Chapter 216 Three Days

Qu Ling took Nian Sihua back to the princess's mansion.

She asked Nanny Li to find her a courtyard to live in.

Nian Sihua felt uneasy, "What can I do for the princess?"

Qu Ling had a smile on his face, "First get used to being Nian Sihua again."

Nian Sihua's tears fell.

She hurriedly went to wipe it, and then heard Qu Ling say, "When you have rested well, write to me everything that happened in Prince Yi's Mansion."

"good."

Qu Ling did not rest. He wrote a memorial in the study and had someone deliver it to the emperor.

As dusk fell, she leaned against the window, and the sky was filled with fiery clouds and rosy clouds.

On the long streets of the capital, the sound of horse hooves breaks the hustle and bustle of life in the evening.

"Look, the Imperial Guards are out."

The people stopped one after another.

The imperial guards split into two groups, one rushed towards Prince Yi's Mansion, and the other surrounded Prince Ping's Mansion.

It was already dark, and in the light of torches, people saw many corpses wrapped in white cloth being carried out.

"What's going on?" The old man selling cakes stood on tiptoe to look around.

"I heard the princess was assassinated today while visiting Prince Yi's mansion," someone whispered, "a girl from the mansion died, and the prince's hand was chopped off."

The crowd was in an uproar.

What was even more shocking was that several crocodiles were carried out later, tied with iron chains and still twisting.

"That's a crocodile dragon, a vicious beast. I heard that the eldest daughter of the palace was bitten to death by it."

"How did you know that?"

"My aunt's second nephew delivers food to the palace."

That night, the imperial guards of Prince Yi's Mansion were the first to evacuate.

However, the siege of Prince Ping's mansion remained unchanged.

Prince Yi, who had lost one hand, lay on the couch, sweating profusely from the pain, but he breathed a sigh of relief when his servants informed him that the imperial guards had withdrawn.

Qu Ling didn't lie to him.

Although that woman is vicious, she is still trustworthy.

Something flashed through Prince Yi's mind. What if she was willing to switch sides?

The next day, the emperor issued an edict.

Prince Ping was suspected of treason and was handed over to the Three Courts for trial. Zhao Chongxian, the son of Prince Ping, was dismissed from his post as General of the Jinwu Guard and replaced by Zhao Chongli, the son of Prince Yi.

Zhao Chongli's hands were shaking as he received the order.

He was stripped naked and hung at the gate of the palace yesterday, feeling mortified.

Unexpectedly, good times came after bad times, and this sudden promotion made him beam with joy.

"Your Majesty, you feel guilty." Prince Yi raised himself up with difficulty.

Only with this imperial edict did he feel completely at ease.

He didn't lose that badly this time.

The gauze on his severed wrist was seeping with blood, but Prince Yi no longer felt any pain. He said earnestly, "You must seize this opportunity and win His Majesty's favor. Only then will you have a chance of success when the Crown Prince chooses a husband."

Zhao Chongli was overjoyed.

But Zhao Chongren next to him was not so happy.

My father is too partial.

The eldest brother was able to curry favor with the prince, but he wanted to marry a merchant girl.

But when he thought of Zhao Yuanrong's horrifying appearance in the East Palace, Zhao Chongren shuddered.

The merchant girl was also pretty good, at least she let him do whatever he wanted.

What was the merchant girl's name?

Wang Linghe was very amused when she learned that her father was going to marry her to the illegitimate son of Prince Yi's mansion.

"Dad, aren't you afraid that your efforts will end in vain again?"

Wang Zhongshan's face looked very ugly.

At that time, he took great pains to become a relative of the Dingxiang Marquis's family, thinking that he could rise to prominence with the help of the Song family and the prince.

Who knew the situation would be like today?

"This time is different."

In half a year, Wang Zhongshan aged ten years.

"The Prince's Mansion is a true royal family. Even though you are a concubine's son, you can be hired as my wife."

Wang Linghe's mouth drooped, and he was obviously unhappy. "I don't want to."

"You don't want to?"

Wang Zhongshan sneered.

"Before, you thought that the disabled man from the Ji family was not good, and I didn't force you. Now you look down on the young master of the Prince's Mansion. How could I not know that your heart is higher than the sky."

Wang Linghe wanted to have a serious talk with her father, "Do I really have to get married?"

"I'm your father. If I say you want to marry, you have to marry. Your brother can marry Qu for the sake of the family, but why can't you marry into the palace? I'm wronging you."

At this time, Ji came in with soup.

She looked haggard and had lost her former charm.

Her originally delicate face became so thin that it looked unrecognizable and looked a bit mean.

"Just now I heard the master talking about getting married. Could it be that the eldest girl has found her ideal husband?"

Ji's mind is now focused on dealing with Bai Shuang, and he doesn't care much about Wang Linghe.

No matter how powerful she is, she is still a girl.

To get married.

"The Prince of Yi County sent someone to propose marriage."

Wang Zhongshan's words caused the soup bowl in Ji's hand to fall directly to the ground.

"The palace?"

Ji's first reaction was fear.

Once Wang Linghe married into the palace and gained power, she would be finished.

"Dad, I'm going to the shop first."

"stop!"

Wang Zhongshan stopped his daughter and said, "From today on, you don't need to get involved in the family business. Hand it all back to the shopkeeper. I will summon the shopkeeper tomorrow. From now on, the business will be handed over to your brother."

Ji suddenly came back to life.

She was ecstatic and said hurriedly, "My dear young lady, you are so lucky. A family like ours has endless wealth, but in the end, people still look down on you. When you marry into the palace, don't forget to support your family."

Wang Linghe looked at Wang Zhongshan sarcastically, "Is our family's wealth really endless?"

A hint of unnaturalness flashed across Wang Zhongshan's face.

The You family business rose to prominence too quickly.

All the businesses that originally belonged to the Wang family were intercepted.

Ever since Princess Jia'an sold all the properties of the Marquis' Mansion to Mrs. You, the direction of the entire dynasty has changed.

They assumed that the owner behind the business was the Princess Palace.

In addition, the Wang family was unlucky.

Overseas caravans returned empty-handed several times, suffering huge losses.

The profitable shop lost its business and had to be sold.

What made Wang Zhongshan most angry was that those shops eventually fell into the hands of the You family.

Wang Zhongshan must find a backer as soon as possible.

"Dad, do you think Mom's ghost has come back?" Wang Linghe said suddenly.

"Shut up!"

"You're talking nonsense!"

Wang Zhongshan and Ji Shi's expressions changed at the same time.

"After all, my mother's last name is also You," Wang Linghe laughed. "Unfortunately, my mother is an only child. Otherwise, I could speculate whether the You's Company is related to her."

Wang Zhongshan felt a little guilty.

Ji's eyes flashed with a fierce look, "Miss, is there something wrong with you? When Madam was ill, didn't the master and I take good care of her?"

"You," Wang Linghe reached out and nodded at her, "you took care of her in bed with my father in front of my mother."

"Evil creature!" Wang Zhongshan stretched out his hand and hit him.

Wang Linghe took two steps back, her expression calm, "I won't marry into Prince Yi's mansion."

"good!"

Wang Zhongshan was furious, "Then you should marry that cripple from the Ji family."

He angrily ordered the guards, "Lock the girl in the room and tie her up with ropes!"

"Wang Linghe, I'll give you three days to think about it. If you don't marry into the Prince of Yi's Mansion, you'll marry Ji's nephew in three days."

Three days later.

Qu Ling was reading when Ting Qin hurried in, "Princess, something happened in the Wang family."

"explain."

"Wang Zhongshan is dead."