Chapter 215 Mother and Son
Nian Sihua didn't even go back to the yard to clean up.
She looked relaxed and in high spirits.
The thousand-pound shackles on his body were all removed at this moment.
She instructed the nurse.
"Those of our people who are willing to go with me may leave now. For those who are unwilling to go, their deeds will be returned."
The old lady's eyes suddenly turned red.
She looked at her princess, no, now it was time to call her girl.
Finally, the hard work paid off and the clouds finally cleared to reveal the moon.
"I must take away the books I have worked so hard to find."
Nian Sihua said, "There are still five shops left, and as for gold and silver..."
She sighed, "It's long gone."
Well, being able to leave the palace in this life is something that no amount of gold or silver can buy.
Qu Ling looked at her with interest.
She didn't expect Nian Sihua to break up so decisively and cut the Gordian knot.
"What? Your dowry is not protected?"
According to the character of the Jiangnan Nian family, her dowry will definitely not be missing.
Nian Sihua said calmly, "Yes, there was a traitor who conspired with outsiders to frame me. He would have been rounded up long ago. If he wasn't afraid of making things too ugly, he wouldn't have been able to protect the last few shops."
There was no grief or self-mockery in her tone, only calmness.
During countless difficult days, she learned to accept everything that fate arranged.
Qu Ling didn't think she was cowardly.
On the contrary, I admire her very much.
In this world, being a woman has a hard time.
Without support, you will be eaten up without leaving even a bone.
Under such oppression, it took great courage for Nian Sihua to be able to survive.
"Don't worry, young lady. I will arrange it right away." The old nanny choked with sobs and left in a hurry.
Qu Ling and Nian Sihua also slowly walked out of the palace.
The guards cleared the scattered corpses of the assassins and made a path for them.
Su Shang and Chi Yuan were on guard on the left and right.
The surroundings were in a mess, but the two women in the front seemed even more calm.
Before reaching the gate of the mansion, an anxious voice suddenly came.
"Where is Mother going?"
Zhao Chongli rushed out in disheveled clothes.
He had received orders from his father that he must not go out today no matter what happened.
Until the maidservant who was close to him in his mother's yard said, "The princess is leaving the palace."
On the way here, Zhao Chongli roughly knew what had happened in the palace.
He simply couldn't believe it, but he had to.
"Right now, the palace is in dire straits. My sister has died, and my father's hand has been severed, yet you just walked away. Are you going to sit back and watch?"
He harbored deep disgust and hatred towards Qu Ling.
But he still had his wits about him and didn't dare to provoke Qu Ling.
I can only blame Nian Sihua, "We are a family, how could you be bewitched by outsiders?"
He felt it was not enough and questioned, "What benefit did the princess promise you? To abandon your husband and children and run away from home?"
Qu Ling raised his eyebrows and looked at Nian Sihua.
Nian Sihua showed a rare gentle look, "Princess, please wait a moment."
She walked up to her son and reached out to straighten his messy clothes.
"You..."
Nian Sihua sighed and said softly, "You have looked down on me like your father since you were a child."
"When I was ten, because I forced you to study, you teamed up with the Feng family to frame me and took away my right to head the family."
Zhao Chongli's expression suddenly changed. "My son was still young at that time."
"I know."
Nian Sihua remained calm and said, "You became like this because your father didn't teach you well."
The gentle tone made Zhao Chongli vaguely see a turning point.
His eyes were red, "Mother, you can't leave."
Nian Sihua gently brushed his hand away, "I'm not your mother."
Her smile was very faint. "I told you when I was ten years old that Feng is your mother. Don't recognize the wrong mother."
These words were like a slap in Zhao Chongli's face.
His cheek muscles twitched, and he suddenly broke down and yelled, "Are you so petty? I already know I was wrong. As a mother, can't I give my son a chance when he makes a mistake?"
"I did give it to you," Nian Sihua said. "Didn't you and Feng take away all my dowry?"
Qu Ling noticed that when Nian Sihua said this, his right hand unconsciously rubbed his left wrist.
There was an old scar there, shaped like the mark left by an inkstone.
Zhao Chongli's face turned purple.
He was furious and said, "If you insist on doing this, my father will definitely divorce you when he wakes up. My grandfather and uncle will definitely expel you from the Nian family. Both your husband's family and your parents' family will leave you. There will be no place for you in this world!"
Then she will regret it.
Zhao Chongli thought almost maliciously of his mother coming back to beg for mercy.
"I know," Nian Sihua chuckled, "It's precisely because I know that I've endured it for so many years."
She turned to look at Qu Ling, with sincere gratitude in her eyes, "I finally waited for the princess to come and save me."
This sentence completely infuriated Zhao Chongli.
He flew into a rage, and even swore at Qu Ling, "What kind of drug did you give my mother—"
Then Chi Yuan kicked him far away.
Zhao Chongli felt like all the bones in his body were broken.
"Qu Ling...you...how dare you act so wildly in the clan's house!"
Humiliation and resentment occupied Zhao Chongli's mind.
"Take off his clothes," Qu Ling said indifferently, "and hang him at the gate of the palace."
Zhao Chongli's eyes widened. "If you want to kill me, just do it. There's no need to humiliate me like this."
"If you want to die, then die. Don't just shout." Qu Ling threw a knife to him.
The knife fell at Zhao Chongli's feet.
He shrank involuntarily in fear.
He doesn't want to die.
"Useless things, you drunkards, dare to covet the position of the East Palace."
The guards rushed forward.
Zhao Chongli's curses turned into screams, and then into pleas.
When the last piece of underwear was torn off, he struggled violently.
"Mother, mother, save me!"
He helplessly tried to cover his naked body with his hands, but his hands were forcibly pried open by the guards.
Nian Sihua saw him crying bitterly.
Not moved at all.
At this moment, she was sure that she would not be coerced by anyone again.
"Princess, let's go." Nian Sihua said.
Qu Ling was not in a hurry, "Wait a minute."
She was waiting for Zhao Chongxian.
There was an unusual noise in the palace, and the Jinwu Guards must have received the news.
A moment later, Zhao Chongxian arrived with the Jinwu Guards.
"Princess, what happened?"
Qu Ling smiled slightly, but what he said made Zhao Chongxian's face change.
"I'm fine, but something might happen to your family."
"I don't understand."
"Where is the deputy general?" Qu Ling asked.
The deputy general behind Zhao Chongxian stood up.
"Prince Ping's Mansion has bribed an assassin to sneak into Prince Yi's Mansion. They tried to kill me but failed, then killed the eldest daughter of the mansion and cut off Prince Yi's hand. You must quickly go to the palace to ask His Majesty for instructions."
"This is impossible." Zhao Chongxian was stunned.
Qu Ling said to him in a friendly manner, "Go home and check. People from the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple have already gone to your house."
Zhao Chongxian was stunned for a long while, and without even saying goodbye, he ran home.
"Since the princess knows that it is a frame-up, why does she still want to put on this drama? Does she want to eradicate the whole thing?" Nian Sihua asked.
Qu Ling smiled and raised his eyebrows, "Let's wait and see, who among the three departments and six ministries are the minions of the royal family."
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