This sudden change of events scared the soul out of Mama Qi.
Ning Jiu took her arm, and took off the ring on her finger. In the sunlight, the thin needles glowed a dark green. Mama Qi was an old martial artist, even though his face was ashen, he was still struggling in death, "Guard Ning, what are you doing?"
Ning Jiu did not speak, holding the ring, he turned the poison around and pierced it into her.
Mama Qi's face changed, and started to struggle as hard as she could.
Unknowingly, a group of people had surrounded them from the side. Morong Gan and Bai Qianfan were both there, so Morong Gan slightly raised his hand and retreated to the side. Mama Qi knew that the situation had turned for the better and lowered his head, saying nothing.
Someone slapped a pen and paper on the stone table and drank, "Write down everything you've done." "Our prince is merciful and does not plan to lynch you. He wants to hand you over to the yamen."
Mama Qi was a stone in the latrine, smelly and stubborn. She knew that the matter was exposed, but she still shut her mouth and did not speak. Even if Qing Zhi was unable to escape from this stage, the three lives in front of her had nothing to do with her. She decided to drag Bai Qianfan down with her even if she had to die.
Senior Servant Liu who was waiting at the front entrance was captured by Jia Tong and his people, telling her that Mama Qi had murdered Qing Zhi, and that she had been caught red-handed.
When the Senior Servant Liu heard this, she immediately fell limply to the ground.
The man sent by Madame Bai had already reached the front door, but after hearing Jia Tong's words, she was so scared that her neck shrunk and she didn't dare go in, instead she quickly went back to report.
Senior Servant Liu was brought to an empty room. There was someone attending to him with pen and paper. She tremblingly said that she couldn't read, so it didn't matter. She dictated that someone was writing for her as long as she drew. Although she was older than Mama Qi, her heart was not as ruthless as him. She did not have much courage, and knew the principle of understanding the situation well, and what's more, she was only an accomplice, not the main culprit. If she performed well, she might be able to save her life. Thus, she exposed everything in detail.
Patting the Senior Servant Liu's confession in front of him, she enunciated every single word. Mama Qi closed her eyes and sighed. Now that she had to admit or deny it, she chose not to open her mouth.
It was Morong Gan's first time seeing such a stubborn woman. But it didn't matter. There were ways to get her to talk.
"Throw her to the torture chamber, pull her nails out, pull her feet out before pulling out her hands. I want to see how hard her bones are!"
Just listening to the fingernails being pulled out was enough to make one's hair stand on end.
Mama Qi trembled as she bent over, sighing sorrowfully in her heart. In the end, she decided to tell the truth, at least she would suffer less before death. When she was young, she read private school for a few days, grabbed a pen, and wrote down all of her crimes. When she finished writing, she seemed to be relieved.
He then heard Morong Gan say, "Drag him to the torture chamber and remove all of her fingernails."
Mama Qi was shocked, her nose started to snot as she begged, "Please spare this servant, Your Highness. This servant is already a dead person. "Please spare this servant …"
Morong Gan's eyes were filled with frost, "It's precisely because you're going to die that this king punishes you a little. Otherwise, I would definitely not let you off so easily!"
Bai Qianfan looked at Mama Qi, who was crying profusely, and sighed continuously. Although this old lady was very detestable, to make her suffer another time just because she was about to die seemed a little inhumane. She licked her lips. "Prince, I don't think it's better …"
Morong Gan glanced at her, "Didn't you say that you could distinguish between good and bad people? This wicked woman has plotted to kill you several times, yet you still pleaded for mercy on her behalf?"
His face was serious and her voice was cold. Bai Qianfan shrank her shoulders and did not dare to make a sound.
After such a small period of time, everything was dealt with cleanly. The two criminals were sent to the yamen, and the crude girls in the backyard were originally bought for Bai Qianfan, but as soon as they entered the house, they were led astray by the evil wet nurse. They couldn't let even one of them stay, and were chased away along with the two that were sent to the Yang Liniang.
Raising two low-level maidservants from the Huailin Pavilion to serve in the Moon Reaching Pavilion. One was called Yue Xiang, the other was called Yue Gui, and they were all clever. They were on duty at Huailin Pavilion, so they naturally knew the rules more than the servants in other places, and with the help of four crude girls, the two servants were almost the same. When they arrived at that place, the Head Steward would scold them according to the rules, but the one who came was the Prince Chu himself. Previously, they had thought that the young miss of Bai Family was not valued, but now, it was completely different. The prince really looked up to the wangfei, the eight of them fearlessly stood there, all of them serving her with utmost concentration.
As for Yang Liniang, because she was about to leave the house, a servant did not bring her a servant, so she could take care of herself.
The little girls were diligent and returned back to Bai Qianfan's room. They placed all the items there where they should be, no longer having to worry about others envious of her things, they quietly took them away.
Bai Qianfan looked at the brand-new Moon Reaching Pavilion and was unspeakably happy. Finally, she had a courtyard that truly belonged to her, she didn't have to go out everyday, and she didn't have to worry about being harmed by anyone. There were people who controlled food and clothes, and there were people who attended to washing up and dressing up.
She cupped her hands in glee, touched the surface of the table, then opened the wardrobe to look inside. It was all new, from inside to outside, everything was ready. She touched the beautiful clothes bit by bit, unable to close her mouth from laughing. Inside, she had the Pearl Flower and Hua Sheng, which was gifted to her by Morong Gan. There was rouge and cosmetic powder, a beautiful comb, and also a delicate copper mirror. She had seen all sorts of good things, but never had one.
Morong Gan stood by the side of the door, looking at the happy Bai Qianfan, her eyes gloomy. To a wealthy noble king, these things could only be considered ordinary, but they made her so happy. One could imagine what kind of life she had lived for the past thirteen years.
Her smile was so infectious that he couldn't help feeling happy for her, but now and then the ache in his heart mixed together into a strange and complicated feeling.
He walked over and said to Bai Qianfan who was bent over and trying out the glass cup, "Let the servants handle this. It's almost time for dinner, come back after dinner."
Bai Qianfan lifted her head, but the smile on her lips suddenly disappeared as she walked to the side as if she did not hear anything.
When Hao Pingguan saw this scene, he couldn't help but cry out. What's wrong with Little Princess, he had not calmed down yet, the Prince has been very patient with her, don't refuse a toast and eat a forfeit.
Morong Gan knew that she was still angry about what had happened that day. It had already been two days, the little girl's temper was huge. "I'm just joking with you. You're angry for so long, the Mama Qi plotted to kill you, yet you're begging for mercy on her behalf. Is there anyone who would do such a thing?"
"I don't care about Mama Qi, it doesn't matter how bad she treats me, the Prince is someone I care about, I thought the Prince was sincere to me, but the Prince lied to me."
Morong Gan stood there in a daze, unable to speak for a while.