Chapter 81: Evil Will Be Repaid with Evil
"Even so, are you willing to do such a heinous thing for her? If I hadn't noticed it beforehand, wouldn't you have tortured me to the point of leaving nothing behind? I have no grudge against you, and Concubine Liu is such a kind and benevolent person. You knew Concubine Zheng was so vicious and wanted to harm us, but not only did you not report it to the prince, you even helped the evil one. Aren't you afraid of a bad end?"
"Miss, I didn't want to do it at first, but Concubine Zheng said I knew her secret, so I had to do it. She gave me a hundred taels of silver and said that if I didn't do it, my family would be implicated. I was blinded by the money and worried about my family, so I agreed in a moment of confusion!"
The guard spoke with tears in his eyes, his tone full of regret: "If I had known that you had a superior physique than ordinary people, that you weren't poisoned by the knockout drug at all, and that you had such excellent skills, how could I have dared to have any bad intentions towards you!"
"It's not that I don't dare, it's that I didn't expect that things would not develop as you planned!" Liu couldn't bear to listen anymore. Without waiting for Zheng Ruyu's reaction, she pushed open the door and rushed in angrily while talking.
Upon seeing this, Zheng Ruyu and others hurriedly followed in and saw Zhong Min sitting quietly on the chair, while the guard had his hands and feet tied and thrown to the ground beside him. He was so angry that his face turned pale.
She didn't have time to say anything to Liu. She rushed to the guard and kicked him without any dignity, cursing as she kicked, "You damned slave, how dare you spit blood and slander me? It's outrageous! How dare you do bad things to me? Let me see if I can forgive you!"
Although Zheng Ruyu is a woman, she can kick with great force. The guard's hands and feet were tied and he could not move. He had nowhere to hide and could only scream and ask Liu for help.
"What are you doing, sister? Are you trying to silence someone in front of me?" Liu said as she winked at the maid behind her, asking her to separate Zheng Ruyu from the guard.
Hearing Liu's words, Nanny Jiang immediately became anxious and hurried forward to speak for her master, saying, "Madam Liu, please don't be fooled by these two lowly servants. They are deliberately trying to frame my master!"
"Madam Jiang, what you're saying is so funny. Why would I frame your master for no reason?" Zhong Min rushed forward angrily upon hearing this, looking as if she wanted to hit Madam Jiang. "It was you who tricked me into coming here, saying Concubine Zheng wanted to reconcile with me, then tricked me into drinking drugged tea, and finally tried to let that bastard on the ground rape me. Luckily, I was alert and felt something was amiss, so I took precautions. Otherwise, I would have been terribly harmed by you by now. And you still have the nerve to accuse me of trying to frame you? This is truly unjust, isn't it?"
"You, you, you're talking nonsense! That's not true at all!" Faced with Zhong Min's accusation, Nanny Jiang felt a surge of guilt. She knew that her visit to Zhong Min was known to more than just one or two people. She hadn't considered it too much before, thinking that as long as she could get Zhong Min into trouble and eliminate him first, no one would investigate. But now, she hadn't expected that to be the case at all.
"In my opinion, Min'er doesn't seem to be lying. Madam Jiang, if I remember correctly, you just said excitedly that you found someone committing adultery, and immediately asked us to come and arrest them. If Zhong Min really deliberately framed your master, then wouldn't you be an accomplice?" Liu naturally understood what was going on. She knew that Zheng Ruyu was not a good person, but she didn't expect her to be so vicious. Not only did she design to force Zhong Min to death, but she also wanted to harm her. How could she easily let go of this opportunity and spare this evil woman!
"That's not the case, my dear sister. Don't listen to what those two said just now. I really didn't intend to harm you. It's all Zhong Min's fault. That little bitch is deliberately slandering me!" Zheng Ruyu rushed directly towards Zhong Min, shouting like a madman as she rushed towards her, "You vicious woman, you colluded with these guards to frame me. I will not forgive you!"
Seeing this, Zhong Min immediately dodged and threw Zheng Ruyu hard. Zheng Ruyu lost her balance and almost hit the wall. Seeing this, Nanny Jiang hurried forward to help Zheng Ruyu up.
"You little devil, I'm going to fight you!" Nanny Jiang suddenly took out a sharp dagger from somewhere and stabbed it directly at Zhong Min.
No one expected Nanny Jiang to do this suddenly. They were all stunned for a moment. Just as the dagger was about to reach Zhong Min, a majestic and angry voice suddenly came from the door: "Stop!"
Nanny Jiang was originally like a madman, but when she heard the voice, she suddenly stopped as if struck by lightning. Everyone hurriedly looked towards the door, only to see that the person standing there was Prince Mu Xiao Mingzheng.
Xiao Mingzheng walked in while speaking, followed by several servants and Xier, the maid beside Zheng Ruyu.
When Zheng Ruyu saw Xiao Mingzheng, her face suddenly turned pale, and she almost ran away in fear. The dagger in Jiang Ma's hand also fell to the ground with a plop. Her legs softened instantly and she fell to her knees with a thud.
"Your Highness, you've arrived just in time!" Upon seeing this, Liu was immediately relieved and walked towards Xiao Mingzheng, wanting to tell him everything that had just happened: "You don't know, Sister Zheng..."
"No need to say more, I heard everything clearly!" Xiao Mingzheng's face was filled with lingering anger. He had never expected Zheng Ruyu to be so vicious. The thought of her actually hiring someone to rape Zhong Min made him unable to forgive this vicious woman.
After saying that, he looked at Zhong Min who was standing beside him. Seeing that she was neat and tidy and unharmed, he felt completely relieved.
"Your Highness, please listen to my explanation. I am innocent. Zhong Min deliberately designed this to frame me!" Zheng Ruyu finally reacted when she saw this. She tried to get closer to Xiao Mingzheng while explaining while crying.
Seeing that Zheng Ruyu dared to bite back at her at this time, Zhong Min pursed her lips, and her heart was even more disgusted with this woman. However, at this time, with Xiao Mingzheng and Liu around, she naturally didn't need to say anything.
"Unfair?" Xiao Mingzheng pushed Zheng Ruyu away in disgust and said coldly, "You sent your maid to find me just so I could see Zhong Min committing adultery with the guard. It's a shame man proposes, but God disposes. I never expected I'd see your vicious, sinister, and ugly face with my own eyes!"
Seeing this, Xier said to Zheng Ruyu cautiously with a frightened look on her face, "My Lady, I went to invite the prince on time as you instructed, but now... please, please don't blame me!"
"You useless thing!" Zheng Ruyu was furious, but she couldn't do anything to Xiao Mingzheng, so she had to vent her anger on Xier. She rushed up like a shrew and slapped Xier twice.
"How dare you be so presumptuous at this hour!" Xiao Mingzheng was disgusted to the extreme when he saw that Zheng Ruyu still did not repent. "Come here, kick this bitch out of the palace and never let her set foot in the palace again!"
Everyone present was surprised to hear Xiao Mingzheng's words. Even Zhong Min hadn't expected Xiao Mingzheng to simply expel Zheng Ruyu from the palace. This was worse than being divorced. Zheng Ruyu had thought she would be severely punished, but she hadn't expected to be expelled directly, with no chance of return.
However, one's own actions are unforgivable. Zheng Ruyu had brought this upon herself. It would be better if she was kicked out and everything was over from then on. She would not sympathize with her at all.
"No, no, Your Highness, please don't chase me away. I know I was wrong, I know I was wrong!" Zheng Ruyu fell to her knees with a plop. She was already pale with fear. She begged bitterly, "I really know I was wrong. I will never dare to do it again. Your Highness, please, for the sake of my father and brother, forgive me this time. I will definitely change in the future. I will definitely change!"
"If it weren't for your father and brother's contributions, do you think you could still stay in Prince Mu's mansion?" Xiao Mingzheng said coldly, "Don't think I'm unaware of your daily actions! Which of the concubines in the back garden hasn't been oppressed by you? You should know better than me how the dancer sent by Prince Li last year died, right? I've given you chances more than once, but you've relied on your father and brother to continue your wrongdoings. Do you think I'll dare not touch you?"
"Now you even dare to beat and kill my personal maid in such a vile and vicious way, and you even dream of using a poisonous scheme to get rid of Concubine Liu in the future. You are so cruel and vicious, how can I keep you in my palace any longer?"
When he said this, he no longer looked at Zheng Ruyu, but waved to the servant behind him. Seeing this, the servant stepped forward and pulled up Zheng Ruyu who was kneeling on the ground. Even though Zheng Ruyu cried and shouted and refused to leave, he still dragged her out without mercy.
Not until Zheng Ruyu's cries could no longer be heard did the people in the room truly believe that the once arrogant concubine was really gone, and that their prince was indeed ruthless and decisive in his actions.
Seeing this, although Liu didn't show any change on the surface, she was secretly very happy in her heart. Now that Concubine Zheng was gone, it naturally meant that all the big and small matters in the back garden were under her control. To be honest, she really had to thank Zhong Min for this unintentional success.
While some people are happy, others are worried. Seeing that her master was driven out, Nanny Jiang was already panicked and had no idea what to do. The guard who was still tied up also changed his expression drastically. He secretly glanced at Xiao Mingzheng from time to time, wondering what kind of punishment he would receive.
"Your Highness, in this incident, it seems to me that these slaves close to Zheng Shi were involved in many mischiefs!" Concubine Liu said to Xiao Mingzheng, "If we don't punish them severely, who knows how many more such evil slaves will appear in the future!"
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