Chapter 3 Confiscation of property and exile
"Marquis Cheng'en is the maternal family of Prince Xi. If the third girl marries him, she and Prince Xi's concubine will support each other and help her parents and brothers. What are you dissatisfied with?"
The old lady was full of pressure, and the mistress of the house was full of momentum and would not tolerate any resistance.
Jiang Shuang didn't dare to refute, and said submissively: "Yes, everything is arranged by mother."
"Thank you, En? Didn't you sell me to the merchant? Did you change to the rich and powerful again?"
Xie Yanyan sat there motionless, raised her phoenix eyes slightly, and said in a cold voice, "May I ask this maid, do the emperor and the queen know about the order to grant the marriage?"
The old lady's heart trembled, and she said firmly, "Of course I know."
"Oh, the Imperial Concubine can even grant her marriage! I wonder when Prince Xi will send the three hundred thousand taels of silver to redeem the treasures to the Marquis' Mansion? My eldest lady and I have put our lifelong happiness on the line, and we don't want to lose both our money and our lives."
When these words came out, everyone's expression changed.
The old lady shouted angrily: "Shut up, what nonsense are you talking about? Jiang, is this the noble lady of the Marquis' Mansion taught by the second house?"
Jiang Shuang hurriedly grabbed Xie Yanyan and said, "Does the Imperial Concubine need your say in what she does? Don't talk nonsense."
"Where am I talking nonsense? The marriages of princes are all granted by the emperor, right?
"Before the eldest daughter even entered the house, she asked Prince Xi to take out 300,000 taels of silver to make up for the gambling debts of the Marquis' Mansion. I am afraid that if the emperor investigates, Prince Xi and the Imperial Concubine will be punished, and the Marquis' Mansion will be left with nothing."
Xie Yanyan’s face was childish, but his words were sharp and to the point.
In a hurry, the old lady blurted out: "Who said that Prince Xi's Mansion would take out 300,000 taels of silver?"
"Oh, could it be that Prince Xi and the Imperial Concubine want to take it by force? Oh my God, they are not going to kill the pawnshop owner to take the treasure?" Xie Yanyan said in surprise, "If so, the Imperial Concubine will not be able to keep her position, right?"
The old lady's veins were throbbing, and she wished she could kill Xie Yanyan with one blow.
Xie Yanyan's eyes were cold and her words were sharp. She even brought up the emperor. The old nanny was a shrewd person, but she didn't dare to talk nonsense about the royal family's affairs.
Yin smiled and said, "Miss Third is right. I will go back to the palace to report to Her Majesty and then make a decision."
Ignoring the old lady's attempts to keep him, he turned around and left the mansion.
The old lady slammed the table and cursed, "Third girl, don't think I don't know what you are thinking about. Marquis Cheng'en, you have to marry, whether you want to or not."
"Really? Then I'll wait and see." Xie Yanyan was too lazy to even pretend to be nice, so he stood up and walked out.
The old lady lost control and dropped a teacup.
[Bitch, tomorrow I will ask the Cheng'en Marquisate to carry you away. Even if you follow this idiot, you are still a concubine.]
Oh!
Xie Yanyan looked around the Marquis' Mansion indifferently, and walked slowly along the path under the moonlight.
When we were in Ci'en Temple, there was someone secretly watching us.
At this time, this person was complaining in the dark.
[You stupid Marquisate, using General Xie's legitimate daughter to fill the hole in the first house]
[He wanted to use the general's power to pave the way for King Xi, and even sold the general's legitimate daughter to merchants and fools as concubines]
[The first talented woman is really good at calculating]
【Xie Anhuai might as well just kill him】
Xie Yanyan couldn't help but twitch the corners of his lips.
This person is definitely not from the Marquis' Mansion.
Hero? Spy?
Xie Yanyan walked slowly but without stopping. The storehouse, study, and kitchen of Wuyi Marquis Mansion were all within the scanning and transfer range.
Antiques on the antique shelf, gold and silver jewelry, jewellery, calligraphy and paintings in the camphorwood box, clothing, cloth, shoes and socks, ginseng and cordyceps...
Got it!
There is actually a secret compartment in Marquis Xie Jinrong's study.
Account books and letters are collected!
The rice, flour, grain, oil, bird's nest, meat and vegetables stored in the kitchen storage room have been put away!
After returning to his own courtyard, Xie Yong saw that she looked indifferent and asked, "Where's mom? Didn't she come back with us?"
"Huangfu Ming has no money, and the old lady wants to marry me to the son of Cheng'en Marquis. I don't want to, and the old lady is angry. Mother is comforting her."
Xie Yong was so brave that he wanted to take a knife and go to Ci'en Temple to chop people.
Xie Yanyan stopped him: "Don't be reckless, you will only suffer a great loss if you do this. I have my own way to deal with them. Second brother, you have to do me a favor."
The next day, the cock crowed at four o'clock.
The servants in the mansion had already gotten up and were busy. Xie Yanyan and Xie Yong got up, went to the stable to get the horses, and quietly went out through the back corner door.
"Sister, are you good at riding?"
"OK."
Xie Yong led the way, and Xie Yanyan followed behind.
There were not many people on the road at dawn, and the sound of horse hooves hitting the stone road made a crisp "thump-thump" sound.
Xie Yong stopped his horse at a street, pointed his whip at the large courtyard with white walls and green tiles, and whispered, "This is the Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion, the home of Prince Xi's maternal grandfather."
The house is in a good location, with a black lacquered front door and feng shui stone drums on both sides of the door.
The brother and sister rode around Cheng'en Marquis Mansion, and Xie Yanyan said to Xie Yong, "Okay, next one."
The sound of horse hooves rang out again, and arrived at the carriage road on the west bank of Moon Lake.
On the east bank of the sparkling Moon Lake is the residence of the second prince, Prince Xi. The palace’s pavilions and towers are incomparably more wealthy than the Wuyi Marquis’s Mansion.
The palace is heavily guarded, and no outsiders are allowed to approach within 50 meters.
Xie Yanyan and Xie Yong were still riding their horses, seemingly circling Prince Xi's mansion unintentionally. The two of them tacitly did not even look at the guards of the mansion.
Then, Xie Yanyan said to Xie Yong: "Let's go, let's go have breakfast."
Xie Yong looked at his sister, completely confused. He still had no idea what his sister was up to.
The brother and sister rode their horses to a restaurant on the street, ordered steamed buns and hot wontons, ate their fill, and then went home.
Shortly after dawn, the streets were filled with the sound of horse hooves, shouting, and rising dust, and the streets were full of noise.
The city gates were closed urgently, and the yamen runners of the Dali Temple came out in full force to strictly inspect all transport teams, horse-drawn carriages, and donkey-drawn carts.
The streets were once again plunged into panic and chaos.
"What happened?"
"Have you heard? The Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion and the Xi Prince's Mansion were robbed!"
"The warehouse was emptied, and even the firewood, rice, oil, salt and breakfast in the kitchen disappeared."
"I heard that in Prince Xi's mansion, even the quilt that Prince Xi used to sleep under and the clothes in the closet were gone. The pearls on his shoes were all taken away."
"Puff~" The tea drinkers in the teahouse almost choked.
"A thief never leaves empty-handed. This thief probably hasn't done anything in three lifetimes."
If you don’t open a business for three lifetimes, you will have to eat well for three lifetimes if you open one.
Today is destined to be an unusual day.
The court is usually peaceful, but a major earthquake occurred today.
The Ministry of Justice reported: Huangfu Mansion, Xiwang Mansion, and Chengenhou Mansion were robbed, and the losses were tragic. Since the founding of the Qin Dynasty, there has never been such a brutal theft.
Everyone felt in danger for a while.
Then, the censors came forward and impeached Wuyi Marquis Xie Jinrong for forming a clique for personal gain and embezzling disaster relief funds. They angrily accused him of failing to manage his household properly and harboring corruption.
In order to pay off Xie Anhuai's gambling debts, the Marquis's wife actually sold her second wife's granddaughter for 300,000 silver taels.
Submit account books and letters as supporting evidence.
The emperor was so angry that he felt dizzy before his eyes.
At three quarters past the hour of Si, the Wuyi Marquis's mansion was surrounded by the ferocious Embroidered Uniform Guards.
The emperor ordered that Marquis Xie Jinrong and Crown Prince Xie Anhuai be beaten with 50 sticks, regardless of their life or death.
The two men were beaten to a bloody mess and were dying, so they were taken back to the Marquis' Mansion.
Xie Anfeng also returned home with them.
All the legitimate and illegitimate children from each branch were called back to the Marquis's Mansion.
The Embroidered Uniform Guard ordered everyone in the Marquis' Mansion to gather in the front yard immediately to receive the order.
"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims: Xie Anhuai, the son of Marquis Wuyi, deceived the Emperor and pawned the sacred objects bestowed by the Emperor, and is to be punished for the crime of great disrespect.
Xie Jinrong, Marquis of Wuyi, has been occupying a position without doing any work, corrupting official discipline, engaging in corruption and bending the law. I feel deeply saddened by this and am extremely angry. I have stripped him of his title and is punishing him for the crime of corruption.
I cannot bear to punish and kill you, so I have granted you a pardon and exiled your entire family to a distant place.
All the property in the palace shall be deposited into the national treasury, and you shall be ordered to set out immediately. I decree this!"
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