readytorunbook Chapter 514 The bloody story of cousins
Chapter 514 The bloody story of cousins
After hearing what Nanny Jiang said, Yuxiu was immediately speechless.
If you really think about it, her wife can be related to Yuxiu in some way.
The magistrate of Chen County was named Sun Yuncai, and Mrs. Sun was his second wife.
The current prefect of Yao'an Prefecture is the fifth master of the Song family, who is also the fifth uncle of Crown Prince Qi Siyuan.
This Madam Sun was no one else but the niece of Madam Song Wu from her mother's family.
When Nanny Jiang said this, her face was full of pride.
Her wife is a relative of the Crown Prince, the future emperor, so naturally the status of servants like them would also rise.
If she hadn't been afraid of the dagger in Yuxiu's hand, she would have put her hands on her hips and had a proud and argument with Yuxiu.
Of course, Yuxiu was not very interested in these complicated relationships, nor did she want to hear the story of Mrs. Sun getting her husband drunk and having an affair.
"Don't talk nonsense. As far as I know, the Princess Kangning in the capital has never said that she would increase those messy taxes. What are you guys up to?"
Just as Nanny Jiang was about to talk proudly about how high the status of the Sun family was and how profound her wife's background was, Yuxiu quickly interrupted her with a frown.
"You, are you the princess's man?"
When Nanny Jiang heard Yuxiu mention Princess Kangning, her eyes widened and she looked at her in surprise and suspicion.
"Humph, you are just a little princess. How can you be my mistress?"
Yuxiu glanced at her with a look of disdain.
"I just heard about the princess's story and wanted to teach her a lesson. What? Do you want to go back and tell on her?"
When she said this, Yuxiu's face turned cold, and she looked at Nanny Jiang and raised the dagger in her hand.
"If that's the case, I'll kill you now!"
Seeing her raising the knife to stab, Madam Jiang was so frightened that her legs went limp and she collapsed to the ground.
"It's just a misunderstanding... Please spare me, young lady. This is a huge misunderstanding. The flood has washed away the Dragon King Temple. Family members don't recognize each other anymore..."
She kowtowed repeatedly to Yuxiu, fearing that the dagger in her hand would really stab her.
"Then you should tell me what this family has to say. If you dare to talk nonsense, hmph!"
The dagger in Yuxiu's hand was waved in front of her eyes, successfully scaring her to tremble all over.
Nanny Jiang dared not talk nonsense anymore, and immediately told her everything she knew.
"Princess Kangning is a country girl herself. To use our lady's words, her virtue...her virtue is not worthy of her position..."
She talked incoherently for a long time, and Yuxiu just stared at her in silence without responding to her.
Nanny Jiang thought that she didn't believe what she said, so she not only swore to the heavens, but also explained the reasons clearly.
It turns out that Master Song Wu has a legitimate daughter named Song Shuyu, who is now of marriageable age.
Song Shuyu has had a deep affection for her cousin Qi Siyuan, the prince, since childhood. It is said that the two have been playing together since they were young, and they can be regarded as childhood sweethearts.
Moreover, the Queen Mother also liked Song Shuyu very much, and she even promised her personally when she returned to her parents' home to visit her relatives.
He said that after the crown prince came of age, he would ask the emperor to grant them a marriage. Wouldn't it be better if the two families were closer then?
But now this Princess Kangning suddenly appeared. She was a crude country girl, but she became a noble in Prince Ning's Mansion.
According to Nanny Jiang, Princess Kangning was able to ask the emperor to grant this marriage thanks to the contributions of her uncle, Prince Ning Xu Jinren.
"Miss, you don't know that after our cousin heard the news, she was so sad that she couldn't eat for several days. Her eyes were swollen as big as walnuts..."
Nanny Jiang acted as if she was standing up for someone who was injustice, and even made a walnut shape with her hand, which made Yuxiu feel a little amused and helpless.
What are these things...
Cousins, it sounds like a very melodramatic plot, but I didn’t expect it to happen to me.
If this happened in modern times, she would have sneered.
What is the relationship between cousins? Don’t you have any idea about it?
Close relatives are not allowed to marry, so it is useless no matter how deeply in love you are.
But here, these words don't make sense to them.
Often this kind of cousin relationship is the most common pattern in marriage relationships.
"So that's why you made up so many lies and put the blame on that princess?"
Yuxiu roughly sorted out the relationships and had an idea of what was going on.
"Young lady, you are joking. These are all decided by the masters. How dare I, a servant who does rough work, make up stories casually..."
Nanny Jiang was quite alert. She immediately shook her head like a rattle and denied it repeatedly.
"Besides, how could Princess Kangning be wronged? You have to know that all the added taxes actually went into her pocket..."
Nanny Jiang shook her head and told the rest of the story.
"So, you guys went to so much trouble to come up with all these things just to build a princess's mansion?"
After hearing what the old woman said, Yuxiu was so angry that she almost laughed.
It goes without saying that building a princess's mansion is not something that can be done with just a few dollars.
How many years will it take to build it with the tax revenue of twenty cents today and thirty cents tomorrow?
In order to speed up the process, these people will definitely list more tax items and squeeze the common people out of every penny they have left, and will not stop until they have to sell their children.
By that time the money has been collected, it is hard to say whether the so-called Princess' Mansion can be built.
After having a general understanding of the situation, Yuxiu raised her hand and knocked the man unconscious, then carried him back to the county magistrate's house.
On the way back, Yuxiu went to the outside of Madam Sun's room to listen. It must be said that the physical strength of these two people was really good. They were still tossing and turning in the dark.
Not planning to disturb them for the time being, Yuxiu turned around and prepared to go look for Qi Siyuan.
Because the cement was brought out, Yuxiu suggested that it could be used to build high platforms and dams.
Since these things can be built very solidly, someone soon thought of the city wall.
This matter was too important, so the emperor was certainly worried, so he asked Qi Siyuan to take some people on a trip and only returned to Beijing after he had arranged everything.
Before Yuxiu left the capital, Qi Siyuan had already left the capital with his men to do this.
"Little system, please help me find out where our Crown Prince is now?"
After all, the Song family is Qi Siyuan's maternal family. Yuxiu couldn't just ignore them and cause trouble for them.
It’s best to talk to him about these things first, let him deal with them himself, and give himself a satisfactory explanation in the end.