After having lunch, Su Jin felt a little tired, so she lay down on the imperial concubine's couch and slept for a while.
Xiang, who was sleeping, was woken up by Xing'er.
"Girl, wake up," Xing'er said urgently.
Su Jin woke up in a daze and asked, "What do you want me to do?"
"Mrs. Chi was punished by Nanzhang County Chief to kneel in the peony courtyard," Xing'er was burning with anxiety.
In this weather, it is unbearable to walk around outside, let alone kneeling on the ground.
Su Jin was struck by a shock, and he immediately woke up.
"What happened?" she asked.
Xing'er shook her head, "I don't know either."
The little maid only told her about it.
The weather is too hot, and the maids are not willing to move around, and the news is not so well informed.
Su Jin got up from the imperial concubine's bed.
"Go, go and have a look."
From Chen Xiangxuan to Peony Courtyard.
Along the way, Su Jin tried her best to walk under the shade of the trees, but her eyes were dizzy from the heat.
The main reason is that I wear too many clothes, at least three layers.
Wearing embroidered shoes on the feet, still not ventilated.
In the peony courtyard, no maidservant was seen sweeping the fallen leaves.
Only Madam Chi and Magpie knelt on the ground.
Although I can only see their backs, I can feel their pain.
Xing'er squatted down and touched the bluestone floor.
real.
A cracked egg can be cooked.
Su Jin walked over and asked, "What happened?"
Madam Chi couldn't speak.
But sweat profusely.
The magpie had chapped lips and almost fainted.
Xing'er asked the maid for water, but she was ignored.
Xing'er knew where the well in Peony Courtyard was, so she ran over to fetch water herself.
Where can the maid let Xing'er want to do what she wants to do in the peony courtyard.
Run over to grab the bucket.
Myolie has great strength.
The maid can't grab it.
But Myolie is a humble and good maid.
When it was halfway through.
She let go of her hand.
The maid took the barrel and threw it backwards.
It fell to the ground in all directions.
The little maid who was scorched by the sun and scorched the ground screamed.
Magpie looked at Su Jin and told Su Jin what had happened intermittently and with difficulty.
The thing is like this -
Half an hour ago, Magpie and Mrs. Chi stayed in the house.
The master of Nanzhang County suddenly asked someone to call them over.
Ask Mrs. Chi where the bank note came from.
Xing'er said that Mrs. Chi gave money to buy ointment for Su Jin, and the old prince asked Nanzhang princess to pay Mrs. Chi five thousand taels.
The old prince spoke, but Nanzhang princess dared not not listen.
However, the princess Nanzhang really couldn't bear to lose her reputation and money.
The weather was hot, and she was so angry that she got angry and had a toothache.
Is it possible that a concubine has ten thousand taels of silver notes on her body?
This is absolutely impossible!
The money must have come from the wrong side.
Or it was nothing, Su Jin deliberately said that to prevaricate her.
No matter what, Mrs. Chi is just a concubine.
Xie Jingchen and Su Jin gave Mrs. Chi some ointment, but they didn't honor her. If they spread the word, they would be laughed at.
So they found a good reason for themselves, Mrs. Chi's ointment was bought with money.
But the more she guessed like this, the angrier the princess Nanzhang became. If she didn't teach Su Jin a lesson, she would be in vain as the mistress.
It just so happened that the third wife came to Nanzhang Princess and talked about the 10,000 taels of silver note.
Two years ago, the third wife's natal brother-in-law came to the palace to look for the third wife, and lost a purse, which happened to be 10,000 taels of silver bills.
I mentioned this matter to the third wife, and then I did it.
No one can prove that the third wife's natal brother and sister-in-law really lost 10,000 taels.
?If the matter is revealed, it can actually show that the hands and feet of the Zhenbei Palace are not clean. After all, it is a virtue to pick up money without ignorance.
It is impossible for a concubine to have ten thousand taels on her body, the only possibility is that she picked up the silver ticket.
When the owner is found, it is natural to return the property to the original owner.
Princess Nanzhang asked Mrs. Chi for her, just to ask her where she got the banknote.
?If they can't tell, they will treat her as something picked up and ask her to hand it over.
Madam Chi couldn't speak.
The master of Nanzhang County asked the servant girl to bring her a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and asked her to write it down in detail.
Madam Chi doesn't write.
Magpies don't know.
Princess Nanzhang couldn't see their hard bones, so he had them dragged out and knelt on the ground.
Madam Chi was surrounded by a magpie, and they couldn't resist.
Just like that, they have been kneeling for a quarter of an hour.
Su Jin didn't expect that she and Xing'er were all caused by Mrs. Chi.
She helped Madam Chi up.
Princess Nanzhang and the third wife came out and said coldly, "I'm still the mistress of the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion, disciplining the concubines, and it's not your turn to intervene!"
indeed.
It is not the turn of Su Jin, a daughter-in-law, to manage the concubine's room as the mistress.
But she still cares.
Things started because of her, and she has the responsibility to settle them.
Su Jin looked at Nanzhang princess and said, "The 10,000 taels of silver note is in my hands now, does the princess think I shouldn't take care of it?"
"If it was really picked up, does the princess not plan to let me hand it over?"
"Yo, the prince didn't make the princess a princess, and the princess didn't even call her mother?" the third wife added fuel to the fire.
Su Jin is not afraid of her.
"Didn't the third aunt also call sister-in-law?" Su Jin countered.
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Su Jin turned around and helped Mrs. Chi up.
With such provocation, Princess Nanzhang's face darkened slightly.
"Presumptuous!" she said coldly.
Mother Zhao hurriedly asked someone to stop Su Jin.
Su Jin sneered, "Who stipulates that concubines can't have ten thousand taels of silver notes?!"
"When the silver bill was thrown away, no one made a sound. Now that Mrs. Chi has 10,000 taels of silver bills, someone threw the silver bills. It's too much of a coincidence!"
"It's rare for Mrs. Chi to come to Qingqiu Garden a few times a year, not to mention that when people come to meet guests, the third aunt's natal brother and sister-in-law will not wander around the palace. on."
"The purse lost in this way is Madam Chi's turn to pick it up. I think the third aunt directly said that your natal brother and sister-in-law threw the purse in Qingqiu Garden, which is more credible."
The third wife's angry face turned green, "You!"
Su Jin was too lazy to talk to them.
It was stolen before, but now it is directly robbed.
Grab it and grab it.
Still using this method of beating back and forth.
She is ashamed to be under the same roof as them.
Princess Nanzhang said coldly, "A concubine who is disfigured and dumb, how can she get so many silver tickets?!"
Although Su Jin is also very curious.
But she will not be so aggressive, breaking the casserole and asking the end.
Su Jin looked back at Mrs. Chi.
Madam Chi raised her hand and gestured a few times.
Su Jin definitely didn't understand what she was going to say.
"My wife wants a pen, ink, paper and inkstone," Magpie said.
The maid hurriedly brought it.
Mrs. Chi wrote a few words: It was brought from Nanliang.
The third wife sneered, "It seems that Mrs. Chi was born in a wealthy family in Nanliang, otherwise how could it be possible to bring a ten thousand taels of silver to the Qi Dynasty?"
"Third Aunt really has sharp eyes," Su Jin praised.
"I'm not from a wealthy family, how can I write such beautiful handwriting?"