The fake daughter married into the mountains and had meat to eat every day during the famine

In the imperial study, Fan Chihai came before the emperor and bowed.

"Your Majesty, Miss Meng Xinyue, daughter of the Minister of Revenue, and her maidservants are outside the palace gates requesting an audience."

The emperor was reviewing memorials without even raising his eyelids.

"Why?"

Fan Chihai said respectfully, "According to Miss Meng, the Princess of Le'an not only ridiculed her in public, but also beat her maid. She wants to come to Your Majesty to complain."

Li Junyao was stunned and looked in his direction.

"From what I know, Princess Le'an is a calm and indifferent person, not someone who would initiate trouble. What exactly happened?"

Fan Chihai bowed.

"I have just sent someone to investigate, and I think we will soon know the reason."

Li Junyao nodded.

"Then let her wait at the palace gate first. By the way, call Lord Xu and Minister Meng to come here. I want to hear what they have to say."

"Yes."

Fan Chihai responded, bowed and retreated.

This Meng Xinyue is also stupid.

Although Princess Le'an has no support from her natal family, she is highly regarded by His Majesty. Although many things are not done openly, it can be seen from how frequently His Majesty has sent rewards to the Xu Mansion in the past year.

In addition, because of the late queen, although His Majesty did not show it, he had followed His Majesty for more than ten years, and it was not difficult to see that His Majesty's feelings for the county lady were somewhat unusual after all.

What's more, there is Lord Xu and the Tang family behind him.

In short, the Princess of Le'an County cannot be offended.

……

As soon as Song Yuntang arrived at the door of his house, he saw Nanny Wang rushing over.

"Madam, your sister-in-law is about to give birth!"

Song Yuntang's originally furrowed brows suddenly relaxed.

"When did this happen?"

Nanny Wang held her chest and breathed slowly.

"It started about half an hour ago. The midwife was the only one there before, and I didn't dare come here to report the news until your second brother got home. Now, only the midwife and Master Song are watching over there. I hurried back to inform you and will be returning soon."

Song Yuntang said hurriedly, "Madam, please take a breath first. We will go there faster in a carriage later."

I just came back from outside and the carriage was still parked at the gate of the mansion.

She turned her head and gave another order.

"Jinshu, please rest in the mansion first. Xia Ning, quickly go to the house and get the things and medicine box I prepared this morning, just in case they are needed when the time comes, so you don't have to run back and forth and waste time."

"Yes."

Xia Ning was very quick and brought the things in just a moment.

Several people got on the carriage and hurried to the south city.

When I arrived, I saw Song Jinsheng wandering at the door.

Song Yuntang jumped out of the carriage.

"Second brother, why are you here?"

Song Jinsheng hurried forward, "Tang'er, you're finally here. Your sister-in-law wouldn't let me into the delivery room. Please go see her for me."

"Hey." Song Yuntang patted his hand, "Don't worry, second brother, I'm here. My sister-in-law and nephew will be fine."

Song Jinsheng personally sent her to the door of the delivery room.

"Tang'er, I'm counting on you."

Song Yuntang nodded, said nothing, and led Xia Ning into the delivery room.

……

In the royal study.

When Xu Qingye and the Minister of Revenue Meng Xunzhou arrived at the imperial study, Fan Chihai came in with the guards who had gone out to investigate the situation.

Li Junyao looked at the two of them.

"Half an hour ago, Miss Meng came to the palace gate and asked to see me. She wanted to tell me about the Princess Le'an, saying that she had beaten her maid. I would like to hear your opinions."

When Xu Qingye heard this, his brows furrowed.

Since Tang'er came to the capital, she has been calm and gentle. She has never blushed in front of others and never takes the initiative to provoke others.

The only way to force her to take action is if Miss Meng provokes her first, forcing her to fight back.

"I trust my wife. She must have her reasons for doing this."

Meng Xunzhou knew his daughter's temperament. She had targeted Princess Le'an at the prime minister's banquet before. Although he didn't want to admit it, although Princess Le'an was the same age as his daughter, her pattern and mind were far beyond his daughter's reach.

In addition, His Majesty's attitude is not very clear now.

In line with the principle of making big things small and small things nothing, he clasped his fists towards the emperor.

"It was just a disagreement between two women. Why did it have to come before Your Majesty? My daughter was reckless in this matter. I believe there must be a misunderstanding. After I return and understand what happened, I will teach my daughter the proper manners."

Fan Chihai bowed aside.

"Your Majesty, the guards who went out to gather information have arrived."

Li Junyao nodded.

"Let him tell us what's going on first."

"Yes."

Fan Chihai stepped aside and gave the guard a wink.

The guard stepped forward respectfully and saluted the emperor.

"Your Majesty, today's incident began when Lady Le'an's maid Jinshu was spotted by Miss Meng at Yujun Pavilion. As she was leaving, Miss Meng's personal maid Juying and her servants stopped her and slapped her. Many people were present at the time, and everyone can testify."

"After the Princess of Le'an learned of this, perhaps outraged at her own maid being beaten, she led her servants to teach Miss Meng's maid, Juying, a lesson in front of everyone."

"As for Miss Meng's claim that Princess Le'an ridiculed her, I've inquired and found that this is not the case. On the contrary, Miss Meng said a lot of unpleasant things to Princess Le'an."

Li Junyao had a calm expression.

"What did you say?"

The guard said truthfully, "According to people from Yujun Pavilion and Daoxiangzhai, Miss Meng mocked Princess Le'an for not having any support from her family. Now, Lord Xu is even living a life of debauchery with the ministers of the court. With the new child in his womb, he will soon abandon her. Even so, Princess Le'an did not target Miss Meng personally for these remarks."

Hearing this, a trace of heartache flashed across Xu Qingye's originally calm face.

Recently, because I was investigating a case, I kept some distance from her on purpose, in order to create an illusion and let the people in the dark relax their vigilance.

But she didn't expect that people from Beijing would bully Tang'er.

"Oh?"

The expression on Li Junyao's face was intriguing.

"I personally conferred the title of County Princess on her, a title only below that of a Princess. But because her family lacks support, her status is lower than that of a minister's daughter?"

The emperor was furious and slammed his palm on the desk in front of him.

"You have no respect for the law, no idea of ​​hierarchy, and you're even trying to sue the bad guys first. How despicable!"

Meng Xunzhou was so frightened after hearing this that he knelt down immediately.

"My daughter is young and ignorant, so she did such a foolish thing. I hope Your Majesty will forgive her. When I return, I will definitely teach her a lesson."

Seeing that Li Junyao didn't say anything, Meng Xunzhou wanted to say something, but Xu Qingye didn't give him the chance to continue to exonerate his daughter.

"As far as I know, this isn't the first time Miss Meng has targeted my wife. She was even more ruthless before, easily beating, killing, and selling the servants in the mansion. Since the Shangshu Mansion won't educate their daughter, Your Majesty, why don't you find someone to educate Lady Meng? I believe Your Majesty will be grateful for your understanding and righteousness."

Having said this, Li Junyao looked at Meng Xunzhou.

"What do you think of Minister Meng's proposal, Lord Xu?"