"How many beauty pills are left?"
"The supply from Qi has been cut off, and there isn't much left. However, over the years, our people have been almost developing a substitute. With this Wei blood, combined with the blood of those young sheep, the princess will soon no longer need to rely on those beauty pills."
After hearing this, Princess Yu was satisfied.
However, his eyes were a bit colder as he said, "That old thing is good at hiding things. If she hadn't been imprisoned and had her martial arts skills crippled, she probably wouldn't have revealed the secret about Wei."
The old thing she was referring to was Mrs. Wei.
Nanny Hua said, "Commander Wei was the most trusted by the late Emperor of Qi. Besides Commander Wei, even Nanny Liu, who was beside her, didn't know that Wei was actually the daughter of the Miao Saint. This time, she must have been forced into a desperate situation by Yang Zhao. She wanted to survive, so she used this secret to save her own life."
"In the final analysis, Commander Wei is also afraid of death."
"However, this does solve the princess's problem, so it's somewhat helpful. She still refuses to reveal the whereabouts of the order, though. It's not a good idea to waste time like this."
Aunt Hua suggested in a low voice, "Princess, how about I have someone capture her most beloved grandson? That would definitely pry her open."
Princess Yu Chang curled her lips and shook her head; "It's useless. That old thing knows very well that if she wants to survive, she must reveal the whereabouts of the order, otherwise she will die."
"These women who were chosen to infiltrate as spies have long since lost all their emotions. For them, the most important thing is their own lives."
Princess Yuchang smiled and said, "However, I have a better idea."
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"Mom, didn't I tell you to wait until I get back to do these things? Your waist has just healed, don't hurt it again."
As soon as Wen Shijie, who was wearing patched clothes, entered the yard, he saw his old mother carrying a bucket of water with great effort. He didn't care about the pile of paintings in his hands, put the things on the ground, and hurried over to take the bucket of water.
But he is just a weak scholar after all.
He was not even able to lift the bucket of water. Instead, he dropped it on the ground in a mess, splashing his clothes.
"My child, your mother can do these things. Did you hurt yourself?" Wen's mother checked on him worriedly.
Wen Shijie looked at the water spilled on the ground with a look of defeat, but under his mother's concern, he still forced a smile and said, "It's okay, Mom, you should go into the house and rest for a while, I can take care of these things."
"Mom, I'm fine. I'm free now..."
However, at this time.
A woman's loud voice rang out from the doorway: "Aunt Wen, come out, come out quickly."
When Wen's mother heard this, her expression became a little nervous. She hurriedly pushed Wen Shijie into the house and said, "Shijie, it's the sixth aunt from the street. You go in and rest first. I'll go out and take a look and be back soon."
Only the door was open.
The yard is so small.
As soon as Aunt Six saw Mother Wen, she stepped over the scroll on the ground and walked in. "Aunt Wen, since you're not at home, why didn't you say anything? Well, I won't waste my words with you. I'm here to talk to you about clothes. Take a look at this."
As she spoke, Sixth Aunt raised the dress in her hand, revealing the large hole in it. "You should recognize this dress. It's the one you washed this morning. I trusted you so much that I didn't check it, but I just realized you washed a huge hole in it."
At this point, Aunt Six became very angry. "Look at you, if you can't handle washing clothes for others, then don't take this job. Look at the clothes you washed for me, they have a big hole in them. These clothes are not mine. Others paid for them to be washed. How can I explain to them how badly you washed them?"
When Wen's mother saw the huge hole in the dress, she was also shocked: "How could this happen? I checked it after washing it this morning, and it was fine..."
"What? Are you saying that I deliberately made a big hole to frame you?" Sixth Aunt's voice suddenly became shrill.
Wen's mother quickly shook her head and explained, "That's not what I meant. I just wanted to tell you that I really checked and found no damage..."
"What do you mean it wasn't torn when I checked it? You were the one who washed the dress, and now it's torn, and you're trying to cheat me out of it. I really didn't trust you enough. Okay, stop talking nonsense. You have to pay for the dress."
Sixth Aunt never controlled her voice, so the neighbors all heard the noise and came out to listen and gossip.
When they saw that it was the Wen family, the mother and son who had just moved in, many people came forward and said, "Sixth Aunt, are you wrongly accusing the wrong person? This family is a juren, and a juren's mother is supposed to wash your clothes?"
"That's right. How could the mother of this scholar wash the clothes of those stinky men for you? Don't wrongly accuse a good person. It will be difficult for you and your neighbors to get along in the future."
When Sixth Auntie heard this, she immediately became angry and said, "What do you mean by wrongly accusing a good person? You snobs, aren't you just looking at him because he's a successful candidate? Why are you targeting him?"
"Our alley is the poorest alley. He has moved into our alley. What's the point of calling him master or not, or being from a certain family? He's just a poor family that failed the imperial examination. His mother has been washing my clothes in my yard for half a month. If he is really that filial, how could he have pretended not to know?"
"He's still a Juren, ugh!"
Wen's mother's expression suddenly changed.
Especially when she saw Wen Shijie coming out of the house, Wen's mother was so anxious that she quickly stopped Sixth Aunt: "Sixth Aunt, let's talk about this later..."
"What do you mean by 'talk about it later'? If I don't make things clear today, I'll be branded as someone who bullied your mother, a juren."
"Nothing."
Sixth Auntie grabbed Mother Wen's arm and said, "Tell everyone, have you been washing clothes in my yard for the past half month? I always give you copper coins on time. Last time you sprained your waist, didn't I give you an extra copper coin?"
Mother Wen's eyes turned red with anxiety, and she could only nod repeatedly: "Yes, Sixth Aunt, we'll talk about it later."
"No, this matter must be made clear..."
But Sixth Auntie didn't want to let it go like that. She pulled Mother Wen and asked her to admit it herself. Mother Wen was pulled so hard that she almost stumbled and fell to the ground...
"mother!"
Wen Shijie hurried forward to support him.
Seeing that Sixth Aunt was still pulling his mother's arm, he couldn't help but push Sixth Aunt's hand away in anger: "If you have anything to say, just say it nicely, don't touch my mother..."
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