Biluo glanced at Shen Ci and whispered, "Madam, Guard Shen didn't do it on purpose. Please forgive him this once."
Since Shen Ci caught a cold and Bi Luo brought him medicine, the two often chatted together, and their relationship became much closer.
"Never mind, get up."
Jiang Wan waved her hand.
"Next time, the same thing must not happen again."
Shen Ci immediately responded, secretly sweating.
Jiang Wan asked, "There's been no news from the palace these past two days?"
The matter of the General's Mansion selling off the Empress's gifts has been going on for quite some time. Given He Xingyun's investigative abilities, there should have been a result by now.
Why hasn't anything happened yet?
Shen Ci moved his lips, but did not speak.
The case has made no progress because the master noticed something strange about the owner of the Treasure Pavilion and became suspicious of Jiang Wan's identity, so he has been keeping it under wraps.
However, Gu Yurong dared to secretly pry into her master's secrets, which touched a raw nerve.
They were so self-righteous that they sent a secret letter to the Crown Prince's palace, offering some clumsy scheme.
She wanted to use her master to deal with Jiang Wan.
But she didn't consider whether she could afford the price.
Sure enough, the imperial decree came down the next day.
He Xingyun had thoroughly investigated the whole story, even finding out the name of the maid who contacted the owner of the Treasure Pavilion—it was Gu Yurong's close attendant.
For the sake of the Song family's reputation, the matriarch originally intended to protect Gu Yurong.
Coincidentally, in the past few days, she discovered that there was something wrong with Aunt Ru's ginseng. After torturing the cook, Gu Yurong was quickly implicated.
The elder's wife was furious.
She could tolerate Gu Yurong's ruthlessness, but she couldn't stand seeing her harm the Song family's offspring.
The matriarch wanted to teach Gu Yurong a lesson, so when the imperial decree of punishment was issued, she did not plead for leniency.
Gu Yurong took the blame alone and was punished by being sent to the Shenxing Division to serve hard labor for a month.
The Department of Punishments is filled with all sorts of tortures, from pounding rice and inserting needles into the ground to walking on red lotuses... making people suffer unbearable pain.
She touched the Empress's dowry, and Emperor Jingyuan only punished her leniently because of the General's Mansion.
When Gu Yurong was dragged away by the eunuchs, not a single member of the Song family spoke up for her.
Only Song Lin excitedly stepped forward to stop him.
"Lin'er, don't worry about your mother, just focus on the martial arts test!"
Gu Yurong, her eyes red, held his hand tightly.
"You must be strong and listen to them! As long as you become the heir apparent, all the grievances your mother suffers are only temporary!"
Song Lin gritted his teeth and vowed, "Mother, don't worry! Great-grandmother has already taken care of everything. In the martial arts competition, I will definitely crush Song Yu under my feet!"
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