Chapter 148, Take the blame

"Take the blame? Do you think the court files and the government are blind? How can it be that easy?"

Jing'an Hou snorted coldly and looked at her impatiently.

"Besides, who is willing to take the blame for being put in jail?"

Zhong Youyan smiled slightly, "You are right, the daughter-in-law has resigned."

"You!" Jing'an Hou's face was full of anger.

She didn't even want to help!

Just leave like that?

Xie Jinzhao was silent at the side, and was slapped on the head by Jing'an Hou.

"What are you still standing there for! Have those two in the woodshed confessed? Who is the one who set up the divorce for Xie Zimu?"

Xie Jinzhao covered his head and came to his senses: "No, Xie Zimu is too stubborn. He won't confess no matter how you beat him."

Besides, he couldn't bear to hit a child so hard.

So, he just beat him casually, more importantly, to avenge the grudge between himself and Qingda.

He beat Qingda harder.

Qingda, every part of his body was covered with whip marks, there was no good skin!

Seeing his father's bad face, he hesitated and said,

"Well, father, I think the fourth brother's wife's idea makes some sense. If we just withdraw the case casually, not to mention that we can only save our stepmother, but other people will also think that her crime of stealing is true. Especially at this juncture, people will say that you coerced your daughter-in-law to withdraw the case as soon as you got home. If it gets out, it will be bad for your reputation."

Jing'an Hou frowned and sighed deeply.

After Xie Jinzhao said this, he also felt that there was some truth. "

But according to her method, this matter is not easy to handle!"

Xie Jinzhao replied, "Fourth brother's wife has plenty of money. Dad, haven't you heard that money makes the world go round? No matter how fair the government is, as long as there is enough money, it can also get connections!"

"As for the person who took the blame, it will be easier to find. We can say that Qingda is resentful and stole things to frame my stepmother. He is in charge, so it is naturally convenient for him to do these things."

"As for the fake imperial examination, it was Xie Zimu who deceived my elder brother. This crime was originally his. I also heard that Xie Zimu's paper was a zero. He is eating and drinking for free in our house and taking the title of the eldest son. It is better to use him to exchange for my elder brother!"

People who scored zero in the imperial examination are really waste. There is

no use keeping him.

This is what Xie Jinzhao thought. Doing so can also make Xie Zimu give up the position of the eldest son to Huaishan.

Jing'an Hou listened to his analysis and calmed down a lot.

"Now that you put it this way, I understand a lot!"

He was originally a man with a bad brain. He could do this because of his mother, the old lady's idea.

Even the life-saving grace to Minister Liu twenty years ago was his mother's plan.

After listening to Xie Jinzhao's words, he felt that he finally had a son who could be of some use.

He said to Xie Jinzhao, "I'll leave this matter to you. Go and ask the fourth son's wife to give her money to open up connections."

"Okay!" Xie Jinzhao agreed with a smile.

After he left Jing'an Hou, he did not go to Zhong Youyan's place, nor did he return to his own room.

Instead, he went to find Xu Rourou.

"Third Master, what's wrong?" Xu Rourou stepped forward and looked at him with a delicate look.

Xie Jinzhao patted her hands, "Didn't you ask me to find a way to send Xie Zimu away and give Huaishan the position of the eldest son? Today I have a good idea. Dad has agreed to send Xie Zimu to jail in exchange for my eldest brother. Kill two birds with one stone!"

After saying this, Xu Rourou was delighted.

"Great, Huaishan will be the eldest son in the future, and he will be the one to inherit the title!"

"Inherit the title?" Xie Jinzhao frowned and looked at her, "In our Xie Mansion, where can we inherit the title?"

Xu Rourou was stunned!

Xie Jinzhao continued to explain, "By the way, when you were still in the embassy and had not returned, the emperor issued an edict to deprive our Xie family of their title. My father was the last marquis."

"Oh, didn't anyone around you tell you?" As soon as

these words came out.

Xu Rourou was struck by lightning. She shook her body and took a step back in disbelief. Her

lips turned pale and trembled, "What did you say? The title of the marquisate is gone?"

What she meant was that the princess knew that the title of the Marquisate of Jing'an was gone, and she deliberately let her back to play. The

Xie family was just an ordinary family. If the princess wanted to take action against her that day, wouldn't it be easy for her to do it?

The shelter she had always thought of, the position of the mistress of the marquisate that she had always said she wanted, turned out to be an empty shell!

She was not the mistress of the marquisate, and Huaishan could not be a marquis.

The most important thing is that she might not even be able to defend herself against the eldest princess!

She grabbed Xie Jinzhao's hand as if it were a life-saving straw, "Third Master, for the sake of the fact that you and I grew up together, can you go and ask the eunuch to send some soldiers to guard the courtyard?"

At least with the soldiers there, it would not be so easy for the eldest princess to touch her.

Xie Jinzhao thought she was a little strange, and asked with a curl of his lips, "Why? Why are you suddenly so scared?"

What is she afraid of?

Xu Rourou took a light breath, and she knelt down in front of Xie Jinzhao, "Third Master, now that things have come to this, I have nothing to hide. The eldest princess has always wanted to attack Huaishan and then take me away, but I just want to stay in the Xie family. The Xie family is my home."

She spoke half-truthfully.

But Xie Jinzhao thought she was kind and soft-hearted. "You are the daughter of the eldest princess. It is normal for her to want to take you back to Nanmei. But even if you want to stay at home, you have to discuss it with the eldest princess. Why do you two mother and daughter have to be so defensive?"

Xu Rourou was helped up by Xie Jinzhao, and she was shaking all over.

She always felt uneasy, and always felt that one day, the eldest princess would suddenly appear in front of her and attack her.

"By the way, did your mother say when she would recognize you? My father's official position was dismissed by His Majesty, and the Xie family will rely on your identity in the future."

Xie Jinzhao continued to ask.

Xu Rourou's face became even uglier, and she forced a stiff smile at the corner of her mouth, "I'm afraid that she will recognize me and take me away. I also want to live with you."

"Okay, don't delay it too long. It's best to wait until the eldest brother comes out for a while, and then you can let the eldest princess announce his identity. In this way, the eldest brother can embark on a career in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."

Xie Jinzhao patted her shoulder.

Xu Rourou nodded in panic.

After the third master left, she ran to the inner room and hugged Xie Huaishan and cried, "Huaishan, she is playing with me, what should mother do? What should mother do?"

ps: Princesses, read it first. There is another chapter in the middle of the night. The author is writing furiously. Please comment for me and cheer me up.