Song Xia told him the truth.
Upon learning this, Yan Jinling led them towards the yamen (government office).
After interrogation.
They all confessed that Pei Jing had ordered them to do it.
then.
The town magistrate sent someone to invite Pei Jing over.
Pei Jing never dreamed that Song Xia and the others had been on guard against them all along. When things were exposed, he directly implicated Song Youdi, saying that she was the one who made him do it.
Ji Ying couldn't help but twitch his lips as he listened. Now he finally understood why their gambling den was inferior to others in every way.
With someone like that in charge, how good can their gambling den be?
Song Youdi was quickly brought to the yamen.
She knew she was finished, and she came in crying.
"Song Xia, I didn't mean to. It was him, he pressed me to tell him how to make sweet potato noodles and mung bean noodles. I had no choice, so I told him to ask the villagers..."
That despicable woman, she actually turned the tables on me.
Pei Jing said irritably, "What nonsense are you spouting? When did I interrogate you! You're the one who wanted money, so you came to me and tried to fool me by saying how profitable sweet potato noodles and mung bean noodles were. I listened to you and sent people to find those villagers. Who would have thought they would do this..."
Upon hearing this, his men began to protest.
Why did they do that?
If he didn't order them to do it, would they have done it?
"quiet!"
The town magistrate slammed the gavel heavily on the table.
They all fell silent instantly.
The town magistrate ignored them and summoned the villagers from Peach Blossom Village from the previous night to the hall. He then questioned them about what Pei Jing's men had done and said the previous night.
Pei Jing's men scaled the wall and arrested people last night without saying anything.
I didn't get any useful information.
The town magistrate turned his gaze to Song Youdi and asked, "You said Pei Jing forced you to say it. How did he get you to his house?"
"He sent his men to arrest me and take me back."
Song Youdi said with a glint in his eyes.
The town mayor could tell she was lying just by looking at her.
He said in a deep voice, "He forced you? How did he force you?"
He asked himself.
Song Youdi said tearfully, "Pei Jing said he would kill my whole family if I didn't tell. I was afraid he would really do that, so I told him to ask the villagers in our village. Sir, I was really forced into this."
"He's already caught you, why doesn't he interrogate your father and the others?"
"How dare you spout such nonsense in front of me!"
"Guards, drag her away and beat her until she tells the truth!"
At the town magistrate's command, his men came to drag Song Youdi away.
A few slaps followed.
Song Youdi couldn't take it anymore: "Sir, please stop hitting me! I'll talk, I'll talk, I'll confess honestly."
With her confession and the confessions of Pei Jing's men,
Pei Jing finally confessed.
After a moment's thought, the town magistrate struck his gavel and pronounced his sentence: "Song Youdi, you conspired with others to kidnap villagers from your village, but failed, and afterwards refused to admit it. I sentence you to three months in prison. Pei Jing, you instructed others to kidnap villagers from Peach Blossom Village, but failed. Considering that you did this because of Song Youdi, you are sentenced to two months in prison. You are fully responsible for the injured villagers of Peach Blossom Village..."
When Song Youdi heard that he would have to serve such a long time in prison, he was completely devastated.
"My lord, I was wrong, I was wrong, please forgive me."
It's no use begging him.
Song Youdi then went to seek help from Song Xia.
"Song Xia, I was wrong, I really know I was wrong. I'll behave myself from now on and never do anything bad again. Please forgive me for the sake of us being cousins, okay? Please don't report me, okay?"
"You didn't succeed either; if you had, I would have been the one in trouble. Since you did such a thing, you have to bear the consequences!"
How could Song Xia possibly let her go?
Of course not!
Even if Qiao Lianhua and the others begged her, she wouldn't let them go.
Qiao Lianhua came to ask for something.
Song Lao Er didn't allow it.
Because of this, everyone in the town knew about sweet potato noodles and mung bean noodles, and they were all curious about what they looked like and whether they were profitable.
Some people also want to buy it.
As a result, the business of Song Xia's shop and Ji Ying Restaurant improved significantly, and the vermicelli was sold for a high price of one hundred coins in their town.
Of course, most people are still reluctant to part with it.
However, since a bowl only costs a few coins, everyone was willing to spend the money.
I tried it and thought it was delicious.
Some people went to Song Xia's shop to eat hot and sour noodles for several days in a row.
Song Xia and the others helped out, and they were all quite tired.
I can sleep better at night than usual.
While Song Xia was still half asleep, she heard Tuoba Zhen calling her, but she really didn't want to open her eyes, so she ignored him.
I woke up the next morning.
Song Xia suddenly thought of him and hurriedly entered the space.
I thought he was definitely still asleep.
Who would have thought?
He didn't sleep all night, calling her name every now and then.
He spent the night outside the supermarket!
Seeing that he had lost a lot of weight and looked like a wilted eggplant, Song Xia couldn't help but feel strange: "Tuoba Zhen, what's wrong with you?"
"My father wants me to get married."
Tuoba Zhen sat on the ground with a mournful face.
Song Xia carried a stool and sat down in front of him, saying, "Isn't getting married a good thing? Aren't the marriages of you royal children usually beyond your own control? What's there to cry about?"
"Getting married is a good thing, and we can't really decide for ourselves, but we should at least marry someone good-looking. The woman my father wants me to marry is both ugly and fierce; I can't live like this..."
Tuoba Zhen burst into tears as he finished speaking.
He's crying like this, so what must that woman be like?
Seeing him crying incessantly, Song Xia nudged him and said, "Try to look on the bright side. If she's fierce, then no one will dare to bully you, right? If she's ugly, then you can't see her when the lights are off, right? She's fierce and ugly, but her family background is still pretty good, isn't it?"
"Who told you that she comes from a good family? Her father was just a hunter who accidentally saved my father, and my father wanted to repay him, so he gave me to his daughter."
"It's not that I think she's ugly, I just can't stand how fierce she is."
"One slap from her could swell up my shoulder. And her voice is so loud, everyone outside my palace can hear her yelling at me..."
"I'm so miserable."
Although Tuoba Zhen was truly in a terrible situation, Song Xia couldn't help but want to laugh.
"You're still laughing at me..."
Tuoba Zhen felt extremely wronged.
Song Xia coughed and said.
"I didn't want to laugh either, it's what you said that made me laugh. You're so unwilling, can you change it? Since you can't change it, then try to accept it."
"You are a prince, not a commoner. You can have many women. If you're worried you can't control her, just find a concubine who's even more capable than her later, right?"
She's even better than him.
Wouldn't he be in an even worse situation?
Song Xia had no idea what Tuoba Zhen was thinking. If she did, she would have slapped him to make him think twice.
Tuoba Zhen left in tears.
Song Xia saw him again a few days later.
He appeared before Song Xia dressed in beggar's clothes, leaving her somewhat bewildered: "You disobeyed your father, the Emperor, and were demoted to a commoner?"
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