Sir, I just want to be a salted fish

Chapter 258 Solution
"Thank you, Madam Hou. I would like to thank you on her behalf." Jiang Shunian walked into the hall wearing silver dragon boots and looked at Madam Hou coldly.

"Ah, to see the Marquis, I, my concubine..." Why would the Marquis come?
"Why is Shu Nian here?" The queen looked gentle again.

Jiang Shunian walked up to Tang Bingxuan and said, "Fifth Madam is not suitable for today's palace banquet." He held Tang Bingxuan's hand and took her away.

"Hmph!" In Jiang Shunian's study, Tang Bingxuan pouted and said to Jiang Shunian, "It's all your fault. I'm always laughed at at every palace banquet."

Jiang Shunian hugged Tang Bingxuan from behind and said, "If you don't like that lady from the Hou Mansion, I will make her shut up forever."

Tang Bingxuan's heart trembled when she heard this. She touched Jiang Shunian's face with her backhand and said, "Okay, I'll try to ignore her in the future. Why bother with a middle-aged woman? Just think that she is jealous of my beauty. But why did you come to the palace banquet today?"

"I got the news and I knew you would be unhappy."

"What a miraculous news."

Jiang Shunian raised his voice: "Shangguan Jiu."

The door of the study opened, and Shangguan Jiu walked in carrying a man and a woman: "My Lord."

Jiang Shunian said, "Tell Madam about it."

The man was Zhou Ming, who was shirtless at the moment, with his hands tied tightly with ropes. The woman was disheveled and had messy hair. It was Tao Hong. Before Shangguan Jiu could speak, Tao Hua knelt down and begged for mercy: "Madam, please save me, Madam, please save me. I was seduced and forced by this servant."

Zhou Ming cursed, "Bullshit! It was you who seduced me on the road, Madam, Lord..." Shangguan Jiu waved his sword, "Shut up!" He reported to Tang Bingxuan, "Madam, Hongse seduced Zhou Ming and got him to talk. When I caught the two people at Zhou Ming's house, they were doing that kind of thing."

Tang Bingxuan's eyes widened with anger: "So, you were the one who leaked all the secrets of the store."

"Madam, please spare me. I have been deceived by this slutty fox."

"Madam, it was Concubine Zheng who asked me to do this."

Jiang Shunian made the following decision: "Send Zhou Ming to the frontier, and confiscate Tao Hong into the Xinzheku."

"No, Madam, spare me, Prince, spare me." Tang Bingxuan raised her eyebrows: "Wait. Taohong is so beautiful, if she stays in the palace, who knows which prince she will seduce. Why not find a brothel and send her away. As for Concubine Zheng, she is not disciplined strictly, so she will be confined for three months."

"Yes." The wails of Zhou Ming and Tao Hong could be heard from far away.

"I've solved a big problem, and I'm tired, so I'm going back to sleep." Tang Bingxuan skipped away. "My Lord is wise. He left Zheng Youlian in the palace to make trouble for Madam, so that Madam can rely on you more. In the future, when the Lord is on a great mission, Madam will have a better grasp of it."

After Shangguan Jiu finished speaking, he looked at Jiang Shunian without saying a word and took the initiative to withdraw.

Zheng Youlian, who was in the side courtyard, was very angry at the moment because she was under house arrest.

"Useless thing!" Zheng Youlian then wrote a letter to Zheng Eying and sent someone to secretly deliver it to the Shangshu Mansion.

"My sister told me to make sure to contact Taohong and send her to the government-run brothel." Zheng Eying received the letter and disguised herself as a man.

After searching more than a dozen brothels, Zheng Eying finally found Taohong.

After Taohong entered the brothel, she refused to obey. The madam slapped her and said, "I don't think you are a virgin, but you still pretend to be loyal. Come on, beat her until she receives customers."

"No, I don't want you to serve this old man!"

"Well, you are an incomplete person, and you are still choosy. What are you doing? Beat her!" the madam ordered. Two maids pressed Taohong on the table and picked up the ruler. Taohong screamed like a pig being slaughtered. "Wait, I want her." Zheng Eying, who was dressed as a man, stopped the madam.

When the madam saw Zheng Eying in her silk clothes, she immediately put on a smile and said, "Sir, do you want her to accompany you for drinks or spend the night with you?"

Zheng Eying took out a bag of silver and asked, "Is it enough to buy her?"

The madam opened it and weighed it. It was a full two hundred taels. "Oh, that's enough. Sir, you can take her away anytime you want."

Taohong followed Zheng Eying out of the brothel, putting on her veil: "Miss San."

"Because of you, my sister was grounded. You said you were looking for Zhou Ming, but why didn't you check to see if there was anyone following you?"

Taohong felt wronged: "Shangguan Jiu is a very powerful martial artist. How can I defend myself against him?"

"Okay, it's too late to say anything now. I'll send you to the government-run brothel. You'll receive more officials and collect intelligence for me."

"Yes, Miss San."

Zheng Eying said, "There must be no mistakes this time. When I become the Crown Princess of the Eastern Palace, I will redeem you and let you serve in the Eastern Palace."

"Yes."

On the second day, Tang Bingxuan was bored. She thought that since the Queen had seemingly helped her out at the palace banquet yesterday, she might as well go to the palace to give her some gifts and have some snacks from the palace. She still hadn't had enough of the crystal rolls she had last time.

"Zhichun, let's go and give gifts to the Queen." The Queen didn't want to see her, so she had to show up in front of the Queen every day.

"The Fifth Madam's servant also looks clever," the Queen complimented perfunctorily.

Tang Bingxuan said, "If your Majesty likes it, why not let Zhichun stay in the palace to serve you? It will be a great honor for Zhichun."

"There is no shortage of maids in the palace. It's rare for you to have a maid that you like. I don't need one."

"It's rare that mother likes Zhichun, so how about making Zhichun a female official?" Tang Bingxuan proposed bluntly.

The queen almost choked on her water and was silent in her heart. It was so rude.

"Originally, female officials were required to have made contributions. However, since Madam has asked for it, I will award Zhichun an eighth-rank female official." It was a nominal position.

Zhichun knelt down immediately after hearing this: "Thank you, Queen, for your grace."

After leaving the palace, Zhichun said, "Miss, you let me be promoted with just a few words." Zhichun looked at Tang Bingxuan with rare admiration. Tang Bingxuan smiled and said, "The queen wants to save face, so she won't refuse such a thing in person. The imperial decree will be delivered to your house today. Although it is only an honorary position now, in the future, I will help you become a female official of the first rank."

"I dare not have such ambition."

"Don't worry." Tang Bingxuan said with a smile.

In the palace of Rupin, she was sitting on the couch in a light gauze middle dress, closing her eyes to rest. Although she now had a prince, the Fifth Prince was very intelligent and could be a king. Thinking of this, she suddenly had an idea in her mind, which was very bold and adventurous.

"If I assassinate the emperor without anyone knowing, and then coerce the Fifth Prince, instigate him to ascend the throne, and then force him to make the former Concubine Ru his concubine, would that be a good idea?" Concubine Ru talked to herself, with an unpredictable expression on her face.

At this moment, Concubine Ru has been blinded by jealousy. Her expression is almost ferocious. Her crazy look makes the palace maids beside her frightened, fearing that Concubine Ru's sudden anger will affect them, the servants of lowly status.