Chapter 160: Madam Qin's Demonic Acts

Chen poisoned the food of the four maids.

He just wanted to chase away all the maids, but he ended up making the four maids become a knot.

Not only did he not leave, he also asked Jiang Jiu to tidy up their own yard.

At night, Jiang Jiu had the door closed and all the maids and servants gathered together.

There were a total of sixteen servants in their inner courtyard.

Jiang Jiu stood in the yard and looked at them.

"You are all people who serve the prince in the palace, and you are all close to the prince."

"Today, I am investigating a matter. If you have any clues, please report them to me. I will reward you handsomely."

Sixteen servants knelt on the ground, looking at each other, and they all knew what Jiang Jiu wanted to investigate.

Sure enough, Jiang Jiu asked: "Chunhua and the others' food was poisoned. Does anyone know who poisoned it?"

Ask directly.

The sixteen people were worthy of being selected by the palace to serve the prince personally. They were all quite smart and would not act without seeing the rabbit.

No one dared to speak up at first.

Until Jiang Jiu placed a silver ingot on the table.

"Whoever takes the first sip will receive the silver. But whoever takes the second sip will not receive any reward."

"I saw it. I ran into Madam Qin's maid in the kitchen."

There are many kitchens in the palace, and there is one in the front yard, which is used specifically to cook for the servants and the housekeepers.

There is one in the backyard, who cooks for the maids in the yard.

There is also a small kitchen in each courtyard.

The maid said it was in the kitchen, which was the small kitchen in the yard.

Logically speaking, since Madam Qin Er was a guest, their meals were prepared by a dedicated person in the big kitchen, not in the small kitchens in the courtyards.

But seeing Madam Qin Er’s maid here, I can’t say for sure.

"Okay, not bad." Jiang Jiu gave the maid a silver coin as a reward.

"Anything else?"

With the first one, there will be the second, the third...

Soon, the sixteen servants told everything that Chen's mother and daughter had done in the mansion.

After entering the mansion, Chen's mother and daughter told everyone who they met and what they did every day.

And tell who they bribed.

Of course, Jiang Jiu didn't trust everyone, as most of the people in the yard were familiar faces.

However, there were three or four strangers.

As soon as one person spoke, he stood up. In the end, there were only four servants, three maids, and a boy kneeling.

Jiang Jiu took out the flower list.

"You were only arranged to stay in this courtyard three days before my princess got married?"

The four people knelt down and dared not raise their heads.

Jiang Jiu asked someone to invite the butler Guishu over.

In Zhao Zhuoxi's original courtyard, the servants serving were all in accordance with regulations and there were enough of them.

This means that these four people actually took up the places of the two maids around Jiang Jiu, Xia Zhi and Chu Yu, and Lu Ming and Nishang.

After Uncle Gui’s explanation, Jiang Jiu understood.

These four people were transferred from other courtyards. Among them was a maid named Xiaotao. Her mother was the cook in the mansion, whose surname was Fang.

As soon as Chen arrived, she bought over the mother and daughter.

Xiao Tao was so scared that she was shaking all over. "Reply, reply Princess, I didn't say anything. Madam Qin was just asking about the princess. I thought she was a relative of the prince after all, so I told her out of concern for him."

As for the other two maids, they were the same as Xiaotao. When Chen gave them money, they would talk nonsense.

Jiang Jiu waved his hands and asked Jing Chen to help the man up.

"This is the first time. I will not bother with you. Each of you will be fined three months' salary. Let's make a rule here. From now on, if anyone asks about the affairs of me and the prince, whoever says one more word will be kicked out of the house."

Uncle Gui was also furious: "On the first day you entered this courtyard, I told you that you were slaves and were not allowed to discuss the master without permission. But you sold out the master's whereabouts for a little money. It's so unruly."

Xiaotao and the others knelt on the ground and kowtowed hard to beg for mercy.

Jiang Jiu waved her hands: "Xiao Tao, I'll give you a chance to make amends. If Madam Qin Er comes to ask about things again, you should answer her the way I teach you to. If you continue to make mistakes, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Jiang Jiu only arrested the people who were bribed by Chen and had no intention of taking them away.

If you take one away, Chen will find a second one. It is better to take advantage of the situation and keep the person to make use of him.

Xiaotao and the other three kowtowed quickly.

As for the others, they all knew that although this princess looked young, she was not someone to be bullied.

After all, she has Princess Zhaoyang as her backer.

The next day, early in the morning, under the beautiful spring flowers and autumn moon, the four of them had almost recovered.

Jiang Jiu did not clean up the palace immediately, but only arranged for them to keep an eye on Chen's mother and daughter to see how they would act.

Sure enough, if Chen wants to control the palace, she will not stop easily.

Seeing that the four maids did not leave, she had a backup plan.

Zhao Zhuoxi still wanted to wake up, but he couldn't.

At night, he could clearly feel the woman lying next to him. He wanted to escape, but he couldn't and his body couldn't move.

During the day, he was able to move, but he just stayed around the woman.

He always felt that there was something wrong with the new princess, but after he fainted and woke up, he only felt that Jiang Jiu had returned.

But you don’t even know where Jiang Jiu is?

He was so anxious that he stamped his feet.

Lu Ming finally came.

Ever since Jiang Jiu blew up the Queen's bedroom, Zhao Zhuoxi lived in a daze. Lu Ming rushed to Sucheng, assembled the secretly trained troops, and prepared to capture the capital at any time.

But after waiting for a long time, he heard the news that Zhao Zhuoxi was in a coma, so he hurried back from Suzhou.

I didn't expect that the prince got married.

As soon as he entered the palace, he was stopped by Chen.

"Guard Lu, why did you just come back? Lord Qin asked you to look after the prince, why aren't you by his side?"

This was Chen's disguised way of asking about Lu Ming's whereabouts.

He immediately recognized who Lu Ming was and laughed.

"Oh, I'm going to do some work for the prince. I'll report to him when I come back. See you later, Madam."

Chen shook the handkerchief in her hand vigorously and said, "Okay, then you should go and see the prince as soon as possible."

Not everyone can enter Zhao Zhuoxi's yard now.

Jiang Jiu was feeding Zhao Zhuoxi medicine when a servant came to report that Guard Lu had returned.

Jiang Jiu was just about to ask if it was Lu Ming or Lu An.

Then he thought it couldn't be Lu An: "Guard Lu, please come in."

Zhao Zhuoxi was molested by Jiang Jiu again. He refused to drink the medicine and just poured it into his mouth.

Zhao Zhuoxi didn't want to be taken advantage of by the new princess, so he drank the medicine obediently.

Hearing that Lu Ming had returned, he ran out quickly.

"Lu Ming, what's the situation in Sucheng? Did they bring anyone to attack..."

It’s a pity that Lu Ming couldn’t see him or hear him speak.

When he entered the room, he saw a young and beautiful woman sitting in the main seat, wearing the dress of a princess. He knew that this was the granddaughter of Princess Zhaoyang and the princess of his current master.

Even though you may not be happy, you still have to follow the rules.

"I have seen the princess before."

Jiang Jiu: "No need to be polite. I heard that you went out to work for the prince. You must have worked hard."

Lu Ming: "It's not hard, it's what a subordinate should do."

Jiang Jiu sighed: "It's a pity that the current prince... I don't know if he can hear your report..."

"I heard that there was a very capable female doctor in the palace. If Guard Lu is willing, can you invite her to come and see the prince again?"

"I always feel that the prince is about to wake up, but he just won't wake up. I don't know what's going on."