Chapter 204: Posthumous Title

At this time, Prince Yi's nose and face were bruised and blood was splattered all over.

Zhao Yuanrong's hair was just a little messy and his clothes were stained with dirt.

The emperor heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that she was not injured and that Qu Ling's clothes were in order.

"How shameless!" the emperor was furious. "One is a prince, the other a princess, and you're fighting on the official road. Aren't you afraid that others won't laugh at you?"

"Your Majesty," Prince Yi spoke first, "I went to investigate the violation of the imperial mausoleum, but was beaten by these three men."

The emperor frowned, "Don't talk nonsense. Ah Ling is weak as a chicken, how could he possibly beat you?"

Prince Yi pointed at the blood on his head and said, "This is what your majesty said was done by the weak man."

"Your Majesty, your servant and my husband were paying homage to our deceased mother. The underground palace was too dark, and the prince suddenly broke in. Your servant thought he was a thief who came to steal from somewhere." Qu Ling said.

Prince Yi was so angry that he laughed at this ability to confuse right and wrong.

"Your mother is a commoner, divorced, and worthy of being buried in the imperial mausoleum!"

He was indeed led astray by Qu Ling and had not yet realized that he had said the wrong thing.

"Enough!" the emperor said coldly, "It was my wish that she be buried in the imperial mausoleum. Prince Yi, do you think I'm unworthy?"

Prince Yi's face turned pale and blue, "I dare not."

He couldn't swallow this anger. "It's just that Your Majesty originally allowed her into your mausoleum for burial. Now that you are the emperor and want to build another imperial mausoleum, this mausoleum is vacant. Burying an outsider in it is indeed inappropriate."

The emperor restrained his expression and said, "That's easy."

She threw a memorial to Prince Yi.

"The Dingxiang Marquisate has no successor. Princess Jia'an has been sensible and allowed me to take back the title of Marquis. I feel guilty about this and have already decided to confer her the title of Princess Jia'an. Since her mother, Madam Xu, is the mother of a princess, we will follow the custom and posthumously confer her the title of Princess."

Prince Yi was confused.

What nonsense is the emperor talking about?

"Since Madam Xu is the eldest princess, it wouldn't be against the rules to bury her in my old mausoleum."

The final word.

Prince Yi was anxious, "Your Majesty, this is absolutely not possible!"

"Why not?" the emperor cried. "Is my action cruel and unjust? Or is it shaking the foundation of our ancestors?"

Prince Yi stammered and couldn't say anything.

He just felt like he was a joke.

The emperor felt a little happier when he saw his deflated expression.

When Song Guang was around, none of these relatives dared to say a word, but now they are dancing happily in front of her.

"Although you two have your reasons for fighting, it has damaged the dignity of the royal family. You will each be fined for half a year's salary," said the emperor.

"Your son accepts the punishment." Zhao Yuanrong responded obediently, but when he lowered his head, he gave Prince Yi a provocative smile.

Prince Yi had a severe headache and could only retreat with resentment.

The emperor has much of the demeanor of the previous emperor.

He wiped the blood off his face and decided to discuss the matter with his clan members.

The emperor kept Qu Ling to talk for a few words, and specifically instructed that he would send someone to pick her up on the day of the grand ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven.

"A Ling, the man who killed your father is still imprisoned in the Jingzhao Prefecture prison. What are you going to do with him?"

The emperor knew the knot in Qu Ling's heart.

In the final step, she was willing to listen to the child.

"Let Wang return to Hedong, kill Qu Yao, hold the Qu family of Hedong accountable, take back their sacrificial fields and houses, and expel them from their homeland."

People like Wang and Qu Lan are too troublesome to kill.

When the imperial edict arrived, the clan they thought was their backing knew that it was their family that destroyed the Qu family's century-long reputation and glory, and they would not tolerate them.

The next step was to kill the couple to appease the anger of the tribe members, and then migrate the entire clan.

From then on, the Hedong Qu family no longer existed.

Wang was imprisoned in the prison for three days and was extremely anxious.

She couldn't see Qu Yao, and she was worried about whether that loser Qu Lan could return to Hedong safely.

The cell door was opened.

"You can go now." The officer said expressionlessly.

Wang got up from the haystack and asked, "Where's my son? Can I see him?"

The officer said, "He attempted to murder the Marquis of Dingxiang and will be executed in the autumn. Do you still want to see him? Do you want to die together with him?"

Wang's eyes widened and she screamed, "My son was wrongly accused and framed!"

She grabbed the officer's arm and said, "Where is the Jingzhao Yin? I want to seek justice for my son."

"Throw her out."

The officer waved her away impatiently.

Wang was thrown onto the long street in front of Jingzhao Prefecture.

She was at a loss.

Go back to Hedong, you must go back to Hedong immediately.

Behind her, there were two guards following.

"The princess said, don't let her die on the way."

When Qu Ling and Chi Yuan left the palace, dusk was falling.

The servants of the Zhong family waited at the gate of the Marquis' Mansion for a long time, saying that it was Old Master Zhong who asked Chi Yuan to go and keep vigil.

Qu Ling said directly, "Go back and tell your old master that if he has no shame, this princess doesn't mind tearing his face off."

How did the Zhong family treat Chi Yuan? How could Old Master Zhong not know?

How dare you let someone come to your house with such a shameless face?

The servant didn't dare to say anything more and hurried back.

The next day, when Qu Ling got up, he didn't see Chi Yuan. "Where's the prince?"

After agreeing that Chi Yuan was in mourning, Qu Ling immediately gave up the idea of ​​getting up early to study.

Anyway, there is plenty of time, so just read slowly during the day.

Tingqin raised the curtains, "The old master of the Zhong family brought people to make trouble outside the mansion before dawn."

"He refused to enter the mansion and loudly accused the prince of being unfilial at the gate."

"The prince doesn't want to disturb you. I'm afraid he's talking to the old master right now."

Qu Ling frowned, "Have someone keep an eye on Prince Yi's mansion. Also, go to the Zhong family and find out who gave the old man the idea to cause trouble here."

If this was Old Master Zhong's wish, there would have been a commotion last night instead of waiting until today.

In the afternoon, the news about watching chess came.

"Prince Yi sent a steward to the Zhong family to offer condolences, but the one who really instigated the old man was his son Zhong Kang, who listened to the advice of his daughter Zhong Qin."

"What did Zhong Qin say?"

"It is said that since Mrs. Zhong is dead, the connection between the Marquisate and the Zhong family has been completely severed. We need to find a way to get the prince to go to the Zhong family. As long as the prince goes there, everything will be easy."

Qu Ling laughed out loud when he heard this.

"My Lady, Old Master Zhong was furious when he returned. He ordered Madam Jin to marry Zhong Qin off within a month and also ordered the Zhong family to have no further contact with the Marquis' Mansion."

Qu Ling then went to ask Chi Yuan, "What did you say to the old man?"

Chi Yuan only said, "I imitated Madam's methods and intimidated him a little."

Qu Ling didn't ask any more questions and planned to avenge Prince Yi first.