Chapter 189 Filial Piety
"Take off her clothes." Qu Ling suppressed the impatience in his eyes.
The women around were about to take action.
"Princess, please let her go." Wang stepped forward and held Qu Lianmeng in her arms.
"She's unmarried, and if you strip her of her clothes, how will she live her life in the future?"
What's more, there is a servant here.
"Why don't you send someone to ask the second young lady if she is willing to give it to her sister?"
Qu Ling didn't say anything, so naturally those old women wouldn't stop.
Wang was thrown over as she spoke.
Qu Lianmeng's clothes were stripped off.
"Princess, I am also your sister, and I have never offended you. Why are you so cruel to me?"
Qu Ling smiled coldly, "The second young lady is the Marquis's biological daughter, so she is my sister. Do you think you can touch her things?"
"The Marquis' Mansion belongs to my brother," Qu Lianmeng said, feeling ashamed and angry. "What's wrong with me wearing a piece of clothing?"
"Slap your face."
A loud slap made Qu Lianmeng turn his head away.
"Another palm."
"Princess!" Wang's face changed, and cold sweat seemed to seep down her back. "She is ignorant. Please show mercy, Princess."
Qu Ling smiled, "Since Qu Yao has been adopted in the family tree, he has nothing to do with your family anymore."
"Pack their things and leave the mansion immediately," Qu Ling ordered. "Who would stay in someone else's house and not leave?"
Wang felt a chill rushing towards her.
She opened her mouth but didn't dare to say anything. The more she spoke, the more mistakes she would make. She was afraid of the slap in the face.
But she couldn't be kicked out of the mansion like this.
"Princess, your wedding is in five days. The Marquis is ill, and someone from your family will have to see you off. Can we leave after the wedding?"
Only at this moment did Wang realize that the person in front of her was not an ordinary girl, but a princess who held the power of life and death.
"Are you really not leaving?" Qu Ling raised his eyebrows.
Wang just thought she was angry.
When she gets married, the Marquis' Mansion will belong to Qu Yao, so he won't have the resources to take charge of her parents' affairs.
I'll find an excuse to stay when the time comes.
"We'll leave after the wedding," Wang insisted.
Qu Lianmeng gritted his teeth in hatred.
But she was really afraid of Qu Ling, so she covered her face and dared not speak.
"Madam Li, please calculate the amount of money that the three of them have spent on food, clothing, and other expenses in the Marquis' Mansion. Please make up for it before returning to Hedong."
Qu Ling did not let it go easily.
Everything you eat must be vomited out.
Wang felt dizzy.
The princess is really ridiculous.
No matter what, they are Qu Yao's relatives.
How much silver would it cost to eat and live in the Marquis's mansion?
Ordinary relatives wouldn’t be treated like this when they come.
"Let's go back. What are you doing here?" Qu Ling waved his hand lazily, as if he didn't want to talk to Wang anymore.
Wang supported Qu Lianmeng and took a few steps when she suddenly shuddered.
This Rakshasa just sent someone to find Qu Yao.
What does she want to do to Qu Yao?
At this point, Wang deeply regretted asking her to come back.
It would be better for them to stay in the princess's mansion. At least the four of them can live in peace.
"You go back first, mother will wait." Wang asked Qu Lianmeng to go first.
Qu Lianmeng was anxious and annoyed. "I have to go out today. Mother, you have to help me find some clothes and give me some decent jewelry."
The girl from Lord Liu's family was waiting for her.
"What time is it!" Wang glanced at the leisurely Qu Ling and pulled Qu Lianmeng out the door.
"Didn't you see the princess is angry?" She lowered her voice and scolded, "Stop causing trouble for me!"
Qu Lianmeng felt very aggrieved, "Why did you let her come back?"
"What do you know?" Wang warned, "If you don't obey, I will send you back to Hedong immediately."
Qu Lianmeng really shut up.
Wang watched her leave, but did not dare to go in. She just stood outside the door waiting for Qu Yao to come back.
Half an hour later, Qu Yao, dressed in brightly colored clothes, was forcibly brought back.
"Let me go, you dogs."
Qu Yao was dragged in by a servant holding his arm.
He struggled and cursed all the way until he was forced to kneel in front of Qu Ling.
Seeing her son being treated like this, Wang wanted to speak but didn't dare.
His heart was bleeding. He was the future prince of the Marquis' Mansion. How could he be so shameless in front of the servants!
Qu Yao couldn't break free from the servant's iron grip. He looked up at Qu Ling angrily and said, "Even if you are the princess, you can't humiliate me like this."
"Do you want everyone in the capital to know how you humiliated your brother?"
He was drinking and hanging out with some young men when a group of servants broke in and tied him up and took him away.
Just as those young masters were about to lose their temper, the servant said, "Princess Jia'an wants to see him," and no one dared to take action.
Qu Yao was in a state of extreme embarrassment, with veins bulging in his neck. He cursed at the servants, "Believe it or not, I will break the legs of these slaves and sell them all to the mines."
"Five thousand taels," Qu Ling flipped through the account book that Nanny Li handed him. "You've only been in the capital for a few days, and you've already spent nearly five thousand taels."
Qu Yao's arrogant attitude faltered, and he stiffened his neck and said, "So what?"
He tried to shake off the servant's hand, but found that he couldn't. "I am the son of the Marquis. All the property in the Marquis's Mansion is mine. Let alone five thousand taels, what would happen even if it was fifty thousand taels?"
The images of living a life of drunkenness and dreams in Zuixianlou and the pleasure of spending huge sums of money in the gambling house appeared before his eyes again.
I never imagined such a life when I was in Hedong. The capital is simply a paradise.
"I can spend it if I need to," Qu Ling closed the account book and smiled, "but I can't just spend money without working."
She turned around and ordered, "Send him to the Marquis's room. Don't leave for a moment. Lock the door and let him fulfill his filial duty."
These words struck Qu Yao like thunder.
His voice changed. "What nonsense are you talking about? That lunatic..."
“Snap—”
This time the one who was drawn was Qu Yao.
Nanny Li withdrew her hand and said coldly, "Young Master, be careful with your words. That's your father."
Wang suddenly woke up and shrieked, "When the Marquis is ill, he doesn't recognize his relatives. Last time, he almost strangled a maid to death. How can Ayao be imprisoned with him?"
"How can you, an outsider, butt heads with the affairs of the Marquis' Mansion?" Qu Ling stood up. "What lunatic? That's his biological father."
She walked up to Qu Yao and straightened his crooked hair. "Filial piety is greater than heaven, isn't it?"
This intimate gesture made Qu Yao feel cold all over.
Only then did he see clearly into Qu Ling's eyes. There was no anger or jealousy in them, only an eerie calmness.
"Send it over."
As the light words fell, four servants immediately stepped forward.
Qu Yao finally panicked and struggled and shouted, "If I don't go, he will kill me, mother, mother, save me."
Wang grabbed her son's sleeve tightly, but was pulled away by the old woman.
She fell to the ground and watched Qu Yao being dragged out of the main hall, and the shouting gradually faded away.
"Princess, are you afraid that A Yao will take something away?"
Wang got up, her face full of confusion. She tried to reason with Qu Ling, "Ayao was adopted by the Marquis not to take anything away from you. On the contrary, he is here to support you."
"Your brothers are all dead, and the second branch of the family is also dead. Without A Yao, there are still other clan members who will be adopted. You can't stop it, otherwise, the Marquisate will be gone."
"What good will it do you if the Marquis's Mansion is gone?"
She didn't understand what Qu Ling was doing.
If she were in Hedong, a girl like this would have been beaten to death long ago.
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