Chapter 853: Killed by Her Own Mouth
This Daoist nun made up her mind to come to Xiang City and fight for immense wealth.
On the way, she met a nun, who truly believed she was a distressed princess, begging along the way and providing food and drink for both, thus reaching Xiang City.
If it weren’t for Princess Huaiqing uncovering this matter, that fake princess would still be indulging in gourmet food in the palace.
However, I heard that the fake princess was strangled to death by the eunuch.
At the Duke Mansion, Cai Ping returned after inquiring about the news outside and vividly described it to Yun Jiao.
Yun Jiao knew that Jiang Youzhi surely had a hand in stirring up this matter.
Yang Ying beside her said, "She deserved it. She’ll probably never figure out until death that she doomed herself with her own mouth."
Yang Ying entered the Duke Mansion the night before.
As her family was now nowhere to be found, Yun Jiao let her stay in the mansion with peace of mind, planning to find a marriage for her in the future.
To Yun Jiao’s surprise, Yang Ying said, "I won’t marry anyone again in this lifetime."
"What are men? I’ve seen through them."
"I only ask Madam to take me in; I am literate and willing to serve as a housekeeper by Madam’s side."
After Wanyan Zhang’s death, the Princess hated Chu Country women fiercely and no longer wanted to see them in the mansion, ordering a hundred maids from Great Chu to be taken out and sold.
Lin Shishi was bought by people from the Spy Department.
Lin Shishi thought over and over, realizing that if she returned to Great Chu, the Spy Department would have no one to lead it.
Moreover, she was originally a courtesan, unable to marry well, and she didn’t plan to return to Great Chu to become a concubine.
After much consideration, Lin Shishi decided to open a tavern similar to Fan Building in Huining, to facilitate intelligence gathering for Great Chu.
She felt that doing something for Great Chu was far more interesting than going back to be a concubine.
Yang Ying was bought by a Jin Country merchant for five hundred pieces of silver, becoming his concubine.
Until Lin Shishi received the message, she redeemed Yang Ying and Princess Huaiqing, only then finding a way to ransom them out and have them sent back to Great Chu.
Yun Jiao certainly would not let Yang Ying be a servant anymore, considering she was sort of a relative of the Duke Mansion.
It had been many years since she’d known Yang Ying, whom she trusted very much, so she made Yang Ying an internal steward, helping to manage some affairs of the mansion.
Nowadays, the servants respectfully refer to Yang Ying as "Miss Yang."
Yun Jiao decided that whenever Yang Ying wished to marry, she would certainly find her a suitable husband.
Early the next morning, an imperial edict arrived at the mansion ordering Yun Jiao to enter the palace.
Yun Jiao got dressed and entered the palace, being led into the Empress Dowager’s sleeping chambers.
In the chambers, there was only the Empress Dowager, Princess Huaiqing, and the Empress Dowager’s close nanny; apart from them, there wasn’t even a palace maid.
The palace maid who led Yun Jiao inside soon exited.
Yun Jiao smiled and greeted the Empress Dowager, before bowing down, but the Empress Dowager said, "You young girl, why still so formal? I’ve already told you, when you come to me, you don’t need to bow."
Then the Empress Dowager waved her over.
Princess Huaiqing, sitting beside her, discreetly sized up Yun Jiao.
At Prince Zuo Mansion, she naturally heard of the matter between Yun Jiao and the Second Crown Prince, but her information was more accurate; once Prince Zuo told her that the Second Crown Prince was truly obsessed, treating this woman as a jewel, and never having succeeded.
Princess Huaiqing was impressed as well.
The Empress Dowager then softly said, "Today you’re specially called here for Yuanyuan to take a good look at you."
"She’s been feeling unwell all along, and Jin Country doesn’t have good doctors, so I trouble you."