Chu Huaiyu came prepared.
If it weren't for the pretense, he could have rushed directly to Qin Songmo's yard and easily found evidence of the so-called "adultery and treason."
But to do so would be too blatant.
Even so, the triumphant expression on Chu Huaiyu's face betrayed his feelings.
Li Shengyi followed Qin Songmo, and her fingers holding his big hand never loosened from beginning to end.
When she saw Chu Huaiyu take out an envelope from under his father's pillow, the corner of her eye couldn't help but twitch.
Looking up at Qin Songmo beside her, she whispered, "Daddy, at least you should hide the 'evidence' better."
"This is too obvious, even a fool could find it."
After hearing what she said, the smug smile on the face of the fool Chu Huaiyu instantly disappeared.
Tightening his fingers around the envelope, he walked up to the father and daughter with a sullen face and grinned at them, "The evidence is right before our eyes, Qin Songmo, what else do you have to say?"
Qin Songmo raised his chin slightly and said, "I didn't say anything."
Chu Huaiyu: ...
It's always been like this.
Qin Songmo always looked at him coldly, just like a spectator looking at a clown.
So high and mighty, so arrogant and looking down on others.
He was obviously the second prince, and Qin Songmo was just a minister. Before he was granted the title of nobility and appointed as prime minister, he was nothing.
The joints were pinched until they crackled. Chu Huaiyu took a deep breath to suppress the anger in his heart, and then smiled at the person in front of him, "Since there is nothing to say."
"Fang Jun, take the person back!"
Fang Jun is the commander of the Imperial Guards.
After hearing what the second prince said, Fang Jun immediately led his men forward, and Chu Huaiyu even stretched out his arms to hold Li Shengyi in his arms.
Even though he knew this would happen sooner or later, Li Shengyi still felt reluctant.
This was a trap Qin Songmo set for himself in order to catch Chu Huaiyu and Chu Huaifeng in one fell swoop.
But it’s winter now, and it’s so cold in the capital.
Qin Songmo was in his mansion, and even with a charcoal basin to keep warm, he couldn't keep his hands warm.
What’s more, it is such a cold place as the Heavenly Prison.
With his lips tightly pursed, Li Shengyi frowned and hugged his neck tightly, refusing to let go.
Seeing her hugging him tightly, Chu Huaiyu's face flashed with annoyance, and then he raised the corners of his lips and said, "Don't struggle anymore, Shengyi. Your father's fate is already determined. Why bother to keep nagging?"
"Besides, you've only been in the Prime Minister's residence for a few months. From now on, you'll live in my residence. I'll guarantee that you won't die and that you'll still be able to eat and drink as well as before. Okay?"
When Chu Huaiyu said this, Li Shengyi never turned around to look at him.
Even if she didn't look back, she could still feel the other person's gloomy gaze on her.
Like a poisonous snake.
Shrinking her neck, she slightly raised her little head buried in Qin Songmo's arms and said, "Daddy."
Her tone sounded aggrieved, as if she was about to be abandoned in the next moment.
Qin Songmo's hand was always on his little daughter's back. Seeing his little daughter looking up at him with eyes full of worry, he pursed his thin lips and spoke to her in a voice that only the two of them could hear.
"It won't be long, dear Shengyi."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Shengyi caught a glimpse of Meng Jiuan and Shen Wangchen walking towards him quickly.
Both of them had angry and anxious expressions on their faces.
It was not until Fang Jun drew his sword to stop the two men that Qin Songmo raised his eyes and met their gazes.
"I'll go to Meng Jiuan's place to see the cats. I'll be back after I'm done."
These words were spoken to the little daughter in her arms.
Li Shengyi didn't intend to cry. This matter had been planned before, and Qin Songmo's imprisonment was just a formality.
With the confidants he has cultivated over the years, there is no way he would be allowed to stay in jail for ten days or half a month.
But when she heard the soothing voice in her ears, she couldn't help but redden her eyes.
"I'm not a three-year-old child, so I won't believe you."
Qin Songmo raised the corners of his lips when he heard that, and patted her on the back soothingly, "Shengyi prepared everything for me early in the morning, didn't he?"
"So I will be back soon and won't make Shengyi worry."
Perhaps it was because the father and daughter talked for too long, so long that Chu Huaiyu began to suspect that they were discussing something bad.
If it weren't for the fact that Li Shengyi was still too young, most young men and women at her age would just cry and make a fuss when something big happened in their family.
He wanted to go up and carry Li Shengyi away quickly to avoid any worries.
Just when Chu Huaiyu was getting impatient, the father and daughter finally separated.
Li Shengyi was held in the arms of Meng Jiuan, who had somehow dodged the knife in Fang Jun's hand.
Unlike Qin Songmo's cold embrace, Meng Jiuan's embrace is warm.
Li Shengyi's fingers reluctantly tugged at Qin Songmo's sleeve, her almond-shaped eyes filled with tears but she refused to let them fall, making her look even more pitiful.
She pursed her lips tightly, and only when she heard Chu Huaiyu's impatient tut sound came to her ear did she release her fingers and said in a hoarse voice, "Daddy, happy birthday."
The longevity noodles placed in front of the corridor had already gone cold, and Qin Songmo didn't even get a bite before he was taken away.
Because no one had been convicted yet, everyone in the Prime Minister's Mansion, young and old, except Qin Songmo who was taken away for investigation, remained in the mansion.
Qin Songmo had already arranged a way out for himself.
Just as when Chu Huaiyu came personally to arrest him and put him in jail, Meng Jiuan and Shen Wangchen were also on their way to the Prime Minister's residence.
I watched Qin Songmo being taken away until I could no longer see that tall and thin figure.
Li Shengyi finally couldn't control his emotions anymore, his mouth pursed, and he burst into tears.
Meng Jiuan and Shen Wangchen had never seen her cry. She was like a little sun on weekdays.
Even though she makes people laugh and cry sometimes, she is well-behaved, smart and sensible, just like a little adult.
Now seeing her crying, he was as calm and composed as Chen Wangchen, and he was suddenly thrown into disarray.
"Don't cry, don't cry. Yuan Qingji has his own destiny. Everything will be fine."
"Don't cry, young lady. The Prime Minister has already made arrangements and will be back soon."
......
The two grown men were even more flustered now than when they came. One of them was wiping Li Shengyi's face, while the other one was imitating a street woman coaxing a child, bouncing the little bun in his arms.
Trying to coax him in this way.
Li Shengyi couldn't stop crying, tears were still flowing from her eyes, and she spoke while hiccuping.
"My father is weak. What if he doesn't have enough food, sleep or clothes to wear in there?"
"I even cooked longevity noodles for him, but he didn't even take a bite. Is Chu Huaiyu crazy? He had to choose this time to come."
"Not only Chu Huaiyu, but Chu Huaifeng is also mentally ill. They are all perverts. I must kill them..."
Meng Jiuan and Shen Wangchen looked at each other, and after seeing the helpless look in each other's eyes, they hurriedly tried to coax the little bun.
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