The legitimate daughter returns, and the princess goes crazy

In the early morning, the sun begins to shine.

"Juhong, I heard that your cousin from far away came to seek refuge with you."

A third-class maidservant in blue clothes said to another maidservant in blue clothes.

The maid in green put down the broom in her hand, sighed and said, "Yes, my cousin is also pitiful. Her parents died early, and I haven't seen her for more than ten years."

"She was originally a maid in the residence of Lord Tang, the Imperial Envoy of Jiangzhou Salt Transport. But something happened to the Tang family and their property was confiscated. She traveled thousands of miles to the capital to seek refuge with me. When we met, Sister Shi Ying saw us. Seeing that she was pitiful, Sister Shi Ying took her in."

"You can say that Lord Tang still has some conscience. He dismissed all the servants in the house in advance and returned the indentures to them. That's why my cousin escaped from being implicated by him."

"I've heard about this, too. My eldest sister-in-law is from Jiangzhou. I thought Tang Yi was a good official, but I didn't expect him to embezzle disaster relief funds from the victims. He's really hypocritical."

"It is said that Tang Yi had a very courageous son. When the Tang family was raided, he escaped and saved his life. But he actually walked into the trap and ran to the Dali Temple to beat the drum to protest his injustice. He was detained on the spot. The whole family was either killed or imprisoned."

"Yes, yes, his son's name seems to be Tang Wen. I heard people talking about him on the street a few days ago."

The conversation between the two maids outside the house was inadvertently heard in the house. Upon hearing this conversation, Mu Yan's hand holding the teacup paused, her pupils became deep, and her expression seemed to be thoughtful.

Tang Wen was her subordinate in her previous life and the legitimate son of Tang Yi, the inspector of Jiangzhou.

Two years ago, there was a severe drought in Jiangzhou and the people had no harvest. The court distributed silver and grain for disaster relief, but tens of thousands of victims still starved to death and corpses were everywhere. When the matter reached the capital, the current emperor was furious when he learned about it, and specially dispatched the Shaoqing of the Taichang Temple to Jiangzhou to investigate the case thoroughly.

Tang Yi accidentally obtained evidence that the Jiangzhou prefect and high-ranking officials in the capital had colluded to embezzle the court's disaster relief funds, and was ready to report it to the imperial envoy.

Unexpectedly, he was betrayed by his close advisor. After the Jiangzhou prefect and a senior official learned about it, they not only sent assassins to kill the imperial envoy and destroy the evidence, but also forged evidence to frame Tang Yi for the embezzlement of disaster relief funds and the assassination of the imperial envoy.

The evidence was forged so flawlessly and with the testimony of lawyer Tang Yi, the case was irrefutable. The emperor ordered the Tang family to be confiscated and their heads beheaded as a warning to others.

After Tang Wen escaped, he wanted to come to the capital to file a complaint to overturn his father's case, but not only did the case fail to be overturned, he also got himself implicated.

Fortunately, a few months later, the emperor celebrated his 60th birthday and issued a general amnesty. She was sentenced to exile in a remote frontier, which saved her life. It was there that she met Tang Wen.

At that time, the crown prince had died, and the struggle between King Xuan and Mo Xingchen had reached the point of being irreconcilable. King Xuan designed a plan to frame Mo Xingchen. In order to find evidence for Mo Xingchen, Mu Yan traveled thousands of miles to the border to find an official who had been exiled for many years. He had evidence that proved Mo Xingchen's innocence.

When they were at the frontier, Tang Wen helped her inadvertently. Seeing that Tang Wen had a talent for business and financial planning, she took him in and even reported to the court to pardon him.

Tang Wen is quick-witted and extremely intelligent. In his previous life, he managed the businesses under the name of Prince Wei's Mansion in an orderly manner, and opened a Hua Manlou that was famous in the capital. On the surface, Hua Manlou is a place for eating, drinking and having fun, but in fact it is an organization that secretly gathers intelligence. No matter how big or small the events in the capital are, they cannot be hidden from Hua Manlou's eyes and ears.

These included some officials' private affairs in their bedrooms, evidence of corruption and bribery, etc. Later, this information played a key role in helping Mo Xingchen ascend the throne.

It's a pity that she didn't have time to save Tang Yi in this life, but Tang Wen has followed her for many years. Now that he is in prison, how can she sit idly by and do nothing?

But the Dali Temple is heavily guarded. How can she bring the person out unharmed?

Mu Yan was worried, and even though Ying prepared a lot of her favorite food for lunch, she didn't eat much.

"Miss, what's wrong with you? Are you worried about something?"

Shi Ying was careless and didn't notice anything, but Ling Yu was meticulous and discovered something was wrong early on.

After saying that, he tapped Shi Ying's forehead with his hand, and Shi Ying let out a series of wailing sounds in pain.

Mu Yan didn't want to hide it and told the two of them about it. She already had a preliminary plan in her mind, and the two of them were filled with emotion when they heard it.

It was late at night at midnight and the entire capital was extremely silent. White snowflakes floated in the sky, as if they could cover up all the evils in the world.

"Brother Wang, you said that we are unlucky as subordinates. Officials have already entered the land of comfort, but we have to go on duty in this cold weather." A jailer complained, holding his coat tightly.

"Who said it wasn't? It's damn cold today. It's even snowing. Oh, stop talking. Let's go."

Before they could finish their words, the two were knocked unconscious from behind. Mu Yan and Ling Yu quickly stripped off their clothes and badges and put them on neatly.

Dali Temple Prison.

The dark dungeon was extremely quiet. The blood that had not yet dried attracted many rats. The rats' cries seemed unusually clear and harsh in the silent cell.

Tang Wen hugged his knees and huddled against the wall. He knew what would happen to him. He was not afraid of death, but he was afraid that after his death the truth would remain buried forever underground and his father’s injustice would never be washed away.

These days, he kept thinking about how to escape. Only by staying alive would there be hope. However, the Dali Temple Prison was heavily guarded and he did not find any chance to escape.

"dong dong dong"

The sound of footsteps was getting closer.

"pat"

The door lock is unlocked.

Tang Wen slowly raised his head, his eyes were bloodshot, and he saw two unfamiliar faces in jailer uniforms opening the cell door and walking towards him.

Just as he was wondering, he heard one of the jailers say, "Hurry up, there is no time to explain too much, but if you want to live, follow me."

Tang Wen paused for a moment and looked at the two people in front of him with suspicion.

Could it be that these two people were sent by the people who killed his father to assassinate him? He didn't dare to trust anyone now.

"Your sister's name is Tang Caidie. She's fifteen years old and her birthday is February 18th. She's with me now. Don't worry, she's safe. If you want to see her, come with me immediately."

Hearing this, a gleam of disbelief flashed in Tang Wen's eyes. Apart from his dead parents and him, no one else could possibly know that his sister was still alive.

It turned out that the one who died was not her sister, but her sister's personal maid, who was also Juhong's cousin. The maid had received great kindness from their Tang family, so she was willing to die in place of her mistress, so the two of them exchanged identities.

Tang Wen told her about this in her previous life. Mu Yan had been helping him find her sister's whereabouts, so she knew so much information.

Today, after she heard the conversation between the two maids, she summoned them for questioning.

As soon as she entered the door, the face that looked very similar to Tang Wen made Mu Yan guess the whole story at once.

But in her previous life, she did not find this maid around her, and she could not find her whereabouts after searching for many years. Perhaps her rebirth changed the course of some things.

"Okay, I'll go with you."