Li Qingluo told everyone what happened last night.
Including the part about Prince Su.
"It seems he went to the prison to meet someone."
Madam Pei: "Qingyangzi."
Li Qingluo was surprised: "Is it the Taoist priest from Qingsong Temple? Why is he imprisoned?"
Madam Pei sighed upon hearing this: "Someone reported him, accusing him of bullying men and women, corruption and adultery."
Li Qingluo opened his mouth in astonishment.
I have seen Qingyangzi before when I was in Qingsong Temple. He doesn’t seem to be a person of such character, right?
Is it that I have never really understood?
Madam Pei continued, "I've been at Qingsong Temple for thirty years. When I first went there, Qingyangzi hadn't even been born yet. It was also more than ten years after I left that this kid first returned to Qingsong Temple. His grandmother brought him to visit me once, and at that time, he was just a small pilgrim."
It turns out that Qingyangzi recognized his grandmother so early!
Moreover, if Qing Yangzi's grandmother and his own grandmother were old acquaintances, Qing Yangzi's birth must have been extraordinary.
Li Qingluo: "What happened next?"
"He was originally the son of a high-ranking official. Later, his family got into trouble and was exiled. He happened to have left home a few months earlier and became a Taoist priest at Qingsong Temple, so he escaped."
The court's punishments will not affect outsiders.
Therefore, Qingyangzi was not implicated by his family and exiled.
But is it really a coincidence?
"Now, he's only about twenty-one or twenty-two, right? Although he's still young, I can trust his character. He might just be greedy for money, but he's never been one for ill-gotten gains."
"I no longer believe in anything else, like bullying men and women, or committing adultery."
Li Qingluo: "So it's a false accusation? But who would want to do this to him? And the government believed it?"
Li Qingluo: "I sent Nanny Zhang to inquire, and she said... ahem, it was the twelfth lady of the Pei family who reported it."
Li Qingluo could no longer sit still.
"Nanjia? Grandma, did you get it right?"
Nan Jia falsely accused Qing Yangzi of bullying men and women, corruption and adultery?
With such a serious crime, was Nan Jia deliberately trying to frame someone, or was there really some misunderstanding?
Mrs. Pei pulled Li Qingluo to sit down.
"Madame Zhang personally inquired about this, how could she be wrong? Your relationship with Twelve Lady is pretty good now. Go and find out what's going on here."
"Qing Yangzi and I have been neighbors for quite a few years. He's always generous in sending good things to Grandma. Food, daily necessities, toys, and even rare finds. Sometimes he even comes to play chess with me. I have so much more fun because of him."
"Grandmother, although I give him a lot of money every year, he lives a very comfortable life, so I really treat him as a close family member."
"He was imprisoned this time because of the Pei family, and I still feel a little guilty about it. So I have made some concessions to make his life easier in there."
"Because the previous incident with his family did not affect him, he was able to get away with it."
"But if he is sentenced to death for the crime he committed, even if he is an outsider, it will be difficult for him to escape! Even a little skin on his back would be considered a relief."
"But if it's not true, then wouldn't Twelve Lady be a false accusation?"
The crime of false accusation is worse than the crime itself!
Li Qingluo's expression then became serious.
"Grandma, Luo'er knows about this. I will go and ask Nan Jia what the truth is."
Madam Pei: "If Prince Su wants to intervene in this matter... I'm afraid the Pei family won't be able to protect Twelve Lady."
"Anyway, you should go and warn Twelve Lady too. She's just a young girl, and I don't know what grudge she has with Qing Yangzi."
It's not unreasonable for Madam Pei to worry about this matter from both ends.
Because as far as Mrs. Pei knew, Qing Yangzi was already an old acquaintance of the two Princes Su before he became a monk, so if Prince Su intervened, Qing Yangzi's innocence would definitely be proven.
So at this moment she was more worried about Pei Shier Niang.
Old Madam Pei didn't think at all that Prince Su had made that trip specifically because of her precious granddaughter.
After talking about Prince Su, Mrs. Pei scolded Zhao a few words.
"Evil woman! It's really a relief for her to die like this!"
Li Qingluo did not mention the hardships he had endured in his childhood, so after scolding her a few times, Madam Pei turned to Aunt Deng.
"I know she's been unwilling to give up all these years, so she even extended her claws into your father's backyard."
"Luo'er, do you know why her family was kicked out of the general's mansion back then?"
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