Chapter 106: If you can't persuade her, then kill her

"No, that's not the case... I, the Third Prince personally ordered me to do this. It's all Du Heng's fault for not knowing how to behave. That's why this disaster happened."

The eunuch was obviously Xia Zeqi's confidant, and he knew a lot about Xia Zeqi.

Xia Muyan was so angry when he heard what the eunuch said that he kicked the eunuch hard.

"You really don't care about your face. You want to persuade someone, but when they don't agree, you want to kill them. You're worse than animals."

In the last sentence, Xia Muyan was obviously scolding Xia Zeqi.

Qiao Niannian thought too much.

According to the plot, the reason why the Third Prince took action against Du Heng was because he was afraid that Qiao Yueying would expose the fact that he had impersonated and recognized the Queen Mother's savior.

But now there is a change.

The Third Prince failed to control Du Heng and wanted to kill him.

Is it because the Third Prince used to make money from the casino, but last time Qiao Beichen burned the casino, the people in the casino were directly sent to the Ministry of Justice, which was equivalent to cutting off the Third Prince's financial resources.

The Third Prince then turned his attention to Du Heng.

In the end, Du Heng did not agree, so he was killed?

Qiao Niannian counted with her fingers.

It's true!

So, this matter is more or less related to her.

Then she definitely can't sit idly by.

Qiao Niannian knocked the eunuch unconscious.

Then whispered a few words in Xia Muyan's ear, Xia Muyan's eyes lit up immediately, and then left quickly.

When Qiao Niannian returned to the banquet, she saw Mrs. Huo, who looked anxious.

"Mother, I'm back."

Mrs. Huo breathed a sigh of relief: "Where did you go, kid? We lost you."

The maid and the palace maids were guarding far away, and the princess and Qiao Niannian were only served by two close palace maids.

In the blink of an eye, the princess and the young lady disappeared.

She was about to look for them, but was pulled to another road by the palace maids. When she went back, she couldn't find the tenth princess and the young lady.

This made people very anxious.

The maid had no choice but to come back to find Mrs. Huo.

Mrs. Huo didn't expect that Qiao Niannian and the tenth princess really knew each other, and from what the maid said, they had a good relationship.

Then, weren't those excuses?

She knew her daughter's ability, and although she was worried, she was not panicked, so she kept the nanny and waited for Qiao Niannian to come back.

By this time, the palace banquet was about to begin.

Before she said a few words, everyone had already started to sit down. Mrs. Huo could not continue to speak, and took Qiao Niannian to sit down.

Then the emperor brought several princes, and the queen mother also brought the concubines and princesses of the harem.

The tenth princess followed behind, and when she passed by Qiao Niannian, she winked at her, indicating that the matter had been settled.

As the emperor sat in the main seat, everyone saluted. The emperor waved his hands casually, and his voice was less stern than usual, asking everyone to excuse themselves.

It was also at this time that Du Heng saw Qiao Niannian and recognized her identity.

The daughter of Marquis Mingyuan, Qiao Niannian.

Du Heng's men also saw it.

They looked surprised.

"Master, the little girl who just said you were doomed is actually the daughter of Marquis Mingyuan."

Marquis Mingyuan Qiao Chushan is still somewhat famous in the capital. Not to mention anything else, after he married his wife, he took a concubine, which is enough to be talked about.

It's just based on rumors.

Marquis Mingyuan and his wife have an average relationship, but he cares about his concubine.

But today, why doesn't it seem like that!

When sitting down, Qiao Chushan should sit in the middle, with his wife and concubine sitting on both sides, followed by the two young ladies.

But Qiao Chushan sat directly on the side, followed by Mrs. Huo, then Qiao Niannian, and as for Aunt Xu and Qiao Yueying, they were directly left out.

Moreover, Qiao Chushan looked at Qiao Niannian with a look of pampering and love.

He didn't even look at Qiao Yueying.

Aunt Xu picked up some food for Qiao Chushan, but Qiao Chushan threw it aside in disdain. Aunt Xu's face turned pale.

She didn't look like she was pampered at all.

Du Heng was a little surprised. It was indeed different from the rumors.

But are rumors necessarily true?

You know, three people can make a tiger.

Just after the banquet started, Du Heng's men walked in from outside and whispered in Du Heng's ear: "Master, our things have indeed been moved."

Du Heng's eyes moved, and he couldn't help but look at Qiao Niannian again.

The little girl was really right.

Fortunately, he listened, otherwise, he might get into trouble.

"Master, there is one more thing. The palace gates are closed, and I heard that the third prince sent someone to pass on the order. No matter what happens at the palace gate, don't worry about it."

"What?" Du Heng's face changed drastically, and he almost stood up in shock. Fortunately, his subordinates reacted quickly and quickly pressed his shoulders and pressed him back.

"Master, this is a palace banquet, you are not allowed to leave at will."

During the palace banquet, even the emperor was not allowed to leave at will, let alone the ministers, not to mention that he was just a small imperial businessman.

But his sister was still outside the palace.

No, he couldn't let his sister get into danger.

Since his parents passed away, he and his sister have depended on each other, and he absolutely couldn't let anything happen to his sister.

And there is the third prince.

The third prince had found him before, and hinted in his words that he should hand over one-tenth of the profits to him and work for him in the future.

The Du family is an imperial merchant family. They are loyal to the imperial merchant family and never take sides. So Du Heng directly refused.

Later, he heard from his subordinates that the Third Prince went to find the Du family's mortal enemy, the Jiang family. He was the Jiangnan weaving manufacturer, and the Jiang family was the Jiangbei weaving manufacturer. They were both in Suzhou and were both famous satin factories. The two families had been fighting overtly and covertly for so many years and disliked each other.

He thought the Third Prince had given up the Du family and turned to the Jiang family.

Now it seems that the Third Prince wants the Jiang family to replace them!

No.

That's not right.

It's not about letting the Jiang family replace the Du family as the imperial merchant, but about destroying the Du family and making the Jiang family the largest satin factory in the entire Suzhou, taking both the Jiangnan and Jiangbei sides into it.

Du Heng clenched his fists

tightly. His teeth bit out blood.

The cruel Third Prince wanted to destroy the Du family and hurt his sister just because he didn't agree to his request.

Du Heng couldn't help but look at the Third Prince who was in a high position.

The Third Prince was sitting below the Crown Prince at this moment. He had an arrogant look in his eyes, holding the wine glass with two fingers, looking at everyone at the banquet with calculations in his eyes.

What a Third Prince.

Du Heng's eyes showed murderous intent. The Third Prince turned back as if he had sensed something, and his eyes met Du Heng's, revealing a mocking smile.

The Du family was just an ant-like existence, and they dared to reject him.

But it didn't matter if they rejected him. Without the Du family, he had the Jiang family. The Jiang family promised to give him three-tenths, or three-tenths of the entire Suzhou.

It was much more than he expected.

As for the Du family, since he couldn't use it, he might as well destroy it.

In the face of power, the lives of those powerless people can be trampled to death without any consideration.

Du Heng wanted to rush forward, bite the Third Prince's flesh tightly, and tear off a piece of it.