frightfiction Chapter 130 What a fool
Chapter 130 What a fool
After carrying Li Chengyin down, Jiang Wanyue walked to the outer room.
"Xing'er, clean the little princess's face and comb her hair."
Xing'er bent her knees, asked the little palace maid to fetch some water, and went in first.
Jiang Wanyue walked outside the palace gate and saw Li Chengyin's wet nurse and several palace maids, her eyes turned cold.
"Kneel down."
Those people were shocked and didn't dare to say anything. They just knelt down.
"Who is talking nonsense and trying to sow discord in front of the little princess? How dare you!"
She shouted sternly, and those people kowtowed repeatedly.
The wet nurse was the first to beg for mercy.
"Please spare me, Concubine Liang! I really didn't do it."
The other maids also quickly responded: "We haven't done that either!"
Jiang Wanyue looked at them coldly.
"If you hadn't instigated it, how could the little princess think that Zhu Liangdi would dislike her after she got married to the fourth young master?"
She is only five years old. If no one instills this idea in her, she would not think so.
Zhu Yan would sometimes be a little partial, but not too much. After all, Yin'er was her biological daughter, and Qi'er was young and sickly, so she would naturally pay more attention to her.
Jiang Wanyue looked around, gazing at the reactions of these people.
Suddenly, she paused and pointed her finger at a palace maid on the far left.
"Why are you shaking? You look like a guilty thief. Someone, come! Send this maid to the Ye Ting Prison!"
As soon as Jiang Wanyue finished speaking, the palace maid immediately threw her head to the ground and begged for mercy.
"Please spare my life, Lady Liang! Please don't send me to the Ye Ting Prison. I will tell you everything. Please spare me..."
She was shaking like a sieve and kowtowed repeatedly.
The wet nurse was horrified and pointed at the palace maid and screamed.
"Cherry! What did you do?"
Jiang Wanyue waved her hand and said, "Madame Qian, I leave it to you."
Nanny Qian answered yes and immediately came forward with two maids, taking Cherry to the side hall.
The rest of the people were also taken to different places.
Jiang Wanyue turned around and went back to the inner room.
Li Chengyin had finished washing and combing her hair, and tied her soft hair into two small buns.
She sat on the chair, her legs swinging, looking playful and cute.
Seeing Jiang Wanyue coming in, Li Chengyin quickly jumped off the chair.
"Aunt, what's going on outside? I think I heard the nurse's voice."
"Aunt has something to ask your nanny and the others. Please leave them alone for a while. Is Yin'er hungry? Do you want some snacks?"
Children’s temper comes and goes quickly. Now she was no longer sad and had almost forgotten that she had cried before. When she heard about snacks, her eyes immediately lit up and she raised her little hands high.
"I want fried cherries!"
Jiang Wanyue pinched her nose.
"You like cherries so much? But it's not time to eat cherries yet. How about eating something else first? I made some plum jam last year and there's some left. Ask Madam Zhou to make it into a snack for you, okay?"
Li Chengyin nodded.
"Then let's go play with He Xu'er for a while. The snacks will be ready soon."
Jiang Wanyue took her hand and walked towards the west room.
Xu'er can already turn over. I don't know who this child looks like, but when he sees people coming, he gets particularly excited and will roll over and over to show off to others.
Li Chengyin was amused by Xu'er and laughed continuously. He felt that the fourth brother was much more interesting than the youngest brother.
After a while, the plum snacks were served.
Jiang Wanyue saw Nanny Qian peeking outside, so she told the wet nurses to look after the two children and went out.
"You've asked all of them?"
Madam Qian nodded: "It was a maid named Ling Rong from Prince Ding's mansion who instigated this."
"Prince Ding's Mansion?"
Jiang Wanyue's eyes flashed.
"Cherry is already sixteen years old. Not long ago, she met a man from outside, who is Ling Rong's brother. Cherry wants to leave the palace to get married, but as you know, a palace maid can only leave the palace when she is twenty-five. If she wants to leave earlier, she must be granted permission by the master. Cherry once mentioned this to Nanny Qin, and was scolded."
Nanny Qian spoke very quickly. She paused here and lowered her voice.
"Madame Qin thinks that it's better for the little princess to stay with her. When she becomes a princess, the status of the maids around her will rise. She wants to say that we can't have a kiss? I think she is right, but Cherry doesn't think so."
Nanny Qian agreed.
Jiang Wanyue curled the corners of her mouth.
"How can a 16-year-old girl think so much? What did Ling Rong promise her?"
"If the cherries are successful, Ling Rong will ask Princess Ding for the cherries, and Princess Ding will ask Zhu Liangdi for them."
Jiang Wanyue uttered a “huh”.
"You are such an idiot, you believe such a thing?"
How could Princess Ding ask the Eastern Palace for a maid just for a servant?
Madam Qian clapped her hands and said, "I also find this strange! How can Ling Rong have such a big face? She is just a maid in Prince Ding's mansion."
"Mammy, you have seen a lot of people, so you can tell at a glance that Ling Rong is lying. Mammy, go ask her how many times she has contacted Ling Rong, and how she got to know Ling Rong's brother. Ask her everything. If she refuses to tell the truth, you can torture her."
Jiang Wanyue looked grim.
Madam Qian rubbed her palms together, with excitement in her eyes: "I will do it right away!"
After Nanny Qian left, the others came back after asking questions.
Fortunately, except Cherry, no one else was bribed.
Jiang Wanyue called Li Chengyin's wet nurse to her side and told her about Cherry. The wet nurse became so angry that she started cursing.
"You are such a traitor! You are trying to kill us! You are also trying to kill the little princess and our concubine! You are such a traitor! You deserve to be beaten to death!"
The nurse was furious.
She watched Yin'er grow up, regarded Yin'er as the apple of her eye, and only had the little master in her heart.
Jiang Wanyue comforted.
"Fortunately, we discovered it early. If we continue to let her stay with your princess, the princess and Zhu Liangdi will definitely become estranged in the long run. Such ill intentions are probably not something a maid like Ling Rong can think of, and she doesn't have that motive. Let me keep this Cherry here for the interrogation."
Jiang Wanyue continued speaking without changing her tone.
"Take the little princess back later and report everything to Lady Zhu. Please convey my apologies. I overstepped the bounds in this matter. The cherries should have been given to your Lady to deal with."
The nurse waved her hands repeatedly.
"What are you talking about? You are only thinking about the little princess, and we servants can see it! Our Concubine also understands it, so how could she blame you? Our Concubine always says that you and her are like sisters."
Jiang Wanyue smiled.
"I treat your Liangdi like my own sister."
After the polite words, Li Chengyin inside also finished his snacks and trotted out led by Mi'er, with a smile on his little face, and stretched out his hand to the wet nurse.
"Nanny, I'm sleepy, let's go back!"
The wet nurse sighed, picked up Li Chengyin, bowed to Jiang Wanyue, and then left Yichun Palace with the other palace maids.