"Ruoruo, it was my father who was ignorant at that time. I apologize to you! Please help me beg His Majesty to ask him not to order me to be beheaded!"

Duke Qin was so regretful that his intestines turned green. If he had known that his efforts would be in vain, he would have just watched Qin Ranran be beheaded and did nothing about it. For Qin Ranran, he even severed his relationship with Qin Ruoruo, his legitimate daughter.

He didn't expect that when he was about to release Qin Ranran from the prison, he encountered Yu Wenran and his men who came to inspect the prison. This was what he discovered. When he came, he happened to see Concubine Yu being dragged out.

According to the jailer next to her, Concubine Yu was not ordered to be beheaded because she reported Duke Qin after being discovered. She was just demoted to a commoner and confined to the cold palace by Yuwen Ran, and was never allowed to leave the cold palace again.

As for Yu Chongran and his wife, Yuwen Ran has only ordered them to be thrown into prison, and there is no specific punishment.

Duke Qin saw that Qin Ruoruo had not spoken and just stood there looking at him indifferently. He was afraid that Qin Ruoruo would not agree to save him. This Qin Ruoruo was really his last straw.

"Ruoruo, you've already lost your mother. Do you also want to be without a father? Ruoruo, for your mother's sake, please save your father's life!"

"Are you worthy enough to mention my mother? Duke Qin should take care of himself. Be a good person in your next life and educate your children well. In this life, I will pretend that you don't have a father, and you will pretend that I don't have a daughter." After Qin Ruoruo finished speaking, she helped Ying'er out of the prison.

After Qin Ruoruo came out, the prison door was closed again. Qin Ruoruo didn't know when she started crying. It was not until she got on the carriage and was reminded by Gu Yanyue that she realized that she was crying.

After Qin Ruoruo helped Ying'er sit on the cushion, she knelt down in the car.

Gu Yanyue was startled. "Ruoruo, why did you suddenly kneel down? Is there anything you can't talk about while sitting down?"

Qin Ruoruo shook her head and refused Gu Yanyue's move to help her up. "What I am about to say to His Majesty may make His Majesty and Sister Gu unhappy, so I'd better kneel down and say it."

"Are you trying to plead for Duke Qin?" Yuwen Ran had good hearing and overheard the conversation between Qin Ruoruo and Duke Qin in the prison. After hearing Qin Ruoruo reject Duke Qin, he breathed a sigh of relief, because if Qin Ruoruo really came to plead for Duke Qin, he definitely couldn't refuse no matter what.

Because Qin Ruoruo really helped him and Gu Yanyue a lot, and she was a close friend of Gu Yanyue, he shouldn't refuse for both emotional and logical reasons.

He didn't expect that Qin Ruoruo would finally soften her heart and come to him to plead with Duke Qin.

"Your Majesty, please understand!" Qin Ruoruo said, "I am not asking Your Majesty to pardon Duke Qin's crime. I only ask Your Majesty to spare his life. Your Majesty can do whatever you want with him. I will never say anything more. But he and I are father and daughter after all. I still cannot watch him beheaded..."

After Qin Ruoruo finished speaking, she bowed deeply to Yuwen Ran.

Gu Yanyue hurriedly helped Qin Ruoruo up from the carriage and advised her, "Ruoruo, if you have anything to say, just sit down and talk slowly. You are Ah Ran's savior and have saved Ah Ran so many times. He will definitely consider it carefully. But Ruoruo, you also know that sometimes Ah Ran is also helpless."

Qin Ruoruo cried, "Sister Gu, I know. I just can't bear to watch him die..."

Yuwen Ran sighed softly, "That's it, then. I'll spare his life, but I can escape the death penalty, but I can't escape the punishment of living. I'll send him to the frontier and won't allow him to return to the capital."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Seeing Qin Ruoruo about to kneel down to thank Yuwen Ran again, Gu Yanyue hurriedly held her back, "Since Ah Ran has changed his mind, Ruoruo, don't be so sad. If Xiao Yuntun sees this, she will be unhappy too."

Hearing that Xiao Yuntun would be unhappy, Qin Ruoruo finally held back her tears. After carefully wiping her face with a handkerchief, she turned to Gu Yanyue and asked, "Can you still tell that I cried?"

Gu Yanyue scratched Qin Ruoruo's nose and said, "I can't tell. I can only see that our Ruoruo is a great beauty."

"Sister Gu, please stop teasing me..."

On the second day, Zheng Hai went to the prison again with Yuwen Ran's imperial edict. After reading the edict, Duke Qin stood there in a daze, unable to believe for a long time that Yuwen Ran had changed the edict.

Until Zheng Hai reminded him: "Duke Qin, please accept the order."

Duke Qin didn't realize the reality of the imperial edict until he received it. Yuwen Ran had indeed changed the will. He looked up and asked, "Could you please tell me why His Majesty suddenly changed the will?"

Zheng Hai raised his finger and smiled softly, "Duke Qin should still thank me for having such a good daughter. Although Miss Qin said she had severed ties with Duke Qin, she secretly knelt before His Majesty for a long time. In the end, even the Empress couldn't stand it anymore and helped to plead with His Majesty, thus obtaining this imperial edict for you, Duke Qin!"

"I have always owed Ruoruo a lot. I never thought she would go to such lengths for an incompetent father like me."

"Please don't!"

Zheng Hai took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Duke Qin who was still kneeling on the ground.

"This is what the Empress instructed me to deliver to Duke Qin. She said that no matter what, you must sign it. She also said that Miss Qin has already pleaded with His Majesty to change his will. As a father, you naturally have to give her something in return."

Duke Qin took the paper and looked at it, and was shocked, "Is this what Ruoruo thought?"

Zheng Hai shook his head and repeated to Duke Qin word for word as Gu Yanyue had instructed.

"The Empress said that this was her idea, and Miss Qin was completely unaware of it. But Duke Qin had already said a few days ago that he wanted to sever ties with Miss Qin. So, while Duke Qin is still in the capital, let's sign this severance agreement. I think Qin Ruoruo will be happy to see this."

Duke Qin knew that he was not a good father to Qin Ruoruo. He was about to leave the capital, and the Duke Qin's Mansion was about to be sealed. He really had nothing to leave for his daughter Qin Ruoruo.

Just as Gu Yanyue said, if he wanted to thank Qin Ruoruo for begging him to spare his life in front of His Majesty, he could only sign this letter of severance and fulfill Qin Ruoruo's wish.

"I see……"

When Zheng Hai returned to the palace with the letter of severance signed by Duke Qin, he received a reward from Gu Yanyue.

Zheng Hai weighed the silver bag in his hand and said to Gu Yanyue with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is nothing. If you have anything to say, just tell this old servant. This..."