Chapter 219 Buried Alive
Wang Ju was blinded and Wang Erye was disfigured.
Each side was given fifty lashes of the cane, and the guards separated the people.
The Wang family's farce finally ended with Wang Linghe promising to sell his property.
In front of everyone, she said, "Contact the people at You's Trading Company directly. I'm sure they would be happy to buy my Wang family's property."
The Wang family members were indignant. "How could you sell your family property to your enemy? You're making your father die with regrets."
Wang Linghe glanced at the man and asked, "Then you buy it?"
Everyone fell silent.
If they had so much money, would they come here?
He went to contact the You family and came back within an incense stick of time.
"...The shopkeeper You said that the You family will pay as much silver as is owed, and the excess will be used to pay for the master's funeral expenses."
Wang Linghe said, "Then let's set the deadline at ten days. Once the funeral is over, we can sell the property immediately."
The shopkeepers who came to collect the debt nodded, "Young ladies are the ones who can do it."
"Okay, this is a happy ending for everyone."
Qu Ling cleared his throat and made a conclusion.
She pointed at them one by one with a fan in hand.
"Let's go back and do what we need to do."
Everyone turned around.
"Wait," Qu Ling pointed at the mourning hall again, "Let's clean up everything before we leave. Do you really want a weak woman like Miss Wang to clean up?"
No one dared to disobey and everyone started to move.
Wang Linghe smiled slightly. It felt good to have someone to support him.
After the mourning hall was restored to its original state, all the outsiders left.
"Princess, let's go to the backyard." Wang Linghe said.
Qu Ling nodded.
In midsummer, wisteria covers the pavilion.
Bai Shuang and her daughter were already waiting.
Qu Lianting clutched her mother's sleeve with a nervous look on her face. When she saw Qu Ling in gorgeous clothes from afar, her heart tightened.
The memory of almost drowning in the water flooded into her mind, and she trembled all over and involuntarily hid behind Bai Shuang.
"mother......"
"Don't be afraid." Bai Shuang comforted her.
As the footsteps approached, Bai Shuang's breathing became heavier.
After Qu Ling entered the pavilion, she pulled Qu Lianting down to kneel.
"You really didn't disappoint me."
Qu Ling raised his fan slightly, motioning her to stand up.
"Bai Shuang, you are amazing."
"I don't deserve the princess's praise. I'm just doing my job."
After not seeing each other for a long time, Bai Shuang felt that the person in front of her was even more oppressive.
"From now on, you don't have to call me a slave anymore."
Qu Ling gestured to Tingqin to hand over the three indentures.
"I've established a female household for you. Your two children don't have the surname Qu, so they'll take your surname. And don't use that character."
Bai Shuang pinched her palms to stop herself from crying, "Thank you, Princess."
"The people who bullied you in Changxing are gone," Qu Ling said. "Your Bai family's house, servants, gold and silver, all belonged to the former Marquis' Mansion. I have taken them all back."
"You've come up empty-handed."
Bai Shuang suddenly smiled.
Upon closer inspection, I discovered that fine lines had appeared at the corners of her eyes.
"It's not mine to begin with, so if it's gone, it's gone."
Even if you give it to her, she can't protect it.
She can read, and her daughter can read too. They can go to the temple to copy scriptures for others, and her son can do manual labor. They will not starve to death.
At this time, Wang Linghe spoke up, "I'll have someone buy two shops for you in Changxing, and I'll have the owner teach you how to run a business and do accounting."
"This..." Bai Shuang was a little surprised.
"You don't have to thank me," Wang Linghe said with a cold expression, "This is what you deserve."
Qu Ling smiled and said, "That's great. Why don't you thank our shopkeeper Wang?"
Bai Shuang thanked him sincerely.
"Princess, since you have changed Qu Lianting's name and household registration, how do you write the divorce documents?" Wang Linghe asked.
"Since the names have been changed, Qu Lianting is Qu Lianting and Bai Ting is Bai Ting. They don't count."
Besides, Wang Yan won’t live for many more days.
Qu Ling said to Qu Lianting with a gentle expression, "You should be thankful that you didn't commit a murder. Otherwise, you would have no chance to start a new life."
"I don't dare to do it anymore. I will never dare to do it again."
Qu Lianting was almost scared to death just by hearing Qu Ling's voice.
How could she dare to do evil in Changxing as she did before?
Bai Shuang stared at the red seal on the woman's door, vaguely recalling the time when she gave herself to Qu Yu twenty years ago.
It was such a nice weather that day.
Tears suddenly fell on the paper. "I will never forget the princess's kindness in giving me a new life."
"Forget it."
Qu Ling said, "You don't need to remember me, nor do you need to remember anything about the capital."
Bai Shuang realized at this moment that what the princess gave her was not only freedom, but also the right to forget.
Everything in the capital will be buried here forever.
The paperwork for Bai Shuang's family of three was quickly completed.
On the day of leaving Beijing, Bai Shuang took her two children out of the city before dawn.
In the carriage, she asked, "Are you willing to go back to Changxing with mother this time?"
"Well, I want to be with my mother forever." Bai Ting leaned her head on her.
After coming to the capital, she finally understood what it meant to have wealth and glory but not be able to enjoy them all.
My mother was so powerful that countless people envied her. Now she is walking on thin ice in the capital.
She never wanted to come back to this place again.
Bai Rui drove the car with a look of relief on his face. He whipped the whip and drove. In the dim morning light, the capital city was left far behind.
The Wang family, which was once at its peak, lost all its wealth and even its house after the sudden death of its head.
Wang Linghe left the capital with Wang Yan, Ji Shi, and several loyal servants.
"Sister, where are we going? Where is Qu Lianting?" Wang Qin couldn't see, but he always felt a chill running into his body.
"You'll know when you get there."
Ji was gagged, tied up and stuffed into another carriage.
After three days of continuous travel, all the pores on Ji's body tightened.
This is the way back to Mrs. You's house.
“Woo——”
Fear took over my mind.
Finally, on the evening of the fourth day, the carriage stopped at a cemetery.
"Miss, everything has been dug as you instructed."
Ji was thrown off the carriage.
Two servants tied up Wang Yan with ropes.
"What are you going to do!" Wang Qin showed a ferocious expression like a hungry wolf.
Wang Linghe took the shovel handed to him by the servant and slapped Wang Qin on the head.
Blood flowed down Wang Yan's cheeks. He opened his mouth and fell to the ground unconscious.
Ji's eyes were full of sparks, and he wished he could eat Wang Linghe alive.
"You know where this place is."
Wang Linghe walked towards the cemetery with a shovel in his hand.
The servant twisted Ji's body and followed behind.
"Wang Zhongshan is a son-in-law of the You family. He made a fortune with the You family's money. When my grandparents die, he will return to the clan with his wife and children."
"As you know, my original name was You Ziyin. I'm a member of the You family. After my mother died, she was buried in the You family cemetery alongside her parents. You are a servant of the You family, so you and your child should be buried in the servants' cemetery."
Ji family collapsed.
She struggled all her life to escape her status as Madam You's maid.
She had always been proud that she had given birth to a master, not a slave.
But now, Wang Linghe wants to take away her identity, crush her pride, and turn her back to her original form.
When he entered the cemetery, Ji was even more heartbroken.
A huge pit has been dug.
"Throw it in."
With just one word from Wang Linghe, Ji and Wang Yan were trapped.
"Girl, let us do it." Five or six servants came with shovels in their hands, ready to fill the soil.
"I'll come in person."
Wang Linghe poured dirt onto Ji's face with a shovelful of soil.
"The You family is well-known for their kindness towards their servants. No matter what kind of indenture a servant has, if they reach a certain age or want to leave, they can be released with a request for mercy."
Ji's eyes were filled with despair, mixed with overwhelming hatred.
She was a house-born child, raised by Madam You like a rich lady, and she didn't want to go out and live a poor life.
Until the moon was bright and the stars were sparse, Wang Linghe filled the space with the last shovel of soil, sweating profusely.
She wiped the sweat off her face. She was so tired that she couldn't even straighten her back, but her eyes were particularly bright.
"From now on, there is only You Ziyin in this world."
She turned and walked out of the cemetery.
The nanny behind her asked, "Miss, are you going back to Beijing, or staying at your ancestral home?"
"When I get back to the capital, the jewelry I've made for the princess is ready. I'll deliver it to her personally."
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