After hearing Xiao Qi's words, Xu Jinyi narrowed his eyes slightly: "So the emperor is a dog now?"
"Yes, in order to help her son, Prince Yan, ascend to the throne, the Queen Mother invited a witch doctor to swap the emperor's soul with that of a stray dog."
"This will allow the Emperor to control his body and allow Prince Yan to take charge of government affairs step by step."
Xu Jinyi: "So the emperor in the court now is a puppet controlled by the Prince of Yan? He was the one who murdered my father."
"No wonder. Considering how much the emperor values my father, how could he allow his family to be confiscated while he was being slandered? I see."
"So where is the emperor now? Is he imprisoned?"
Xiao Qi: "He has escaped, but his situation is not very good."
"The King of Yan sent people to search for him in the capital and issued an order to kill any black dog on sight."
"So the emperor has already fled the capital. Do you want to go and meet him? If not, he will probably arrive nearby in about seven days, but the situation will be more dire."
Xu Jinyi tapped the table with his fingers, as if thinking.
"No, since he's coming this way, I'll just wait for him to come to my door. Besides, if he's in a miserable state, I'll be grateful to him when I take him in, right?"
Liusu knelt for half an hour and her knees hurt badly. Seeing that Xu Jinyi had no intention of asking her to get up, she couldn't help but think about all sorts of things.
Xu Jinyi was acting very abnormally today. It couldn't be that she had discovered something.
Liusu thought a lot but still couldn't figure it out.
I couldn't help but ask, "Miss, did Liusu do something wrong? I've been kneeling for half an hour. Can I get up?"
"You still don't understand where you went wrong? Then kneel down until you understand, then stand up again."
Liusu was filled with anger: "Miss, you can punish me by making me kneel, but you must make me know where I am wrong."
"Pa!" Xu Jinyi slapped her unexpectedly.
"You've talked back to me time and again. Do you really think I've lost my temper?"
Liusu covered her face with her hands, her head buzzing. This was the first time she was slapped in the face after so many years in the general's mansion.
Tears welled up in her eyes, and she looked at Xu Jinyi unconvincedly: "It was the young lady who told Liusu not to be so reserved and to speak up if she had anything to say. It was the young lady who said to treat me like a sister. I don't know what I did wrong."
Xu Jinyi sneered, "So it was me who taught you to talk back, to have no manners, to try to figure out my thoughts, and to make decisions for me?"
"I was kind enough to let you, a servant girl, live a better life in the mansion. I never thought you would be so arrogant and push your luck. You even take yourself too seriously. Who gave you the courage?!"
Xu Jinyi raised his hand and pinched her chin with such force that Liusu's chin turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"How dare a slave girl point fingers in front of me? Something happened in the General's Mansion, but don't forget that your indenture is still in my hands."
Liusu was so frightened that she trembled all over. She knelt down and kowtowed to Xu Jinyi: "I know I am wrong. I beg you to spare my life, young lady."
At this time, the indenture contract could determine the life or death of a slave.
Every slave had the word "slave" branded on their wrist.
However, the imperial court's laws against fugitive slaves were very cruel. Once discovered, they would surely be put to death.
Liusu knew in her heart that as long as her indenture was still in Xu Jinyi's hands, she would never be able to escape.
Thinking of this, Liusu's head went dark. She originally thought that Xu Jinyi was so obedient to the prince, and after she entered the mansion, the prince would definitely be able to coax her into a contract and make her a concubine.
But when she thought of Xu Jinyi's attitude towards Lu Haoran, Liusu was almost in despair.
"Miss, all the dowry has been counted and put into storage. Here is the key."
Liuli approached politely, bowed to Xu Jinyi, and bent over to hand over the key.
"Where is Tong's mother?" Xu Jinyi took the key.
"Mother Tong arranged for everyone to rest and asked the maid to go buy things needed for the farm."
Liuli glanced at Liusu who was kneeling on the ground, and was surprised to see the slap mark on her face, but did not ask why.
It is normal for a master to beat his servant. It is something that Liuli should not ask about, and she never asks about it.
Such a loyal girl, but the original owner did not believe her in the previous life. She believed Liusu's words and thought she had stolen her jewelry, so she handed her over to Liusu for disposal.
It was not until later that she learned that Liuli had been sold into a brothel, contracted a serious disease, and died in an alley.
She seemed to still remember Liusu's arrogant tone at that time: "Ha, Xu Jinyi, your life is a joke, you are just a fool, why are you glaring at me? If you don't work for yourself, heaven will punish you, and what's wrong with me climbing to the position of concubine on my own?"
"You are naked and your current fate is due to your poor judgment of people. Tong's mother was devoted to you, but you thought she was nagging and drove her away, leaving her to freeze to death on the street."
"That silly girl Liuli was devoted to you. Even after being sold to a brothel, she always missed you."
"She actually wanted to use her body to get close to the Prime Minister and save you. You said that you drove away such a loyal Liuli. Are you blind?"
Xu Jin thought of how the original owner had been eating rotten food in that small courtyard for decades, and his eyes turned even colder as he looked at Liusu.
"Since you know you're wrong, kneel down in the yard. Liuli, send someone to watch her. She's not allowed to get up until she's kneeled for three full hours."
"Yes, miss."
Liusu listened for three hours, her eyes wide as bells. "Miss, I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have disobeyed my superiors, I shouldn't have talked back, and I shouldn't have made decisions for you. Please forgive me this time."
"Liu Su will never dare to do that again. Please take back your order, Miss."
"It's too late. If I don't punish you severely today, how will you remember it in the future?"
After saying that, Xu Jinyi took the warehouse key and walked out.
She came with such a huge dowry and moved in here in public, so many people must have been staring at these things.
She has plenty of money in her space, but these are the love of the original owner's mother, and she can't let others get them for free, so it's safest to keep them in the space.
All the boxes in the warehouse disappeared in an instant without making any sound. No one knew that the dowry had been placed in the safest place.
After closing the door, Xu Jinyi planned to open it again in two days to let everyone know that these things had been secretly taken away.
Otherwise, there would be endless waves of bandits.
Moreover, there should be quite a few secret guards in the Marquis' Mansion keeping an eye on her.
With the looks on those guys' faces, they could easily come and rob us.
Xu Jinyi found Tong's mother with three hundred taels of silver and some banknotes.
"Mother Tong, the general's mansion is gone, and the situation in the capital is unclear. We can't return to the capital rashly. Let me contact my uncle and aunt in the capital to find out the situation before making any plans."
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