Once the stewards left, the inner hall became much quieter.

Eunuch Cai was lying on the ground, his whole body soaked with cold water, his back covered with blood, and he didn’t even have the strength to open his mouth and beg his master for his life. He looked really pitiful.

Of course, Lu Mingyu and Li Jing didn’t mean to sympathize with him.

They went to the dining hall hand in hand without even looking at him.

After being busy for a long time, she was also hungry. She needed to fill her stomach first.

Along the way, Young Master Li Jing could not help but laugh a few words in a low voice: “The Second Huangzifei was so majestic today that everyone admires her. From now on, everyone in this mansion will be completely ruled by the Second Huangzifei.”

Liu Mingyu smiled and glanced at Li Jing, saying, “Doesn’t the Second Prince worry about the weakening of husbandly principles?”

Li Jing smiled openly: “On the day of our engagement, I was prepared to be weakened for the rest of my life.” ^[1]he is such a green flag!!!

Lu Mingyu: “…”

Lu Mingyu was angry: “It turns out that in your heart, I am a tigress.”

Li Jing laughed softly: “Even as a tigress, you are the most beautiful one.”

Bah!
Liu Mingyu laughed and spat at him.

Qiyun, who was following behind, breathed a sigh of relief.

Previously in the inner hall, Lu Mingyu showed off her power and defeated Eunuch Cai with thunderous force. She suppressed all the stewards to the point where they did not dare to breathe.

As a slave, she was very proud of her master! But she was also secretly worried that His Highness the Second Prince would be unhappy.

Fortunately, the newlyweds were deeply in love during their honeymoon period. Even though their master was a bit fierce at times, it didn’t harm their marital bond.

…

After lunch, Commander Zuo also returned. Everyone in the house, including the beautiful Lady Cai and the sturdy young Master Cai, was brought along.

Lu Mingyu didn’t say anything: “I’m a little tired, so I’m going to take a nap.”

She left the matter to Li Jing.

Li Jing nodded slightly, a coldness flashing in his eyes.

Lu Mingyu went to the dormitory to sleep for two hours. After catching up on her sleep, she felt refreshed and asked Qiyun: “Where is Your Highness?”

Qiyun replied in a low voice: “Half an hour ago, His Highness sent Eunuch Xiao Yuan with a message. Since the young lady was still sleeping, this servant did not wake up the young lady. His Highness personally interrogated Eunuch Cai and punished Eunuch Cai with thirty hits. Now he has entered the palace.”

It was not a big deal to deal with a slave. However, Eunuch Cai was Empress Qiao’s person after all. Naturally, Li Jing had to go to the palace in person and explain the matter to Empress Qiao.

Lu Mingyu nodded and didn’t say much.

Qiyun, on the other hand, couldn’t help but smile and said: “His Royal Highness is so considerate to the young lady! He can’t bear to let the young lady suffer any injustice.”

Otherwise, if this matter spread to the palace, Empress Qiao would definitely be ashamed and angry. Even if Eunuch Cai deserves to die, after all, he was sent by her mother-in-law. How could she dispose of him without informing her mother-in-law first?

Liu Mingyu fell silent for a moment and then said pointedly, “During the honeymoon, naturally, she would show me all her good sides. The truth will only be revealed in the future.”

Back then, she and Li Hao also had a sweet and loving time when they were newly married. It went without saying what happened next.

Naturally, Qiyun could not understand the meaning of Lu Mingyu’s words, and responded with a smile: “Let’s talk about the future later! Anyway, at the moment, His Highness is very, very good to the young lady.”

A man who could do this for his wife was very good indeed.

Lu Mingyu smiled slightly.

She did do it on purpose today, whether it was to test or take the opportunity to establish her power. In short, let’s take advantage of this matter to show off her sharp claws.

Now she was just waiting to see how Empress Qiao reacted.

…

Empress Qiao’s exclamation came from the Jiaofang Palace: “What did you say? Eunuch Cai dared to accept money privately and spread the news about the mansion?”

Li Jing’s handsome face was full of anger: “Yes. I interrogated him personally.”

“Eunuch Guo from the Ministry of Internal Affairs privately gave him a house. The house is worth two thousand taels. The maids, servants, and ‘ladies and gentlemen’ in the house were all sent by Eunuch Guo together.”

“Eunuch Cai is full of disloyalty. He had close contact with Eunuch Guo in private and told Eunuch Guo about the affairs in the palace in private. I had rarely lived in the palace for the past two years, otherwise, every move I made would have fallen under the eyes of others.”

“This kind of slave who betrays his master must never be kept. I have him beaten sixty times and imprisoned in the dungeon of the palace. Whether he can survive it depends on whether his life is strong or not.”

Empress Qiao listened. After hearing these words, she was so angry that her face turned green.

The first thing that came to mind was of course the anger against this villainous eunuch for betraying his master.

A few years ago, after the Prince’s Mansion was built, Meng Guifei in the palace first asked Emperor Yongjia to put her closest confidants in the Eldest Prince’s Mansion.

Immediately afterward, Qin Fēi also followed Meng Guifei’s example and kept blowing wind in Empress Dowager Zhao’s ear. Empress Dowager Zhao took action directly, bypassing Empress Qiao, and selected someone to go to the Fourth Prince’s Mansion.

Empress Qiao was depressed and had no choice but to choose the loyal and reliable Eunuch Cai from Jiaofang Palace. As for Su Zhaorong, she wanted to open her mouth, but as soon as she did, Empress Qiao poked her back rudely: “What? You can’t trust the person I selected?”

Su Zhaorong had no one to back her up, so she stopped talking.

She never expected that she would make a mistake and choose such a disloyal and treacherous dog slave!

“What are you doing keeping this kind of person alive?” Empress Qiao said angrily: “Kill him with a stick immediately!”

Li Jing said in a deep voice: “Mother, calm down, I will deal with it myself.”

How could Empress Qiao calm down? The more she thought about it, the more annoyed she became. She couldn’t help but slap the table hard: “It’s so disgusting! That Eunuch Guo must be Meng Guifei’s people. Except for her, no one dares to reach out of the palace and into the Second Prince’s house. Fortunately, you noticed it early and didn’t cause any trouble.”

Wait!

Empress Qiao suddenly remembered something and glanced at Li Jing doubtfully: “How did you know about Eunuch Cai’s private dealings with Eunuch Guo?”

Li Jing responded without changing his expression: “Speaking of it, this matter is all Xiaoyu’s credit.”

Empress Qiao was stunned again and frowned: “What’s going on?”

So, in Li Jing’s mouth, he had such a good wife who only thought about him and worried about him even before they were married. Lu Mingyu: “…Since we got engaged, Xiaoyu has made people pay attention to the people and things in the Second Prince’s house. She thought that as soon as she got married, she would take care of the housework for me and share my worries and solve problems.”

“She discovered that Eunuch Cai went to the private house. It was inconvenient for her to speak out at the time, so she only ordered people to keep an eye on Eunuch Cai. She didn’t tell me until this morning.”

“I was so angry that I immediately sent Commander Zuo to take people to the private house and brought everyone in the house into my mansion. This inquiry is correct. Eunuch Cai talks about being loyal, but he betrayed his master. I have only lived in the Prince’s Mansion for half a month, and there is nothing important to report back. Even so, he spread the news twice.”

“Thanks to Xiaoyu, otherwise, I would still be deceived by this dog slave and kept in the dark.”

Empress Qiao: “…”

(End of Chapter)