Chapter 323 Mother-Son Love
Before the Earl of Anping and his sons returned to the capital, they already knew what his wife had done. The Earl of Anping was furious, but fortunately he had military merits and he and his sons had to guard the border, so their wife's crime did not implicate them. The Princess Royal and Lu Jing never said a harsh word to them, and even rewarded the Earl of Anping and his two sons with a banquet.
But at the banquet, the atmosphere was solemn. Both Earl Anping and his son knew that their mother had committed a crime, and it was an indisputable crime. She was caught red-handed. It was not the Regent Princess who set up the trap intentionally, but she was the mastermind who sent out the elite guards in the palace, exactly the same as what Li Xueying did to Xie Zhaolan. Earl Anping wanted to put the blame on Su Qingwan, but he knew it was impossible. Su Qingwan was too innocent in this matter.
The dismissal was done by the eldest princess. The murder was planned by Lady Anping, who was innocent. She only sent people to arrest Lady Anping and put her in the Kyoto jail. She did not even kill innocent people or treat human lives as worthless. She wanted to wait for Lady Anping and his sons to come to the capital for a public trial.
At the banquet, Lu Jing sat high above all the officials, drinking with them. The father and son of Earl Anping were in an awkward situation, and no one took the initiative to mention the incident of Earl Anping assassinating the Regent Princess.
Earl Anping also toasted Lu Jing, and Lu Jing clinked glasses with him. Earl Anping wanted to say something, but he knew from Lu Jing's cold expression that the matter could not be reversed.
Late at night, the Anping Lord and his son went to the Kyoto prefectural governor.
In the prison, Lady Anping Marquis did not receive any special treatment. She was locked up in the darkest, dampest and coldest corner, with cold wind blowing. She was wearing thin clothes and had disheveled hair. Although she had not been tortured, she looked disheveled and old, as if she had aged ten years overnight.
The governor of Jingdu couldn't afford to offend the Earl of Anping, so he opened a cell. Lu Jing also told him to just watch the wife of the Earl of Anping and not to commit suicide before the Earl of Anping and his sons returned to the capital. He didn't need to worry about other things. The governor of Jingdu had been an official for many years, so he naturally understood Lu Jing's subtext. It was better not to harm a small person like him when the gods fight.
He had no control over how they fought, but he did what was necessary.
"Mother!" The two young masters of the Li family knelt in the cell with tears in their eyes. The last time they saw their mother was the Lantern Festival. After the festival, they went to the army in Jiangnan. They didn't expect that when they met again, their mother would be in such a miserable state in prison.
Lady Anping pulled aside her messy hair and saw her sons. She instantly collapsed and cried as she rushed over to hug them, "Jing'er, Xin'er, your mother has finally waited for you."
"Mother..." The two young masters held the weak Lady Anping in their arms, extremely sad. "They have bullied you, but it's too much. They locked you up in a place like this to suffer. I will definitely go to the prefect to have a good argument with him."
"No, no, don't go looking for them. It must be Lu Jing's order, otherwise how dare they!" Lady Anping's voice was hoarse. For her, these past few days were worse than death.
She wanted to die but couldn't, and she finally understood that they just wanted a public trial, wanted to destroy the reputation of the Li family and make them a laughing stock. She was confused for a moment and made a big mistake.
"Mother, don't worry, we will do our best to save you!" The second son of the Li family cried, "Just bear with it in prison for a few days. When father and we come back, we will definitely take you home."
A glimmer of hope flashed in Lady Anping's eyes. Does she still have a chance to get out?
"Mother, is there still a chance?"
"Yes, there must be!" The second son looked up at the Earl of Anping, "Father, just say a word, we can definitely save mother, right? Even if the regent is extremely powerful, his princess is safe and sound. It was they who acted improperly, not mother's fault alone. He can't cover up everything. I can use my military merits to save mother's life."
The second son is a filial son and he only wants Lady Anping to be alive.
Earl Anping turned his back and wiped away his tears secretly, he had never thought that one day he would see his wife in prison, he and Earl Anping's wife loved each other very much, they had two sons and one daughter, his sons were all married and had grandchildren, Li Xueying was his daughter who came late in life and he doted on her very much, two years ago who in the whole of Kyoto did not envy him for having both sons and daughters, a large house full of children and grandchildren, and a loving relationship with his wife, Earl Anping's wife and their family were harmonious and prosperous, and the family was thriving, he did not expect that now he would be facing the destruction of his family.
He was powerless to do anything when his daughter was murdered. It was because of his poor parenting and also because others were seeking revenge. However, his wife fell deeper and deeper into hatred.
"How could I have fallen to this point!" He couldn't understand why he had fallen to this point!
"It's my fault. I couldn't hold back my anger. I couldn't swallow it after knowing that the princess was Xie Zhaolan. They must have been having an affair with each other for a long time, and they shamelessly blamed our daughter for murder. It was obviously them who killed her to silence her!"
An Pingbo shook his head. "But you shouldn't have been so impulsive to kill someone. Killing someone is fine, but you've been caught red-handed, and the evidence is irrefutable."
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