NCCnovel Chapter 330: Palace Summon
Chapter 330: Palace Summon
"You said... our cousin competed with the second young master's wife of Duke Shen's mansion and Minister Ding's eldest son for a prostitute in the street?!"
In the Yongjia Marquis Mansion.
Mother Xie was shocked by the news brought back by the eunuch: "Father-in-law, did our Guanying let them bully him?"
Wang Cheng choked - although the Yongjia Marquis Mansion nominally belonged to Xie Yi, the young Yongjia Marquis, those who really knew the situation knew that the actual owner of the mansion was actually Concubine Zhao. When Concubine Zhao was unable to enter the inner and outer palaces, the person who could take charge of the overall situation, apart from Wang Cheng, the emperor's former trusted spy, was the Dowager Lady of the Yongjia Marquis.
Lin Qiao is a relative of the Marquis's Mansion, so Wang Cheng naturally couldn't interfere too much in matters related to her. So after receiving the secret report from his subordinates, he immediately reported the matter to Xie's mother.
However, the first thing Xie's mother said was that she was afraid that Lin Qiao, the "harmless scholar" who had a debate with two families, would be bullied by those two families... This made Wang Cheng speechless, but also a little envious.
Before becoming a eunuch, Wang Cheng was an orphan. He had no idea who his parents or relatives were since he could remember. Later, in the last years of the previous emperor's reign, in order to fill the number of eunuchs in the palace, he was sold into the palace. With a single blow, he became a most ordinary little eunuch.
The habit of eunuchs trampling on each other in the palace is much more terrifying than that of the palace maids. It took Wang Cheng a lot of effort to become the emperor's trusted spy. Later, he was injured in the mission and then he turned from secret to public. Now he is assigned to take care of the young Marquis Yongjia. While acting as the emperor's spy, he is actually being given a place by the emperor to live out his retirement in the future.
After all, if nothing unexpected happens, any discerning person can see that the Xie family of Yongjia Marquis Mansion will be rich and prosperous for the next hundred years.
Wang Cheng was very satisfied to have such a place. This family of commoners who had suddenly become rich did not become arrogant and look down on others. Instead, they were more down-to-earth and humane than ordinary noble families. Especially the little Yongjia Marquis Xie Yi, who was obviously trying to get close to Wang Cheng on purpose. Wang Cheng did not know that his parents had no relatives and obviously would not have any descendants. Even though he knew that Xie Yi had ulterior motives for getting close to him, he could not refuse the child's sweet calls of "Uncle Wang" in private.
After hearing Xie's mother's unreasonable words of defense, Wang Cheng was only slightly surprised, but soon got used to it: "Madam, don't worry, Biao Young Master Lin has not suffered any loss. I have already sent someone over. However, before we learned about this matter, the palace sent someone out to summon Biao Young Master to the palace to meet the queen. I'm afraid this matter can't be covered up."
A juren.
He is still so young and has no wife.
It was not a pleasant thing in any case to quarrel with the capital's well-known playboy and the nanny of the young lady of the Duke's Mansion over a girl from a red-light district in the street.
Not to mention, the identity of this young scholar was not ordinary compared to the other two - she was the cousin of Concubine Zhao, who was favored and was about to be made queen!
"If you can't cover it up, then you can't cover it up." Xie's mother shook her head and said, "I've seen that child before, and she doesn't seem like the type to do anything reckless. I think the other two must have instigated this and are blaming her!"
"My cousin... scolded the nanny at Duke Shen's mansion so much that she fainted. I heard that she was rushed to the clinic. And Lord Ding's son fell from the second-floor window in order to compete with my cousin. He was also sent to a nearby hospital. My servants found out that he broke a leg and two ribs." Wang Cheng first briefed Mother Xie on the conditions of the other two people and Lin Qiao's fighting ability.
But Xie's mother's reaction was: "What about Guanying? She just moved her mouth, and those two people couldn't do it themselves?"
She said, "This... is really worthy of being a Juren..."
Wang Cheng couldn't help laughing: "I'm afraid someone will use this opportunity to impeach my cousin. After all, my cousin's punishment is for reference. If the other side takes this matter seriously, even if His Majesty has the Empress sitting beside him in the palace, it will still have some impact on my cousin."
"I don't understand these. Thank you for your advice, eunuch. When Guanying comes back, I will go to the palace with her. Please give us some advice, Your Majesty." Xie's mother sincerely thanked Wang Cheng, who said calmly that it was just a piece of cake.
In short, after the conversation, both parties were very satisfied with each other's performance.
Not long after, the servants of Yongjia Marquis' Mansion brought Lin Qiao and others back.
In addition to Lin Qiao, the cousin, there were two women, one old and one young, from the red-light district.
The brothel owner never imagined that the passerby she had picked up in a fit of rage was actually related to the Yongjia Marquisate, which was now the most popular in the imperial capital of Dasheng!
She became a prostitute at a very young age, and had never set foot in any other place except that red-light district. At the same time, the brothel owner knew very well how people like her should be humble in front of nobles in order to save their lives. So when the servants of the marquis's mansion found Lin Qiao and revealed their identity, she no longer dared to say those complaining words, but smoothly directed the flattering smile that she had just shown to the bitter-faced nanny to Lin Qiao.
Bai Que Ci felt that his life today was just a dream.
She thought that her life would stop at this age...but she didn't expect that at the most desperate moment, there would be a sudden turn of events and light at the end of the tunnel.
However, Bai Que Ci still couldn't be sure what kind of changes this unexpected turn would bring to his life. How could he know whether he would really meet a noble person and escape from death, or would he escape from the tiger's mouth and fall into the wolf's den again?
She and her adoptive mother relied on each other and carefully followed Lin Qiao into the gate of Yongjia Marquis Mansion.
They all lowered their heads, but Bai Queci could not suppress her curiosity. She always wanted to take a look at this mansion. What was the difference between the people in this mansion and the place where she had lived for fourteen years? She lowered her head with difficulty, trying to control her curiosity.
At this time, a kind and anxious woman's voice came from the front: "Guanying, you are finally back. Eunuch Wang has told me everything else. Oh, forget about this. Someone has come to the palace. His Majesty and His Majesty want to summon you to the palace for an audience!"
Mother Xie first glanced at the two women, then asked someone to take them to the guest room to rest, and then took Lin Qiao with her: "Come with me to change into clothes for the audience first."
"I was impulsive and made my aunt worry." Lin Qiao said apologetically.
Xie's mother waved her hands: "Young people are always impulsive. As long as we are not the ones who take the initiative to bully others, it's fine. Well, even if you take the initiative to bully them, it's okay. I see that the girl is still young, only about ten years old. How can such a young girl have someone... Oh!"
Bai Queci, who was cautiously following the maid of the Marquis's Mansion on the way to the guest room, heard Xie's mother's words from afar. Her nose felt sore, but she suddenly felt a little relieved in her heart.