Chapter 114 Wei's Mother and Son Released from Prison

Gu Chaoyang took the letter from Murong Jing and the dogtail grass that carried the deep friendship between master and apprentice and set out on the journey to the northern border.

Before leaving, Xu Shiming even told him a fortune, saying that he would have a smooth and safe journey to the northern border.

Liang Zhou sat by the window in the study, staring at the birds in the sky in a daze and sighing.

"Lao Chang is gone, Xiao Ding is free, and Lian Chaoyang is doing what he wants to do.

But when will my days of being locked up in the academy end?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Liang Zhou heard a "whoosh" sound, and something flew past his head and nailed to the wall behind him.

Liang Zhou quickly turned around and saw a dart shining with silver light, half of which was embedded in the wall, and the other half was still shaking.

I was scared to death.

Murong Jing leaned against the door with her arms folded. "Instead of being in a daze, you might as well practice riding and archery, so as to avoid embarrassing yourself by leading the club members to practice."

Liang Zhou got a headache whenever he saw her, and he stayed on the stool and refused to leave. "Little Princess, it's enough for the club to have you around. Who dares to come and mess things up?"

Murong Jing shook her head and said briefly:

"I'll keep the peace. You, look after the place."

She had to bite the bullet and spend time memorizing all those things, otherwise she would never be able to return to the military camp in this lifetime. How would she have the time to take care of so many chores in the club?

Liang Zhou thought about what Murong Jing said before Gu Chaoyang left: the Archery Club would surely prosper with her.

So what he meant was that he wanted her to oppress him and make him feel exhausted?

Liang Zhou suddenly had an idea. Isn't this little princess just like himself, feeling that life in the academy is too boring and wanting to have some fun?

If you want to have fun, why worry about not having enough?

Liang Zhou gave Murong Jing a mysterious smile and mysteriously took out a small square box from under the desk.

"I'll show you something fun—"

"I know, this is called playing cards." Murong Jing said expressionlessly.

As the Princess Ningyue, how could she be without playboys who came to curry favor with her?

She had seen this kind of thing before, it was almost the same as gambling.

But gambling is prohibited in the military camp, so she has never had any interest in these things.

In the end, Liang Zhou was carried to the shooting range by Murong Jing like a chicken.

"Practice."

Murong Jing threw the bow and quiver to him, then took out a copy of "Three Character Classic" and began to recite it.

Liang Zhou wanted to cry but had no tears, but he couldn't beat him.

"Little Princess, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but we are not master and disciple. We are still relatives after a few twists and turns. Why are you doing this..."

Murong Jing glanced at his body and saw that he didn't even have much muscle. How could he want to be her apprentice?

The word "disdain" was clearly written on his face.

"Tsk, I haven't rewarded anyone in a long time." Murong Jing twisted her neck.

Liang Zhou had already raised his bow: "...You read the book, I want to practice archery without distraction."

…

Zhu Lan and Qin Yuwei are also busy preparing for the hospital anniversary.

"One, two, three, four, raise your elbows, lower your shoulders..."

Qin Yuwei shouted the beat, but the female students in front of her, who were wearing long skirts with water sleeves, became confused in their movements.

"Senior Sister Qin, shouldn't we be lifting the shoulders here? Why did it become sinking the shoulders?" a junior sister asked puzzledly.

Qin Yuwei uttered a soft "ah" and came back to her senses, "Yes, it's shoulder raise, I remembered it wrong."

The junior sister didn't say anything, but just looked at Qin Yuwei twice more.

I don’t know what happened these past few days, but Senior Sister Qin seemed a little weird. She always got distracted when rehearsing a dance.

"It's almost time. Let's stop here for today and have a rest. We still have classes in the afternoon."

After everyone left, the dance practice room became empty. Qin Yuwei then walked to the side and sat down, a trace of worry rising between her brows.

Just yesterday, news came that it was the 60th birthday of the Empress Dowager. In order to pray for her, Emperor Liang decided to grant amnesty to the entire country.

Wei and Qin Hu are about to be released.

When she thought of these two people, Qin Yuwei felt a deep disgust.

She had previously planned to send the two men to jail. Although according to Daliang law, the relatives of criminals should be punished, the government would not hold her accountable because she was the victim.

But these are just stopgap measures to buy herself time, and the root problem has not been solved.

She must completely cut off ties with these two people.

Daliang had just recently opened up its schools to girls, and the status of women had improved slightly, but after all, the new policy had just begun to be implemented, and there were still many imperfections. In terms of household registration, unmarried women could not set up their own households in the conventional way.

During the two years that Wei and Qin Hu were in prison, Qin Yuwei studied many household registration laws and finally came up with two solutions:

First, apply to the government to sever kinship ties with the Wei family and move out of the household registration in this way.

However, since she was still Wei's daughter in the household registration, she had the obligation to support Wei even if she was not his biological daughter. Daliang attached great importance to filial piety. In order to prevent children from abandoning their parents when they became rich, if the children took the initiative to sever ties with the elderly, the elderly could ask for support of no more than one-third of their property.

Now that the business of Xianglai's shop is booming, even if only one-third of the assets are given to Wei, it would still be enormous wealth.

But does she deserve it?

The second way is to get married and start a family first, and then separate from the Wei family naturally.

As long as he is no longer registered, Wei and Qin Hu will not implicate him in anything they do in the future.

But no matter which of these two paths she chose, she was unwilling to accept it.

Qin Yuwei rubbed her eyebrows irritably. This sudden amnesty really caught her off guard.

Based on her understanding of the Wei mother and son, she knew that they must be holding a grudge against her for having been framed by her before, and would definitely look for an opportunity to take revenge after being released from prison.

The most urgent task at the moment is to go to the shop and inform Aunt Zhang Si and ask her to be careful recently.

…

Wei and Qin Hu returned to the old house. No one had lived there for more than two years. The tables and the floor were covered with thick dust, and there were spider webs everywhere.

Wei covered her nose and opened the old wooden wardrobe in the room. All the coarse cloth clothes were gnawed into tatters. A huge rat ran past her feet, and Wei almost jumped up in fright.

"Mom..." Qin Hu, who had grown a lot taller, stood behind Wei, covering his nose.

Wei closed the cabinet angrily and said with gritted teeth:

"It's all the fault of that little bitch Qin Yuwei. Just wait, I'm going to make her suffer!"

Wei heard footsteps outside, and she stuck her head out to see someone walking towards Aunt Zhu's house next door.

That person was Xiaolian, who was sent to prison with Qin Yuwei that year.