Chapter 465: Concubine's Identity
Wen Yan returned to Qingfeng Little Building.
After "Qingfeng Xiaolou" closed down, there was no need to serve customers, and the maids in the building had nothing to do.
Wen Yan paid them a fixed monthly salary of 500 Wen coins and divided them into four shifts to take turns cleaning and maintenance.
Without any guests, the building became deserted.
Wen Yan stretched, took his fishing rod and went to the lake.
There are many fish in this big lake. She plans to catch a few and grill them with everyone in the evening.
After a while, a big carp was caught.
As soon as Wen Yan took the fish off, Pei'er rushed in with a bundle in her arms.
"Miss, Mr. Huo has brought something again. Here..." Pei'er was about to open the package.
"Don't look at it. What good stuff can the Huo family send us?" Wen Yan stopped him. "Pack it up in a box. From now on, anything Huo Yaoxing sends you, you don't have to return it. Just put it in the box."
"Oh." Pearl curled her lips, "But Miss, why did you suddenly change your mind?"
"That filthy fellow Huo Yaoxing must have sent something unlucky that will affect the feng shui of our 'small building'."
Pei'er made no secret of her dislike for Huo Yaoxing.
Wen Yan laughed, "Then put the box in the toilet. Use filth to overcome filth, and you'll achieve balance."
"Miss, you always have a lot of ideas." Pei'er suddenly became happy. Seeing the fish in the bucket, she asked happily, "Miss, are we having fish tonight? Steamed or braised?"
"Roast it and eat it. Go and prepare the seasoning." Wen Yan urged.
Ying Zhilin might be useful in dealing with Huo Yaoxing in the future, so let's leave a fish for him as well.
Wen Yan thought so.
**
Dazhao Temple.
The sun is setting.
Ning Tan accompanied Concubine Gong to finish the evening class that day.
Ning Tan immediately stepped forward to help Concubine Gong stand up. "Your Highness, what would you like to eat tonight? Dazhao Temple has been serving porridge lately, and the dining hall is very busy. How about I make you a vegetable stew?"
"Stir-fried vegetables? What kind of dish is this?"
Ning sighed, "Cooking seasonal vegetables in one pot is a bit crude, but the taste is very delicious."
"Then I'll try your stewed vegetables tonight." Concubine Gong waved her hand kindly and let her go about her business.
"Yes." Ning Tan agreed happily.
Zheng Xiaozhuo came in carrying a tray and said, "Madam Concubine, I have made a new thin shirt. Please try it on to see if it fits you."
In order to keep Ning Tan by her side legitimately, Concubine Gong picked another girl.
The girl was Zheng Xiaozhuo.
Nanny Fu took the dress, examined it, and handed it to Concubine Dowager Gong. "Look, Your Majesty, do the embroidery stitches look like those of Miss Liu Wenyan?"
Concubine Gong took the dress and looked at it, then nodded: "It does look like Yan's stitches, but it's not."
Concubine Gong asked Zheng Xiaozhuo, "But who came to the temple?"
"A girl named Wen Xiuyun came with her frail younger brother to seek medical treatment in the temple." Zheng Xiaozhuo answered truthfully.
Ning Tan continued, "Wen Xiuyun is Wen Yan's adoptive father's younger sister. They are a pair of bickering lovers who have loved competing since childhood. I'm sure their embroidery skills are somewhat similar."
After a moment's thought, Concubine Gong said to Aunt Fu, "I heard that the Wen family has been in constant turmoil recently. This Miss Wen probably came here to avoid trouble under the guidance of Miss Yan.
Since it is Yan's idea, Madam Fu, please go and take care of her for a while."
"Yes." Nanny Fu responded and asked Zheng Xiaozhuo to take her to find Wen Xiuyun.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they arrived at Wen Xiuyun's courtyard, they saw a group of soldiers surrounding the courtyard.
There was a noise in the yard.
Seeing this, Aunt Fu strode over.
The officer was about to stop him.
Aunt Fu showed her badge.
The officer hurriedly saluted.
Aunt Fu put away the token and asked gently, "What's going on?"
The officer quickly recounted the story of the Wen family.
After listening to this, Aunt Fu frowned and said, "We have some embroidery work that needs Wen Xiuyun to do recently.
I think so.
If you capture the person and interrogate him in Wen Mansion, it would be better for you to interrogate him in this Zen temple.
After this, we will also keep the person in custody so that you can interrogate him at any time."
After looking at each other, the officers agreed to Aunt Fu's suggestion.
Wen Xiuyun escaped the disaster and breathed a sigh of relief. He also secretly made up his mind that he must cling to Wen Yan's thighs in the future. Maybe it would be better than living in the Wen Mansion.
The crisis on Wen Xiuyun's side is resolved.
Wen Mi is ambitious and plans to take over the Wen Mansion.
After they entered the mansion, they bribed many servants.
They also brought servants into the mansion, who took advantage of the situation and captured an important manager of the Wen Mansion.
In this way, the Wen Mansion can change its owner.
It is better to do it today than to wait for a day.
That night, Wen Mi took action.
She made a huge noise and rushed into Wen Zeduan's yard with her men, but was surrounded by Wen Zeduan and his men.
Nanny Jiang stepped forward, grabbed Wen Mi by the collar of her clothes, and slapped her a dozen times. Wen Mi instantly became obedient.
**
The Jingzhao Prefecture investigated the case of the three members of the Wen family for more than ten days and announced the verdict.
Because Jiang Xinkui and his wife were blaming each other, they were directly sentenced to exile three thousand miles away and were not allowed to study or become officials for five generations.
Unless there is a change of dynasty, the Wen family will have no hope of reviving their fortune within a hundred years.
The Jiang family was also dragged into the mud, and all the male members who entered the officialdom were demoted and exiled.
After hearing the verdict, Jiang Xinkui and Lord Wen collapsed to the ground.
The two men regretted it deeply, regretting that they had wanted to kill each other in a moment of impulse and ended up sending themselves to jail.
The mistress who caused the breakup between the two was only sentenced to three years in prison because she was not directly involved in selling official positions and titles.
The concubine burst into tears of joy: "I don't have to die, and I don't have to be exiled!"
However, before she could be happy for long, someone in the crowd suddenly pointed at the concubine and shouted, "This concubine is the daughter of a guilty minister."
"Her grandfather was the former Minister of Revenue, Cui Yi. Because he embezzled disaster relief funds, all the men were beheaded and all the women were made prostitutes by the government, with no right to redeem themselves for life.
This girl is Cui Yi’s eldest granddaughter, Cui Zhenxin.
Not long after Cui Zhenxin was sent to the Jiaofangsi, he died of illness.
It turns out that Lord Wen, the Minister of Rites, had used despicable means to get her out of the Jiaofang Bureau and keep her as a concubine."
"You're talking nonsense. I'm not Cui Zhenxin at all!" The mistress screamed and denied it at the top of her lungs.
The person who reported her pointed at her and said, "Don't forget, your family has been convicted for less than twenty years, and many people in the capital still remember what you look like.
All you need to do is find the people who were once friends with your family and identify them."
Cui Zhenxin's face turned pale in an instant, she fell to the ground, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.
Suddenly, her spirit collapsed in an instant.
She suddenly pointed at Jiang Xinkui and said, “It’s all your fault.
It was obvious that Brother Wen and I were in love back then, and our two families were about to discuss the wedding date. It was you who stole my love and took Brother Wen away, preventing me from getting married in time.
If I had married out when my family was in trouble, I wouldn't have been implicated by my father's family.
It's all your fault. You ruined my marriage and everything I had."
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