si-mexico Chapter 520: Reporting to Jingbei Houfu
Chapter 520: Reporting to Jingbei Houfu
"What about Chen Da and the others?"
The bailiff who followed behind asked anxiously, saying that among those bailiffs who were taken away was his brother-in-law. If his wife knew about it, his family would be in trouble!
"Li San, the adults have stressed many times that you should not cause trouble and that cases should be handled impartially. If they don't listen to the adults, what can the adults do? They can only wish for the best! Hurry up and catch up. The adults were so exhausted by the cases yesterday, and there are still things for you to do!"
The lawyer walked up to the yamen runner and said, although his beard was a little gray, his legs were very strong. After he finished speaking, he quickened his pace and followed closely behind the prefect.
"Ouch! I have a stomachache. I need to go to the bathroom. You can go back with the adults first. If there is any errand, please take over for me. I will be back soon and treat you to a drink another day."
Li San rolled his eyes, and suddenly bent down and covered his stomach, looking very painful.
The yamen runners were reluctant at first, but when they heard Li San say that he would treat them to a drink, they immediately agreed.
Li San covered his stomach and ran into a small alley nearby. He waited there for a while. After seeing the prefect and his men walking away, he ran towards the Jingbei Marquis's mansion. He thought that Jingbei Marquis would definitely not ignore his daughter. If he pleaded for mercy, the Regent would be lenient with her and his brother-in-law might also be released.
"Big brother, I have something important to discuss with the Marquis!"
Li San soon arrived at the Jingbei Marquis Mansion. He bent down and smiled, asking the guards at the door to let him in.
"My Lord is very busy, so who can see him if they want?"
The guard at the door saw Li San wearing a yamen runner's uniform and looked at him with some disdain.
"This concerns the safety of our eldest daughter. Big brother, please pass the message on!"
Although Li San was very unhappy about being looked down upon, he still kept a smile on his face. He took another step forward, looked around, and spoke in a low voice.
"Wang Qi, has the young lady left the house today?"
After hearing his words, the guard turned around and quietly asked his companions behind him.
"The young lady did go out of the house not long ago. She said she was going to buy something."
After hearing what Wang Qi said, the guard asked Li San to wait at the door and ran to report the matter to the marquis.
Not long after, the guard came back and took Li San directly to the door of Jingbei Hou's study.
Jingbei Hou did not let him into the study, but strode out of the study, stared at him and asked: "Tell me, what happened to my daughter?"
"The lady from your family was bumped into by a child today..."
Seeing that Marquis Jingbei was a little nervous, Li San swallowed and quickly told the whole story from beginning to end.
"I see. Thank you for coming to tell me the news, butler!"
After hearing what Li San said, Jingbei Hou clenched his hands tightly behind his back, with a surging look in his eyes. He signaled the butler to reward Li San and then sent him out of the house.
"Butler, have the spies in the palace noticed anything wrong with the Regent? Are they paying extra attention to our mansion?"
Marquis Jingbei took the butler back to the study, closed the door and started a secret conversation.
"No, except that the Regent did not attend to government affairs yesterday and spent a day playing with Cao Fangruo and his group in the palace, everything is normal!"
The butler thought about it, then bowed and reported to Marquis Jingbei.
"Send someone to the street to investigate why Miss Jintian had a conflict with those people!"
Marquis Jingbei pondered for a moment and gave instructions to the butler.
He was worried that the letters lost by the Minister of Rites had fallen into Jun Moyue's hands. What happened today was that Jun Moyue was going to take action against their Marquis' Mansion. He was not ready yet and was not Jun Moyue's opponent yet.
The steward was ordered to leave.
"Master, I have found out that the little boy was shopping and it was the young lady who took the initiative to provoke him!"
Half an hour later, the butler came hurriedly and reported what he had found to Marquis Jingbei.
"Why would the regent's people help that kid?"
Jingbei Hou looked at the butler and asked with a frown.
"That child seems to be with Cao Fangruo's daughter Lin Xi. The regent's people might be taking care of this matter for Lin Xi's sake."
The butler had seen Lin Xi's portrait in his young lady's room. Just now when he went to investigate the matter, he saw Lin Xi and his group shopping on the street.
"What a jerk! I've already told her not to harbor any illusions about Jun Mo Xie, but this unfilial girl still hasn't given up on him!"
Marquis Jingbei slammed the desk and cursed with a gloomy face.
He instantly understood why his good daughter had provoked that little boy. It seemed that he wanted to bully Lin Xi, but he didn't expect that he would end up losing more than he gained and was captured by the Regent's men!
"Master, calm down. What should we do now? The young lady is still in the hands of the Regent!"
The housekeeper had watched their young lady grow up and loved her very much, so he looked at Jingbei Hou anxiously and asked.
"Don't act rashly. Look at what Jun Moxie is doing. That unworthy girl is insisting on having her own way. Let her suffer a little! Jun Moxie won't take her life just because of such a small matter!"
Marquis Jingbei had a sullen face and showed no intention of pleading for his daughter.
Seeing this, the butler didn't say anything more. He sighed and walked out.
At this time, the daughter of Marquis Jingbei was being punished by a maid in the palace! She was still hoping that Marquis Jingbei would come to save her, but she didn't expect that her father didn't care about her at all.
"Mammy, please stop hitting me. My lady's hands are swollen!"
The two maids were punished to kneel on the ground. They dared not stand up. They could only crawl to the front of the nanny and kowtow to her desperately, begging her to stop.
"Humph! You are the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Jingbei, and you have learned etiquette and rules like this. I am doing this for your young lady's sake. Go to the side and kneel down. Don't disturb your young lady from learning the rules! If you come to interfere again, I will have someone slap you in the face!"
As the nanny spoke, she gestured to the palace maids standing on both sides. They quickly stepped forward and dragged the two maids back to the cobblestone road and made them kneel.
The two maids didn't dare to say anything. They secretly rubbed their swollen knees and knelt down obediently.
"Don't act so weak in front of me, learn the rules! If you faint, I will have to pierce your philtrum with this needle!"
The nanny took out a needle with a serious face, looked at the daughter of Marquis Jingbei who was about to pretend to faint, and warned her that she had been in the palace for many years and had seen all kinds of women, and how dare she use such a little trick in front of her.
The daughter of Marquis Jingbei had no choice but to obediently do as the old nanny said.