Chapter 15: Surveillance becomes protection
It was indeed over. Not only was Liu finished, but even the men in the Fan family were struck by lightning, and their heads went blank.
Liu's two daughters were so frightened that they cried. They also participated in what their mother did. Will Qianyan take revenge later?
On ordinary days, seeing two little girls crying their eyes out would have been a bit tolerant. But at this moment, they were just incredibly annoyed. "Shut up, you're crying! You still have the nerve to cry?"
People are biased, and no matter how bad the Fan family's situation could be, how bad could it be? Right now, she was more concerned about Qianyan's future. But just as she opened her mouth, she was called out: "Jingrui family, from now on, please curb your curiosity!"
Previously, it was the bearded man's fault, and it could be considered a woman's nature. Besides, since people are always soft-hearted and grateful, she couldn't say much. But now that such a big trouble had arisen, Old Lady Fan had no choice but to intervene.
"As for the fourth and fourth brothers, all those preferential treatments should be cancelled!" This was a typical case of giving each of them fifty lashes. Wu Zi had made up his mind before seeking Chu Ci's opinion: "Jing Rui's family, what do you think?"
"What about Qianyan?" Chu Ci was more worried about Fan Qianyan than himself. Her mother's background was questionable, and her father didn't care. The elders of the Fan family didn't seem very reliable either.
Chu Ci thought the Fan family wasn't very reliable, and didn't the Fan family think the same of Chu Ci? Fan Lao San, who always treated himself as invisible, couldn't help but stand up and said, "Niece-in-law, is Qian Yan the important thing now?"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm narrow-minded. Such a big matter must be reported to the emperor." Chu Ci deliberately misinterpreted his meaning.
Then, before anyone could react, an even more shocking piece of news broke: "No, there's no need to bother. The Emperor's men have been secretly following us."
Now, not only the Fan family, but even the secret guards wanted to curse. What kind of "Old Six" is this? Seeing the truth but not saying it, don't you understand this little bit of truth?
Unfortunately, Chu Ci's main goal was to do whatever he wanted. "Master Secret Guard, could you please show yourself?"
His past was completely exposed. If he didn't leave, what if this Young Lady Fan revealed something more? The secret guard felt that not only he, but even the emperor would be implicated. "Young Lady Fan is loyal and devoted. I will report the truth."
"Hey, there's no rush, no rush. Qianyan, bring a bowl of mutton soup to the adult first." Chu Ci's spirit of not caring about other people's life or death came back.
There was another person who also didn't care about the lives of others, the emperor in the palace who was used to being high and mighty.
When the private storehouse was robbed, he could console himself that it was because of the fate of Pingyang Hou;
If a son stabs someone in the back, he can also take comfort in the fact that he was instigated by a treacherous official;
The main point is that even if the whole world is wrong, he, as the emperor, will not be wrong.
Now, someone told him that even his beloved concubine was fake. Even his previous cruel exile of his teacher was most likely a conspiracy by the concubine. The emperor was finally convinced that someone was secretly trying to destabilize the country.
As the ruler of a nation, he was not only used as a pawn, but also made the scapegoat. How could he tolerate this?
Without even bothering to find a reason, he simply labeled the Pingyang Marquisate and the Liu family as remnants of the crown prince's gang. Then, with a flick of his imperial pen, the two families followed in the footsteps of the Fan family, having their property confiscated and exiled. Even the destination of their exile was the same: Yazhou.
As for the Fan family, the emperor personally wrote a letter to Mr. Fan. The result of exile remained unchanged, but the previous surveillance by the secret guards was changed to protection.
In this way, the Fan family's journey became more leisurely.
Perhaps it was fate that could not bear to see cannon fodder counterattack, so some clever person, in order to save manpower, forcibly merged the two escort teams into one. The difference was immediately apparent. Although both were exiled, the Fan family was clean and tidy. Except for the stronger people, nothing else had changed.
As for the people from the Pingyang Marquisate and the Liu family, their hair was disheveled, their faces were haggard, their clothes were tattered, and they had become darker and thinner, their bodies covered with whip marks. Some of their wounds were still bleeding, and their eyes revealed despair and fear. It seemed that every step required all their strength.
It's the same exile, why?
Especially the Pingyang Marquis family, who had spent half their lives scheming and scheming. In the end, they were even worse than the one they had discarded like a piece of trash. How could this be?
So they collectively lost their memory.
"My daughter, my dear daughter. Save me, save me, even if it's just a bite to eat. If there's no more food, your little nephew will starve to death!" The marquis's wife, who was once high and mighty, wailed without any regard for her dignity.
"Sister, mother...all the mistakes she made before were all my fault. Even if you have resentment in your heart, just blame me. Hao'er is innocent." As soon as Chu Ling'er opened her mouth, her voice was full of the smell of tea.
Zhang Ying, the Crown Prince's Consort who had once mocked her as a country bumpkin from the countryside, unworthy of the tiles in the Marquis of Pingyang's mansion, threw herself at Chu Ci's feet, "Sister, I kowtow to you. As long as you are willing to save Hao'er, I am willing to work like a slave for you to repay your kindness."
Seeing that Chu Ci was "indifferent", two other maids from the Fan family stood in front of Chu Ci.
Chu Junyi, who always thought highly of herself, was very dissatisfied. "Chu Ci, as a sister-in-law, you always hide behind your sister-in-law. Isn't that a bit too selfish?"
"We do."
"That's right, we absolutely won't allow you to bully our sister-in-law." Ever since Chu Ci helped Qian Yan, she and Qian Xue had been following Chu Ci like two little tails. When Chu Ci was surrounded, they were the first to step forward and support her.
Chu Junyi was so angry! "Brother Jingrui, are you just going to watch them do whatever they want?"
"Great! Won't your sister protect her?" Fan Jingrui was quite good at playing dumb. Chu Ci was immediately amused, feeling a warm warmth in his heart.
"Chu Junyi, don't play dumb. I don't believe you didn't know about the breakup. Since you chose Chu Ling'er, don't bother me."
However, Chu Junyi misunderstood. He thought Chu Ci was just angry about the breakup. He acted as if he was offering a favor and said, "If you can save Hao'er, I'll ask my father to let you go home."
Chu Ci was puzzled. To survive in the capital, even if one was a simpleton, one had to be polished and refined, right? Why were all these people in the Chu family so mentally unstable?
Go home? What to do, continue to be manipulated? Does she, Chu Ci, look like a fool?
Or is it because of the so-called halo of the group's favorite heroine?
But now the heroine has been exiled. Can she and the hero meet again?
If not, does that mean the Fan family won't repeat the fate described in the book? And will his status as a cannon fodder also cease to exist?
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