sbdcsierra Chapter 170 Threatening Madam Gong
Chapter 170 Threatening Madam Gong
At the same time, after seeing off Zhang and Xiao Rong, mother and daughter, Rong Enqing began to inquire about what happened in the mansion.
Everything was just as Rong Enqing saw it. Zhang was arrogant, and little Rong stood by and watched. While she was not at home, Yun Ye went to the academy, Zhang never left the house, and Yun Shu was unable to take responsibility, so the servants in the marquis's mansion suffered.
First, the gatekeeper's servant was tripped by the maid next to Zhang and broke his leg. Then Nanshan and others were beaten and punished. Even Chunyu and Chuncao who were hiding in the house were not spared.
The only person in the entire Baishou Hall who escaped the disaster was A Shou!
Because she cooked a good lunch, Zhang and Xiao Rong couldn't find any fault with her. So she was lucky enough to escape. In fact, it was mainly because she hid in the kitchen and didn't show her face in front of Zhang.
However, Rong Enqing was certainly angry about the servants being beaten and punished. But what really concerned her was that she had not seen the shadow of Madam Gong from beginning to end!
When Zhang's mother and daughter were showing off in the Marquis' Mansion, where was Nanny Gong?
If she could stand up, with her status as a female emcee and her experienced methods, could she not deal with a reckless and ignorant fool like Zhang?
"I'm sorry, Madam, it's all my fault. I'm willing to be punished." Nanny Gong knelt on the ground, sincerely admitting her mistake without making any excuses for herself.
Rong Enqing looked at Madam Gong calmly and asked, "Madam Gong, did you do this on purpose?"
Madam Gong lowered her head and said, "I don't know what Madam is talking about."
"Haha, is that so?" Rong Enqing looked at Nanny Gong with cold eyes.
After thinking for a moment, Rong Enqing suddenly laughed, "Madame Gong, I guess this is His Majesty's test of me, right?"
Nanny Gong suddenly looked up at Rong Enqing, her eyes full of sudden shock and astonishment.
Nanny Gong lowered her head again under Rong Enqing's gaze that seemed to see through everything, but a deep sense of uneasiness surged in her heart.
"Why was the Rong family able to enter the capital? Why was my good-for-nothing elder brother able to be promoted?" Rong Enqing held his chin with his hand and chuckled, "If I'm guessing correctly, all this was the emperor's intention, right?"
"I have surrendered to His Majesty, but what about the Rong family behind me? Is the Rong family involved with Marquis Yong'an?
"If the Rong family is involved with Marquis Yong'an, what will be my attitude when facing the Rong family?
"I think it's not surprising that His Majesty would have such concerns."
Rong Enqing thought for a moment and said, "In fact, the Rong family might really be involved with the Marquis of Yong'an, so the emperor invited the Rong family to the capital, just to catch the turtle in the jar."
After a pause, Rong Enqing continued to speculate as Nanny Gong's face became increasingly ugly: "We have the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites, but what about the Minister of Rites? Will he also be transferred back to Beijing from another place? Will the person transferred back also be related to the rebellion of Marquis Yong'an?
"Among the dozen or so officials who were fired this time, how many were spies planted by Marquis Yong'an? And how many were just covering up for those people?
"It is said that among the dozen officials who were fired this time, half of them were grassroots officials of the Ministry of Personnel. The Ministry of Personnel is far more important than the Ministry of Rites. Madam Gong, how do you think these people were placed there?"
Madam Gong trembled slightly, looked up at Rong Enqing with a pale face, and asked, "Madam, what do you want to do by saying this?"
Rong Enqing possessed the body, closing the distance between him and Madam Gong, and said in a cold tone: "I don't want to do anything. I just want to tell you that I can surrender to His Majesty and help Him dig out the remnants of Marquis Yong'an, or I can destroy His Majesty's plan."
Madam Gong suddenly widened her eyes and looked at Rong Enqing in disbelief: "Madam, do you know what you are saying?"
"I know!" Rong Enqing said with a crazy smile, "I'm threatening you! Tell me, if I really ruin the emperor's plan and let those people take precautions in advance, will you and Xiu Zhang still have a chance to survive?"
"Don't tell me that I can't live with such bullshit. Because I know that even if Yong'an Hou and his followers are all caught one day, I may not survive. So, I don't care!"
Nanny Gong broke out in a cold sweat. It was the first time she discovered that Rong Enqing was actually a hidden lunatic!
"What exactly do you want to say?" Madam Gong looked at Rong Enqing solemnly and asked in a deep voice, "You have said so much, what exactly do you want?"
Rong Enqing sat up straight again, looked down at Madam Gong, and said in a serious and earnest tone: "I don't care about the future, I only live in the present. As long as I am alive, I will protect the people around me. These people include my grandchildren and all the maids in my yard! So, I don't want what happened today to happen again!"
Matron Gong looked at Rong Enqing in disbelief, her eyes full of shock and confusion, "You, you said so much, guessing the emperor's intentions, and threatening to die, just for those little girls who were beaten and punished today?"
Nanny Gong couldn't believe that Rong Enqing's purpose was just this!
However, the truth is just this!
Rong Enqing repeated solemnly: "Madame Gong, for the sake of your mission and for your and Xiu Zhang's lives, I ask you to protect the maids in Baishou Hall from now on. Don't let them suffer from something like today again. Otherwise, I don't know what I will do.
"Do you understand, Madam Gong?"
"Old slave, I understand." Madam Gong agreed with an unpleasant expression. Fortunately, it was just a false alarm!
However, isn't Mrs. Rong's mental state a little unstable? Should this matter be reported to His Majesty?
Nanny Gong retreated with a heart full of fear and hesitation.
After she left, Rong Enqing turned to look at Xiu Zhang, smiled softly, and added: "Those people include you."
Xiu Zhang was stunned when he heard this incoherent sentence. Perhaps he was unable to react for a moment, or perhaps he could not believe what he heard.
At this time, Rong Enqing continued, "As long as I live, I will protect you like I protect others. After all, you are also a maid in my Baishou Hall! You will not lack anything they have!"
"Madam!" Xiu Zhang was deeply shocked.
She could tell whether Rong Enqing's words were false or sincere. That was why Rong Enqing's sincerity moved her again and again.
Just like just now, she knew clearly that once the words she said were heard by the emperor, she would not live to see tomorrow. However, for the sake of the little girls in Baishou Hall, she still said it.
At this moment, the selfish Rong Enqing in Xiu Zhang's heart, who was willing to sell out his ancestors in order to survive, was completely replaced by the old man in front of him who was loyal, resolute, courageous, kind and charitable.
At this moment, Yannian hurried in to report: "Madam, the second young lady is injured! She is being treated in Jimin Hall now!"
"You what!?"