The casual life of the flat space
Chapter 219: Alone and relying on luck
Don't say that the princess has never eaten "Mo Chou". Even if she loves it, she can't let the noble ladies dress up as village girls to eat it, right? Is that to maintain relationships? That is to humiliate others by any means and to cause trouble for herself!
So after some questioning by the female official, the two were actually kept. They also signaled the servants to go back and report the good news, so the news that County Magistrate Xiao got was that the princess really accepted the gift.
He thought that he could rise to prominence, so he exploited the people even more in the past few months. When they searched their houses, they found that he had captured and deceived more than 300 refugees by various means, all of which were his preparations for his new post.
As for why they didn't choose the wrong path, this has to do with the descendants of the present. Of course, General Zhao couldn't say it directly, it was Mu Qingqiu who explained it to Bai Tieying, and he also laughed and said that Bai Tieying had some luck, and this matter was purely an accident.
Bai Tieying said that she was reckless, but in her heart she thought, isn't this just a matter of probability? When she hinted at something, Xiao Qian didn't refute or expose her, which proves that there is a princess in the world today? There are so many official histories, unofficial histories, and TV novels in the original world, what kind of princess is it, isn't it easy to come up with?
Besides, whether the princess's life was extravagant or not, what kind of hobbies did she have? What did she have to do with "finding fault"? She was just an introduction. What really led Xiao Qian step by step was the maids around her, and the greed of their family!
Although Mu Qingqiu was not often in the capital, he knew some of the general news, after all, they were all his brothers and sisters. He said that he had 17 children, 11 princes and 6 princesses. The only one who was not married and loved to hold poetry meetings was the sixth princess.
Because she was the legitimate daughter, and was born at an advanced age by the Queen, she was loved and cared for since she was young. Also, because when the Sixth Princess was born, the Emperor happened to have a furnace of excellent elixirs, so she was also given a title among the Emperor's many children.
When Mu Qingqiu finished introducing the part that General Zhao couldn't say, General Zhao continued to tell the subsequent story. Xiao Qian was not the first person who wanted to take shortcuts. There were already many successful cases of "predecessors". There were even a few people who offered themselves to be the princess's concubine every year.
But when the female official saw that the so-called "Mo Chou" was actually a cherry, she was still shocked by the Xiao siblings' fantastic idea. Is there anything in the capital that money can't buy? Is the princess someone who can't eat anything she wants? Are the brains of the Xiao siblings fried in lard? How could they do such a brainless thing?
The female official couldn't figure it out, and the Xiao siblings looked sincere. After she was puzzled, she could only report the matter to the princess. After hearing this, the princess, who was probably bored at that time, agreed to meet the Xiao siblings. As a result, after Xiao Qian repeated her "golden ideas" in person, the princess was convinced that the two were brainless and crazy.
There was no need to be polite. The brother and sister, along with everyone in the convoy that went to Beijing, were all locked up. This was one of the reasons why County Magistrate Xiao had never received any news but had been dreaming of getting promoted and getting rich.
The princess ordered people to interrogate the two, but the brother and sister were stubborn and thought it was a test to join the princess! In the end, they didn't feel that they were deceived by Zhao Xiwu. Not only did they not implicate the Privy Council, but they also insisted that they admired and respected the princess. After all, who knew that the Ganoderma lucidum that Bai Tieying used as a foil for the cherries was almost free of cost?
The princess got the report from the lady-in-waiting and knew that these two people were just trying to get in through the back door. She was so angry that she laughed. She planned to deal with them severely, which was also a warning to the monkeys. Not only were these two "chickens" that could be easily killed, but the main purpose was to tell everyone who wanted to submit a "letter of surrender" that even if you just gave money directly, it would be better than such a disgusting thing.
Because the princess didn't want to hide this matter, everyone who should have known the news got it except County Magistrate Xiao. People related to County Magistrate Xiao wanted to stay as far away from this fool as possible, and no one gave him any information.
For example, the Zhou family in the county town, the fourth son of the family has always been in collusion with County Magistrate Xiao, and they have often used each other to rob. At the end of last month, the Zhou family divided the family, and Ning Ke gave more than 100,000 taels of silver. It is said that the eldest son of the Zhou family did not even have enough cash for the harvest this year, and insisted on dividing the family on the same day.
Even so, County Magistrate Xiao didn't notice anything, because it's better to die than to die a poor Taoist! Zhou Laosi was afraid of being implicated, so he took the silver and said he was going to do business in another place, and all the local shops were closed.
Not only that, County Magistrate Xiao was also very proud of himself because two of his superiors returned the gifts they had given him. He thought that his promotion was a sure thing and he could be promoted to the third rank. He might even be transferred to the capital!
The Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Justice in the capital had received the news and sent people over. Not to mention that there are many people willing to climb the ladder, even if the princess really needs to speak out, this matter must be done in a fair and just manner!
So County Magistrate Xiao's dream finally ended yesterday. When he received the imperial decree, he thought it was a promotion decree! He even spent an hour gathering the whole family together, which happened to save General Zhao, who was ordered to confiscate the family property, a lot of trouble.
The order to confiscate the property was issued by the emperor himself. What kind of person is this? He can't even flatter the emperor? Isn't this contempt for the imperial power? However, in order to cut off the princess's financial resources, this matter could not be made public. They only said that it was found that County Magistrate Xiao was corrupt and perverted the law. In the end, he was demoted and dismissed from his post, his property was confiscated, and he was exiled to the northwest.
"So I said that you did this alone and it was all due to luck." After explaining the whole story, General Zhao made a summary.
"Uncle Zhao is right. Tieying will think twice before doing anything in the future. Thank you Uncle Zhao for your protection." General Zhao's story was certainly not told so directly, and Bai Tieying understood most of what he meant.
She also knew what General Zhao meant by the following words, that is, he also helped a little. Not to mention adding fuel to the fire, there are always some who stood by and watched. So from this perspective, Bai Tieying really thanked him sincerely.
"You should thank the Ninth Prince! He asked Master Lu to tell me to pay attention to the matter of County Magistrate Xiao. By the way, I have a question for you. Although the golden eagle is very tame, why does it always look listless? It has no interest in any food I feed it, and it comes back even when I let it fly away!"
"Uh...Uncle Zhao, I have never raised a golden eagle! But if you don't mind, you can send it to me. I will reply to you whether I can find the cause or not."
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