The news of Hao Jiaojiao's death outside the city reached the emperor's ears that day.
At that time, the emperor was painting a landscape painting. When someone from the palace came to report that Meng Duiwan had killed Hao Jiaojiao with his own hands, the emperor's hand paused and a huge ink droplet fell on the painting, which was instantly destroyed.
A complete landscape painting.
The emperor frowned slightly and put down the pen in his hand: "What a pity for this painting!"
The palace man said nothing and knelt there with his head lowered.
After a long time, the emperor crumpled the ruined landscape painting into a ball and threw it aside. Then he looked at the palace people: "People are killed when they leave the city?"
"Yes!" the palace attendant responded, "It is said that Miss Meng even told Mrs. Hao that she was allowed to run a hundred steps. As long as she could run a hundred steps, she would be let go! After just dozens of times, Mrs. Hao didn't do anything.
Can run a hundred steps!"
The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly: "I originally thought that this daughter of the Meng family, raised in the south of the Yangtze River, would be a delicate woman, but now it seems that she is also a powerful one. After all, the daughter of the Meng family is still a daughter of the Meng family, and she is not inferior to the men at all!"
The palace man hesitated for a long time, then asked: "What about this case..."
"Hao Jiaojiao accidentally fell to her death. What's the case?" The emperor raised his eyebrows slightly, and then said, "Since the Meng family dared to let Meng Duiwan do this, they would naturally find a way to settle the matter! By the way,
Tell the people below that if anyone who has no vision goes to sue the officials, remember to tell them not to interfere, the Meng family is not to be trifled with!"
The palace man responded and went down.
Hao Jiaojiao died miserably, but unfortunately, there was not even a person to collect her body.
Hao Jiaojiao's body lay in the snow all night. It wasn't until early the next morning that people from the Wuchang Marquis Mansion came to collect the body. It was Mrs. Sun who came, and they dug the body out of the snowdrift.
By that time, the body had already hardened and was frozen hard. It took a lot of effort to move the frozen body to the cart.
To be honest, Mrs. Sun also felt unlucky, but now Hao Jiaojiao had no relatives, and although she had nothing to do with the Wuchang Marquis Mansion, their family still failed to look past her and sent someone to collect her body.
Originally it was Su Xubai who came, but Mrs. Su refused to let him go no matter what. She had no choice but to suffer the consequences. In the end, she, the eldest daughter-in-law, was the unlucky one.
Mrs. Sun has been raised with honor and dignity since she was a child. She has never seen such a terrible scene. However, there is no way. She is the eldest lady, and also the wife of the Crown Prince. She is in charge of the inner courtyard. Apart from Mrs. Su, the biggest one is
He was shocked. There was no way Mrs. Su would be able to do this kind of thing.
Mrs. Sun originally thought of sending a servant there, but she thought that there were still many servants following Hao Jiaojiao, so she had to settle them down. She had no choice but to brave the wind and snow to come here.
Trip.
Someone came to spread the word just after Hao Jiaojiao died. Others said that she fell to death outside the city, but these words can only deceive those who don't know. How could a good person fall to death while walking?
What? He’s not some old man in his seventies or eighties!
It's just that Hao Jiaojiao has no relatives or friends now, so naturally no one will delve into this matter, just like Cheng Chun back then.
But even though she had thought of Hao Jiaojiao's death early on, when Mrs. Sun saw the arrow feathers stuck in her chest, she still couldn't help but look away.
"Madam, are we taking people to Yizhuang?"
Mrs. Sun suddenly came back to her senses. She looked at Hao Jiaojiao lying on the cart, was silent for a while, and then said: "Just take it to the cemetery, there is no need to leave it in the Yizhuang to create trouble."
The servant naturally understood what it meant. After all, what was said outside was that she fell to the ground and died. But now not only did she not fall to death, she also had an arrow on her chest. It was inevitable that someone would pass by in the Yi Village. If word spread, it would be a big mistake.
trouble.
After the servants took the body away, Hao Jiaojiao had time to deal with the servants who were with Hao Jiaojiao and the dowry she had brought.
Naturally, the Marquis of Wuchang would not covet her dowry, so he still called a witness to arrange all the people under Hao Jiaojiao, and then deposited all the dowry with Jingzhao Prefecture to wait for her uncle's family
Come on, give this thing to her uncle. As for whether anyone will come to fight for this thing during this time, it has nothing to do with him.
In fact, what makes Mrs. Sun feel the most sad is Hao Jiaojiao's servants. Because of a heavy snowfall, they have hid in the homes of nearby farmers. Some people have even begun to think about how to divide these.
property, but no one thought about collecting Hao Jiaojiao's body from the beginning to the end, not even the closest maid around her.
"You are her personal maid, how can you bear to see him lying in the snow, and you don't let anyone collect her body?" Mrs. Sun felt a little unbelievable, and even her voice became a little sharp.
The maid was silent for a long time, and then said: "I have a sister who was once her personal maid. Later, because she accidentally broke one of her hostas, she gave her a whip more than a hundred times.
There was not a single piece of good flesh on his body, and she didn’t give him any medical treatment. He lay in bed for five days, suffering from deep pain, and his whole body was rotting. He was thrown into a mass grave before he even died!”
Mrs. Sun was speechless for a moment. She looked at the maid in front of her for a long time, and then said: "Then what are your plans for the future?"
"Probably she was sold by Mrs. Ya again, and then went to work as a maid in someone else's house!" The maid lowered her eyes and didn't even move her eyes when she said these words.
Madam Sun couldn't help but frown when she heard what she said: "After all, you are not from my house, and I can't make decisions for you. But right now, you really don't have a master, and no one can arrange it for you.
, and no one cares about your food and clothing expenses. I have discussed with you, and I am going to return your deed of betrayal to you, and give you some money to disperse you, but all this is at your discretion, and you can also take it.
With that money, I can sell myself to the old lady again, or I can leave here by myself and find a place to settle down."
The maid suddenly raised her head and looked at Mrs. Sun: "Aren't you going to sell us?"
"You are not members of my family, and I have no right to decide how you will go in the future. But now that the Hao family is gone, and your only master is gone, I will give you some of her remaining dowry.
It is also decided by adults." Madam Sun said calmly.
The maid suddenly knelt down in front of Madam Sun, and then kowtowed: "Thank you, madam, thank you madam!"
Mrs. Sun couldn't help but sigh when she left: "I originally thought this Hao Jiaojiao was quite pitiful, but now it seems that she actually deserves it. Which noble girl in the city is like her?"
Cruel-hearted.”
"Who says it's not? Madam, have you seen the woman's arm? It's full of bruises and scars from old injuries. It must be that the master is unhappy in some way, and it's all blamed on him.
!" The maid next to Mrs. Sun couldn't help but say.
Mrs. Sun shook her head and sighed, her eyes full of confusion: "That's her personal girl. Whose personal girl didn't grow up with her? How could she be so cruel as to do this?"
"Isn't it because of this that she died in the snow and no one was willing to collect her body?" the maid said softly, "I am really a great blessing to fall by the eldest lady's side. If I fall into her
If you hold it in your hands, you may also die in a mass grave."
Mrs. Sun gently held the maid's hand: "How can there be so many people as vicious as him? There are still many good people in this world. I know that you and he are both maids. It is inevitable that you will think about yourself.
, but don’t you see that she has survived now? She will definitely have a good life in the future!"
Mrs. Sun's sympathy for Hao Jiaojiao completely dissipated at this moment. After he settled everything, he hurried back to his house, not wanting to stay here any longer.
As for Hao Jiaojiao's body, a hole was casually dug next to his parents' grave and buried directly in it. Even the tombstone simply read "Hao Jiaojiao".