The divine doctor's concubine emptied the palace and went into exile

Chapter 302 The traitor will never die

It has been some time since she left Tianshun, and she must not delay any further.

After seeing Shang Ruoyi off, Wu Hai returned to Wu Tanger's room. At this moment, she was staring at the Dongzhu in a trance.

She had already taken a medicinal bath, and her little face was now rosy, a rosy complexion that seemed to have never appeared on her face before.

"Tang'er, it's getting late, you should go to bed!"

"Daddy." Wu Tang'er bit her lip and said after a moment, "Sister Divine Doctor said that I can go see the scenery when it snows. When will it snow?"

Her words made Wu Hai feel sad.

Over the years, she has always been in poor health and has never seen snow. She cannot stand the wind on weekdays, let alone winter, and has never even opened the window.

"Daddy doesn't know when it will snow, but now that you are well, when it snows, Daddy will take you to see it in person."

"Thank you, Daddy!" Wu Tang'er's face blossomed with a bright smile, which made Wu Hai's eyes red again. If it weren't for the Crown Prince's Consort, he would have to bury his young son with his old age.

Thinking of this, he became more determined to follow her.

It was already late at night when Shang Ruoyi and others returned to Li's house along the same route.

She had originally planned to say goodbye to her grandfather in the morning, but she didn't expect to see a familiar figure walking out of the back door just as she arrived at the back door of the Li Mansion.

Is this, Manager Lin?

Wasn't he at the farm where the pearl oysters were being raised? How could he be here?

Shang Ruoyi waved her hand and Ah Cheng followed her.

After a while, Ah Cheng came back.

"Miss, Manager Lin from the village went to Li Wenshan's village."

"As expected, he still has evil intentions." Shang Ruoyi sneered, "Let's go to the manor tomorrow to see what kind of trouble they can make."

Early the next morning, Shang Ruoyi and Li Xia Xia came to the farm.

Manager Lin didn't expect them to come, and greeted them in a panic: "Greetings, Miss, Master."

Shang Ruoyi saw that he was covered in water stains and couldn't help asking, "What are you doing, Manager Lin? Why are you so embarrassed?"

"In reply to the young master, I am currently selecting pearl oysters. A few days ago, news came from the palace that the princess wanted to make a set of pearl head ornaments for her birthday. I am currently selecting pearl oysters to present to Her Royal Highness the Princess."

Shang Ruoyi nodded when she heard this: "So Manager Lin has so much power that he made the decision without even informing the master about such a big thing as presenting the Dongzhu to the palace."

Manager Lin was shocked when he heard this. He didn't expect to be found out for his mistakes. He quickly said, "The palace needed it urgently this time, so I didn't have time to report it."

Li Xia Xia whispered, "This won't happen again."

"Yes, yes, I will definitely keep it in mind."

I thought I had gotten away with it, but then I heard Shang Ruoyi continue, "Since Manager Lin said he has found the Eastern Pearl Mussel, take us to have a look! What is the quality of the Eastern Pearl presented to the princess?"

Manager Lin gritted his teeth and glared at Shang Ruoyi. Why was this man so persistent? How could he prepare any Dongzhu? He just wanted to use the discarded beads in the past to fool people. The master said that it would be better if the princess got angry. In this way, the palace would blame the old man of the Li family, and the master could return to the Li family to take charge of the overall situation, and everything would be in order.

Now she wants to see Dongzhu, what should she do?

"Manager Lin, you are not lying to us!"

"How could that be?" Manager Lin smiled awkwardly, "It's just that the clam opening is very dirty."

"No problem." Before he could finish his words, Shang Ruoyi interrupted him and said, "It just so happens that I also want to go and see how you open the clams."

After hearing what he said, Manager Lin had no choice but to take them to the backyard, where he saw several women picking out Dongzhu.

Li Xia Xia said softly: "The servants working here have signed a death contract. If they steal, they will be beaten to death, so there is no need to worry about them stealing the Dongzhu."

Shang Ruoyi looked at the oriental pearls of varying sizes and qualities, and said in a heavy tone, "Manager Lin, are these to be sent to the palace?"

"Master, you don't know that the best Dongzhu was sent to the palace before the New Year. Now these are carefully selected."

Shang Ruoyi sneered: "Choose carefully?" She walked forward, held a pearl in her hand, and said calmly: "Is it a pearl that was carefully selected, or is it a plan to drag the Li family into trouble?"

Manager Lin was shocked when he heard this. How could she know?

"What is the young master saying? How come this old servant doesn't understand?"

"Don't understand?" Shang Ruoyi sneered, "I guess this is not the first year that the princess has celebrated her birthday. She has been raised in the palace since she was a child. She has seen all kinds of rare treasures. Now you are using this quality of Dongzhu to fool her, and on her birthday, the only princess who can use Dongzhu is the legitimate princess born to the queen. How do you think the emperor and queen will treat the Li family after your behavior?"

Manager Lin swallowed hard, and sweat dripped down his head uncontrollably.

"Master, I am wronged! I, I really didn't know it would be like this." He knelt on the ground and explained, "It was really because the palace needed it urgently that I didn't have time to prepare."

After she finished speaking, Shang Ruoyi came to a pond and directed her servants to salvage a few pearl clams.

When Manager Lin saw where she was standing, his heart sank.

The pearl clams in the pond have been raised for a long time and will definitely produce high-quality pearls. The few pearls he stole in the past few days were all taken from this pond. This morning, he also secretly opened one. Although the pearl was not big, it was very round and of excellent quality.

Shang Ruoyi had already seen how big the pearl in the clam was. After the servants opened it, the huge pearl appeared in the clam shell.

It was actually several sizes larger than the Dongzhu that had been presented to the palace previously.

She ordered people to open several other pearl clams. The pearls in each clams were round and big. Even Li Xia Xia rarely saw such top-quality pearls.

"Manager Lin, didn't you say there are no top-grade Dongzhu here? What is this?" Li Xia Xia said coldly, "How dare you lie to me."

"Miss, how dare I lie to you!" He said hurriedly, "It is unknown how well the pearl oyster will open. The pearl is inside the shell and I can't see it!"

Li Xia Xia thought about it and realized that what he said made sense. Just as she was about to let the matter go, Shang Ruoyi said in a cold voice, "Whether they don't know or are unwilling to take out the Dongzhu, I think Manager Lin knows it best." She turned to Li Xia Xia and said, "I wonder what the punishment for theft will be?"