The Self-cultivation of a Salted Fish Concubine

Chapter 225 She Stopped Making quibbles

The princess slowly spoke, "Has Concubine Jiang been staying quietly in her own courtyard these days? Is she really clueless?"

Jiang Baobao was stunned, and her tone suddenly became a little weak. "I, I really stayed in my own yard and never went anywhere else."

Princess: "In that case, Concubine Fang said that you left the hospital without permission during the confinement period. Is this a false accusation against you?"

Jiang Baobao: "Princess, please understand. I just stayed in the yard for too long and felt a little bored, so I went out the back door to take a walk in the plum forest. I didn't run around."

Mother Li said sarcastically, "What Concubine Jiang is saying is that sneaking out through the back door doesn't count as leaving the hospital without permission?"

"You didn't run around everywhere. You just happened to run into Concubine Fang and Princess Ruyi in the plum forest. You had a few words and slapped Concubine Fang, which frightened Princess Ruyi to death..."

Xie Run almost choked on his tea.

This Concubine Jiang... is really a person who never stops doing things as long as she lives.

She has been promoted from a concubine to a concubine, but she still doesn't know how to be content.

Concubine Jiang complained aggrievedly, "It must be that bitch, Concubine Fang, who brought the evil upon me!"

"I didn't mean to frighten Princess Ruyi. It's just that I, your concubine Fang, really don't know the difference between high and low. When I saw me, I was ridiculed and mocked. I didn't take me seriously at all."

"She only dared to disrespect me like this because she saw that I had lost my position and was punished by the prince."

"Even if I am punished, at least my position is higher than hers. It wouldn't be a big mistake to punish her a little, right?"

As Xie Run listened, he suddenly felt that these words sounded familiar.

Just then, the princess turned around and asked her, "What do you think of Concubine Xie's words, Concubine Jiang?"

Xie Run held the teacup and hid the smile on his lips. "That sounds a bit familiar."

"When Concubine Jiang was still a concubine, she treated me the same way."

Jiang Baobao's face suddenly turned dark.

The princess raised her hand, and Ting He immediately brought two maids up.

"These two were the maids of the Cangmei Courtyard back then. They were waiting nearby. Let's hear what they have to say."

Baby Jiang was stunned.

She thought the princess would call Concubine Fang's people to confront her.

If that really happened, she wouldn't be afraid.

After all, the two sides were in a confrontation, and the husband said he was right and the wife said she was right. No matter how much she threw a tantrum, the princess could not punish her.

But Jiang Baobao never expected that there were other people present at the time.

She glared at the two maids from the Cangmei Courtyard.

The two maids didn't dare to look at her, but just lowered their heads and told her everything that happened that day.

It turned out that Concubine Fang was taking Princess Ruyi for a walk and accidentally met Jiang Baobao, who should have been under house arrest.

Concubine Fang was naturally surprised and asked a few questions casually.

Jiang Baobao was sensitive and took Concubine Fang's question as a mockery. He immediately became angry and pointed at Concubine Fang and humiliated her.

No matter how good-tempered Concubine Fang was, she couldn't stand such scolding and retorted twice.

This immediately angered Jiang Baobao, who immediately took action and slapped Concubine Fang in the face, scaring Princess Ruyi so much that she started crying on the spot.

Afterwards, the maids from both sides pulled the people apart and went back to their homes. Concubine Jiang thought that the matter was over.

She didn't expect that Concubine Fang, the dumb person, would actually make accusations!

Looking at Jiang Baobao's indignant expression, the princess said calmly, "Are there any mistakes or omissions in what these two people said?"

"It's true, but this girl described it as if I deliberately bullied Concubine Fang." Jiang Baobao was very unconvinced. She insisted, "It was clearly Concubine Fang who disrespected me first. I am a concubine after all. Can't I even teach a concubine?"

Mother Li couldn't help but say, "Concubine Jiang is really good at confusing right and wrong."

"Since you have accepted the maids' words, it means that you are relying on your status as a concubine to bully Concubine Fang and disturb Princess Ruyi..."

Jiang Baobao subconsciously retorted: "I didn't!"

Xie Run looked at her carefully and found that Jiang Baobao really didn't think she was wrong.

She was probably afraid that she thought it was natural for a concubine to slap a maid who did not know the difference between high and low.

The princess should not have come to interrogate her, but should have severely punished Concubine Fang.

Mother Li: "Yes or no, Concubine Jiang isn't the only one who can distort right and wrong. Everyone has sharp eyes!"

Concubine Jiang Shu said dissatisfiedly: "The princess is here, where is the place for an old woman like you to speak?"

After hearing this, Mother Li was so angry that she almost couldn't breathe.

She is the princess's wet nurse, so naturally everything she says and does represents the princess's intentions.

This Concubine Jiang is so stupid!

After hearing this, the princess said calmly, "Concubine Jiang left the hospital without permission during her confinement and even bullied the concubines. The evidence is conclusive. She will be punished with five lashes on the palms and required to copy Buddhist scriptures ten times."

Concubine Jiang wanted to say something else, but the princess just glanced at her coldly and said, "If you keep quibbling, I'll slap you in the face instead."

Concubine Jiang's eyebrows jumped and she immediately shut her mouth.

There was a hint of dissatisfaction and unwillingness in his eyes and between his eyebrows.

Seeing this, Xie Run slowly asked, "I just heard from Miss He that Concubine Jiang committed two crimes. One has been dealt with. I wonder what the other one is?"

Jiang Baobao didn't dare to be arrogant anymore. He was trying hard to think of what little trick of his had been caught and report it to the princess.

But she couldn't figure it out after thinking for a long time, so she quietly looked up to see the princess's expression.

It happened that the princess's gaze fell lightly on her.

The dark and gloomy eyes made Jiang Baobao's heart jump suddenly, and he lowered his head subconsciously.

Princess: "These days, there are rumors circulating in the palace that Concubine Fang is plotting to murder the Sixth Young Master. I've had people investigate... and they've traced it back to Xiao Guizi, who is by Concubine Jiang's side."

"Concubine Jiang, do you have anything to explain?"

Concubine Jiang was full of grievances, thinking to herself, I explained but you didn't listen, and now you come to me for an explanation.

She said aggrievedly, "How can you pin the blame on me for something that is completely fabricated?"

"Of course I don't recognize it."

The princess sighed softly: "Concubine Jiang, since I called Qingsong Court, it means that I already have a lot of evidence in my hands."

"Are you really not going to confess yourself?"

Concubine Jiang pursed her lips and said unhappily, "I said I didn't do it, so I didn't do it. How can I confess to you, Princess?"

Not to mention the princess, even Xie Run felt tired just watching this.

Anyone who was smart would have admitted it immediately and was thinking about how to clear himself of the charges.

Who knew that Concubine Jiang was so stubborn that she would refuse to admit it.

The princess glanced at Tinghe, and Tinghe clapped her hands. Immediately, someone brought Xiao Guizi up.

Also brought up was a maid with an unfamiliar face.

Ting He didn't waste any words and said directly: "Concubine Jiang, Xiao Guizi and Yunxiang have confessed their crimes."

"Xiao Guizi said that you harbored a grudge against Concubine Fang and specifically gave her a hundred taels of silver so that she could spread the news that Concubine Fang was plotting to murder Concubine Lian and the Sixth Young Master."

"He bribed Yunxiang, the daughter of the second-door stable boy, with ten taels of silver, and used Yunxiang to spread the news throughout the mansion."

"I already have the confessions of these two men. They record how, when, and where you instructed them to do something. The ninety taels of silver that Xiao Guizi stashed away and the physical evidence of Yunxiang doing the job are all there... How else can you argue?"

How else can Jiang Baobao argue?

She stopped quibbling!