Jiang Muyu bent over and picked up the child, pinched her chubby little face, and said, "Tangtang was taking a nap just now, mother was afraid to disturb you."

"But Tangtang has been waiting for mother."

Jiang Muyu's heart softened suddenly, and she kissed the child's face again and again, "I will definitely go to see Tangtang the first thing when I come back from outside, okay?"

"Okay." Tangtang lay softly on her shoulder, smelling the unique fragrance on her body. She really liked the smell of her mother.

After comforting Tangtang, the craftsmen and carpenters that Yun Xuan had found also arrived.

"Mother promised to give Tangtang a gift, but now Tangtang can't see it. She needs to give Tangtang a surprise. So Tangtang, go play with Sister Yunshan first, okay?"

Tangtang's eyes sparkled. Knowing that she was about to receive a gift, she happily agreed.

Jiang Muyu asked Yunshan to come in and take Tangtang away, and then he called the craftsmen and carpenters into the study.

Jiang Muyu discussed it with the two of them and finally decided to take it down.

"I have already asked someone to clear out an empty yard for you two to work on. I hope you two can put in your best efforts and finish the things quickly."

The two of them hurriedly said respectfully: "We will do our best."

After the two left, Jiang Muyu returned to the main house to rest for a while.

Soon, there was a commotion outside. Jiang Muyu frowned and asked, "Who is making the noise outside?"

Yunshan came in and said, "Madam, it was Yunyan who had Wei Niang and her lover kidnapped here. Wei Niang is crying out for justice outside."

"Hey, you still dare to cry out for injustice." Jiang Muyu straightened his clothes and walked out.

In the yard, Wei Niang was kneeling on the ground in dishevel, with messy hair and stains on her face. Kneeling beside her was a young and strong boy who was tied up by Yun Yan without even wearing a shirt.

Yun Yan walked up to her with a smile and said, "My queen, what an unexpected reward! I was going to follow this woman home, but I found that she came in through the back door with this man. These two shameless people actually did it in the woodshed to the east of our palace. Then I rushed in with my men and tied them up."

Jiang Muyu took a look at the man's muscles, and said with a sigh, "I didn't expect Wei Niang to have this skill. Her grace and elegance are still the same as before. I am really ashamed of myself."

Wei Niang's face turned red with shame, and she never dared to shout loudly in front of Jiang Muyu again.

Jiang Muyu continued, "I just came back from Putuo Temple today and found a box missing from my room. It contained some jewelry given by the Queen Mother. I wonder if Wei Niang has seen it?"

Hearing this, Wei Niang's heart skipped a beat. A reward from the Empress Dowager? But didn't Yun Yan say that the Empress bought it herself and hasn't used it for a long time?

"Only people from Qingyu Courtyard can enter and exit my room. Yesterday, apart from Yunyan, only you and a maidservant went in..." She paused deliberately here.

Wei Niang immediately said, "It must be that dishonest maid who took the princess's things."

"You are too impatient." Jiang Muyu smiled and said, "I have already ordered people to check on that little maid. She has not left the palace in the past two days, and we did not find anything in her possession."

There was nothing Wei Niang didn't understand at this time. The princess deliberately asked Yun Yan to put the box in a conspicuous place, and Yun Yan's words were also deliberately said for her to hear, in order to lure her into the trap.

She cried, "My Lady, you can't do this to me! I'm the princess's wet nurse!"

"Ha--if you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten it." Jiang Muyu pulled her hair up and ordered, "Go and bring the princess here, so she can see what kind of person her wet nurse is."

"Yes." The maid next to her went after receiving the order.

Wei Niang was terrified, "Madam, I know I was wrong. I was also bewildered for a moment. It was him, he was a gambler, who instigated me to steal your things and sell them to him for money, otherwise she would beat me."

The man was meeting a big shot like Princess Rui for the first time. He was so frightened that he dared not say a word. But when his words were pointed out, he became anxious. "It was you, a whore, who seduced me first. You said you could give me money, so I did that with you. Why are you turning your back on me now? You're throwing all that dirty water at me."

"You..." Wei Niang looked at him, her face full of disbelief and her eyes half angry and half resentful.

Tangtang came back with her maid at this time. She had entered the room happily, but was stunned for a moment when she saw this scene. She walked to Jiang Muyu with some fear, pulled her hand, and called her "Mom" in a soft voice.

When Wei Niang saw her, she seemed to have seen the dawn of hope. She knelt down and wanted to struggle forward, but she was held down by the palace guards and could not move.

"Princess, save me. Princess, I am your wet nurse. I am the wet nurse who watched you grow up. Princess, save me."

"Nurse..." Tangtang wanted to go over.

Jiang Muyu immediately held her hand, her expression softening a little, "Tangtang, today I will show you what a bad person is."

Tangtang was a little scared and asked in confusion: "Did the nurse make a mistake?"

"Tangtang needs to learn to listen, see, and distinguish right from wrong for herself."

Jiang Muyu looked at the man and said, "Tell me everything you know, no matter how big or small. I will spare you some pain. After all, you should know that having an affair with a married woman and instigating others to steal the money of the palace is a serious crime and you will be imprisoned."

The man recalled the rumors he had heard in the casino. They said that Princess Rui was ruthless and anyone who offended her was not only imprisoned in a labor camp for twenty years, but her son was also beheaded.

He originally just thought it was a joke, but now it was his turn, he was so scared that he couldn't stop shaking all over.

"I must tell the truth." He lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Jiang Muyu. He told her everything he knew: "The husband of Wei's family was in poor health, and she was never satisfied, so she found me. I worked in a blacksmith shop on West Street. I had no other hobbies but gambling. She said that she served the princess in the palace and received a lot of rewards and silver. She was willing to give me money to gamble, as long as I became her lover. I couldn't resist the temptation and agreed. On weekdays, she would often bring gold and silver jewelry from the palace for me to pawn in the shop to exchange for silver."

"I lost all my money two days ago and asked her for more. Yesterday she brought me a box from the palace. It contained a lot of valuables. I haven't had time to pawn it yet, so it's now under my bed in my room."

Jiang Muyu gave a look and Yun Yan led people to search the West Street iron shop in person.

You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a lamb. She really took out the things that the Queen Mother had given her as a reward. Most of them were gifts from the Queen Mother. If they were really lost, she would have a hard time explaining herself.

Jiang Muyu looked at Wei Niang and said, "Do you have anything else to explain?"

Wei Niang sat on the ground crying with her teeth gritted. She didn't want to say anything more. It was immoral for a woman to have an affair and she should be thrown into a pig cage. Now that she was caught red-handed, she was afraid that she would never be able to turn things around.

West Street is the street closest to the palace, and Yunyan came back not long after.

She presented the box she had searched out to Jiang Muyu, who opened it and saw that everything was inside. It was true that they had not had time to pawn it.

Tangtang had a glimmer of hope in her heart, but it was completely shattered when she saw the box. She had seen this box in her mother's room before. It was a gift from the Empress Dowager. There was also a golden butterfly in it that she particularly liked.

Tangtang pouted her lips and tried to hold back, but still couldn't hold back her tears.

Jiang Muyu picked her up and wiped her tears. With a serious face, he said, "Tangtang, some people are not worth your tears. As a married woman, she is wrong to have an affair with a man outside her family. As a servant in the palace, she is also wrong to steal her master's property. People like this should be sent to the government for punishment. Do you understand?"

Tangtang nodded and choked up, "I understand, mother, I just can't help it...I want to cry."

Jiang Muyu knew that she had a deep relationship with her wet nurse and that she must be feeling upset, so he picked her up and comforted her.