Rebirth: Ruyi goes crazy in the harem

Chapter 214: The Backlash of the Torture Scheme

"One hundred taels of gold. It seems that Jiangnan is indeed a rich place. Even hiring a servant is very expensive."

Ruyi sneered and waved her hand, signaling Sanbao to drag the man away and keep him under guard, and then said, "Liuying, go find the banknote that the servant mentioned and check it carefully.

See which bank it came from, who deposited it, and who withdrew it.

I will assign a team of guards to go with you. If they refuse to respond, you don't have to be polite to them.

As long as it doesn't harm someone's life, it doesn't matter if there are a few cuts and some blood."

After receiving Ruyi's instructions, Liuying hurriedly took people to do it overnight.

The owner of the money shop was originally very arrogant because of his status as a local boss.

Even though Liuying had revealed her identity as the Queen's maid, he still didn't take such a delicate and soft girl seriously at all.

Fortunately, Liuying was also ruthless. She ordered the guards to draw their swords and draw blood from both arms of the bank owner.

Merchants value profit, but if they lose their lives, all the profits are in vain. The bank owner finally gave in because he valued his life.

On the other side, the two maids Rou and Li have already woken up.

The herpes on their bodies had been coated with thick white sticky ointment. Although they still had difficulty in moving and looked a little uglier, at least the disease was under control.

As soon as Li Changzai woke up, she cried with a pale face and asked to see the emperor.

She was wearing a thin Suzhou embroidery blanket with a pattern of birds pecking at peonies, so the ugly blisters were not visible.

The small face exposed from the thin blanket, without the cover of rouge and powder, although less delicate, has gained a bit of pure breath like a little white flower.

The beauty in plain clothes shed tears, and the emperor really felt pity for her when he saw her.

"Your Majesty, I and my sister are delighted to have received the gift from the Empress. We ordered the palace maids to make these two dresses so that they can make Your Majesty smile.

But I didn't expect... Could it be that the Queen just married you and didn't like the two of us being favored by you, so...

I am really wronged, please help me."

Li Changzai said something evasive, but the general meaning was straightforward. She simply said that Ruyi had tampered with the material in order to cut off the favor of the two sisters.

The emperor certainly had such doubts in his mind, but the direction of all the evidence was too obvious, and Ruyi refuted it so harshly, which made the emperor a little hesitant for a while.

"Wipe your tears first. You are already my concubine, but you are crying like a little cat. I will feel bad for you."

The emperor gently used a handkerchief to wipe away the tears from Li Changzai's cheeks.

Then he looked at Rou Changzai who was wrapped in a thin blanket, pursing her lips, and said with a face full of forbearance, "You should also learn from your sister to be more calm, don't panic when encountering things, and don't make random guesses.

The Queen felt sorry for you when she heard about this. She is smart and decisive, and I have given her full authority to investigate this matter.

Li Yu just came to report that a suspicious maid from the laundry bureau and a delivery boy from the weaving bureau had been arrested.

I'm afraid we've already found some clues, and I think it won't take long before we can find out the truth."

There was a moment of shock in Li Changzai's eyes, and she said in disbelief, "Why did the emperor ask the queen to investigate?

Shouldn't she avoid suspicion? If the Queen is stealing, I, the concubine..."

As the emperor, he naturally hates disobedience the most.

Seeing Li Chang questioning his decision regardless of the consequences, the emperor suddenly felt a little unhappy.

However, considering that Li Changzai had just woken up from a coma, it was understandable that her mind was a little unclear.

The emperor patiently explained, "The queen and I have been married for many years. I know her character. Li Changzai just needs to rest and recuperate. There is no need to worry about anything else."

But these words did not comfort Li Changzai. She opened her mouth to say something else, but suddenly she felt someone pulling the thin blanket on her body.

Looking back, she saw Rou Changzai straightening the wrinkles on the blanket for her. She said calmly, "Don't worry, sister. You are so excited that the blanket is wrinkled into a mess."

Li Yu came to report outside the door, saying that the Queen had found out some clues and asked the Emperor to take a look.

After the emperor left, Li Chang put away her pitiful look, raised her eyebrows, and said to Rou Chang in a tender voice, "Sister, you are too cowardly and incompetent.

Just now, why were you so silent that you couldn't say a word? And you even tried to stop me from speaking?"

Rou Changzai sighed softly, looking at her beautiful but straightforward sister, and said helplessly, "Sister, you should learn to read people's expressions.

The emperor obviously doesn't believe that the queen did this, why do you keep mentioning it and making the emperor worry?"

Li Changzai rolled her eyes, threw away the thin blanket in disgust, looked at the ugly herpes on her body, and did not answer Rou Changzai's words, but said to herself, "Is this crappy powder given by the Queen Mother really without any side effects?

I felt so sick looking at myself that I was afraid I wouldn't be able to serve him in bed for ten days or half a month.

If we don't blame the Queen for this, then wouldn't all our efforts be in vain?"

These blisters were a self-torture trick directed and performed by Concubine Rou and Concubine Li at the instruction of the Empress Dowager.

The purpose is also very simple, which is to shake Ruyi's majesty as the new queen, and it would be best if she could divide her palace power and let the queen mother regain power.

However, at present, it seems that the progress is not very smooth, and there is a hidden risk of backlash.

Li Chang was restless and complained, "Sister, let me tell you, who are those people you are looking for?

Isn't it said that with so many people around, the Queen will definitely not be able to find any clues in a short period of time?

How come the Queen has already found the person when we were only unconscious for a short time?"

Speaking of this, Rou Changzai was also worried, "I underestimated the enemy and failed to deal with those two slaves in time, leaving room for error.

Now we have to find a way to protect ourselves. Even if the queen is not involved, it cannot affect our favor. I will send someone to send a message back later..."

The confessions of several people were neatly placed on the table beside the emperor. The emperor held his forehead with one hand and kept turning the thumb ring with the other hand, his expression serious and cold.

Liuying has already found out that the silver note for the one hundred taels of gold was originally deposited in the prefectural government.

Following the clues, a case of corruption and bribery was uncovered.

Since the matter involved the imperial court, Ruyi did not dare to act on her own and reported everything to the emperor.

Seeing that the emperor remained silent for a long time, Ruyi carefully probed, "Your Majesty, the prefecture is the mother's home of Rou Changzai and Li Changzai. This matter is very strange..."

Glancing at the emperor's tense jaw, Ruyi knew that the emperor had already begun to harbor doubts about these two beauties from Jiangnan.

Then she said, "I think this was either a play that Sister Rou and Sister Li put on to win the emperor's favor, or it was done by their former enemies in the prefectural government."