Chapter 74

  Although Zhao Qiutang couldn't really do anything to Lu Xiaofeng, he still sent troops to surround the government office where she was temporarily staying, effectively putting her under house arrest.

  Little Phoenix Maiden said: Whatever!

  Anyway, Chen Qian, the governor of Shezhou, was rescued by Xiao Mao, so she was only under house arrest and wouldn't be in danger of losing her life for the time being. In that case, it's fine to just stay at home as a lady.

  It won't be long before her family's idol, Judge Bao, arrives. At that time, old and new accounts will be settled together, and grievances will be avenged.

  Not only did Chen Qian send a letter to Beijing, but also Little Phoenix Maiden wrote and sent a letter back to Beijing.

  Chen Qian wrote it for his benefactor Wang Zongxiang.

  Xiaofeng also wrote a letter to her uncle, and at the same time sent him several pieces of high-quality She inkstones as gifts.

  Politely said to the old master: You see, your daughter is in such a dangerous place and still doesn't forget to pick out gifts for you, old man. Your backstage must be given some power, oh.

  Anyone who dares to mess with his daughter will definitely be dealt with severely.

  Actually, Wang Chengxiang and Pang Taishi both received letters, and even Emperor Renzong himself received a letter. However, the emperor's letter was written by the governor of each state, who were confidants of the emperor, and their reports could reach the imperial court directly, acting as the ears and eyes for the emperor.

  So, as for the situation in Xi Prefecture, Emperor Renzong actually had some idea about it.

  However, if subordinates can resolve it peacefully, the superior will not necessarily want to intervene.

  Unfortunately, the situation developed beyond expectations, and the emperor had no choice but to send his trusted minister Bao Zheng to handle the aftermath.

  As for Empress Dowager Gongsheng's sister, who was known as the "Female General", Emperor Renzong had always looked at her with great admiration, for a woman to have such bravery and talent was truly rare.

  The Ministry of Punishment also made a report, highly praising her talent in investigation and inspection, which left a deeper impression on the emperor.

  This time, she wrote back a secret memorial simply stating her doubts and defense regarding the dismissal and imprisonment of Chen Qian, the governor of Shezhou, without mentioning anything else.

  But she doubted this matter, which is equivalent to doubting the two young princes of Jingyuan Wangfu in Xizhou, which is her cleverness.

  Little Phoenix Maiden was under house arrest in the government office of Shezhou Prefecture. Every day, she would read books and practice calligraphy, and her days were not too difficult to get through.

  "Miss, dinner is served."

  Lu Xiaofeng looked up and saw Xiaohe carrying a food box walking in, so he put down the pen in his hand, got up from behind the desk, and walked to the outer room.

  Xiaohe took out the dishes from the lunch box one by one and placed them on the table, then casually slipped a small note into the young lady's hand.

  Lu Xiaofeng smiled slightly, and without leaving any trace, put the letter into his sleeve pocket. Then he took the chopsticks handed over by Xiaohe and ate quietly.

  Because she would burn all the paper she wrote on after practicing calligraphy every day, so when she finished reading that small note, she burned it along with the paper without arousing suspicion.

  Xiao Mao said that Bao Daren will arrive soon, which means her life of house arrest is also coming to an end.

  The arrival of the idol heralds the downfall of Zhao Qiutang, and when that time comes, even the King of Jing Shan will be unable to save him with tears. Only then will it be too late to realize that "not teaching is a father's fault".

  However, this time the Jing Shan Wang Fu still has a Zhao Qiujie left, which can be considered as a blessing in disguise. Even if he becomes mediocre in the future, it's better than being like Zhao Qiu Tang, who is lawless and reckless, bringing disaster upon himself.

  "Miss." Xiao He said somewhat indignantly, "Our luggage has been rummaged through again."

  Lu Xiaofeng snorted with laughter, "Earlier they took advantage of me while I was bathing to let the maids search the house, what else can't they do?"

  "It's simply too much, they won't even spare Miss's personal undergarments."

  "Hmm."

  Xiaohe clenched his fist and said indignantly: "Miss is right, things that have been touched by those people we will definitely not want again, burn them clean."

  Lu Xiaofeng suddenly felt a little curious and couldn't help but ask Xiaohe: "Xiaohe, do you think they would go so far as to dismantle the horse carriage to take a look?"

  Xiaohe jumped in fright, "Won't they? Are they going to dismantle the horse carriage?" What exactly are they looking for?

  Because Lu Xiaofeng did it behind Xiaohe's back on that day, Xiaohe didn't know that his own young lady had hidden the account book of Jing Shan Wang Fu.

  Not long after, when Feng Si came forward to report that their carriage had been pulled away by the guards of Jing Shan Wang Fu, Xiao Feng finally fell silent.

  Is this a prophecy or a curse?

  No matter what, Jing Shan Wang Fu has gone too far!

  She wants to report to Master Tai that the carriage he had made for his daughter was dismantled by someone!

  "Let's go, we're going to the Magistrate's office." Lu Xiaofeng suddenly stood up.

  "But miss, we're under house arrest now."

  Lu Xiaofeng snorted, "Tigers don't show their might, they think I'm critically ill. Before, being under house arrest was just unnecessary to clash with them so I reluctantly cooperated. Now it's too much for Uncle to tolerate, let alone Aunt."

  Xiaohe: "......" Miss, why do you always have so many new and refreshing words?

  Lu Xiaofeng was about to leave the yamen, but the yamen runner refused to let her go.

  Xiao Feng directly showed her golden medal and scolded: "I won't bother with you people, do you think this gold medal is just for decoration?"

  The yamen runners kneeling down immediately at the gate of the government office.

  Little Phoenix led her personal maid, Tie Xin, directly to the Imperial Commissioner's residence, followed closely by officials from the prefecture and a group of soldiers.

  I really don't know what they're afraid of, two unarmed girls can't even go up to heaven and down to earth?

  Little Phoenix Maiden said she was utterly speechless.

  The guards at the gate of the imperial envoy's mansion were the attendants of the Jing Mountain King's Mansion, holding chicken feathers as command arrows, and with a particularly fox-borrowing-tiger's-mighty attitude, they blocked the sword in their hand and said: "Our king doesn't see external guests."

  Little Phoenix Maiden's reaction was to lift her skirt and directly kick him with one foot.

  They dared to restrict her, dared to block her, but no one dared to lay a hand on her. This kick naturally kicked her solidly and honestly without any deception.

  Little Phoenix Maiden shouted angrily: "Get out of the way for this official, just confining the imperial court officials is fine, but also daring to privately dismantle this official's private sedan chair. If this official tolerates such things, then this official's name will be written upside down."

  After dressing up, both Zhan Huai and Yan Wushuang, who were guarding near the Imperial Envoy's residence, saw this explosive scene.

  Yan Wushuang couldn't help but sigh: "This girl is really fierce when she gets angry."

  Zhan Zhao said, "That's because you've never seen her do sutures for Anle Hou who was beaten to a pulp, otherwise you wouldn't just describe her as fierce."

  However, she is now taking advantage of the situation, thinking that after being under house arrest for so long, she must have been holding back a belly full of fire and couldn't possibly remain silent, indeed!

  There were also imperial guards who wanted to come up and intercept, but Xiaofeng directly took the knife from a guard beside her and chopped it down, completely without any technique, just hacking wildly.

  At this point, no one dared to come forward and block him again.

  It is worth noting that a furious mother tiger still has some deterrent power.

  As soon as Lu Xiaofeng rushed in with a knife, Zhao Qiujie immediately hid behind his father and brother.

  Oh my goodness, this Miss Pong is really too scary!

  "What does this mean, Miss Pang?" The King of Jing Mountain was still calm.

  "What do you mean?" Lu Xiao Feng's face was filled with anger, "It's fine that the prince had me under house arrest, but first he sent people to forcibly enter my room and search it, then he went through my luggage, and now he even had the carriage that my father had specially made for my travels brought over to be dismantled. I'd like to ask the prince, what is the meaning of this?"

  "Miss, there's no need to be so angry," said King Zhao Yun of Jing Shan. "I just heard that the carriage made by the Grand Master for you was quite unique, so I thought I'd have someone bring it over for reference, and maybe one day I'll make one like it too."

  "Oh, is that so?" You think I'm an idiot?

  "Of course, if the carriage is damaged in any way, I'll compensate you with a new one."

  "A horse-drawn carriage is nothing special, but this one was customized by my father, it's a symbol of his boundless love for me, the carriage has a price, but a father's love is priceless."

  Xiaohe deeply agrees, Taishi is indeed worthy of Miss Bai's doting.

  Zhao Qiutang couldn't help but speak up from the side: "Isn't there something shameful hidden in this car of yours that you're afraid people will find out when they take it apart?"

  Jing Shan Wang Ye was unable to stop it in time and could only secretly furrow his brow.

  "What does Master Wang mean by this? Could it be that there is a man or contraband hidden in my carriage, or perhaps even a corpse?"

  Zhao Qiutang was speechless for a moment, and honestly, he had never thought that there would be such things hidden in the car.

  Xiaohe: Miss, you're being reckless with your words again. However, this attitude isn't bad!

  At this time, a palace guard came over and whispered something in King Jing's ear.

  King Jing Shan listened to the conversation and said to Lu Xiao Feng, who was furious: "I didn't know this carriage had such a different meaning for you. I brought it here rashly. Since you've come to ask for it back, then take it back. This is my fault."

  "Xiaohe, let's go."

  "Yes."

  Little Swallow darted into the yamen like a gust of wind and out again like a gust of wind.

  The horse carriage pulled by the royal guards from the Wang Fu had already stopped outside.

  Xiao Feng's daughter jumped onto the carriage shaft, pulled Xiao He up, and with a flick of the whip, drove the horse-drawn carriage back to the government office.

  Feng Siyi had been waiting in front of the government office for a long time, and as soon as he saw the young lady return, he went forward to greet her and took the horse whip that she threw over.

  Lu Xiaofeng jumped down from under the carriage and said: "Feng Si, check and clean up the carriage."

  "Yes, miss."

  Feng Si led the horse-drawn carriage to the back courtyard of the government office, carefully inspecting it from inside out, then dismantling all the silk quilts and cotton mattresses used for warmth, re-wiping the carriage from inside out, and replacing them with new ones.

  They are not extravagant and wasteful, but just put on an attitude for the people of Jing Shan Wang Fu to see. Once they move things, their family will no longer use them.

  Zhao Qiutang knew about it and couldn't help but get angry, "Father, this Pang Feng is really too detestable, actually looking down on our Jing Shan Wang Fu like that?"

  But Jing Shanyue Wangye Zhao Yun thought that the girl's family having some cleanliness habits was also understandable, "Autumn Hall, after all, she is the young lady of the Taishi Fu, and has not yet married, things touched by an outside man she naturally would not deign to use again, it's not specifically targeting us."

  "But this girl opposed us in Chen Qian's matter, and we can't let her off."

  King Zhao Yun of Jing Shan hesitated for a moment, "She has a special status and is also reasonable in her argument, we actually can't do anything about it."

  "This girl is as annoying as Zhan Zhao from Kaifeng."

  "Don't underestimate her just because she's a woman."

  "It's just a stinky little girl, Father, you're being too cautious." Zhao Qiutang didn't think much of it.

  Jing Shan Wang Ye Zhao Yun shook his head, his expression somewhat serious. "In the past, I also thought she was just a little girl, but now that I think about it, Chen Zhou's decision to let her participate in the relief efforts back then actually had an indispensable role."

  She had followed Anle Hou to release the relief, so now you are in Xuanzhou, and it is inevitable that she will not be able to hide from her. Now, she only has different opinions on your handling of Chen Qian, but she has never interfered with other things. This is because she is constrained by the relationship between Taishi and our Jing Shan Wangfu, and it is not convenient for her to intervene.

  "But the child did not think so."

  "Autumn Hall, you are still young after all, while Miss Pong has some city manners. In terms of strategy, you are not her opponent."

  Father said that he was not as good as a maid, Zhao Qiutang was very angry. "Dad, why do you use that maid to suppress me? How can I, a man, be inferior to her, a weak and delicate woman?"

  "She was an imperial commissioner who could handle various prison cases, not just a weak and timid woman confined to the boudoir." Just because of her intimidating presence on the execution platform that day, this woman should not be underestimated.

  "Hmm."

  "Don't be unconvinced, you also accompanied me to search her luggage, from the utensils in that red wooden box, you can see that she is not just a name, but indeed has the ability."

  Zhao Qiutang snorted in disdain, "Who knows if that's just something she brought out to show off."

  Jing Shan Wang Ye thought for a moment and also felt that this guess was not impossible.

  "It's just like that, don't be too careless either."

  "Dad, I know." Zhao Qiutang was slightly impatient.

  Jing Shan Wang Ye watched as his youngest son turned and left, then looked back at the purple gold hammer on the altar, the ominous feeling in his heart growing stronger.

  General Jin Jia of the Purple Gold Mace?

  He still remembered that on the execution ground that day, she had said, was it true that Autumn Hall was really being controlled by the evil spirits inside the Purple Gold Mallet?

  This guess made King Jing shan involuntarily shudder.