Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

In other words, even for the sake of his own life safety and rights, the emperor would never allow the princes and court ministers to collude with each other.

He hasn't even died yet, but the princes and grandchildren under him can't contain themselves. They are jumping up and down, forming cliques and pursuing personal interests. It would be strange if he could tolerate this.

After hearing the words, Jingzhao Yin took over the responsibility of interrogation, and the rest of the time became his home turf, within the scope of his expertise. Sure enough, the truth of the matter soon came to light.

After hearing testimonies from all parties, they successfully found evidence of water being poured down in the private room, as well as traces on the window frames.

The evidence was irrefutable. Even the culprit, Xiao Taohong, was unconscious due to the pain from her leg injury and looked pale. She had no chance to argue in the face of the irrefutable evidence and the testimony of other servants.

Shushu, the daughter of the Marquis's family, was so angry that she pointed at Jingzhao Yin's nose and cursed him, spraying blood foam all over his face. She accused him of favoring Lin Xiaoyue and that he must have some hidden relationship with the crazy girl, and so on.

This scene made the people who had been watching the excitement outside the box for a long time unwilling to leave see the brainless side of the daughter of the marquis's mansion.

Previously, there were rumors that the daughter of the Marquisate was spoiled, willful, and arrogant. After all, she was the only daughter in the family, and she was pampered to the utmost. But once such a stupid rumor spread, it would bring disgrace to the Marquisate.

In the end, Shushu's tyranny and unreasonableness made even Jingzhao Yin so angry that his face turned black, and he ordered the Marquis' Mansion to compensate Lin Xiaoyue for her loss of thirty taels within three days.

A mere thirty taels of silver is really not much in the imperial city where every inch of land is worth a lot of money and where there are powerful and high-ranking officials everywhere.

However, this verdict basically attributed it to the Marquis's Mansion.

As for Lin Xiaoyue breaking the front teeth of the daughter of the Marquis's mansion and others, and Xiao Taohong's broken legs, it can only be regarded as excessive self-defense at best. And there is no substantial evidence to prove that it was Lin Xiaoyue who beat the two people like this in the chaos.

More than ten people beat one person, and the other person was a little girl, but they couldn't win. They insisted on saying that it was the little girl who injured the person, but where was her face? ?

In the chaos, it is still unclear who injured the two people. It is impossible to directly judge that the person was injured because ten people attacked one person?

That doesn't make sense.

In the end, Lin Xiaoyue didn't even have to pay for the medicine.

The daughter of the prime minister, the two editors of the Hanlin Academy, the owner and waiter of the Yuebin Building, and others all have to bear different responsibilities.

The third prince... forget it, we still have to give some face to the royal family.

Jingzhao Yin ruled that each person should give Lin Xiaoyue ten taels of silver as compensation, and if they were dissatisfied, they could appeal to the higher authorities.

There is no way to appeal, as the claim of "using the majority to bully the minority" is untenable. Moreover, the incident was indeed caused by the close maid of the daughter of the marquis, who first splashed water on someone, and then the unreasonable interference of the shopkeeper of Yuebin Building and others made the matter even more chaotic. Therefore, no one can escape and everyone has to pay a fine.

Of course, for the rich and powerful, this little bit of silver might not even be worth picking up if it falls on the ground, so this result can only be considered a small punishment.

Jingzhao Yin also criticized Lin Xiaoyue verbally, asking her to speak in a nice way and not to be too impulsive. Lin Xiaoyue said that she was giving Jingzhao Yin face, and it didn't matter anyway.

What's more, with her personality, she would take revenge on the spot and even pay compensation. Haha, she is still very generous.

Finally, before leaving, Jingzhao Yin asked everyone to make the settlement in person. As for the fact that the daughter of the Marquis refused to pay compensation, that was fine. He would send someone to the Marquis' Mansion to explain the matter and order them to pay the compensation within three days.

I don't think such a big marquisate would owe such a small amount of money.

After the matter was settled, Lin Xiaoyue patted her bulging wallet, waved goodbye to everyone whose faces were as dark as ink in a very friendly manner, and walked out of the Yuebin Building with a swagger.

As for whether the crazy girl stole the limelight and made the rich and powerful unhappy, and whether there would be trouble in the future, she shrugged indifferently, saying, "What's there to be afraid of? If you have the guts, just come at me."

This farce in Yuebin Tower soon spread and became a topic of conversation for many people in the imperial city after dinner.

The emperor also received the news from the Black Scale Guard within an hour after the incident. After learning the whole story, the emperor remained silent for a long time, stroking the jade ring.

The eunuch chief who was serving on the side felt nervous and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. He dared not look directly at the emperor's face.

After a moment, the chief eunuch asked cautiously, "Your Majesty, should we retrieve the imperial edict bestowed upon Miss Lin San..."

The emperor said without hesitation, "No need."

The little girl did nothing wrong. If she gave in and endured just because she was confronted with a high-ranking official, the emperor would think she was cowardly and unworthy of being used. But the fact proved that the little girl was not only smart, but also straightforward.

Thinking back to the time when she was facing him this morning, she flattered him terribly. Now that I think about it, those words were probably the little girl's sincere loyalty to the king, not the flattery of those empty-headed people in the court.

Humph, not sincere at all.

The chief eunuch couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief and worried about the little girl.

The emperor's mind is hard to predict. He just asked a few more questions because he saw that this matter involved the reputation of the royal family. Fortunately, the emperor understood the situation well and did not show favoritism just because it involved the prince.

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After leaving Yuebin Building, Lin Xiaoyue, with her clothes soaked, found a carriage shop, rented a carriage, and rushed back to Xianyun Villa at lightning speed.

At the gate of the manor, as soon as he got off the car, he was pulled in by Xiaocao and others who had been guarding the gate for a long time.

Xiao Cao, "Sister San Ya, why are you so wet? Go change your clothes quickly. Catching a cold in this weather is no joke."

Chun Xing, "Sister San Ya, hurry up, the emperor's decree has arrived, change your clothes and go receive it together."

"Gah?"

Ergou was so anxious that he jumped up and down, "Hurry up, auntie, I'm calling on you, change your clothes and go to receive the order."

Xiao Cao, "Yes, yes, the Seventh Uncle asked many people from the farm to look for you, and they have been looking for you for a long time."

Lin Xiaoyue was stunned for a long while before she reacted, "Ergou, I haven't paid for the carriage yet, you can pay for it first, and I'll pay you back later."

"Okay, okay, go quickly, leave this to me."

The coachman who was feeling the cold wind outside Zhuangzi: …

The servants who followed along all the way: ...Imperial edict??? Is it the imperial edict I understood??? Also, this is not a wild girl, why is she living in Xianyun Villa??? Damn it, I should go back and report to the masters.

A quarter of an hour later, everyone in Xianyun Villa knelt down to receive the imperial edict. The eunuch holding the imperial edict read aloud, "The Emperor has granted the will of Heaven. The Lin family has a daughter, Lin Sanya, who is intelligent and clever. She has figured out a cement formula to benefit the people. I am very pleased to hear this. I hereby appoint her as the Village Lord of Le'an, grant her a Village Lord's Mansion, a farm, a hundred taels of gold, a hundred rolls of silk and satin, a hundred bags of tribute rice, two sets of jewelry, a bushel of pearls..."