After the marriage, the cousin was spoiled by the whole family of the Marquis's Mansion

Chapter 149 Purge
Since when, rumors began to spread in the palace that the prince was going to take in a new wife.

Ji Yunzhang is still in mourning. If this news gets out, it will not be as simple as just punishment.

General Ji, whose coffin was carried by Your Majesty himself, is probably guilty of the grave crime of having his property confiscated and his title stripped away.

This was the glory that Ji Zhenming gained after spending decades at the border, even at the cost of his life. In the Ji family's ancestral tomb, there is only a cenotaph.

When Rong Peilan heard the old woman's gossip at the second gate, she got upset on the spot.

For the first time, the masters and servants of the first, second and third houses gathered together.

Even Uncle Ji and Uncle Ji San, who were on duty, were called back.

Uncle Ji looked at the people standing in the yard. Ji Yunzhang and Zhong were not there. Only Rong stood in front with her hands behind her back. He said unhappily, "Niece-in-law, you can go find your aunt for matters in the backyard."

Rong Peilan just raised her eyelids slightly, "Uncle, don't worry. If it wasn't a big deal, your niece wouldn't have asked anyone to call you back."

Master Ji Sanye remained silent. Although Rong was a younger generation, she was now the mistress of the Prince's Mansion. They had not yet separated. The third branch was just dependent on the Prince's Mansion for survival. What's more, his two sons were trained and promoted in the Northwest Camp.

Therefore, he cannot act arrogantly and act like an elder like his elder brother.

Rong Peilan looked at the people below. The Ji family had not split up, and the three branches together had a total of nearly three or four hundred servants.

"Is everyone here?"

Qingtan took two steps forward and said, "Madam, everyone is here except Menzi."

"Lock the door and call the doorman in."

"Yes."

Zhao had already heard the news and naturally knew why Rong Peilan had mobilized such a large force.

There are so many people talking now. If it were in private now, she would definitely say a few words.

Since you can't keep your man, do you have to beat all the women in the yard?
Let’s not talk about those outside, just look at those beautiful maids in her yard, are they all clean?

Rong Peilan watched Qingtan lead two doormen in.

She slowly raised her head and said, "Recently, rumors have been spreading in the mansion. Mother Zheng, you just heard these words from somewhere else. Now that everyone is here, go and find the person."

Mother Zheng was already sweating coldly.

When she was caught by the lady, she made excuses from what she heard from somewhere else.

Unexpectedly, the lady called everyone in the house over.

She walked out slowly. She had heard it in the big kitchen. She also overheard it as she passed by in a hurry.

She had nothing to do, so she started chatting with her friends at the second gate.

Mother Zheng stood up and raised her hand tremblingly, pointing at the group of people in the big kitchen. "Madam, when I went to the big kitchen to get food that day, I heard the people in the big kitchen talking about what I heard."

Mother Wang from the head kitchen was startled and immediately knelt down. She knew the mistress's rules and knew that she, the manager, would be the one to look for when something went wrong.

During the few months in the big kitchen, she didn't dare to take anything openly, but she still made some money secretly, so her life was much better than before.

The boys in the family also grew up tall and strong.

So she was always cautious and careful, for fear of losing this lucrative job.

"Madam! My wife Wang is famous for her tight-lipped mouth and never spreads lies."

Rong Peilan raised her eyelids slightly, "Can't find it?"

"Mother Zheng, Mother Wang, and all the servants in the kitchen are to be sold."

As soon as these words were spoken, these people immediately knelt down in fear. The maids and servants who were sold and driven out from the aristocratic families all had a bad end. No good family would want a slave who had made a mistake and was driven out.

Immediately, a young maid pointed at the two older maids and said, "Madam, I heard from the two sisters that the prince wants to take a concubine. I wonder if the old lady will pick a few smart ones from the mansion and send them to Yuhui Garden." Master Ji frowned as he looked at these trivial matters, "Niece-in-law, just for these things, you specially called me back?"

Rong Peilan knelt down and saluted. "I, your niece, would like to apologize to your uncle first, but this matter not only concerns the reputation of the Ji family, but also the life and death of the Ji family."

"Your Majesty is so merciful. He pitied my father's hard work in guarding the border throughout his life. Not only did he personally carry the coffin, he also granted him the title of Prince of a county."

"But now, my father-in-law has just been buried and we are still in mourning, but the palace has actually started to spread the word that the prince wants to take a concubine. Is this to tell outsiders that the Ji family despises the emperor's authority? Do they regard social norms as nothing?"

"Needless to say, as the Minister of the Imperial Household Department, my uncle should know the seriousness of this matter better than my niece."

"If we don't eradicate the unhealthy tendencies today, the Ji family will not be able to withstand the storm."

Uncle Ji's face immediately darkened. He knew the principle that when one prospers, all prosper, and when one suffers, all suffer.

No matter what happened to Ji Yunzhang, he, as his uncle, could not escape responsibility.

When Zhao caught a glimpse of her husband's face, she knew that the matter was serious.

She often talked nonsense in her own yard, but only in her own yard.

Could it be that the maids in her yard were not keeping their mouths shut?

Thinking of this, she looked at the maid beside her, who immediately pursed her lips and shook her head.

She just breathed a sigh of relief, but she caught a glimpse of the panic in her niece Zhao Yanlin's eyes.

Her heart immediately rose to her throat. Could it be that she was the one who spread these words? !
Seeing that Master Ji stopped talking, Rong Peilan continued to look at the two people that the maid pointed out.

"Tell me who told you to say this."

The two maids turned pale and said, "Madam, I, I heard Miss Zizhu and Miss Ziyan from Xufei Pavilion say this when I went to the flower room to look for the housekeeper."

Xufei Pavilion is the courtyard of Ji Huiwen, the second daughter of the first wife.

Zizhu and Ziyan were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they immediately knelt down.

Ji Huiwen also looked frightened.

"I, I didn't..."

After being driven out by Ji Yunzhang three times, she no longer dared to speak casually.

She didn't know anything else, but she was still in mourning period, so how could she not know that it was taboo to marry and take a concubine? She wouldn't bring bad luck to herself at this time.

Ji Huiwen caught sight of her father's angry eyes and was instantly startled.

Her face turned pale and she said angrily, "Where did you two hear these rumors? Tell the truth!"

Zizhu and Ziyan were frightened as hell.

"Your servant, it was that day when I heard the second young lady and the cousin chatting."

"The second young lady said that the cousin went to Yuhui Garden to show her courtesy again..."

As soon as the two maids said this, Zhao Yanlin immediately interrupted them crying.

"I won't live any longer. I just went to look for my sister-in-law that day, but the servants spread the story like this..."

Zhao immediately chimed in, "You are such a jerk, you say whatever you want. Don't you know that your cousin is still unmarried?"

Ji Huiwen almost fainted. How did this matter end up happening to her?

"No, what I told my cousin that day was that it's not the right time yet, and we should avoid going to Yuhui Garden."

Zhao Yanlin threw herself on the shoulder of the maid beside her, crying very sadly, "Sister Huiwen, since I entered this mansion, I have treated you as my own sister. It turns out that this is how I indulged the maid to plot against me..."

(End of this chapter)