good wife

Chapter 311 Gossip (5)
Everyone looked at Mrs. Song who had changed color!This time, Mrs. Song didn't speak in a hurry, but her eyes were gloomy!
"Who are the eldest lady and the second lady you are referring to?"

"Return to your lord, this eldest lady is Mrs. Zhang who is kneeling here with the slaves. And the second lady is Mrs. Song."

"What proof do you have for what you said?"

"Returning to your lord, what this servant said is true. If you don't believe me, you can pass it on like the doctor who took the pulse of the young lady back then. He is still in Angu County and is living well. Moreover, this servant felt ashamed back then, so I will tell you the truth." The remaining half packet of poison was buried under a laurel tree in the courtyard of the eldest lady. Also, the earrings had the names of the second lady on them, which was specially made by the master for the two ladies. They are all engraved with their boudoir names."

Ouyang Ye picked up the earring and took a closer look. Sure enough, there was a word 'Lan' engraved on the inside of the earring!Turning to look at Mrs. Song, she said, "I don't know Mrs. Song's boudoir name?"

Mrs. Song said indifferently: "My lady's boudoir name is Xiulan. Sir Ouyang, this earring was stolen when my lady was not out of the cabinet, and now it is used by this girl to slander me! Please check it out, Mr. Restore Madam Ben's innocence."

Ouyang Ye raised his eyebrows and said calmly, "When was Mrs. Song's earring stolen?"

"Eighteen years ago, one month before Mrs. Ben came out of the cabinet."

Ouyang Ye nodded, looked at the woman named Feng'er, and said, "Madam Song said that she lost the earring, so what do you say?"

"My lord, it's impossible! These earrings were specially ordered by the master for the two ladies. If the second lady lost it, why didn't she make any noise? Besides, Miss Boudoir lost her jewelry, how could she keep silent? But At that time, there was no rumor about the Second Miss throwing something in the house."

"That doesn't prove that Mrs. Song rewarded you? Is there anyone to prove it?"

"Returning to your lord, when the second young lady gave it to the servant, there were only her and the servant. She wanted to let the servant murder the eldest lady. How could she let other people see and hear her?"

Ouyang Ye looked at Mrs. Zhang and said, "Mrs. Zhang, do you have any other witnesses or physical evidence?"

"Return to your lord, the women have it!" After Madam Zhang finished speaking, she took out a letter from her bosom and handed it to Ouyang Ye.

After reading it, Ouyang Ye's face suddenly changed, and he solemnly handed the letter to Yuan Xi, "My lord, do you read it?"

After Yuanxi looked at it, his expression also changed, and he asked Jingyi to look at it.After Jingyi saw it, she said angrily: "Mrs. Song, I didn't expect your mother and daughter to be so cruel. You actually took away the dowry from the concubine, and you even killed the concubine? You are too vicious." some!"

What Jingyi said immediately stunned Mrs. Song!When did she murder her aunt?Where did this come from? "Princess, what do you mean by that? The concubine has never murdered the aunt, so this bitch must have framed the concubine!" Mrs. Song said excitedly.

"Framed?" Jingyi snorted coldly, and returned the letter in her hand to Ouyang Ye, "Mrs. Zhang, I wonder if Song An's biological mother is still alive?"

"Back to Princess, alive."

"Very good, Yuanxi, Lord Ouyang is in our palace now, do you see?"

Yuan Xi nodded, and ordered to the outside: "Come on, go to Angu County quickly, and tie the old lady of the An family to this king! Take it to the Fengcheng government office! By the way, go to the courtyard of Miss An's family See if there is a laurel tree, is there something buried under it?"

"Yes!"

Mrs. Song is puzzled!What was written in this letter that made both the prince and the princess furious?

"Lord Ouyang, although Mrs. Song has not been convicted, she is the defendant, and the plaintiff has brought such important physical evidence. You can figure it out." Yuan Xi said angrily.

"Yes! The plaintiff, Zhang Anshi, I have accepted your complaint. Tomorrow, I will hear the case publicly in the Fengcheng Mansion." After speaking, he said to Song Hao and Mrs. Song: "Please also come to the Fengcheng Mansion tomorrow. Ya go."

Jing Yi said: "Lord Ouyang, since the trial is open, can the princess and prince also attend the hearing?"

"It's natural! The prince and princess can sit in on the trial under any circumstances." Ouyang Ye said respectfully.

Jingyi nodded, "That's it, my lord. Mr. Song is the deputy general of Fengcheng, and his wife has always been a model for the ladies of Fengcheng. Why don't we go and listen to it tomorrow, so as not to wrong the two of them, On the contrary, the prince will be reprimanded for treating his subordinates harshly."

"Forget it, tomorrow, the king and the princess will take a trip to seal the city's government office."

What was supposed to be a lively Laba Banquet, after such an ups and downs, everyone was still in the mood to have a banquet, but they were talking about the Song family and Mrs. Song's natal family.

"Everyone!" Yuan Xi said in a deep voice: "The people sitting here are all the pillars of my sealed city! After a famous family, there is a wealthy family. Presumably everyone knows that the Baifu was raided, and this Baishi has lost the seal." However, only a small part of the huge amount of tax money in the city was found, and most of the money was missing! Now, the person is dead. This king can no longer investigate. But this Baishi not only took away the tax money, but also I have lost all the food and grass in the barracks of my closed city! It is almost the New Year's Eve. But the food in the barracks can only be used until the end of the year. Today, the king invites everyone to come. The most important thing is to For this matter, all of you here are invited to think of a way to help our soldiers who are sealing off the city to pass the New Year's Eve, which is equivalent to helping us to keep the city safe."

As soon as Yuan Xi's voice fell, the hall was suddenly extremely silent!
Those present were all smart people, so they naturally understood the meaning of Prince Ping's words!It's the new year, if the soldiers have a bad year, what about the people in the city?Even the so-called wealthy families like them can't even think about living a peaceful life!Even if there are more than a hundred guards in some mansion, how can it be compared to the 10,000+ army?Isn't this comparing the size of an ant with an elephant?

Everyone looked at each other, but no one said anything.Yuan Xi and Jing Yi were not in a hurry, they just sat quietly and watched everyone.

Finally, Fu Xiang took the lead to get up and said: "Go back to the lord, I am afraid that the amount of grain needed for this barracks is huge. The rice grain in the current granary we are closing the city can only last for about half a year. If it is given to the barracks, then the food that the city is closing What about the refugees?"

Yue Zhengyang said: "What Prime Minister Fu said is absolutely true! The granary in this closed city cannot be moved! Otherwise, the closed city will be in chaos!"

"Then Yi Yuexiang, what should I do?"

"Returning to the lord, according to my opinion, the people present are all famous families, and they should be able to get out tens of thousands of stones of grain, right?"

Everyone turned black when they heard the words!A mere tens of thousands of shi grains?Are they all big grain merchants?Is it too flattering to them?Song Hao first said: "What Yue Xiang said was too much, and he praised us too much! We are just better off than ordinary people. We are not big grain merchants!"

"Yes! Yue Xiang's words are indeed exaggerated."

The smile in Yuan Xi's eyes was very strong, but his face was worried and he said: "Mr. Yue is right, but tens of thousands of grains, this amount is too much." After hearing this, everyone let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, this The prince is kind.

I don't want Yuan Xi's words to scare everyone again, "Let's do this! This king has thought of a way. Why don't you ask everyone to worry about it a few years ago, except for the White House, only the White Mansion is left. The three major families of Song, Peng, and Ouyang. How about this, your three major families are rich and powerful, so you will give more, and the rest will give less. This king will not say anything about tens of thousands of stones. Years ago, everyone donated Some, after three months, everyone will donate again. In this way, it is divided into two donations, and the pressure on everyone will not be so great."

Now everyone is confused, what is the solution?Still not the same?It's just turning one food collection into two food collections!Wouldn't it be more complete than the first time to raise food these two times, much the same?King Ping said so, but it made everyone unable to think of a reason to refuse?Yes!You said that there was too much food prepared at one time, didn't the prince say that?Split into two!What else can you do?
Reluctantly, everyone heard that they were unlucky and obediently agreed.And the head of the palace, Shi, had already been waiting outside. Seeing this, he came in with a pen and ink, and began to record the amount of food pledged by everyone one by one.

Yuan Xi and Jing Yi looked at each other, the food was ready, and the next step was the game of chess they had already laid out, it was time to play it!Jing Yi glanced at Song Hao, Song Hao!You have such a cunning mind, if you hadn't deliberately incited the refugees to make trouble, I wouldn't have planned to embarrass you so early.However, since you have already done it, then don't blame Yuan Xi and I for being ruthless!Song Hao, tomorrow is your death day!
(End of this chapter)