Chapter 311 Leaving the Clan and Territory! Completely leaving the Li Family!
What was the purpose of his sudden appearance?
He even gave himself a good scolding, despite being a high-ranking official who was at least a Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice.
He was relying on the Prince of Su's backing, but was it really worth offending people for the sake of a general's mansion that was about to be completely defeated?
More importantly, when did the General's Mansion have any dealings with the Prince Su's Mansion?
Also, there was another person who came with Prince Su's guard, Zhuiyu!
A person dressed in the same guard uniform, but unusually tall, wearing a silver-white mask.
Who is this person?
Thinking of all this power, Qu Daoyuan's face slowly turned pale again.
Pei Jingzhe is indeed shrewd; he's already realized the gravity of the situation, unlike me, who, in my impulsiveness, has likely already offended someone...
Then look at the person who came in with Zhuiyu.
This person's face was not visible, and he remained silent throughout, yet he walked directly behind Li Qingluo.
Then, in front of everyone, he clasped his hands and said in a low voice, "Miss, I am late."
"With me here, no one will harm you two in the slightest today, young lady and old lady."
Li Qingluo: ……
Madam Pei: ?
Everyone else was completely bewildered, even the nannies didn't know when the young lady had acquired a guard.
Although this person came yesterday, wasn't he a guard from the Prince Su's mansion who came with the Rain Chaser?
How did it become a girl's?
Only Li Qingluo knew that this was not one of her guards at all, but rather Prince Su, Duan Rongshi!
He should have been reflecting on his mistakes in seclusion at the Prince Su's residence, but instead he's running around the world wearing different masks...
Ahead is Master Yue Wu.
Now she's become the bodyguard of this down-on-her-luck, soon-to-be-imprisoned daughter of a general's family.
Does he know what he is doing?
Does that mean they'll go to jail with me?
Li Qingluo couldn't help but secretly break out in a cold sweat.
She really couldn't bear the thought of having a prince as her bodyguard.
Qu Daoyuan, who was standing to the side, saw that things were not going well.
After enduring countless humiliations, he forced a smile and respectfully approached Zhuiyu again, asking, "I wonder what brings Guard Zhuiyu here today?"
"But it really was a misunderstanding just now."
"How could I, an official, do such a thing?"
"The truth is that neither the old lady nor Miss Li would obediently be taken away. As you can see, they have a group of cunning old women under their command, and each of them is armed. This is a serious crime of disobeying imperial orders!"
"So, I was just trying to scare them a little."
"Now that the Rain Chaser Guards are here, please advise Lord Pei and me: should we seize them directly, or..."
Chasing Rain: "Take what?!"
He angrily slammed a stack of things heavily onto Qu Daoyuan's face.
"What right do you have to arrest General Pei, and Miss Li, the eldest granddaughter of General Xiuli's family?!"
"Open your dog eyes and take a good look!"
"Both of them have long since left their clan and are no longer family members of the General of the Cavalry's mansion!"
"Whom do you want to take?"
To break away from one's clan and family!?
Li Qingluo quickly glanced at Duan Rongshi.
Did he do it?
After watching the commotion yesterday, he and Zhuiyu hurriedly left.
Li Qingluo didn't even have time to say a few more words to him before they disappeared without a trace.
It turned out that they had gone ahead to take care of this matter for the grandmother and granddaughter.
Did he already have prior knowledge that the General's Mansion would face such a calamity today?
But why didn't he tell me anything beforehand?
Although this matter caught the grandmother and granddaughter off guard, Li Qingluo felt relieved because Prince Su had at least taken care of it for her.
Li Qingluo quickly grasped her grandmother's hand tightly, but Madam Pei shook her head at her.
She also realized in her heart who had done it.
Even without this incident, I and Luo'er would not have surrendered without a fight.
She would personally go to the palace to meet the emperor and beg for his favor, using the reward that His Majesty still owed her from many years ago in exchange for her and her grandson's freedom...
In this way, the reward can be used elsewhere.
Madam Pei's gaze swept over the general's family and dozens, if not hundreds, of servants.
He even paused for a moment on his unfortunate son, Li Chaojing, who was standing beside him.
After Qu Daoyuan and Pei Jingzhe picked up the documents on the ground and read them, confirming that they were genuine, they naturally stopped making things difficult for Madam Pei and Li Qingluo.
However, what shocked them the most was the relationship between General Xiuli's Mansion and Prince Su!
Prince Su is now confined to his quarters to reflect on his actions.
Not to mention himself, even his guards have almost disappeared in recent days, making almost no move or sound in the entire city of Jinling.
It was as if the entire Prince Su's mansion had suddenly vanished.
But they suddenly appeared, and it was clear that they were there to support Madam Pei and her grandson!
But why?
Although Madam Pei was once a female general with many military achievements.
But she was already old and could not be of any help to the Prince Su's mansion.
A group of strong and capable old women?
The Xiuli Army of yesteryear is long gone and can no longer cause any trouble.
Could it be... that it's for the real daughter of the general's family who has been living away for many years?!
Qu Daoyuan and Pei Jingzhe both refuted this conjecture as quickly as possible.
Prince Su had extremely high standards; he couldn't even catch the eye of a princess or a noblewoman, or even the daughter of a prime minister. So how could he possibly be interested in this country bumpkin from the general's mansion?
Although she has been raised by Madam Pei for almost a year and her appearance and demeanor are now beyond the reach of ordinary young ladies, the environment in which she grew up was too unbearable, and now her family has been implicated by the General's Mansion.
The marriage proposals with the Marquis of Zhongyi's family and the Qu family had all fallen through, which must have been due to something unacceptable about her. Otherwise, why would they all have failed to go through?
How could such a woman possibly catch the eye of Prince Su?
Even if it means becoming a concubine...
Ah, if Prince Su were willing to take a concubine, there would be countless noble ladies in the entire city of Jinling who would flock to him, and the Prince Su’s mansion would not be so empty now.
Moreover, why should Prince Su go to such lengths, and even send his personal guards to support him?
As for Prince Su, it's more accurate to say that he was born with a penchant for men than that he was waiting for Princess Qinyu.
Therefore, Prince Su's intervention in helping Madam Pei must have had ulterior motives!
Qu Daoyuan suppressed his shock and doubt, and dared not delay any longer. He and Pei Jingzhe quickly took the rest of the people away.
Li Qingluo and Madam Pei could only watch helplessly as all of this unfolded.
Liu Mian'er was heavily pregnant, and Huan Jie'er, sobbing, nestled in Aunt Lou's arms as she was pushed and led away.
The second and third wives were all in a sorry state, and they all looked at Li Qingluo and Madam Pei with envy.
Li Kechuan was dragged away like a dog.
Li Chaojing struggled and resisted the most fiercely, as if he were about to be separated from Madam Pei by life and death. He was forcibly dragged away from Madam Pei.
"Mother—Mother—"
"Waaah, I don't want to be separated from my mother, I want my mother—"
"Mother, hold Jing'er's hand, hold Jing'er's hand—"
Li Chaojing is the culprit of today.
Even though he was insane, he was still put in heavy shackles.
The entire general's mansion was instantly empty.
In the front yard, only Wu Da's still-warm body lay on the ground.
Qu and her mother, You, whom she had strangled to death, were both sent to the Jinling City government office early in the morning.
Inside the inner quarters was Aunt Deng, who had already hanged herself.
Seeing the mess, which in an instant resembled an abandoned and desolate mansion, Madam Pei was overcome with grief.
This mansion was earned through the bloody battles she and Luo'er's grandfather fought on the battlefield.
She also spent the most beautiful years of her life here.
She and Luo'er's grandfather were once deeply in love, and they even had a son, Li Chaojing, with great anticipation.
But it was also here that she witnessed her husband breaking his promise and becoming estranged from her.
She became completely estranged from her son.
She fell out with her in-laws.
Disheartened and resentful, she left home and went far away...
It was here that her son tried to kill her in exchange for the benefits he desired even more.
This time, after leaving, she will never come back.
"Someone, bury Aunt Deng and this one on the ground."
"Don't let them rot in this house."
The plaque of the General's Mansion was taken down.
The heavy door slammed shut with a creak.
Li Qingluo turned around and glanced at the house behind her.
In her previous life, she was buried here; in this life, she can finally truly leave this place.
From then on, she was no longer listed in the Li family genealogy.
She is herself, Li Qingluo.
General Xiuli's Mansion.
Madam Pei changed into a suit of armor.
Then, accompanied by Zhang Mama, she hurriedly entered the palace with the precious sword bestowed upon her by Emperor Yan.
Li Qingluo could only wait at the general's mansion.
After seeing her grandmother off, she immediately turned around and returned to Zizaiju.
When the sparrow saw her, it was overjoyed and immediately rushed over, tears streaming down its face.
"Miss, sob sob, you worried me to death! I'm so glad to see you're alright. Miss, what happened?"
Li Qingluo: "It's just that the Jiang family's affairs were exposed faster than I expected."
"Fortunately, His Highness Prince Su intervened, which allowed my grandmother and me to escape temporarily."
"By the way, have Uncle De come to see me immediately."
Que'er wiped away her tears, not daring to delay: "Yes, miss!"
Li Qinglu stepped into the room and saw that Duan Rongshi, who was wearing a mask, was still there.
She was startled and quickly bowed, saying, "Your Highness Prince Su's kindness today is something I, Li Qingluo, will never forget. It is I who owe Your Highness once again."
Prince Su turned to look at her. "Get up. There's no need to talk to me about these things. Your grandmother went to the palace? Whom does she intend to exchange the military merits that Father Emperor still owes her?"
Li Qingluo was surprised: "How did Your Highness know?"
Li Qingluo had only just learned that on the way back to General Xiuli's mansion, Old Madam Pei had personally told her that when she went to the battlefield for the last time, she had made so many outstanding military achievements that Emperor Yan didn't know what to reward her with, so he said that he owed her a reward.
We can just wait until she thinks of what she wants in the future, and then go in to ask for her favor.
Madam Pei was grieving the loss of her brothers in battle, so she took the opportunity to resign from her official post.
“My grandmother never thought of using this opportunity all these years.”
"But today she watched the Li family fall into ruin. Even if that family wronged her, she must still feel terrible."
"However, it is probably impossible to exchange the entire Li family for a clean and peaceful life... Therefore, I guess that Grandmother will save the entire Li family, all the women."
Although Madam Pei didn't say it, Li Qingluo guessed the same thing.
Duan Rongshi stroked the black jade thumb ring on his thumb, removed the mask from his face, and said coldly, "As long as you don't waste the opportunity to exchange for your biological father, Li Chaojing, that's fine."
"Li Chaojing is likely doomed this time!"
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