In the big prison of Qinzhou County Government.
After the plague was cured, the other ladies returned to their respective homes.
Mrs. Mei and Mei Sisi were transferred here.
The new provincial government had already written down all the matters in a memorial and sent it to the capital at full speed.
What will be the fate of the two of them is up to His Majesty to judge.
"Sisi, don't worry, your father is a meritorious official, the princess won't do anything to us!"
Duan touched Mei Sisi's head and said slowly: "You didn't do anything. You are still young. You didn't mean it."
Mei Sisi clung tightly to her mother's sleeve. The prison was smelly and dirty, and she could hardly bear it.
"So when can we go out, mother?"
Mei Sisi asked softly, a fleeting hint of disgust flashing in her eyes.
"Soon, we'll be able to get out soon. Just trust me."
With a "click", the iron door outside the prison was opened.
The two heard a sound coming.
"Princess, the two people you mentioned are imprisoned in here. The governor said that this matter involves the princess, so he can't make a private judgment. Everything must wait for His Majesty..."
Jiang Li raised her hand and fanned away the strange smell that hit her nose.
"I see. You wait outside. I'll go check it out."
"yes."
Prince Jingling and Princess Jingling are now the saviors of Qinzhou. Upon hearing this, the yamen runner nodded quickly, fearing that he would delay the princess's affairs.
"Here's the key." After handing the key hanging from his waist to the maid following behind the princess, the yamen runner quickly bowed and took his leave. "I'm just outside. Princess, please call me anytime if you need anything."
After the bailiffs left, Jiang Li took Mo Xiaoxiao and continued to walk inside.
The women's prison is not big, but it is quite deep.
The further they went in, the darker it got. Fortunately, Mo Xiaoxiao had prepared a fire starter in advance and lit the candle hanging on the wall, and the room gradually became brighter.
"Mom, someone's coming." Mei Sisi heard the noise and immediately stood up, rushed to the prison door, and shouted, "Someone, let us out!"
"Do you know who my father is? How dare you lock us up here? Someone, come quickly!"
After he finished speaking, he heard a sneer.
"Mei Sisi, do you still know who your father is?"
Accompanied by a halo of light, Mei Sisi saw a beautiful woman appear in front of her.
Looking closely, it turned out to be Princess Jingling.
With a "thump".
Mrs. Mei knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.
"Princess, we were wrong, really wrong!"
"You are a great man and don't bear grudges. Sisi didn't mean it. Please forgive us this time!"
When Duan saw that only Princess Jingling came over, without even a yamen runner following her, she knew that something was wrong.
An inexplicable fear rose from behind her, she regretted it!
Mei Sisi shouldn't have done that to the princess!
"Princess, it was my mother who ordered me to do this. It has nothing to do with me, Princess!"
Mei Sisi turned her head and glanced at the woman on the ground. She pursed her lips and paused for a moment, then immediately knelt on the ground, pointing at Mrs. Mei, no longer having the arrogance of that day.
Jiang Li waved his hand, and Mo Xiaoxiao stepped forward and opened the cell door.
When Jiang Li walked in, Duan had already grabbed Mei Sisi's clothes and said, "You stupid kid, what are you talking about?"
"Mom, didn't you say you would protect me? Just admit it!"
Mei Sisi gritted her teeth and didn't even look at Duan.
"Princess, I'm also a victim. I don't want to be like that. It's my mother who said that only if I infect you will you truly help us instead of just playing along!"
Mei Sisi's mouth was like a sieve, shaking out all those words.
Jiang Li seemed to be watching a show, watching the two people fighting each other.
"Madam Mei." Jiang Li looked at the woman with disheveled hair and smiled, "Is what the second young lady said true?"
"Mother, the princess is asking you a question. Just admit it."
Mei Sisi looked at Duan coldly, her once well-behaved little face turned terrifying at this moment.
Duan turned and looked at her daughter as if she were a stranger.
Yes, she asked Mei Sisi to infect Jiang Li, but it was Mei Sisi who first proposed it. She was the one who said that the princess would not take them seriously at all, and she also said that she did not want to die.
What else can I say? If only the princess also got the disease, then the court would definitely not ignore them.
Duan's hands were shaking violently.
She had never imagined that the daughter she had spoiled since she was a child actually wanted to kill her and let her take all the blame just to leave herself a way to survive!
Duan's expression grew increasingly grim. She took a deep breath and said, "That's not the case. I just asked her to apologize to the princess. She did everything else on her own."
Duan made up his mind.
Once this matter is settled, she will run away with her lover. As for her daughter, she doesn't want her anymore.
"Mom!" Mei Sisi was going crazy, "How could you do this?!"
"You...you don't care about me anymore?!"
There was finally a look of horror in Mei Sisi's eyes.
She looked at Jiang Li, "Princess, it's not like that. My mother asked me to do this. You have to believe me!"
"I didn't." Duan denied coldly.
"Interesting." Jiang Li sneered: "I can leave you two a way out, but..."
Jiang Li's eyes swept over them one by one.
"I've given you one way to survive, and that's the only way." Jiang Li said in a deep voice, "The choice is yours."
As soon as she finished speaking, Mei Sisi threw herself on Duan.
Pulling Duan's hair tightly, he said, "Mom, you are old and won't live long. Please leave this opportunity to me!"
"ah!"
The next moment, Duan grabbed Mei Sisi's hair and said, "You damn girl, you really don't have any filial piety at all!"
"Filial piety?" Mei Sisi howled as she strained her lungs. "Don't worry, I'll definitely burn paper money for you after I get out!"
"I don't need paper money!"
After a while, the two began to fight each other.
Jiang Li didn't expect that before he even started fighting, the two of them had already started fighting!
Duan and Mei Sisi were still fighting until long after Jiang Li left.
Later, I heard from the yamen runners that it was Mei Sisi who bit off Duan's ear. Duan was in so much pain that she accidentally poked out one of Mei Sisi's eyes.
The two of them finally calmed down.
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The epidemic is gone.
After staying in Qinzhou for a few days, an imperial edict came from the palace.
First, Prince Jingling, Princess Jingling, and a group of imperial physicians were highly praised. The imperial edict stated that they would be rewarded uniformly after returning to the capital.
As for the new governor of Qinzhou, he was punished for not reporting the disease in time, but considering that he cooperated with Prince Jingling and Princess Jingling throughout the process and resolved the epidemic in a very short time, it can be regarded as a great achievement.
Merits and demerits offset each other, so there is neither punishment nor reward.
When he heard the news, the new governor finally felt relieved. He had been scared to death these past few days.
In addition, the court also punished Duan and Mei Sisi.
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