Chapter 100 Chapter 100 A lady who doesn't want to be a concubine. ...
Chunniang was stunned and said nothing.
Jasmine's eyes lit up: "You really recognized her!" As she said that, she pushed Chunniang into the house.
The maid went to close the door, but unexpectedly several burly men rushed in from outside.
The door was closed behind Chunli.
When the master and servant were about to shout, Jasmine quickly said, "Don't be afraid, we're all family."
The master and servant stared at each other, as if asking who they were.
Zuo He felt he wasted time and said sternly, "The Duke is questioning me. Anyone who dares to conceal anything will be forgiven."
Chunniang and her servant knelt down neatly: "Yes!"
Zuo He was about to speak when Jasmine said fiercely, "I found someone who would require you to say so much."
Zuo He looked at the Duke with grievance and said nothing more.
Jasmine helped Chunniang up. "Don't be afraid. We just want to ask you about Wu Xun. Just tell us everything you know."
Chunniang nodded.
"How did Wu Xun send you here?"
Chunniang lowered her head as low as she could, and her voice was so low that Zuo He and the others had to stretch their necks to barely hear her.
"I... I was sold by my family. I met Wu Xun on the street and thought he was a gentleman. I thought it would be nice to follow him. After I returned home with him, I found out that he already had a wife and concubines."
Chunniang clenched her fists before speaking again with difficulty, "It's fine if he took a concubine, but he actually... I didn't want to. I wanted him to let me go, so he sent me here."
Jasmine asked, "What did he do to you that you didn't want?"
Chunniang glanced at the men in front of her, her face almost bleeding.
Seeing that she was unwilling to speak, Jasmine had to speak for her: "But Wu Xun forced you to accept customers?"
Chunniang wanted to bury her head in the ground, and nodded with difficulty.
Jasmine remembered and asked again: "Then you have been here all the time? Why don't you run away? Is this girl Wu Xun's spy?"
The maid shook her head vigorously: "No."
Chunniang: "He said he would give me a place to stay, but I think I have nowhere to go. He seems to have forgotten me over the years, which is great."
Although their experiences sounded somewhat similar, Jasmine had no sympathy for her. She was speechless for a moment before moving on to the important matter: "The Duke has been ordered to do this. If this is accomplished, many women will no longer be forced into concubines. Are you willing to help the Duke expose Wu Xun's dirty deeds?"
Chunniang nodded repeatedly: "I am willing to cooperate with everything."
Capturing Wu Xun is half the battle.
When Chunniang stood in front of Wu Xun, he was horrified. But after hearing Chunniang's accusation, Wu Xun calmed down again.
"Mother Chun, how have I treated you these years? A while ago, I heard from the maid that you accidentally hit your knee. Did you use the medicine I sent you?"
Chunniang suddenly paused.
Jasmine thought Chunniang was being blackmailed. She hurriedly said, "Don't listen to him. Don't be afraid. With the Duke here, he can't do anything to you."
Chunniang's eyes were filled with tears. She turned to look at the maid who lowered her head, then raised her eyes to look at him: "It's been you all these years... Didn't you say that you wouldn't care whether I live or die in the future?"
Jasmine had a bad feeling.
Seeing Wu Xun's face moved and about to speak, Jasmine hurriedly said, "Shut his mouth!"
Chunli stepped forward swiftly and stuffed a cloth he pulled out from somewhere into Wu Xun's mouth.
Jasmine looked at Chunniang and said, "Don't be fooled by him. He's not a good person. Go on and tell me. What did he ask you to do? What did you see?"
Chunniang's consciousness seemed to drift far away, and she came back to her senses after a while. She said, "I don't know, I really don't know..."
Jasmine grabbed her arm and asked her impatiently, "You know, you used to live in this mansion. Didn't you say you wanted to move out because you didn't want to be bullied by him and his cronies anymore?"
"No!" Chunniang looked at her suddenly, "No, I misunderstood him. I thought... I thought he also wanted me to..."
Chunniang suddenly stopped talking, covered her ears and shook her head: "I don't know, I don't know anything. Please don't ask me!"
Jasmine was going to be mad at her!
Just as he was winking at Zuo He, wanting him to threaten Chun Niang, a figure ran out from the door.
"It's you?!"
Mrs. Wu rushed towards Chunniang with her finger pointed, and slapped her in the face.
Turning around, Madam Wu glared at Wu Xun again: "You lied to me, you have been lying to me all along? You said it was all just a show, and those bitches were just used to please people. In fact, it's all bullshit! No, you used those other bitches, but she was not."
Wu Xun's mouth was blocked, and he explained while shaking his head and whimpering.
Madam Wu ignored him and continued, "You want to say you didn't have any? But you sold all the other bitches, why did you keep her?"
Madam Wu was already certain that Wu Xun was deceiving her. She was so furious that she turned and knelt before the Duke, saying, "Your Majesty, I can testify that Wu Xun favors me over his wife! And he does more than just favor me over his wife!"
After leaving the Wu family, Jasmine took several deep breaths towards the sky.
Yan Ke also sighed: "Finally, another one has been solved."
Zuo He said with great resentment, "This Chunniang is so fickle and even worse than a vicious woman."
Chunli: "Judging from the situation, Chunniang seems to be being blackmailed."
When Jasmine heard this, she stamped her feet and turned back.
Chunniang was being supported by her maid and following behind them.
Seeing her looking back at her, Chunniang hesitated and stopped moving forward.
Jasmine stepped forward, only for Chunniang to ask her, "Will he die?"
Jasmine said without hesitation, "He will die. A wicked man like him who doesn't treat women as human beings will be torn into pieces by five horses."
Chunniang was so frightened that she burst into tears.
Jasmine was disgusted: "You don't think he really has you in his heart, do you? Don't dream."
Chunniang said excitedly, "You know, I misunderstood him back then. I saw him bringing his friends to the backyard to have fun, and I thought he was going to give me away, so I asked to leave. But that's not the case. I should have thought of it earlier, I was too stupid. When I left, he arranged a yard for me as compensation, and then he told me to fend for myself. But all these years, he was secretly helping me, and I just found out. I also know that he is ruthless to everyone, but he has never been this way to me. How can I repay kindness with hatred!"
Jasmine didn't expect Wu Xun to say so much, but Chunniang could think of so much. She didn't know what to say. Her anger was gone, only embarrassment remained. So without saying anything, she turned around and left.
Chunniang looked at her and murmured, "We are so similar, except that you have a better life than me."
...
Soon, rumors spread that Wu Xun was dismissed from his post, demoted to a commoner, and driven out of Kyoto.
Zuo He was very angry and complained to his grandfather: "Why is Wu Xun's crime lighter than that old man's?"
Jasmine asked, "Deputy General Zuo feels bad for his father?"
"Madam, you're worrying too much. I just feel that they both treat women like dirt, but Wu Xun even sold his concubines to brothels thousands of miles away. How could he be let off so easily?"
Before the Duke could say anything, Jasmine spoke up, "That's because His Majesty wants this to spread. If we want to shock the world, we have to use a few tricks. We can't just send everyone to jail. There are so many people who want to go to jail these days, so we can't let him get away with it. Right, Master?"
Yan Ke nodded.
Zuo He suddenly realized and was no longer angry.
Seeing Xiuhong and Shancha appear together, Jasmine asked, "How is it?"
Xiuhong: "Just as Madam expected, Chunniang really sold the shop and left."
Jasmine sighed.
Shancha glanced at the masters and leaned over to whisper something in Jasmine's ear. Jasmine smiled meaningfully when she heard it. The two of them grinned to themselves.
Although Yan Ke was curious, he didn't have to know if his wife didn't tell him.
Zuo He signaled Chunli with his eyes. Curious, Chunli quietly crept up behind Shancha. Jasmine pointed behind her, and Shancha suddenly turned around: "My wife said a gentleman doesn't take a backseat."
"Then I won't be a gentleman, okay?"
"You mean you want to be a villain?"
Jasmine pulled Shancha behind her and asked Chunli, "Are you saying something else?"
Chunli cupped his hands and said, "Why doesn't my wife agree?"
Jasmine confirmed, "Deputy General Han's words really do have hidden meanings. Don't accuse me falsely. I don't disagree. It's just your Han family that disagrees."
Zuo He stepped forward with a kind look on his face and patted Chun Li on the shoulder: "Madam Han is very easy to talk to. She is always very welcoming every time I visit her. It's just about asking for a concubine. I'll talk to your aunt for you. I'm sure she will give me some favor."
If her grandfather hadn't been here, Jasmine might have spit in his face. "Who wants to be a concubine? Whoever wants to be one can be one, not my Shancha."
Zuo He jumped back to the Duke's side in shock. "Master, what does Madam mean by that?"
Yan Ke: "I can't control it, so you better stay out of it."
Zuo He nodded obediently.
There were women in one group, and men in another. Jasmine and Shancha said, "Go tomorrow and get back the money bag they stole from Chunniang."
Shancha patted her chest and said proudly, "Here it is. They said it was given to my wife as a tribute."
Jasmine happily said, "Hey there!" "These little girls are quite sensible."
Jasmine imitated her grandfather's seriousness and said, "But it's not a filial gift to me. The money came from an ill-gotten source, and I can't let them get used to taking it for themselves."
Shancha nodded. "Don't worry. They have a braised pork restaurant now. They have plenty of food and drink, and they're not short of money. That's why they look down on them. Madam, do you know that the children can make braised pork? They said that when you're free, you can go and try it."
"all right."
One was Master Zuo, the other was Wu Xun, and the Duke turned around and set his sights on a powerful family who had concubines and kept several rooms of prostitutes.
Jasmine accompanied her master on the trip, proving to be a tough nut to crack. The powerful and influential seemed to know the Duke's temper, and while they didn't shy away from him, they retorted that His Majesty still favored the Imperial Concubine and neglected the Empress. When His Majesty went to the Imperial Palace and the Empress had children, the people of Qi State naturally restrained themselves.
If you are not even afraid of His Majesty, what else can you do?
Jasmine also tried to persuade the powerful lady: "Madam, you know that Wu Xun deceived Madam Wu and made her suffer. Madam, please don't think that your master is an exception."
As expected of a powerful lady from a wealthy family, she calmly dealt with Jasmine. She smiled and told Jasmine that her master was innocent and that they had misunderstood.
"Madam, why don't you ask the Duke to change his family?"
Jasmine simply tore off her temper and slammed the table, "Dream on. Just wait and see."
While they were still busy with the task of taking down the powerful, at the other end of the mansion, the fourth young master's wife came to find Jasmine and asked her to fulfill her promise.
Jasmine had forgotten it long ago.
Seeing her sudden realization, the Fourth Young Master's wife angrily asked, "You promised me, are you going to deny it?"
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