Chapter 297 Minglan Angrily Punishes Lady Kang
"Ruru, I have something personal to tell you." Madam Wang said.
"Oh." Rulan looked at the palace maids standing in the room and said, "You all should leave."
Lady Kang looked at Minglan and smiled, "Sixth Miss, please take me for another look."
"Aunt Kang, please come this way." Minglan extended her hand.
"Sister, Rulan, you guys chat while Minglan and I go shopping."
After Lady Kang and Minglan left, Lady Wang leaned forward and said, "Tell mother clearly whether Minglan is more favored than you."
"Mom, why do you always ask this? Didn't I tell you that the Crown Prince treats me very well, so don't worry about it." Rulan said.
"How can I not worry? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that if Minglan is pregnant, he will give her a legitimate status. If she is more favored than you, and she has a legitimate status in the future, will His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still come to you like this?"
Madam Wang looked at Rulan with a look of disappointment and tapped her forehead: "Can't you be more careful?"
"I know, I know." Rulan said impatiently, "You came to see me, not just to lecture me, right?"
"I know you should be careful. If she doesn't obey, her mother and brother are still in the Sheng family. Do you really think I can't do anything to her once she leaves the Sheng family?"
Madam Wang gave her some more instructions before getting down to business: "I came here this time to ask you, Your Highness, do you have any opinion on your father being the prefect of Kaifeng?"
"How would I know this? The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, not to mention that I'm just a concubine." Rulan shook her head.
"Then find a chance to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Madam Wang said.
Sheng Hong only tacitly allowed Madam Wang to come and visit Rulan, and specifically told her not to let Rulan ask.
But Mrs. Wang would never think so much.
"Mother, didn't I tell you that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics? Why do you let your daughter ask this?" Rulan shook her head.
She also knew the importance of the matter. If she asked Zhao Xing these questions, what if she made Zhao Xing unhappy?
"Silly girl, I'm not asking you to tell His Highness to let your father be the prefect of Kaifeng. I'm just asking you to ask His Highness if he has this intention."
Madam Wang said, "Your father became sick because of this."
"Dad is sick?" Rulan asked worriedly, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? Is it serious? I'll ask the Crown Princess to send the imperial physician back to see Dad."
"It's not a big deal." Madam Wang held Rulan and said, "I'm just worried that your father will keep thinking about it, and it will get worse. This is a mental illness, what can the imperial physician do? You can ask His Highness, and let your father give up."
Rulan hesitated for a moment after hearing this, and said, "Then I'll ask."
After all, she was still worried about her father's health.
"Yes." Madam Wang said happily, "By the way, ask His Highness if you can transfer your second brother back. It's not feasible for him to stay away from home right after getting married. And your eldest sister and brother-in-law, the northwest is so hard. And your cousin Kang Jin..."
"mother!"
Tathagata interrupted Madam Wang and said unhappily, "Do you think your daughter is the Crown Princess?"
Madam Wang was a little embarrassed when she heard this and said, "Isn't this asking you to try? Didn't you say that the Crown Prince dotes on you?"
Rulan was speechless and said, "Even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince dotes on me, I will still annoy His Royal Highness by doing this. Mother was just worried that Minglan would steal her love, and now she is asking her to do this. Have you ever considered it for her?"
Madam Wang's eyes turned red when she heard this, and she said, "I'm just thinking about Bai'er and Hua'er, aren't I?"
"Mother, His Highness values my second brother and eldest brother-in-law, otherwise why would he send them?" Rulan said.
"How can he be so important?" Mrs. Wang muttered.
In her opinion, given Zhao Xing's status, if he wanted to be promoted, she should just give him a high position and generous salary. There was no need to make things difficult for him.
Seeing that she couldn't convince her mother, Rulan turned around and said, "Anyway, I will only ask about Dad's affairs. I won't care about anything else. As for cousin Kang Jin's affairs, I will not care about them either."
"Okay, okay, if you don't want to, forget it." Madam Wang said helplessly.
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On the other side, Minglan took Princess Kang out of the main hall and took her to wander aimlessly in the yard without saying a word.
After walking for a while and seeing that there was no one around, Kang Wangshi sneered: "A concubine's child is a concubine's child, she only knows some seductive tricks to please men."
Minglan stopped and looked at Lady Kang with calm eyes.
"Why am I wrong?" Kang Wangshi said sarcastically, "You even said bad things about me to my sister. You are quite resourceful. Don't think that you are great just because you entered the East Palace and were favored by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Don't forget that your mother and your brother are still in the Sheng family!"
"enough!"
Minglan said coldly: "Although I have nothing to do with you, the Sheng, Wang, Kang and San families are relatives after all. I wanted to give you some respect, but since you are shameless, don't blame me!"
"you you…"
Princess Kang pointed at Minglan in disbelief. She didn't expect Minglan to dare to speak to her like that.
Minglan ignored her and shouted, "Someone come!"
"Sixth girl!"
Upon hearing this, the two palace maids who were busy in the distance hurried over and saluted.
"She verbally humiliated His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Take her to the Ministry of Punishment and give her twenty spankings!" Minglan said.
The Ministry of Punishment was the place in the palace where concubines, palace maids and eunuchs who made mistakes were punished.
There are some in the East Palace and in the palace.
It is worth mentioning that the place where Queen Kang was sent in the original drama was where the concubines who made mistakes in the Palace of the Ministry of Punishment were kept.
There were places similar to the Ministry of Punishment in the imperial palaces of all dynasties, commonly known as the Cold Palace.
However, the place where people were imprisoned was in a corner of the imperial city. This place was originally only for concubines who made mistakes, and people like palace maids were not eligible to be imprisoned.
Later, some powerful and wealthy families would send their women who had committed serious crimes to jail.
Zhao Xing sent Xiao Qin to the Ministry of Punishment.
"Yes!"
Upon hearing this, the two palace maids went straight up and held down Lady Kang.
"Let me go!" Kang Wangshi struggled, "She is just a concubine's daughter, and I am the aunt of Concubine Sheng."
The two palace maids who held down Lady Kang were the ones who did the rough work and were very strong, so Lady Kang couldn't struggle free at all.
However, after hearing what Princess Kang said, the two looked at Minglan.
"Do as I say. I'll take responsibility for anything that happens." Minglan said calmly.
"Yes!" Upon hearing this, the two palace maids dragged Princess Kang away.
"You are just a concubine's daughter, yet you dare to attack the concubine's aunt? You just wait for me."
"Sister, Rulan, come and save me, someone is trying to kill me!"
Rulan and Madam Wang, who were talking in the room, came out when they heard the noise.
When the two men came out, they saw Princess Kang being dragged to the gate of the courtyard by two palace maids.
Minglan stood not far away and watched.
When Lady Kang saw Lady Wang coming out, she said happily, "Sister, please save me! This little concubine is trying to kill me."
"Minglan, what's going on?" Madam Wang asked.
"Aunt Kang said that I only know some seductive tricks to please men. I'm just a concubine's daughter, so it's fine for her to say that. But her words are meant to humiliate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. I asked someone to take Aunt Kang to the Ministry of Punishment to be punished. It's also for Aunt Kang's good. Otherwise, if it gets to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, it won't be so easily covered up." Minglan said with a smile.
"You are talking nonsense, I didn't say that at all, you are slandering me!" Mrs. Kang retorted.
She was not stupid. She looked around while speaking. Apart from her and Minglan, there was no one else around.
As long as she doesn't admit it, Minglan has no evidence.
"You are my elder, why should I slander you? What good will it do me to slander you?" Minglan said lightly.
"Because I just..."
Kang Wangshi quickly reacted and changed her words: "Old Madam Sheng has always had a prejudice against me. You were raised by Old Madam Sheng. You deliberately slandered me just to get revenge on me!"
"Although grandma doesn't like my aunt, she doesn't have any prejudice against her. Even if she does, it's a grudge between the elders. How could I, a junior, get involved?" Minglan shook her head.
"You're talking nonsense." Kang Wangshi cursed, "You're just a concubine's daughter. Rulan is the one who's in charge here. Who do you think you are?"
Madam Wang also reacted at this time. Although she didn't know the specific reason, she naturally believed her sister more. She glared at Minglan fiercely, turned her head and said to Rulan, "Hurry up and let them release your aunt. If you continue to make trouble like this, you won't be laughed at."
Madam Wang thought that after she said this, Rulan would speak.
After all, Rulan is the one in charge of this courtyard, so those palace maids will naturally let the person go.
Not only did Rulan not give any orders, but she looked at Minglan and asked, "How many strokes did you give my aunt?"
"Twenty strokes of the cane."
"She is my aunt after all. Twenty is too much. Give her ten strokes of the cane."
Madam Wang: “…”
I asked you to ask someone to release the man, but why did you start bargaining?
Queen Kang was also dumbfounded.
Only Minglan's mouth twitched, wanting to laugh but holding it back, she said, "Then let's have ten strokes."
"Rulan, I am your aunt. Would you rather trust an outsider than me?" Queen Kang shouted.
Mrs. Wang also pulled her daughter and said anxiously, "How can you beat your own aunt with a stick? Hurry up..."
"Oh, mother!"
Rulan interrupted Madam Wang and whispered in her ear, "The matter has become a big deal. No matter whether it is true or not, it will be heard by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Who do you think His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will believe? If I just let it go, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will definitely be unhappy. How can I speak up about my father's matter?"
"This..." Madam Wang opened her mouth.
Rulan seized the opportunity and ordered, "Take him to the Ministry of Punishment."
Upon hearing this, the two palace maids who were holding down Princess Kang dragged her out.
"No..." Madam Wang came back to her senses and said, "It's not a big deal."
Even if Queen Kang really said that, at most it was unintentional offense.
The incident has passed. Even if Zhao Xing heard about it, he could not punish King Kang for such a small matter.
"Is it a big deal? But didn't mother ask me to ask about father? If His Highness is in a bad mood because of this matter, how can I ask?" Rulan said.
Mrs. Wang thought about it carefully and felt that what her daughter said made sense.
He could only glare at Minglan hatefully.
In her mind, this was all Minglan's fault.
(End of this chapter)