As a result, Wen Congyun became more and more grateful and kind to the guards. However, the guards had to patrol and did not have much time to waste on chatting with Wen Zhaorong, so they left soon.
Wen Congyun felt relieved, thinking that she had fooled them and forgot that there was no one around the third prince to take care of him.
However, just as several guards were about to leave, the one in front of them suddenly reminded him: "Wen Zhaorong, the third prince appeared alone in a dangerous place, and no one around him was seen. You must check the servants around the third prince. You are so negligent." Doesn’t it mean that you don’t take the master’s safety into account in your duties? If you are punished severely this time, wouldn’t it mean that you are indulging them in disguise? This is not good for you and the third prince.”
The smile on Wen Congyun's face suddenly froze. She didn't expect this person to bring it up so ignorantly, so she had no choice but to nod in response: "Of course, I will never let these bold slaves go!"
After finally sending away a few guards, Wen Congyun became troubled by her current situation. She was a smart person, so how could she not know that her plan this time had trapped her?
At this moment, she hoped that the emperor would really completely ignore the mother and son, so that she could quietly suppress the matter and protect the people serving the third prince.
The third prince is the most important person to her. The people she can put beside him to serve him are naturally her confidants. If something happens to these confidants this time, then she will lose more than she gains. .
However, her prayers did not come true this time. The emperor did not like their mother and son very much, but he did not ignore them completely, especially since the guards were involved. So after asking, he learned that the third prince was actually a slave. He ignored it and suddenly became furious.
No matter how unfavored the third prince is, he is still the son of the emperor. The emperor can ignore him, but what right do the servants who serve the third prince have to despise and neglect him? How dare they act like slaves and deceive their masters? ! Too arrogant!
As a result, the servants who served the third prince suffered a disaster. The emperor was so angry that he beat them severely and had them interrogated.
Wen Congyun was frightened. These were all her confidants, and she had deliberately pushed these people away so that the third prince could be left alone. What if these slaves could not withstand the punishment and betrayed themselves? ?
So Wen Congyun hurriedly interceded with the emperor, saying that these servants had been serving the third prince and had taken good care of him in the past. This time it was just an accident, not intentional. She hoped that the emperor would consider them responsible in the past. For my sake, spare them once and let them atone for their sins.
However, the emperor didn't care whether these people had taken good care of them in the past. He saw that they had neglected their duties and neglected the third prince this time, so he could punish them.
Wen Congyun's plea made the emperor very angry. He felt that as a mother, she didn't care about her children at all, so she actually pleaded for a servant who had neglected her duty? So the emperor scolded her too, saying that she was indifferent to right from wrong, weak and useless.
This was a very serious rebuke. Even Wen Congyun, who had a strong heart, couldn't help but be struck by the emperor's words until her face turned pale.
What made her even more shocked and collapsed was that those slaves really couldn't bear the punishment and confessed that she had sent the slaves away one by one, leaving the third prince alone.
The emperor looked at the confessions of the slaves in his hands, and his eyes almost burst into flames when he looked at Wen Congyun.
"Mr. Wen! It was you who drove these servants away from the third prince? What on earth do you want to do?" the emperor asked Wen Congyun angrily.
Wen Congyun's head buzzed, as if she couldn't hear anything. She only saw the emperor's furious expression and his mouth opening and closing. She thought to herself: It's over, they confessed...
She was so panicked that her mind was in a mess, and she couldn't think of any excuses to excuse herself. She was used to using conspiracies and tricks to do things secretly. Now that her plan was announced to the public and exposed to the public, she let her Terrified.
"Your Majesty! What an injustice. I have never done these things..." Wen Congyun instinctively began to deny her guilt and defended herself, "The third prince is my biological son! How could I harm him? I What does it do for me to gain the concubine by driving away the people around him and letting him be in danger? Your Majesty is aware that someone must have framed the concubine..."
It has to be said that Wen Congyun is still a bit quick-witted. Her words really shaken the emperor's suspicion of her. After all, Wen Congyun really has no reason to harm her own son.
Wen Congyun had always been good at observing people's words and expressions. How could he not see the emperor's wavering? So she began to cry again and tried to defend herself, just to deny the confessions of the slaves.
Maybe she was lucky. Apart from these confessions, the slaves could not find any other evidence to prove that Wen Congyun drove them away from the third prince. The emperor was dubious. The slaves' one-sided words could not really prove Wen Congyun, but The emperor didn't really believe her, so he finally fined Wen Congyun three months' salary and banned her for half a year on the charge of "being lax in his duties and allowing slaves to bully the master."
As for those slaves who neglected their duties, they were beaten from thirty to sixty times with a cane and then driven out of the palace. As for whether they could survive, it depends on their luck.
Wen Congyun had too much time to take care of herself. Not only did she lose a group of confidants this time, but she also left a bad impression in the emperor's mind. She lost her monthly salary for three months and had to be imprisoned for half a year. She was so aggrieved that she couldn't do anything. Accept that you have ended up like this.
After she was grounded, she finally had time to think carefully about where her calculations went wrong, which led to this situation.
Wen Congyun thought about it several times and had to admit that it was because she was too careless, too impatient, and too dismissive of Lu Shichu that things got out of control.
Lu Shichu did not contact the third prince in person as she expected, but instead called in the guards - this was the most direct reason for things to get out of control.
When Wen Congyun found this reason, she couldn't help but feel angry in her heart. When she started on the road, she felt that it was because she didn't follow her plan obediently that she suffered heavy losses now.
She was very conceited and bold, probably because she had never made a mistake before, but this time she miscalculated Lu Shichu, so she went to Lu Shichu with a grudge.
However, she didn't want to think about it, did she have to let her scheme and take advantage of her from the beginning? Why? It’s not like the world revolves around her and she’s scheming, but instead she’s blaming the victim? Who gave her face?
After Lu Shichu learned that Wen Congyun had stolen the chicken and lost the rice, he was so happy. He deserved it. Who made her plot against him?
(End of chapter)
