Yu Wenran quickly pulled Gu Yanyue to the side, then kicked Qin Ranran, kicking her one meter away.
"How dare you!" Yuwen Ran's eyes were filled with dark currents. "Come here! Drag Qin Ranran down and chop him up immediately!"
The two jailers standing outside the door came in immediately and lifted Qin Ranran up: "Gu Yanyue! I'm going to kill you! I'm going to kill you! I'm going to kill you!"
Qin Ranran started to struggle as soon as she was approached by the two jailers. "I'm the second daughter of Duke Qin's family. Why are you doing this to me? I'm going to tell my father! I'm going to tell him to report to the emperor and have you all beheaded! All of you!"
The jailers thought she was too noisy. When Qin Ranran wanted to shout again, the jailers covered her mouth tightly and quickly dragged her out of the cell.
"Now it's your turn, Concubine Yu." After Qin Ranran was dragged out, the cell fell silent again. Concubine Yu's knees ached from kneeling on the cold stone floor. Suddenly, she heard Yu Wenran say. Yu Wenran narrowed his eyes and said, "You just asked me to spare your parents for your brother's sake?"
Yu Wenran sneered, "I didn't kill your parents because of your brother. Besides, the truth of the past isn't what you think. The Queen and I don't owe you anything, so why would we do that for your brother's sake?"
"No, no! Your Majesty, that was not the case back then! Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Please spare my parents this time! These were all done by me, and I asked them to do them, so it is enough for you to punish me alone! Please spare my parents!" Concubine Yu kowtowed heavily again. When she raised her head this time, blood had already seeped from her forehead.
Yuwen Ran didn't even glance at her. He simply instructed Zheng Hai, who had arrived late, "The entire Yu residence was implicated in the prison break and has been imprisoned. Concubine Yu has gone insane due to the extreme shock she received. Considering that Concubine Yu has been well-behaved in the palace over the years and hasn't done anything harmful, I will demote her to a commoner and send her to the cold palace. From now on, she's not allowed to leave!"
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! I am not obsessed with gain or loss. Please let my parents go! I am willing to die! I am willing to exchange my death for my parents!" Concubine Yu knelt down and grabbed the corner of Yuwen Ran's clothes tightly, begging bitterly.
Every word Concubine Yu spoke was so tearful that Gu Yanyue began to feel a little sorry for her. She quietly pulled at the corner of Yuwen Ran's clothes. Yuwen Ran patted her hands silently and gave her a look that said, "Leave it to me."
Yuwen Ran waved his hand and said coldly, "Come here! Take Concubine Yu back to the cold palace and have her under strict guard!"
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Please spare my parents!" Taking into account the fact that Concubine Yu was once a palace concubine, even though she was demoted to a commoner by Yuwen Ran, they still did not cover Concubine Yu's mouth.
As Concubine Yu's voice grew fainter, Yuwen Ran looked at the palace maid who was still kneeling beside Concubine Yu and asked, "If I remember correctly, you were serving Concubine Yu, right?"
Xiaolan was still immersed in the scene of Concubine Yu being dragged away. When she heard Yu Wenran's question, she subconsciously shuddered and raised her head tremblingly and said, "This servant... is indeed the servant of Concubine Yu..."
After replying, Xiaolan lowered her head again, waiting for Yuwen Ran's decision. After waiting for a long time without Yuwen Ran saying anything, she quietly raised her eyes and glanced at Yuwen Ran. Only then did she hear him say, "If you are willing to continue to serve Concubine Yu in the cold palace, then you can follow me. If you don't want to, go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get some money and leave the palace."
Xiaolan was slightly stunned, and it took her a while to understand what Yuwen Ran had just said. "Your Majesty, I want to serve Concubine Yu in the cold palace for the rest of my life. Please allow me!" After that, Xiaolan kowtowed to Yuwen Ran.
This was Xiaolan's own choice. Yuwen Ran didn't say much, just waved his hand and asked Xiaolan to leave.
Before leaving, Xiaolan said to Yuwen Ran, "Your Majesty, the maid who was sent to replace Miss Qin Er was forced by the Master and the Empress. She herself does not want to die, so please, Your Majesty, show some mercy to her later."
After saying that, Xiaolan picked up her skirt and chased in the direction where Concubine Yu was dragged away.
After being reminded by Xiaolan, Yuwen Ran remembered that there was a palace maid who looked like Qin Ranran.
Ying'er just heard Xiaolan say this, and it would be a lie to say she wasn't touched. She didn't expect that Xiaolan would actually tell Yuwen Ran to give her a break in the end.
"Ms. Qin, go over and help her and see if you can remove the outer layer of disguise."
Yuwen Ran wanted Qin Ruoruo to see if he could remove Qin Ranran's disguise from Ying'er's face. If it couldn't be removed, then he would have to think of another way. He thought Ying'er definitely didn't want to live her whole life with the appearance of Qin Ranran, who almost cost her life.
Qin Ruoruo helped Ying'er up from the ground and sat her down on a pile of straw. She carefully examined the makeup on Ying'er's face with a torch, then turned to Yuwen Ran and said, "Your Majesty, I have the tools to remove it. Just bring this girl back to the palace later. Once the makeup is removed, I'll take her with me when I leave tomorrow."
"Yeah." Yu Wen Ran agreed. Ying'er still had some muscle softening powder left on her body from this morning, so she couldn't stand up on her own. Qin Ruoruo had to support her as she slowly followed behind Yu Wen Ran and Gu Yanyue.
When he was leaving, he happened to meet the Royal Guards escorting Duke Qin in. When Duke Qin saw Qin Ruoruo, he struggled recklessly and kept trying to pounce on Qin Ruoruo: "Ruoruo! Ruoruo! Father knows he was wrong! Father really knows he was wrong! Please save father! Father begs you to save father!"
Qin Ruoruo looked at Duke Qin, who was being held by the Imperial Guards, with a calm expression on his face. "Isn't it too late for Duke Qin to claim to be my father now? Didn't Duke Qin sever ties with me a few days ago for the concubine in Prince Xiang's mansion? Could it be that Duke Qin has been so busy trying to break the prison for my concubine that he's forgotten?"
Duke Qin shook his head repeatedly, tears streaming down his wrinkled face, looking desolate. "No..."
"That's good." Qin Ruoruo interrupted Duke Qin, "I remember I told Duke Qin that if you really loved your daughter Qin Ranran, you could have asked His Majesty to order you to die with her. Now that Duke Qin has gotten what he wanted, shouldn't he be happy? Why are you looking so sad?"
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