bookrandom Chapter 149: Traveling through the Prince's Mansion 28
Chapter 149: Traveling through the Prince's Mansion 28
No wonder she was determined to get her purse back, as it contained a lucky charm with her birth date written on it.
She is a girl in the boudoir, how could such things be spread out into the outside world?
This amulet should have been obtained for her by the old princess in the Prince's Mansion.
Chu Yansheng coughed and said, "This purse may not be disposed of casually for the time being. It was searched from Lao Ba's body. It must be used as evidence and returned to its original owner after the case is settled."
Gu Li put the amulet into his sleeve pocket without changing his expression, and signaled Bai Shuang to return the purse to Chu Yansheng.
"The pearls on the purse and the gold beans inside are enough to convict that man."
Whether or not there is a talisman has no impact on the investigation at all.
"The county lady is right." Chu Yansheng said with a smile. The exquisite purse fell into Chu Yansheng's hands again.
Gu Li didn't expect him to be so easy to talk to suddenly, but she didn't think much about it. She waited for the deputy commander to come, answered a few questions, and then took Bai Shuang back home.
"County Lady, we are lucky to have Prince Chu here today, otherwise that little beggar would not have been captured and that thieves' den would not have been destroyed!"
Gu Li looked at Bai Shuang who looked excited, "Why did you suddenly change your name to County Princess?"
Bai Shuang smiled so hard that her teeth were exposed. She used to call me "Miss" because it was easy to do, and she also felt that calling me "Miss" was more intimate, but "Whenever I mention your identity as a county lady in public, everyone will be terrified!"
In the past, Gu Li was a nobody in the Prince's Mansion and could only live a decent life with the support of the old princess.
It’s different now. Just her charioteer can cause unrest among the entire West City Military Department.
Gu Li also laughed.
That's the benefit of rights.
In a class society with clear hierarchies, rights are something that everyone is scrambling to possess.
People without power and money will never get any of these in their lifetime. People with money but no power can only keep their money by currying favor with the powerful. And people with power and influence, why worry about wealth?
Isn’t that what Zhang Jinwei is like?
She had a wealth of knowledge that no one else had, waiting to be developed. However, she did not blindly rush to the top. She was much smarter than Wei Lingyu and knew that her status was not enough to support her ambitions. So even if Liu Baijiao gave her a big embarrassment, she still chose to marry into the Prince's Mansion.
However, what Zhang Jinwei did not expect was that Liu Baijiao had experienced hardships and torture brought by several time-traveling women, and what he fears most now is this kind of extraordinary people.
After Zhang Jinwei entered the mansion, Gu Li handed over all affairs of the mansion to her, making her the mistress of the house who held real power in the Prince's Mansion.
By the time Liu Baijiao realized what was going on, several of his concubines had already been sold out by the princess.
If Liu Baijiao had not stayed in Rui Niang's yard all day, Rui Niang would probably have ended up like many other concubines.
Liu Baijiao was so angry that he almost died. He hugged Rui Niang and rushed to Chengde Courtyard to ask Zhang Jinwei how dare she touch the people in his room.
The purple marks on Zhang Jinwei's neck from being pinched have not faded yet. Fortunately, the weather hasn't gotten hot yet, so she can cover them with a fur collar.
Zhang Jinwei ignored Liu Baijiao's angry expression, glanced at the dodder-like Rui Niang, and explained calmly: "The palace does not keep idle people! Those concubines live better than the concubines, and they are given separate courtyards. This is against the rules----"
Liu Baijiao said angrily: "How can my huge palace not support a few women?"
Zhang Jinwei took a sip of tea and said slowly, "This is not a question of whether we can afford it or not. This is a question of rules. Without rules, there will be no order. I believe that this is also true for His Majesty."
Liu Baijiao had a mouthful of blood stuck in his throat. He wanted to spit it out, but he started coughing as soon as he opened his mouth.
This is not about rules or not, she is just taking revenge on him.
Rui Niang hurriedly helped him to smooth his back, "Your Highness, calm down. It would be terrible if you get yourself in trouble!"
The helpless panic in Rui Niang's eyes made Liu Bojiao give up the urge to continue arguing with Zhang Jinwei. He held Rui Niang's hand tightly, pulled her and turned away.
When Gu Li returned home, someone from the West Garden came to inform her of the dispute between the prince and the princess today.
Unexpectedly, the romantic and unrestrained Liu Bojiao now has only a little concubine left in his backyard who is not allowed to see the light of day.
How is she supposed to complete the mission?
She still has one last target of revenge who has not appeared yet. Wouldn't Zhang Jinwei kill the chance of meeting her in advance?
To be honest, Zhang Jinwei is really a ruthless person.
On the second day after entering the mansion, he was almost strangled to death by Liu Bojiao in the morning, and in the afternoon he began to take over the affairs of the mansion.
She also promulgated a joint responsibility system, and it only took her a few days to take control of the complicated network of servants in the Prince's Mansion.
The ruthless Zhang Jinwei quickly bought a batch of pretty maids and assigned them all to Liu Baijiao.
Liu Baijiao, whose eyes would light up at the sight of beauty in the past, was not moved at all. He stayed obediently in the side courtyard, as if he was planning to live with Rui Niang from then on.
"County Lady, the prince sent Ah Fu to say that he wants to borrow your name card to invite the imperial physician into the mansion." Bai Shuang came in from outside to report.
Nowadays, almost all the maids serving Liu Baijiao are Zhang Jinwei's people. The reason why he sent Ah Fu to Dongyuan to find her must be that he didn't want Zhang Jinwei to know about this.
"Is my cousin feeling unwell? Can't the court doctor cure him?" Gu Li asked casually while playing with the newly acquired jade lion in her hand.
Poor prince, even after getting married, he was unable to get the emperor to revoke his house arrest order. Now he doesn’t even have the right to hire an imperial physician when he is sick?
Bai Shuang's face looked a little ugly, "The prince wants the county lady to invite Doctor Gan from the Imperial Hospital."
"Doctor Gan?"
Doctor Gan is the expert in treating women's diseases in the Imperial Hospital, especially in regulating menstruation, assisting pregnancy, and protecting the fetus.
There are so many ladies in the palace, and all of them have sought the advice of Imperial Doctor Gan for pulse diagnosis and prescription prescription. Therefore, Imperial Doctor Gan’s reputation is much more famous than that of ordinary imperial doctors.
Bai Shuang glanced at him angrily and said, "I don't know what the prince is thinking. He actually wants the county lady to help that nameless concubine to invite an imperial physician. How can he do this--"
Gu Li chuckled, so he didn't feel comfortable coming to tell her himself, but instead sent a servant to stand outside the yard and call Bai Shuang.
It turns out that he also knew that this was inappropriate.
It insulted her name as a county lady and slapped the new princess in the face.
Rui Niang was born as a courtesan. The first thing that happened to women like them was that they were given a drug that would make them sterile. It was almost impossible for them to get pregnant.
The fact that Liu Baijiao thought of asking the imperial physician to treat Rui Niang's body is enough to show how much Liu Baijiao cares about Rui Niang.
I don't know how long Rui Niang, the real white lotus, has been whispering in Liu Bojiao's ear to make him disregard his face and risk being discovered for the substitution to ask the imperial physician to treat her infertility.