Chapter 304 Afraid of hurting their feelings
Before he lost consciousness from hunger, Steward Wang felt immense regret for having worked for the Duke of Jingguo's mansion.
When Qin Xiang, the second young master of the Duke of Jingguo's mansion, was demoted to a commoner, the Duke of Jingguo was afraid that the second princess was the blood slave who had been imprisoned in the mansion and served as a blood bag for Qin Weiwei. In a panic, he ordered all the servants in the mansion who had seen the blood slave to be "replaced".
Who knew that after he did this, he would also be eliminated by the Duke of Jingguo's mansion. The Duke of Jingguo's mansion spared his life because he had been a steward for many years, but they severed his tendons and poisoned his voice.
This way, he wouldn't be able to tell the truth or write down the facts.
Steward Wang took a bite of the sesame seed cake with resentment, truly grateful to the Duke of Jingguo's mansion!
Before starving to death, besides his resentment towards the Duke of Jingguo's mansion, Steward Wang secretly vowed that if he could survive, he would repent and make amends for his past actions.
Butler Wang was just daydreaming, but who knew that the next second a half-piece of sesame seed cake would actually fall from the sky, along with silver!
With tears in his eyes, Steward Wang finished the sesame seed cake, his hope rekindled. He secretly remembered the carriage that had just passed by and vowed to repay its owner.
Last time, he was beaten half to death by the people at the gambling den, and he didn't even notice who the owner of the carriage was.
But it doesn't matter, the carriage is a special color, he'll definitely meet it again.
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Sheng Sheng, naturally unaware of the beggar outside, assumed Xie Yunqi was littering and disapproved, saying, "Hey, even if you're angry, you can't throw things off the carriage. What if they hit someone? Besides, littering isn't a good habit, Fifth Brother."
As he spoke, he reached out to knock on the side of the carriage, wanting Zijuan to pick up the things.
"Hey, hey, hey." Xie Yunqi stopped her. "Of course I know. There was a beggar on the roadside just now, and I casually threw it into his bowl. Anyway, I didn't like that sesame cake, so I thought I'd give it to the beggar to eat. Hehe, I also threw some silver in there."
Xie Yunqi shook his head slightly, looking like he wanted praise.
"Ah, I see." Sheng Sheng said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Fifth Brother, I thought you were just littering. I didn't realize it was like this. Fifth Brother, you're really amazing!"
Xie Yunqi was smug for a while, then looked out the window again. The carriage had already left the city gate and was heading towards the outskirts of the capital.
"Wow, how come it's so fast?"
Xie Yunqi became anxious. He hadn't even eaten his melon yet; he'd been kept distracted by other things along the way.
Xie Yunqi hurriedly asked, "Tell me quickly, it won't be convenient to say anything when we get to Tonghuawu."
"say what?"
"It's about what happened in the Imperial Study a few days ago!"
Xie Yunqi sighed heavily, filled with remorse and regret. "Recently, my mother has been making me memorize texts all the time. That day, I couldn't take it anymore, so I went to the martial arts field to ride a horse for a while in the afternoon. As a result, I missed this great show."
Xie Yunqi became more and more heartbroken as she spoke, as if she had missed out on a tremendous opportunity.
"Tell me quickly, what exactly happened that day? I asked my mother, but she said she didn't know either. Even my mother doesn't know, so I can only ask the people who were there. What exactly happened? How could Her Majesty the Empress suddenly be... uh, punished? And how was Consort Liang banished to the Cold Palace?"
I didn't dare ask the Crown Prince or my fourth brother, afraid of hurting their feelings. I could only ask you to answer my questions. Oh, and I also heard that the Rejuvenating Herb is gone? Could it be that the Rejuvenating Herb is related to the Empress and Consort Liang?
Xie Yunqi's words came out like a barrage of cannonballs, each one amusing. Yesterday, Xie Yunjia had also come to see her, just as eager to get some gossip as Xie Yunqi, and their conversations were almost identical.
Sheng Sheng really suspects that these two people can't stand each other because they look so alike, even their gossip-eating habits are so similar.
She reassured Xie Yunqi, repeating what she had said to Xie Yunjia yesterday.
That is, it briefly describes what happened. As for why Empress Zheng was confined to her quarters for life and Consort Liang was banished to the Cold Palace, no one could say for sure.
"Then Father let us go. I guess Father had his own reasons. It's just that Father has been suffering these past few days because the ministers have been nagging him."
Xie Yunqi clicked her tongue in amazement: "How can I not grumble about it? Although Father Emperor gave the Empress some face, it's no different from deposing her. Those of us who know the inside story are fine, but to those outside who know nothing, isn't this a blatant slap in the face to the Empress and the Zheng family? No wonder when I heard that Father Emperor wanted to change the Crown Prince, I thought it was absurd. Now that I see it, if I were one of them, I would think the same way."
Xie Yunqi was better off not saying anything, because as soon as she spoke, she felt distressed: "This matter has nothing to do with my brother, but everyone is speculating about it like this. I really feel sorry for him."
Xie Yunqi also felt that this was a bit unfair to Xie Yunchuan, but he remembered reading in an article that "the lofty are easily broken, the pure are easily stained, and the higher you climb, the colder it gets."
"It's alright. Everyone knows what kind of person Second Brother is. This matter has nothing to do with anyone else."
If anyone is at fault, it's Empress Zheng and Consort Liang.
"Um."
Sheng Sheng nodded and fell silent.
When she was in the Imperial Study, she spoke to Empress Zheng in front of Xie Yuxiao. I wonder if anyone has thought about those words more deeply.
At that time, she claimed to know everything Empress Zheng had done. Perhaps Xie Yuxiao just thought she was calmly retorting in the face of danger. Otherwise, Xie Yuxiao would definitely have asked her for clarification.
Sheng Sheng thought honestly that even if her father questioned her carefully, there was nothing wrong. However, there was no evidence yet. Rather than revealing the matter before she had the power to make a definitive judgment, Sheng Sheng wanted to accumulate enough power to make Empress Zheng unable to refute it.
Speaking of which, the Duke of Jingguo's mansion did not go to the Shanglin Hunting Ground during the hunt.
The eldest son of the Duke of Jingguo's mansion is in the south, and the second son is not qualified to participate.
Back then, it was somewhat plausible that no one was suitable to attend, but surely no one will come to this spring banquet?
Sheng Sheng didn't know how the people from the Duke of Jingguo's mansion treated her, or whether they recognized her.
However, given how quiet the Duke of Jingguo's mansion was, it's unlikely that they would be certain that she was the blood slave who had been imprisoned there.
Moreover, she hadn't recalled her previous memories, so when she saw the people from the Duke of Jingguo's mansion, she naturally didn't react strangely at all. To her at that time, the Duke of Jingguo's mansion was indeed like a stranger.
It is likely that the Duke of Jingguo's mansion chose to cautiously avoid confrontation and observe the situation for the time being precisely because of this.
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