Mr. Jiang knew that Princess Zhenbei had always been cold towards Yu Zizhen. Although Yu Zizhen was a child, children were not fools. In fact, they were more sensitive and insightful than adults in some things.
The ice is three feet thick, and it didn't freeze overnight. The fact that Yu Zizhen believed Nanny Hong so easily and was certain that Nanny Hong treated her badly was indeed instigated by her mother, Princess Zhenbei, and it must be related to Princess Zhenbei's usual attitude towards her.
But at this time, Mr. Jiang certainly could not agree with her and allow her to doubt Princess Zhenbei.
Not to mention that the incident of the servant Hong bullying her master might not have been instigated by Princess Zhenbei. Even if it was true, at this critical juncture, Mr. Jiang would have spared no effort to whitewash her and say that "it was not instigated by Princess Zhenbei."
"That's just nonsense." Mr. Jiang's voice was both firm and gentle. "A treacherous servant like her who rebels against her superiors must have ulterior motives in what she said, deliberately trying to drive a wedge between you and the princess."
Yu Zizhen didn't say anything, obviously not completely trusting Mr. Jiang's words.
Mr. Jiang could only rack his brains to come up with an excuse. "Didn't you ask me to write a letter to the prince? I'll write it now, and have someone send it back to the palace after I'm done. And I'll also have that old servant, Madam Hong, sent back to the palace to be punished."
Yu Zizhen's eyes moved, and she looked a lot more angry than before. She said, "If the princess is unwilling to deal with Madam Hong..."
"No!"
Mr. Jiang thought to himself, since you have done this, even if it is just for the sake of the overall situation, the prince will definitely force the princess to give you an explanation so that you can get over it.
After all, for this mission to Beijing, the team may be missing Madam Hong, or even Mr. Jiang, but they absolutely cannot be missing Yu Zizhen, the hostage of the world.
Not only can they not do without her, they even need her to cooperate with them willingly.
Yu Zizhen took a deep breath and said, "Then I will trust you for once."
Mr. Jiang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "Don't worry, I will definitely help you get rid of this anger."
Yu Zizhen pursed her lips and said, "Since we are sending away Madam Hong, let's send away the maids and servants she brought with her as well. They are the people she needs."
Nanny Hong brought two maids and four old women with her to the capital. These six people were nominally Nanny Hong's assistants.
"Just as the prince said." Mr. Jiang agreed readily, fearing that if he did not agree, Yu Zizhen would become disheartened again.
She is still young and had a serious illness not long ago. Her body cannot withstand the continuous torture.
Yu Zizhen was satisfied that Mr. Jiang was so easy to talk to, so he stopped standing there stubbornly.
She bowed to the guards and attendants around her, "Thank you, uncles and brothers. If you hadn't protected me just now, I don't know what Madam Hong would have done to me."
Everyone responded with a timid gesture, saying, "I don't deserve your thanks, Your Highness. Protecting you is our duty."
Yu Zizhen's expression softened a bit. She nodded slightly to Mr. Jiang, then climbed onto the carriage on her own initiative, indicating that she was fine and could continue on her journey.
Mr. Jiang breathed a sigh of relief. He rubbed his brow and hurriedly wrote a letter to King Zhenbei.
"Take a few people with you and personally escort Madam Hong and her servants back to the palace," Mr. Jiang handed the letter to his trusted attendant. "You will personally deliver this letter to the prince."
The long-servant took the order and left. Jia Ping, the servant who was responsible for taking care of Mr. Jiang's food and daily life, served him tea while cautiously asking his master, "Sir, are you just going to send Madam Hong and the others back like this? What about the princess..."
Before his husband went to appease Yu Zizhen, he actually heard Nanny Hong's explanation. If what she said was true, then she really didn't make a big mistake.
Mr. Jiang leaned against the carriage window, sipping his tea and sighing, "What can I do then? Continue to allow Madam Hong to commit insubordination, and then tie the prince to the carriage with a rope?"
It was obvious that Yu Zizhen could not tolerate Nanny Hong, and it was true that Nanny Hong was not respectful enough to her.
First, she banged on the carriage door, then she talked back to Yu Zizhen in public as if she had made a mistake, and finally, when only she and Yu Zizhen were left in the carriage, she started yelling at Yu Zizhen.
The coachman heard her yelling "Prince" to Yu Zizhen with his own ears.
Even if she really didn't have the courage to hit Yu Zizhen, and she reached out to Yu Zizhen just to stop her from losing her temper and shouting to stop, then it is a fact that her so-called "reaching out" scared Yu Zizhen and made Yu Zizhen greatly upset, right?
If one could scare the young master half to death without any punishment under the pretext of "having no bad intentions", and could alienate the mother-son relationship in the master's family with words and deeds, then all the servants in the world would be in an uproar!
Besides, Yu Zizhen was just a child who had just recovered from a serious illness. That old woman didn't think about how to make sure she could eat well, sleep well and not get sick while on the road. Instead, she had the audacity to arrange for her to "read books while on the road, practice calligraphy for an hour when she arrived at the inn and the post station, and practice martial arts for another hour the next morning." Was she treating the dignified prince as a little maid under her command and torturing her in various ways?
Just because of her obvious maliciousness, Mr. Jiang couldn't let her stay with Yu Zizhen.
You know, they are going to the capital city, which is a den of dragons and tigers. Even if everyone works together as a team, he still has to work hard day and night.
If there was another saboteurs like Madam Hong in the team, Mr. Jiang felt that even if he worried himself to death, he probably wouldn't be able to lead the team at all.
For the sake of his prince's grand ambitions, and for the lives and property of himself and the people he brought with him, Mr. Jiang had to be the bad guy.
However, thinking of how well-behaved Yu Zizhen was after getting what she wanted, Mr. Jiang subconsciously wondered if she was really that scared.
However, before his doubts could take shape, Yu Zizhen told him with his actions that he was overthinking.
On the night he sent Nanny Hong back to the palace, Yu Zizhen fell ill again with great fanfare.
Her illness came on very severely. Not only did she have a high fever and was unconscious, but she also kept talking nonsense.
"Madame Hong, please..."
"It hurts so much, please stop hitting me."
"Wuwuwu... I won't dare to do it again. I will be obedient. From now on..."
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Mr. Jiang was called over by Xinghua, who was dressed in men's clothes. He didn't have time to think about where the child came from. When he heard her say that Yu Zizhen was sick, Mr. Jiang immediately woke up the doctor who was accompanying them and asked her to take Yu Zizhen's pulse and treat the illness.
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