Just one pregnancy and four babies, but the prince actually pledged his love to her

I was already feeling guilty and was worried that what I had done in the past would be discovered.

There was another very important reason why he wanted to use food to gain control of King Chen, and that was that he knew very well what he had done before.

If County Magistrate Yang finds out, there will be no good ending.

If County Magistrate Yang accepted his bribe, he wouldn't be so worried. But County Magistrate Yang ignored him completely, so he had no choice.

When Master Liu went to Zhulin Village, he learned that Master Liu was a subordinate of the second lady of the prime minister's mansion. He was so happy that he felt that God would not let him go.

A county magistrate named Yang came to the county and sent him a Mr. Liu. Although Mr. Liu only worked for the second young lady, he was still someone who could talk to her.

He was just a small village chief. Without someone's recommendation, how could he have the connections to become the second lady of the prime minister's mansion? That's why he dared to spare no effort and bring the villagers to Xinghua Village so arrogantly, asking Village Chief Li to hand over the grain.

Because he knew that if he wanted to win the favor of the Second Miss and work in the Prime Minister's Mansion, he had to do things that would satisfy the Second Miss. Only if the Second Miss was satisfied would he have a chance.

But why has it become like this now? Although he got the food, he has to return it. For this, he even sacrificed a grandson, and was bitten back by Master Liu. This is not the result he wanted. He still wants to live a life of wealth and glory.

"Master Yang, don't listen to Master Liu's nonsense. I brought people to Xinghua Village because of Master Liu's instructions. He said he was working for the second young lady of the Xiangfu, and the second young lady asked him to buy a large amount of grain. But at this time, you also know that you may not be able to buy grain even if you have money, let alone tens of thousands of kilograms of grain. That's why he set his sights on Xinghua Village and wanted to take away the grain from Xinghua Village."

"But Master Liu had no one of his own, so he found me and said that if I cooperated, he would definitely introduce me to the Second Miss. I only did this because I was blinded by greed, but I never wanted to hurt the villagers of Xinghua Village. It was all Master Liu who made me do it, and my grandson died because of it. Lord Yang, please help me!"

"Nonsense, County Magistrate Yang, Zhu Lei is talking nonsense. This is not the case at all. Zhu Lei was greedy and had his eyes on the grain in Xinghua Village, so he brought people to rob it. I couldn't stand it, so I took out fifty taels of silver. However, at two cents per pound, twenty thousand catties of grain only cost forty taels, but Zhu Lei still took the ten taels of silver. If you don't believe me, you can ask anyone present."

Yang Zhijin knew without asking that Liu Quan was not lying and that there was indeed a matter of fifty taels of silver, because at this moment Village Chief Li had already handed him forty taels of silver.

But Liu Quan is not innocent either. It's just that the second young lady of the prime minister's mansion secretly hoarded food, which was definitely not just for food, she must have some ulterior motive.

Although he was not very clear about what the second young lady of the prime minister's mansion was trying to do, her purpose was definitely not simple.

Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and he suddenly thought of refugees. Could it be that the second lady of the prime minister's mansion was doing this for the refugees?

There is another key point, which is when the Prime Minister's Mansion had a second young lady. If he remembered correctly, Li Mengyue was the eldest young lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion, but he didn't know where the second young lady came from.

When he left Beijing, he had not heard that there was a second young lady in the prime minister's mansion.

However, these were none of his business before, but now it is different. The other party sent people to stockpile food under his rule, and he can't pretend nothing happened, especially when refugees continue to pour in. No matter what happens, he cannot take it lightly.

Yang Zhijin was wondering why the second young lady of the prime minister's mansion asked people to stockpile grain. Zhu Lei became anxious. He was not a fool, on the contrary, he was very smart. Otherwise, he would not have done so many bad things for so many years and still be alive and well.

He knew that Liu Quan's words were very disadvantageous to him, so in order to save his life, he spoke regardless of the consequences.

"Master Yang, Master Liu lied. He was the one who asked me to get the food. My grandson brought Master Liu home and promised to introduce me to the Second Miss. I did this just to have a chance to join the Second Miss. Master Liu also said that the Second Miss is the future princess of the Prince of Chen. If I succeed in this, it would be equivalent to marrying the Prince of Chen. How could I not be tempted by this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and not seize it well?"

"Besides, the people of Xinghua Village are spineless. When they heard that the grain was wanted by the Prince of Chen, they didn't dare to refute a word and directly brought us to the granary to move the grain. This can't be blamed on me. Seeing so much grain, if I still leave it to the people of Xinghua Village, wouldn't all these years of my life be in vain?"

"Anyway, these grains are not from our village, and I didn't pay for them, but I can use this opportunity to get in touch with the King of Chen. Even a fool wouldn't give up. After all, everyone knows that the King of Chen is the war god of the Great Zhou Dynasty. If I follow the King of Chen, I will have a good life."

Listening to Zhu Lei's righteous words, Yang Zhijin was so angry that he almost laughed. He had lived for so long and was born in a marquis's mansion. He had met all kinds of people, but he had never seen someone like Zhu Lei who made a mistake and did not repent, and even dared to push all the mistakes onto others.

By now, he had a clear understanding of the whole thing. The culprits were Zhu Lei and Liu Quan.

It doesn’t mean that Zhu Lei can escape punishment just because his grandson died.

Not to mention that Zhu Lei led people to rob food, even the things he did in the past were enough to make him die dozens of times.

Anyway, no matter what, Zhu Lei is destined to not escape, and the same goes for Liu Quan. He doesn't care who Liu Quan belongs to. Even if the Prime Minister stands in front of him, he will never tolerate it.

"Come here, arrest Zhu Lei and Liu Quan, bring them back to the government office, and put them in jail to await their fate."

"Yes, my lord."

"What are you doing? Let me go. I will be the King's man from now on. Be polite to me, or else the King will issue an order and you will all be killed without a burial place."

Seeing his friend's increasingly ugly expression, Yang Zhijin waved to the bailiff, signaling him to shut Zhu Lei's mouth. He couldn't let Zhu Lei ruin his friend's reputation here.

Zhu Lei was just a small fry, not worth his attention. There were important things waiting for him to do right now, and so many refugees were waiting to be resettled. Time must not be wasted on unimportant people and things.

Liu Quan had his hands tied behind his back by the yamen runners and he couldn't move at all. At this time, his attention was not on his hands, but only one thought in his mind.

"It's over, it's over."

It was over before he could even start to live a good life.

He knew that he had failed to complete the task assigned to him by the Second Young Lady, and with the Second Young Lady's temper, she would definitely not let him off easily.

But it doesn’t matter. It’s still unknown whether he is alive or not. There’s no point in thinking too much about it.

The most important thing now is to think about how to save his life and see if the second lady will rescue him.