Madam Zhao kowtowed several times and cried, "I know, I know everything, but my son is not doing well, and I can't do anything about it. Now that the crime has been committed, I can't just watch him die. I was nursing you, Princess, and I abandoned him as soon as he was born. It's just 10,000 taels, which is just a drop in the bucket for you, Princess. I beg you to save my life."

It’s just ten thousand taels, haha, you are so arrogant.

Moreover, as far as she knew, the guy owed five thousand taels of gambling money, and the interest had accumulated to seven thousand taels now. Madam Zhao was treating her as the culprit, and she wanted to make another three thousand taels.

He is really good at calculating.

In her previous life, she couldn't bear to see Madam Zhao crying so hard that she reprimanded her. But in the end, she still gave Madam Zhao 10,000 taels.

But the result?