Qiao Ruyan and her men did not go far. After arranging for the injured to go back, she waited in a teahouse until she was sure that Xiao Li had really left. Only then did she go home.
As soon as I reached the door, I ran into my father who was in a hurry to go out.
Qiao Youcai was furious and asked immediately, "Why did you let him go? He killed my guards and injured so many officers and soldiers. This is simply lawless. How could I let him go like this? Do you think I, the governor, am a pushover?"
Qiao Ruyan said with a cold face, "Dad, they have more than 30 guards, all of them are highly skilled in martial arts. Two hundred officers and soldiers have gone, but they have no power to fight back. If they want to kill Lan Zhi, how can she escape?"
If you don't eat vegetarian food, you have water in your brain.
Qiao Youcai's anger froze for a moment. "No matter what, it's true that he killed my guards and injured officers and soldiers. If I let him go like this, how can I, as the governor, save my dignity?"
Qiao Ruyan didn't want to argue with him about face, so she asked someone to bring the groom over and asked him to explain the matter to Qiao Youcai again.
After a moment, Qiao Youcai's face turned red with anger, this time towards Qiao Lanzhi. He felt that he had been deceived.
"How dare she confuse right and wrong like this? It's really too much. She left without permission with her guards and didn't tell anyone when she encountered bandits. I must teach her a lesson."
Qiao Ruyan laughed sarcastically: "Dad, you don't have to act anymore. If she left on her own, why did your guards escort her?"
"You are the only one who knows that the King of Wei gave me the token. A few days ago, you insisted on taking the token to see it. Where is it now?"
Qiao Youcai argued with a guilty conscience: "Of course it's kept in my father's study."
Qiao Ruyan felt that he was beyond help.
"Dad, Qiao Lanzhi is holding the token and proclaiming everywhere that she is the future consort of the King of Wei. If the King of Wei finds out, will you still be able to hold on to your position as the Grand Administrator?"
Qiao Lanzhi didn't dare come back to ask the prefect to send troops to deal with the bandits, not because she was afraid of her own father, but because she was afraid that her and her father's plan would be exposed, and she would be ridiculed and stopped, and then forced to marry.
Seeing that he had been completely exposed, Qiao Youcai simply stopped pretending: "Ruyan, Lanzhi is your sister. You should help each other. If she becomes the Princess of Wei, wouldn't that be a great thing?"
Her father is the one who is whimsical and delusional.
That was the King of Wei, the only brother left after the empress seized power. He patrolled the country and had the power to execute first and report later.
It wasn't that she was belittling her sister.
But you are the daughter of a prefect's concubine. Apart from your good looks, you are uneducated, cunning, treacherous, full of lies, and spoiled and willful. What do you have to become the Princess of Wei?
If the King of Wei was a playboy, greedy for money and lustful, perhaps Qiao Lanzhi could really marry him and become his concubine. But the King of Wei was chaste, fair, and a gentleman. How could anyone be worthy of him?
Qiao Ruyan quickly made a decision: "The sixth day of next month is a good day. Dad should prepare to send Lan Zhi to marry."
Qiao Youcai immediately wanted to refute, but Qiao Ruyan looked at him coldly, her eyes filled with warning: "Dad, the noble lady today is surrounded by top-notch martial arts masters, and... her last name is Xiao!"
"I can't control you if you follow Lan Zhi and do something stupid and don't want to be the governor, but you can't harm mother and brother, and you can't harm me and Han Bin!"
After Qiao Ruyan finished speaking, she turned around and went to find her husband, regardless of her father's cold expression.
Han Bin came from the capital, or from the empress's mansion.
When Qiao Ruyan described what she had seen today, Han Bin was shocked. "You said those two guards must be General Rong and General Yang, and those elite guards are the Silver Armor Guards. That must be the Empress."
His sister-in-law was saved by the empress, but he turned against her and wanted to take her down.
"It's over. Absolutely over."
He was a scholar and had never killed anyone, but he also participated in the palace coup that year.
I saw with my own eyes the blood flowing like a river, and I saw with my own eyes the empress's decisive killing.
The empress was wise but also cruel, killing people without blinking an eye.
Qiao Ruyan only thought that the woman was a noble person, but she didn't expect that she was extremely noble, which she dared not even imagine.
That demeanor and expression make it clear that he is not an ordinary person, no wonder.
Suppressing the shock in her heart, she quickly comforted her husband: "It shouldn't be that bad."
She told Han Bin about her conversation with the empress, and Han Bin was overjoyed.
"That's because His Majesty appreciates you."
When it comes to this matter, Han Bin understands it very well.
"Her Majesty values talent and knows how to use it. She must be extremely satisfied with your performance, otherwise she wouldn't leave like this."
Qiao Ruyan was also surprised and sighed: "The King of Wei did not lie to me back then."
At that time, the King of Wei originally wanted to choose another Tongzhi to succeed the prefect. Later, she contributed money and effort to help clean up the mess left by the former prefect, so the King of Wei recommended her father.
At that time, she also thought that her family had spent money and effort to please the King of Wei. Now it seems that everything was due to the King of Wei's words.
She still remembers that when the Prince of Wei handed the official seal of the prefect to her father, he did not listen to her father's thanks and promises. Instead, he handed her a token with a smile in his eyes, and told her that if she had any difficulties, she could go to the Prince of Wei's mansion for help. He also said that if there was a chance, he would introduce her to His Majesty.
It turned out that it was not just a polite remark, but the King of Wei really knew that the Empress would like her.
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Qiao Ruyan's expression suddenly changed, startling Han Bin. "What's wrong?"
Qiao Ruyan hurried out, saying as she walked, "Tomorrow, no, tonight, I'm going to marry Qiao Lanzhi off tonight."
The empress was magnanimous for not caring about it, but that didn't mean Qiao Lanzhi was wrong.
When she thought of Qiao Lanzhi repaying the empress with ingratitude and trying to bully others by taking advantage of her power, she seemed to see a sword hanging over the necks of everyone in the Qiao family.
Just one step away, and the whole family will be wiped out.
This troublemaker Qiao Lanzhi must get married. She can't wait until next month. Qiao Lanzhi doesn't deserve to choose a good day. The longer the night, the more dreams she will have. If she delays, something bad will happen. Tonight, Qiao Lanzhi must marry into the family of her originally chosen husband.
Although Governor Qiao holds a high position, his wife, Mrs. Yang, controls the family's finances, Qiao Ruyan is appreciated by King Wei and participates in many political affairs, and Han Bin is the co-governor from the Empress's residence. So, the Qiao family is not really under the control of Governor Qiao.
Qiao Ruyan called her parents together, analyzed the pros and cons, and then decided to marry Qiao Lanzhi off.
When Qiao Youcai heard that it was the empress, he instantly shrank into a quail. Yang Shi didn't want to look at this confused husband. She couldn't let Qiao Lanzhi harm her children, so she immediately asked someone to make preparations and send her away tonight.
When Qiao Lanzhi's concubine wanted to make a fuss, Yang had her locked up and told her to either poison her to death or to keep her in seclusion. It was her choice.
Qiao Lanzhi didn't want to get married and wanted to escape, so Qiao Ruyan slapped her hard and had her tied up and taken away without any explanation.
In the past, Qiao Lanzhi acted like a spoiled child and competed for her father's favor. Qiao Ruyan was the eldest sister and was sensible at an early age. She also didn't like to stick with her father, so she didn't bother to argue with her.
But if Qiao Lanzhi brought disaster to the whole family and implicated her mother and brother, she would never tolerate it.
Get this troublesome girl away from her, she won’t have such a sister anymore.
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