Chapter 14: It’s good to be old, you can fall asleep right away
A cold hand with black and purple nails grabbed the Marquis' arm.
Hua Niang said coldly, "If you don't want the claw, I can break it for you."
The Marquis retracted his hand in horror, feeling angry and helpless. He said angrily, "Qin Yinyao, even if you went to great lengths to invite Si Tianjian, what can you do?"
"Not to mention that the Marquis's Mansion collapsed, it would not benefit you either."
"Even if the Emperor wants to cover up his shame, he won't punish me severely. Besides, I have a red seal and iron certificate in the palace to protect my life!"
"You tried your best, but you couldn't do anything to me."
"Who said I'm going to punish you with the law?" Qin Yinyao covered her mouth with her hands in shock and said exaggeratedly, "My Lord, you're so old, how can you still be so naive?"
"Indeed, it's naive." A familiar and magnetic voice sounded in the shadows.
Qin Yinyao was inexplicably happy.
Oh, the tender Dragon Prince is here!
Even her voice was a little coquettish: "May I ask, Your Highness, what is the crime of offending the Crown Princess?"
Xiao Chen walked out from the shadows, with a gentle smile on his handsome face.
He looked at Qin Yinyao indulgently: "The Crown Princess is a member of the royal family. To offend the Crown Princess is equivalent to despising the royal family and is a crime of great disrespect."
The crime of disrespect can be serious or minor.
To put it simply, if you submit a letter of apology, the emperor will symbolically fine you half a year or a year's salary, and make you reflect on your mistakes behind closed doors.
As long as it looks acceptable, that's enough.
To put it in a more serious way, the death penalty is also acceptable.
When facing Xiao Chen, the Marquis did not dare to kneel down and salute humbly as he did to the people of Si Tianjian: "Your Highness, I pay my respects to the Crown Prince."
"Your Highness, please understand that Yin Yao has not yet married into the Eastern Palace and is still an unmarried young lady in the Marquis's Mansion. As a father, I will teach my daughter a lesson if she behaves inappropriately."
"Even if there were any extreme words, it's just... a slight conflict between father and daughter. It can't be considered disrespectful, right?"
It's not just not counted, it's not counted at all.
After marriage, one should obey the husband. After marriage, one should obey the husband.
As long as you haven’t married into your husband’s family, you are not a member of his family.
However, the Marquis could only complain about this in his heart.
"Your Majesty is right." Xiao Chen's voice was steady, gentle and polite: "You know, thunder, rain and dew are all the grace of the emperor."
"If the ruler wants his subjects to die, they must die. Is this also the principle of the royal family?"
The implication is that whether it is disrespectful or not depends on his mood.
Lord: “…”
"Your Highness, please calm down. It was my fault that I was confused..." The Marquis apologized resignedly.
Xiao Chen smiled politely, "My Lord, please stand up. How can you kneel down at every turn? Wouldn't that be embarrassing for the future Crown Princess?"
"The future Crown Princess, the royal daughter-in-law, still needs to come from a prominent family."
After a pause, he changed the subject: "But it doesn't necessarily have to be the Marquis' Mansion."
The Marquis was still worried, but it became tense again.
Qin Yinyao raised her hands to slap him, but after hearing the rest of the story, she dropped them on her head in embarrassment and scratched her hair.
Well, this matter has caused a lot of trouble.
Hua Niang was enjoying the fun and said, "Master, you weren't trying to hit the Crown Prince just now, were you?"
Qin Yinyao gritted her teeth in anger: "It seems you have a big mouth."
Qin Yinyao felt even more embarrassed when she met Xiao Chen's half-smile in her eyes.
She raised her chin in shame and anger: "So what? My father still wants to be the emperor. I just want to pat you."
The Marquis, who was unable to stand firmly, knelt down again with a thud: "Your Highness, please understand. I dare not! I dare not even think of disobeying you!"
"What are you afraid of? He's the only one here today." Qin Yinyao came forward and patted the Marquis on the shoulder like a good brother.
The Marquis was frightened out of his wits by her, and the evil creature that was about to come out of his mouth was swallowed back again.
Frustrated, he kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Highness, please understand!"
"Such familiar words, such a familiar scene." Qin Yinyao tutted, "How boring."
Hua Niang nodded: "Master, I can see that you don't really want to kill this old man, you really want to scare him to death."
"I thought evil spirits had no brains." Qin Yinyao blinked.
Hua Niang: "..."
The curse is really dirty!
"Li...Li ghost?" The Marquis collapsed to the ground with weak legs, his pupils suddenly shrinking: "You! You actually keep a fierce ghost by your side!"
The crown prince can decide his life or death, and even evil spirits can kill him.
But there is still a difference between the two!
If the crown prince wanted to kill him, he would still have a chance to defend himself and beg for mercy. But evil spirits kill people without any reason.
etc!
He thought of something and looked at Xiao Chen for help: "Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
Raising a ghost is also a sorcery! It is also not allowed! Especially when it is a fierce ghost!
A fierce ghost!
How many lives does it take to become a fierce ghost?
Xiao Chen kept smiling, and said gently: "Why is the evil spirit haunting Miss?"
Lord: “???”
Your Highness, can’t you hear the evil ghost calling Master Qin Yinyao?
Qin Yinyao spread her hands and said, "Well, it's a long story, to make it short, anyway, maybe my ancestors lacked virtue, and my father did too many bad things, which led to a weak woman like me being haunted by a ghost."
"She has always called you master!" the Marquis said angrily.
"So what?" Qin Yinyao curled her lips and said, "You can do bad things to attract evil spirits, but I can't conquer evil spirits with my beauty?"
The Marquis spat out a mouthful of blood, his mouth full of the taste of iron foam, but he swallowed it hard and looked at Xiao Chen.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince heard it all. Qin Yinyao admitted it herself. She took in the evil spirit and kept it by her side!"
A man who has been cunning for most of his life, at this moment, is so upright that he looks like a loyal minister.
"It's unfair. It's not me who wants to keep the evil spirit around. I already told you that it's you who did all the bad things. The evil spirit doesn't want to leave, so it keeps pestering me."
Qin Yinyao howled even more aggrieved than he: "Why can't you understand what I'm saying?"
Hua Niang's eyes were slightly startled: "No, I am willing to leave."
Qin Yinyao glanced at her expressionlessly: “no, you don’t want to.”
Hua Niang: "...You're forcing the donkey to drink water?!"
"Yeah." Qin Yinyao suppressed her laughter.
The Marquis' eyes were bloodshot and he was about to say something, but Qin Yinyao gave Hua Niang an impatient look.
Hua Niang: "What I mean is that after I kill the Marquis, I am willing to leave the Marquis' Mansion."
The Marquis swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
Qin Yinyao was satisfied.
That's right. The young Dragon Prince is here. Why don't you bring him back to the courtyard to enjoy the flowers and the moon? Why are you arguing with the old Marquis behind the mansion gate?
What's there to argue about?
Can't we just beat up the Marquis and solve the problem?
Her impatience and eagerness were evident on her face, and Xiao Chen chuckled secretly.
"I remember that the Marquis should be kneeling in the ancestral hall now?" He gestured to look at the Marquis.
The Marquis felt a lump in his chest and said, "Yes, I will go right away."
After bowing, he got up from the ground with weak legs and staggered towards the ancestral hall.
Xiao Chen: "Although we are engaged, the eldest daughter is still unmarried and her reputation is precious. My Lord, do you understand what I mean?"
"Yes! I know! The prince did not come to the Marquis's Mansion tonight!" The Marquis almost bit his teeth off.
If it's for reputation, either don't meet at night or don't let outsiders see you.
The prince came anyway and appeared in front of him in a swaggering manner.
What do you mean?
It was almost like telling him openly that Qin Yinyao was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the person the future heir had to protect!
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. The rage that had just been suppressed finally spurted out.
His eyes went dark and he fell to the ground.
Qin Yinyao: "Wow... it's great to be older, I can fall asleep right away."
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