Chapter 13 Blindly Rushing the Empress
Not many people knew that Cheng Jin was leaving the palace this time, and she had arranged in advance not to allow Zhang Yang to come.
When the groom arrived at the gate of Cheng's house, he finally announced his origins. Who knew that the servant would speak so rudely?
He remembered Cheng Jin's instructions and did not dare to argue and attract attention.
The servant next to him saw that the groom was squeezed and speechless, so he stopped pretending.
"You said that the person sitting in the carriage is the Royal Concubine
, so it must be the Royal Concubine? Firstly, we didn't receive the imperial edict saying that the Royal Concubine would return home to visit her relatives today, and secondly, we didn't listen to the master's arrangement for us to wait here early." "Not to mention that you are pretending. Even if it is real, the news that the Royal Concubine is not favored in the harem and always angers the emperor has already spread outside the palace. I'm afraid the Royal Concubine is too embarrassed to return home to visit her relatives. I'm afraid that the emperor is really fed up with her and drove the Royal Concubine out in such a disgrace."
The servants laughed a lot, and the coachman was extremely angry when he heard such words, and even his voice became much louder.
"You dare to insult the Royal Concubine, be careful with your tongues!"
The servants didn't care about the driver's words, and smiled at each other, "Call the Royal Concubine in your carriage now, and we will offer our tongues to the Royal Concubine Rong to enjoy."
Hearing this arrogant words, Cuizhu was shaking with anger in the carriage, "But she has only been in the palace for one or two years. When did such a dog-eyed servant come into the mansion?"
Cheng Jin patted Cuizhu on the shoulder and comforted her, "Don't be so angry, you are still young, and you don't see much of this kind of thing."
"Young people should not be so angry. They should keep their temper when doing things, just like when someone scolds you."
Cuizhu thought it made sense and nodded half-knowingly, "That's because you are magnanimous. If it were someone else, who knows what they would do..."
Before Cuizhu finished her words, she saw Cheng Jin lifting the curtain and turning back to talk to Cuizhu, "If someone scolds you, you should scold them back, otherwise you will be depressed and your heart will be dirty if you endure the insults."
Cuizhu: "..."
Isn't it that you can't be so angry? Should you keep your temper?
Cheng Jin didn't leave, but her words reached the ears of the servants first.
"Okay, the palace has recently brewed some extremely mellow and delicious wine, and we
just need some snacks to go with it. It's just right that I can cut off your tongues, and you can be considered filial to the emperor." Cheng Jin's voice was a little funny, but there was no trace of laughter in it, which made people feel creepy.
Several servants had just entered the mansion this year, and had never seen the young ladies in this mansion, the imperial concubines in the palace.
But listening to Cheng Jin's voice really made people feel scared. They bowed and worshiped with half-belief, "Your Majesty, we were just joking."
"It's so funny, I didn't even know when servants could tease their masters in this mansion?"
There was a lot of noise at the door, and no one knew who opened the door.
A middle-aged man with a beard came out and shouted impatiently, "What are you yelling at the door?"
The gatekeepers immediately shouted to the man respectfully, "Butler Li." Butler
Li?
Cheng Jin thought of it instantly. There was only one butler named Li in the Cheng Mansion.
Li Changping.
This Li Changping was very capable.
A butler servant actually replaced everyone in the Cheng Mansion with his people, stole her father's calligraphy and paintings to embezzle money, and finally handed over Cheng Yishou's documents to the emperor to the Fifth Prince's cronies, causing her father to be misunderstood as a treason. Although Cheng Yishou tried his best to prove his innocence, he was still demoted.
The moment Li Changping saw Cheng Jin, the impatience on his face instantly turned into shock, and he immediately knelt on the ground.
"This old servant pays respect to the Imperial Concubine."
Cheng Jin looked at Li Changping coldly. Although he didn't say a word, he was already sweating coldly.
The faces of the servants were also shocked. They immediately knelt on the ground and looked at each other in confusion.
"My servants are short-sighted. I didn't realize that it was the Imperial Concubine in front of me."
"It doesn't matter." Cheng Jin chuckled.
The few people rested their strength and thought they had escaped.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, Your Majesty is so magnanimous."
Cheng Jin didn't listen to him finish, and said word by word: "Remember to give your dirty tongue to me to play with. It can be regarded as a good deed for you. I won't pursue it."
The servants fell to the ground, and Li Changping hurried out to smooth things over.
"Your Majesty, these servants are all new servants in the palace. They have never seen your face. It is understandable that they made a mistake today, right?"
Li Changping said it in a reasonable way. If Cheng Jincheng continued to pursue the matter, it would be unreasonable.
Cheng Jin knew that he was setting a trap for her.
She had a bad reputation in the palace to begin with. The previous rumors were either true or false. If she really attacked these servants today, she would have confirmed the crime.
Cheng Jin was silent for a long time, but the silence alone was enough to scare the people kneeling on the ground.
"Housekeeper Li, I haven't been home for only two years. Have you taught me to be like this in the Cheng Mansion?"
"Today, I am the one being harassed and humiliated. If the one who comes tomorrow is someone from the royal family, the emperor, do you still want to keep everyone in the Cheng family alive?"
Li Changping heard Cheng Jin's aggressiveness and said that he was accused of a crime that he could not escape. He immediately kowtowed and begged for forgiveness. Li Changping
was very confused. He watched Cheng Jin grow up. She was spoiled when she was in the mansion.
To put it bluntly, she was spoiled to the point of being a little stupid.
So he didn't think the rumors in the palace were strange. He just listened to them as a joke. But he didn't expect that when they met today, she would have a set of sharp and watertight words.
When Cheng Jin saw Li Changping, she thought of how he had stabbed Cheng Yishou in the back in the book. She didn't want to deal with him, so she decided to go to Cheng Yishou and ask him to search the mansion. It was urgent to get his letter back.
It was too late to startle the enemy now.
Cheng Jin took a deep breath, pretended to be generous, and gave Cuizhu a look.
Cuizhu understood immediately, and she got off the carriage and stood in front of it, looking at the people kneeling on the ground.
"You've offended the Royal Concubine. Even if I give you ten lives, they would not be enough for you to die."
"But the Royal Concubine is too tired to argue with you now. Steward Li, you have been in this mansion for a long time, so you naturally know what to do."
Li Changping understood what Cheng Jin meant, and kowtowed to express his gratitude with unusual tact, "Thank you
, Your Majesty, for your magnanimity." He stood up and kicked one of them, knocking him to the ground, and gave orders to the people behind him, "They are blind and offended the Royal Concubine. Your Majesty has mercy and spared their lives. Now, each of them will be given thirty lashes of the board and driven out of the mansion."
One of the younger boys couldn't hold his temper and immediately stepped forward to hug Li Changping's thigh.
"Uncle Li, Uncle Li, I gave you money, you can't do this!"