Expensive marriage: The concubine is begging for peace again today

Chapter 288 Conspiracy
The steward of the palace quickly found out that there was indeed a servant named Wanling in the mansion who worked in the laundry room and was responsible for washing the clothes of the first-class maids in the mansion.

When the person was brought over, there was a hint of panic on his face.

After entering the door, he knelt down and kowtowed to Jiang Changning, "Slave Wanling greets the princess, and the princess is blessed."

"Don't be afraid, get up and talk." Jiang Changning said gently.

Wanling stood up, folded her hands on her abdomen very neatly, lowered her head, looking very obedient and honest.

"Wanling, how many years have you been in the mansion?"

"If you go back to the princess, the servants have been in the mansion for ten years."

"How old are you? Which family is your husband's?"

For those like Wan Ling who were selected from Si Nufang, if the master did not issue a body deed and let people out of the house, when they reached the age, they would usually be pointed out to the servants.

The children born will become the sons of the family, slaves for generations, and serve the masters of the palace.

"Returning to the princess, the servant is 25 this year. Six years ago, the master of the mourning concubine married the servant to Wang Jianxin, the second son of the Wang family. The servant has given birth to two children."

"Do you remember your family?"

"Returning to the princess, the father of the slave girl died early, and the mother was sick and unable to support our siblings. Just when Si Nufang was accepting people, the slave girl signed a contract and became a slave. After returning to the ancestral home, the slaves have never seen their family members since then."

Jiang Changning's eyes flickered slightly, and he asked directly: "Your family members have come here and want to see you, would you like to meet them?"

"My family came to look for me?" Wanling was agitated, claiming that she was wrong.

"Yes, it is said that they are your elder brother and younger sister, would you like to meet them?"

Wanling thought for a while, "It's all up to the princess to decide."

"Then go and meet." Jiang Changning glanced at the four people in Si Nufang, "I'm not that kind of unkind master."

Secretly mocking Wanling's family members, treating a gentleman's belly with a villain's heart.

The four people in Si Nufang hurriedly laughed and said: "The princess is reasonable, she is the most sympathetic person."

Jiang Changning twitched the corners of his mouth, revealing a smirk, "Wanling, you and Wang Jianxin are married, you are husband and wife, let him accompany you to meet your family."

"Thank you, Princess." Wanling thanked happily.

"Go." Jiang Changning asked her to find Wang Jianxin.

Wanling saluted and retreated, Jiang Changning smiled at the four people in Si Nufang, and said, "Please wait a moment, my lords."

"It's okay, it should be."

Is it right to wait for a slave?
Jiang Changning became more and more curious about Wanling's family.

A quarter of an hour later, Wan Ling led a tall man in with a small bundle.

Jiang Changning looked familiar at Wang Jianxin, but she didn't pay much attention to it. This Wang Jianxin was also working in the mansion. She might have seen him before, but she didn't know his name.

The people from Si Nufang took Wanling and his wife away, and Jiang Changning looked at the housekeeper, "Tell me, where are the members of Wang Jianxin's family working?"

Wanling is alone in the mansion, and in the laundry room, it is really useless to develop her into an eyeliner, it must be her husband's family.

Her family did not contact her in private, probably because they were afraid of arousing suspicion, so they deliberately let the people from Si Nufang come "fairly and aboveboard".

But such an approach is to cover up the obvious.

"Back to the princess, Wang Jianxin's father is Wang Shengli. He is the steward of the stables. He was picked from Si Nufang when the old prince left the palace to build a mansion. His wife is in charge of the affairs of the second door."

Jiang Changning raised his eyebrows. The Wang family is an old man in the palace, and they have intricate relationships in the palace.

"Wang Dacai, the eldest son of the Wang family, is in charge of the shopping. The eldest daughter-in-law of the Wang family is happy, and now she is raising the baby at home."

Jiang Changning suddenly realized that Wang Jianxin was Wang Damai's younger brother, no wonder she looked familiar.

"The second son, Wang Jianxin, is guarding the north corner gate."

"The third son of his family, Shanzi Wang, went out with the prince."

Jiang Changning frowned, just based on the names of the three brothers of the Wang family, it was impossible to tell that they were brothers.

It was difficult for the people behind the scenes to find such a suitable candidate among the thousands of servants in the palace.

"Wanling's family members came to look for her so motivatingly. They think they are rich. I'm afraid they want to ransom them out. You guys, be more careful."

"Yes, princess."

Jiang Changning didn't give too many instructions. Even if Wanling's family wanted to use Wang's family to do things, they wouldn't bring it up when they first met.

Two hours later, Wanling and Wang Jianxin came back from outside, and Wanling came to Rujingyuan to pay Jiang Changning a special greeting.

Jiang Changning thought for a while, but didn't see her.

A daughter-in-law who washes the laundry, saw her before, and it could be said that it was for Si Nufang's face. She came back after seeing her relatives, and seeing her again would be too flattering to her.

Fangju went out to meet Wanling, "Is your family planning to redeem you?"

Wanling's smile froze on her face, and the elder brother and younger sister did not tell her about the ransom.

Fangju pretended not to see it, and continued: "According to the rules of the mansion, for a married daughter-in-law like you who has been serving in the mansion for ten years, the redemption fee is seven liang."

"Miss Fangju, I, I don't, I don't want to redeem myself."

"That's it, okay, if you want to redeem yourself, come to me again, and go back to work hard." Fangju said lightly.

"Yes." Wanling bent her knees, turned and left.

Fangju went back to the yard, Jiang Changning was asking Xiulan, "Can people be arranged?"

"It's all arranged."

Seeing Fangju come in, Jiang Changning raised his eyebrows, "How?"

"She was beaming with joy. She must have really met her older brother and younger sister. I asked her if her family wanted to redeem her body, but she said no."

"Even if her elder brother and younger sister didn't say they would help her redeem her, she would show it off to others." Jiang Changning smiled slightly.

As Jiang Changning expected, after half an hour, she knew the situation of Wanling's elder brother and younger sister.

Wanling's eldest brother works as a bookkeeper in a big restaurant in the city.

Her younger sister married into a good family.

"Let someone investigate it in secret." Jiang Changning ordered Xiaochun.

"The slaves understand and won't disturb them."

That night, King Jin came back very late, and the couple couldn't talk.

However, Jiang Changning didn't intend to tell him about it, he was already busy with the affairs of the court, and she could handle the affairs of the mansion well.

Three days later, Xiaochun brought back information about Wanling's younger siblings. Wanling's eldest brother worked as a bookkeeper at Fuchun Restaurant, "The owner of this restaurant is Mrs. Long Xibo."

Jiang Changning frowned slightly, she remembered that Long Xibo was attached to King Qing, and Wanling's eldest brother was working for King Qing?

"Wanling's younger sister is Huang Shidu's concubine."

Jiang Changning's eyes darkened slightly. Although Shi Du was only a fourth-rank official and was not very prominent in Beijing, Shi Du was a close minister, someone who accompanied the emperor to read and discuss studies, or taught books and lectures for princes and others.

When he was young, Huang Shi read quite a lot.

In the future, Huang Shidu's road to promotion will be very smooth.

It is said that this Huang Shidu is a neutral minister, and now it seems that he may have secretly taken refuge in King Qing.

She had to remind King Jin of this matter.

"Keep people watching them. They will definitely meet Wanling again. Wanling and the Wang family should also keep an eye on me." Jiang Changning gave Xiulan and Xiaochun an order.

Xiulan is in charge of the mansion, while Xiaochun is in charge of the outside.

　The people around me were all sun, I was afraid that I would also be sun, so I tried to save the manuscript before the sun was gone, but after saving a few chapters, my teeth started to hurt again, I was really going crazy, and I couldn’t let me feel comfortable How many days do you code?

　　
　
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