Chapter 271 The Daughter of the Sinful Minister 19
After seeing this, Musk smiled and said: "After all, it's the eldest lady. Everything has been taken care of. I have to go to the eldest young master's place, so I'll leave first!"
The elder asked someone to invite the junior, which showed that the old lady valued Miss Gu. But there is an order of growth and development. Musk must have been to the master and the eldest lady before coming here. Invite the eldest lady first, then the eldest young master. If the eldest lady is older than the eldest young master, it is not against the rules.
For this kind of doorway, the rules in the palace are bigger, these are nothing. Xining smiled lightly: "The old lady really loves me, Musk, you are also interested."
Although she is a first-class girl, she has been serving the old lady for more than ten years and is already in her twenties. There is no meaning in her words.
When Musk heard this, he immediately saluted, not daring to take any credit: "The eldest lady has really broken this servant. This is all because the old lady loves the young lady. I will leave first."
Xining asked Furong to send musk.
After Musk saw him off, after a while, Xining got up and went to the living room. It's closer to the main entrance, so it will be more convenient to receive the order later.
There weren't many people at home, and there wasn't much furniture. The living room was finally cleared out, and two Eight Immortals tables were put in, and two banquet tables were set up.
This time it can be regarded as sharing weal and woe. Aunt Zhao can eat together with her two sons and daughters at the side table. With five people at the main table, it seemed a bit crowded.
The little chef prepared the dishes and brought them to the table. The maids stood beside them, waiting for the masters to finish the dishes before eating again.
Looking at the chicken, duck and fish on the table, only two dishes were not served because the ingredients were taken away when the house was confiscated. The taste was not as good as the ones bought outside. But compared to the sky prison, it is definitely a sky and an earth.
This time, even the chopsticks and firewood in the firewood shed were put on the truck and taken away during the house raid. Very thorough copying!
Gu Tingrui naturally kept lamenting how horrible the prison was, with people being dragged in for interrogation every day, how miserable it was, and how poor the food was.
Everyone responded, but what they were thinking was, what's there to complain about? Everyone here has been in prison.
In fact, when other people were in prison, because of the great impact, the whole capital and the emperor knew about it, and their treatment improved a lot, but Gu Tingrui was indeed in prison with nothing.
Aunt Zhao from the side interjected: "The eldest lady is even more powerful. She is in prison."
The eldest lady frowned slightly, and the second lady at the side table asked curiously: "Eldest sister, is the imperial prison more scary than the heavenly prison?"
Xining smiled faintly: "It's okay. Give me a cell in the innermost room with a bed, a quilt, and three meals, two dishes and one soup a day."
The second lady asked: "Is there a gong bucket there? The gong bucket in the sky prison stinks so much, and it was left open like this, so I didn't dare to go up. I was so anxious that Qiuyue blocked it in front."
Of course, the prison cells are all open, so it would be nice to have a toilet bucket. Many of them are just stored in the corner, which is why they are so smelly.
Xining explained: "There is a curtain in the cell, and someone will pour the bucket every day."
Looking at the elders at the main table, they were obviously unhappy. There is no privacy in the cell, and the reputation of a woman who has been in prison feels somewhat damaged.
She added: "Everything is over, just forget it all. Today I should congratulate my father for clearing the suspicion and being reinstated. I should give him a toast."
So everyone raised their glasses to congratulate Gu Tingrui.
After drinking, she took a bite of food with her chopsticks and just pressed it down. Aunt Zhao said again: "Thanks to the eldest lady, Xu Tongzhi was rescued this time, so the master was released so quickly. It's as good as it should be if the cell is better." "Pah~" Now the eldest lady got angry and slapped her chopsticks on the table, very dissatisfied: "There are so many dishes, can't you stuff your mouth? You can even lift a bucket, how can you still let people eat? It's so rare. The last time we were at the table, it wasn’t delicious. What were you talking about? Let’s eat in another room.”
Aunt Zhao was so frightened that she turned her body towards the main table, lowered her head and did not dare to raise it again.
Xining knew why the eldest lady was so angry. She had been with Jin Yiwei for the past two days. Even if she was in prison, she was alone in the prison. As for the Gu family's affairs, there are a lot of rumors outside. It's time for the body owner to talk about marriage. Once this incident comes out, it will definitely have an impact.
Not to mention that the Gu family's fortune had been confiscated a lot, but an unmarried boudoir lady had been hanging out with Jin Yiwei for a few days, and she didn't know what happened.
The eldest lady is being annoyed, and Aunt Zhao doesn't know whether she is really stupid or intentional. Which pot is not opened and which pot is not picked up? Isn't it intentional to cause trouble?
Xining smiled lightly and continued eating. The delicious food on this table cannot be wasted.
Soon, someone from the palace came to announce the imperial edict.
The only people in the Gu family, masters and servants, lined up in order according to their status and seniority, and knelt down to listen to orders.
After the noble father-in-law in the palace announced the imperial edict, he handed a volume of the imperial edict to Gu Tingrui with both hands. After Gu Tingrui took his hands, he stood up.
Your father-in-law took another volume from the side: "The Queen's Imperial Edict!"
Okay, everyone has to kneel down even if they stand up.
The Queen gave Gu Tingrui's eldest daughter Gu Wanxin a wishful hand.
After Xining thanked him, he took the plate with Ruyi. The unmarried boudoir girl was imprisoned and her reputation was somewhat damaged. The queen helped the emperor make up for it, and rewarded her as he wished, stopping everyone from talking about it.
Musk beside the old lady immediately secretly stuffed a banknote into your father-in-law's hand.
Your father-in-law has often taken it, and you can tell by touching it with your fingers that it is a five-tael silver note. His eyebrows couldn't help but stand up. Who is Han with five taels of silver? What he came here to declare was an imperial edict. Did he think it was a rope? He also brought a box of silver rewards from the emperor, plus a side of Ruyi from the queen.
The eldest lady deliberately made a bitter look on her face: "I have just settled down today, and there is almost no bed for tonight. I am neglecting your father-in-law!"
Oh, the house was ransacked, but everything was registered and taken away. In Prince An's Mansion, even the bricks on the ground were pried away.
Your father-in-law looked a little better: "There are extenuating circumstances, there are extenuating circumstances, so the old slave will take the first step." He is a pauper and is too lazy to talk nonsense. Besides, Gu Tingrui has always been mediocre, and he has no hope of becoming a successful person and becoming a highly respected official.
"Dear father-in-law, go slowly!" Everyone was extremely respectful. If you don't give enough money, you must be respectful!
It makes sense not to give too much. Weeping poor is better than showing wealth. If the emperor feels that their family is quite rich and comes back to take some money back home, wouldn't that be bad?
Enshrine the imperial edict in front of the ancestor's tablet. Everything was taken away during the house raid. Even the incense burner and candlesticks on the altar were taken away, but all the tablets were left behind and thrown randomly in the empty ancestral hall. The current altar and other items were just bought on the street.
After finishing the offering, go back and continue eating.
With the holy decree, others would not dare to accuse the Gu family's female relatives of having been imprisoned, and their reputation could be restored. The female relatives of other families may not be so lucky. Even if they do not enter the official kiln, they will be exiled together.
After eating, washing up, and lying on the bed. Xi Ning thought that the mission should have been completed. The body owner had saved his life and the reputation of all the female members of the Gu family had been preserved.
When I woke up, I found that I was still on a mission, so I could only get up with a wry smile and continue!
(End of chapter)