Phoenix Fight: The First Concubine

Chapter 90
"Tell them to come and talk back."

The mother-in-law of Han Lin's family hurriedly knelt down in the hall.

Seeing her terrified expression, Murong Wei asked Madam Zheng to question her.

Mother Zheng took a step forward, "Han Lin's family, the princess has something to ask you, did you send something to the housekeeper today, did you hide evil intentions, and added musk to the spices? Did you intend to harm Aunt Zhang?"

The Han Lin family immediately shouted: "Your servant really doesn't know, it was given to me by the wife in charge of Wei Bin. The servant and her relationship have always been very good, so I took the things and left without thinking too much. Who knows ..."

Wei Bin coughed lightly, and said hastily: "This old slave's wife is always stupid. Today she is not feeling well, and she is still lying on the bed. She doesn't know what happened. This old slave must be fishing in troubled waters. Want to plant and frame."

Murong Wei said lightly: "Guard Wei, my concubine didn't ask you."

Wei Bin fell silent immediately.

In fact, he didn't know what happened today.

He only vaguely realized that this matter was not simple, and he was afraid that someone would frame him.

Could it be that someone fell in love with his position and wanted to remove both him and Han Lin in one fell swoop?

Wei Bin's mind was spinning quickly, saying that today he must sacrifice some people, and he must not be involved.

Han Lin's family was not happy, and hurriedly shouted: "Guangshi Wei, you can't say that, it is indeed your wife who gave it to me, or I can take it without looking at it?"

Just at this moment, Yue Gu hurried in, holding an incense burner in her hand, and shouted loudly: "Princess, it's terrible, our room has been tampered with!"

At this moment, Murong Wei had already called everyone in her room to serve in the main hall, and Madam Zheng was observing everyone with her sharp eyes.Once someone shows a strange expression, it is the target of suspicion.

Yuegu broke into the main hall, and when she said this, everyone present was shocked.

Whether it's real surprise or fake surprise, at least everyone's expression looks normal.

Zhang Yuqian was quite shocked, but she was very skeptical in her heart. Is this the princess calling for a thief?
Why did something happen to her, and the princess also found a problem here?

Wei Bin's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he almost jumped up in fright.

Bad, originally if it was Aunt Zhang's accident, he wouldn't be implicated, but now something happened to the princess, wouldn't it be too bad?
The eyes of Han Lin's family also widened, as if they couldn't believe it.

Murong Wei was shocked and said angrily: "What, Yuegu, you said that our incense has also been tampered with?"

Yuegu put the incense burner over and shouted angrily: "Yes, princess, I just heard that there was something wrong with Aunt Zhang's incense. I was worried, so I checked the incense burner in the room and found that The incense is also musk."

Murong Wei was furious, "Okay, you are so courageous, even my concubine dares to plot! Today, this concubine wants to find out the truth, and no one can get away with it!"

Wei Bin was so frightened that he knelt down and begged for mercy: "Princess, please spare me. The villain really doesn't know about this, and I dare not do anything about it. The villain has served the prince for many years and has always been loyal. How dare you murder the princess and Aunt Zhang... ..."

Murong Wei's pretty face was ashen, and she patted the table: "Come on, send me Wei Bin's mother-in-law and all the people who have contact with the inner treasury to my concubine, Yuegu, go to the inner treasury to check for my concubine, Did someone get their hands in the spices."

Yuegu took the order and went down.

"Come on, go and call the other aunts and concubines to my concubine. Today, my concubine will have a public trial!"

Seeing that the princess was furious, Nuonuo dared not speak up.

I just don't know what she wants to call all the concubines for?
When Wei Bin heard that the princess wanted someone to check the internal storage, his expression changed immediately.

If others don't know, how can he not know the things in the inner library.

Although he didn't do anything to Wang Hao's Xiangli, but he is in charge of the internal treasury, how can he not use the public to seek personal gain and fill his own pockets?

One by one, if the concubine finds out about it, don't even want to be in charge of the internal treasury!

Who the hell wants to harm him? Is it Ling Shan that bitch?
Wei Bin gritted his teeth, stepped forward and said, "Princess, this old servant knows the affairs of the inner treasury best. He will check it every day, so there is absolutely no problem. Why don't you ask this old servant to take someone to investigate..."

Murong Wei glanced at him with sharp eyes, which made Wei Bin shudder.

"Guard Wei, now that you are a suspect, it's better to stay here."

Murong Wei's movements were too fast, one after another order was issued in a blink of an eye.

It was too fast to react.

It was just a small matter, but no one expected that it would suddenly become a big deal. They were completely unprepared and panicked.

Wei Bin gritted his teeth. He has served the prince for many years, and the prince is not ignorant of many things.As long as he is loyal, the prince will not do anything to him.

It's a big deal to lose this position for the time being.

At this time, Su De also heard the words and rushed over.

Seeing Wei Bin standing aside, Su De's eyes flickered and he laughed.

"The old slave greets the princess."

Murong Wei nodded: "Grandpa Su came just in time, you must know what happened today, you have served the prince for many years, so please leave it for me to be a witness for the princess!"

Su De didn't even dare.

"Han Lin's family, where did you get the spices, did Wei Bin's family hand them over to you?"

Han Lin's family also had an intuition that things were not going well today, so they hurriedly said, "Yes, the Clothes Bureau of the Neiku is very close, and Wei Bin's wife came to look for me in the Neiku. I happened to go to the Neiku to do some business, so I took it. At that time, I was placed in the main hall of the Shangyi Bureau, by the way, when I went out to use the toilet, would someone have tampered with it at that time?"

Murong Wei nodded: "It doesn't look like you have the guts. Lu'er, you take the eunuch woman to the Shangyi Bureau to control everyone for my concubine, and carefully question the suspects at that time."

The Han Lin family felt that they must have been framed by someone, and they were relieved to see that the princess believed her words.

At this moment, the wife of Wei Bin's family had already been called.

Wei Bin glared at his mother-in-law. Wei Bin's family's face was pale, and he was even more guilty of being stared at by his husband.

Isn't she just greedy for money, someone gave her a sum of money and asked her to send some high-end spices to Aunt Zhang.

The biggest problem of Wei Bin's family is that they like to gamble, and they always lose money easily.

Because of this, she and her husband often had conflicts, and even secretly gambled without telling him.

As a result, she was worried because she lost money from gambling and had no money to pay back. At this time, someone gave her money, and the only request was for her to send incense to Zhang Yuqian.

Wei Bin's family is not an idiot either, she had already discovered that there was something wrong with the incense.

But she saw that Zhang Yuqian had fallen out of favor a long time ago, and the princess was in charge, so don't think about it.

So she didn't care about making trouble, anyway, she couldn't get up, she didn't care about stepping on it, maybe the princess would be happy.

But she didn't want to do it herself, so she paid back the money to Han Lin's family by repaying the gambling debt, and then said that she was not feeling well, so she asked her for a favor.

Han Lin's family was happy because they got the money, so they agreed wholeheartedly.

In this way, even if Zhang Yuqian finds out, the concubine will definitely not make decisions for her. Even if she talks about it, she will not know anything. Anyway, she can't find evidence to prove it, so she can only let it go.

But she didn't expect this to be such a big deal, and the princess also had a problem here.

Now her eyes are rolling around, but it reveals the tension in her heart.

Obviously, she is also very anxious at the moment. What if the concubine investigates this matter carefully and pushes all the problems to her?
What's more, it's hard to say that it's because of the gambling. She took a bribe and sent the problematic incense to Zhang Yuqian.

If you say that, in order to set the record straight, the princess will never spare her.

The eyes of Wei Bin's family flickered, and he glanced at Han Lin's family gloomyly.

Wei Bin looked at his mother-in-law with hatred, how many troubles would this prodigal old woman cause him before he would stop?
If he is unlucky this time, it will be her fault!

"Princess, my servant is wronged!" Wei Bin's family is very talented as an actor, and he cried as soon as he entered the door, tears streaming down his face: "The servant was framed! This was originally taken by each house, if it wasn't for Aunt Zhang It was grounded, so I don’t need a servant to send it in person. Who knew that when I went to the Clothing Bureau to pay back the money, the woman of Han Lin’s family offered to run errands for me. I just agreed when I was not feeling well.”

"You, you spitting blood!" Han Lin's family jumped up, pointed at Wei Bin's family and cursed: "You are talking nonsense, I only agreed when you begged me! I know, you must have framed me."

Wei Bin's family straightened their backs, pinched their waists and cursed: "You are the one who spouts blood, how do I treat you? I treat you as a good sister, but I never thought you would frame me like this! I know, it must be your family who is greedy." Is my family's errand right? Don't think that you and a distant relative of the Lingshan family can run amok in the palace. The prince and princess are in charge of this palace!"

Han Lin's family was so angry that they went forward to grab the old woman and beat them up.

"I'll let you talk nonsense, see if I don't tear your mouth apart!"

Murong Wei looked amused, seeing the two dogs biting dogs, they started to have internal strife first.

Su De saw that the disturbance was unseemly, so he quickly pointed to the little eunuch beside him and said, "It's unreasonable, separate them quickly, and dare to make trouble in front of the princess, it's really unruly!"

It took a long time to separate, and the hair was disheveled long ago, and they were out of shape.

Murong Wei slapped the table, with a look of righteous indignation, "Okay, you are so courageous, you don't even pay attention to my concubine! Since none of you want to admit it, come, someone will drag them down for my concubine to beat them up!" If you don't tell the truth, you will be beaten to death!"

The faces of the two women suddenly changed drastically.

Madam Zheng stepped forward and persuaded: "Princess, please calm down. What is your identity, why do you need to care about them? The slaves may not know about them. After all, there are many people who have dealt with it. The main reason is that there are no people from the inner treasury and the clothing bureau. Not much. It’s coming and going, I’m afraid that’s where the problem lies.”

When Madam Zheng said these words, the two wives were very grateful immediately, and even Wei Bin was very grateful to her for coming out to intercede.

Who doesn't know that she is the capable person beside Murong Wei?
Murong Wei snorted, as though her anger still persisted, "I'm not a person who doesn't discriminate between right and wrong, but they are invisible, so follow the rules and slap your mouth ten times."

Both Wei Bin's family and Han Lin's family breathed a sigh of relief, knelt on the ground and slapped their mouths.

They didn't dare not to work hard, these ten blows were hard, but even their faces were swollen.

Murong Wei watched intently, but didn't speak.

Just as the two wives clapped their hands, a group of Yingying and Yanyan came outside.

Zhang Yuqian, who had been sitting there as a stake, also got up at this time.

Su Mei and Liu Yue led the way in, first bowed to Murong Wei, then looked at Zhang Yuqian in surprise, and bowed to each other.

They were called here before they knew what was going on.

Murong Wei said kindly, "Sisters, please sit down. This concubine is going to have a serious trial of a public case. Just now, when my concubine sent someone to call the younger sisters, there is no problem in the rooms of the younger sisters. It seems that this matter It came from my concubine and Aunt Zhang."

Su Mei said cautiously: "The concubine is terrified, but she doesn't know what happened."

Madam Zheng explained the matter for Murong Wei.

Several people looked at each other in blank dismay, seeming a little terrified.

Someone has tampered with the princess's room, and now the princess has invited them here, looking at the pleasant expressions, but the expression doesn't seem to believe them, but seems to doubt them.

After all, if Wang Hao and Zhang Yuqian are both unlucky, who will be the biggest beneficiary?
Of course it's the concubines in the backyard.

Now we can only see whether this matter is caused by the dispute between the stewards.

"Sisters, don't worry, my concubine has sent someone to investigate, and it must be possible to find out today."

Murong Wei smiled and said: "It's a coincidence that the younger sisters have not had any accidents, so this concubine can rest assured. When I write a letter to the prince later, I can explain it to you."

Liu Yue said nervously: "The poor concubine is terrified, there must be villains wanting to cause civil turmoil in the palace."

Murong Wei said indifferently: "Is it true? This concubine will find out for herself. Aunt Liu suspects that this concubine can't even manage the inner house of the palace. Internal turmoil, what's the matter? Is someone disturbed?"

Liu Yue knelt down on the ground nervously: "Servant, servant does not mean that."

Murong Wei snorted, "Little sister, get up, I can't stand you being called that. Aunt Su, don't you have a good relationship with Aunt Liu, help her up quickly. I don't suspect her, why are you nervous? "

Su Mei lowered her head to help Liu Yue up, neither of them dared to speak anymore.

Zhang Yuqian was also a little skeptical, but she couldn't understand what happened today.

Could it be that someone really wanted to harm them?
The princess is unlucky, they all have a chance, and she is also unlucky, that person must be afraid of her.

Zhang Yuqian secretly looked at these people with suspicious eyes.

Her spices were brought in by someone, but what about the princess, did someone put people in the princess' room?

Zhang Yuqian doesn't understand now.

Why are things today becoming more and more uncontrollable?

At this moment, Aunt Yue came back aggressively with a few little maidservants, even pulling Han Lin.

These little maids were selected by Murong Wei from Zhuangzi, and they haven't stayed in the mansion for a few days, so they have nothing to do with the people in the palace, she is loyal.

It's the best way to let them and Yuegu pick out the clothing bureau's faults. They are not afraid of covering up, nor are they afraid of tipping off.

Yuegu led the bewildered Han Lin to stand under His Royal Highness, "The servant brought Han Lin here, Wangfei, the servant has already asked. At that time, only Han Lin was in the main hall of the Shangyi Bureau, and he was the only one who could touch the box of spices."

The complexion of Han Lin's family changed drastically, "My servant's husband has been wronged, he has no reason to do this, please be discerning, Wangfei!"

Murong Wei said coldly: "Whether you are discerning or not, this concubine has her own opinion. Aunt Yue, you took someone to the Shangyi Bureau, but what else did you find?"

"Returning to the princess, the servant girl went to the Shangyi Bureau, sealed off the surrounding area, checked the gold weaving room and the sewing room, and found something." Reported that Han Lin had withheld wages, embezzled the funds allocated by the palace, used their craftsmanship to resell the top-grade jewelry and knitted top-grade jewelry, and gave the defective products to the princess and other aunts. Damn it! Not only that, he also turned the clothing bureau exclusively for the royal residence into his own workshop, doing private work for outsiders!"

Murong Wei lowered her face: "Han Lin, how do you explain?"

Han Lin's face was already pale, and he argued strongly: "The villain never did this, it was those craftsmen and embroiderers who slandered the villain. The villain has also seen the jewelry that the villain made for the princess according to the prince's design. Second charge? Besides, the villain doesn’t know about spices at all, so how could he change spices?”

Yuegu handed a piece of paper to Murong Wei, Murong Wei looked at it, and smiled angrily.

"Interesting, maybe I can ask someone to inquire. The jewelry you make for outsiders is not only cheaper than the market price, but also very exquisite. This business is really doing well. I know two of them. Madam, maybe you can send someone to investigate, you are a dog, you dare to quibble, this concubine will not shed tears when you see the coffin! The prince hates the servant who deceives the master the most, this concubine is going to cast a family law today! Su De, you drag him down and beat him, if he refuses to admit it, he will be beaten to death!"

After Su De took the order, he was about to step forward to detain him.

Han Lin regretted it in his heart. He was only deceived by the money for a while, thinking that he would not be found out, so he cheated and turned the palace's inner clothing bureau into his own private team. This made him a lot of money. I don't know how much silver.

Unexpectedly, it was found out today because of a small incident that was completely irrelevant.

He knew that he had no evidence at all to say that he did not do these things. Many people knew about it, and now he did not dare to quibble anymore.

But he really didn't know about spices.

Seeing that Su De was really going to drag him down to beat someone, Han Lin's expression changed immediately, and he fell to his knees and cried, "The villain knows his mistake, please spare my life. The villain is fooled by lard, so he did such a stupid thing."

Murong Wei sneered, "So, you're the one who gave Aunt Zhang the spice? You're the one who gave my concubine the spice?"

Han Lin didn't dare to admit this, if he was only corrupt, he wouldn't die, but if he dared to do something to the prince's woman, how could the prince spare him!
There is also Su De, who was left by the prince to look after him in the palace, and he can kill with a Shang Fang sword.

No no, how dare the villain harm the master, the villain is just greedy for money, a little money, but he definitely has no intention of harming the princess and Aunt Zhang.And the villain is not in charge of Neiku, so how could he unknowingly attack the master. "

Han Lin lowered his head and said, he caught sight of the old man Wei Bin out of the corner of his eye, and snorted in his heart, I'm unlucky and you don't want to stay out of it!

You old man can't go anywhere clean.

Wei Bin was annoyed in his heart, and hurriedly said: "This old slave will never dare to cheat, this man clearly wants to shirk responsibility! This old slave has always been loyal..."

Murong Wei waved her hand, "I don't want to hear your sophistry anymore, hmph, since you are greedy for money, how can you not take risks for the sake of money? Master? Do you still have master in your eyes? Pull down and fight!"

Su De grinned sinisterly: "Manager Han, please."

Han Lin knew that if he was not careful today, he would really have to confess here.

But he still had some fantasies, waiting for someone to come.

"The villain is greedy for money, but the villain never dares to harm the master. Princess, you can't wrong the villain. Wei Bin, this old man has always been corrupt and perverted. Why don't you deal with him, princess? His wife likes to gamble and owes money. My mother-in-law's money, this must be framed by her..."

Before Han Lin finished yelling, Su De led someone to drag him down, gagged his mouth and dragged him to a distance. A few thick women came, got a bench and pressed him up, and immediately beat him stand up.

They beat him hard, and within a moment Han Lin's buttocks were red.

Seeing this, Mrs. Han Lin cried so hard that she almost died, "Princess, please forgive me. I am just greedy for money, but he is very timid and really dare not murder the master."

Murong Weiyun lightly flicked the sandalwood beads on her wrist, "Should I be beaten to deceive the master, sisters?"

Although Zhang Yuqian also hated being murdered, it was difficult for her to express her opinion before the matter was clarified.

But seeing Murong Wei like this, it is clear that Han Lin is going to be punished. It seems that Han Lin will not want to stay in the palace.

"It's really hateful, the concubine was almost killed by them." Zhang Yuqian cried as soon as she said it, her tears were like broken beads, sobbing.

Murong Wei said with righteous indignation: "That's right, my concubine was killed as well. These bastards who deceive others really deserve to be beaten."

Murdering the concubine, if the prince finds out about it, they won't even want to live.

Even if Wang Hao beats them to death now, no one can say anything.

Han Lin was beaten to death, and the person he was looking forward to finally came.

From a distance, a woman in her 50s and [-]s walked quickly towards her with the support of two young girls.

This woman is wearing a round bun, wearing a gold mask on her head, her complexion is ruddy, and she is wearing a purple jacket skirt with a pattern of swastikas on a hang silk surface. Looking at her rich appearance, she looks like a lady from some family.

"Hey, what's the matter, the servant girl is scared."

The woman came in a hurry. Seeing her, Su De smiled and cupped his hands: "It turns out that Mother Ling is here, but I haven't seen you for a long time."

The woman's eyes flickered, and she said with a smile: "That's not true. Mr. Su, what is causing this trouble, oh, the one who beat him, could it be Han Lin's child?"

When Han Lin saw the savior coming, he cried out, "Auntie, save me!"

Han Lin is a distant relative of Ling Shan's family, and he recognized Ling Shan as his uncle, so when he saw Nanny Ling, Han Lin suddenly felt that he was saved.

He doesn't want to be beaten to death. If it's just about corruption, the princess doesn't need his life.

But if he murdered the princess, he would really die.

Nanny Ling reprimanded, "What the hell did you do?"

Su Depi smiled and said: "Oh, our family can't think of it. Han Lin usually cheats, embezzles money and things, and even turns the clothing bureau into his own private property to take private jobs. This is not counted. What, now it is a matter of planning to murder the princess, but it is unforgivable."

Nanny Ling said earnestly: "I know about this kid. I'm a coward, but I don't have the guts. The old lady is going to ask the princess to intercede. This matter has to be thoroughly investigated, right?"

Su De smiled: "Please."

Ling Momo stepped forward to the front of the main hall, Murong Wei had seen her a long time ago, but pretended not to know, and just scolded: "Why did you stop, keep beating!"

Aunt Yue winked at Murong Wei, she was on her way to Nei Kucha, but Lu'er went to the Clothing Bureau, and came out soon.

Yuegu didn't know much about spices, so she asked Lu'er to check the inner warehouse, and brought Han Lin back by herself.

Now she thought it was time for Lu'er to come back, there were quite a few maids and eunuchs, so there should be enough evidence.

This good show should also be staged.

Murong Wei smiled slightly, looking at the rich Nanny Ling, the corners of her mouth turned up.

She is waiting.

The prince's nanny, she has long been provided by Xiao Mingrui for rest, but her family's power in this palace is not small.

Not only is she not young, but because she is the nanny of the prince, they have placed a lot of people.

Many of these people have illegal affairs, and there are quite a few of them like Han Lin.

Murong Wei has long disliked her, but now she is just knocking the mountain and shaking the tiger, killing multiple things with one fell swoop.

She will not allow the power of servants to be out of her control.

This old man is getting old, it's time to give her a house to rest outside the house, and her family should also go out to make a living.

Why be a slave?
"The old slave has seen the princess, please rest assured."

Murong Wei asked in surprise, "Is this... Nanny Ling? Oh, why did Nanny come here?"

(End of this chapter)