The janitor of the Duke's Mansion looked at each other and immediately turned around and went to the backyard to inform the housekeeper and his wife.
In the flower hall in the backyard, Ming Lanruo looked at Mrs. Qin and signaled Chunming to take out the seal of the mistress of the Duke's Mansion.
"This seal originally belonged to my mother, so of course I can use it. Besides, my dowry is still in the hands of you and the Qin family. The more than 38,000 taels of silver last night will be considered as interest."
Mrs. Qin couldn't help but shouted: "Are you crazy? In the spring after the new year, it is the time for spring plowing and various businesses to start. According to the custom, every house and government will give out a large sum of money to the shop and Zhuangzi.
As the living money for year-round business and spring plowing, our government is the same. If you plunder that money, how can our shop maintain full operation?"
She never imagined that Ming Lanruo not only survived, but also attacked her and robbed her of all the money!
Ming Lanruo looked at Mrs. Qin's ugly face and felt very good. She took a sip of tea and said, "That's your business. What does it have to do with me? Aren't you the mistress of the house?"
It wasn't because she knew that the Duke's government would give Zhuangzi and his shop a large sum of money to do things after the New Year, she didn't bother to carry out the raid all night long. With so much money seized, it was enough for her to do a lot of things.
The nun beside Ms. Qin couldn't help it anymore: "My wife has been dead for so long, and now the Duke's wife is my wife. Miss, you have gone too far. The Duke will never bypass you!"
Ms. Qin also dropped her cup with a cold face and said, "Butler, please tell me, if I can't teach you a lesson today for your wanton behavior and causing trouble everywhere, I, the duchess of the country, don't have to do it."
Just let the Duke divorce me?!"
In fact, the housekeeper and a group of nurses holding boards had been called by Mr. Qin to wait at the side. When they heard the cup shattering, they had no choice but to lead the people in.
Chunming's face turned cold, and she put her hand on the handle of the soft sword on her waist to prevent the other party from moving rashly.
The housekeeper looked sad and was filled with embarrassment. He knew that Mrs. Qin was telling him what she said, and Mrs. Qin's reason for wanting to beat the eldest lady was indeed very good.
But... the Duke of Guo cares about the eldest lady the most. Before leaving, he said in private that he would take good care of the eldest lady.
Who knew it would turn out like this?
Now the Duke's wife threatens him with a request to go to court. Whether he, the housekeeper, listens to the order is wrong.
He had no choice but to look at Ming Lanruo and bow, and begged: "Miss, please admit your mistake to Madam and get the money back. If this matter gets too big, the Duke of Guo will not be able to worry about providing disaster relief!"
Ming Lanruo ignored the housekeeper and Mr. Qin. She looked at the broken cup on the floor with a pair of bright eyes, and said softly: "As expected of brother and sister, they all use the same method of throwing cups to make a name. There is no creativity."
Others didn't understand, and Mrs. Qin's heart trembled. Yes, her eldest brother said yesterday that he would help her deal with Ming Lanruo and ensure that she could sit back and relax.
But now Ming Lanruo is here well, but the elder brother has not sent anyone to tell him what happened and what went wrong!
Even the Empress didn't seem to know what happened, saying only that none of the people sent out had returned.
Ming Lanruo looked at Mrs. Qin calmly: "Aunt, you'd better not just try to teach me a lesson. There won't be any 'good things' that will keep you busy for a while."
Mrs. Qin felt inexplicably that Ming Lanruo's eyes made her heart skip a beat.
She still wanted to test the situation, but suddenly she saw a servant hurried in and said something in the housekeeper's ear.
The housekeeper was startled and immediately looked at Mr. Qin: "Madam, the Prime Minister of Dali Temple has come with people from the Five Cities Military and Horse Division. He said that there was a murder case in the Qin Mansion and he wanted to inquire about something."
Mr. Qin's face darkened, and he immediately looked at Ming Lanruo and said, "Please!"
Ming Lanruo smiled gently at her, pursed her lips and said nothing.
While Qin was feeling uneasy, the Dali Temple Prime Minister came in with the policemen from the Five Cities Army and Horses Division.
"Madam, Princess Ming, I'm sorry to bother you." The Prime Minister of Dali Temple bowed to Mr. Qin and Ming Lanruo.
They both stood up and returned the greeting.
"What happened? What happened to my brother and the others?" Qin asked anxiously.
The Prime Minister of Dali Temple looked strangely and said: "My condolences, madam, your brother is dead."
"What, it's impossible?!" Mr. Qin's face turned pale.
The Prime Minister of Dali Temple thought she was sad and coughed lightly: "This case is very strange. Yesterday, all the young and old servants in the Qin Mansion followed Mr. Qin to Zhuangzi to watch the spring plowing. The result of the inspection by the policeman and the police was that there were only
Uncle Qin belongs to the Qin Mansion."
"Although the other twenty corpses are dressed in the uniforms of Qin Mansion's servants, all of them are masters of weapons, and none of them are on the list of Qin Mansion's servants."
Even a fool can tell that the Qin family arranged the Hongmen Banquet for someone to kill someone, but who knew he was killed in reverse.
Mr. Qin's face turned pale and green in turns, and he looked at Ming Lanruo in disbelief.
She had already told the queen that Chunming was a master, but if Minglan only led Chunming alone, how could she completely kill twenty masters?
Who is helping Ming Lanruo? Is he nine thousand years old?!
The Prime Minister of Dali Temple saw that Mr. Qin had been staring at Ming Lanruo. He coughed again and said to Ming Lanruo: "Well, the strangest thing is that although the strangers were armed with weapons, there were no signs of fighting in the Qin Mansion."
"Then how did they die?" Mr. Qin couldn't help but ask.
The Cheng of Dali Temple looked a little blue: "This is the most bizarre thing about this case. Those people were bitten to death by various poisonous insects. Many of them were even sucked into mummies. Uncle Qin's lower body was eaten away."
He has been in charge of investigating cases for more than ten years since he joined Dali Temple, and he has never encountered such a strange case!
Mr. Qin's body swayed and he almost fainted. The others covered their mouths and almost vomited when they heard this horrific scene.
Ming Lanruo picked up a cup of tea and blocked the sarcastic look on her pretty face.
Beasts who can only think with their lower body should have this fate. Dahuang's disciples did a good job.
Dali Si Cheng looked at her at this moment: "I heard that yesterday, Princess Mourning went to the Qin Mansion at the time of the incident. Did you find anything unusual?"
Ming Lanruo put down her tea and said calmly: "I only arrived at the door and never entered the house..."
"It's her, she must have done it. Who else could do such a cruel thing besides this little vicious woman!" Ms. Qin lost her mind when she heard that her eldest brother died so miserably, pointing at Ming Lanruo and shouting hoarsely
call.
The Prime Minister of Dali Temple was stunned: "Mrs. Madam, why do you say that?"
Ming Lanruo raised her eyebrows with an innocent look on her face: "Yes, what my aunt said is unreasonable. What kind of hatred do my cousin and I have to kill him like this?"
Ms. Qin pointed at her angrily and shouted: "You are just because of me..."
"Madam, please calm down and wake up!"
The nanny beside her squeezed her arm hard, and Ms. Qin swallowed back the rest of her sentence - "He and I conspired to kill you".
Mrs. Qin took a deep breath and trembled all over: "You are angry and kill someone just because I asked your eldest cousin to help take care of your dowry!"
The Prime Minister of Dali Temple was stunned. This... is there such a thing in the Duke's Mansion?
"Sir, you see, in this world, there is a cousin who robs his niece's dowry, and then the cousin takes a swarm of insects and kills the cousin and a group of unknown people in a rage. Isn't it interesting?" Ming Lanruo Youyou?
Then he looked towards the Prime Minister of Dali Temple.
The eyes of the Prime Minister of Dali Temple twitched: "In mourning for the princess, human life is at stake, please don't make fun of me. This dowry matter is also a matter within the palace of your country and has nothing to do with this case."
He didn't want to be involved in the backyard dispute between the stepmother and stepdaughter, the Duke's wife and Princess Mourning.
Ming Lanruo nodded, smiled and said nothing: "Oh."
She told the truth. Dali Si Cheng didn't believe it, so there was nothing she could do.
Mrs. Qin pointed at her and said tremblingly: "Ming Lanruo, you still haven't told the truth. You failed to ask for the dowry. In the blink of an eye, my eldest brother died. You are still there. It's not who you are!"
Ming Lanruo held the tea cup and said calmly: "There is also the governor of the East Factory at the scene. He is nine thousand years old. He can prove that I have not entered. Why don't you go and ask him?"
"What?" Dali Si Cheng was shocked. Why didn't he receive the news? He only knew that people from Dongchang went to the Qin Mansion at midnight yesterday.
But this murder was so bizarre that it was not surprising for people from Dongchang to go there.
"Hahaha... You are joking. Qiantose is busy with official duties, so... how can you disturb him?" Mr. Marble said with a dry laugh.
"I had something to discuss with Princess Mourning yesterday. I heard that she went to the Qin Mansion, so I went to the outskirts of Beijing to look for her. When I arrived, I saw her preparing to dismount outside the Qin Mansion, so I took her directly back to the middle of the capital.
." A cold voice suddenly sounded outside the door.
The Prime Minister of Dali Temple immediately stood up and saluted the tall figure who came in: "See Nine Thousand Years Old."
Cang Qiao was followed by several eunuchs, who helped him sit down at the head and served him tea.
Cang Qiao waved her hand elegantly and casually: "No need to be polite."
Mrs. Qin squeezed the handkerchief tightly, feeling both hate and fear in her heart - it turned out that Jiu Qian was the one supporting the murderer Ming Lanruo, otherwise why would Cang Qiao appear here!
Besides Dongchang, who else could use such cruel killing methods?
The Prime Minister of Dali Temple immediately said obediently: "Thousand-year-old Master is still able to personally intervene in this common people's case despite his busy schedule. You really love the people like your own son and dedicate yourself to the whole life. You can set an example."
However, Ming Lanruo almost spit out the tea in her mouth.
"Cough cough cough." She quickly covered her mouth with a handkerchief.
In the officialdom, the old man is usually used as an honorific title for people with high authority, chief minister and above, just like the title of Lafayette. She only called him that when she was mocking Cang Qiao.
The Cheng of Dali Temple was the same age as her father, but he was so flattering to Cang Qiao who was obviously much younger than him... He also loved the people like his own son and devoted himself to his work.
Cang Qiao glanced at Ming Lanruo coldly and said casually to the Dali Temple Prime Minister: "Okay, you can go."
"Yes!" Dali Temple Prime Minister said immediately, without asking any further questions, Ma Liudi was about to sneak away with the people.
Mr. Qiansui has made it final that Princess Mourning did not enter the palace. Even if Princess Mourning really blew up the Qin mansion, it must have nothing to do with her!
Mr. Qin shouted unwillingly: "Wait a minute, you can't just leave like this..."
"Yes, you can't just leave like this. Since the Prime Minister of Dali Temple and Master Qiantose are both here, I have an issue that I want to invite you to settle." Ming Lanruo also suddenly spoke up.
Cang Qiao, Dali Si Cheng, and Qin all looked at her.
Ming Lanruo spoke quickly: "Before I got married, my father prepared a dowry for me, at least most of which were the relics left to me by my mother. Now, as my step-in-law, my aunt has seized those things and refused to give them to me. How can this be so?
It is the law of the Tianming Dynasty.”
Cang Qiao narrowed her eyes dangerously, was she trying to take advantage of him?
How did the Prime Minister of Dali Temple know that Cang Qiao's black face was directed at Ming Lanruo? Everyone in the capital knew that the Nine Thousand Years Old Master cared a lot about his sworn sister's niece.
Today I came here specifically to support my niece, and now I have a black face. Well, the opportunity to please me is right in front of me, so I can't let it go.
He immediately pointed at Mr. Qin and said righteously: "According to Article 81 of the Seventy-two Laws of Tianming, after the dowry has been given, the married woman's private property, that is, her husband, parents, brothers and sisters, etc., must not be misappropriated.
The Duke's wife should return the dowry to the mourning princess, otherwise she will be punished with twenty canes."
Mr. Qin almost vomited out a mouthful of old blood. He was so angry that he said: "You...you..."
Cang Qiao looked at Ming Lanruo's smiling expression, and he suddenly understood——
Ming Lanruo had clearly calculated that as long as he knew about the Qin Mansion, he would definitely chase her to the Duke's Mansion and ask her for details.
He came to settle a score with this damn girl, but she was directly used by her to force Tan to pay the dowry.
This damn girl is really itchy, even he dares to scheme against her!
Cang Qiao's face was as gloomy as the bottom of a pot: "..."