After a while, the young man came in and said, "I have seen the princess. Please give my regards to the princess. May the princess be blessed."

"Is the prince in good health?" Jiang Changning asked.

The boy said: "As far as the princess is concerned, everything is fine with the prince."

"Nothing happened on the way, right?" Jiang Changning didn't think that the emperor didn't make some small moves.

"The whole journey was uneventful. When we were approaching Hangzhou, we encountered a slight disturbance. Fortunately, the prince's auspicious people and the help of heaven saved us from danger."

"It's good that the prince is fine." Jiang Changning breathed a sigh of relief. "Let me ask you, did the prince choose the gift sent back to the house in person, or did he order someone to buy it?"

"As for the princess, she was personally selected by the prince."

"Your Majesty has official duties, so you have so much free time to choose gifts? Is this what your Majesty asked you to say?" Jiang Changning asked in a deep voice.

"Princess, I dare not lie to you. This gift was indeed chosen by the prince himself for the princess."

"You are indeed very articulate, Xiulan. To reward him, you must do your job well." Jiang Changning sent the boy away and went to look at the gifts.

Seeing the light in her eyes and the smile on her lips, Xiulan knew that she was happy from the bottom of her heart.

One afternoon two days later, Jiang Changning was lying lazily on the imperial concubine's couch. Hearing that Mr. Scholar was telling stories, Xiao Chun came in and said, "Princess, I have something to report in the coming spring."

"Okay, let's stop talking about the book today. We'll listen to it tomorrow. Xiulan, send the female gentleman out." Jiang Changning sent the female gentleman away.

After putting on my outer clothes and twisting my hair again, I went into the small hall to see Chunlai.

"I have seen the princess, and I want to pay my respects to the princess." Chunlai knelt down and saluted.

"Get up, sit down and say." Jiang Changning gave him a wooden stool to sit on.

"Thank you, Princess." Chunlai sat down and began to talk, "The two people confessed. They are not the same group. Xingzi is from Dingwang's Mansion."

This situation was a bit beyond Jiang Changning's expectation, "Which government put the other one in?"

"Ma Liu is from the Xingzhou County Government."

Jiang Changning chuckled, this was another unexpected but reasonable situation, "Have you revealed your accomplice?"

"When Xingzi and Ma Liu were arrested, no one else was alerted. The accomplices they confessed to have planned their plans in the past few days were all caught. They are currently being interrogated."

"How many more were caught?"

"There are five in total, Xingzi confessed two, and Ma Liu confessed three."

Jiang Changning's mouth twitched slightly, how on earth did Mr. Qiao take care of the house? This house is like a sieve, just a simple grab, and seven of them were caught.

If you sort it out carefully, you will be scared to think about it, fearing that everyone in the family will find out about the spies planted by Beifu.

"Seven people have been arrested this time. No matter how careful you are, the traces will be exposed. There is no need to hide them. Let's kill the chicken to scare the monkeys."

"Yes, Princess." Chunlai responded.

"Go and do your work." Jiang Changning didn't ask any further questions.

She knew that Chun Lai must have a secret channel to tell King Jin about the affairs of the house.

If she disagrees with the King of Jin in handling matters, it will be difficult for others to do things.

Of course she also knew that these people would definitely obey King Jin's orders.

The next day, the chief steward gathered the servants of the mansion and asked them to watch the execution.

Jiang Changning thought it would be very bloody and didn't want to let people from Rujingyuan see it, but Xiulan said: "Princess, you have to let them go and see it, so that they know what the consequences will be if you betray the master."

"Okay, let's go." Jiang Changning manages Rujingyuan, which is a bit simple and rough.

The matter was delegated to the four maids Xiulan, Xiaochun and Jinya, and they were asked to take charge of different matters.

When something goes wrong, she won't go to the person involved, she will go to the person in charge, and the person in charge will specifically go to the person involved.

Jiang Changning listened to Xiulan's advice and asked people from Rujingyuan to observe the execution.

"You are now on duty in Prince Jin's Mansion. You must recognize your master. Don't act like these idiots and betray your master. Such foolish people are not worthy of living in this world. Take action."

The chief steward gave the order and the military baton was struck down hard.

The few people who were able to squirm a few times before were now dying and beaten to death in a bloody mess.

"When we are sure they are all dead, we put them on donkey carts and transport them to a mass grave outside the city."

The aftermath of returning from the execution was that everyone’s lunch intake was significantly reduced.

Jiang Changning laughed at Xiulan, "Tell me, are you asking for trouble?"

"I'm deeply shocked. Do those people still dare to betray their master?" Xiulan said with a pale face.

Those who secretly kept an eye on Prince Jin's Mansion were shocked to learn that Prince Jin's Mansion had killed several spies planted by other princes.

However, no one thought about Jiang Changning's role in this matter, they all thought it was the concubine who took action.

The image of Jiang Changning as cowardly and incompetent, like a silk flower, is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

June passed in the chaos, and Mengqiu arrived in July, which is the month of sacrifice.

Jiang Changning, who had nothing to do, was flipping through the almanac and paying homage to the birthday star, not only to pray for longevity but also for peace in the world.

After all, it is very difficult for people to live longer during times of war.

Offer sacrifices to the God of Grain, and you will have a good harvest.

Sacrifice to the Kitchen God and have plenty of food.

Those on the coast offer sacrifices to the sea god, those on the mountains offer sacrifices to the mountain god, and there are also sacrifices to...Gaotao.

God of the Valley, God of the Kitchen, God of the Sea, God of the Mountains, Jiang Changning knows, who is this Gao Tao?

"Gaotao, what do you do?" Jiang Changning went to the study to look for books without any trouble.

After rummaging around, Jiang Changning found a copy of "The Biography of Immortals" and asked, "When did I get this book?"

I took out the book and flipped through it for a long time before I found Gao Tao.

Gaotao, also known as Jiu Yao, is said to have been a minister during the reign of Yu and Shun, in charge of prison matters.

The purpose of worshiping him is to pray for his blessing to carry out the Autumn Punishment policy well.

Sacrifice to him means that the prisoners on death row in the prison must be executed after death.

Shu Fei went out on a trip and brought back a piece of news: "The old lady of the Longxi Bo Mansion was seriously ill and wanted to eat steamed buns with human blood to cure her illness. She gave money to the executioner and bought steamed buns soaked in human blood to eat."

"Wow." Jiang Changning just drank the red bean paste. I don't know how she associated it. She felt nauseated and vomited it out.

"Girl, you're vomiting blood!" Fu Cui was anxious and the old name came out.

"It's not blood, it's red bean paste." Jiang Changning stroked his chest to calm his breath.

"Fu Cui, what are you looking at? You can't tell the difference between blood and red bean paste. I'm really going to scare you to death." Shu Fei poured a glass of water, pushed Fu Cui away, "Princess, rinse your mouth."

Jiang Changning rinsed his mouth, pressed it with pastries, and said: "If human blood steamed buns can cure diseases, what else do you need a doctor to do? You are really ignorant."

It is not known whether the old lady of Longxi County has recovered from her illness, but Longxi County was impeached by the imperial censor.

The old lady of the Longxi Prefecture was not the first to use human blood steamed buns to treat diseases, but she was the only one who made the incident known to everyone.

I don’t know who she relies on for support to be so arrogant.

In fact, this matter was not reported by the people and not investigated by the officials. Now that the censor has impeached the matter, the emperor must take a corresponding stance.

Longxibo was reprimanded, demoted, and fined half a year's salary.

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Chapter completed!