Traveling through time and space to become a concubine: I just want to live a leisurely life

Another day passed, and the inventory of the warehouse was finally completed. Several problematic items were found and were quietly recorded.

A few days later, some people couldn't hold back and started playing quietly in the middle of the night.

Chunliu excitedly wanted to catch someone, but was stopped by Shen Jingyi, who only asked her to record the people who went there first and then wait patiently for a while.

Chunliu agreed excitedly, and from then on she ran around the mansion every night, with more and more names appearing in her little notebook.

Two weeks later, Shen Jingyi asked Chunliu to bring a team of palace soldiers to capture these people on the spot.

No one was spared, whether it was gambling at night or drinking while on duty.

A total of forty-nine people, including maids, old women, and servants, were arrested.

Among them were the housekeeper's two sons and a daughter-in-law.

When the housekeeper heard the news, he was so anxious that he was sweating profusely and rushed to Shen Jingyi's residence early in the morning.

When we got there, we found that people from several families were already kneeling in the yard.

At the entrance, it was rare to see Chuliu and Chuqi.

He hurried forward and said politely to them, "Please go and inform them. I have something to report."

Chujiu smiled harmlessly and said, "Butler Xue, the prince ordered you to kneel in the yard when you arrive."

Hearing this, Butler Xue's heart tightened and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

But he didn't dare to disobey Chujiu's order, so he gritted his teeth, walked to the yard and kneeled down, thinking quickly about how to deal with the situation.

Inside the house, Shen Jingyi had just fed the child. Looking at the unhappy King Xuan, she smiled gently and comforted him, "Okay, don't be angry. Who would have thought that they would be so bold as to even touch your things.

They will be brought here soon. Do you want to interrogate them in person?"

King Xuan took a deep breath, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Go, I will beat him to death, these bastards."

After a while, cries of begging for mercy were heard from the yard outside.

"Please spare us, my lord. Please spare us, we will never dare to do it again."

"Concubine, I didn't go there voluntarily. They forced me to go. Wuwuwu... If I didn't go, they would beat me. Wuwuwu..."

"Concubine, I will never drink again. Please be merciful and forgive me this time!"

"My Lord, I know I was wrong, and I will definitely change. Please consider our age and don't buy us... "

Amidst the cries of begging, King Xuan walked out with a dark face.

"Shut up." He shouted, and the scene suddenly became quiet.

King Xuan sat on a chair under the eaves, looked at Xue Qiang, the youngest son of Xue Guanjia, and asked, "Xue Qiang, where did you put the beads in my jade lion?"

Xue Qiang raised his head abruptly after hearing this, and met the cold eyes of King Xuan. His heart instantly tightened, as if being tightly grasped by an invisible hand.

Fear surged over him like a tide, turning his face as pale as paper.

He quickly lowered his head, and his body began to tremble slightly uncontrollably.

His mind was in a mess and he didn't understand when he was exposed.

Didn’t Concubine Shen’s people fail to find anything the last time they went to count things?

Why was it discovered suddenly?

He bit his lips tightly with his teeth, trying to control his emotions, but his trembling voice still revealed his fear: "I don't know what you mean, Your Majesty."

King Xuan smiled faintly, and there was a coldness in his smile that made people shudder.

"Really? Someone come and beat him until he is willing to talk."

"Yes," two guards immediately stepped forward, dragged Xue Qiang aside, and prepared to take action.

When Butler Xue saw this, he became extremely anxious. He quickly turned to look at his panicked and frightened little son, his eyes full of worry.

Then he looked at King Xuan, who had a slight smile on his face but cold eyes, and there was a look of despair in his eyes.

But when he thought of his own son, he had to grit his teeth and beg, "Your Majesty, please spare my son! He has always been timid and would never dare to do such a thing."

However, King Xuan ignored the request of Steward Xue.

His eyes were always on Xue Qiang, wondering how hard his bones were.

After a while, a soldier quickly brought a bench and placed it in place.

The other two soldiers pressed Xue Qiang hard onto the bench.

The two men held a foot-wide stick and beat Xue Qiang's back and buttocks mercilessly. The "pa pa pa" sounds came one after another.

"Ah, ah, ah..." Xue Qiang's screams like a pig being slaughtered echoed throughout the yard.

"Waaaaaaa..." Xiao Ziyang's crying voice followed.

King Xuan frowned and said, "Shut his mouth."

Hearing this, Xue Qiang shouted in horror: "I'll tell you, don't bet."

He was afraid that once his mouth was blocked, he would never have the chance to speak again.

"At Fusheng Pawnshop...I took the bead to Fusheng Pawnshop and pawned it...for ten taels of silver." Xue Qiang replied stutteringly.

"When did you become the king?" King Xuan's tone was stern, and his eyes were as cold as two sharp swords, wanting to stab Xue Qiang to death.

"Three...three years ago."

Xue Qiang answered tremblingly, with beads of sweat on his forehead.

"Where are my two fifty-year-old ginsengs?" King Xuan asked again.

After hearing this, Xue Qiang suddenly thought of something. His lips trembled, but he could not make a sound.

After a while, he finally mustered up the courage to say, "I was...sold by you...by you..."

"Then what did you give me to eat?" King Xuan was furious.