"Have you been wronged?" Princess Dingnan called for the man from last time.
It wasn't until the man knelt down in the hall that Mrs. Jin Li showed a frightened expression, "Do you recognize this man? It's not like I've wronged you, right?"
"Who knows where you got the people to frame me?"
"Falsely accusing you?" The man couldn't hold himself back. "Let me ask people to find out. My wife's previous work under you is known to everyone from far and wide, but it was you who made the decision to marry her to me."
"you!"
Princess Dingnan was well aware of the appearance of Lao Jin and Mrs. Li, "If you admit it now, I will give you some way to survive. If not, your good daughter will not be able to keep it. Don't forget, the matron of the house has the right to control all the people in the house." He was kicked out by his concubine."
Besides, she is still an elder, so there is nothing wrong with her taking the decision to drive out her son's misbehaving concubine.
"Jin Ling, don't think that I don't know about you and that A-Zhao. A-Yuan told me everything about you before he left."
The reason why she turned a blind eye was to let Jin Ling relax his vigilance so that he could catch her mistakes and drive this woman out of Dingnan Palace in one fell swoop.
"Azhao?" Jin and Li didn't even know about this man. She suddenly jumped up and slapped Jin Ling, "You want to die? You can do such a thing?"
"Mom..." Jin Ling covered her cheeks and burst into tears, "We have nothing. I just occasionally wrote him a few letters to talk about things when I was a child... nothing out of the ordinary."
Indeed, excluding the hug with Azhao in Banfeng Building, she did not do anything out of the ordinary with this man.
But it is not a glorious thing for a married woman to contact her foreign husband, and being caught and kicked out is a minor matter.
"Okay, let's discuss this later. Now that she has entered Prince Dingnan's palace, she has nothing to do with your Jin family. As a matron, I will naturally make my own decision."
"Now let's talk about the fact that you found someone to spread rumors about my daughter-in-law."
But at this time, Jin Li still refused to admit the mistakes she made, "I said no, I didn't."
"Since you have this attitude, then I can only ask the government to investigate the case."
Although the Jin family is a commoner, they are really rich. If they resort to lynching, this woman will use the money to find someone to spread other rumors.
But it's different if you ask the government. The face of Dingnan Palace is here. The government will not only do its best to investigate the case, but others will not be able to criticize it.
Not allowing Jin Li to refuse, Princess Dingnan asked her servants to invite the Yamen servants.
"Princess Jin An, I wonder if there is anything important that requires me to come here today?"
"I'm sorry to bother you two officials. They must have heard the rumors in the capital these days. Now that I have caught the culprit who spread the rumors, I hope you will be brought back and punished severely."
Don't talk about them in the rumors in the capital, I'm afraid even the concubines in the emperor's harem have heard about it.
If there were any shortcomings between Rong Jingyun and the child, one can imagine how miserable the Jin Li family's ending would be.
"If the princess is there, this is our responsibility. If this is the case, then we will take this person away first."
As soon as the two of them grabbed Jin Li's arm, the Queen Mother's decree came from the palace, which was brought by Aunt Zhu herself.
The content of the decree was to bring Jin Li into the palace, and Princess Dingnan also accompanied her.
It seems that the news reached the ears of the Queen Mother, "Entering the palace? Why do you want to enter the palace?" Jin Li asked without knowing why.
"Of course, let me ask you why you made up those rumors."
"I won't enter the palace! I won't enter the palace!" Mrs. Jin Li kept pulling at the two eunuchs who were arresting her.
Aunt Zhu stared at her angrily, "This is the Queen Mother's decree, it's not up to you! Take it away for me!"
The palace was far more majestic than Mrs. Jin Li had imagined. Following Madam Zhu on the corridor, looking at Princess Dingnan's sedan chair, she felt infinite fear in her heart.
When she arrived in front of the Queen Mother, Mrs. Jin and Li begged for mercy first, before the people around her could say anything, "The Queen Mother, please have mercy! The Queen Mother, please have mercy!"
Logically speaking, such a trivial matter is not worthy of being brought to the attention of the Queen Mother, but there is no way, because Wen Xi is the Queen Mother's beloved grandson.
"Then tell me what's wrong with you?"
"I...I..." Mrs. Jin Li hesitated for a long time, and then she refused to tell the truth until she met the Queen Mother's cold eyes that seemed to be able to see through everything. The young lady... said that the fetus in her belly was born strangely."
The Queen Mother was quite satisfied with her frankness at the moment, but since the mistake had been committed, she could not deny it. "In this case, first drag out twenty people and punish them with sticks, and then you will kneel in the city gate tower and admit to everyone what you have committed." If you're wrong, the Ai family will let you go."
"this……"
"What? You can't do it?" The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows and looked at Jin Lishi, her gaze making her whole body cold.
The woman immediately lowered her head, "No, no, no... I think..."
"What do you think?" The Queen Mother's eyes became colder, and everyone around them lowered their heads and did not dare to look directly into the Queen Mother's eyes.
"If I can't do it, then I can only..."
Before she finished speaking, Jin Li immediately kowtowed, "I can do it, I can do it..."
That's not enough. The Queen Mother turned her attention to Princess Dingnan, "You are just too kind to these people. If you want to tell the Ai family, those who chew their tongues should have their tongues ripped out so that they can never speak again for the rest of their lives. .”
"What the Queen Mother teaches is for your daughter-in-law to remember."
This matter was finally made clear in front of the Queen Mother, and Jin Li received the punishment she deserved.
But Jin Ling's matter is not over yet. Only Wen Yuan and Princess Dingnan know the details of this matter, so Princess Dingnan also found her after returning home.
"Your mother's matter has been dealt with, now it's time to deal with yours." Princess Dingnan threw a stack of letters in Jin Ling's face.
These are letters written by her and Wang Mingzhao, and there are many explicit words in them.
Jin Ling had no way of denying it, but she seized on the loophole in the law, "I didn't have anything happen to him, so you can't drive me out."
This put Princess Dingnan in a difficult position, "I never said I would kick you out of the house, but...hey, listen up, from now on, her food and clothing expenses will be halved. Don’t let anyone wait on her.”
Princess Dingnan looked at the kneeling man proudly, "But you can still keep the maid you brought from the Jin family to serve you."
She had really had enough of being bullied like this. That night she found a boy who had always had thoughts about her, "How about you help me deliver this letter and I will give you some benefits?"
"What's the benefit?" The boy's eyes were lewd.
Jin Ling hated this kind of man, but she had to think about her future. She didn't want to die in Dingnan Palace.
Gently pulling away the tulle on her shoulders, "Anything is fine."
As expected, the boy fell into the trap and sent her the letter in a covert manner.
But when he came back, the servants of Dingnan Palace were already waiting for him, "That's him! He actually peeked at me when I was changing my clothes!"
"What?" The boy couldn't believe that this woman had tricked him, "It's obviously you..."
Just as he was about to tell what Jin Ling had told him, Jin Ling's maid quickly hit him on the head with a stone, "Drive him out quickly. If such a thing comes to the ears of the princess, you will be punished." The crime of improper custody!”
The servants didn't think much, and actually followed his words and threw the boy out of Dingnan Prince's Mansion. They also threw him a bag of silver coins as this month's wages.
"I don't know if Brother Azhao will come to save me after reading the letter."
After waiting for a few days, Wang Mingzhao came to see Jin Ling. He had already figured out the shift change time of the palace guards, so no one saw him when he came this time.
"Sister, Brother Azhao is here...I'm going to make you suffer." The man's sweet words made Jin Ling dizzy and fell into his arms.
"Brother...that old woman wants me to die. Not only does she reduce my food and clothing expenses, but she also leaves me with only one person to serve me." When she cried, she did not see Wang Mingzhao's disgusted eyes.
Wang Mingzhao did not continue what she said, but turned to talk about his family's affairs, "Oh, business has not been doing well recently, and my brother has almost become unsustainable in the capital."
"how come?"
"To be honest, there is something wrong at home. I came to the capital this time to find a solution. I didn't expect that I couldn't find a way to make money. I'm almost starving to death here."
The man even sniffled and shed tears when he talked about the emotional point, which made Jin Ling feel very distressed.
"What can I do to help brother..." Jin Ling gently touched the man's face, "Brother..."
She breathed quickly and pressed her lips to Wang Mingzhao's neck, "Brother... I still have some dowry I brought from home. I will use my private money to supplement you. Can you find a way to get me out of Dingnan Palace?" "
Now she just wants to leave this place that she longed for so much before.
The man's hand pinched Jin Ling's waist, "Seriously?"
"Of course, but only if you get me out of Prince Dingnan's Mansion."
"That's a piece of cake. You're not welcome in this family anyway. If I get you away, they won't look for you at all."
Jin Ling said this with a bit of sadness, "Then how do you want to get me out? You have to know that I won't give you any money if you don't save me first."
"Oh, my good sister. We are childhood sweethearts, can my brother still lie to you?" Wang Mingzhao became more and more glib, just to defraud Jin Ling of money.
It is true that his family does business in Qingfeng City, and he did come to the capital to seek opportunities.
But my father died early and almost all the family property was lost to him. How could he not hold on to a stupid woman like Jin Ling?
Just watching Jin Ling's dowry become less and less, what will the man do to her then?
Jin Ling believed Wen Xi's words in the past and became a concubine, but after becoming a concubine, she would never believe a man's words again.
Pushing Wang Mingzhao away, her attitude became firm, "Get me out first, and then I'll give you what you want, otherwise you can't even think about it."
