Chapter 124
Yu Siyu has been practicing in the countryside for more than half a year, and her hand strength is not comparable to an ordinary lady. She has made Yu Miaoqi's neck clatter. If she continues for a few more breaths, she may be able to take Yu Miaoqi's life on the spot.
Yu Miaoqi's face turned purple, and blue veins burst out on her forehead because of her desperate breathing, which looked ferocious and embarrassing. She felt her head slowly clearing, and her chest rapidly expanded, as if she would spread her ribs open in the next second. She was about to die, so she could only scratch the ground helplessly, and her broken nails mixed with blood fell into the straw pile.
"What are you doing? Killing people! Someone is killing people here!" The scream made Yu Siyu's hand slightly relaxed.
Yu Miaoqi pulled her throat and quickly pulled her belt and breathed hard.
"Mother saves me! They want to kill me!" She turned her head and looked at Lin, who was shocked outside the prison door.
Lin rushed over, scolded Yu Siyu loudly, and then begged her to show mercy. The old lady closed her eyes and was unmoved. She heard the footsteps of the official running, and then she slowly spoke, "Let her go. No matter who she is driven by, she will lose her value without the Yongle Marquis' Mansion. Sooner or later, she will be abandoned like a piece of shoes and will not die well. I'll wait and see what the outcome will be."
Yu Siyu gave up and quickly tied her belt. Yu Miaoqi hurriedly covered her neck and climbed to Lin's side, hugging her thin arms tightly. All the women in the Yongle Marquis' Mansion were like wolves and tigers, and even dared to kill people if they got angry. No wonder they could raise a living king of hell like Yu Pinyan.
Shen Yuanqi was also following the official robes. He was wearing an official robe, but his hat was taken off and held in his hand, looking very tired.
In the court, the official hat must not be taken off at will. There are only two meanings for the actions like Shen Yuanqi: one is that he has been demoted; the other is that he intends to retire and return home. Shen Yuanqi is only in his early twenties this year, and he cannot retire and return home no matter what. Then there is only one possibility, he is implicated by the Yongle Marquis' Mansion.
The old lady came from grief and walked to the prison door quickly and asked anxiously, "Mr. Shen, are you?"
"The old lady does not need to blame herself. Shen is only suspended for the time being and has not eliminated his fame. Shen has asked the emperor for an order, so let you go out, please." Shen Yuanqi waved his hand at the yamen runner, and the man immediately opened the prison door and respectfully asked the old lady to come out. As the saying goes, a century-legged insect will die without being stiff. Although the marquis's mansion is in danger, the emperor still cares about his old love. No one dares to easily touch the old lady and others in this regard.
The prince has been banned now, which has caused a violent shock inside and outside the court. This morning, many officials listed as the prince to plead, and the generals also strengthened the loyalty of Chen Yu Dutong. However, with the conclusive evidence, Emperor Cheng Kang could not listen to anything. All those who pleaded were severely scolded by him, and several officials who had always had acquainted with the prince and Yu Pinyan were suspended for investigation. Shen Yuanqi was one of them.
The old lady was ashamed and looked behind him hopefully.
Shen Yuanqi glanced at Yu Miaoqi who was hugging Lin and said in a gentle voice, "The old lady will leave with Shen first, and let the next thing be discussed after you have settled it. It is unlucky here, so it is not advisable to stay for a long time."
The old lady nodded and walked out slowly with the help of Yu Siyu. Unexpectedly, in such a dangerous time, it was Shen Yuanqi who came to help. It can be seen that the Shen family is full of affection and righteousness. She was really wrong. She should not hinder Xiang'er for the sake of so-called moral integrity and shame. As long as everyone is well and live together safely and happily, it is more important than anything else.
Thinking of his granddaughter who was already disloyal to him and his grandson who was unknown to him, the old lady cried bitterly after getting on the carriage.
Yu Miaoqi naturally didn't dare to touch the old lady's side, so she followed Lin into another carriage. Shen Yuanqi was suspended and investigated? Well, it was really a killing of two birds with one stone. She lowered her eyes and smiled secretly. When she passed by the Yongle Marquis' Mansion with seals, she lifted up the curtains and looked at it for a long time.
The two returned to the Lin house, collapsed the brazier and swept it with grapefruit leaves, and then sat down and spoke.
"Tell me honestly, did the evidence of those crimes be released by that person? Do you know what you are doing? Your surname is Yu, and after the Yu Mansion collapses, you are the one who is a criminal offender. Don't talk about the prince Longsun, even ordinary people will not marry you! How can you frame your brother? No matter what he is, he will be your brother!" This is the first time Lin is so harsh to his daughter.
Yu Miaoqi refused to admit it, saying that she asked the man to find Sun Mingjie to marry Yu Xiang, and she didn't know anything about it.
Lin repeatedly asked several times, but when she saw that she looked firm and full of grievances, she believed it. Only then did she return to her gentle appearance and let her go back to her room to rest. As a mother, who would like to think about her children in the wrong way?
Yu Miaoqi bowed and took a break, and after returning to the room, she lay on the bed and sneered. What if she had committed the crime? She did not tell Lin that when Yu Siyu pushed her into the water and wanted to drown, she saw many wonderful scenes.
She saw that she became the fourth prince's concubine, and the fourth prince was deeply in love with her and was favored by the pepper house. She also saw that she bought adultery and assassinated Yu Pinyan on the battlefield, and then gave him a charge of understanding foreign enemies and defeating the prince. In the end, the fourth prince ascended the throne and became the queen. With the overwhelming power in her hands, she turned to the Yu family to rehabilitate her, and used the charge of frame-up to destroy the fifth prince, who was already Prince Xian at that time.
The fifth prince was sentenced to beheading the Wumen Gate, and the Yongle Marquis's Mansion was wronged and snowed. The dead Yu Pinyan was posthumously named Duke of Yu, and the Yongle Marquis' Mansion went further. However, because Yu Pinyan was not married and had no children, she chose a young child from the side branch and handed it over to the old lady to raise it, so as to inherit the title and continue the supreme glory of the Yu family.
In those scenes, the huge Yongle Marquis Mansion was played with by her, and she could say that she could stand up, but she could touch her mouth gently. Everyone, including the old lady, regarded her as a god and dared not be disrespectful.
Turning hands to make clouds and rain, this is the taste of power, so real and close. She believed it almost instantly, that was her fate in the future. The fourth prince looked at her so gentle and passionate, just like the look when Yu Pinyan looked at Yu Xiang. So even after she was already an official, she was not in a hurry at all.
She believed that the Fourth Prince would not give up on himself.
While he was thinking about it, Lin came in with a brocade box and whispered, "This is what the man sent just now. He also brought you a message to you, so that you can bear it for the time being. He will find a way to get you a new identity."
Lin always thought that the other party made friends with his daughter for the sake of Yu Pinyan's power. Now that he is so persistent, she feels relieved.
Yu Miaoqi smiled sweetly in the brocade box—
Shen Yuanqi placed the old lady and others in a village outside the suburbs, and handled everything properly. Even the servants of the Yu Mansion were also taken in. My sister had already chased Xijiang, and when she came back, she would have to marry Yu Pinyan and had no other way out. In order for her sister to live comfortably in her in-laws' house in the future, he could only please the old lady.
The old lady used grapefruit leaves to sweep the hem of her clothes, and before she could sit down, she asked anxiously, "Where is Xiang'er? Why didn't she see her coming? Are you still blaming me?"
My sister didn't even want her life for Yu Pinyan, so Shen Yuanqi naturally wouldn't hide it and not mention it. It was time for the old lady to see what kind of affectionate and kind granddaughter-in-law she had found.
Thinking of this, Shen Yuanqi told him frankly, "One night, Xiang'er dreamed that the marquis was hit by a ravine and fell into Wujiang, but she left and went to Xijiang to find someone without saying goodbye. I don't know where she is now, and it has been almost two months since there has been no news." In fact, Yu Pinyan had already sent a letter to Ping An. He could only say this in order to make the old lady realize the value of her sister.
The old lady was really moved when she heard this. The tears that had just been wiped off began to fall again. She shouted the name of her baby granddaughter in a stack of voices, beat her chest and scolded her, bluntly saying that she was wrong.
Seeing that she was so excited, Shen Yuanqi had to comfort her with kind words, and hurriedly ordered someone to cook ginseng tea.
The old lady drank ginseng tea and then wiped away her tears, saying word by word, "Mr. Shen, I am narrow-minded. They are in love with each other and should be together. What can others say to you? If they can come back safely, the old man will definitely hold a prosperous and lively wedding for them, and the dowry and betrothal gifts are all from the old man. Xiang'er is a good child, and there is no better child than her." After a while, she whimpered again.
Yu Siyu hurriedly wiped her tears, and she started crying as she wiped her.
Shen Yuanqi wanted to reveal the news of their safety, but was afraid that there were too many people here and that would ruin the emperor's plan, so he had to force himself to suppress it—
In the western border, Yu Pinyan dispatched Fang Da's 50,000 troops and rushed to Chapu City from Xingluoda overnight. Fifty thousand troops were connected in a line, with smoke and dust rising high behind him. The soldiers held the swords of cold light and rushed forward with loud roars. The momentum was so vast that it seemed as if thousands of troops were attacking, and it seemed that the tide was about to swallow people.
The second prince of the Western Yi siege was originally a show. He only sent a row of cavalry to yell at the city gate every day, and the rest stayed in the camp to have a drink and have fun, playing with the army and prostitutes. Therefore, when Yu Pinyan came, he didn't even wear pants, only a battle robe, and hurriedly climbed onto the horse with bare legs.
Seeing the smoke and dust in the sky, he became timid first, and then saw the huge team quickly gathered together into a force to rush towards the central army. He turned his horse and was about to run away. The commander was in chaos, and the soldiers were even more panicked. There were no need for the Han army to take action for a while. There were tens of thousands of people who were trampled to death by their own people.
Seeing this, the generals in the city quickly opened the city gate and rushed to help. With the help of the inside and outside, they killed the 200,000 army without leaving any armor. Then they chased the second prince and continued to march towards Ulanqab and Fengxing City, intending to regain the two cities in one go.
The vanguard general Xu Mao had to gallop with the army and rode his horse to the resurrected commander, his murderous gaze made his bones cold. Yu Pinyan came back, and he was afraid that he would have no way to survive, so he killed him again. What should he do? Suddenly, he thought of the 50,000 troops dispatched by the other party privately, and he quickly calmed down and smiled coldly!
Chapter completed!