Chapter 714 Fishing failed, but escape was successful!
Mrs. Zhou was also deeply moved, patting her grandson while wiping away her tears.
"It's good that he's not dead! It's good that he's not dead! My poor grandson isn't a motherless child! Good! So good!..."
The grandmother and grandson embraced and wept bitterly.
Qiao Yuanyao, who was standing outside the car keeping watch, also heard the conversation inside and couldn't help but cry along with them.
She said her aunt wasn't such a heartless person!
Sure enough, her aunt still cared about their family after all!
Even though her second sister-in-law committed such a wrong, her aunt didn't really want to kill her!
Waaaaah... Her aunt is the best aunt in the world!
However, her mother made such a scene when she came to their house, and even said she wanted to sever ties with her aunt... Um, does her aunt still want this family of relatives?
After Zhou finished crying, she finally had the heart to question her son, "If you faked your death to escape, you could have just told us. Why did you hide it from us?"
"Look what a mess this has become!"
Thinking about what I've done, and then thinking about the words I've been constantly cursing Qiao Qinghe in my mouth and mind these past few days...
Oh dear, what a disaster!
With Qinghe's temper, someone who can disown even her own mother, how could she possibly accept her as her sister-in-law?
The more Zhou thought about it, the more upset she became, and she reached out and slapped her son's arm hard several times.
"It's all your fault! Why did you hide it from me?"
Qiao Jingyao was also helpless. After Zhou finished venting, he explained, "This was a decision made after my aunt and I discussed it."
"If you don't go to your aunt's house and cause a scene, how will people believe that Mulan is really dead?"
“You know that the things Mu Jin did were punishable by the confiscation of her property and the extermination of her entire family. Now that she is dead, the debts are cleared up. Even if they are brought up again in the future, we can argue that we were kept in the dark and knew nothing about it.”
Zhou nodded in agreement, "That makes sense."
Qiao Jingyao thought for a moment, hesitated for a second, and finally said, "Moreover, Mu Jin did those things not voluntarily, but under duress."
“Those people have a huge influence and are very well hidden.”
"Mujin can only escape by faking her death, and we can only avoid becoming a weakness that those people can use to coerce Mujin if we leave the capital!"
Zhou looked shocked. "You mean those people used our whole family's lives to coerce Mu Jin into doing things for them?"
Qiao Jingyao nodded heavily, "Yes. So, Mu Jin must 'die,' and only by leaving the capital can we possibly stay away from trouble."
Most importantly, Mu Jin's faked death was turned into a calculated scheme by her aunt.
An ordinary person might actually believe that the hibiscus is dead.
However, those who pressured Mu Jin and knew her abilities could probably guess that Mu Jin had faked her death to escape without even seeing it.
So the falling out between the two families was just for show, for the benefit of ordinary people.
The northwest corner of Qiao Jingyao's courtyard was a trap they had set up after discussing it.
If those people pursue and kill them along the way, then Jin Rui of the Marquis of Enping's mansion will be waiting for them!
By arresting them and subjecting them to severe torture, we can at least uncover some traces of those people.
Conversely, if those people were to stop, then Mu Jin could escape their control and go far away with the Qiao family!
This is a calculated scheme!
Is it better to risk falling into a trap and suffering heavy losses by hunting down the Qiao family and Mu Jin, or to just watch them fly away?
In fact, Qiao Qinghe would have preferred those people to choose the former.
Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. Those people weren't stupid, and they didn't do as she wished.
Qiao Jingyao was relieved that those people didn't keep pursuing Mu Jin relentlessly.
Therefore, they were able to reach the Northwest safely, and he was finally able to tell his mother all the secrets he had kept hidden in his heart for many days.
After hearing Qiao Jingyao's explanation, Zhou felt both ashamed and remorseful, and immediately wanted to write a letter to Qiao Qinghe to apologize.
However, Qiao Jingyao stopped him.
"Let's avoid contact with the capital for now. We've finally escaped, so let's not cause any more trouble."
"As for my aunt, we'll have the people who escorted us back deliver some messages to her."
Upon hearing her son say that the caravan that had been following them all this way was actually a group of skilled escorts that Qiao Qinghe had specially hired from the Enping Marquis's residence, Zhou was shocked once again, and the regret in her heart instantly reached its peak.
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Qiao Qinghe naturally didn't care about the Zhou family's complicated feelings.
At this moment, Qiao Qinghe was concerned that after nearly four months of investigation, the Dali Temple and the Jingzhou government had finally made progress in the case of the murder of the deposed crown prince and his wife.
This case initially caused widespread panic, with all sorts of rumors circulating.
Later, when the investigation led to the Wu family, the maternal family of the former Crown Princess, the case reached a stalemate.
Many court officials submitted memorials requesting the Dali Temple to bring the Wu family to justice as soon as possible, resolve the case, and allow everyone to enjoy a peaceful year.
As a result, at this time, the old man of the Wu family left a letter written in blood and led his whole family to commit suicide!
Yes, you heard right, the whole family committed suicide. From Grandpa Wu and his wife, to their sons and daughters-in-law, to their three grandsons and four granddaughters, they all died.
The blood-written letter they left behind clearly stated that their family had been subjected to various threats from the Yongchang Marquis's mansion for more than half a year, which forced them to come forward and sue the deposed crown prince.
It was clear that the crime of murdering the deposed crown prince was also being pinned on the Wu family by the Yongchang Marquis's mansion.
Unable to defend themselves, they could only prove their innocence by dying.
Oh dear, now that this has happened, all the blame is being directed at the Marquis of Yongchang's residence and the King of Chu.
Marquis Yongchang argued in court that the deposed crown prince was also their own nephew, so how could they possibly harm him?
Moreover, the deposed crown prince was the King of Chu's own brother. If he killed the King of Chu's own brother, wouldn't he be afraid that the King of Chu would become enemies with them?
Moreover, if the Wu family wasn't guilty, why would they commit suicide together, young and old?
And they even left behind that blood-written letter!
It's obvious that someone deliberately murdered the Wu family and then used the so-called blood letter to slander the Yongchang Marquis's Mansion!
Marquis Yongchang spoke with great logic and reason.
However, many people countered that if it wasn't the Yongchang Marquis's mansion that did it, why didn't the Wu family slander others, but instead only slandered the Yongchang Marquis's mansion?
Besides, the Yongchang Marquis's family didn't have a very close relationship with the deposed crown prince back then.
And now? Marquis Yongchang is both the King of Chu's maternal uncle and the King of Chu's father-in-law.
This relationship...tsk tsk, is there any comparison?
Moreover, the Emperor has been reluctant to appoint the Prince of Chu as Crown Prince, and there are rumors that the Emperor still has many concerns about the deposed Crown Prince.
Therefore, it is perfectly normal for the Yongchang Marquis's mansion to take action against the deposed crown prince.
In short, it was noisy and chaotic, and there was no peace and quiet even during the Chinese New Year.
After the New Year, as soon as the court resumed, the arguments in the court continued unabated.
Finally, just after the second branch of the Qiao family left Beijing, the case took a dramatic turn.
Princess Huaiyang's personal maidservant turned herself in. She confessed that her princess had told the Princess of Chu about the Emperor's longing for the deposed crown prince.
At that time, news had not yet spread that the emperor missed the deposed crown prince and wanted to reinstate him.
Once these words were spoken, and combined with the contents of Old Master Wu's blood-written letter, everything was quickly put together.
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