Transmigrated Little Farm Girl Bringing Great Fortune

evening.

Dusk fell and the sky gradually darkened.

The Cao residence was brightly lit with lamps.

When King Jing saw a small figure swaying unsteadily at the door, he couldn't help but smile.

He quickly suppressed his aggressive demeanor.

With his back to Shi Shu and a smile directed at the door, he said calmly, "Take Granny Yan away."

Shi Shu saw the gesture behind his back and looked towards the door, and instantly understood.

He led the men away with Granny Yan and her two maids, and said to the servant beside him, "Send the two maids to the country estate, and this woman will come with me."

The two maids wanted to kneel down and beg, but there was nowhere left to plead with; Eunuch Shi didn't give them a chance to speak at all.

Although they disliked Princess Jiayue.

She went from being the princess's personal maid to a lowly servant girl on a farm, never to see her parents and brothers again.

They felt like dying.

Watching the two being dragged away, Granny Yan curled her lips, thinking she had escaped a calamity.

But before he could even step out of the inner courtyard, his eyes were blindfolded and his mouth was gagged.

Pushed and shoved, they were led in a winding, circuitous path, their destination unknown.

They walked for a while before stopping.

Open your eyes again.

Dim lighting, a cold and damp place, and a pungent smell.

Every now and then, bursts of mournful howls could be heard.

She was startled and looked around...

All the instruments of torture were complete, and there were traces of blood on them.

shocking.

This...this is a dungeon!!

There was such a place hidden in the mansion.

King Jing was indeed not as simple as he appeared.

Granny Yan's legs went weak, and she lost her balance, so she was supported by the guards.

She was trembling all over and could barely speak, "Eunuch Shi... what... what do you want to do to me?"

Shi Shu picked up a red-hot branding iron from the stove, walked around her once, and said with a smirk, "Granny, it's obvious, I'm here to interrogate you."

Interrogate her?

Granny Yan looked completely bewildered.

She shrank back nervously.

"Isn't the matter of the young princess already clear? What else is there to investigate?"

"Granny, how can this be considered clear? You went so far as to give the princess croton seeds to return to the capital. What is your purpose? Are you plotting to harm Princess Jiayue, or do you have some other motive?"

"Eunuch Shi, what are you saying? How could I possibly murder the princess? She was my wet nurse!" Granny Yan exclaimed in shock.

The fat on his round face trembled with excitement.

How could she possibly harm the young princess? She was her future support.

"Eunuch Shi, please let me see the princess. I'll know whether she was murdered or not with just one question..."

"What a joke! How can a three-year-old prove your innocence? You should just stay here."

Shi Shu chuckled, tossed the branding iron back into the charcoal fire, and took out a handkerchief to wipe her hands.

Granny Yan opened her mouth, but felt a lump in her throat.

It feels like this is a situation where even jumping into the Yellow River won't clear my name.

He weakly said, "It wasn't a plot to harm me..."

Shi Shu stepped forward and questioned, "Granny, don't you know that such a young child can easily die from dehydration if he has diarrhea? How can this not be considered murder?"

“It wasn’t murder, the princess only took a little bit…” Granny Yan felt that her explanation was somewhat weak and powerless.

She simply gave the princess a little bit of croton oil to make her urinate more often, so she wouldn't gain weight and would become weaker.

How did it become murder?

Looking back, she was a little scared. She was just afraid of being beaten with a stick and afraid of staying in Jiangzhou.

I just want to get back to Beijing as soon as possible.

Moreover, the Prince Consort Cao in the capital was also pressing him hard, and he even sent someone to Jiangzhou behind the Princess's back.

They planned to secretly take the young princess back with them.

But looking at the foolishness of those guys, she realized that even with the princess by her side, they probably wouldn't be able to get out of the city gates.

That's why she resorted to this desperate measure.

"Since Granny Yan doesn't want to talk, then let's use torture on her!"

After Shi Shu finished speaking, two men emerged from the shadows.

Shi Shu stepped forward and bowed, "Lord Yan, Duke, this woman is the princess's wet nurse. The prince suspects she has designs on Princess Jiayue, and there may be someone behind it. She is entrusted to you two. This old servant cannot bear to see bloodshed, so I will take my leave first..."

He paused, then said, "This old servant thinks this woman has a lot of bad intentions. If possible, let her reveal them all and present them to the Prince and the Princess."

After saying that, he quickly left the dungeon.

Mu Yunji frowned slightly, looking at his brother-in-law, "Lord Shaoqing, you should handle the matter of interrogating women."

Everyone has their own area of ​​expertise, and this is something he's really not good at.

Just sit in on it.

However, he was puzzled. This woman should be from the Cao family. To become the wet nurse of the princess, she must be a servant born into the household and quite trusted by her master.

They shouldn't have betrayed the Lord.

Wouldn't that implicate my family?

There's probably something else going on here.

With that in mind, he patiently accompanied his brother-in-law through the trial.

Yan Huan raised an eyebrow and instructed his subordinates, "Begin. If she doesn't confess, prepare all twelve dishes from the Dali Temple for her."

Women confined to their homes could hardly resist such things.

A single scare can frighten someone half to death.

I'm afraid she won't confess.

She can dig up all her secrets.

The jailer took out all the instruments of torture and showed them to her.

Upon hearing the words "Dali Temple," Granny Yan nearly collapsed. Then, upon seeing the torture instruments and hearing the screams from the next room, she realized what was happening.

He collapsed to the ground, trembling...

"I...I'll confess...Isn't that enough?"

“It was because the young princess wanted to return to the capital and missed her parents that I resorted to this desperate measure. I had no intention of harming the young princess. Please understand, Your Excellency…” Granny Yan knelt on the ground.

Mu Yunji and Yan Huan pulled up two chairs, sat down, drank tea, and quietly watched her.

Yan Huan flicked his teacup, not even raising his head, and said calmly, "We know all that. Now, let's talk about something useful."

Granny Yan gritted her teeth, "It was Prince Consort Cao... The Prince Consort missed the young princess, so he secretly sent someone to bring her back..."

"Then why didn't he just bring it up with Prince Jing directly?"

"The prince consort was afraid the prince wouldn't agree, so he thought... he wanted to act first and report later..."

Yan Huan put down his teacup and stared at her. "Anything else?"

Granny Yan was taken aback. What else?

That's all she knew.

"My lord, I do not understand what you mean."

Yan Huan chuckled, "Naturally, it's all about the Cao family and the Princess's residence. You've spilled everything you know and don't know. You didn't think Prince Jing sent you here just to visit, did you?"

Granny Yan's face turned deathly pale. How could she say that?

"I do not know."

Yan Huan didn't want to waste his time with her, so he decided to teach her a lesson first and beckoned to the jailer, "Come on, begin the torture."

These old nannies, deeply entrenched in the household, knew even more than their masters.

It seems that Prince Jing is going to investigate on his own without the Empress's knowledge.

The Cao family is the Empress's maternal family. To investigate others, we must first investigate ourselves, lest we be eliminated by others first.

A woman's piercing screams echoed from the prison cell.

They're only making a fuss over small dishes; they must be spoiled.

Mu Yunji and Yan Huan both stuffed their ears with strips of cloth.

Then a faint sound came from within…

"I...I confess, I know about the young princess's background..."