Chapter 212 Breaking off relations
Tonight, the city of Bianjing was filled with the sound of hurried footsteps of iron boots, and many people had been awakened from their sleep by this change.
No one dared to send anyone out to inquire.
All we know is that those walking around in the city of Bianjing are the palace guards.
By the time the Xie family arrived at Kaifeng Prefecture, it was already the hour of Mao.
In the past, at this time of year, many vendors in Bianjing City would have started to get busy, but today at the hour of Mao, the streets were empty except for the imperial guards.
Kaifeng Prefecture.
"Master Qi, what's going on?" Xie Jing, feeling ill at ease, walked through the Kaifeng Mansion gate, his pace quickening as he panted. "Where's my daughter?"
Mrs. Xie wiped her eyes and walked over with the support of Mrs. Sun.
Xie Ting and Xie Changfeng looked at Qi Zhan with serious expressions.
"The doctor just took out the dagger from the young lady's chest." Qi Zhan thought of the dagger the female doctor had just taken out and frowned. "They said her internal organs were injured, but fortunately the bleeding has stopped. Now she has a fever again. If she doesn't make it by noon, then..."
"Rong'er!" Old Madam Xie walked tremblingly towards the house.
Xie Jing's face turned pale and his eyes became hot. He walked around Qi Zhan and headed into the house.
Xie Ting grabbed Qi Zhan's arm and said, "What? If you can't make it through noon, what?"
"Brother Ting." Xie Changfeng saw Xie Ting questioning Qi Zhan with a bad face, and stepped forward to hold Xie Ting back: "Stop making trouble."
As he spoke, Xie Changfeng looked at Qi Zhan again: "Master Qi, I wonder why my elder sister was injured so badly. Is this related to those imperial guards on the street?"
Qi Zhan sighed and recounted how he was injured when he was rushed from Xie Rongying to Kaifeng Mansion, and how he was chased by people from Yongyi Marquis Mansion.
"The Qin family has been arrested. A quarter of an hour ago, news came from the palace saying that Young Marquis Qin's whereabouts have not been found. Oh, and Young Marquis Qin and Shangguan Jing have disappeared."
Xie Ting frowned, "Isn't Shangguan Jing in the Prince of Wei's mansion?"
"I heard from the people at the Prince of Wei's mansion that Shangguan Jing escaped from the mansion last night." Qi Zhan frowned. "It should be Shangguan Yan who asked the Marquis of Yongyi and his son to find a way to rescue Shangguan Jing from the Prince of Wei's mansion. However, the secret correspondence between Shangguan Yan and the Marquis of Yongyi was discovered by the young lady."
"If this secret were to be discovered, the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion would certainly have silenced the witnesses. However, the young mistress was clever enough to escape from the Marquis's Mansion and rush all the way to Kaifeng Prefecture. However, she was still a step too late and was seriously injured."
After hearing this, Xie Ting walked directly into the house behind him.
Xie Changfeng bowed to Qi Zhan and said, "Thank you for your care, Master Qi. The Xie family will definitely remember it."
"Second Young Master, you are too polite. This is what I should do." Qi Zhan nodded.
Only then did Xie Changfeng walk towards the house.
At this time, Cuizhi was wiping her tears and wiping Xie Rongying's limbs. The doctor said that this would help reduce the fever.
Dongxue was talking to Xie Jing and Old Madam Xie about what happened last night.
"So, it was Rong'er who discovered evidence of collusion between the Marquis of Yongyi and Shangguan Yan, and that the Jin and Liao peoples were also implicated?" Old Madam Xie's voice trembled as she spoke. "This, this is treason. How dare the Marquis of Yongyi's Mansion do this?"
Xie Jing walked towards the doctor standing nearby and asked, "How is my daughter?"
"The internal organs are damaged. Although it's only a small puncture wound, the blood loss is excessive." The doctor looked in the direction of Xie Rongying and sighed: "It all depends on luck."
Xie Jing was a little unsteady on his feet, so he grabbed the door frame in time. He never thought that he would die young.
Thinking of what Xie Rongying had done for him and the Xie family before.
Xie Jing felt a growing sense of guilt, and he walked towards Xie Rongying with unsteady steps.
Sitting directly on the ground in front of the bed, he held Xie Rongying's cold hand and said with a sob, "Rong'er, wake up. Dad will listen to you in everything from now on. When you wake up, Dad will go to the emperor and ask him to divorce you and Qin Junyi."
As he spoke, Xie Jing lowered his head and held Xie Rongying's hand tightly: "Dad will take you home, Rongying. Dad will go to the government and make sure you have no connection with the Qin family. Let's go home."
Cuizhi wiped her tears and said, "My lord, after the young lady discovered the secret letters between the Marquis of Yongyi and Shangguan Yan, she escaped from the Marquis of Yongyi's mansion and came to Kaifeng Mansion out of fear of implicating the Xie family. But in the end, she was still, still..."
Xie Jing listened to Cuizhi's choked and unfinished words, and the guilt, regret, and anger in his heart reached the extreme.
He stood up, and Cuizhi immediately supported him: "Master, please go slowly."
Xie Jing looked towards Xie Ting and said, "Brother Ting, come with me into the palace, come with me into the palace to see His Majesty."
Xie Ting stepped forward to support Xie Jing and said, "Uncle now knows how to think about my eldest sister. If it weren't for the fact that Uncle and Jiang hit it off, how could my eldest sister have met those bastards from the Qin family!"
Xie Jing heard Xie Ting's dissatisfaction. He looked gloomy and walked out of the room with Xie Ting's help.
Dongxue brought an armchair to the bedside, and Old Madam Xie sat down. Looking at Xie Rongying, whose face was pale, the old lady's face became even more vicissitudes of life. It seemed that in just an hour, her temples were covered with silver hair.
"Madam, the young lady is a lucky person and will be fine." Dongxue looked at the unconscious Xie Rongying and wiped her eyes.
What Xie Rongying told her was that after rushing to Kaifeng Prefecture, she would ask Cuizhi and her to try their best to delay the people from the Qin family who were chasing them.
But he didn't tell Dongxue that he would be so cruel to him.
When Dongxue learned from the doctor that Xie Rongying's life was hanging by a thread, she almost fainted. How could there be such a cruel person as her own girl in this world?
"When I was learning needlework as a child, I accidentally got pricked by a needle and I would act like a spoiled child for a long time. Now I'm hurt so badly." The old lady held Xie Rongying's hand with tears in her eyes: "Rongying, does it hurt?"
"It must be very painful." The old lady took a breath and said, "Rongying, you must get better. Grandma hasn't seen your life fulfilled yet. Grandma hasn't seen you and your husband get along. Grandma hasn't seen her great-grandson yet."
After Mrs. Xie said this, the atmosphere in the room became even more depressing.
Xie Changfeng felt a little sad. He had been busy with the business of the Shi family since he came to Bian Jing. Also, because Xie Rongying was already married, he had not had time to go to the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion to see his elder sister. He did not expect that the situation would be like this when they met again.
"Grandmother." Xie Changfang stepped forward and said, "Eldest sister will be fine. You should take care of yourself. Right now, we need to sever ties with the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion as soon as possible."
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