However, less than two days later, the two caused trouble again, and complaints arose throughout the court and the public.
The incident began one night when Consort Zhao caught a thief while patrolling the streets with the Imperial Guards. Consort Meng was indignant, saying, "If you can catch one, so can I."
Hey! Zhao Jieyu couldn't stand that, so she said, "Let's have a competition and see who catches more!"
As a result, the two men dragged the Imperial Guards on at least twenty more patrols a day. Not only did the Imperial Guards have no time to rest, but no one dared to walk on the streets, and businesses closed down one after another.
Once, a child went out to play and was stopped and interrogated by Consort Meng for a long time. She dug up the child's ancestors for eighteen generations, scaring the child to tears, and almost threw the child's parents into jail.
Consort Meng had a particularly good reason: the child's parents became timid and hesitant after being questioned by her, and always seemed to want to escape. What else could it be but a guilty conscience!
As for the officials who went to court every day, they had to avoid the Imperial Guards. Otherwise, if Consort Zhao and Consort Meng saw them, they would interrogate them about what they ate every day, when they went to bed and got up, and even what they dreamed about at night. Not to mention missing court, they might end up in jail if they were not careful.
Consort Meng's father, Lord Meng, was summoned to the prison by Consort Zhao on his way to court, who accused him of having ulterior motives by eating garlic in the morning!
He was just sleepy, so he ate garlic to stave off the spiciness and avoid feeling sleepy during court. But Consort Zhao accused him of having ulterior motives. Who eats garlic so early in the morning? They must be trying to cover up something with the smell of garlic!
When Consort Meng saw that her father had been captured by Consort Zhao, she felt that Consort Zhao was targeting her, so she went and captured Consort Zhao's father in return, acting as if no one else had a father!
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