The Shunten Prefect is leisurely sipping his tea.
With the prince of the Imperial Consort, the Red Chamber has closed its doors and fewer people are causing trouble, so he can’t say how comfortable he is these days.
“My lord ……”
The magistrate stomped in.
The Shuntian governor’s good mood was ruined, “What’s all the shouting about?”
The magistrate wiped a handful of cold sweat from his forehead, “There’s a complaint outside, it’s the first daughter of the Minister of Household Affairs’ family, suing the Xu, Xu and Xiao families, and Song Wan Yue!”
Snap!
The tealight in the Shuntian Prefect’s hand fell to the ground, breaking it in pieces and spilling the freshly brewed tea inside, scalding him to the bone.
“Your Lordship ……”
The magistrate went forward to help him, but the Shuntian Prefect pushed him away, “Stupid, don’t help me over yet.”
In the public hall, not only was there the Xu family, Song Wan Yue, surprisingly there was also someone from the Ding Guo Gong House, but also, there was also the Minister of Household Affairs!
It had only been a few days since he had had a good time, but how could these people be so hard on him?
At the same time, the Grand Prince also got the news.
After hearing Wu Jin’s words on that day, he had completely left the matter of the soap behind for the past few days. When he heard the report from his subordinates, he remembered that he wanted to go to the Shuntian prefect at once, but when he thought that Song Yin might be Chu Yunxiao, he sat down again.
The second one is now vaguely overpowering him and he must be careful not to make any mistakes.
The second prince has also received the news and is walking around the house in a hurry. The man who went to Qingping County has not yet returned, and even if he had wanted to, he could not help at this time.
“Send someone out of the city to meet them, and bring them directly to the Shuntian Prefecture when you receive them.”
……
Inside the Shuntian Mansion.
The Shuntian governor also saw Madam Wen Zhong’s festering face and drew a few cold breaths. It was the hot tea that scalded her, and she couldn’t help it.
No, no, he should be thinking about how to deal with the matter at hand, not about whether or not people are in pain.
He shook his head a little and looked at Song Wan Yue, “Miss Song, is what Madam Wen said the truth?”
“My lord ……”
Song Wan Yue bent her back and was very respectful, “My lord, my daughter doesn’t know.”
The Shuntian Prefectural Governor choked.
Obviously, he did not expect that Song Wan Yue would still dare to be a hard-ass when it was so obvious.
“The company has been selling nearly 100 pieces of soap a day for several years, and never had a single customer come to us. It’s true that we recalled a batch of soap a few days ago, as Mrs. Wen said, but that was because the scent was wrong and we couldn’t deceive our customers. As for the fact that it can cause people’s faces to ulcerate, no one other than Mrs. Wen has come to us yet, so my daughter cannot be sure.”
The government’s government has been working on a number of projects, including the one in the area of the city’s capital.
“I don’t dare to think so, I just find it strange. The name of Mrs. Wen is not on the pamphlet we sell, and based on the hatred between Mrs. Wen and us, she would not be able to take care of our business, so where did she get the soap?”
The Minister of Household Affairs also choked.
The Shuntian Prefect looked at him.
“Naturally, it’s from someone else.”
“Who was the other person?”
The Minister of Household was anxious at the question, “Song Wan Yue, don’t bully people too much!”
“Your Excellency misunderstood, since Mrs. Wen said that her face was ruined because of our soap, I have to ask her how she got the soap, in case someone did something to the soap to frame us, we have to find out, don’t you think so?”
The government’s government has been working on a number of projects, including the one in the area of the city! It’s obvious that your soap is faulty.”
“How do you know? Have you used it too?”
“You ……”
“Miss Song is as eloquent as ever.”
The woman said, “You keep saying that our two families have an enmity, but I don’t know where this enmity comes from. I have never blamed anyone for the death of my husband. As for the things in your shop, I have bought quite a lot of soap and even rouge and powder, if you don’t believe me, you can have someone go to your house to check. It’s just that I’m afraid we’ll be embarrassed to see each other, so I’ve been buying it on trust, and as for who it is, it’s not that I don’t want to say, it’s that I don’t want to involve others.”
“I ruined my face, since then I can’t see people again, it’s only right to let you make amends and apologize, and I’m not asking for anything too much, it’s you who said what to do and insisted on coming to Shuntianfu.”
Song Wan Yue smiled faintly, “Mrs. Wen is also not allowed to be back then, still as scheming as ever. If your face was really the result of our soap, you should have stopped using it when you felt discomfort on your face. But you didn’t, instead you kept using it and let your face fester to this extent.
Mrs. Wen Zhong’s face changed, but her face was so festering that no one else could see the change in her countenance.
“My Lord ……”
Lady Wen Zhong knelt down, “There is still leftover soap in the house, Your Excellency can send someone to fetch it and have it verified on the spot.”
The Shuntian governor drew out a decree stick, “Someone, go and fetch the scented soap.”
……
Outside the city, a rider was running wildly, and after running thirty miles saw two riders of three coming oncoming, with two men sitting on a horse at the head.
“Phew ……”
Song Yin stopped his horse.
The men on the two opposing horses instantly raised their alertness, and Zhang Zhuan, who was sitting on the horse in front of him and was almost turned upside down and staggering, also looked over and saw that it was Song Yin and was overjoyed, waving towards him, “Brother Song.”
He had been brought to the capital by these two men after reading Song Wangyue’s letter, and had not stopped on the way; he felt that he would not be able to live until he reached the capital.
Song Yin threw him a cloak, and after he had put it on, he gestured for him to come down and said to the two secret guards, “I’ll take him to Shun Tian Fu, you guys go back to your orders as soon as possible.”
The two guards knew him and put the man down.
Zhang Zhuan staggered to his horse, was lifted by Song Yin and placed on his back, then turned his horse around and hit the ground running.
Zhang Zhuan tried to slow him down, but when he opened his mouth, the cold wind poured into his mouth and he hurriedly closed it and wrapped his cloak tighter.
……
The court officials went to the Wen House and quickly brought the soap.
The Shuntian governor sent another magistrate to get a doctor to come over.
Seeing Madam Wen’s face, the doctor did not dare to hold it in his hands and took a silver needle and stuck it in the soap, which quickly turned black.
The corners of Lady Wen Zhong’s mouth hooked up.
The Shuntian governor also tapped the alarming wood, “Song Wan Yue, what else do you have to say?”
Song Wan Yue was not alarmed, “Your Excellency, even if this soap is poisoned, it would not be us, we are open for business, we are looking for money, we would not ruin someone’s face for ten taels of silver, someone must have set it up.”
“That’s not necessarily true ……”
With the victory in hand, Mrs. Wen Zhong was in a rather good mood and did not have the aggressiveness she had just had, “Maybe Miss Song ……”
Knock, knock, knock!
The drums were beaten outside the courthouse.