Chapter 8: Don't mess around! This has nothing to do with me!
At this moment, the Imperial Envoy of the Censorate turned his gaze to Qi Nanfeng: "In that case, please come with us."
Qi Nanfeng's face turned pale: "Don't mess around! This has nothing to do with me!"
"Come here! Take him away for interrogation!" The messenger shouted, and two strong men held Qi Nanfeng on the left and right, making him unable to move.
He was taken away just like that.
After noon, Liu finally woke up and asked the maid, who told her.
"Madam, the young master has already gone to the Chen Anbo Mansion. The prince of the mansion has always been on good terms with our master and will certainly not stand by and watch someone die. The most urgent thing is to pay the betrothal gifts and give the queen a good reception."
Liu sighed, feeling as if her heart was blocked. "Nanfeng must have a way, he must have a way."
But after an incense stick of time passed, there was still no movement outside the mansion.
Until a servant came crawling into the wing room, shouting, "Madam, Madam, something bad has happened! Our master has been... thrown into the Ministry of Justice's prison, and will be tried on a later date!"
"What!"
Liu stood up suddenly, but in an instant her eyes went dark and she fainted again.
At the same time, Qi Nanfeng had been escorted to the dark and gloomy prison of the Ministry of Justice.
With him was the unrecognizable Li Shen.
Because he refused to cooperate during the interrogation and strongly resisted even when the adults produced evidence, he was subjected to severe torture.
With him in front, Qi Nanfeng did not dare to act rashly and simply pushed all the blame onto Li Shen. After all, the evidence in the Prime Minister's hands only involved Li Shen.
So he refused to confess, but was still imprisoned awaiting retrial.
He ignored Li Shen's vicious look and watched him being thrown into the eastern prison.
He was pushed to the west and temporarily spared the suffering of punishment.
But unexpectedly, Qi Nanfeng met Ruan Qingsong!
But before he could say anything, Ruan Qingsong suddenly pounced on him and punched him hard.
Qi Nanfeng was beaten so badly that he had no power to fight back, especially since his limbs were shackled, which made him even more helpless.
He could only be pinned to the ground and beaten to death by Ruan Qingsong.
"You beast! My sister has been a widow for you for three years, and has been managing the Qi Mansion for you for three years! You've come back as a dead body, and this is how you treat her? If I don't beat you to death today, I will..."
"Help, help! Help!"
Qi Nanfeng shouted at the top of his lungs, but outside the iron bars, there were only the cold looks of other prisoners.
The officers who were used to such scenes just agreed with a few words and had no intention of stepping forward to dissuade them. As long as no one died, they didn't care about the rest. What's more... this Lord Ruan was someone who was specially taken care of by the higher-ups.
It was not until the jailers heard the news that the princess was coming that they became alert and saluted with their fists, paying their full attention!
"Princess!"
"Princess, this is the Ministry of Justice's prison. Without permission, you..."
The fifth princess, dressed in jewels and jade, insisted on entering the prison despite the jailer's obstruction.
As everyone knows, this princess is His Majesty's most favored daughter. No one dares to offend her and can only let her walk quickly to the iron window.
Qi Nanfeng felt like he had seen a savior!
He pushed Ruan Qingsong away with all his strength, and crawled to the princess on his knees with a bruised face and nose. "Wan'er, why are you here?"
"Are you here to save me? It was Li Shen who framed me. I have nothing to do with Tong Yao's incident! And this Ruan Qingsong, he beat me up like this without any reason!"
The princess is in love with him, so she came here in a hurry, definitely to save him.
Qi Nanfeng's arrogance suddenly rose, and he spoke to Ruan Qingsong in an aggressive tone: "Ruan Qingsong! It was because your sister has no virtue as a woman and is unwilling to give up her position to the princess that I made this decision. Everything is her own fault. You..."
But before he could finish his words, the fifth princess slapped him!
Qi Nanfeng was beaten and looked confused.
He looked at the princess in disbelief: "Wan'er?"
"Does this princess need anyone to give way to her?! Idiot! I never thought you were such a useless person!"
"I came here today to tell you that this princess no longer wants you as her husband!"
Qi Nanfeng couldn't believe it: "Wan'er, why? Why is this happening?!"
"How dare you ask me this? Save your own life first!!"
After saying this, the princess turned around and left without any regrets.
She originally thought Qi Nanfeng was a smart man, but she didn't expect that at the critical moment, he and Li Shen were both controlled by others and even ended up in jail!
Moreover, she had already heard about the thieves who had attacked the Qi residence. If the virtuous concubine went to his residence and saw the mess in the Qi residence, wouldn't she, the princess, become the laughing stock of the royal family?!
A man who can't even get a betrothal gift is not worthy of being her pawn!
However, behind her, Qi Nanfeng's heart-wrenching cry could be heard: "Wan'er, Wan'er..."
At this time, the news that Chen Anbo's mansion was ransacked spread throughout Kyoto, and Ruan Mian was stunned for a moment.
In the original book, only the Ruan family was confiscated and exiled, but Bo Fu was the key figure who survived to the end.
Could it be that because of my intervention, the plot of the book has changed?
Then will the Ruan family’s property be confiscated again?
The answer is yes.
That afternoon, a large group of officials surrounded the Ruan Mansion.
Ruan Mian is not fully prepared at the moment.
I wanted to make some arrangements tonight.
Who knew that the exile would come earlier than expected!
After the eunuch in the palace finished reading the imperial edict, a tall and thin man stepped forward and greeted the servants rudely.
"Search thoroughly! Don't miss any corner. The Emperor has issued an order that the Ruan family, who have been engaged in business for generations, must confiscate all their property! No one in the palace may bring any luggage with them, only the clothes they need to cover themselves!"
At this moment, Zhang was so frightened by the sudden imperial edict that her legs went weak, and Ruan's father, who was lying on the hospital bed, also dragged his body and staggered out.
But the man showed no mercy and pushed Ruan's father away!
Ruan Mian quickly stepped forward to support him: "Father!"
After meeting the man's gaze again, the man angrily said, "Do you still want to stop us from raiding your house?! You're already a prisoner, don't think of yourself as superior.
Wasn't your elder brother Ruan Qingsong very popular back then? He even snatched away my spot as an editor in the Hanlin Academy, forcing me to do hard labor in the Ministry of Justice! Haha, now it can be considered that God has opened his eyes and let him get his comeuppance!
Hearing this, Ruan Mian frowned, remembering that this person should be the one who had a conflict with Ruan Qingsong in the book.
But it only appeared once, and she didn't have any impression of it.
But now that the house-confiscation issue has fallen into his crosshairs, things are likely to become much more difficult.
Just as she was thinking about it, her sister Ruan Qing hurriedly ran to Zhang's side, with tears on her face, but there was a spirit of not giving up in her eyes.
"My big brother didn't take your spot! It's obviously you who don't have the ability!"
These words stabbed the man like a knife. He grabbed Ruan Qing in anger, and Zhang was shocked.
Then they stripped off her jewelry, including the red hairpin, and even the jade pendant and waist ornaments hanging on her skirt.
Seeing that the skirt was about to be pulled loose, Ruan Mian lowered his eyes, suddenly grabbed the man's wrist, and protected Ruan Qing behind him.
The man's eyes were bloodshot, as if he wanted to eat her alive.
"Do you want to die?"
Ruan Mian looked at them coldly: "The emperor only asked you to confiscate the property, but you found a weak woman and you are not afraid of being laughed at! You are bringing shame to the emperor!"
"you……"
The man was speechless after hearing the words "the emperor's face". Just when Ruan Mian was about to exert his strength, another strong and powerful man in noble clothes strode over.
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