Chapter 429 Exile
Qiao Jingru, Lu Xiang, Lu Qiao and Zhao Qingya all gathered in Fuyuan Hall.
The moment the old lady saw her son enter the room, her eyes welled up and she shed tears of joy.
Lu Youping bowed deeply to the old lady and said, "I'm sorry for making you worry. It's my fault."
The old lady quickly helped him up: "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back."
"father."
Qiao Jingru, Lu Xiang and Lu Qiaofu called out.
Zhao Qingya also looked at Lu Youping with red eyes: "Master!"
She once thought that her good days were over. If the evidence of corruption was conclusive, Lu Youping would definitely die, and even if the Lu family escaped death, they would not have a good ending.
Not to mention that the old lady didn't sleep well these days, Zhao Qingya also lived in a state of panic these days, and almost couldn't help but pack up and leave early.
But seeing that Lu Xiang seemed fine, she thought that maybe she could ask the Queen to intervene in the matter, and then there would be a chance for improvement. So she kept telling herself to wait and wait.
At this moment, Zhao Qingya was extremely glad that she had made the right bet.
Lu Youping looked at everyone and said, "It's okay. This time we have turned a disaster into a blessing. There will be good fortune in the future."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Lu Xiang excitedly.
The legitimate daughter, whom he once ignored, surprised him time and time again.
Not only did she gain the attention of the Queen and be protected by the Duke of Anguo, but she also helped him out of danger and escaped a disaster this time. He really wanted to worship her, burn three incense sticks every morning and evening, and pray for her to bless him to have a smooth career.
Lu Xiang looked at his father's excited but slightly weird look and rolled his eyes secretly.
She dared to say that what her father was thinking at the moment was definitely not something that would make her happy.
Soon, Lu Youping looked at Lu Chao again, excited and proud.
"Chao'er, you are really great. You are one of the 76 Jinshi in the second class. In the future, you and I will serve as officials in the same court. It will surely help Lu to move up to a higher level."
Although he was in prison, it did not prevent him from hearing the news.
Because if he was convicted of corruption, Lu Chao's official career would be ruined, so when some people sympathized with him and felt sorry for his son's future, he was stunned for a moment, and then he learned that Lu Chao actually passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi.
He was so excited at the time that the jailer reminded him silently.
It's all in vain to be excited.
But he doesn't mind if others don't understand.
Being praised by his father, Lu Chao blushed for the first time and said, "As long as father returns safely, it doesn't matter if I don't become an official."
Lu Youping was slightly stunned when he heard this.
The old lady said, "Because of your incident, Chao'er was stripped of his title of Jinshi."
"My son was wrongly accused. The emperor has cleared his name and reinstated him. I believe his fame will be restored soon." Lu Youping said, holding the old lady's hand and sitting down.
The old lady looked at her son in surprise, and when she saw that he looked relaxed, she nodded with relief.
It sounds reasonable. It was an unprovoked disaster. His son has been reinstated, and those people have no reason to deprive his grandson of his fame.
After figuring it out, the old lady felt better.
Three days later, all the crimes committed by the Minister of Works and his entourage were made public. Emperor Chengde did not continue the investigation and sentenced the relevant personnel based on the evidence submitted by Lu Youping. All the officials headed by the Minister of Works were beheaded, and their families were exiled.
At the gate of Su Mansion.
The masters who were originally glamorous and beautiful were now wearing coarse clothes and linen, crying and shouting as they were taken away by the yamen runners.
The servants had already left and dispersed.
The gate of the once glorious Shangshu Mansion was closed and sealed, and it fell into decline.
"I won't leave. I am the Seventh Prince's fiancée and the future Seventh Imperial Concubine. You can't treat me like this. I want to see the Seventh Prince. I don't want to be exiled." Su Yunwan grabbed the stone pier at the door and burst into tears.
She had been betrothed to the Seventh Prince a long time ago, and all the three letters and six ceremonies had been completed. She was just waiting to get married and move into the Seventh Prince's mansion. From then on, she would be the honorable Seventh Princess. But why did everything change when she woke up?
Her father was imprisoned, and the Su family was exiled.
She went from being the envied seventh imperial concubine to being a homeless dog.
Although the runners were not evil-minded, they had no sympathy for the beautiful woman. Seeing Su Yunwan crying and refusing to cooperate, they said impatiently, "Bah, stop dreaming. You are still the Seventh Imperial Concubine. Why don't you take a mirror and look at yourself now? The daughter of a criminal is not worthy of marrying the prince. Come on, come on. If you keep hesitating, don't blame us for using force."
"No, no, I won't leave. I don't want to leave..."
Once exiled, she would never be able to return to the capital in her lifetime.
She had been pampered since she was young, so how could she bear the slightest hardship? Su Yunwan felt that such a miserable place was a nightmare just from what she heard from others. If she went there, would she still be able to survive?
The yamen runner frowned, his patience exhausted. He picked up the sword at his waist and knocked Su Yunwan unconscious with the scabbard.
"It's not up to you whether you leave or not. Prepare the prisoner van and take the person away."
The emperor has ordered people to be exiled. Even if they are going to die, they cannot die on the way out of the capital, otherwise it would be their dereliction of duty.
Halfway through the journey, a bailiff who was escorting the prisoner to exile would take over.
As for whether they can survive on the road in the future, it has nothing to do with them.
Mrs. Su had a dull expression as if she had lost her soul. She didn't even feel anything when her daughter was knocked unconscious. She was like an emotionless puppet, being manipulated by others.
It's over, everything is over...
The Su family was confiscated and exiled, and the most terrified person was the Seventh Prince. Originally, that was his in-laws' family. He thought that after marrying Su Yunwan and having the Minister of Works as a backer, he could imagine the position of the Crown Prince. But now everything has been turned back to square one. No, it's even worse than before.
Is God deliberately going against him?
At first, he had his eyes on He Xiong's daughter, thinking that since He Yu had no son, the title of Marquis Wu'an would sooner or later be within He Xiong's reach. But he never expected that He Yu suddenly found his missing son, and a banquet pushed He Xiong's daughter to the forefront of evil people. How could the Seventh Prince dare to covet the He family?
It was not easy for his father to choose the Su family as a marriage for him. Lord Su is the Minister of Works. Although he has no title, he holds real power. He is a good marriage candidate. With the support of his father-in-law in the future, he might be able to compete for the position of crown prince.
I never thought that such a thing would happen in the Su family before the wedding.
Fortunately, we didn’t get married.
The Seventh Prince now felt nothing but fear and relief.
Otherwise, if he married Su Yunwan, he would become a laughing stock in the whole capital.
All the members of the Su family were exiled. The Seventh Prince was hiding aside and watching quietly. When he heard Su Yunwan clamoring to see him and repeatedly saying that she was the Seventh Princess, he was so scared that his face turned pale and he wished he could rush up and sew her mouth shut.
But reason ultimately prevailed over impulse.
If he showed up, he would probably be caught by Su Yunwan. He couldn't afford to get involved in such trouble again.
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