The Rise of a Farm Girl

Chapter 56: Emptying the Palace

Prince Wen's mansion sent a group of people away, the door was closed, and Prince Wen and his men returned to the house.

As soon as she entered the room, Princess Wen was still complaining that Wang Jingru was so cunning. She had clearly put the black pearl on him, but he had managed to evade the search. Where did he throw the black pearl?

Prince Wen turned around and slapped Princess Wen twice, cursing her, "What a waste! You've lost more than you gain."

How could the wife of Prince Wen bear being slapped twice? Usually, Prince Wen would coax him to come.

Princess Wen was immediately furious when he dared to hit her today. She rushed forward and started scratching Prince Wen.

Xuanyuan Changkong, you dare to hit me, I will fight you. Princess Wen was like a madman with bared fangs and claws, scratching Prince Wen madly.

Prince Wen was unable to dodge and was scratched by the princess, leaving several bloody marks on his face.

My face was burning with pain at the time, and Prince Wen rushed over and knocked Princess Wen to the ground. "Are you crazy? You've disfigured my face."

How can I face people at the court tomorrow morning?

The wife of Prince Wen was knocked to the ground, and she woke up after sitting on the ground. He scratched Prince Wen's face, and he couldn't attend the morning court tomorrow. How could he bear the blame from the emperor?

Wang Jingru didn't know that the follow-up to the palace's affairs would be so lively. After Wang Jingru and the others parted ways at the palace, they all went home. After all, it was getting late.

Wang Jingru returned home with her parents and told them what happened after she entered the palace.

Wang Laosan and his wife were furious when they heard this. This Wang Mansion was really too much. They bullied us because we were not as powerful as their family.

Wang Jingru also comforted her parents and said, it’s okay, I will definitely make them pay a heavy price.

When Mr. and Mrs. Wang heard what their daughter said, they knew what she was going to do.

The couple agreed not to speak, because walls have ears! The only way they could help their daughter was to prevent anyone from noticing that she was not at home when she was out doing something.

Yu Wenjiao said earnestly, Jingru! You can take revenge, but now is not the time. It won't be too late to do it after a few days. After all, the things are there, and he won't run away.

Wang Jingru nodded and said, "Mom, don't worry. I know now is not a good time."

After some time, when things have calmed down, I will go and clean up Prince Wen's mansion. The few of them chatted for a while and then went their separate ways.

Wang Jingru returned to her room, washed up, and fell asleep early on the bed. Tomorrow she would wait for Princess Wen and Xuanyuan Yue to apologize to her and kneel down to kowtow.

On the second day, Wang Jingru got up early, and Xuanyuan Lei also came early. Xuanyuan Lei and Wang Jingru had breakfast together.

Drink tea, chat, and wait for Princess Wen and his daughter to come and apologize.

But no matter how long he waited, he still didn't come. It was already past 9 o'clock, Xuanyuan Lei called the servant beside him and said irritably, go to Prince Wen's mansion to inform Prince Wen's wife and ask them to come to Sinong Mansion as soon as possible to apologize.

The servant quickly went to Prince Wen's mansion, which was strangely quiet. Prince Wen did not attend the morning court today because his face was scratched by the princess yesterday.

Prince Wen and the princess had a fight yesterday, and they are still angry! No one is talking to each other. The prince slept in the study. When the princess got up in the morning, she looked at her swollen cheeks from the beating by the prince.

I was so angry sitting in front of the dressing table. I had already applied a hot towel yesterday, but the swelling on my cheeks still didn't go away.

Just when I was feeling sad, I heard the servants in the mansion come to report that it was the servant beside the prince who asked the princess and the princess to go to the Sinong Mansion to apologize quickly.

He had been waiting in the Sinong Mansion for a long time, to be a witness for the princess and the county lord.

After hearing this, the princess was furious. She thought that the prince was deliberately going against their palace.

But I have already promised the princess, so I have to go whether I want to or not.

Now their palace has no face left. Princess Wen turned around and Xiao Cui went to find the princess.

Asking her to come quickly, Xuanyuan Yue quickly arrived at the princess's room.

Mother, I don't want to go to the Sinong Mansion and embarrass myself. Can you help me? If I really go to the Sinong Mansion and kneel down to apologize to Wang Jingru, I will not be able to face people in the future.

I can't go to college anymore, mother, you must help me.

But the princess was also afraid of being embarrassed. It would be better for two people to go together, so that they could share some of the burden. The princess shook her head decisively, "My daughter! It's not easy to fool the eldest princess. You should go with me!"

Xuanyuan Yue reluctantly followed her mother into the carriage. The two families were not far from each other, and soon arrived at the gate of Sinong Mansion.

The two got off the carriage and asked the maids beside them to knock on the door. Wang Jingru asked the maids beside her to go out and ring the gong to attract the people.

Xuanyuan Lei smiled dotingly and said, Jingru, this is a really bad move of yours. The maid struck the gong and soon attracted the people nearby.

By the time Wang Jingru and the others came out, Si Nongfu was already surrounded by hundreds of people.

Princess Wen and Xuanyuan Yue felt extremely ashamed. But the arrow had to be shot, and they knelt down to Wang Jingru amid the discussions of the people.

The faces of the two people turned pale and blue, and purple. The faces were extremely ugly. After kneeling down, Princess Wen said, "Princess Jingru, please forgive me for my mistake yesterday. I shouldn't have falsely accused Princess Jingru of stealing my black pearl."

After saying this, she kowtowed. Princess Wen was filled with resentment. She was determined to take revenge and cut Princess Jingru into pieces to relieve her hatred.

Princess Wen and Xuanyuan Yue returned to the palace in a daze. Now the whole imperial city is buzzing with rumors.

Princess Wen was wronged because Princess Jingru was ordered to study in the academy. So she held a grudge, and both mother and daughter made things difficult for Princess Jingru.

Yesterday, Princess Wen invited Princess Jingru to her house. When she arrived, she made Princess Jingru kneel outside to be punished. She also threw dirty water on Princess Jingru, saying that she had stolen things from their house.

It is said that the Princess of Wen was a concubine's daughter. She was not presentable. Princess Yue was also led astray by the Princess of Wen. She was arrogant and domineering at a young age.

The news was spreading everywhere in the streets and alleys, and Prince Wen kept asking for leave and did not attend the morning court.

The matter fermented for a while and spread throughout the city, even to the emperor.

The emperor summoned Prince Wen to the palace and was furious. He said that he couldn't even discipline his own princess and asked him to reflect on himself at home.

In addition, the princess was demoted to a concubine, and her title of Princess Yue was revoked. From now on, when others see Xuanyuan Yue, they can only call her Miss.

When the imperial edict arrived at the palace, the princess fainted after hearing its contents.

After hearing the contents of the imperial edict, Xuanyuan Yue clamored to go to the palace to see the emperor, and kept shouting, "I didn't do anything wrong. Why did the emperor uncle revoke my title of princess?"

How could Prince Wen let her run away? The emperor is still angry and if she goes to the palace to make trouble again, he will lose his throne.

There was chaos in Prince Wen's mansion every day. In a blink of an eye, a month passed. Prince Wen's mansion gradually returned to peace, and the people's talk about it gradually faded.

Wang Jingru's plan has been put on the agenda. Wang Jingru asked Xuanyuan Lei to give him a lot of drugs. It should be said that these days, Zhan Wang has been following Wang Jingru every day. He didn't expect that there are still people in this imperial city who dare to attack his favorite person.

The War King followed her closely every day. At first, Wang Jingru was not used to it, but she got used to it after a while. He also specially arranged two secret guards for Wang Jingru.

Wang Jingru is going out to do something bad tonight, but what should she do with these secret guards? How can she get rid of them? There is no other way, she can only knock out these two secret guards.

Wang Jingru called the two people down and told them not to follow her. She would first use courtesy and then force, and if that didn't work, she would knock them out.

These two people were very embarrassed when they heard that they were not allowed to follow. My princess, if anything happens to you, we two will die to atone for our sins.

We will follow you from a distance. When there is danger, you just shout and we will appear in time. Do you think this will work?

Wang Jingru shook her head like a rattle. If nothing works, she will have to ask her father for help. Wang Jingru said angrily, "If you don't listen to me, I won't keep you here."

If I say you don't need to follow me tonight, then don't follow me. If you insist on following me, don't blame me for being rude to you.

In the end, Wang Jingru asked her father to watch the two of them. Wang Laosan tripped them up. Wang Jingru went to her mother's yard, climbed over the wall and secretly left the mansion.

Wang Jingru sneaked into Prince Wen's mansion. She was really afraid of secret guards and people with strong martial arts skills. The drug was not a small one.

Wang Jingru stood in the wind and blew the drug along with the wind. His drug was all powder, and wherever the wind blew, people outside the house fell down one by one.

When Wang Jingru arrived at Prince Wen's mansion, everyone in the mansion was asleep. Only the people patrolling outside were still walking back and forth. Wang Jingru scattered the sleeping pills with the wind, and everyone outside fainted.

Wang Jingru walked around the palace as if she was strolling in her own backyard. She first cleaned up the storeroom, then went to clean up the study.

The money in the Wang Mansion is really not even half as much as the money in the Ministry of Industry's Mansion! Wang Jingru still implemented the policy of moving everything away this time.

Not even a hair was left in the palace, and the mice had to leave crying when they came. When the matter was settled, all the money, clothes, and other things in the palace were taken away.

It was almost dawn when Wang Jingru finished packing. She quickly left the palace and it was already dawn when she returned to her own house.

The two secret guards were extremely anxious in the mansion, and they were relieved only when they saw the princess returning.

After Wang Jingru came back, she fell asleep immediately without even having breakfast. Wang Jingru slept soundly, while the palace was in chaos.

Prince Wen, wearing his middle-length robe, came to the throne room of the imperial palace, knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, asking the emperor to help him overcome the difficulties.

The situation at home was really difficult. They were not left with even a piece of clothing overnight. Not to mention clothes, they were not even left with a pair of underpants.

Even the rat would cry and leave. Your Majesty, please help me!

I really can't survive any longer. This morning, there was not a single grain of rice to eat in the entire government office.

The emperor was given a headache after hearing this. The money in the Minister of Works' mansion disappeared overnight and had not been found yet.

Another prince came to the palace. Did they offend someone they shouldn’t have offended? The emperor took out fifty taels of silver from his private treasury and gave it to Prince Wen.

Prince Wen looked at the fifty taels of silver in his hand. In the past, he would never have looked down upon a mere fifty taels of silver.

The emperor said, "This is the silver from my own private vault. It is enough for you. For ordinary people, 50 taels of silver is enough to live for more than ten years."

There was no other way. He was a prince and didn't know how to do business. The wife he married was a concubine's daughter.

His wife had no dowry at all, and Prince Wen usually lived on his salary, plus the family business left by his ancestors.

The theft in the mansion this time caused great trauma to Prince Wen's mansion. It may also make Prince Wen's mansion unable to get up again after falling.

Prince Wen returned to the palace, and the emperor ordered a thorough investigation of the case. It was so strange that there was no trace at all, and there was no movement. All the stolen items in the palace, whether in the warehouse or anywhere else, seemed to have disappeared out of thin air. There was no sign that anyone had moved them.

The emperor became more and more concerned about this, fearing that one day his treasury would be emptied in the same way.

But no matter how thoroughly the emperor investigated the case, he could not have imagined that it was Wang Jingru who did it.

After Prince Wen returned to the palace, he asked the princess to sell some of the servants in the house and leave a few servants in the palace to take care of the palace.

The concubine of Prince Wen was used to a life of having everything provided for her. But the days of having slaves exchanged for maids were like a sudden fall from heaven to hell. How could the concubine bear it? She just sat there and started crying.

How am I going to live my life from now on! Who the hell stole my palace and left me with nothing?

You will surely be struck by lightning and die a miserable death. The more she cried, the sadder she became, but Prince Wen was annoyed by her crying. He shouted loudly to the princess who was demoted to a concubine by the emperor, "Enough, shut up."

The palace has become like this, so we should think of a solution quickly. If we have time to cry here, we might as well clean up the palace quickly.

Even though we only have 50 taels of silver, don't we still have two shops outside? Adding my salary, we can at least get by.

Things have come to this, so from now on, you should try to save as much as possible on food, clothing and other expenses, and don't spend lavishly like before.

It's fine as long as the clothes are wearable, Prince Wen's concubine said with tears in her eyes, it sounds easy as you say. I have to attend palace banquets and various large and small gatherings every year. It's not like you say, I can save as much as I can.

To attend a banquet, every official's wife and daughter would have to make two new sets of clothes. In our mansion, how can we afford those expensive clothes and jewelry?

It's because you don't have the ability. Look at the Yang Mansion, all their belongings were lost overnight, but the women in the mansion have nothing to wear, nothing to eat, nothing to drink.

It's not like our mansion, where we have to live like ordinary people when we lose something. The emperor was the same, he only took fifty taels of silver.

What can you do with this fifty taels of silver? Prince Wen was so scared that he quickly covered the mouth of Prince Wen's concubine, "You stupid woman, shut up. You dare to talk about the emperor behind his back, don't you know that walls have ears? Don't you want to live anymore?"

After all, I am the emperor's cousin, so I begged the emperor and he gave me fifty taels of silver. When the Minister of Works, Mr. Yang, went to beg the emperor, the emperor didn't even give him one tael of silver.

Prince Wen's concubine said that it was because the emperor knew that the Yang family could not only have the money in the mansion.

The emperor gave you fifty taels because he was afraid that the people in our house would starve to death.

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