But Qu Linghou only thought so. After all, even if Jiang Yi was now favored by the emperor as rumored by the outside world, she was just a woman.
How could such a huge mansion allow herself to be manipulated by her?
"My Lord, please consider this as my pleas to you, please save Qi'er, okay?" Zhao was really at her wit's end, so she knelt in front of Lord Qu Ling and begged in a low voice.
Qu Linghou was at his wit's end after being pestered by her, so he said, "I beg the Emperor to not intervene in this matter, but there is someone who can give it a try."
"Who?" Zhao asked hurriedly.
Qu Linghou said, "Jiang Yi."
"Jiang Yi..." Zhao Shi was confused. "What's the point of asking her for help?"
Qu Linghou Fang said, "Jiang Yi is the woman the emperor brought into the palace. It seems that the emperor is particularly fond of her. If she can intercede for Jiang Qi, perhaps it will be possible."
"You want me to beg her?" Zhao's face suddenly became embarrassed.
Qu Linghou said: "Of course you don't have to go."
Qu Linghou was originally a cold-hearted person. She was just a daughter, and he didn't care.
Zhao gritted her teeth and said, "I'll go and beg her. I've raised her for a while, and there's no way she won't even give me this face."
"The Marquis should go too. He is her father, so his words should have more influence than ours."
Qu Linghou originally wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, he felt that he should indeed go and see his daughter to strengthen their relationship, as she might be of use in the future.
In this way, the Qu Linghou Mansion sent a letter to the palace.
The emperor said to Jiang Yi, "If you don't want to see me, then don't see me."
The emperor did not know that Jiang Yi was not the daughter of Qu Linghou Mansion, but just from the fact that Qu Linghou Mansion replaced Jiang Qi with Jiang Yi, it can be known that Qu Linghou Mansion did not treat Jiang Yi, his daughter, well.
Jiang Yi said, "I haven't seen my family for a long time. Since my father and mother want to see me, how can I refuse them?"
After she said this, the emperor naturally said nothing more.
However, on the day when Marquis Qu Ling and his wife entered the palace, Jiang Yi also called their only son Jiang Shao. Compared with Marquis Qu Ling and his wife, Jiang Shao arrived later.
On this day, Qu Linghou and his wife came to see Jiang Yi together.
It has been a long time since we last met. Zhao looked more vicissitudes of life than before because of her daughter's imprisonment. Even her exquisite makeup could not hide the fatigue between her eyebrows.
But in front of Jiang Yi, she still pretended to be nothing. She looked Jiang Yi up and down. Jiang Yi was very different from when she was in the mansion. Her eyes were no longer always lowered like before. She sat aside, with an ambiguous smile flashing in her eyes, just looking at them like that, without asking them to sit down.
Zhao was furious. She felt that Jiang Yi had taken the position that originally belonged to her daughter and was still trying to take Qiao away.
She looked down on Jiang Yi, and was also indignant that Jiang Yi treated them as a master, yet she needed something from Jiang Yi.
Zhao stood there, saying sarcastically, "The emperor was originally your brother-in-law. Now that you have entered the palace, your father and I should blame you, but we feel sorry for you. With Marquis Wu Ding losing power, we can't just watch you die with him."
Her words still carried the same arrogance as before.
"Brother-in-law?" Jiang Yi asked in surprise, "Sister was just a concubine before, and the Emperor can be called my brother-in-law. If that's the case, then the Emperor must be the brother-in-law of many people."
Zhao's face was extremely embarrassed. "What kind of words are you talking about?"
Marquis Qu Ling pulled her from behind, and she stopped talking. "Let's not talk about the past. After all, we raised you. Your sister treated you very well in the past. Now she's been misunderstood by the emperor. As our daughter, it's your responsibility to plead for your sister at this time. We don't blame you."
"In this way, the Emperor will also think that you are a person of affection and righteousness. Your father and I will also be grateful for your kindness. In the future, we will also propose that the Emperor make you a consort. In the future, you and your sister will be able to support each other in the palace."
Zhao never wanted to lower herself in front of Jiang Yi. She had always been like this. Jiang Yi had been with her for more than ten years and understood her personality.
But she was no longer the girl she used to be, the one who had no help, nothing, and could only rely on Zhao's charity and live under Zhao's contempt. So now she did not hesitate to puncture Zhao's beautiful fantasy, "Madam Hou, you are too suspicious."
"Madam Hou should also remember how you treated me back then, not to mention the hatred for killing my mother. It's irreconcilable. I'd rather kick you when you're down, so how could I plead for Jiang Qi?"
"But then again, the Emperor was going to sentence Jiang Qi to death for what she had done. If it weren't for my plea, she would probably be dead by now."
"It's really you, you vicious woman. My Qi'er has never suffered like that. You are going to kill her!" Zhao immediately wanted to jump forward to beat Jiang Yi up, but was held down by Qu Linghou.
Jiang Yi raised his eyes sarcastically, "So, what can the Marquis do?"
"Madam Hou, before you do anything, you should think about Jiang Qi. Think about whether I will let Jiang Yi die in front of you in a fit of rage."
"How dare you!" Zhao said, "How could the emperor allow you to do what you want?"
"Heh," Jiang Yi chuckled.
Qu Linghou threw Zhao, who was still struggling to move forward, to the ground and said, "If you want to die here with Jiang Qi, then do it."
Zhao collapsed to the ground. Only then did she fully realize the current situation. She sat down dejectedly on the ground, looking like she had aged ten years in an instant.
"Jiang Yi, it's all my fault. I treated you harshly back then because I hated your mother. It was also me who asked you to marry into the Wuding Marquis's Mansion in place of Qi'er. All of this was my idea and had nothing to do with Qi'er. You come to trouble me and vent your anger on me as you please. I have nothing to say. But can you please spare Qi'er? My Qi'er has never suffered such hardship since she was born."
"It's so cold in the death row, and there are cockroaches. Can you let me take her place, Jiang Yi? Just think of it as a gesture of kindness."
"My Lord, please beg her."
Marquis Qu Ling finally spoke, and he was quite calm. He said, "Jiang Yi, we all know that the emperor's favor is fleeting. For a woman to gain a foothold in the harem, besides favor, she also needs a strong family background. Release your sister, and the Qu Linghou Mansion will be your strongest backing. It will be a win-win for both of us. Why dwell on the painful past?"
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