Chapter 126: Vengeance for Tianbao, Peace of the Duke's Mansion
"The emperor's uncle is really good at pretending to be ignorant." Qin Huo clapped his hands and without asking the tyrant, he had Princess Zhaoyang and her family brought to the Golden Palace.
As soon as Marquis Jingyuan saw Qin Zisheng, he rushed over with red eyes, rubbing his hands together as if he wanted to beat Qin Zisheng in front of the tyrant: "Duke! My daughter Zhaoyang has to call you uncle! And you treat her like that!"
The Marquis' Mansion has now become a laughing stock in the entire capital. The Marquis of Jingyuan and his family haven't dared to go out in the past two days. They are so embarrassed!
Qin Zisheng remained calm and composed: "What are you talking about? I don't understand."
Marquis Jingyuan was trembling with anger. Knowing this was no place for a fight, he turned around and knelt with his wife and daughter. "Your Majesty, please intervene! Zhaoyang was instructed by Duke Qin to go find Princess Yongle! He even gave her a pot of pre-arranged wine and told her to drink it! This will help Zhaoyang cancel her engagement with the Lin family! Your Majesty, please see!"
The tyrant, who had successfully lost weight, looked even more fierce under his sharp brows: "You say."
Qin Zisheng sneered, his expression arrogant: "Whatever he said is true? Look at Zhaoyang's unconscious state right now, can you believe what she said?"
Zhaoyang, who had been huddled up with his arms crossed, suddenly looked up and said shrilly, "My uncle said that Princess Yongle caused Sister Yanyan to be stripped of her title. You won't be able to let go of the anger in your heart until you take revenge! Five years ago, Princess Yongle left the palace, and you sent someone to push her into the lake and drown her. The regent noticed something was wrong and thwarted your plan... Four years ago, you hired someone to kidnap her, but she and her guards beat you to a pulp. Three years ago..."
"I believed it. I thought my uncle would really help me, but it turns out you wanted to harm me! Wasn't it just a quarrel between Mother and the Duke's wife? And you're taking revenge on me like this! You've ruined me, you've ruined my life..."
The wife of Marquis Jingyuan followed suit and cried. The mother and daughter wanted to hug each other and cry bitterly in front of the tyrant.
She just wanted to ask her sister to help Princess Zhaoyang find a better marriage, but Qin Yanyan kept making sarcastic remarks beside her, saying that Princess Zhaoyang's status was already there, so how could she still want to climb to the top? The two of them exchanged a few words.
She was dizzy and said: Qin Yanyan doesn't even have a title now. Princess Zhaoyang is still a princess after all. What is there for Qin Yanyan to be proud of?
That day, the two families parted on bad terms.
Qin Zisheng did not defend himself or say anything. He held his head high as usual, not looking panicked at all. His attitude was so arrogant that he really deserved a beating.
Marquis Jingyuan clenched his fists and couldn't help wanting to swing up several times, but was intimidated by the tyrant's terrifying expression.
The tyrant is extremely indulgent to the Duke. This is something that everyone in Daqi knows. The reason why the Duke's Mansion is so unscrupulous is definitely due to the tyrant.
"So there are so many things? How much does the emperor's uncle hate the princess of the neighboring country?" Qin Huo looked over sarcastically.
In an instant, Qin Zisheng felt a biting chill in the eyes of this young man who was twenty years younger than him. It penetrated his heart and bones, making him shiver.
However, Old Jiang Qin quickly came to his senses and sneered, "Prince Regent, please don't accuse me of anything. Everything depends on evidence..."
"Okay. Your Majesty must be tired after attending the morning court for such a long time. Please go back and rest. I will take care of the rest." Qin Huo said neither humbly nor arrogantly.
The tyrant looked at Qin Zisheng deeply.
After so many years of flattery, it's time to put an end to it. If Qin Zisheng had a little self-knowledge, he would definitely have praised him until his death and not killed him. Unfortunately, some people are too ungrateful and always take other people's kindness for granted, as if everyone owes him something.
This sight made Qin Zisheng a little panicked.
The next moment, the tyrant calmly said "OK" and actually left!
For the first time, Qin Zisheng felt a little panic in his heart. Whenever someone impeached him in the past, the tyrant would never let it go!
Qin Huo sat down on the chair reserved for the Regent, leaning lazily against it. He looked at the Jingyuan Marquis family with a smile, "You heard it too. The Duke wants evidence. You have nothing to prove. I can't make the decision for you."
Marquis Jingyuan laughed and said, "I have witnesses! Duke Qin and Zhaoyang were talking that day in the Duke's Mansion. There were so many servants there. Do you think they were all blind and deaf?"
Qin Zisheng was shocked. He slowly narrowed his eyes and saw the maid who was summoned in. It turned out to be a familiar face in the Duke's Mansion...
The Duke's Mansion was raided on the same day. It was a sudden raid and the Duke's Mansion was completely unprepared, so evidence of numerous crimes was everywhere in the mansion.
Qin Huo also came up with a bad idea of confessing and reporting. Any report that can provide evidence can be used to make up for the mistake.
How could the Duke's Mansion, which had been domineering for many years, withstand such an investigation? It fell into an abyss of no return overnight.
The regent made a decisive judgment and exiled the guilty men in the Duke's Mansion to the Savage State under his jurisdiction. The female relatives who had titles were stripped of their titles without any punishment. They all went away overnight.
The Duke's Mansion fell, and the reason why Qin Huo acted so quickly was, firstly, he could not hold back his anger at Qin Zisheng for persecuting Tianbao; secondly, he was angry at the thought of Tianbao openly letting him take a concubine, and he had to vent for no reason; thirdly, he was afraid that if things were delayed, the tyrant would be unable to resist protecting Qin Zisheng.
The night fades away and a new sun rises.
Qin Huo, who didn't like to drag things out, went to Qiu's house in person early in the morning to express his idea that he and Qiu Yueying were not suitable for each other.
Qiu Yueying cried bitterly after returning home from the boat trip. After seeing Qin Huo's treatment of Princess Yongle and her, what else could she not understand? Those tears were just a farewell to her former love.
As Qin Huo was about to leave, Qiu Yueying couldn't help but catch up with him for a few steps: "I wish that the prince and Princess Yongle...will be together forever."
This sounds bittersweet.
Qin Huo raised his eyebrows and looked at her with a faint smile: "Thank you." But in his heart, he felt that the women except Tianbao were all very hypocritical. They obviously hoped that he and Tianbao would not have a happy ending, right?
Qiu Yueying shook her head and forced a smile. "I can see that the prince must be deeply in love with Princess Yongle. Princess Yongle is so lucky to have the prince's favor."
Every time she met or heard about Qin Huo, he loved to smile: a faint smile, a faint smile, a cold smile. Those who didn't know him well thought he was a gentle and understanding person. She had mistakenly believed that too. After this experience, she realized that those were just misunderstandings of the world.
Only after seeing his true gentleness can you understand that his usual smile is just a mask, a distant expression of his superficial smile.
Qin Huo's heart moved slightly. He loved Tianbao so much?
The young man smiled, waved his hand, and strode out of the Qiu Mansion.
On the way back, his heart was in turmoil and confusion. He caught a glimpse of a carriage passing through the busy city. He said loudly, "Let's go to the bookstore. I want to buy some books."
He secretly bought a few storybooks and returned to the Regent's Palace with a normal expression.
A love storybook.
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