Chapter 146 The Siege of He Mansion
Xiao Che's smile faded, and he looked up at Qin Jinzhi on the railing.
"What if I have to protect Uncle Fifteen?"
Qin Jinzhi sat on the railing, laughing so hard she almost fell over, her body swaying back and forth, her laughter echoing throughout the entire Hechun Terrace.
Just as Xiao Che's face turned completely black, Qin Jinzhi suddenly made a bow-drawing gesture out of thin air.
Like a child playing a prank, he closed one eye and aimed at Xiao Che's face.
A smile spread across his face, and he made a sound like an arrow leaving a bowstring, "Whoosh!"
As Qin Jinzhi released the hand that had been drawing the bow in mid-air, Hu Ajiao and Hu Aman instantly attacked the two.
The woman beside Xiao Che immediately protected him and stepped back.
He Qi's head was chopped off by Hu Aman in an instant.
Glug glug.
It rolled to Xiao Che's feet.
Xiao Che immediately stared intently at Qin Jinzhi, "He Qi's father is the Minister of Rites, how dare you commit violence in the capital!"
Qin Jinzhi found it hilarious; Xiao Che seemed unable to see the mountains of corpses and seas of blood below.
Xiao Che's female guard drew her sword to defend herself, but was struck by Hu Ajiao's heavy mace and coughed up blood.
"You dare to assassinate the prince, Qin Jinzhi, you don't want your head anymore!"
He didn't expect that this little madman would actually dare to make a move!
As the female guards retreated one after another, Xiao Che's panic and anger intensified.
Finally, taking advantage of a moment when she was backing away, the female guard said to Xiao Che, "Your Highness, let's go quickly!"
Then, the female guard led Xiao Che away quickly.
As he was leaving, Xiao Che's voice rang out, "Qin Jinzhi, this prince will never let this go. Your death is imminent!"
Hu Aman said excitedly, "Old Qin, don't forget my Hundred Flowers Wine."
Qin Jinzhi jumped directly off the second-floor railing.
Then he landed lightly on the ground. "Go back to the Thousand Birds Bureau and send someone to pay a visit to this Minister He."
Just as Qin Jinzhi was about to leave, a pleasant voice suddenly came from behind her.
"Princess!"
Miao Tangchun came running over, her face still covered in paint and her costume still on, as if she had only managed to remove her headdress in her haste.
The sincerity in his eyes was mostly extinguished when he met Qin Jinzhi's calm and indifferent gaze.
That look was as if he were looking at an inanimate object, failing to evoke the slightest reaction in her.
Finally, Miao Tangchun simply squatted down and used her expensive theatrical costume to wipe away the bloodstains that had gotten on Qin Jinzhi's boots.
Qin Jinzhi left Hechuntai without saying a word.
Miao Tangchun did not chase after her, but the desolation in her eyes could not be hidden.
People in the capital had long heard of Qin Jinzhi's extravagance.
When the sedan chair carried by thirty-two men ostentatiously passed through the street, it still shocked many people.
However, the few horse-drawn carts carrying goods behind them seemed out of place.
When the surrounding people realized that the car was full of corpses, they were so frightened that they backed away.
A strong stench of blood permeated the streets.
Many of the corpses on the vehicle were headless.
When they arrived at Minister He's residence, not only were the Thousand Bird Guards there, but Xue Huaiyi had also been waiting for them with the soldiers of the Prince of Zhenbei's mansion.
Yun Que prepared a soft chair, and Qin Jinzhi walked over and sat down in front of the He residence.
"Surround the He residence for me, the princess."
This time, the servants of the Prince of Zhenbei's mansion didn't even knock on the door.
Step aside and ram the door!
The guards of the Prince of Zhenbei's mansion were very experienced, and they only needed three strikes.
The gate of the He residence collapsed with a crash.
Qin Jinzhi seemed very patient, sitting there waiting for the He family to discover her.
Yun Que even thoughtfully cut the watermelon for Qin Jinzhi.
The signs of the Prince of Zhenbei's Mansion and the emblem of the Thousand Birds Bureau immediately told Minister He who the visitor was.
"You're saying the entire mansion is surrounded by Qin Jinzhi!"
He Lianghan looked incredulous!
When did he offend this ancestor?
The servant boy cried, "They not only surrounded the mansion, but they also broke down the main gate of the He family mansion!"
He Lianghan took a deep breath. "Lead the way!"
As the Minister of Rites, he was in charge of the imperial examinations, and his students were spread throughout the court and the country.
People in the court would almost always give him three small favors.
But Qin Jinzhi has been domineering since childhood, and even princes who cross her will suffer greatly!
The worst thing is when a scholar encounters a soldier, and he can't reason with him.
When He Lianghan came out, Qin Jinzhi was eating watermelon.
Bright red juice dripped from Qin Jinzhi's hand onto the ground.
"Princess Jinzhi, what do you mean by this?"
Qin Jinzhi swallowed the watermelon in her mouth and a smile appeared on her face.
"The watermelons are exceptionally sweet today. I've come to invite Minister He to have some."
Minister He was taken aback. What did this mean?
Then they saw Qin Jinzhi kick over a round thing that she was standing on.
As the cloth covering him was unwrapped, He Qi's head rolled down the steps in front of the He family mansion.
A pair of unseeing eyes stared intently at He Lianghan.
He Lianghan collapsed to the ground, his breathing becoming labored.
Then came a mournful cry.
"My son!!!"
He Lianghan tumbled and crawled down the steps to the head.
My son!!!
He held the head in his arms, staring at Qin Jinzhi with bloodshot eyes.
"You dare to kill my son! Do you have any respect for the law?"
Qin Jinzhi smiled and got up, tossing the watermelon in her hand aside before coming to He Lianghan's side.
He wiped the remaining juice from his hands onto He Lianghan's clothes.
"Minister He, your son Yu Hechuntai attempted to assassinate this princess and was executed on the spot. Is this the law? Shouldn't this be a question I, the princess, should be asking you?"
He Lianghan flew into a rage, "You killed my son and now you want to smear the He family? Do you think the He family has no one to rely on?"
Qin Jinzhi clapped her hands, and the corpses of the hundred or so thugs from the He family were thrown together at the entrance of the He residence.
He Lianghan's eyes widened. These were all the thugs that He Qi had kept in his mansion, and they were all dead!
Qin Jinzhi was very satisfied with He Lianghan's reaction. "Minister He, what is the punishment according to the law for assassinating the princess?"
The moment He Lianghan saw the thugs, he knew that what Qin Jinzhi said might be true.
But his son, who was alive and well, died just like that!
How could he accept this!
"You committed a crime in the street, and even a princess has no right to use vigilante justice! I must go to the Emperor to seek justice for my son!"
Qin Jinzhi looked at him with a very malicious expression. "Minister He, how could you forget that I am still the commander-in-chief of the Thousand Birds Bureau? Your son assassinated a court official in the street. I could kill him ten thousand times over."
As if she had suddenly remembered something, she said with a regretful look, "Oh right, he almost didn't have to die. The Fifteenth Prince said he would protect him, but as soon as I made a move, he ran away. You can only blame him."
He Lianghan's eyes were red. He had never heard of any grudge between He Qi and Qin Jinzhi, but it was a fact that He Qi was on good terms with the Fifteenth Prince. Could it be that the Fifteenth Prince was the one who ordered the assassination of Qin Jinzhi?
Qin Jinzhi sat back in the soft chair, propping her face up with her hand, her smile gone.
"He Lianghan, did you order He Qi to assassinate this princess?"
The Thousand Bird Guards and the soldiers of the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion instantly drew their weapons!
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