The cruel little princess

After two days of surveillance, the Ministry of Justice finally caught the man who was trying to dig up the lonely grave of "Peony Girl" with a shovel at the mass grave!

"Let me go! Let me go! I want a blood test! A blood test!" He howled and roared like a wild beast! The bailiffs knocked him unconscious with a single blow and took him back to the prison for interrogation.

As everyone suspected: this man's name was Dong Hao, a former guard in Mudan's household. The two had long harbored a secret love for each other, promising to spend their lives together. However, Mudan's family fell into poverty and offended a powerful figure, forcing her mother to sell her to Chun Man Lou to escape the scourge. Initially, Mudan was reluctant, but Dong Hao escaped from the master's household and found her, promising to work hard to earn money to redeem her. Unable to bear the pain of missing her, he found an abandoned house and dug a secret passage leading directly to Chun Man Lou! Fortunately, his martial arts skills and superior physical fitness allowed him to work tirelessly day and night to dig the secret passage! He was afraid to enter other people's rooms, so he chose the utility room as his exit. Mudan changed rooms repeatedly, and finally, she finally met her beloved!

During the day, Mudan played the piano, sang songs, and played chess for the nobles. At night, she spent her nights cuddling with her beloved. At that age, full of passion, how could they resist? They finally got married! Later, Mudan discovered she hadn't had her period. After locking the door at night, she and Dong Lang ran out to find a doctor who took her pulse and confirmed she was pregnant! They were both overjoyed!!!

Dong Lang originally wanted to take her away, but Mudan was worried about her indentureship. If she was not free, she would have been hiding wherever she went. It is said that a mother is strong, and Mudan is no exception. Although she may not be rich, she at least wants to give her child a free life, so Mudan insisted on coming back to redeem herself. During this period, the patrons had given her a lot of gold, silver and jewelry. Mudan thought that the money for redemption was enough, so how could the madam let her go so easily! She asked for five thousand taels of silver on the spot, and with this money, she would let her become a good woman. Mudan held the hundreds of taels of silver in her hand, grief-stricken and angry. The sadness was that she only had a few hundred taels of silver, how could she get five thousand taels! The anger was that her mother only got five hundred taels of silver when she sold her here, and the madam turned around and asked her to redeem herself with five thousand taels of silver!

Mudan asked Dong Lang to find a solution quickly, because she would be unable to hide her pregnancy in a few months. Dong Lang thought she was doing something unnecessary. She could have just walked away from him, but she insisted on doing it openly, so the two of them parted on bad terms for the first time.

Over the next two months, the two had many conflicts, all due to the indenture. Dong Hao gradually began to have other ideas in his mind, believing that Mudan had fallen for another man in Chun Man Lou and was deliberately holding him back. Mudan thought that he was not serious about being with her, so she did not want to consider the future of their child. The conflicts between the two grew bigger and bigger, but neither of them ever spoke out. Mudan was about to hide her pregnancy, so she wanted to use the opportunity to have her benefactor "break her virginity" before her belly grew bigger. That way, even if she could not get rid of her identity as a prostitute in the future, she would have a source of her child.

When parents love their children, they plan for them. Unfortunately, her sincere love for her son was seen by Dong Hao as a sign of infidelity. It just so happened that both Mudan and the Fifth Prince had been drugged and knocked unconscious by Shaoyao. Dong Hao emerged from the secret passage to see them both fast asleep after their "passionate lovemaking." In a rage, he murdered Mudan, the fickle and slutty woman. Not satisfied with his murder, he also dissected the "bastard" inside her belly. Then, in front of her "woman-in-law," he violently raped her once more. He realized it was almost time, so he hurriedly left through the secret passage.

After that, every time Dong Hao closed his eyes, he would see Mudan standing before him, her flesh and blood splattered, clutching the child. Her face was horrible and she fiercely asked him, "Why?" Frightened, he couldn't sleep at night, and he began to regret his previous actions. Things he hadn't thought about during his previous conflicts with Mudan began to slowly come back to him. He knew that when Mudan and he were together, it was indeed their first time, and that they had been partying every night back then. So, no matter what, the child must be his!

Just then, he heard that a man named Wang from the suburbs had identified his youngest son's remains through a blood test, so he decided to go to the mass grave, dig up the fetus' remains, and use a blood test to see if he was his child. However, he was caught red-handed by the guards of the Ministry of Justice!

At this point, the truth behind Mudan’s murder case was finally revealed!

The Ministry of Justice posted a notice overnight, announcing that the case had been solved and the real culprit apprehended. The female murder case that had been causing panic in the capital was finally brought to a close.

Shen Youyou waved her hand. For the past few days, she and An Er and the others had been traveling frequently between the suburbs of Beijing and the imperially granted manors, determined to select a site on one of them that would be most suitable for growing medicinal herbs and setting up a factory. They ultimately chose Youran Mountain Manor for the factory. Nestled between mountains and water, the fertile soil was ideal for growing a variety of medicinal herbs. Zeng Bo selected some seasoned farmers from among the veterans who had previously worked at the general's manor to help the young lady cultivate the herbs. They then found a renowned construction team in the capital, and based on the blueprints Shen Youyou had provided, they rebuilt the manor with a large factory building, warehouse, and dormitories. Until the manor was completed, Wu Di and his companions lived in the servants' quarters at the general's manor.

Zeng Bo saw that besides their work, they sometimes had some free time when they ran out of herbs and didn't know what to do, so he sent a few brothers to teach them basic horse stance and boxing and kicking skills. They didn't expect them to be very skilled, but they were required to not hold the young lady back when they went out with her. Soon, everyone learned the skills well.

"Miss, should we start packing up our imperially bestowed General's Mansion?" Zeng Bo watched the young lady, who was always in a hurry, and noticed that she had lost weight in the past few days since returning from the border. Finally seeing her, he hurriedly offered her the ginseng tea with trembling hands. The teacups made a crisp clinking sound, and Zeng Bo paused for a moment. Seeing the young lady busying around every day, building factories, planting medicinal herbs, and running a shop...there was so much for her to do. He couldn't help but feel distressed.

"Uncle Zeng, just take care of the packing, and we'll move over together when the time comes!" Shen Youyou quickly reached out to take the teacup and drank it all. Her eyes fell on Uncle Zeng's hands, which were shaking uncontrollably. She remembered that her father said that Uncle Zeng's hands were caused by the enemy cutting his tendons, and it had been at least ten years ago. If she reattached Uncle Zeng's tendons through surgery, not to mention that he could pick up a knife and kill the enemy, but at least he would be able to take care of himself and use his hands normally, and he would not have any problem holding a cup of tea like he does now. Having made up her mind, Shen Youyou took out a willow charcoal stick and a small notebook from her bosom, swiftly wrote a list of medicine names on it, and then handed it to Uncle Zeng.

"Uncle Zeng, please take some time to go to the pharmacy outside to get some medicine, then boil it and add more water. After the liquid medicine boils for an incense stick, pour it into a basin, and place your hands in the steam and suspend them in the air to fumigate your hands, especially the wrists where the tendons are cut. After fumigating in the air for half a cup of tea, immerse your hands completely in the liquid medicine for an incense stick of time. Once in the morning and evening every day. After fumigating for ten days, come to me and I will take over your tendons. Although I dare not say that you can pick up a knife to kill the enemy, at least it is almost at the level of normal use. That is, you cannot exert too much force. If you use too much force, the tendons will break again." Shen Youyou warned carefully, "Fumigate for ten days, once in the morning and evening every day, no more and no less, you must remember it!" Shen Youyou was about to go out when she heard news from Youran Villa, saying that the factory was almost done, and asked the owner to go and see if it met the requirements.

"Oh, by the way, Uncle Zeng, the money you need to go get the medicine from outside is all in the account office. I'm about to start earning money, so you don't have to worry about not having enough money at home!" Shen Youyou had no idea how much her words had affected Uncle Zeng. Uncle Zeng stood there for a long time, unable to recover from his excitement. But Shen Youyou, without even looking back, got on her Taxue and rode away. She had already sent someone to inform Liu Jianye that they would meet directly at Youran Villa later, so that Liu Jianye could get familiar with the route and make it easier to transport goods in the future.