Amid Xie Yurui's hysterical screams, two guards forcibly took her out of the study yard.
Caixia and other maids were still waiting outside the courtyard gate. They were shocked to see Xie Yurui being carried out with disheveled hair: "Concubine... Concubine..."
Caixia and the other maids were all frightened and confused.
Didn’t the empress go in and complain?
How could it...become like this?
Uncle Zhou came out at this time and saw Caixia and others: "I almost forgot about you."
He waved and called a few guards, saying in a bored tone: "The concubine has made a big mistake. If these maids cannot admonish the master, they will all be taken away. Each of them will be beaten with a cane twenty times and will be fined half a year!"
"..."
Caixia waited for the maids' expressions to change drastically, then she knelt down and said, "Steward Zhou, please spare your life!"
"What did the slaves do wrong?"
Uncle Zhou waved his hand impatiently: "You should think about what you did wrong. Take them all down to receive the punishment. Don't disturb the prince!"
"Yes!" The guards immediately rushed up and took away these maids who were crying for mercy.
It was finally quiet in front of the study courtyard.
Uncle Zhou thought for a moment, then called the boy and asked, "Where is Miss Shen?"
The boy replied cleverly: "I heard from the guard in front of the mansion that Miss Shen went to the county lord's mansion next door half an hour ago."
"I know, you can go down."
Uncle Zhou waved his hand and walked towards the gate of the palace.
After leaving the palace, as soon as he walked to the door of the county lord's palace next door, he bumped into Xiao Lingyue who was coming out. He hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Miss Shen."
"Uncle Zhou? You came just in time. I have something to ask you." Xiao Lingyue's expression was not very good, and her eyebrows were slightly frowned.
"Is it about the concubine? This is why I came to see the girl." Uncle Zhou said with a smile.
Xiao Lingyue was stunned: "What does it have to do with Xie Yurui?"
Uncle Zhou was also stunned and said hesitantly: "The concubine just went to the study to complain to the prince, saying that you injured her..."
Xiao Lingyue understood and sneered in her heart: "So, Zhan Beihan asked you to come to me and plan to raise an army to hold you accountable?"
Uncle Zhou: "..." Ouch!
Where do you start talking about this?
The prince never said he wanted to question Miss Shen.
Zhou Bogang wanted to deny it, but Xiao Lingyue said with some annoyance: "I know! We'll talk about the concubine later, I have other things to do."
Uncle Zhou had no choice but to swallow his explanation: "What can I do for you?"
"You told me before that the County Lord's Mansion can be repaired in ten days and a half at most. The craftsmen also guarantee this, right?"
"That's right!" Uncle Zhou wondered, "What? Did they dissatisfy the girl in any way?"
Xiao Lingyue laughed angrily: "It's not that I'm dissatisfied, it's that I came over today to see that they have almost demolished all the houses in the mansion! They say that the houses are old and must be demolished and rebuilt. This is the ten days you are talking about, Uncle Zhou. Can it be repaired in half a month?"
"......ah?"
Uncle Zhou looked shocked: "Tear down the house? How could it be possible? The foreman didn't tell the old slave... How could they have such courage!"
Repairing a house and tearing it down and rebuilding it are two different concepts.
Not only will the construction period become very long, but the materials and prices will not be of the same grade.
It is absolutely impossible for those craftsmen to dare to do this without receiving clear orders.
Seeing Uncle Zhou's surprised expression, Xiao Lingyue's eyes flashed with suspicion: "Uncle Zhou, you don't know either?"
"The old slave never asked them to demolish the house in the county lord's mansion. He only ordered them to repair and renovate it according to Miss Shen's request. How dare they do this!" Uncle Zhou was a little frightened and angry.
Xiao Lingyue narrowed her eyes and said, "Isn't it the Thirteenth Princess who caused the trouble again?"
She couldn't grab Xiao Lingyue's county mansion, so she sent people to destroy it and suffered a big loss, so she tried to trick people and directly demolished Xiao Lingyue's county mansion? This chapter has been completed!