"A lowly person born of a prostitute, it is already a special favor for him to have been in the position of a prince for so long, but now he dares to covet the position of Ding Wang." Concubine Zhao snorted coldly: "You really don't know what you are talking about."
"That's what the queen said." Bixi knelt on the ground and said softly, "Then how should we deal with He Jinghe?"
"Agree first, and when we get the ring, we'll deal with him directly." Concubine Zhao leaned on the couch and asked in a cold voice, "Have you found out where the silver in the Dingguo Palace came from?"
"Not yet. According to our people, Shang Ruoyi stays at home or goes to the greenhouse all day long. I haven't seen her go anywhere to get the silver. It's as if all this money appeared out of thin air." Bixi was puzzled. "And she always makes some strange things. She also grows a kind of fruit called strawberry, which is said to be very sweet. She can make hundreds of taels of silver every day by selling strawberries. This is more comfortable than living in the capital."
"I didn't expect that I was wrong." Concubine Zhao's eyes were full of ruthlessness: "This woman will never be kept."
Shang Ruoyi, who was far away in the Far North, sneezed twice in succession. She rubbed her nose, thinking that someone must be scolding her behind her back.
He Jinghe's escape was discovered by Zhao Junyi.
He came to the He family and said in a cold voice: He Jinghe escaped from your He family. If he escaped, your entire He family would be punished with him. "He said in a cold voice: "According to the law, you must be whipped dozens of times, but considering that you have always abided by your duties and have not done anything out of the ordinary, each of you will be fined ten strokes of the cane and a hundred taels of silver!" "He heard that Shang Ruoyi made a fortune every day by selling a kind of fruit called strawberries, so he took out a hundred taels, which was not much!
The He family was immediately panicked when they heard this. How could they withstand such a huge setback?
Especially the old lady and Cong Fangzhi.
How could their bodies withstand such a beating?
"My dear, please have mercy on me! My mother is too old to bear it!"
“Humph, I haven’t taken you to jail. This official has already taken extra care of your He family.” After he finished speaking, he waved his hand lightly, and a group of yamen runners walked up to them, wanting to escort them to the courtyard.
At this moment, Shang Ruoyi came hurriedly, holding a piece of paper in her hand: "Wait a minute!"
Zhao Junyi frowned when he saw the visitor approaching Shang Ruoyi: "What do you have to say? Don't think that just because you help me treat my illness, I can use my power for personal gain." Shang Ruoyi smiled and said: "I know what kind of person you are. I will never do such a thing. You are famous for being fair in this place of exile."
Zhao Junyi felt very comfortable hearing this wave of flattery.
"Tell me! What's the matter?"
Shang Ruoyi handed him the paper in her hand: "Look, everyone, this is the document of our separation from He Ning'an's family, and it is signed by the government office."
What? The document of separation?
Zhao Junyi frowned and took it in his hand. Sure enough, there was the document of separation of the family.
There is indeed a government office signature on it.
If this were the case, He Jinghe would have nothing to do with them.
Even if they escape, they will not be implicated.
She had prepared the separation document early in the morning, and knowing that the wife was not an easy person to deal with, she signed it early.
The He family didn't expect that she had this trick up her sleeve, and they were overjoyed.
The old princess's heart slowly settled down.
Zhao Junyi looked at the document with a slightly gloomy expression.
It didn't matter whether he was beaten or not. The key point was that the one hundred taels of silver that he wanted to use for his own benefit was wasted.
"Man, there is nothing wrong with this document, right?"
Zhao Junyi returned the document to her and said in a deep voice: "No problem, but since He Jinghe ran away from your house, you can't escape the responsibility of not supervising him strictly."
He wanted to say more, but was interrupted by Shang Ruoyi: "Speaking of this matter, even if no one comes to find us, I will definitely come to find you."
"oh?"
"After He Jinghe woke up, we kept asking him to leave, but he refused to leave. He pretended to be unconscious all day and ate and drank in our house. I wanted to find someone to drive him away, but he stole things from my house and ran away." Shang Ruoyi was a little angry: "Please ask someone to arrest him. This kind of traitor must not be allowed to get away with it."
After a series of righteous speeches, she turned the He family into victims. In this way, Zhao Junyi could not find a reason to punish them.
"What did you lose?"
"Some gold and silver jewelry, and a jade ring."
Zhao Junyi recorded what she said in the book, then left with a group of yamen runners with a gloomy face.
After Zhao Junyi left, Qin Yu stepped forward and said with lingering fear: "Ruoyi, thanks to you, otherwise something would have happened today."
"Mother, I told you that my sister-in-law is the most powerful." He Yunyi stepped forward and said, "Without my sister-in-law, we wouldn't be able to escape this beating today."
Cong Fangzhi stepped forward and said, "Thank you, sister-in-law, for today. Otherwise, I and the baby in my belly..."
"We are all family, why are you saying this?" Shang Ruoyi had just finished speaking when the old princess asked, "You said he stole the ring?"
"Oh, grandma." Shang Ruoyi whispered, "When I first came here, Jing Heng asked me to pawn this ring. I thought the jade used to make the ring was very precious, but the owner of the pawnshop in the town didn't know the value of it and couldn't give a high price, so he kept it and sold my jewelry. I didn't expect that he would steal it."
The old princess had a cold expression on her face. She knew that He Jinghe had other intentions towards their He family this time.
"You come with me."
Shang Ruoyi followed the old princess to the inner room.
They were the only ones in the room.
"You said today that the ring was taken away by Jinghe. Is that true?"
Shang Ruoyi nodded: "It's absolutely true."
The old princess slammed the table hard and said angrily, "He actually dared!"
"Grandma, what does this ring say?"
The old princess looked at her and sighed, "There's nothing to say, except that this ring is the symbol of Prince Ding. Now that Prince Ding's mansion has been sealed, the ring is of no use. Jing Heng probably just wanted to keep it as a souvenir, but he didn't expect it to be stolen by that beast! I don't know how they raised their children to raise a thief!"
"Grandma, please don't worry. We have reported this to the government. They will definitely help us get the ring back." Shang Ruoyi comforted her, "Grandma, don't worry."
It seems that this ring has extraordinary significance to Prince Ding’s Palace.
But how could He Jingheng let himself pawn such an important ring?
The news of the theft of the He family's ring soon spread to the capital.
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