Two days later, Emperor Kangxi found out.
The case of Shumulu Fangji has been investigated, and the girl who disguised herself as a man has also been identified.
Upon seeing the result, Kangxi couldn't help but slam his fist on the table: "She really dares to do that!! Liang Jiugong, go to Jingren Palace to announce the decree: The Imperial Noble Consort has behaved improperly in front of the Emperor and is hereby confined to Jingren Palace. Without my order, she is not allowed to step out of Jingren Palace. The servants of Jingren Palace are also not allowed to go out. Send someone to watch over them and do not allow any letters to be sent out of the palace."
“Zha”
Liang Jiugong cautiously replied. It seemed that His Majesty was truly furious about this matter. This confinement was probably just the beginning. If you had offended someone so dear to His Majesty, then be prepared to face the consequences when things were exposed.
Kangxi investigated Longkodo, and soon after, he found out about Consort Tong, which surprised Kangxi greatly.
As for the girl disguised as a man, she does have quite a story, but it has little to do with the capital. She is a girl from a coastal town named Lin Meichan. The reason she came to the capital is to seek revenge. As for the target of her revenge, it is another person who fell into the water that day, named Zhao Desheng.
The story is quite dramatic. Lin Meichan's father was a scholar who worked as a schoolteacher in town. He was an upright man, and he had an older sister named Lin Meijuan, who was two years older than her.
The family was originally happy and content. Although they weren't rich, they were doing well enough for a small town and lived a respectable life.
Lin Meijuan was engaged to one of her father's students and they originally planned to get married after the New Year. However, Zhao Desheng took a liking to her and humiliated her in the street. He didn't actually do anything, but even so, it was fatal for the woman.
The town is so small that people recognized her as they came and went, and then a lot of rumors started to circulate. When the rumors reached the ears of Lin Meijuan's fiancé's family, they had already changed their tune, and the fiancé's family directly called off the engagement.
In the end, Lin Meijuan couldn't bear the pressure. Her gentle nature prevented her from taking the plunge, and she hanged herself.
There were only two sisters and two children in the family. Lin Meijuan's suicide was a huge blow to Lin's parents. They made a fuss about settling scores with Zhao Desheng. Zhao Desheng's family was not a well-known family in Beijing, but in this remote town, they could do whatever they wanted.
Unwilling to accept defeat, Lin's parents planned to go to the capital to appeal to the emperor, which startled Zhao Desheng. Then, under Zhao Desheng's deliberate torment, Lin's parents lost their lives. The family of four lived happily together, but Zhao Desheng's actions led to their destruction and death.
Lin Meichan wasn't home when this happened; she went to her grandmother's house. When she returned and learned what had happened, she was filled with hatred and knew she had to avenge herself.
So she packed her things and went to the capital, enduring hardships along the way.
Lin Meichan was intelligent from a young age. Her father, seeing this, taught her like a boy. She was deceived and suffered losses along the way, which helped her grow up quickly.
After arriving in the capital, she had little money left. Since she needed money to inquire about anything, she started writing storybooks. Because she was a woman, and because of the hatred she felt for Zhao Desheng, the storybooks she wrote were full of emotion and quite good. They were very popular in the capital.
Having saved some money, she began to plan her revenge against Zhao Desheng. He had ruined her family, so Lin Meichan would not let him get away with it. Scumbags should be buried and buried with him forever.
However, Lin Meichan did not intend to make their burial process easy. They had to experience the sorrows of the world, otherwise how could she face the wronged souls of the dead?
The incident of falling into the water that night was arranged by Lin Meichan, so that Zhao Desheng would suffer from illness. Falling into the water was just an appetizer. Once he fell into the water and got sick, he would never be able to get better again.
As for that guy surnamed Yao, it was just a side effect. He's too foul-mouthed and has a bad heart, so Lin Meichan just dragged him into it. She has zero tolerance for scumbags.
Kangxi glanced at Lin Meichan's case and then had the case file sent to Youqing. He wasn't interested in these things; they were indeed thrilling, but they couldn't move the heart of this old man, Kangxi.
The intrigue and backstabbing in the imperial court are far more fascinating than this.
At most, he would exclaim, "What an extraordinary woman!"
Putting Lin Meichan's matter aside, Kangxi needed to deal with Consort Tong and the Tong family first.
To be honest, Emperor Kangxi did not want to punish the Tong family. He did not have much affection for Consort Tong, but the Tong family was still his mother's family.
But he can't just ignore what the Tong family did; the problem is how to punish them.
He didn't want to punish too lightly, but if he punished too severely, the Tong family would fall into ruin, and he was afraid that his mother would scold him a hundred years from now.
After much deliberation, Kangxi had a plan in mind.
The sudden confinement of Consort Tong to her quarters, with guards surrounding Jingren Palace, was no small matter. While it was common for concubines to be confined to their quarters, it was rare to see them being watched by guards.
"Granny, have you found out?" Consort Tong asked with concern.
The old woman shook her head: "Jingren Palace is surrounded by an iron barrel, it's impossible to get out, let alone gather information. I didn't get anything out of her. I wanted to ask a few more questions, but the guards made a move to arrest her, so I came back."
Consort Tong was stunned upon hearing this, muttering to herself, "Has His Majesty discovered something?"
It seems there's only one thing she's done recently that could anger Kangxi, and it's for no apparent reason, so it's no wonder she overthinks it.
"Your Majesty, please don't scare yourself. His Majesty hasn't given any orders yet! It might not be a big deal. We mustn't panic."
The old woman knew perfectly well how exaggerated and false her words were, but that was all she could say. She couldn't think too much about it at this time, or she would scare herself to death before the results came out.
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