"Brother, there is no need to reward me." Yu Jiao declined again. She hesitated, but ultimately did not say anything like offering to exchange the fiefdom for a request.
Instead, he asked, "Will Big Brother send someone to arrest Cheng Ying?"
Previously, Liu Ziqi wanted to spare Cheng Ying's life in order to repay him for his past life, but now... after seeing the muskets shipped back from Jiaxing and the bombs from Xianyang, Liu Ziqi felt that Cheng Ying was a genius in the development of military equipment, and he wanted to capture him and put him in the Ministry of Works.
"My elder brother will definitely give you an explanation for this matter, but Cheng Ying is a very talented person. I want to spare his life and let him work in the Ministry of Works." Liu Ziqi said.
After hearing this, Yu Jiao knelt down and said, "Brother, I have a request."
Liu Ziqi stood up to help her, but Yu Jiao was stubborn and refused to get up.
"As long as it does not harm the imperial power, I can agree to ten or a hundred requests, not to mention one."
"I beg you to be magnanimous and forgive Cheng Ying for what happened, and not send anyone to arrest him."
This was the last thing she could do for her senior brother. She only hoped that her senior brother could be free and unrestrained in the future.
Liu Ziqi watched her bow her head to the ground with a sincere and earnest look on her face. He stroked the armrest and said after a moment: "Okay, I promise you."
Even though he was reluctant to give up Cheng Ying's genius, Liu Ziqi couldn't bear to see Yu Jiao begging him like this. Yu Jiao was the only blood relative he had left in the world, not to mention that he had let her wander around in the past.
"Brother promised you, get up quickly."
"Thank you, big brother." Yu Jiao bowed to Liu Ziqi again before standing up. She was really grateful to Liu Ziqi. After all, she was not the real Su Jian.
Yu Jiao and Yu Qizhe were kept in the palace by Liu Ziqi for dinner. Perhaps it was because after moving into the imperial palace, he was the only one in the huge palace except for the palace maids. Even though he sat on the supreme position, he could not help feeling lonely.
During the meal, Liu Ziqi did not keep any palace servants to serve him. He chatted with them about family matters at the dinner table just like he used to do at home, and did not let Yu Jiao feel constrained by the strict palace rules.
Liu Ziqi and Yu Qizhe chatted about some matters in the court, and did not avoid Yu Jiao. The Xue family's ending was not too bad.
Shen Tian repeatedly instigated the remaining princes to make trouble, knowing that it was impossible to do so. In fact, he wanted to surrender to Liu Ziqi. The princes left behind by Zhu Kuang were ultimately a hidden danger, but Liu Ziqi had just ascended the throne, and he wanted to be a benevolent monarch. He could not bear the notoriety of being ruthless and killing everyone as soon as he ascended the throne.
Shen Tian gave him an excuse. He instigated and coerced those princes to make trouble again and again and covet the throne. He was deliberately using clumsy means to give Liu Ziqi an excuse to eliminate these hidden dangers.
After several princes were demoted to commoners and driven out of the palace, Shen Tian was thrown into prison. While in prison, he wrote down Zhu Kuang's crimes, including murdering the former crown prince and Princess Huaiyang, killing his father and brother, plotting to usurp the throne, being incompetent and tyrannical, and using harsh policies to harm the people. He nailed Zhu Kuang to the pillar of shame.
It not only made the tragedy of the former crown prince and princess's mansion known to the world, helped Liu Ziqi prove his origins, but also made Emperor Mingzheng infamous for all eternity.
Shen Tian worked so hard just for Xue Rong.
Liu Ziqi went to Zhao Prison to meet Shen Tian and promised him to release Xue Rong from the palace. Xue Qingshang offered the Xinglou property and took Xue Rong away from the capital to Jiangnan. The Jingyuan Marquis's Mansion was stripped of its title.
Yu Jiao thought of Xue Qingshang, that proud girl who would grow up after experiencing all these ups and downs and become the person who would provide an umbrella for her elder sister.
After leaving the palace, Yu Jiao and Yu Qizhe returned to Wanfuqiao Hutong. Mrs. Song cleaned the courtyard very cleanly, as if they had always been at home and had never left.
"Sister!" When Fei Geer heard the news, he ran out of the room and hugged Yu Jiao happily, "Sister is finally back safely."
After he was brought back from Northern Zhili by his brother-in-law, he learned that his sister had been kidnapped. He was extremely worried during this period of time. He prayed secretly in his heart every day that his sister would be safe and that his brother-in-law would bring her back safely. Fortunately, his sister was fine.
Yu Jiao smiled and touched his head. "You must be bored at home. How about I send you to the academy to study in a few days?"
Fei Ge'er's eyes lit up: "Okay, it's not boring at all. My brother-in-law bought me a lot of books."
Yu Jiao looked back at Yu Qizhe, a man who was very considerate in every way but never talkative.
Looking at her smiling eyes, Yu Qizhe chuckled silently with a gentle expression.
After a short rest at home, Yu Jiao and Yu Qizhe brought some gifts to Liu's house. Mrs. Liu was very happy, and Liu Yaoyu even pulled Yu Jiao and talked non-stop.
"Cousin Chen Wan and Cousin Xue Yan have been coming to see me a lot these days, asking if you've returned all day long. They're all worried sick."
Yu Jiao chuckled, "Second sister, aren't you worried about me?"
Liu Yaoyu said proudly: "I'm not worried. With my elder brother... ahem... His Majesty here, you will definitely be fine."
Liu Yaozhen held Yuanbao and smiled as she said, "She went to Lianxi Temple three times in the past half month, and used all her private money to donate to incense."
Liu Yaoyu was exposed and blushed, "Big sister!"
Everyone in the room burst into laughter.
After having dinner at the Liu family, Yu Qizhe and Yu Jiao went home. While the carriage was driving on Zanmao Hutong, Yu Jiao discovered that the ruins of the former Huaiyang Princess's Mansion were being rebuilt. The supervisor was wearing an iron mask on his face. Yu Jiao recognized that it was Li Jing.
Yu Qizhe explained: "Li Jing is the distant nephew of the consort Li Si. When the Princess's mansion was in disaster, the bodies burned in the mansion were thrown into a mass grave. Li Jing was able to save his life and lived in hiding in the charity cemetery outside the city for many years. Later..."
Yu Jiao knew everything that happened later. Li Jing was being chased by Wang Min and was rescued by her on the roadside.
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