After the luck of rebirth was taken away, the true and false daughters teamed up

Chapter 248

When Song Siwen heard this, his eyes widened and he took a deep breath, "Really or not? Izumo-an... that place... I remember my mother also took Shirou there. Isn't it very famous? Why? Do you know how to do this kind of prostitution business?"

Song Shiyun spread his hands, "I don't know what happened before, but something is definitely wrong now."

Song Siwen hissed and looked at Xie Rugu, "How is the investigation of the case going? Has Your Majesty agreed to the Jingzhao Prefecture's visit to the palace to investigate the case?"

Xie Ru nodded, "Mother brought Master Jimin into the palace last night. After meeting His Majesty, she persuaded His Majesty."

After all, it was the eldest princess of Hengyang who came forward. Master Jimin also fearfully told His Majesty everything she knew in front of His Majesty. She assured that there was absolutely nothing wrong with what she said.

With the persuasion of the eldest princess of Hengyang, His Majesty agreed that Jingzhao Mansion and Dali Temple would investigate in the inner palace together.

Last night, the entire imperial city was quite lively.

"Have you found out who the adults in the palace are?" Song Shiyun wanted to know the result even more.

Xie Rugu's expression calmed down and he nodded slightly, "It was found out that he is the internal prison guard next to the imperial concubine."

Song Shiyun was stunned, "The internal prison beside the imperial concubine?"

Song Shiyun thought about it carefully.

She had dealt with the imperial concubine, but she had no impression of the internal prison guards around the imperial concubine.

Song Shiyun frowned, "How do you say that?"

Xie Rugu glanced at her and told them what happened in detail.

Last night, Dali Temple and Jingzhao Mansion went into the inner palace to investigate the situation.

Everyone in the inner palace was in panic, and no one knew what was happening.

Only the eunuch beside the imperial concubine, after learning the news, dismissed the young eunuch who was following him and lied that he was going to the room to get something.

As a result, it is gone forever.

When the imperial concubine's palace was found, the governor of Jingzhao and the minister of Dali Temple learned of this and quickly sent people to track down the whereabouts of the eunuch.

Fortunately, the city gate leading out of the palace was blocked.

There are only a few dog holes to get out of.

However, the governor of Jingzhao and the minister of Dali Temple had already blocked the exit, just for fear that someone would get wind of it.

Just at the exit of a dog cave, the prisoner was blocked.

As soon as he was arrested, the inner prisoner collapsed on the ground. Under interrogation by Jingzhao Prefecture, he confessed all his crimes.

He admitted that he and Master Xuanhui were from the same hometown, and they were somewhat distant relatives.

After he entered the palace, he climbed all the way up and became the eunuch of the imperial concubine.

In the beginning, he had little contact with Master Xuanhui.

Later, when the imperial concubine took him out of the palace in disguise and went to Izumo Temple to offer incense, he saw Master Xuanhui, and the two discovered that they were familiar with each other. From then on, the two of them had some contact.

"He is already the chief eunuch of the imperial concubine. Why does he want to engage in the secret prostitution business?" Song Siwen couldn't understand.

Song Shiyun also had some doubts in this regard.

Xie Rugu took a sip of tea and said calmly: "He said that the salary of the internal prison is always small. He wants to build a big house in his hometown and adopt a child as an adopted son. After he returns in the future, he will also have money. He and his children provide for him in his old age, so he wants more income.”

He mentioned this while chatting with Master Xuanhui.

When Master Xuanhui heard this, she told him that she had a good way to make money.

Izumoan is a place where girls from aristocratic families who have been punished or orphans often enter.

It is a natural place for prostitution.

However, the imperial court strictly managed this.

If there was no one behind her, Master Xuanhui would not dare to do it.

But if there is someone in the palace to support him, then it will be okay.

She can provide help, while the internal prison guard provides a protective umbrella and introduces some distinguished guests to them.

The two of them hit it off almost immediately, and it was only then that Izumoan started doing that kind of dirty business in private.

The imperial concubine is now the actual ruler of the harem, and the eunuchs around her naturally have many corresponding rights.

The eunuchs used the inner palace as a protective umbrella for Yun'an, and secretly sent those who had made mistakes out of the palace.

The third lady of the Qiu family whom Ye Shoufu recognized was sent out by the internal prison.Those sent out by the inner prison are all the daughters of criminal officials who were punished. They can be solved by just finding an excuse, saying that they are not doing things well, and they are sent to the imperial mausoleum to do menial work, or they find a way to fake their own death.

They have no family and no power, so naturally no one will check their whereabouts or stand up for them.

The eunuchs kept their hands and feet clean in the palace, and no one knew where those in the palace who disappeared or died from time to time went.

"Then..." Song Siwen looked at Xie Ruyu and Song Shiyun, "Does the imperial concubine know about this?"

Xie Rugu shook his head slightly, "The eunuch said that the imperial concubine did not know about it, but there are still people in the palace who know about it."

Song Shiyun stared at Xie Rugu, waiting for the next words.

Xie Rugu felt relieved and continued.

This kind of thing, for the inner palace, may not be big, but it is not small either.

Most people would not pay attention to the disappearance of those palace maids, but the nuns responsible for discipline would naturally know about it.

The eunuch had an affair with the nuns beforehand, gave them a lot of benefits, and even shared the profits with them.

Therefore, everyone in the palace, including the nuns and the aunt in charge, turned a blind eye to this matter.

The people below are hiding these things.

Not even the imperial concubine or your majesty would know about it.

After all, there were so many people coming and going in the palace, how could the master remember how many were missing and how many were dead?

It all depends on the mouth of the person below.

The internal prison officer said that the imperial concubine had been kept secret and did not know this.

It was he who used the name of the imperial concubine to do things outside.

As for the finances he had collected, he kept an account book and recorded them, and his belongings were hidden outside the palace in a private secret village.

After the governor of Jingzhao heard about it, he sent people to seal up the underground bank.

Sure enough, a treasure was found under the prisoner's private account.

Accumulated over the years, the treasures in the internal prison account totaled almost 100 million taels of snowflake silver.

When Song Shiyun and Song Siwen heard this number, they were both startled.

Song Siwen was in disbelief. He stretched out a finger in stunned silence, and his tongue seemed to be knotted: "One, one million taels? Really, really? One million taels?!"

Xie Rugu nodded, "Yes, 100 million taels of silver, and there are also some immeasurable jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, the overall value will only be higher."

In addition, according to the internal prisoner, he also purchased numerous fields and a large yard with five entrances and five exits in his hometown, and raised three adopted sons.

Pave the way for your future retirement.

After hearing the news, Song Siwen chuckled: "...He, he quite enjoys it. But...isn't this too much money?"

100 taels...

This is really not a small sum.

The annual salary of an ordinary Beijing official may only be around 200 taels.

One million taels... is how many years of salary a Beijing official has had, one can imagine.

Although Song Siwen is from a marquis family and will be able to inherit the title of Marquis Pingning in the future, but... he has never seen 100 million taels.

Even in Beijing, there are not many people who can easily take out 100 million taels.

Song Siwen was a little skeptical. Is sex work really that profitable?
Xie Rugu heard this and explained: "For them, the secret prostitution business has no capital. There is no need to buy people or prepare a venue. However... most of the money does not come from the income of the secret prostitutes, but from the male customers."

Song Siwen didn't quite understand what he said, "Male guest?"

Aren't male clients just clients of secret prostitutes?

Didn’t the money still come from them?

Xie Rugu saw Song Siwen's confusion and reminded: "Most of the male guests coming and going to Izumo Temple are officials in the court, or masters or sons of aristocratic families. They are all not short of money but are afraid that this matter will be publicized." people."

Song Siwen was stunned for a moment, and his eyes widened. He understood instantly, "So much money, couldn't it have been extorted by the prison prisoner, right?"

"Absolutely." Xie Rugu nodded, "In order to prevent their own affairs from being leaked, and to curry favor with the eunuch, so that they could come and go frequently in Izumo-an in the future, they would often send treasures to the eunuch in private. , sometimes it’s real money and silver, sometimes it’s various antiques, calligraphy and paintings.”

(End of this chapter)