The concubine is addicted to the world

Chapter 246, Foreshadowing

Xiao Qi sneered, Mrs. Xiao had already got into the horns of a dead man, and could not listen to any persuasion, her eyes were only puzzled but not regretful.

"Qi'er..." Mrs. Xiao struggled and looked at Xiao Qi almost in a humble tone.

"Your eldest sister, you can't live without a place to sacrifice. Please, mother, let your eldest sister die in peace."

When Xiao Qi heard the words, the sarcasm deepened, and he turned and left without turning his head, his back was determined.

Mrs. Xiao was startled, "Prayer!"

Xiao Qi walked faster and faster, tears welled up in the corners of his eyes, he was forced to go back hard, looked at the sky, suddenly seemed to break free from the shackles, and let out a hard breath.

"Sell them all, leave nothing behind, and prepare to leave Beijing as soon as possible."

Xiao Qi didn't want to stay any longer, and the close-knit nurse persuaded her.

"Second miss, the young lady is also selling things for bank notes. She must be going to Bianzhou to join the young master. Why don't we..."

Xiao Qi shook his head, "Forget it, if you didn't enter the palace yesterday, maybe there is still some possibility. With money, we can't go anywhere."

"Then the Lin family..." Mammy hesitated to speak, as if she had said something wrong.

Xiao Qi's eyes flashed, and he was muttering something, slightly bending his lips.

"Do as I say, and I'll take care of the rest."

Xiao Qi happened to meet Mr. Xiao on the road, and Mr. Xiao held several stacks of bank notes tightly in his hand and handed them to Xiao Qi.

"You take these and go, the farther you go, the better, and never come back."

Xiao Qi's originally hard heart suddenly became soft, and tears flowed out uncontrollably.

"Father?"

Master Xiao sighed deeply, "If possible, go to your elder brother's place to have a look, it's my father who is sorry for him."

Xiao Qi shook his head, "No, father, brother will definitely not blame you, and the same goes for daughter."

That stack of bank notes was worth a million taels, and Xiao Qi's fingers were trembling, which was very unpleasant.

"Let's go, go overnight, don't stay too long, your sister-in-law will go too, remember what father said."

After Master Xiao finished speaking, he handed the banknote directly to Xiao Qi, turned around and left, leaving Xiao Qi in a daze, holding the banknote tightly in his hand.

Xiao Qi took a deep breath, returned to the room, retired all the maids and women, and sat alone at the table.

Picking up the pen slowly, he filled a piece of paper with handwriting, until the mother knocked on the door, Xiao Qi stopped writing, put a few pieces of paper into the kit, and said after regaining his breath.

"come in."

"Second Miss, everything is almost done. When are we going to leave?"

Xiao Qi frowned, "Just bring some individual clothes and jewelry. The rest of the house deeds and land deeds are sold for silver and left to my father. Before I leave, I have to go to another place and arrange to get off the carriage. The rest of the people Just wait outside the city gate."

"Yes."

Xiao Qi changed his clothes and got into the carriage with the servant girl. Before leaving, he took a deep look at Xiao Mansion and lowered the curtain.

"Let's go."

About half an hour later, the carriage stopped at the Governor of Kyoto, and Xiao Qi rang the bell and drum.

Coincidentally, Mr. Su happened to come back from handling the case.

"Who's playing the drums here?"

Xiao Qi looked back, "Little girl Xiao Qi, the second daughter of the Xiao family, has something important to see you."

Third Master Su had some impressions, "Go in."

Xiao Qi followed Mr. Su into the mansion, and Mr. Su raised his eyes, "What's the matter? Tell me!"

Xiao Qi handed the kit in his arms to Third Master Su, "The daughter of the people came here to listen to her father's advice, and to tell the truth about it, and I just ask you to open it in three days."

Third Master Su frowned.

"It's a last resort, I hope my lord will make it happen." Xiao Qi knelt down.

Third Master Su nodded, "Get up first and put it here, I agree."

"Thank you sir."

As soon as Xiao Qi walked away, Third Master Su was a little curious about the kit, and then thought about what he said just now, so he didn't open it.

"Go, send this to the palace."

Su Han has also been paying close attention to the Xiao Mansion and the Marquis Jin'an Mansion recently, and she should be told of any disturbances.

Inside the East Palace

Su Han squatted down and coaxed the little princess. At first, the little princess was not used to it, but after a long time, she got used to it.

It's just that there is still some crying at night, and he likes to cling to Su Han, softly calling Su Han's aunt, pink and jade.

Su Han looked at the little princess, and thought of Sister Xi, who hadn't seen her for so many days, it was strange to miss her, but Su Han didn't dare to let Ling Shi enter the palace during special times.

"Princess, the master has sent a letter."

Hearing this, Su Han put down the little princess, "Hey, let's play with Huazhu, okay, Auntie needs to rest for a while, and will accompany you later."

"Okay!" The little princess nodded childishly.

"It's so cute!"

Upon hearing this, Huazhu took the little princess for a walk, and teased the little princess in a low voice, which made the little princess laugh from time to time.

Su Han followed suit with a smile, took the kit, opened it, and immediately changed his expression.

"When was this delivered?"

"Just half an hour ago, the second girl of the Xiao family ordered it to be opened after three days." Qing Shu said.

Su Han pursed his lips, "Okay! Wait a little longer. After half a day, let my father find a way to pass this news to the Luzhou prefect, and lead the troops to investigate! There is no room for any mistakes."

"Yes."

Qing Shu took the letter, glanced at it, and was startled.

iron ore?

The Lin family found out that the iron mine was secret and did not report it, and hid it privately. This is a capital offense!

Su Han raised her lips, she wanted to see how the Marquis of Jin'an turned around this time.

"Prince Princess, good news!" Wei Jin ran in with a happy face and an envelope in his hand.

Su Han's heart skipped a beat, and with a smile on his face, he quickly opened the envelope.

Qi Yao and Ye Xiaohan teamed up to attack, and the million-strong army forced the Qin State to retreat step by step. In just a dozen days, three cities had been captured, and Shangguan Qiancheng was trapped in a desert.

There will be results in a few days.

Su Han was ecstatic, "Finally there is news, great."

"So, the prince will be back in a few months." Qing Shu was also happy for Su Han.

Su Han smiled lightly, "If Qin is not eliminated, there will be future troubles. Shameless junior, both East and Chu in the early Ming Dynasty were damaged and need to be cultivated. It is a good thing for us. It is better to pursue the victory while the people of Qin are suffering. , it turns out that it may not be a bad thing if you can submit to the two countries.”

In the previous life, the Qin State annihilated the early Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop, merged into one country, fought for years, and arrested strong men everywhere.

Marquis Jin'an did not lack much to provide property to the Qin State, which cut off the way forward for the early Ming Dynasty. As for being annexed and the country was brutally destroyed, almost all the people in the early Ming Dynasty became slaves, and there were countless casualties.

How can such a person be worthy of being an emperor?

It's time to pull out this cancerous tumor of Marquis Jin'an.

The next day
There was a backlog of letter memorials in front of Emperor Jinglong's desk, and dozens of letters were requested to be played at high speed, wave after wave.

Emperor Jinglong was furious, "It is unreasonable for the Lin family to dare to keep the iron mine secret and not report it!"

The ministers below were stunned, iron ore?

"Your Majesty, iron mines have been used to manufacture weapons since ancient times. Isn't the Lin family planning to rebel?"

"Your Majesty, you must be severely punished!"

The ministers below seemed to have exploded. Why didn't they know a word of such a big news?

"Returning to the emperor, this matter was reported secretly by the Xiao family. The minister sent someone to investigate. If there is indeed such a thing, he confirmed it with the magistrate and came here to report to the emperor."

Third Master Su stood up and said slowly.

"The Xiao family? The former Zhennanbo?"

"That's right, if I remember correctly, the Xiao family and the Luzhou Lin family are in-laws, so would they report the Lin family? Could it be that the spoils were not evenly distributed?"

"It's not in-laws anymore. Mrs. Lin went to the capital in person and sent a letter of divorce. Mr. Lin has already married her, and the two have nothing to do with each other." Su Sanye said.

"I see."

Emperor Jing Long squinted his eyes tightly, and said sharply, "Investigate! We must investigate strictly. When was this mine discovered, how much was dug away, and who is the master behind it? You must investigate clearly, Su Aiqing, from now on , lead the troops to Luzhou, and find out the truth of this matter, there must be no mistakes!"

If this is to be investigated, many people will definitely be involved.

The news in the court hall quickly spread, and Emperor Jing Long was very angry. If anyone was involved behind the scenes, he would be severely punished, causing panic for a while.

Master Xiao was stunned for a moment when he heard the news, and then Third Master Su told Master Xiao the ins and outs of the matter.

"Master Xiao, if it's true this time, the emperor will definitely reward the Xiao House, and the Xiao House's recommendation is meritorious. Maybe the councilor will be reinstated."

Master Xiao shook his head, "Thank you, Mr. Su, for your compliment. I no longer care about officialdom, but only care about the fields. If I have the opportunity to leave Beijing, travel around the world, and flatter my mother, I will have no regrets."

Third Master Su saw that the indifference between Master Xiao's eyebrows did not seem to be fake, so he also smiled.

"I still have something important to do, so I will leave first!"

Master Xiao took a deep breath, and felt a sense of relief in his heart. It was Xiao Qi, and it must be Xiao Qi who reported it.

Everyone in the city is discussing this matter, but Jin'an Hou's Mansion doesn't know about it.

Su Han found an excuse and picked Su Wan out ahead of time.

That night, when Marquis Jin'an heard about this, his face changed drastically, and he glared at the dark guard angrily.

"What did you say?"

"Lord Su has led troops to Luzhou early this morning, and Luzhou has also been controlled by the prefect, including the entire Lin family."

Marquis Jin'an's eyes widened, his whole body trembled, and he sat down on the chair with a bang, sweat beaded from his forehead, and his back felt a chill.

"How did people know about this? You idiot! Go find out as soon as possible. What's going on with the prefect of Luzhou! You must hurry up and get ahead of Mr. Su."

A killing intent flashed in Jin Anhou's eyes.

"Yes!"

All night long, Jin Anhou's heart was beating like thunder, and he couldn't figure out how this matter would suddenly explode.

Clenched fists, clenched tightly and then loosened, repeated back and forth, the palms of the hands were full of sweat, and my heart was also uneasy.

Try to calm down and sort out everything that happened in the past few days, as if it was arranged, so that people can't detect it.

"Su Wan..."

From the day Su Wan gave birth, no, from the time Qing Guiren entered the palace, he fell into a trap.

boom!
Hou Jin'an slapped the table fiercely, squeezed out two words between his teeth, "Su Han!"

It must be Su Han!

Otherwise, it would not be Mr. Su who led the troops to investigate.

While suppressing the Lin family, the Lin family was forced into chaos. The originally solid triangle was dismantled at once, and then broken one by one.

What a way to separate!

Marquis Jin'an narrowed his eyes, his chest heaved non-stop, looking forward to any progress in the palace.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye, Su Sanye and the prefect of Luzhou took down the Lin family in one fell swoop, and searched a lot of iron evidence, and sent troops to surround the entire iron mine.

As soon as something happened to the Lin family, Marquis Jin'an and Princess Minshu's mansion were directly involved before interrogation.

Emperor Jinglong was furious, and directly interrogated Marquis Jin'an. In front of the ironclad evidence, Marquis Jin'an had no way of denying it, and confessed with ashes.

"Father, my son is guilty." Marquis Jin An did not argue, and confessed directly.

"You are so courageous! Discovering iron ore, do you want to rebel?" Emperor Jing Long's eyes turned cold, and he didn't want to see Marquis Jin'an even more.

"Father, I dare not. When I discovered the iron mine, I didn't think about taking it for myself. I was confused for a while, and there were many things in the house, so I didn't have any evil intentions."

Marquis Jin'an insisted that he had no selfish intentions, because the iron ore was discovered two years ago, and not much was mined.

"I don't know how much iron ore there is. If there is only a part of the surface layer, report it to the father, and the iron ore is not dug. Wouldn't the father be happy?"

Hou Jin'an's words are pearls, which sounds very reasonable.

Emperor Jing Long was almost fooled by him and threw a memorial directly beside Marquis Jin An.

"See for yourself!"

Marquis Jin An took a deep breath, lowered his head to pick it up, and opened it slowly, his face immediately changed.

"Father is wronged. My son has never accepted bribes from the Lin family. Where did this start? Someone must have framed him!"

Emperor Jing Long sneered, "Planting and framing? For so many days, I have been giving you a chance. I thought you were a smart person. You dare to speak up when your death is imminent. You are hiding in the small treasury in Nanshan. I knew it early in the morning. Son, you have disappointed me so much!"

Jin Anhou's complexion suddenly changed, his expression was ashen, and he collapsed on the ground.

"You colluded with Qin State in private, sold the country's map, and forced the generals of the border towns to release water again and again, allowing Qin State to take advantage of the situation and design the prince again and again. I have given you too many opportunities."

Emperor Jinglong took a deep breath, his eyes full of disappointment.

"Then why did the father refuse to do it so long?" Marquis Jin An asked back.

Emperor Jing Long curled his lips, "Don't think that I don't know what you're thinking, a substitute is a substitute, I still have a clear mind!"

Marquis Jin'an smiled wryly, and looked at Emperor Jinglong, "Royal father? It was just a cover to confer the title of prince, brother? Brother rebelled, and Ji Chang next to you was also arranged by you? You forced the minister to come back , killing each other with big brother."

Marquis Jin An has been away for a long time on this question, and he still refuses to believe that the weight of two sons is far less than that of a grandson.

Emperor Jinglong pursed his lips, "You chose this road, didn't you? The war in the Southwest is imminent, and you dare to abandon food and grass and bring people back to Beijing. Isn't it stupid?"

Marquis Jin'an's face changed, "But Father, why are all the Jinwuweis given to me fake? If it wasn't so, how could I have broken an arm? Father, you are so ruthless."

It is one thing to guess by oneself, but it is another thing to hear Emperor Jing Long speak with his own ears.

Jin Anhou really couldn't accept this fact.

Emperor Jinglong sneered, "Since ancient times, the winner has been the king and the loser has been the bandit. If you ascend the throne, none of the royal descendants will be left behind. The killing intent is too heavy. It's not that I haven't considered giving you Jinwuwei."

"The prince first went to the northwest. How many soldiers and horses did you ambush on the road? In your hands."

Marquis Jin'an choked for breath, and retorted, "The most ruthless emperor's family, why didn't the prince kill them all?"

"No, King Xun was able to go to Liangzhou intact, which shows that the prince is kind-hearted and will regard the people of the world as the most important thing."

Jin'an Hou Yuyu, King Xun went to Liangzhou, as long as Qi Yao wanted to do something, King Xun would never go back alive, but he arrived safely.

Emperor Jing Long narrowed his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "Do you know why I have been reluctant to behead Prince Rui for so long?"

Jin Anhou raised his eyes.

"Jin'er, your elder brother has raised your son for so many years in vain, are you not guilty at all?"

Emperor Jinglong threw a memorial in front of Marquis Jin'an, and Marquis Jin'an bowed his head.

It was a blood book, the handwriting was clear and somewhat familiar, it was clearly written by Princess Rui, and it contained a lot of ironclad evidence about Marquis Jin An.

Marquis Jin An was stunned, "Father!"

"Don't call me emperor father anymore. I don't have a son like you. I don't have a son like you. I don't deserve a son. I'm not worthy of being a father, let alone the king of a country!"

Emperor Jing Long slapped the table fiercely, "Come here, take Marquis Jin'an into prison..."

Before the words were finished, Marquis Jin An took out a dagger from his waist, stepped forward quickly, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and went straight to Emperor Jing Long.

Emperor Jinglong squinted his eyes, his expression was calm, and he remained motionless. At the very moment, two hidden guards stepped forward, moving like ghosts, and kicked off Jin Anhou's arm. uniform.

In the blink of an eye, Marquis Jin An was subdued, without even a chance to resist.

Emperor Jinglong said with a sullen face, "Abolish his martial arts, put him on death row, and keep him under strict supervision."

"Yes!"

Marquis Jin'an hated and was angry, and stared at Emperor Jing Long with resentment on his face.

"take away!"

Emperor Jing Long coughed lightly, and when he took off the handkerchief, a smear of bright red was particularly dazzling.

"Your Majesty?" Eunuch Lian was taken aback.

Emperor Jing Long shook his head, "It's okay, how is the arrangement?"

"It's done, the rumors have spread today, and the princess will be welcomed back to the Phoenix coffin in three days."

"Three days..." Emperor Jinglong pondered, "It's enough."

(End of this chapter)