The princess is beautiful and Ziye

Chapter 7 Xie Tinglan's Scheming
Xie Tinglan looked at Yuxiu and said, "Go get the account book from my room."

Yuxiu agrees, and quickly goes back to get the account book.

Zhong Ling, who knelt on the ground and kowtowed, froze again.

She pressed her fingertips to the ground, and her teeth were already biting her lower lip.

Xie Tinglan is about to turn over the old score, what should I do, those things, those things have already been sent over, if it gets involved!
Zhong Ling cried and begged Tinglan to thank him: "Miss, please give this slave a life..."

Xie Tinglan turned a deaf ear to it, she picked up a silver bell on her waist and shook it.

The bell made a crisp sound, and at the same time, a shadow guard suddenly appeared and lifted Zhong Ling up with one hand.

Xie Ting Lanchong Mansion Cheng gave a gentle smile, raised his hand and said: "Your Excellency, follow me to the main room and wait. After I ask you clearly, Your Excellency will be able to take her back to Shuntian Mansion."

Fu Cheng politely returned a salute and followed her to the main room.

The servants had already served tea, and the two sat opposite each other.

Xie Tinglan said: "Your Excellency, try the tea in our courtyard. I don't like drinking tea. This tea was given by my uncle. If you don't drink it, you must not dislike it."

Fu Cheng took a sip, his eyes lit up immediately, and he said with a smile: "If you can't enter the Dragon Well before tomorrow, then the officials will not be able to drink any good tea in this life. Miss Xie is really polite."

"My lord helped me punish the villain with unclean hands and feet in the courtyard. It is only right for me to serve you good tea. Since your lord likes it, I will ask you to take some adults back to taste it later. If this tea stays with me, it is also a disappointment." .”

Xie Tinglan gave the maid at the side a look, the maid understood, and quickly bent down to make arrangements.

Fu Cheng did not refuse her, and said: "Thank you very much, Miss."

While drinking tea, Fu Cheng secretly looked at the bell on Xie Tinglan's waist.

This bell is really interesting, it doesn't make a sound when walking, but when Xie Tinglan shakes the bell, it makes a sound again.

Xie Tinglan was very sensitive to the eyes of others, she tilted her head and looked over with a smile, and said, "Your Excellency likes my bell?"

Fu Cheng coughed a few times, and quickly explained: "Miss Xie's bell is really exquisite, when it is hung on the waist and walks, it will not make a sound."

Xie Tinglan: "This bell is a gift from my second aunt, but there is nothing special about it. It's just that the bell is inlaid with a buckle. Normally, it won't make a sound when it's stuck. Just press and hold the mechanism and it will shake." Xie Tinglan Show it to Fu Cheng.

The Prime Minister let out an oh, which opened his eyes.

He thought about it, Xie Tinglan's second aunt, Shen Shi, the second wife of Duke Huguo's Mansion, was born in a century-old institution master's family.

When her grandfather founded the country, she presided over the renovation of the Nanqin Imperial Palace, and now her father is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and has manufactured firearms and many amazing and ingenious mechanisms for Nanqin.

Since it is from the Shen family, it is not surprising.

It is said that the cousin of Duke Huguo's mansion is favored, it is true.

Just as he was talking, Yuxiu came in with the account book, and the shadow guard followed closely behind with Zhong Ling.

"Miss, here's the account book."

Xie Tinglan opened the account book, which recorded every expenditure in her yard, including the cloth, monthly bills and jewelry distributed by the house to each courtyard every month.

Zhong Ling thought that Xie Tinglan hadn't noticed, but when she heard those things coming out of Xie Tinglan's mouth one by one, she realized that Xie Tinglan knew everything!
"At that time, I will ask Yuxiu to draw up a list for your lord, please help me find out the whereabouts of the jewelry."

Xie Tinglan said: "It's only about two months old, and I'm afraid I can't find the ones far away. She should have sent all the ones near the pawnshop to the pawnshop. My lord will check the records of the pawnshop, and they must have kept them."

Fu Cheng nodded, "When the results come out, the lower officials will send someone to notify Miss Xie."

At this time, the maid came in with the wrapped tea cake and handed it to Fu Cheng.

Fu Cheng saw that the matter was almost over, and wanted to resign, "Then I will go back first, this person?"

"My lord, let's handcuff them away. When the whereabouts of these things are known, my lord will punish them according to the law."

"Miss, please forgive me! I really don't dare to do it anymore!"

Zhong Ling was so frightened that the tense strings in her head were only a little short of breaking, and the sweat dripping from her forehead covered her eyes.

Fu Cheng and Xie Tinglan ignored her, Xie Tinglan had already sent her to the door.

Zhong Ling's eyes fluttered and he trembled all over.

She thought to herself, why don't you recruit, she is not the mastermind of this matter, maybe she can save her life.

It's better to be exiled closer, three thousand miles away, as a weak woman, I'm afraid she will die on the way before reaching the frontier!
Zhong Ling's bones were soft, and when he was about to speak, there was a sudden movement from outside.

Mrs. Xie ran in on crutches, she was out of breath, her forehead was loosened, and the hair on her temples was also loose, which showed how anxious she was.

"Sister Lan, what are you doing?! Why bother the Lord of Shuntian Mansion!"

The old lady Xie was born as a peasant woman, so she has a natural sense of fear of the official.

Coupled with her guilty conscience, her natural attitude became more flattering and cautious, "My lord, it's because Sister Lan is ignorant, please trouble me to make this trip, and I will apologize to my lord for staying here."

The old lady Xie didn't give an order, so she gave a big gift when they met, and was helped by Fu Cheng.

Fu Cheng said with a good temper: "Old Madam, you are being polite, Shuntian Mansion is for the common people, so there is nothing to worry about."

"In the final analysis, it's a family matter of the family. I've heard about it. It's just a ignorant girl who stole a piece of jewelry. Let me teach her a lesson!"

The old lady Xie wanted to calm things down, "This girl has also served Sister Lan since she was a child. If she is really executed, Sister Lan will not be willing..."

Xie Tinglan snorted, with a half-hearted sneer on the corner of his mouth, he ignored the old lady Xie's gaze, walked back to the table, took a sip of the clear water on the table.

Fu Cheng glanced at Xie Tinglan from the corner of his eye, pondered in his heart, and let go of the old lady Xie's hand.

With a smile on his face, he said: "The old lady's words are wrong. If everything can be solved by torture in private, then what's the use of Dali Temple and Shuntian Mansion in the Ministry of Punishment? If it's true what the old lady said, then the emperor doesn't have to. Every now and then, the cabinet needs to revise the law."

The old lady Xie's face turned pale, and she hurriedly explained: "Old man, old man has no such intentions, this... this..."

"No need to talk about the old lady." Fu Cheng nodded slightly at the guard guarding the door, "Cuff him up and put him in the Shuntian Mansion Prison, and after I find out the whereabouts of the rest of the jewelry, I will report to Fu Yin for a trial. "

"Old madam, save the slaves, old madam! Old madam—"

The old lady Xie didn't dare to stop her at all, she stood there helpless, the sweat on her back had already soaked her underwear.

Her hands were trembling violently, and in the end she had to retract into her armholes to cover it up.

"Old lady!"

Nanny Li stumbled into the main room, her face pale, presumably she just passed by her daughter who was escorted out.

It was Mrs. Xie who she informed.

Xie Tinglan raised his eyes and glanced at her, then looked away.

She looked at Mrs. Xie, and smiled: "Madam, why don't you sit down and have a sip of tea..."

"No——" Mrs. Xie flatly refused, "I, I still have something to do in the yard, so I'm leaving first..."

Nanny Li followed closely behind.

Fu Cheng saw the matter and left too.

He didn't relax until he got into the carriage.

Thinking back to when he was in Xie's mansion just now, following Miss Xie's side, he felt vaguely breathless.

He stroked his chest and was about to take a sip of tea for a break when someone outside suddenly stopped his carriage.

Fu Cheng opened the curtain and saw that it was the maid who was following Xie Tinglan.

Yuxiu saluted with a smile: "Excuse me. My lady asked the servants to remind you not to put too much good tea. After all, there are too many people and you can't guarantee that there will be an accident. Please make some tea first."

Fu Cheng looked suspicious, but Yuxiu didn't say much, she bowed and left.

After he withdrew his hand, he thought for a while, and suddenly shivered.

"Ah Zhao, come in!"

The servant sitting in the front seat with the groom responded, turned and walked into the carriage.

"My lord, what's the matter?"

"Help me cushion the weight of this tea cake..."

Fu Cheng didn't finish his sentence, but Ah Zhao was also a smart person, so he understood what Fu Cheng meant immediately.

His family is in business, so practice makes perfect, and the weight of each pad is accurate.

After getting it, his face changed.

"My lord... this, this tea cake is heavy, half a tael..."

Fu Cheng was stunned immediately, and it took a long time for Ah Zhao to call him back to his senses.

Ah Zhao was clever, immediately opened the tea cake, and made tea with the extra half taels.

Empress Ah Zhao was afraid, so she said to Fu Cheng with her voice, "My lord, this tea cake is from the Xie family? This Xie family is trying to harm your lord!"

Adults have always loved tea, let alone such a treasure, they must be treasured first, and they will definitely not find more than half of them in a short time.

But the extra half of the taels happened to be stuck on the line of accepting bribes. If the people in the Inspectorate found out, Mr. Shen would have as many books as snowflakes!

Fu Cheng wiped the sweat off his brow, "Stop talking...don't mention this matter again in the future..."

His eyes moved, and he breathed a sigh of relief: "You can order the Xie family to do it as carefully as possible! No mistakes are allowed!"

"My lord, don't worry."

Fu Cheng raised his hand tremblingly and took a sip of tea.

The excellent Mingqian Longjing that I just tasted in the house just now tastes bad in my mouth.

Miss Xie is really not easy to mess with.

It was also because he took it lightly, he never thought that the tea cake that Xie Tinglan gave casually would have so much thought in it.

Thinking about that time when she pretended to send him out without mentioning the tea cake, she probably expected someone to disturb the situation later.

If when I saw Mrs. Xie, I wanted to write to Xie Shang and refused the matter, I'm afraid this tea cake would be useful.

Fu Cheng stroked his chest and let out a long sigh of relief.

After returning to Shuntian Mansion, Fu Cheng dispatched a search team non-stop, and sorted out the files before returning to the mansion until dark.

When Mrs. Gu changed his clothes, she found that the inner garment had been changed, and her complexion immediately darkened.

"Gu Laosan, didn't you go to Shuntian Mansion to order hair? You went to order hair, what kind of underwear did you change! What the hell are you doing!"

Fu Cheng repeatedly complained about being wronged, he carefully closed the doors and windows, led his wife into the room, and whispered what happened today in her ear.

In fact, he was sweating from fright on the way back home, and changed his inner clothes only when they were wet.

Madam Gu also trembled in fright when she heard this, "This is too dangerous, thank you Tinglan for coming up with such a trick!"

It's thanks to Fu Cheng being a good official, otherwise he wouldn't have stumbled hard.

The emperor hated corrupt officials the most. If they were caught, it would be a small matter to be dismissed from office, but it would be a big deal to affect the family.

After Madam Gu calmed down, she sighed again and again, "You shouldn't be judged by appearances. This Miss Xie is such a gentle and dignified person. Who knew she could have such deep thoughts."

After a day, Fu Cheng was very calm.

"No matter how thoughtful she is, after all, it's aimed at those who are ignorant, and it didn't hurt me. Forget it, I should make a good relationship with her if I handle this matter well for her."

Mrs. Gu suddenly became embarrassed, she grabbed Fu Cheng by the hem of his clothes, pulled him behind the bed curtain, and whispered.

"Sir, tell me about this, should I tell my sister?"

Mrs. Gu frowned and said: "The last time I entered the palace to pay my respects, I happened to hear from my sister that the emperor intends to choose a concubine for Hirano. I looked through the brochure and found that Xie Tinglan was among them. My sister also had a good impression of her. Then this matter..."

Fu Cheng said: "One thing more is worse than one thing less. If Xie Tinglan is really destined to be with the prince, you can't change the result whether you talk about it with the imperial concubine or not. Why bother to go through this muddy water? If it really gets into the emperor's ears, yes We're not doing any good either."

Mrs. Gu nodded half-understanding, and dismissed the matter.

(End of this chapter)