Lin Huihui was ultimately sentenced to exile three thousand miles away.
The journey to exile is fraught with peril, and life there will be difficult. It's questionable whether she, a young girl, will even make it there safely, and she won't be able to cause any more trouble.
The fates of Er Ya and San Ya will eventually be rewritten.
Emerging from the palace, Yang Cui breathed a sigh of relief. Princess Xilan had fallen, and Lin Huihui had been arrested by the Prefect of the Capital. With both major threats eliminated, she should be able to live a peaceful life from now on.
“You were very brave this time, but you can’t put yourselves in danger again, understand?” Yang Cui said to the two children.
“Mother, I’m sorry to have worried you. Although I was scared at the time, if I didn’t catch the bad guys, they would try again. So I might as well take this opportunity to catch them in one fell swoop,” Er Ya said.
"Your Excellency Fule is both brave and resourceful; I admire you greatly," said the old lady of the Xie family with a smile.
Fu Lexiang is already engaged, and now only Yang Qinqin remains. She is also kind and brave, so Madam Xie can't help but have some designs on her.
"General Cen, Madam Cen," said Madam Xie, "In the end, this incident was also due to our failure to manage our subordinates properly, which allowed them to take advantage of the situation. We will come to apologize in person tomorrow."
"Madam, you're too kind. This has nothing to do with you. If they were determined to harm you, they would have gone after someone else. In fact, we should thank you for finding the messenger so quickly."
"If I hadn't made such a bad choice of friends, none of this would have happened to Sisi and Qinqin," Xie Tong said, feeling incredibly guilty.
Fortunately, nothing happened to them. If something had happened, the Xie family would have been held responsible for their mismanagement, and Xie Tong would have been criticized.
"You're a good girl. This isn't your fault. Don't feel bad for us. Come over to our house when your leg is healed, and I'll cook you something delicious."
Xie Tong was deeply moved by Yang Cui's gentleness.
"Thank you, Madam."
"Too much has happened today, let's head back now."
After Yang Cui and the others left, the Xie family also got into the carriage.
Madam Xie said to Xie Tong, "You should be more mindful in the future and learn more from the two young ladies of the Yang family. They are both brave and resourceful, which is truly rare."
"Grandmother, I understand."
"Prepare more gifts tomorrow, three sets, and send one to Chen Shiqi as well. We are so grateful to her for sending us the letter today, and it was she who went to fetch Su Murong, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable," Madam Xie instructed. "The gifts for the two young ladies of the Yang family should be more generous."
"My daughter-in-law knows."
...
Lin Shikang was restless, knowing in his heart that Lin Huihui was definitely not going to get away this time.
But I still held onto a sliver of hope, maybe... Yang Cui would soften her heart?
But when Lin Huihui was escorted to the Jingzhao Yin and sentenced to exile for three thousand li, he knew it was all over.
Yang Cui is ruthless!
Then came the news that Princess Xilan and her daughter had been placed under house arrest.
Lin Shikang was dumbfounded.
The royal princess was imprisoned for this??
Lin Shikang was completely baffled.
Of course, he didn't know that the emperor had long wanted to deal with Princess Xilan. Princess Xilan had contacted Prince Qingyang before. Although she hadn't done anything, the emperor couldn't let her go just because she had contacted Prince Qingyang.
She just hadn't found a suitable reason until now. This time, she dug her own pit, so how could the emperor not let her jump in?
Treason is a thorn in the side of every emperor!
For that position, even brothers and sisters would turn against each other, let alone a sister who isn't even from the same mother.
"What are you doing? Do you know where this is? How dare you cause trouble here?" Lin Shikang walked back dejectedly, but before he even entered the house, he saw his mother, Fan Shi, arguing with the soldiers.
"Old man, obstructing the government from carrying out its duties, do you want to die?!"
"Brother, I'm sorry, that's not what my mother meant. Please forgive her." Meng Ruyan pulled Fan Shi aside and whispered, "Madam, please don't be impulsive. Let's wait for Master to come back before we talk about anything else."
"What's going on?" Lin Shikang returned and, seeing so many people, immediately had a bad feeling.
At this moment, Chen Shaoyun came out and looked Lin Shikang up and down: "Lin Tanhua, it's been a long time."
"Lord Chen."
When Madam Fan saw that the leader knew her son, she slapped her thigh and exclaimed, "Oh my, so this gentleman knows my son! Then he's one of us! Lord Chen, right? This house was a gift from the princess to my son. You know Princess Xilan, right?"
Seeing Fan's smug expression, Chen Shaoyun wanted to laugh.
"know."
"You still cause trouble after knowing me? Be careful, or I'll tell the princess."
"Mother, please stop talking." Lin Shikang felt his face burning when he saw Chen Shaoyun's ambiguous smile.
"Why can't we say it? This house was a gift from the princess, what right do they have to cause trouble?"
Chen Shaoyun said, "Princess Xilan and her daughter have committed a crime. His Majesty has already issued an edict to confine them in Jiujing Lane, and they will not be pardoned!"
All of his properties were confiscated, with 25% of them given as compensation to the two daughters of the Yang family and the daughter of the Xie family as dowries. "Besides your clothes, you are not allowed to take anything else from this house!"
Lin Shih-kang looked shocked!
The Fan family was even more shocked!
Such a nice house is gone?
Her mansion is gone?
She can't be the princess's mother-in-law anymore?
"Ahhhhhh..." Fan suddenly sat on the ground and wailed loudly.
Lin Shih-kang felt utterly humiliated.
Chen Shaoyun looked coldly at Madam Fan: "If she makes any more noise, arrest her as someone who disobeys imperial orders and obstructs official duties!"
Startled, Madam Fan immediately shut up.
The raid on their home was so sudden that neither Fan Shi nor Meng Ruyan had managed to bring any of their valuables with them beforehand; all they had left were some jewelry on their person.
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