[Quick Wear] Daily Cleansing of Trash

Chapter 524 The Queen is Crazy 8

The second day, the third day, the fourth day...

The palace was quiet, and everything was quiet.

Du Jingru always felt that Mu Chong was planning a big move.

Sure enough, one morning half a month before the Chinese New Year, Du Jingru was rolling on the bed with her pillow in her arms, and Xia He hurried in.

"Your Majesty, something happened to the prince!"

Du Jingru was startled when she heard this and sat up suddenly: "What's going on?"

"Early this morning, the guards surrounded the prince," Xia He said with a look of fear on her face. "I heard that the second prince has smallpox!"

"what?!"

Du Jingru immediately got out of bed and ran out barefoot.

"Miss!"

Du Jingru suddenly stopped halfway through the run.

wrong!

Mu Chong clearly knew about Concubine Qi's conspiracy, so how could he let Mu Qiong fall into it?

Could it be... taking advantage of the situation?

Sure enough, that afternoon, Concubine Qi’s Lanlin Palace was surrounded.

At the same time, a piece of news spread throughout the court overnight—

Concubine Qi secretly brought the smallpox virus into the prince's residence, causing the second prince to contract smallpox and be in danger!

In fact, long before Concubine Qi took action, Mu Chong had already sent someone to replace the clothes stained with the pus of the smallpox patient.

As for Mu Qiong, he was vaccinated with the modified cowpox vaccine given by Du Jingru. It looks dangerous, but it is actually safe.

Although Du Jingru knew Mu Chong's plan, she still acted in full.

As Mu Qiong's aunt, she certainly would not sit idly by when she heard that her nephew was framed.

So, Du Jingru took advantage of her madness to successfully shake off the guards who were trying to stop her, climbed over the wall into Lanlin Palace, grabbed the panicked Concubine Qi and beat her up, making her cry for her parents.

Mu Qing, who followed in, clapped and cheered: "Great job, aunt! Beat this black-hearted bastard to death!"

Mu Chong was looking through the evidence of the Qi family's crimes. Upon hearing the news, he pressed his swollen forehead and said only one sentence: "Watch out, don't beat anyone to death!"

The results of the punishment came out quickly. The Qi family was ransacked, those who deserved to be beheaded were beheaded, and those who deserved to be exiled were exiled.

As for Concubine Qi, together with the evidence of her crimes that Mu Chong had found out before, she was punished for multiple crimes and was sentenced to death with a cup of poisoned wine.

As for the original body's adulterer Zhu Qing, it was indeed arranged by the Qi family.

The Qi family has the leverage over the Zhu family, so the Zhu family has no choice but to work for the Qi family.

However, Du Jingru learned from Mu Jue, who came to pay her respects, that the source of the smallpox virus that the Qi family obtained has not yet been identified.

When Mu Chong's men arrived, the peasant woman who had provided underwear for the smallpox patients in the Qi family was found dead in the well in her own yard, and her body was almost rotten.

"How could that be?" Du Jingru murmured, "Could it be that there is something else going on inside?"

Whether it was an affair or smallpox, there were always some harem tricks involved in every incident.

This New Year was not peaceful because many officials were working overtime due to the Qi family's affairs.

However, Mu Chong is not Zhu Baopi, and he does not have the bad habit of letting the horse run without giving it grass to eat.

Anyone who works overtime during the New Year period will be given a generous reward.

In the harem, Concubine Rong was frightened by Concubine Qi's incident. She behaved herself for a while and did not whip the palace maids and eunuchs.

One piece of evidence against Concubine Qi was that she tortured and killed palace maids.

Don't be fooled by her outward appearance and her compassionate and tolerant treatment of servants like a bodhisattva. In fact, her private methods are appalling.

There was an old nanny beside Concubine Qi who was well versed in cruel tortures. She was good at using acupuncture, water torture, and twisting of the wrist.

Once, out of jealousy, Concubine Qi imprisoned a beautiful palace maid in a very bloody and cruel punishment.

In comparison, Rong Fei's blatant behavior of whipping people seems as naive as a silly girl.

Of course, in Du Jingru's opinion, it was just the difference between -1 and -2, and neither of them treated the servants as human beings.

When Mu Chong investigated Concubine Qi, he also discovered that Concubine Rong had abused palace maids.

Then Rong Fei was put under house arrest again and fined for three years' salary. The Rong family outside was also reprimanded by imperial decree.

As for Concubine Hui, her presence has never been strong.

Regardless of whether Concubine Shu was having an affair or Concubine Qi was hiding the smallpox virus, she never made any public comments. She only detained the Second Princess Mu Rong and made her hide in the Qionghua Palace every day, proving that she was the Invisible Man.

Du Jingru sneaked into the Qionghua Palace and squatted there several times, but found nothing unusual, so she put it aside for the time being.

Concubine Qi died quickly, but Mu Chong was troubled by the arrangements for the third prince Mu Zhuo.

Mu Zhuo is still young and needs someone to take care of him.

However, among the people in the palace who were qualified to raise him, one always cared about his own business, one was arrogant and domineering, and the other was mentally ill. None of them was suitable.

Finally, at Mu Jue's suggestion, Mu Chong arranged for the person to live in the prince's residence and asked his trusted nanny to take care of him. He became a neighbor of the recovered Mu Qiong.

The harem became quiet, and Du Jingru suddenly didn't know what to do.

In this ancient time when there was no television, no mobile phones, and no internet, the only pleasure Du Jingru could find was sleeping.

"Aunt, I heard the peonies in the Imperial Garden are blooming. Let's go take a look!"

Early in the morning, Mu Qing ran in excitedly, took Du Jingru's hand and said coquettishly: "Make a garland for me!"

"Okay, okay!" Du Jingru had no choice but to walk towards the Imperial Garden hand in hand with Mu Qing.

When Du Jingru saw Mu Qing picking a crowning black jade flower, her eyelids twitched.

This world-class black jade was presented to Mu Chong by officials from the south. It was very rare in that era. Mu Chong liked it very much and specially ordered people to take good care of it.

As a result, the flowers had just bloomed and Mu Chong had no time to appreciate them before they were picked by his beloved daughter.

Du Jingru glanced at the steward of the imperial garden who looked like he had lost his parents, and silently looked away.

Mu Qing didn't notice the steward's expression of being on the verge of tears at all, and enthusiastically picked the peonies that he liked.

Wherever the hand passes, no flowers will grow.

Du Jingru went to the pool and picked a few willow branches. Her fingers flew and a beautiful wreath took shape under her hands.

Mu Qing happily put on the garland and turned around in front of Du Jingru: "Auntie, do I look good?"

Du Jingru smiled: "It looks good!"

Du Jingru became interested and picked some willow branches and weaved one for each palace maid who followed her.

Of course, the palace maids were not qualified to wear precious flowers such as peonies and peonies in their hair, but they could wear ordinary small flowers in the grass.

Xia He and others put them on happily, and the atmosphere was relaxed and cheerful.

Mu Qing took a picture by the pool and then acted coquettishly towards Du Jingru: "Auntie, I also want a little rabbit and a flower basket!"

She began counting the dishes on her fingers: "There are also ducklings, chickens, and fish..."

Du Jingru: ...

Is he treating her like a turtle in a wishing well?

But she is my own niece, what else can I do?

Just make it up!

Soon, a green wicker rabbit appeared in Du Jingru's hand.

Mu Qing took it excitedly, shaking his head.

Rustling, rustling~

There was a noise in the bushes nearby, and a little head popped out, looking at everyone curiously.

"Royal sister!"

Mu Qing was a little surprised and went over to pull Mu Rong's hand: "Are you out to see the flowers too?"