Chapter 545 The Evil Ones Complain First
In the imperial study, Fan Chihai came before the emperor and bowed.
"Your Majesty, Miss Meng Xinyue, the daughter of the Minister of Revenue, and her maidservants are outside the palace gates asking for an audience."
The emperor was reviewing memorials to the emperor without even raising his eyelids.
"What is it?"
Fan Chihai said respectfully, "According to Miss Meng, Princess Le'an not only ridiculed her in public, but also beat her maid, and she wants to come to Your Majesty to complain."
Li Junyao was stunned and looked in his direction.
"As far as I know, Princess Le'an is a calm and indifferent person, and doesn't seem like someone who would take the initiative to cause trouble. What happened?"
Fan Chihai bowed.
"I have just asked someone to inquire about it. I think we will know the reason soon."
Li Junyao nodded.
"Then let her wait at the palace gate first, and call Lord Xu and Minister Meng to come to me. I want to hear what they have to say."
"yes."
Fan Chihai responded, bowed and retreated.
This Meng Xinyue is also stupid.
Although Princess Le'an has no support from her natal family, she is highly regarded by His Majesty. Although many things are not done openly, it can be seen from how frequently His Majesty has sent rewards to the Xu Mansion in the past year.
In addition, because of the late queen, although His Majesty did not show it, he had followed His Majesty for more than ten years, and it was not difficult to see that His Majesty's feelings for the county princess were somewhat unusual after all.
What's more, there is Lord Xu and the Tang family behind him.
In short, Princess Le'an cannot be offended.
…
As soon as Song Yuntang arrived at the door of his house, he saw Nanny Wang rushing over.
"Madam, your sister-in-law is about to give birth!"
Song Yuntang's originally furrowed brows suddenly relaxed.
"When did it happen?"
Nanny Wang held her chest and breathed slowly.
"It started about half an hour ago. Before that, only the midwife was there. I didn't dare to come here to report the news until your second brother came home. Now, only the midwife and Mr. Song are watching over there. I hurried back to inform you and will return soon."
Song Yuntang said hurriedly, "Madam, please take a breath first. We will go there faster in a carriage later."
I had just come back from outside and the carriage was still parked at the gate of the mansion.
She turned her head and gave another order.
"Jinshu, rest in the mansion first. Xia Ning, go to the room and get the things and medicine box I prepared this morning, just in case they are needed when the time comes, and you don't have to run back and forth and waste time."
"yes."
Xia Ning was very quick and brought the things in just a moment.
Several people got on the carriage and hurried to the South City.
When I arrived, I saw Song Jinsheng wandering at the door.
Song Yuntang jumped off the carriage.
"Brother, why are you here?"
Song Jinsheng hurried forward, "Tang'er, you're finally here. Your sister-in-law wouldn't let me into the delivery room. Please go and see her for me."
"Hey." Song Yuntang patted his hands, "Don't worry, second brother, I'm here, my sister-in-law and nephew will be fine."
Song Jinsheng personally sent her to the delivery room.
"Tang'er, I'm counting on you."
Song Yuntang nodded, said nothing, and led Xia Ning into the delivery room.
…
In the imperial study.
When Xu Qingye and the Minister of Revenue Meng Xunzhou arrived at the imperial study, Fan Chihai came in with the guards who had gone out to find out the situation.
Li Junyao looked at the two of them.
"Half an hour ago, Miss Meng came to the palace gate to ask to see me. She wanted to tell me about Princess Le'an, saying that Princess Le'an beat her maid. I want to hear your opinions."
When Xu Qingye heard this, his brows furrowed.
Since Tang'er came to the capital, she has been calm and gentle. She has never blushed in front of others and never takes the initiative to provoke others.
The only way to force her to take action is if Miss Meng provokes her first, forcing her to fight back.
"I believe in my wife. She must have her reasons for doing this."
Meng Xunzhou knew his daughter's temperament. She had targeted Princess Le'an at the prime minister's banquet before. Although he didn't want to admit it, although Princess Le'an was the same age as his daughter, her vision and mind were far beyond his daughter's.
In addition, His Majesty’s attitude is not very clear now.
In line with the principle of making big things small and small things nothing, he clasped his fists towards the emperor.
"It's just a quarrel between two girls. Why did you have to bring it to your majesty? My daughter was reckless in this matter. I think there must be a misunderstanding. After I go back and understand what happened, I will teach my daughter the rules."
Fan Chihai bowed aside.
"Your Majesty, the guards who went out to gather information have arrived."
Li Junyao nodded.
"Let him tell us what's going on first."
"yes."
Fan Chihai stepped aside and winked at the guards.
The guard stepped forward respectfully and saluted the emperor.
"Reporting to your Majesty, the cause of today's incident is that Le'an County Master's maid Jinshu went to Yujun Pavilion and was caught by Miss Meng. When she was leaving, she was blocked by Miss Meng's personal maid Juying and the servants and slapped. There were many people present at the time, and everyone can testify."
"After Lady Le'an learned about this, she was probably angry that her maid was beaten, so she led her servants to teach Miss Meng's maid Juying a lesson in front of everyone."
"As for what Miss Meng said about Princess Le'an mocking her, according to what I have heard, there is no such thing. On the contrary, Miss Meng said a lot of unpleasant things to Princess Le'an."
Li Junyao had a calm expression.
"What did you say?"
The guard said truthfully, "According to people from Yujun Pavilion and Daoxiangzhai, Miss Meng mocked Princess Le'an for not having a family to support her. Now Lord Xu is living a life of debauchery with the ministers in the court. Now that he is pregnant, he will abandon her soon. Even so, Princess Le'an did not target Miss Meng herself because of these words."
Hearing this, a trace of heartache flashed across Xu Qingye's originally calm face.
Because I was investigating a case recently, I kept a distance from her on purpose, in order to create an illusion and let the people in the dark let down their guard.
But she didn't expect that people from Beijing would bully Tang'er.
"oh?"
The expression on Li Junyao's face was intriguing.
"I personally conferred the title of county princess on her, which is only below that of a princess. But because her family can't support her, her status is actually lower than that of a minister's daughter?"
The emperor was furious and slammed the desk in front of him.
"You have no respect for the law, no idea of hierarchy, and you even want to file a complaint first. How despicable!"
Meng Xunzhou was so scared when he heard this that he knelt down immediately.
"My daughter is young and ignorant, so she did such a foolish thing. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me. When I return, I will teach her well."
Seeing that Li Junyao didn't say anything, Meng Xunzhou wanted to say something, but Xu Qingye didn't give him the chance to continue to exonerate his daughter.
"As far as I know, this is not the first time that Miss Meng has targeted my wife. She was even more ruthless before, easily beating, killing, and selling the servants in the mansion. Since the Shangshu Mansion will not educate their daughter, Your Majesty might as well find someone to educate Lady Meng. I think the Shangshu will definitely appreciate your majesty's deep understanding of justice."
Having said this, Li Junyao looked at Meng Xunzhou.
"What do you think of Lord Xu's proposal, Minister Meng?"
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