Chapter 384, Duke Yan
"Brother, the Qiao family drugged me and sent this young master to my room. He wants to be my son-in-law!"
Xia Wanwan pulled his sleeve and explained.
Old Master Qiao's face was so gloomy that water was about to drip. "If we really drugged the little princess, how could she wake up and cut off my grandson's legs!"
"We didn't drug the little princess. She is looking for an excuse for her evil deeds!"
"You didn't drug me? Do you dare to take out the medicine bottle in your arms?"
Xia Wanwan raised her eyebrows and shouted to Old Master Qiao.
Master Qiao was startled suddenly, and clenched his hands silently, "I don't have any medicine bottles on me."
"Someone, search!" Xia Qianhui's face turned cold and he shouted fiercely.
Captain Xiao immediately took Master Qiao down and searched him.
When a medicine bottle fell from Master Qiao's body.
His old eyes widened in disbelief.
How could it be that on the way he brought the little princess here, in order not to be caught, he deliberately threw away the medicine bottles that had not been disposed of on his body. How come it
is on him now?
This... This is too weird!
No!
It's not right!
He looked up at Xia Wanwan and found that she was looking at him with a smile!
She really knows everything!
Damn it! He
provoked such a know-it-all.
The medicine bottle couldn't even be thrown away, and it even came back to him.
He secretly gritted his teeth and swallowed the medicine fiercely. There was a hint of blood in his throat.
"Your Highness, Princess, is this the medicine?"
Captain Xiao presented the medicine bottle to him, and Zhishu Qiao's face suddenly changed.
He suddenly turned his head to look at Old Master Qiao, full of disappointment and heartache,
"Dad, I have called you dad for twenty years, am I not filial enough to you? Even if you want your grandson to take the throne, you can't do these things."
Zhishu Qiao bit his lips tightly, tears flashing in his eyes.
No matter what, you can't do anything to the princess! The last
Old Master Qiao was suddenly startled, he asked, "What do you know?"
Zhishu Qiao paused for a long time, loosened and clenched his tightly clenched fists, making the cuffs of his official uniform wrinkled.
So, he finally made up his mind, closed his eyes and said slowly,
"I saw with my own eyes that Master Qiao poured the medicine in this medicine bottle into Princess Ximing's food!"
"When this happened, Lord Yuanbao was also present. This medicine bottle was given to Master Qiao by Butler Qiao!" After he
finished speaking
, Master Qiao suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood. He pointed at Master Qiao tremblingly, "Rebellious... rebellious son."
It turned out that Master Qiao saw everything. That
's why there was this trial tonight.
At the last moment, it was the son he had raised for many years who gave him the most fatal blow.
He struggled hard, his usually calm expression disappeared at this moment, and his heart and eyes were full of regret for raising Zhishu Qiao.
"I really regret raising you, you ungrateful bastard... At the beginning, I should have given you... to..."
"Grandpa!" Mrs. Qiao interrupted him loudly! !
Grandpa Qiao slowly shed tears and shut up instantly.
He couldn't say anything! If he
continued to talk, everything would be over!
Yes, he still has a big backer!
"Princess Ximing, don't you just want to blow up the abandoned tower? You've made our Qiao family into this state, do you think you can blow up the tower?"
"Hahaha, I tell you, it's impossible... Even if Zhishu Qiao doesn't recognize us as parents, our Qiao family will not collapse, just wait and see!"
"Hahaha!"
Old Master Qiao was already crazy, no matter how the officers and soldiers tried to stop him, they couldn't suppress his angry look as he rushed forward.
"Dad, how can you be so unrepentant!!!" Zhishu Qiao shook his head with tears in his eyes.
"I'm not your father, your father has..." Old Master Qiao was halfway through his words when a report suddenly rang out from outside.
"Reply to the adults, to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Duke Yan wants to see you!"
After these words fell, everyone in the Qiao family was overjoyed!
All right, all right, the biggest backer is here!!!
Princess Ximing, so what if he is the eldest prince? How can some heirs without real power have as much power as Duke Yan in the court?
The only people who can suppress Duke Yan are only three people in the Great Xia Dynasty.
One is the Queen Mother, the second is the Emperor, and the third is the Ninth Prince.
These two brats, no matter how they make trouble, they can't overthrow the Duke's share of wealth!
"Hurry up and come in!" Old Master Qiao angrily scolded the officer who reported.
The officer glared at him, you are not the father of my master, why are you attacking me! He
cursed very badly in his heart, and ran very fast.
"Duke, please come in." The officer smiled on his face, but he was annoyed in his heart.
Xia Wanwan and the others looked up and saw a middle-aged man in brocade clothes stepping in. Although he was dressed very well and followed by numerous servants, he still looked tired. ιΙйＧyuτΧＴ.Йet
It was obvious that he had rushed here overnight.
"Duke, Princess Ximing and the eldest prince have joined forces with these people to put our Qiao family to death. You must do justice for us. My grandson's leg was broken, and the relationship between Zhishu and his parents was instigated by Princess Ximing. Our Qiao family really has no one to turn to, sob sob sob."
Old Lady Qiao knelt down at the feet of Duke Yan and cried miserably.
Duke Yan gently kicked her away, his eyes moved around, and finally fell on Qiao Zhishu's face.
That handsome face, young and upright, gentle and polite, he should have the vigor of a new official, but at this moment his eyes were red, which was beyond words.
Duke Yan's heart moved slightly.
This face is really similar to his mother's when she was young.
"This old minister has met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Princess Ximing." Duke Yan smiled slightly and simply bowed to the two.
Xia Qianhui, however, was alert and smiled, "You are incognito, so there is no need to be so polite. Duke, why did you rush to Hezhou overnight?" Duke
Yan frowned and said,
"It's like this. The Qiao family is very kind to our Duke's Mansion. I came here in the hope that you two can give this old minister some face and save the Qiao family's lives."
Since these things have all come to light.
It is not realistic for him to stand up for the Qiao family. He can't offend the Queen Mother for this. He
can only save the lives of the Qiao family and make plans later.
"Duke, do you know what crime the Qiao family committed?" Xia Qianhui slowly stood in front of Duke Yan.
Duke Yan smiled and said, "I didn't hear much outside just now. Princess Ximing is very generous. The reason why she didn't convict the Qiao family was to wait for the old minister to come, right?"
Xia Qianhui was confused.
He turned to look at Xia Wanwan, who was sitting on a chair, shaking his legs.
"I want to blow up the abandoned infant tower. Old Master Qiao has been blocking me and said that he has a big backer behind him. It turns out to be you, the old minister."
Duke Yan smiled at her politely, "I am not their backer. I just want to repay the Qiao family's kindness."
Xia Wanwan was stunned for a moment, then put her thumb in her mouth and said to Duke Yan with a smile,
"Old minister, do you know? The first bad thing they did was hidden from you, which is very disadvantageous to you!"
"If you knew, you would definitely kill them. Your benefactor of the Qiao family will become your enemy!"
Duke Yan's face sank, and he asked in a daze,
"What bad thing?"