amaotonovel Chapter 676 Something is wrong
Chapter 676 Something is wrong
Madam Bai cried, "I beg the Queen to make a decision for my daughter. It is absolutely impossible for my Yuhan to marry a married man. Although my Bai family has been engaged in business for generations, it is also a prominent family. How could we let our daughter become someone's mistress, or even a shameless concubine? This young lady Li keeps insulting Yuhan. I beg the Queen to clear my daughter's name."
Madam Bai then pulled Madam Bai's second wife and said, "Her second aunt, I asked Yu Han to come to Shengjing to connect with the business, why are you still ruining Han'er's reputation with them!"
Mrs. Bai usually interacts with Shu Xue and others because they often go to the Bai family's rouge shop to take care of the business. She dare not offend these gods of wealth in Shengjing City. Besides, it was the news from Jiangzhou that Yu Han entered the palace to be an empress, so she thought that the Bai family had become a royal relative, so she chatted with the noble ladies in Shengjing City and said that the Bai family also had a daughter who was an empress in the palace. How could she be blamed!
But just now no one acknowledged that Yu Han had ever been a queen in the palace.
The Second Madam hurriedly said, "Sister-in-law, listen to my explanation. On that day, the Zhang family held a birthday banquet, and the Bai family store also received invitations. Second Master and I went there. Madam Li told me that Yu Han was with Lord Jiang. They also said that Yu Han went to be Lord Jiang's concubine. They also said that Madam Jiang already knew about the relationship between Yu Han and Lord Jiang and wanted to deal with my Yu Han. I was anxious and came up with the idea of beating the drum because I wanted to save Yu Han. I was afraid that they would make Han disappear inexplicably, so I resorted to this desperate measure to force them to hand over Yu Han!"
"Han'er is young, and I'm afraid that she will be deceived. I'm also scared." Mrs. Bai said again.
Mr. Bai nodded in agreement, "Our Bai family is just a small merchant who runs a few small rouge shops. If we don't use this method, we're afraid they won't hand us over!"
"Who do you want to befriend? I'm standing here quietly. Second uncle, second aunt, you are being too absurd." Bai Yuhan suddenly knelt in front of Jiang Fenghua, "Please show mercy, Queen. Considering that they are anxious to find me, they beat the drum to report the incident. Please forgive them. It's all my fault. I shouldn't have gone to find Madam Jiang, which caused such a big misunderstanding. I went to say goodbye to my godmother that day."
Jiang Fenghua said in a deep voice: "They dare to beat the drum to report the incident. It seems that they are determined to die. If I don't help them, it will be difficult to convince them."
Master Bai and his wife kowtowed in fear. Master Bai said, "Please spare my life, Queen. I know I was wrong. We were also confused. We listened to other people's advice at that time. We didn't know that filing a complaint with the emperor would be a crime! We also didn't know that we couldn't just beat the drum casually."
"Who gave you this idea?" Jiang Fenghua said coldly.
Mr. Bai looked at Mrs. Bai and said, "Who said that? Tell me now!"
Madam Bai looked around and then turned her gaze towards Shu Xue. Shu Xue rolled her eyes and denied it, "I didn't instigate you to beat the Dengwen drum. Beating the Dengwen drum at will is a capital crime. I dare not do that."
“I don’t remember it either.”
Bai Yuhan knew that they were lying. Maybe her second uncle and second aunt had received some benefits and deliberately framed Jiang Jinyan. They only thought about what benefits she could bring to the family by becoming the emperor's concubine. Since she didn't become the imperial concubine, they blamed her for not seizing the opportunity.
At this time, Bai Yuhan did not dare to quarrel with them. She had already gotten rid of the identity of Concubine Han, and her parents would not force her to become the imperial concubine. Jiang Jinyan sent someone to Jiangzhou to persuade her parents, and even asked the prefect to ask the Bai family to demolish the temple. The daughter of the Bai family did not enter the palace to be a concubine at all. The Bai family was dreaming.
Bai Yuhan didn't expect that after she had been missing for more than a year, her family didn't worry about her safety, but instead only cared about whether she could climb up the royal family and become the emperor's concubine. She felt very lost.
She thought that the Bai family was not short of money, and she was the daughter of the Bai family. She could marry whomever she wanted. But she was wrong. Her marriage was linked to the interests of the Bai family.
"Master Zhang also invited Master Bai and Madam Bai to his birthday party. It seems that the Bai and Zhang families are very close!" Jiang Fenghua wondered, "The Zhang family suspected that Miss Bai had an affair with Jiang Jinyan, so why would they take the initiative to invite her uncle and aunt to the birthday party? The Fourth Princess just kept saying that she wanted to seek justice for Zhang Yumo. Is she waiting to catch Jiang Jinyan's fault and punish him so that she can ask the Jiang family for justice on behalf of Zhang Yumo?"
Jiang Fenghua was indeed a little angry with Zhang Yumo. She should have met Mrs. Bai Er in the Zhang Mansion! What good would it do for her husband if the Bai family made trouble? She just wanted to leave the Jiang family and separate from Jiang Jinyan, so she never thought that the person who would be harmed in the end would be Jiang Jinyan.
Zhang Yumo was also stunned. Her cousin kept comforting her. She didn't feel that bad in her heart. She had never thought of harming Jiang Jinyan. She didn't even know that Bai Yuhan's uncle and aunt had also gone to the Zhang Mansion, and they would even go to the outside of the imperial city to beat drums to sue Jiang Jinyan today.
Could it be that my cousin instructed them to do all this?
The Fourth Princess clenched her fingers in her sleeves and said, "The Bai family is engaged in the rouge business in Shengjing City and has dealings with many noble families in Shengjing City. I have also bought rouge and powder from the Bai family's shop. My parents don't know that the girl from the Bai family is Madam Jiang's goddaughter. It was just a coincidence that they invited the Bai family to the Zhang Mansion for a birthday banquet.
Madam Li and the others were wrong to spread rumors without asking clearly.
This princess believes that Lord Jiang would never do anything to let Moer down. There must have been a misunderstanding. Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, it’s great.”
The Fourth Princess's wishful thinking was wrong. Originally, she could have used her identity as Zhang Yumo's cousin to stand up for her, make a big deal out of the matter, and then reveal Concubine Han's identity. Unexpectedly, Jiang Fenghua cut off the fact that Concubine Han was not Bai Yuhan with the first cut.
Jiang Fenghua asked in such a cold voice that everyone looked at the Fourth Princess, who also looked a little embarrassed.
At this time, the emperor sent someone to convey his oral order, and everyone knelt down to listen to his order.
"Mr. Bai and Mrs. Bai have no grievances but they have disturbed the people by beating the drum without permission. Their crime is unforgivable. Considering that they are first-time offenders and do not understand the law, they will be exempted from the death penalty. However, they cannot be forgiven for their crimes. Mr. Bai and Mrs. Bai will each be punished with 50 strokes of the cane as a warning to others."
Such a punishment is really too light, and Xie Shang also owes Bai Yuhan. As long as it is confirmed that she is not the Concubine Han in the palace, and the Bai family no longer forces her to enter the palace to be a queen, she can return to the Bai family and resume her peaceful life.
Xiao Yu, Zhang Anyu and others dispersed the people again and waited for Mr. Bai and Madam Bai to be beaten with a stick in the court. Bai Yuhan also took them back to the Bai family.
Today is the Lantern Festival. After watching the show, everyone returned to the palace to continue the banquet.
Zhang Yurou didn't try to pull Zhang Yumo back and walked away alone.
Jiang Fenghua glanced at Jiang Jinyan and Zhang Yumo, only to see that Zhang Yumo's face was full of embarrassment and he couldn't say a word.
Feng Jingyuan was also a little disappointed with Zhang Yumo. There were things that couldn't be said at home.
Jiang Fenghua walked to Feng Jinghuan and said, "Mother, let's go to the palace first and let Big Brother and Big Sister-in-law talk alone."
Feng Jingyuan said, "Let's go!" She did not go into the palace with Zhang Yumo because she wanted to bring Bai Yuhan out to clarify the matter in person.
Jiang Fenghua saw her sighing, "Mom, don't worry about them, my brother will take care of it."
Feng Jingyuan said: "I'm not worried that Jinyan can't handle it well, I'm worried about Yumo. She is very worried. She was not like this before. Since she woke up, she became unwilling to get close to others and always liked to be alone in her room. After her grandparents passed away, she was sad for a while, but at that time she and Jinyan had a good relationship and they were inseparable. But now..."
Jiang Fenghua said: "I'll talk to her."
"She is close to your second sister. She used to like telling her everything. But now she doesn't even want to talk to your second sister. I don't know what happened." Feng Jingyuan also noticed that something was wrong. She just didn't know why it was like this. There must be something wrong somewhere.