Chapter 188: Calming Down

Ji Changqing sneered.

"Your mansion really opened my eyes. You ignored the maid who confessed and tried the maid who was the victim. Do you treat the women of our Ji Mansion and the Changning Earl's Mansion as scoundrels?"

Upon hearing this, the old lady of the Earl of Changning, who had come out of the west wing, said in a deep voice, "We've suffered such a great loss, and yet we're being blamed for it. This is really too much!"

A drop of cold sweat dripped down Aunt Qiu's forehead.

"I dare not. I am just wondering why everyone in the Changning Marquis's Mansion fainted, but the Ji Mansion..."

"What's so strange about that?"

Wuhua said with a straight face.

"I don't like barley tea. I didn't drink a single sip of the barley tea brought to me by your maid. When I found out that our old lady and the mistress had fainted, I pretended to faint too, just to see what was going on."

"Who would have thought I'd see the Third Prince and Prince Ping..."

Halfway through her words, she turned her head and glanced at the house on the right side of the west wing.

Then he continued, "I was afraid that our old lady would be murdered if we went back, so I quickly left the hospital and found a maid. I asked her to go to the hall and call our Second Master over. I also caught the maid who had run away after serving tea."

All guests: (｀ω′)

As expected of a maid in the Ji Mansion, she is very alert.

Another drop of cold sweat dripped down Aunt Qiu's forehead.

"There must be a misunderstanding! Our prince would never act in such a way. This maid is definitely not from our palace. I will have her taken away for interrogation and give you an explanation."

Ji Changqing sneered.

"Take him away for interrogation? I'm afraid they want to kill him to silence him."

"The murder of a First-Rank Lady, a Lady of a Bo Mansion, and the future Third Prince's Consort is such a serious matter, and your palace actually wants to resolve it privately?"

"This matter should be handled by the Dali Temple."

"Baifu, send this maid to the Dali Temple."

The maid fell to her knees with a plop.

"Sir, I am only following orders. I would never act on my own initiative or plot to harm you."

"The prince personally handed me those knockout drugs and told me to put them in the sour plum soup and barley tea."

"If you don't believe me, you can try Lu Bao, who is by our prince's side. The medicines that the prince has are all prepared by Lu Bao from doctors outside the palace!"

Aunt Qiu: “!!!”

What kind of love potion did the Ji family give this slut?

Don’t you want your parents, brothers and sisters anymore?

You're talking nonsense here!

"My Lord, please do not listen to this lowly maid slandering our prince." She said stubbornly, "This lowly maid and that scoundrel must be in cahoots with each other, deliberately framing our prince."

Ji Changqing said calmly, "Didn't you say she wasn't a servant in the palace? Why do you keep calling her a lowly servant?"

Aunt Qiu's face froze.

Footsteps were heard.

She looked up and saw her own prince walking towards her quickly, and she felt as if she had been pardoned.

"Your Majesty!"

She took two steps at a time and went forward to tell him what had happened in a concise manner.

Before King Ping arrived, he had already heard about what had happened here, and a flame of anger had already risen in his heart.

This evil creature.

He was not satisfied with bullying men and women and harming civilians on a daily basis, and even extended his hands to the women of the Ji family and the Changning Earl's Mansion.

Is this something he can touch!

After hearing this, he looked at Ji Changqing and the old lady of the Changning Earl and said in a deep voice, "You all came to the palace today to offer sacrifices for my master, but you were frightened like this. I am truly ashamed."

"This matter is of great importance. I will report it to the clan office. Please investigate thoroughly and give you an explanation."

"This hot spring manor is here to calm you down for now, as a token of my apology."

As soon as he finished speaking, his followers came forward and presented a land deed to the old lady of the Earl of Changning and Qi respectively.

Feng Qingsui glanced at the address on the deed, which was a farm on Liuxi River in the suburbs of Beijing.

There are very few hot springs in the suburbs of Beijing, most of which only have one or two springs and are not very popular.

There are only twelve springs on both sides of Liuxi River.

Such a beautiful place was naturally divided up by the powerful and wealthy early on.

Each powerful person has exclusive access to a spring, and twelve farms were built around the twelve springs, each of which is priceless.

If the owner is unwilling to sell it, you can't buy it even if you have mountains of gold and silver at home.

Unexpectedly, Prince Ping’s Mansion sent out two at once.

He is indeed a member of the royal family.

No matter how dissatisfied the old lady of the Earl of Changning was, her anger subsided when she saw the land deed.

Every winter, there are many dignitaries who want to stay in the hot spring villa for ten days or half a month. If the Bo Mansion had such a villa, I wonder how much favors it could earn.

Then the sons of the family will have no worries about having no future, and the daughters will have no worries about not being able to marry into a wealthy family.

She hesitated for a moment and took it.

However, Mrs. Qi glanced at her son and saw him nod slightly, so she accepted it.

Ji Changqing chuckled and said, "In that case, we will wait for the prince's instructions. However, our two families are easy to talk to, but I'm afraid His Majesty won't be so easy to talk to."

"It would be fine if the Crown Prince and the Third Prince were in love, but if the Crown Prince coveted the Third Prince and was waiting for an opportunity to drug and desecrate him, that would be extremely disrespectful."

King Ping's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

This Ji Changqing is so vicious!

After receiving such great benefits, he still wants to throw dirty water on their palace!

"Minister Ji, be careful with your words!" he said with a dark face. "How could my son destroy his own reputation and commit such a rebellious act? He was simply tricked and fell into a trap without even realizing it!"

Ji Changqing: "I hope so."

After saying this, he said to Qi and Feng Qingsui, "Mother, it's our turn to offer sacrifices. Let's go to the mourning hall first."

Qi nodded: "Okay."

It’s too early to offer sacrifices early.

She didn't want to stay in Prince Ping's mansion for a moment.

The family of three offered sacrifices to King Ping and then set off on their return journey.

After returning home, Ji Changqing said to Qi, "Mother, today's incident was aimed at me. Thanks to my sister-in-law's alertness, I was able to escape. How about giving this hot spring manor to my sister-in-law?"

Qi agreed, "It really should be given to your sister-in-law."

Then he called Feng Qingsui over and handed her the land deed: "Thanks to you today, you can keep this farm."

Feng Qingsui looked surprised.

"This is a hot spring villa that is worth a fortune. Mother, are you really going to give it to me?"

Qi laughed angrily: "Is there any fake one?"

"Mom is so good to me!"

Feng Qingsui sighed sincerely.

The next moment, I suddenly thought of my sister.

Although my sister's health is fine after being taken care of by the master, she still feels a little cold in winter.

If... they could live in the hot spring resort in winter.

When Ji Changqing saw her happy for a moment, a hint of melancholy appeared in his eyes. He couldn't help but wonder: If she could make a few hundred taels by picking up a bargain, she would be happy for several days. Why did she only feel happy for a short while after getting such a valuable farm?

Could it be that he thinks Zhuangzi is difficult to sell and can’t be taken away with him when he runs away?

Feng Qingsui was melancholy for only a moment before recovering his composure and asking, "Does this still need to be transferred to the government?"

Ji Changqing nodded.

"I've made an appointment to transfer the ownership this afternoon."

"So soon?"

Feng Qingsui raised his eyebrows.

The palace was in the process of holding a funeral, and she thought that they would have to wait until the old Prince Ping's funeral before they could transfer the property.

Ji Changqing said calmly, "If you don't hurry up, the daylily will get cold."

Feng Qingsui: (☉_☉)

Two days later, she found out the reason why Ji Changqing was in a hurry to transfer the ownership - he had filed a report against Prince Ping's Mansion.