Shen Liyue was very surprised to hear Lu Xingzhou say this. She had been a little nervous after hearing what Shen Lijiao said to her today.
Lu Xingzhou said, "It was not your intention to harm others. Besides, in my opinion, they deserved it."
"If I take action, I will make them suffer even more." Lu Xingzhou's voice was a little cold and unhappy.
His Yue'er had suffered so much injustice when he was away, and he didn't even know it.
Fortunately, Yue'er is smart, otherwise how could he marry such a lovely Princess Yi?
Shen Liyue felt relieved.
Shen Hong and Master Zhou were to be executed in the autumn, while Chen Lijiao was sentenced to immediate execution, with the execution date being three days later.
Shen Liyue didn't go to the execution ground to see it with her own eyes. She would feel uncomfortable if she saw such a scene.
Xu Qier has been uneasy these days because of Chen Lijiao's matter. Fortunately, Chen Lijiao's case was closed quickly. Xu Qier sent people to inquire about it, but didn't hear anything.
Just when Xu Qier felt relieved, the second prince sent someone to tell her to go out and see him.
Xu Qier happily arrived at the agreed place and saw the second prince. However, the second prince slapped Xu Qier in the face.
"Idiot!" The second prince was extremely angry and spat at Xu Qier.
Xu Qier was caught off guard and knocked to the ground by the Second Prince. She had no idea why the Second Prince was angry.
"Yu'an..." Xu Qier just called out when she was interrupted by the second prince.
"Bitch, do you think you can call me Yu'an?" Lu Yu'an was furious and slapped Xu Qier in the face again.
Xu Qier was dazed by Lu Yu'an's continuous slaps. She really didn't understand what was wrong with the second prince.
"Second Prince...what's wrong with you..." Xu Qier opened her eyes wide, her eyes full of panic.
"You still have the nerve to ask me? Look at the kind of people you associate with." Lu Yu'an yelled at Xu Qier.
Xu Qier knew that Lu Yu'an was talking about Chen Lijiao. Chen Lijiao's affairs had been widely spread in the past few days, and the whole Wangjing City knew about it.
Xu Qier crawled to Lu Yu'an's feet and reached out to grab his trouser leg.
"Second Prince, please calm down. I didn't know that Chen Lijiao would do such a thing. I was completely unaware of it!" Xu Qier cried.
Xu Qier really didn't know any of this, and she was shocked when she first heard about it.
Lu Yu'an kicked Xu Qi'er away and said, "You said you didn't know, but it's been clearly spread outside that you and Chen Lijiao have been in close contact. Is this true?"
Xu Qier had met Chen Lijiao a few times and even brought her to Chen Liyue's wedding, but they hadn't been in contact in recent days, so how could they be considered to be in close contact?
Lu Yu'an snorted coldly: "The news came from the He family, how could it be false?"
Xu Qi'er shook her head desperately and said, "This is not true. I haven't seen Chen Lijiao in recent days. The He family must have deliberately slandered me in order to exonerate Chen Lijiao and put the blame on me. Second Prince, please understand!"
Lu Yu'an didn't bother to pay attention to her. "If I hadn't always been on good terms with the Jingzhao prefect, and he had reported this to me, and I had sent people to suppress it, do you think you could still speak to me now?"
Xu Qier thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you for rescuing me, Second Prince. I knew that Second Prince would not sit idly by and watch me go."
Lu Yu'an sneered in his heart. He didn't care about Xu Qi'er at all. He was just afraid that others would find out about Xu Qi'er and implicate the matter of Shen Wanghong's promotion, which would eventually affect himself.
Now that Shen Lijiao is in trouble, even if Shen Wanghong tries to avoid suspicion, he is still Shen Lijiao's biological father after all, and this relationship cannot be avoided.
Seeing that Shen Wanghong had become a useless chess piece, Xu Qier also lost her usefulness.
"I called you out today to tell you that you should behave yourself in the future and never do anything under my name. If you cause me any trouble, I will not show mercy!" Lu Yu'an's cold voice came from above Xu Qier's head, and Xu Qier widened her eyes in confusion.
Xu Qier understood that Lu Yu'an was going to break up with her, and she cried, "No, Second Prince! Didn't you promise me that when you ascend to the throne, you would make me your queen?"
Lu Yu'an sneered, his face full of sarcasm.
"You're worthy of this? Why don't you look at yourself in the mirror? You weren't a virgin before me, were you? Which man would marry someone like you? And you still want to be the queen? Dream on!"
Xu Qier's cheeks turned pale and blue after hearing what Lu Yu'an said. Her secrets were exposed and Xu Qier felt extremely humiliated.
It wasn't the first day that Lu Yu'an knew that she was not a virgin, but he had never told her before and even promised her the position of queen. Now, because of Chen Lijiao's matter, the second prince was going to turn against her. How could Xu Qier accept this?
Xu Qier is already quite old. Looking around the capital, there are indeed not many people of her age who are still unmarried.
She had originally hooked up with the Second Prince and thought she had found a backer, but now the Second Prince doesn't want her either.
Lu Yu'an walked around Xu Qier and went out. Xu Qier wanted to reach out to stop him, but was kicked away by Lu Yu'an.
Xu Qier collapsed on the ground powerlessly. Just because of Chen Lijiao, the Second Prince turned against her. Who could she rely on in the future?
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Because of Shen Lijiao's matter, Shen Wanghong had taken leave for many days and had not been on duty.
At first, Shen Lijiao was just arrested, so Shen Wanghong wanted to avoid the limelight, but later the Jingzhao Prefecture convicted Shen Lijiao, and Shen Wanghong dared not go out.
The last time Shen Wanghong didn't dare to go out like this was because of Shen Lijiao, and because of what happened between Shen Lijiao and He Zhen in Zhuangyuan Building. Now that Shen Lijiao is finally dying, Shen Wanghong doesn't have any attachment to his daughter in his heart.
He just thought it was a good thing that Chen Lijiao died. This scourge should have been given a white silk scar when the accident happened, and she should have died, instead of still implicating him today.
Ten days after Shen Lijiao's execution, Shen Wanghong finally dared to go out. He returned to the yamen to be on duty, but was blocked outside.
Shen Wanghong said angrily: "I am the dignified city gate historian, who dares to stop me?"
It would have been fine if Shen Wanghong hadn't said this, the yamen runners would have just given him a cold look, but as soon as Shen Wanghong said this, the yamen runners all laughed.
"What's the history of the city gate? It's just a bunch of shit on the city gate, right?"
“Hahahahahahaha.”
"After a few days of glory, you really think you're a big shot."
“Hahahahahahahahahaha.”
The yamen runners were all smiling, but Chen Wanghong couldn't hold back his old face.
"Do you know who you are talking to! I was introduced by the Second Prince. Can you afford to offend me?" Shen Wanghong said loudly.
"Second Prince? Don't be ridiculous."
"It was the Second Prince who ordered your dismissal and removal from office."
"Why don't you get out of here? Don't try to cause trouble in front of your brothers."
As the yamen runners spoke, they used sticks to drive Shen Wanghong away. Shen Wanghong had no choice but to leave in disappointment.
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