Chapter 234 Return to Beijing
There was still one person who did not leave, that was Ruhua, who had become Erlaizi's wife. Her lustful eyes were fixed on Murong Li, and she bit her lips tightly with her teeth. If she had succeeded in becoming his person then, could she have returned to the capital with him this time?
Back in the capital, as she was the prince's woman, she would have a horde of servants, wear silk and satin, and eat delicacies. How could she imagine such a life as a criminal here?
But now, she is Er Laizi's wife, and she dare not even think about such a day.
Ruhua looked at Erlaizi who was smiling beside her and really wanted to kick him to death.
Why did he come to watch the fun, why did he say he would marry her?
Ruhua hated Erlaizi to death.
Er Laizi felt Ruhua's vicious gaze, turned his head and looked at her with a playful smile, lowered his head and whispered in her ear with a gloating tone: "Ah, what a pity! If I had succeeded back then, I would at least be the prince's concubine today. The prince's concubine is much higher than us criminals. Tsk tsk tsk tsk... Why don't you have such a good life? You got married to me for free."
Ruhua glared at Er Laizi fiercely, looked at Murong Li deeply, and left the venue, finding Mrs. Lu who was also extremely regretful.
"mother."
Ruhua threw herself into Mrs. Lu's arms and cried sadly.
She cried so heartbrokenly that it broke Mrs. Lu's heart.
Mrs. Lu's eyes suddenly turned red. Why were the lives of her and her daughter so miserable?
She patted her daughter's back and comforted her softly, "Don't be sad, my daughter. It's your fate. You never thought about it before, and now you can't even think about it. Just accept your fate, live a good life with Er Laizi, and don't think about anything else."
The high and mighty, extremely noble prince was not something that a sinner like them could dream of. Mrs. Lu still had some sense of propriety in this regard.
After all, she is old and doesn't have the heart to act like a troublemaker. Acting like a troublemaker without any reason can be fatal.
"But my daughter..."
Ruhua was unwilling to accept this.
"Mother knows you're unwilling, but you're no longer a virgin. He's a high and mighty prince, how could he want a woman who's already married?"
A slut is not even qualified to be a maid.
Ruhua nodded with tears in her eyes, and she cried even harder in Mrs. Lu's arms.
After crying for a while, she wiped her tears and said goodbye to Mrs. Lu, saying that she was going home. If she stayed outside for too long, she might be beaten up by Er Laizi again.
After marrying Erlaizi, Ruhua realized how bad of a man he was. He had no sympathy for women. Once she made him unhappy, no matter how she pretended to be weak or pitiful, it was all useless in front of Erlaizi. She would be beaten and humiliated.
The Luo family, including Luo Dinghai and his family of three, were silently packing up their things. They never dreamed that something so great would suddenly happen to them, overwhelming them.
I never dreamed that I would be pardoned like this.
In fact, they would rather stay here than go back to the capital. The reason, of course, is for their son. If their son finds this place one day and they are no longer here, wouldn’t they miss out?
Luo Dinghai patted his wife's worried face and said, "Don't worry. Before we leave, let's tell Village Chief Niu to keep an eye out. If Brother Lin ever finds his way here, tell him to come back to the capital to find us."
"Well, even though I say that, I'm still worried."
Mrs. Luo sighed and said that this place was far away from the capital, and something was bound to happen in between, but now that things had come to this, they did not dare to disobey the imperial edict.
The next day, at the entrance of Yunwu Village, the group said goodbye to the villagers they had lived with for many years, took a last look at the village where they had lived for many years, and walked out of the village with determination.
Murong Li rode in front, and General Li and fifty personal soldiers followed closely.
This time, Qin Lingtou and others also followed him back to the capital. With Murong Li around, they were not afraid of their former master.
Although they were trained by their masters, they did not have indentures and were still free.
They had no choice but to betray their master; they had no other choice under the circumstances.
When the group passed through Yunwu County, they stayed in the county town for one night. Those who needed to buy things or carriages could restock their supplies here.
Murong Li went to find County Magistrate Huang and asked him to look after Yunwu Village, and County Magistrate Huang naturally agreed.
There are salt-making workshops and cement workshops in Yunwu Village. These two are their most profitable businesses at present, and nothing can go wrong.
Murong Li also left An Yi here, and gave him a hundred secret guards and all the people he had recruited before. He would focus on developing this place, and it would also be his rear base.
He wants to turn this place into his fiefdom, his territory.
Regardless of whether he can ascend to the throne in the future, Northwest County will only belong to him.
Murong Li also picked up another person here, Qingyuan. The big monk insisted on following him back to Beijing.
Three days later, Murong Li and his party arrived at Northwest City. After a night's rest, they left Northwest City in a mighty procession and headed for the capital.
Everyone has already prepared for how difficult and bumpy the journey back to Beijing will be.
In the carriage, Murong Li closed his eyes to rest, while Su Yue lay in his arms, and she looked like she was asleep.
Su Yue used her mental power to monitor the entire team and all movements on the road.
Their return to Beijing in such a grand manner had already attracted the attention of various forces.
In the capital, the Crown Prince's Mansion and Prince Yi's Mansion have sent out countless people, who are determined to kill Murong Li and his party and prevent them from ever returning to the capital.
Especially the prince, seeing that the emperor and Murong Yi, two annoying people, were about to die, Murong Li, who was far away in the northwest, was called back by the old man.
He was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
There was nothing we could do except to ambush him, the old guy was still alive, luckily he was acting in secret.
However, what caught the prince off guard was that the emperor issued a summons the next day, asking him to repent for his past actions. He also announced that Murong Li had been pardoned, his status as a prince had been restored, and he would return to the capital soon.
The emperor's action caused an uproar among the people. The entire court was silent and one could hear a pin drop.
Silence, dead silence.
Jun Taifu's eyes flashed with coldness, and he immediately knelt down as an example: "Your Majesty is wise, long live the Emperor!"
The ministers finally reacted and knelt down, praising the emperor's wisdom...
The emperor's move caught all the ministers off guard, and it was impossible to stop him.
What can they do now? They can only shout that the emperor is wise and powerful.
After that, the wind direction in the court began to change.
Especially Murong Yi's party. The ministers who were already somewhat shaken when they saw Prince Yi's health deteriorating, now gave up on him.
But Murong Yi was no pushover. As long as a minister reported a rebellion, all the greed, usurpation and ill-gotten gains of that minister would be presented to the emperor's dragon table the next day.
(End of this chapter)
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