Chapter 274: The House Was Confiscated in vain

"Oh! OK, then tell me."

Du Wanwan didn't ask Chen Xiangxiu any more and was pulled back to her own yard by Ye Tingxiao.

After organizing his thoughts, Ye Tingxiao told everything about his father Ye Zhenghai, including how he grew up with the old lady.

After listening, Du Wanwan seemed to be thinking: "So, your old lady is the champion of house fighting! Neither the stepson nor the stepson's wife is her match. She also captured the heart of your stepson, and her methods are very clever."

Ye Tingxiao was a little confused: "Wanwan? What is the House Fighting Champion?"

"Huh?" Du Wanwan thought for a moment and explained, "Zhai Dou means a family fight. The champion refers to a master. Your old lady can be said to be a master of house fighting."

"I understand." Ye Tingxiao heard it clearly this time, "In fact, in the capital, no matter which family's old lady or mistress, legitimate daughter or concubine's daughter, they are all masters of house fighting.

They have lived in such an environment since they were young, and naturally developed the skills of fighting in the house. Wanwan! If you go to the capital alone, I'm really afraid that you won't be their opponent.

The matter of your second uncle should be the first step of the King of Qi's plan against you, and I'm afraid it will involve us next. You are the princess who protects the country of Dongchen. If a fire gun appears in Dongchen, holding you hostage is equivalent to holding the king of Dongchen hostage."

Listening to Ye Tingxiao's heart-wrenching analysis, Du Wanwan remained silent. In fact, she thought so too. The King of Qi was a mean person and not a straightforward person.

This was evident from the last time when he asked Yang Yurong to cause trouble for her for his own selfish reasons.

If the second uncle of Pingyang Marquis's mansion was bribed, he would definitely come forward to slander someone. If you want to slander someone, there are many ways and means.

"That's impossible." After thinking for a moment, Du Wanwan sneered, "Want to hold me hostage to force my uncle to hand over the musket? He's overthinking. I'm worried about you and father. They will probably come up with some cruel and torturous means to deal with you."

"Don't be afraid. My father and I have used a lot of the water you gave us over the years, and our physiques have been well tempered. I don't think you can torture us." Ye Tingxiao hugged Du Wanwan fiercely, "I'm worried about you. When you go to the capital, you won't be familiar with the place. Your mother is weak and can't stand a single blow. Your sister is young, and Chenchen is just learning to speak. How are you going to support yourself?"

When Ye Tingxiao said the last sentence, his throat was so hoarse that he could not make any sound. He almost spoke in a breath. His hands were also shaking slightly. He knew very well that even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince could not intervene, which showed how much the Emperor favored Prince Qi.

Any case he proposed, as long as there was "witnesses and evidence", would be handed over to him for investigation, and he would be extremely biased and credulous.

The prince wanted to intervene but it was impossible and was rejected in court.

"Don't worry! We will work things out when the time comes." Du Wanwan looked nonchalant, "Can a living person be suffocated to death? It would be fine if the King of Qi doesn't provoke me, but if he provokes me and exposes his true colors, then we'll see if he can still stir up trouble?

The emperor is so stupid. He still can't forget about a dark moonlight. He should just die of stupidity. He puts her on the tip of his toes, but she treats him like shit. She would rather fake her death and marry into the Northern Kingdom Palace than marry him. In people's eyes, he is a joke. "

"Wan Wan! You can complain like this in this space, but you must not say it outside, or you will be arrested." Ye Tingxiao reminded solemnly, "The emperor doesn't know that the woman faked her death and left, and he doesn't know that she married into the Northern Kingdom Palace."

"That's why he is stupid." Du Wanwan patted Ye Tingxiao's back comfortingly, "I understand. I won't talk nonsense next time."

"good!"

Ye Tingxiao didn't say anything else, just hugged the person in his arms quietly. Du Wanwan didn't say anything else either, and the couple just hugged each other in silence.

Three days later, someone from the King of Qi suddenly came to read the imperial edict, which meant that Ye Zhengchun of Pingyang Marquis Mansion insisted that all the money he had embezzled and accepted bribes was given to Pingyang Marquis Ye Zhenghai.

The emperor, mindful of Ye Zhenghai's past contributions in protecting the safety of Liangjun City, exiled him to the bitter cold north to guard the city, and his female relatives were allowed to enter the capital from that day on.

As soon as the imperial edict was issued, the King of Qi's men rushed in to search the house, but they found nothing. In the huge Pingyang Marquis Mansion, only 200 taels of silver were seized.

Everyone who followed was dumbfounded. The warehouse and kitchen were empty. Even in the house, there was no valuables except a few broken beds, tables and chairs.

There are not even many servants in the mansion.

They were accused of corruption? Those who came to search their homes thought it was impossible.

Who is so corrupt that his family becomes so poor that they can't even afford a servant?

I knew it was going to happen, I just didn't expect it to happen so quickly.

The Pingyang Marquis Mansion has nothing, all thanks to Du Wanwan and her Yaya.

She knew that if this incident continued, it would definitely be a serious matter, so she took away the things stored in the warehouse in advance. Her mother-in-law has been frightened these days, so how could she have the energy to check the warehouse?

In order to take them away so that they would not be given cheaply to others, we would go and collect things from each yard and kitchen on a temporary basis.

When she heard someone was coming to read the imperial edict, she was afraid that her house would be searched, so she rushed to collect things from everywhere. Her daughter was very helpful, and as long as she sensed that she had the intention to collect things, she would collect everything.

After I came back from the collection, I just happened to see everyone kneeling in the front hall to receive the imperial edict.

She took advantage of this time difference. When the officers and soldiers arrived, they first drove people to receive the imperial edict, and only started to search the house after the edict was read out.

While driving people away, she hid all the valuables in her house. Didn't they say their family was corrupt? Then let the King of Qi's people dig three feet into the ground to see if they can find anything.

No, it's just slapping yourself in the face.

Who could be so corrupt that his family would be left with nothing? Even mice wouldn't want to visit?

Ye Tingxiao, Ye Zhenghai and Ye Tingfeng were put in shackles and immediately escorted to the north to guard the city.

Chenchen was crying and calling for daddy, grandpa, and uncle. Chen Xiangxiu and Xu also cried with him, but Du Wanwan was the only one who didn't cry.

She went into the room, took out three packages and handed them to Ye Tingxiao, Ye Zhenghai and Ye Tingfeng respectively.

The officers and soldiers opened the bag and found only a few sets of coarse cloth clothes, two pairs of shoes, a large leather bag of water, and some pills in it. That was all.

There were only a few things, which did not fall within the scope of violation. The officers and soldiers did not say anything and gave them to the father and his two sons.

Du Xiaoer was called over by Du Wanwan, who whispered a few words to him and fed him some spiritual spring water. He then walked away slowly, looking back every few steps.

The three men of the Ye family were pushed out of the gate by the officers and soldiers. Du Wanwan and Ye Tingxiao looked at each other, without panic or tears. They just looked at each other calmly.

It seems as if thousands of words are contained in this silent gaze, and no more words are needed.

Chen Xiangxiu covered her mouth and cried uncontrollably, while Xu hugged Chenchen and kept wiping away tears. This incident happened too suddenly, which showed that the power of the King of Qi was growing in the capital, and even the Crown Prince could not defeat him.

If they went to the capital, would they defect to the King of Qi? The Marquis had always been loyal to the Emperor, the Crown Prince, and the orthodoxy.

Although the King of Qi is a prince, his biological mother is a worthless maid. He is not the son of the Empress Dowager, so how can such a person be the emperor?

(End of this chapter)