The prince is sick: it is too enchanting to marry the princess

Chapter 5 Confrontation at the Ancestral Hall

The old lady ordered the thief to be brought up, and after a while, she saw the guards escorting a man with a swollen face and a fierce look, who was tied up like a rice dumpling, unable to move at all.

The guard kicked the man hard and made him kneel down. Aunt Yu walked up to him and looked at him condescendingly: "The prime minister and the old lady are here today. You recruited them according to the truth. Who gave you the bear heart?" Leopard dares to kidnap the eldest lady of Xiangfu!"

The man was so frightened that his lips turned white, and he was trembling all over: "Fu... Ma'am, the younger one didn't know that she was the eldest lady in advance, if she knew, how dare the younger one!"

Aunt Yu cast a glance in Ji Qingxue's direction, and then said sharply, "Tell me, who ordered you, otherwise how could you, a pariah, get in and out of this heavily guarded Prime Minister's Mansion?"

The man glanced at Ji Qingxue, then immediately looked away, shrank his neck, hesitated to speak, and looked very scared.

It doesn't matter from this point of view, but at this juncture, his actions are actually telling the people present that he recognizes the second lady in a disguised form.

Even if Ji Qingxue is not welcomed by others on weekdays, she is still a daughter of the prime minister, how could she know a gangster? Could it be that what happened to Ji Qingling really has something to do with her?
The old lady spoke, threatening: "I'll give you a chance to tell the truth, and tell the whole story honestly, or leave your life in this ancestral hall today!"

The man was so frightened that he kowtowed again and again, his forehead was about to bleed: "Small tricks, all the little ones, I beg the old lady to spare the little ones."

He looked up at the old lady, and immediately told the whole story: "The little one was indeed instigated by someone. She asked me to sneak in and kidnap a girl in the middle of the night, and then throw it into the brothel. Don't worry about the rest. Afterwards She will give me a sum of money to let me fly away. The little one just lost his head for a while, please forgive the little one, old lady!"

Aunt Yu then asked him: "Have you met that person before? Do you recognize the person who ordered you?"

The man nodded, he looked around, and finally pointed at Ji Qingxue: "It was her, she told me to do it!"

The old lady summoned the attendant by her side, and told her a few words in his ear, that person left the ancestral hall immediately, and when she came back, she had a bag of things in her hand, and she handed it to the old lady: "Old lady, this is The unused incense was found from the second lady's room."

Hearing this, Ji Qingling's eyes filled with tears immediately, and she shook her head again and again, in disbelief: "Sister, it's really you! Sister treats you well, why on earth did you do this, why did you make me the laughing stock of the entire imperial capital!"

Ji Qingling plunged into Aunt Yu's arms, and even Aunt Yu couldn't help shrugging her shoulders and crying: "Why are our mothers' lives so hard!"

The old lady was upset by the two of them crying, and said impatiently: "Okay, what's the proper way to cry in public, don't worry, I will give you an explanation?" She looked at Ji Qingxue sharply , "Now that the evidence is all there, what else do you have to say?"

Ji Qingxue curled the corner of her mouth, such a trick is nothing but a cliché, and she dares to use it to embarrass others!
She stared at the old lady, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "Grandma, can you ask Qingxue to ask that person a few words? complain!"

The old lady remained silent, Ji Qingxue just took it as her acquiescence, stood up and walked towards the man.She squatted in front of the man and said, "Look into my eyes. From now on, you will answer whatever I ask you."

"You said, I ordered you to kidnap my sister?"

The man nodded.

You said that I will give you a large sum of money after the matter is completed. How much is the large sum? "Ji Qingxue said softly, guiding the other party step by step.

This time the man thought for a while before answering: "1000 taels... no no no, it's 1 taels."

Ji Qingxue suddenly changed her previous gentle appearance, with a gloomy face, she said sharply: "How much is it!"

The man was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and even stuttered: "It's 1 taels, the little one just made a mistake in his memory."

Ji Qingxue nodded, not knowing what was going on in her heart, she asked him again with a smile: "Then where did I meet you?"

This time the man was very sure, and quickly replied to her: "Of course it's in the West Courtyard, Second Miss asked me to go! Second Miss, did you forget, a few days ago you asked me to pretend to be delivering food to the prime minister's house?" servant, and then went to the second young lady's room when no one was prepared."

Ji Qingxue gave a meaningful oh, she continued to nod her head, as if agreeing with his words, and then asked casually: "Then when you passed the courtyard, have you ever seen the white plums in my courtyard, how well are they blooming? "

The man didn't understand, where did Ji Qingxue sing, and how could he ask such irrelevant questions.But he still nodded: "I've seen it, the flowers are really beautiful."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone present was in an uproar. Seeing their reaction like this, the man suddenly panicked, wondering if something went wrong, but he followed his orders!

Ji Qingxue let go of his hand, stood up slowly, with a sly look in her eyes: "You answered very well." After speaking, she saluted the old lady again: "Grandma, Qingxue is done asking."

The old lady looked at Ji Qingxue with a complicated expression, she really underestimated this girl before, never thought that she is still such a transparent person!

Aunt Yu secretly thought it was bad, this damn servant fell into the trap of that bitch, she kept stirring the handkerchief in her hand, thinking of countermeasures in her heart.

The old lady slapped the table and said sharply: "Aren't you telling the truth? Who instigated you? If you say something that you don't understand to prevaricate me, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

"Old lady, the little one is telling the truth!" The man was in a hurry, struggling to shout at Ji Qingxue: "Second Miss, you let the little one do it, don't you care about the little one! I don't want money I beg you to save the little one!"

Ji Qingxue couldn't help sneering, and even now she is thinking of pulling her into the water: "You say, I will give you 1 taels of silver after you kidnap the eldest lady, then open your eyes and look at me now, Lianxiangfu The lowest maidservant is inferior, where can I get 1 taels for you."

"Furthermore, you said that the place where we met was in my room. I asked you if you have ever seen Baimei in my yard, and you said you have...?"

The man nodded: Yes, I have seen it, it was in the courtyard. "

Ji Qingxue raised her eyebrows, and said casually: "But there are no white plum blossoms in our courtyard at all. As for the place where there are white plum blossoms, there is only one place in this huge prime minister's mansion..."

The voice stopped at the right time, in fact, Ji Qingxue didn't say anything, and everyone knew that the place where there were white plums in Xiangfu was the east courtyard where Aunt Yu's mother and daughter lived.

The east courtyard was originally lived by Ji Qingxue's mother and daughter, but was later occupied by Ji Qingling's mother and daughter Jiu. The white plum blossoms planted in that courtyard are Ji Qingxue's mother's favorite. Lin was furious, and never dared to attack that tree again.

Ji Qingxue said silently in her heart, mother, are you protecting me in the dark?You watch carefully in the sky, I will definitely make these people pay the price!

"Also... Maybe I was too nervous and misread it. There are no white plums in the courtyard, no!" The man said unwillingly.

Ji Qingxue looked at the capricious man with a funny face, and confirmed: "You really haven't seen it before?"

"No! No! I haven't seen any white plums!"

Ji Qingxue's eyes froze, immersed in a murderous air: "It is true that only the east courtyard has white plums in the mansion, but few people in the mansion know that when I moved to the west courtyard, I didn't want anything. I just asked my father for a white plum tree. The tree, my father had it transplanted in the courtyard outside my house, and now the flowers are blooming very well, why are you blind, such a big tree, didn’t you see it when you went to my house ?”

The man bowed his head and didn't make any further arguments. What else could he say? The answer is obvious. He was indeed instructed to wrong Ji Qingxue.However, he was also forced, if he didn't follow the man's orders, the lives of his whole family would be lost.

Ji Qingxue narrowed her fox eyes, and said lazily: "Or, you have actually seen Baimei, but it's not in my courtyard."

But the man just opened his lips, and finally chose to remain silent, he couldn't speak.

Suddenly a figure flashed in front of her eyes, and Aunt Yu kicked the man's stomach viciously at the fastest speed, kicking the man to the ground, the pain made him speechless for a long time.

"You bastard, what a bad thing to do, but to provoke the relationship between me and Qingxue is really vicious! Someone send him to the government!"

Ji Qingxue touched her nose, and couldn't help sighing, the sealing speed is so fast, I admire, I really admire!

Ji Qingxue said to the old lady: "Grandma, Aunt Yu said something that Qingxue thinks is right. If there is no one in the mansion to respond, how can ordinary people like him come and go freely in this heavily guarded Prime Minister's mansion?"

What Ji Qingxue said seemed to mean something. How could the old lady not understand what a fool would know. I am afraid that only the person in the East Court could do such a thing.

Ji Lin, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "Mother, let's put this person under arrest first. Now we should think about how to explain it to the prince. Let's discuss this matter later."

Aunt Yu responded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, we will discuss it later, we will discuss it later."

The old lady sighed, waved her hand, and let the people present disperse: "Just do as you say."

Listening to the conversation between these two people, Ji Qingxue's heart was filled with wildfire. How can the old lady and her prime minister father fail to understand the truth of this matter.

But they stopped investigating at the critical moment, knowing that you two are protecting Ji Qingling's mother and daughter, but do you dare to be more obvious?
The old lady waved her hand at Ji Qingxue, motioning her to back off, obviously she had something else to say with Ji Lin.

Ji Qingxue immediately turned around and left. She really didn't want to stay here for a moment. If she looked at them more often, she would lose a few years of life.

But Aunt Yu forced Ji Qingling to apologize to her: "Qingxue, it's Auntie's fault this time, she misunderstood the villain's slander, don't take it to heart."

Let me go, this woman screamed like a slut when she hit her, and she pretended to be a good wife and mother in front of the old lady, this speed of changing her face is really unparalleled.

Ji Qingxue suppressed her nausea, and replied softly: "What does Auntie say, Qingxue won't take it to heart."

After Ji Qingxue left the ancestral hall, she immediately felt uncomfortable, with goosebumps all over her body. This acting is really a technical job!
In the ancestral hall, the old lady stared at the direction where Ji Qingxue left, for a long time, she said, "What do you see?"

This question stunned Ji Lin: "My son doesn't understand what mother is referring to?"

The old lady sighed: "You only have two daughters, Qingling and Qingxue, it's okay to treat each other more favorably than the other, this time you want to marry that girl Qingxue into Prince Rui's residence, but have you made up your mind?"

"Mother, Ling'er can't enter Prince Rui's residence." The implication is that Ji Qingling can't get married, so she has to sacrifice Ji Qingxue.

Hearing this, the old lady stopped talking, seeing that the girl Qingxue spoke today more and more like her mother.

"I hope you won't regret it in the future."

(End of this chapter)