Chapter 231 Retrial of the Lin Family Tragedy?
Duke Qin did not say the second half of the sentence.
But everyone present, including Zhao Jing herself, understood this matter very well.
She shook her body and slowly loosened the corner of Duke Qin's clothes.
Should I choose my son, or the wealth and glory I had worked so hard to gain?
Feng was standing nearby, laughing with glee.
She knew that Zhao Jing loved her son dearly, but she was also vain, and it was difficult for her to give up both.
After making a careful decision, Zhao Jing knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Duke Qin.
"Thank you for taking care of me during this period. Ah Cheng is my life. I can't just watch him being sent to the government. His life will be ruined."
How can a person who has been sent to be an official take the examination and become an official in the court in the future?
When Duke Qin saw Zhao Jing make this choice, a hint of discomfort flashed in his eyes.
The two of them had a childhood sweetheart relationship, but due to some strange circumstances they were not able to be together when they were young.
Now, after all the twists and turns, we can finally be together.
Yet this happened again.
Duke Qin sighed and said, "Well, since you have chosen this, then I will grant your wish."
He turned around and left.
No matter how reluctant he was, Duke Qin still stuck to his principles.
Feng walked up to Zhao Jing and said in a sarcastic tone, "There's an old saying that spoiling a child is like killing him. This time he stole something, but who knows what serious thing he'll do next time."
"Cousin Zhao, you have to take good care of your son in the future."
Zhao Jing raised her head and looked at her fiercely, "Did you do this?"
Mrs. Feng: "Don't frame me. The one who stole the things was your own son. What does it have to do with me?"
In fact, it was Feng who asked her servant to let out a word in front of Sun Cheng: saying that the inkstone of Duke Qin was worth a million gold.
But there was no mention of the imperial gift.
Sun Cheng, who was in urgent need of money, immediately came up with an idea after hearing this.
That’s why today’s incident happened.
Of course, Feng would never admit it.
Zhao Jing looked at her smug look, and her teeth itched with hatred. She said coldly:
"I admit that I did not teach my son well, but Cheng is still young and there will be opportunities to correct him in the future."
"But what about you? You and your son had a bright future, but you have become what you are now. It's even more ridiculous."
"Feng, let's wait and see who will have a miserable life in the future!"
After Zhao Jing said this calmly, she stood up, took her son with her, and prepared to go back to the yard to pack up.
However, when she passed by Gu Qingning, she looked at Gu Qingning deeply.
Gu Qingning had a calm expression on her face, wrapped in a warm cloak, holding a hand warmer in her hands.
Zhao Jing didn't dare to think whether Gu Qingning had a hand in this matter. If so...
She suddenly regretted it. Why did she have such an idea in the first place? She wanted to take action while Gu Qingning was giving birth.
She looked at Gu Qingning deeply, then turned and left.
Gu Qingning turned around and saw Feng's face full of smugness.
The other party snorted coldly, "Whose life is worse than yours? I am the wife of a duke, I am better than a widow like you who no one cares about!"
Gu Qingning shook her head.
In terms of intelligence, Feng is actually not as good as Zhao Jing.
Feng noticed that Gu Qingning was looking at her, so she gave an awkward smile.
"Qing Ning, I shouldn't have bothered you, but after all, you are the one in charge of this family. You have to know that this is not a trivial matter."
Gu Qingning: "It's okay, my body is almost recovered."
Feng: "Have you packed up all the things in the yard?"
Gu Qingning: "Everything is ready. Jing Yu said that the full moon banquet can be held in the yard over there."
Feng smiled dryly and nodded, "Then I have to prepare a full-month gift for my eldest granddaughter as soon as possible."
In fact, she was secretly complaining in her heart: She has to spend money again, and she has no money left!
Gu Qingning no longer looked at the hypocritical performance on her face. She nodded and asked someone to take her back to Songtao Pavilion.
The events of the main courtyard ended with Zhao Jing leaving the Duke's Mansion with her son.
Although she was a concubine, she was from a good family, so the other procedures were easy to handle.
Although Duke Qin was angry with her, he still couldn't bear it.
Chen Fenfang reported to Gu Qingning:
"The Duke had someone give Zhao two thousand taels of silver. He still cares about the old friendship."
"But when Sun Cheng left, he asked Zhao why they wanted to leave the Duke's Mansion. Isn't the Duke's Mansion their home?"
Gu Qingning: "As a mother, Zhao was indeed very good to her child, but she also did not raise her son well."
However, Duke Qin's indecisive nature made Lu Hangzhi inherit his power with 100%.
The father and son both claimed to be fair and just gentlemen, but in fact, they did not care much about the affairs of the rear house, wives, concubines and children, and they did not understand them.
Fortunately, Lu Jingyu is not like them in this respect.
Speak of Cao Cao and he will appear.
When Lu Jingyu returned from his shift, he heard about what happened in the main courtyard.
When he entered the room, he looked Gu Qingning up and down, frowned and said:
"Father, you are such a fool. You have been the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple for so long, but you can't even handle such a small case. Why do you have to trouble me to come over?"
"You haven't fully recovered yet!"
Seeing him huffing, Gu Qingning said gently:
"It was Feng who asked me to come, not my father. Don't worry, I'm fine."
Gu Qingning has taken good care of her health since she was young. Although there was a slight accident when giving birth this time, it was not a big problem.
In addition, due to proper rest and his youth, he recovered very quickly.
She talked about what happened in the main courtyard.
"It should be Feng who instigated Sun Cheng, but Sun Cheng was easily fooled because he was short of money. I just didn't expect that my father would be so willing to drive Zhao Jing away."
Lu Jingyu sighed, "Father can be very stubborn sometimes. No one can break the rules he has set."
"He was not the most suitable candidate for the position of Dali Temple Minister back then, but it was precisely because of this that His Majesty was confident in letting him take the position."
"So, even though he has a lot of shortcomings, he is very serious when it comes to handling cases."
"But now Ouyang Rui is much more flexible than him, and he is even better than his teacher."
After hearing this, Gu Qingning couldn't help but think of the Lin family's case.
"Why didn't he admit his wrongdoing in the Lin family case and instead hastily closed it?"
Lu Jingyu put his arm around his shoulders and said, "It was Concubine Su and the Ninth Prince who worked together to keep father in the dark."
"But Qing Ning, the Lin family's case should be reopened and tried again."
Gu Qingning excitedly grabbed Lu Jingyu's sleeve, her eyes shining, "Is this the right time you mentioned before?"
During this period of time, they have already investigated what happened back then to a near-complete level.
A lot of witnesses and evidence were also prepared.
But there was never the right time.
now……
Lu Jingyu: "The evidence from Southern Xinjiang has not been sent back yet, but His Majesty has already confirmed through blood test today that Qin Mingyue is not his and Concubine Rou's child."
"It also confirms that Qin Mingyue is not Concubine Su's child."
He raised his head and said, "His Majesty has issued a secret order for me to investigate this matter and help him find his biological child."
The expression on Gu Qingning's face was a little subtle for a moment.
"He asked you to find yourself? So when are you going to tell him the truth?"
Lu Jingyu: "The truth must be told, but not right now, or he will doubt it again."
"And there is one more thing. We have to wait until Ouyang Rui and the others return from Jiangnan."
Gu Qingning: "Nalan Zhuer and Jiamin came to see me today, and they mentioned this matter."
"By the way, Nalan also said that a caravan will come from southern Xinjiang in a while and give her some local specialties."
"You said before that neither the Ninth Prince nor Concubine Su had contacted the spies in Southern Xinjiang before. Is it possible that they will make some small moves this time?"
Lu Jingyu nodded seriously, "It should be. And according to the time, the people I sent to southern Xinjiang should be back."
If the matter of the spy in southern Xinjiang can be confirmed, then the other evidence can be brought out at the same time.
The overthrow of Concubine Su is just around the corner.
Gu Qingning thought of another person, "Now that His Majesty and the others know that Qin Mingyue is not his daughter, what should we do with Qin Mingyue?"
Lu Jingyu: "Nominally, she is asked to stay in the Cining Palace to accompany the Queen Mother, but in reality, she is under house arrest. She cannot move until the matter is resolved."
Gu Qingning: "Concubine Su has just been punished, and the Third Prince has a lot of things to do, so he probably can't take care of Qin Mingyue. But fortunately, Chen Shu has always been loyal to Qin Mingyue and never left her."
Lu Jingyu shook his head after hearing this, "Where can someone really stay with you forever?"
You see, Qin Mingyue will eventually hurt the only person in this world who truly treats her well.
Qin Mingyue didn't know at this time.
She was left in the Cining Palace and couldn't go anywhere, and even Chen Shuo didn't come.
After a while, she began to panic.
She couldn't even go to see Concubine Su.
Qin Mingyue was furious and yelled at the eunuch who tried to stop her:
"I am the Princess Jin'an of the Great Chu State. Why are you stopping me?"
Luo Shui: "His Majesty has ordered that you should stay in the Cining Palace and accompany the Empress Dowager now."
Qin Mingyue: "I won't leave the palace. I'm going to Yikun Palace to see Concubine Su!"
Luo Shui: "That won't work either. His Majesty has issued an order. Princess, please don't embarrass us."
Qin Mingyue was so angry that she turned around and asked the Queen Mother for help again.
"Grandmother, what's going on? Why won't Father let me go out?"
The Queen Mother said: "Mingyue, don't worry. I will ask someone to ask the Emperor."
But what they didn't expect was that Emperor Minghe was not in the palace at this time, and even Concubine Rou was not there.
The emperor and his concubine disguised themselves again, left the palace in a low-key manner, and went to a house on Yongxing Street.
The new mansion is of moderate size, with a neat layout, pavilions and terraces, and is exquisitely designed without losing its elegance.
Today is the full moon banquet of Lu Jingyu and Gu Qingning’s daughter, Lu Xiyao.
Many guests came to the front yard to celebrate, and of course, everyone couldn't help but talk about it.
"Why would the young master want to move out with his wife and daughter for no reason?"
"I don't know, but there must be some unknown reason. Did something happen in the Duke's Mansion?"
"Shh, keep your voice down, don't let Duke Qin hear you!"
In fact, these people speak so loudly that it is difficult to ignore them.
Duke Qin had an unpleasant expression on his face, but he remained calm and didn't say anything.
But Lu Hangzhi beside him was too young and impatient.
After hearing those people say these words, he immediately glared at them unkindly.
Those people turned around and left embarrassedly without saying anything else.
But even so, Lu Hangzhi was still in a bad mood.
He said to Duke Qin in a depressed tone:
"Father, we are a good family. My eldest brother insisted on moving out. Why didn't you persuade him a little more?"
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