The daily life of a concubine's daughter

With the heavy pressure of the Zhenguo Mansion under his command, the Jingzhao prefect dared not fail to do his best. While continuing the interrogation, he sent people to arrest the remaining criminals.

The humiliated women burst into tears, hugged each other, and knelt in the hall, trembling.

Some who couldn't bear it kept ramming into the pillars several times, and were barely stopped by their companions.

The onlookers sighed and pointed. The rumor that the women of the Duke's Mansion were robbed and raped by hooligans gradually spread.

Muxiang, Shi Yao and Aunt Tang sat behind the screen, listening to the noise outside. She held Shi Yao's hand tightly, her tears falling like beads from a broken string.

If Shi Yao had not told Aunt Tang to take her with her, she might have been one more person kneeling there crying.

The deep resentment that Shi Yao had previously harbored because of the gossip of Shi Mingzhu's maid Lian Qiao was instantly resolved.

Innocence is the most precious thing for a woman. She was full of gratitude to Shi Yao, and at this moment, she would agree without hesitation even if asked to sacrifice her life for Shi Yao.

Shi Yao huddled in Nanny Tang's arms, pretending to be a weak woman and making a frightened expression as if she had survived a disaster.

As more and more criminals were caught, the case became clearer.

At the same time, the incidents of Shi Yao spreading lime and scratching people with a knife were also exposed.

Soon after, the truth that someone had bribed thugs to insult the women of the Shi family was exposed.

The prefect of Jingzhao felt troubled.

Why does it sound wrong?

Shi Mingwei, a grown man, left his weak girl behind and took all the guards to find a car mechanic. It would have been fine if he hadn't returned yet, but as soon as they left, two groups of thugs came - the more he listened, the more it sounded like a premeditated plan.

He was hesitant and nervous, doubting Shi Yao's identity. He was sweating profusely and waiting anxiously for someone from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion to show up.

What a coincidence, when all the scoundrels who had committed crimes were arrested, the three Shi Mingwei brothers arrived.

Two of the rogues recognized that the attendant next to Shi Mingwei was the one who bribed them, and immediately pointed the finger:

"It was him! He was the one who gave us 20 taels of silver each and asked us to wait at both ends of the alley. He said that three carriages would come into the alley, and that Miss Shi would be sitting in one of them. If we could destroy Miss Shi's innocence, not only would the Shi family not pursue the matter, but they would also give us another 1,000 taels of silver as a reward for our hard work!"

The attendant was startled and fell to his knees with a thud.

Shi Mingwei cursed himself for being useless, and stood up and bowed, "Master Hai, may I ask where my second sister is?"

The person who went to Cuixiangyuan to report the news only said that Shi Yao had escaped and ran to Jingzhao Prefecture to report the case, and knew nothing else.

He thought that all the scoundrels had run away, but he didn't expect that two of them would be caught. As a result, the other scoundrels were familiar with those two and were naturally found out one by one.

It was related to the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion. The people outside who came to watch the fun couldn't be driven away. After being driven away from the main gate, they climbed up the wall to watch.

As soon as the three brothers jumped off their horses, they heard everyone say:

"The daughter of the Shi family was robbed..."

"Robbery and rape..."

"How pitiful..."

"The apple of the Duke Zhenguo's eye, the only girl in the Shi family's eight generations, the Shi family must be furious this time!"

"The second master of the Shi family is such a jerk. He took away all the guards, leaving no one behind, and left his own sister alone to the hungry wolf..."

"I remember the daughter of the Shi family was called Mingzhu, right?"

"Shi Mingzhu's innocence has been ruined!"

The word spread further and further.

The veins on the three brothers' foreheads bulged when they heard this, and Shi Mingchen, who was the most impatient, almost rushed up to hit them.

It would be fine if it was Shi Mingwei, but what does it have to do with Zhuzhu?

It must be Shi Yao’s doing!

Shi Mingwei grabbed Shi Mingchen, so when he met the prefect of Jingzhao, the first thing he said was to mention "second sister" and remove Shi Mingzhu from the matter.

Shi Mingchen and Shi Minghui followed suit, one after the other loudly repeating the question: "Master Hai, where is my second sister?"

The Jingzhao prefect did not dare to put on airs in front of the three brothers. He quickly stood up and walked to the hall, bowed in return, and asked in a daze:

"Isn't there only one girl in the house?"

Everyone in the capital knows that the Shi family dotes on their only legitimate daughter.

If you stay in the capital for a little longer, you will know that the girl's name is Mingzhu, which means the apple of the eye of a noble family.

Shi Mingwei sighed and said loudly, "No, there are two girls in our house. My elder sister is from the same mother as me and is the legitimate daughter of the eldest house. The other third house has a concubine sister, who is my second sister. She grew up in the old house in Jinling and only returned to Beijing this winter. Today, my second sister wanted to go out to visit the capital and see the prosperity of Kyoto, but she didn't expect to encounter this disaster."

After saying this, he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, as if wiping away tears.

Everyone started buzzing with discussion.

After Shi Yao heard his clarification, she put on her hood and veil, rushed through the screen, and threw herself in front of Shi Mingwei. She cried and beat Shi Mingwei's chest, making it ring loudly.

"Second brother! Wuwuwu, second brother, why did you come just now? Didn't you go to find someone to repair the car? Why did you take all the guards and the security guards away? Although I grew up in the countryside, I am just a weak woman!

If it weren’t for Aunt Tang’s quick thinking and bringing me out in time, I’m afraid... I’m afraid I would have banged my head against the wall and died, so as to prevent the chastity arch that our Shi family has guarded for a hundred years from collapsing!

I thought you were in trouble, so I waited a long time for you to come back with people to save us. I was so worried. Where have you been? You smelled of alcohol!

Second brother, you bastard, you bastard! We were attacked by robbers, but you took the guards to have a drink! So many servants and maids were humiliated because of you, all because of you, wuwuwu..."

She shouted very loudly.

Let everyone hear what Shi Mingwei did.

Shi Mingzhu would not take the blame for her, and she would not allow Shi Mingwei to walk out of the gate of Jingzhao Prefecture with a clear conscience!

Shi Mingwei's chest hurt so much that he almost vomited blood, and he was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

What a great Shi Yao!

Is this to show that he is deliberately making things difficult for himself, and also to deliberately drag him into the water?

What a vicious heart!

He doesn't care about the relationship between siblings or the family reputation at all!

Family disgrace should not be made public, and seeing that Shi Yao had no intention of covering up for him, the little bit of guilt left in his heart disappeared.

Shi Yao was not a weak lady who couldn't even lift a pen. Her hands were quite strong and she hit Shi Mingwei so hard that he retreated backwards.

He took a step back, and Shi Yao took a step forward and followed closely, forcing Shi Mingwei to step on his attendant's hand, stumble backwards, and fall on his back.

The constables in the yamen and the idle men and women climbing over the wall all burst into laughter.

Shi Minghui and Shi Mingchen hurriedly helped Shi Mingwei up, and Shi Mingchen glared at Shi Yao fiercely.

Shi Yao cried miserably while holding a handkerchief: "Second brother, the servants in the mansion said that you are a fool, you are not good at literature or martial arts, you skip school and have military diseases. I didn't believe it at first, but I didn't expect that you couldn't even withstand a few punches from a weak woman like me. You are really a good-for-nothing!"

"Hahaha! He's just a good-for-nothing!" someone on the wall laughed.

"You're so sharp-tongued!" Shi Mingwei was so angry that his feet slipped and he fell to the ground, his coccyx hurting for a long time.