That time at the Taoist temple, I met Xiao Ling, who actually managed to make my mother smile.
Therefore, even knowing that her 'chance encounter' with her mother on the street was a deliberate act by the Xiao family, we pretended not to know after that incident.
As for the little tricks she made when she entered the Prince's Mansion, and the things her father and grandfather Rongxin Trading Company did, as long as they weren't too outrageous, we just pretended not to know.
Furthermore, Xiao Ling was unaware that the servants she bribed after entering the manor, apart from that old woman Yan, had all reported to the head steward of the manor after receiving the money.
The head steward told our father, and our father instructed those men to let Xiao Ling accept the money, treating it as extra income.
There was no deliberate warning; they were simply told not to do anything detrimental to the Prince's Mansion for the Xiao family. Since they knew to report to the head steward, they naturally knew what they should and shouldn't do.
After hearing all this, Hong Xiaoduo's impression of Granny Liu changed considerably. She realized that such a person was simply rather old-fashioned.
Moreover, the outcome of today's matter was truly unexpected for Hong Xiaoduo! It feels pretty good!
Before dinner, Hong Xiaoduo and the others learned from the two maids, Chaohua Xishi, that Granny Yan had been whipped thirty times and then driven out of the palace.
The servant A-Shan not only received a reward of two hundred taels of silver, but Yu-Heng's father also exempted him from his lowly status and changed his registration to civilian status at the government office.
The worst off were Xiao Ling and her maid. When the servant heard about it, the palace physician, out of curiosity, examined her and said that her nasal bone and jawbone were fractured in multiple places. Even the best bone-setting doctor couldn't set her bones. She wouldn't die, but she could only suffer in the afterlife.
As for Xiao Ling, the princess instructed Liu Mama to handle her. Liu Mama said that since she liked the lotus pond in the palace so much, let her soak in it to her heart's content. She should be punished where she made a mistake, so that she could reflect on her actions and truly learn her lesson.
On one hand, he ordered his men to tie Xiao Ling up and soak her in the spot where she had fallen into the water at noon for three hours. On the other hand, he sent someone to her house to deliver a message, asking her to come and pick her up.
In other words, when the Xiao family came to pick up the person, they couldn't take them away immediately. They had to wait by the lotus pond for three hours before they could take the person away.
When picking her up, I told her family the whole story.
The Xiao family members were so frightened that none of them dared to come to the Prince's mansion to pick them up. In the end, it was the steward of the mansion who came.
Judging by the time, when Hong Xiaoduo and the others were having dinner, Xiao Ling was still soaking in the lotus pond.
At the dinner table, Yao Guang was surprised to find that she had been craving sweet and sour fish made with koi carp since noon. Her maid, Chao Hua, had overheard her and told the princess about it, and the princess ordered the kitchen to catch two koi carp and cook them.
No matter how beautiful a koi is, once its scales are removed, it's cooked, and drizzled with sweet and sour sauce, you can't tell it's a koi anymore. Because of this, Yao Guang regretted it as she ate. If she had known it would be like this, she would have preferred to let them swim in the lotus pond.
Yao Guang was quite annoyed, but she kept eating, which amused the princes at the same table.
Sitting at another table, Hong Xiaoduo listened to Xiao Yaoguang's amusing words. Thinking about meeting Princess Yuening tomorrow, she wondered if things would really go as she wished and if she could help Xiao Yaoguang find her family...
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