Qingyue Garden and Changning Garden.
After Xiao Guizi finished his report, he left.
Ning Wanyin looked at Lian Rui and instructed:
"Send a message to the steward who stayed behind in the Marquis's residence in the capital. Those two followers can be arrested now. Give them a thorough trial."
"Yes." Lian Rui obeyed the order.
After a while, a chess player came in and reported, "Master, Concubine Fu wants to see you."
"Please ask her to come in."
Fu Jiaoyi didn't sleep all night, tossing and turning. She thought it couldn't be a coincidence, the style of the fan pendant was so similar to the one she had made before.
"Your concubine pays her respects to the Imperial Concubine. Your concubine...your concubine..." Fu Jiaoyi looked a little hesitant, as if she was about to say something but stopped herself.
She didn't know what to say, so she asked the imperial concubine directly, "Have you seen my jade cong? Have you changed the fan pendant?"
Ning Wanyin knew that she was a smart person and would definitely be able to guess the hidden secrets in the game last night. At this time, there was no outsider in the room, only Lianrui and Pengqi, two palace maids, were serving.
Ning Wanyin directly ordered:
"Lianrui, return Fu Zhaoyi's things to her."
Lianrui picked up a brocade box from the box and handed it to Fu Jiaoyi.
Fu Jiaoyi opened it and saw a familiar jade cong lying inside.
She almost trembled as she picked up the jade cong and examined it carefully. When she saw the small words engraved on the inner wall of the jade cong, her eyes instantly turned red:
"It is indeed my jade cong. But it should have been at home... maybe it was stolen by a thief..."
She didn't dare to think that her biological parents sold her jade cong...
So in front of outsiders, I could only say that it was stolen.
Fu Jiaoyi suppressed all the emotions in her heart and bowed to Ning Wanyin: "Thank you for saving me, Your Majesty. I will remember it in my heart and will definitely repay you. I didn't take good care of it, and the jade cong was stolen. I am sorry for the trouble."
Ning Wanyin didn't say much when she saw that she knew the answer but was pretending to be stupid.
But after she left, she told Lian Rui, "Give my brother a message for me."
In case someone tries the same trick again, she has to do something.
same day.
Ning Heng left on the pretext of worsening illness and returned to his hot spring resort in the capital.
After returning to Beijing, he immediately sent someone to secretly contact Fu Jiaoyi's brother...
…
A few days later.
The Fu couple hurried to the Mountain Resort to ask to see Fu Jiaoyi.
"Jiaojiao, please think of a solution. Your brother has been arrested by the government!" Mrs. Fu cried with tears and snot:
"Please go and plead with His Majesty, otherwise your brother will be executed."
The day after Fu Jiaoyi discovered that the jade cong was "stolen", she wrote a letter to her parents, inviting them to come to the Mountain Resort for retreat.
She wants to meet them and ask them clearly.
But the Fu couple did not come. They just wrote her back saying that they were raising money and had no time.
Now they are free to come.
Hearing that her brother was going to be executed, Fu Jiaoyi was also somewhat shocked:
"What crime did he commit?"
Madam Fu cried, "The damn villain reported to the police anonymously, saying that your brother was secretly selling the imperial gift..."
"Song Chengyi from the Ministry of Justice is a jerk with nothing better to do. After receiving a report, he came back to Beijing to arrest your brother. He pretended to be a buyer and went to the meeting place. Your brother really thought he was the buyer, so he... gave him the jade pendant with fish pattern bestowed by the emperor, and was caught red-handed..."
Recently someone wanted to buy an old item of Fu Jiaoyi's - a jade pendant with fish pattern.
The imperial gifts bestowed upon the Fu family by the emperor at that time included vases, screens, furniture, jewelry, etc. There was a small warehouse, and the key was in the hands of Mrs. Fu. Fu Jiaoyi received two boxes of imperial jewelry, and except for some commonly used ones to bring into the palace, the rest were kept in the warehouse at home.
The Fu family's parents did not dare to openly sell the items bestowed by the emperor.
They dare to sell, but no one dares to buy.
So even though the marquis's mansion was emptied, the warehouse containing the imperial gifts was still full and no one dared to move.
However, a few days ago, a mysterious cloaked man asked for ten thousand taels of silver to buy Fu Jiaoyi's jade fan pendant.
Fu's parents were moved. They raised the price by 20,000 yuan and sold the fan pendant to him.
Fu's parents thought, they didn't sell it publicly, so if anything happened to the pendant, they could just say it was stolen.
For the sake of the late Empress Dowager, Your Majesty will show leniency.
If His Majesty still wants to blame them, they have all decided to cry poor together. It was precisely because they had no money and could not afford guards to guard the yard that the things bestowed by the emperor were stolen.
As for the imperial gift that others dared not buy, someone specifically asked for it.
It doesn't take much brainpower to know that someone wants to deal with Fu Jiaoyi...
But the son was trying to commit suicide at home every day, and if they didn't get the money, he would jump into the river. For the sake of their son, they could only let their daughter fend for herself.
After the first time, when someone else wanted to buy it, Fu Jiaoyi's brother readily quoted a high price of 20,000 yuan and sold it again...
As a result, a man was caught red-handed.
"The jade pendant with fish pattern bestowed by the emperor... isn't that my jade pendant?" Fu Jiaoyi's eyes darkened, and she understood instantly, "The jade cong from last time was also yours..."
"This...this...the buyer said that he bought it to keep as a treasure and it won't affect you." Mrs. Fu said with embarrassment that no one would believe.
Fu Jiaoyi's eyes were red, and she looked at the two of them in disbelief: "You treated me like this, and you still want me to plead for him?"
"What have I done to you? How can you talk like that, kid? Aren't you fine now? But if your brother is sentenced, it will be a death penalty." Mrs. Fu retorted.
If the imperial gift was stolen, even if it was pretended, given the relationship between their family and Empress Dowager Zhaoci, it wouldn't be a big deal.
However, he was caught red-handed by the criminal officials for stealing and selling the items bestowed by the emperor.
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