Jian Ruobing was decocting medicine in the backyard. Seeing that it was getting late, the Prince of Rui took the three children back.
In the Princess Mansion.
"Your Highness, the Fourth Prince, how could you get scratched?"
"Qiuqiu, why is your hand bandaged?"
Yan Mingli let out two groans. Why were they all getting hurt so badly!
Suddenly, he realized a serious problem. He turned to look at Shen Baozhu, his eyes full of fear.
Shen Baozhu felt nervous under his gaze. "Brother Mingli, what are you doing?"
Lin Yu: [Mingli must be worried about Baozhu.]
The Prince of Rui also noticed this. He immediately told Yan Mingli what had happened in the pharmacy. "Mingli, you don't know how scary that crazy woman was. Before I knew it, I sensed something was wrong and rushed to the backyard. Just then, I saw that woman kicking Qiuqiu and Baozhu. Then I..."
"Speak plainly," Yan Mingli had no patience to listen to the Prince of Rui's long - winded description. He just wanted to know the key points.
The Prince of Rui shrank his neck and condensed the story into one sentence. "The crazy woman just started beating people for no reason."
Qiuqiu remembered the heroic appearance of the Prince of Rui and actively helped him explain. "It wasn't for no reason. That bad guy was stepping on the medicinal herbs and scolding someone named Bing."
"She scolded Jian Ruobing for not being able to have children and said that the Du family was all hers," Shen Baozhu added.
Yan Mingli looked at Shen Baozhu, his expression full of fear. "Baozhu, are you hurt?"
Shen Baozhu shook her head. She was just kicked once. Compared with Qiuqiu and the Fourth Prince, it wasn't considered an injury.
After getting a definite answer, Yan Mingli let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, not all of them were hurt. He rolled up his sleeves and asked, "Who is that crazy woman who bullied you? I'll go teach her a lesson!"
The Prince of Rui calculated the time. Judging from Jian Ruobing's anxiousness, Jian Ruoshui's child should be gone by now. "She's taking the abortion medicine."
Yan Mingli looked at the Prince of Rui blankly. "What?"
The Prince of Rui briefly explained the feud between the Jian sisters. Yan Mingli was completely confused, but he keenly caught the information that this gossip could provide.
The woman who beat people was named Jian Ruoshui. She was having an affair with her brother - in - law Du Yunqian and acted recklessly relying on him. Now they were staying in an inn.
The capital wasn't very big, but there were still seven or eight inns. Yan Mingli thought about the situation of several inns. They came by carriage and had some power, so they should be in one of the big inns. He called a servant and asked him to visit each inn with his token to find out the inn where Du Yunqian was staying.
Then Yan Mingli patted the Prince of Rui on the shoulder. "Old man, give me a definite answer. To what extent can I bully others with my power?"
The Prince of Rui replied without hesitation. "As long as you don't kill anyone, this king can protect you!"
With this promise from the Prince of Rui, Yan Mingli gained confidence.
Qiuqiu shook Shen Baozhu's arm. "Baozhu, I should go home."
"Ah? Go home? Now? But you're hurt. What should I do? What should I do?" Instantly, all of Yan Mingli's confidence disappeared. He paced around anxiously, afraid that Mother Chen would blame him because of Qiuqiu's injury.
Outside the main hall, Shen Haiyan and Qingdai walked in, holding two bunches of candied haws in their hands. As soon as they came in, they saw Yan Mingli pacing around in circles. Shen Haiyan found it funny. "I just came back and saw you acting crazy. Did Miaochun dump you?"
Yan Mingli immediately stopped and retorted firmly. "Of course not!"
Shen Haiyan bypassed Shen Baozhu and gave the candied haws in his hands to Qiuqiu and the Fourth Prince.
The Dragon King: [What's going on? Isn't Shen Haiyan the one who loves the little cutie the most?]
Lin Yu: [Does Baozhu not like candied haws?]
Shen Baozhu tilted her head and curiously looked at Shen Haiyan. Relying on her intuition, she reached out to touch Shen Haiyan's cuffs.
Shen Haiyan bent down and let Shen Baozhu search on him.
But after searching several times, Shen Baozhu didn't find her share of snacks.
Shen Haiyan pinched her nose. "Third Brother really didn't bring you any snacks this time."
"Third Brother, are you out of money? Baozhu has money. I can give it to you," Shen Baozhu came up with a reason and even looked at Shen Haiyan with pity.
Shen Haiyan asked helplessly. "Is it possible that Third Brother has money but just doesn't want to buy snacks for Baozhu?"
Shen Baozhu stood on tiptoe and reached out to touch Shen Haiyan's head, muttering to herself. "Is Third Brother sick?"
"Pfft!" Qingdai's acting skills were not as good as Shen Haiyan's. She finally couldn't hold it in anymore. She took out a small bag of preserved fruits from her bosom and handed it to Shen Baozhu. "Young Master Shen isn't sick. This is the snack he bought for the little princess. He originally wanted to buy candied haws, but there were only two bunches. So Young Master Shen took a detour to buy the preserved fruits that the little princess likes."
The Dragon King: [It's a separate bag of preserved fruits. The little cutie likes a lot of snacks.]
Lin Yu: [Baozhu trusts Third Brother very much. If he doesn't buy snacks, it's either because he's out of money or he's sick.]
Shen Haiyan picked up Shen Baozhu. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Qiuqiu's hand. He frowned and asked, "What happened?"
Afraid that Shen Haiyan would blame the Prince of Rui, Yan Mingli rushed to explain the whole thing before the Prince of Rui could say a word.
After hearing the whole story, Shen Haiyan glanced at Yan Mingli. "What did you look for him for? Just report it to the authorities."
The Prince of Rui and Yan Mingli looked at each other. They both thought it would be too lenient to let those people off like this. Just as they were thinking, the Prince of Rui suddenly understood. "You mean, judging from Jian Ruoshui's arrogant behavior, she must have done this kind of thing before. Reporting it to the authorities is a proper way to solve it?"
"Yes. We're in the right in this matter. Why not report it to the authorities?" Shen Haiyan nodded. When Shen Yunfeng tried to harm him, the Princess of Jingning also considered reporting it to the authorities. But because Shen Heqing and Shen Danqing were going to take the imperial examination next year and Shen Haiyan also needed a clean family background, they had to give up this idea.
Yan Mingli thought it was okay to report it to the authorities, but he had a doubt. "If we report it to the authorities and go through the whole process, and then send people to investigate, it will take a long time. Won't that give that person a few more happy days?"
Shen Haiyan looked at the Prince of Rui. "It depends on whether His Highness the Prince of Rui has any acquaintances in the Supreme Court and the Ministry of Punishment. If there are, just lock that person up and let her out after the matter is investigated clearly."
"The journey is long. Even if it's close, it will take about a month to go back and forth. If this is the only wrong thing she has done, it's a proper punishment for her."
If she had done other things, she would be judged according to the laws of Dayong.
After hearing Shen Haiyan's method, the Prince of Rui looked at him with admiration. "Good idea! It's really a good idea!"
Yan Mingli was a bit proud. "Right? Now you believe it, right? Isn't Haiyan very smart?"
The Dragon King: [I'm not happy.]
The Dragon King: [We should beat Jian Ruoshui up!]
Lin Yu: [The Prince of Rui has already beaten her up.]
The True Man Qingyun: [Shen Haiyan's method is good. If we follow Yan Mingli's method, to some extent, it's abusing private punishment by relying on power.]
The Dragon King: [What's the difference? We're also going to lock her up. It's also using power.]
Lin Yu: [Yes, it seems so.]
The True Man Qingyun: [It's more discreet and leaves no把柄. Do you think Jian Ruoshui looks like a person who will behave herself?]
The Dragon King: [No. She beat people very skillfully. She should beat people often.]
The True Man Qingyun: [That's why this idea came up.]
The Dragon King: [What if Jian Ruoshui is a well - behaved person? What will Shen Haiyan do?]
The True Man Qingyun: [I don't know.]
The True Man Qingyun was just analyzing the reason why Shen Haiyan used this method. He wasn't Shen Haiyan himself. How could he know what Shen Haiyan would do?
The Dragon King: [Little cutie, ask. What if Jian Ruoshui is well - behaved?]
Shen Baozhu relayed the True Man Qingyun's explanation and the Dragon King's question.