Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

Ren family? Chen Shao did not comment and said, "Tell me, when did the Ren family contact you?"

"Last night!" Wang Su was too scared and wanted to clear his name too much. When he heard her question, he blurted out, "Last night, the steward of the Ren family pretended to be someone from the prefectural government and asked the steward of the dyeing workshop to find us, saying that the master had something to ask us. After tricking us out of the dyeing workshop, he used silver to lure us to stop by and appeal for justice. The master is wise, what I said is absolutely true!"

Chen Shao still did not comment: "How much silver did the manager of the Ren family give you?"

"He gave us..." Wang Su suddenly stopped talking, pinched the cloth bag around his waist guiltily, and then said uneasily, "He gave us a deposit of ten taels of silver."

Listening to the curses of the people around, Wang Su cried again, "We were fooled for a moment, but it's not our fault. We were rescued by the adults together with Zheng Hua and Song Lingyi, but Miss Quan chose to throw us two into the dirty, smelly and hard dyeing workshop, and picked Song Lingyi and Zheng Hua to work in Jinxiu Manor and Linlangxuan, which are better than the dyeing workshop. We just felt angry and took the wrong path for a moment. We will never dare to do it again. Please give us another chance to correct our mistakes."

Xu Chengmei followed her and kowtowed to admit her mistake, "Don't worry, sir, we will do our best and be obedient in the future, and we will never be deceived and go astray or do wrong things like we are doing now."

Chen Shao asked calmly, "Did the Ren family's steward give you ten taels of silver each, or did he give you ten taels of silver in total?"

Wang Su pinched the cloth bag around his waist again with a guilty conscience, and then cried, "Give us ten taels of silver each."

Seeing that the two men were crying breathlessly and admitted their mistakes completely, but had no intention of handing over the ten taels of silver, Chen Shao could not help but curl his lips in mockery and calmly ordered: "Get up, pack up, and go home."

"Thank you, sir, thank you..." The two kowtowed three times in joy before they suddenly realized that Chen Shao wanted them to go home, not to go back. Although there was only one word difference, it was a world of difference. Wang Su raised his head cautiously and asked uncertainly, "Go home..."

Chen Shao said indifferently: "Since you have no intention of working in the dyeing factory, the ten taels of silver given to you by the Ren family manager should be regarded as compensation for your earlier suffering. Go home and live a good life with the silver."

"No, no," Wang Su knelt and walked over quickly. After being stopped by Fu Jiu, he kowtowed again, "We are willing to stay in the dyeing workshop. We really are willing to stay in the dyeing workshop. Please don't drive us away. We will be obedient and do our best in the future. We will never be deceived by others again. Please don't drive us away!"

"The dyeing workshop is dirty, smelly and hard work, and there is no room for you. You should go home and do whatever you want. No one will interfere with you anymore." After leaving these words, Chen Shao turned around and got on the carriage.

Wang Su and Xu Chengmei wanted to stop the carriage, but were dragged aside by the onlookers. Seeing the carriage about to leave, Wang Su suddenly screamed, "This is unfair! Shi Xing killed so many people, and the Lord kept Shi Hui and Shi An and placed them in Huimin Pharmacy. We were just bewitched by the steward of the Ren family, so we did something harmless like blocking the road to appeal for justice. Why did the Lord drive us away!"

The carriage, which had already started, suddenly stopped again.

Chen Shao did not get off the carriage again, but just looked at her coldly through the window, "Fair? It's true that Shi Xing killed so many people, and he was also sentenced to death. I took in Shi Hui and Shi An, but you can go and ask them if they get a monthly salary from Huimin Pharmacy. You two were deceived and abducted by your brothers. According to common sense, the crimes you suffered are all your brothers' fault. I just need to rescue you and I have done my best. Just because I pity you, take you in, and arrange a place for you to avoid being criticized or suffering again after you go back, it becomes unfair in your mouth? I want to ask you, when you took the money from the manager of the Ren family and blocked the road to appeal for justice and falsely accused Miss Quan of colluding with Mr. Luo, what's the difference between you and your brothers abducting you just to seek the opportunity to study in the Imperial College?

"I don't want to argue with you, but since you're talking about fairness, then I'll give you fairness. Chanyi, search them and make them pay the ten taels of silver that the manager of the Ren family gave them. Also, send someone to the dyeing workshop to tell them that from now on, they are not allowed to set foot in the dyeing workshop again. Also, send someone to those gardens to bring the brothers who kidnapped them back to the prefect's mansion and behead them as a warning to the public."

Wang Su panicked. The reason why she dared to block the road and appeal for justice, besides the one hundred taels of silver, was most importantly because during the one or two months she lived in the east wing of Chengfeng Courtyard, she saw that Chen Shao was not only gentle but also extremely tolerant to the common people. She thought that even if Chen Shao did not believe that Quan Shuyu and Luo Ye were secretly colluding, she would at most scold them a few words. Unexpectedly, she not only wanted to drive them home, but also execute their brothers. Thinking of what her mother said this morning when she came to beg her to save her second brother, she could not help but crawl over with her hands and feet, kowtowing and crying, "Please spare my life, sir. I know I was wrong. I really know I was wrong. I can't go back. If my mother knew that my second brother was executed, she would never let me go home. Please give me another chance..."

"Give you another chance? When you were living in the east wing and gossiping, the master gave you many chances!" Chan Yi snorted coldly and jumped off the carriage, took a few steps forward, lifted her collar, and snatched the cloth bag from her waist. Wang Su was about to snatch it, but Chan Yi turned around and caught up with Xu Chengmei who wanted to escape. Amid her screams of "Wang Su said those words, I didn't say anything, it's my silver, no one is allowed to snatch it", Chan Yi snatched the cloth bag she was guarding tightly, "You didn't say it, but you came with her, she said it, doesn't it mean that you also said it?"

"Give the money to Master Qi," Chen Shao ordered, "Huimin Pharmacy needs to expand its wards, so it's time to spend money."

Master Qi was also watching the fun, and when he heard her say that she wanted to give him the silver, he immediately pushed through the crowd and stepped forward and said, "No need to give it to him, just give it to me."

"It's my silver, give it back to me!" Wang Su was still trying to rush forward to snatch it, but was stopped by the Yulin Guards.

Master Qi took the bag with a clear conscience, took out the silver coins from it and counted them while saying, "I don't know about the East Wing, and I dare not comment on it rashly, but you have been blocking the road to redress your grievances until now, and the master has given you no less than three chances, but you don't cherish them and insist on making mistakes again and again. Calling you ungrateful is the least of my accusations. If I really keep this silver in your hands, it will probably be a disaster."

"Whether it's a disaster or not has nothing to do with you," Wang Su said angrily, "Who do you think you are? You want to..."

The Yulin Guard kicked her knee impatiently. Wang Su fell to her knees in pain. Just as she was about to continue cursing, the Yulin Guard drew his sword and crossed it across her neck.

Wang Su shut his mouth in hatred and fear.

"Forget it," Master Qi waved his hand at Chan Yi who was about to step forward to warn the two, and advised generously, "If she doesn't want to listen, forget it. There's no need to argue with her."

Chan Yi looked at Wang Su and Xu Chengmei coldly before returning to the carriage.

"Let's go." Chen Shao ordered calmly without even looking at the two of them.

The Ren family and the dyeing workshop were the first to get the news of what happened in front of Huimin Pharmacy.

The moment the shopkeepers of Ren's family and the dyeing workshop received the news, they hurriedly brought their respective managers to the prefectural government. When they saw Chen Shao's carriage coming back, they hurriedly trotted to greet him.

The carriage did not stop and Chen Shao did not show up.

The Ren family and the shopkeeper of the dyeing workshop felt their hearts sink, and hurriedly followed the carriage to the second hall. They respectfully waited for Chen Shao to get off the carriage, and then respectfully followed her into the second hall. Then they knelt down in fear and kowtowed to her neatly. Ren Shoukang spoke first, "Your Excellency is wise. The Ren family did not instruct any steward to pretend to be someone from the prefectural government and go to the dyeing workshop to instruct the two girls to block the road and appeal for justice."

Chen Shao looked at the owner of the dyeing factory.

The shopkeeper of the dyeing factory quickly pulled the steward named Ma behind him to the front and said, "It was him. He was the one who met the man who claimed to be the steward of the Ren family when he came to see Miss Wang and Miss Xu last night."

The steward surnamed Ma said in awe, "Please spare my life, sir. The steward of the Ren family brought the Ren family badge and claimed to be here to talk to them on behalf of Miss Quan. I was deceived by his words and let Miss Wang and Miss Xu follow him out of the dyeing workshop. What I said was absolutely true. Please have mercy on me, sir, please have mercy on me!"