MTL - The Crown Prince Chases His Wife-Chapter 136 Closing

The mountain wind is gradually rising, and the forests are bursting with pine waves.

The noon sun shone through the cloud gap, which was quite dazzling.

Qin Yan and Shen Shiying returned to the chairs and sat down slowly. The two of them picked up the freshly brewed hot tea and drank it slowly. The subordinates beside them held umbrellas for them to shade them, so that they could stay in the shade for the time being.

At this time, strange birdsong came from the bottom of the cliff to the top of the mountain one after another.

After Shen Ying listened carefully, she told Qin Yan who was sitting idle in the chair:

"Master, the dark guard confirms that the two have died."

Qin Wenzheng was paralyzed when he heard the words, and his face was gray.

But falling from such a high cliff, isn't it impossible to survive?

Back then, what exactly did Shen Shiying and Qin Yan experience...

Qin Yan's cold voice came from behind, interrupting Qin Wenzheng's somewhat chaotic thoughts.

"Qin Xiang, do you need me to help you report to the official?"

"Can't report to the official!" Qin Wenzheng's heart froze when he heard this, and the sorrow in his eyes disappeared instantly.

He immediately stood up with his hands on the ground, turned around and frowned at Qin Yan, and repeated:

"Can't report to the official!"

Qin Wenzheng was guessing just now that the Crown Prince was also aware of what happened today.

When Qin Yan was in Shangjing, he kidnapped a concubine, a prime minister, and a wife of the prime minister's residence, and he was able to take people out of the city smoothly, among them, the forbidden army of Nanya must let him go.

If this is the case, then the prince is not only an insider, he is still using the power of the prince's mansion to **** Qin Yan's actions today.

Qin Xiang knew that if he reported the victim as an official, he would really stand on the opposite side of the prince in power, and he would have no chance of winning.

Although Qin Yan has kidnapped, set up a private court, and induced others to kill, but with the help of the prince, it can also be said that Qin Yan was only intimidating Concubine Shu and Song Mei, and did not really intend to cut the rope.

But Qin Wenzheng himself really raised his sword to kill Concubine Shu and Song Mei.

Song Mei is nothing more, but Concubine Shu is now a first-class palace concubine who gave birth to a prince, and is a member of the royal family.

If it is reported to the official, for the Crown Princess Qin Yan, the matter may be over in the end; but for Qin Wenzheng himself, even if he can finally get rid of the crime, today's incident will be a fatal stain on his career.

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Qin Xiang was silent for a moment, and finally made a decision:

"Shi Ying, Yan Yan. Song Mei and Concubine Shu have repeatedly murdered your mother and daughter. Although they failed, good and evil will eventually pay off."

"Today, Concubine Shu and Song Mei made an appointment to climb the mountain. The two accidentally fell off the cliff. In the end, there was no way to rescue them, and they died at the bottom of the cliff."

After Qin Wenzheng said this, he still stood there.

He stared at the direction of Shen Shiying and Qin Yan, as if waiting for them to agree with his statement.

Qin Yan leaned against the back of the chair and looked at Qin Wenzheng on the edge of the cliff with a half-smile.

Shen Shiying put down the pastry in his hand, wiped his hands with a towel, and then smiled:

"Qin Wenzheng, should I admire your rational composure when you are in trouble, or should I sigh your cold-blooded ruthlessness."

"The one who just fell off the cliff is your sister, and the other is your childhood friend who has been with you for more than ten years."

"Oh, you must have wanted to kill Song Mei for a long time, but you didn't even hesitate to bring it with you when you just hit the knife."

"No matter what happens, the most important thing in your heart is always your position and interests."

"Qin Wenzheng, you are indeed a qualified official, but you are not a qualified husband, a qualified father, or a qualified brother."

After Shen Shiying finished speaking, she drank tea on her own, and did not keep her eyes on Qin Wenzheng.

Qin Wenzheng's body was slightly stiff. He did not refute what Shen Shiying said, but...

Does Shen Shiying see him like this...

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Qin Wenzheng was silent for a moment, and then said with a pale face:

"Shiying, Yanyan, I'm sorry for your mother and daughter."

"I was unsure back then, and they were..."

Qin Wenzheng's words were interrupted by Shen Shiying's wave:

"I don't need your apology, and neither does Yan Yan."

"You don't have to say what you are unsure about."

"You want your son to pass on your family to the Qin family, but you have always been the most determined."

Qin Wenzheng was speechless by Shen Shiying's half-sarcastic words.

Shen Shiying got up, stretched out her hand to straighten her skirt, and said to Qin Yandao:

"Yanyan, let's go, you did a good present today, and I also watched a good show."

"Let your people collect their corpses. Concubine Shu and Song Mei are nothing more than attempted murders, and they are not unforgivable people. They will not expose their corpses to the wilderness."

"You said, isn't it, Qin Xiang?"

Qin Wenzheng touched Shen Shiying's contemptuous glance at him, feeling both embarrassed and heartbroken.

attempted murder...

When Shen Shiying and Qin Yan fell off the cliff, Qin Yan was only five years old. If Qin Yan can live, it must be Shen Shiying who protects him with his life, and how many injuries will Shen Shiying suffer?

Shen Shiying always wears a red dress, was the red dress on her body also stained with blood at that time...

"Shiying..."

Qin Wen was taking a step forward, choked up, and was about to call Shen Shiying who was leaving the top of the cliff, but was stopped by Qin Yan's subordinates.

But Shen Shiying and Qin Yan did not stop, as if they had never heard Qin Wenzheng's call, they went straight down the cliff.

On the top of the cliff, only Qin Yan's subordinates who were left to deal with the scene, and Qin Wenzheng who stayed in place.

At this time, the thick clouds in the sky had completely dissipated, and the warm sunlight poured into the forest, but Qin Wenzheng only felt cold all over his body.

Next, what to do...

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On the same day, there was a shocking news in the Shanghai capital.

Concubine Shu, one of the four concubines in the palace, and Mrs. Song, the wife of Qin Xiangfu's mansion, accidentally fell off a cliff and died when they went out of the city to climb a mountain.

Concubine Shu's corpse was returned to the Imperial City Chengqian Palace by Qin Wenzheng, the right minister.

In the evening of that day, King Fengxian of Jin, who was dressed in plain clothes, rode a fast horse and galloped to the Qin Xiangfu.

At this time, Prime Minister Qin's mansion was also full of veil, and King Jin Fengxian was not here to pay his respects. He did not step into the central hall where Mrs. Qin's wife Song was dead, but asked Zhang Quan, the housekeeper of Prime Minister Qin's mansion, to take him directly to Qin. The library where the photo is.

In the study with the door closed, there were only Jin Wang Fengxian and Right Prime Minister Qin Wenzheng.

Feng Xian did not take the seat, but asked Qin Wenzheng with a cold expression:

"Uncle, my mother-in-law only intends to come to Qin Xiangfu to visit my grandmother today, so why would I suddenly leave the city to climb the mountain?"

"Today, the palace officials of Chengqian Palace who escorted the concubine out of the palace and the Imperial Guard of Beiya have all returned to the palace. They only said that they were stunned when they were attacked on the road, and they don't know what happened after that."

"The mother-in-law died strangely, what is going on here?"

Feng Xian didn't think that Qin Xiang would harm his mother-in-law. The mother-in-law was Qin's support in the royal family, and the death of his mother-in-law would not benefit Qin Xiang in the slightest.

But the corpse of the mother concubine was sent back by Qin Prime Minister, Qin Prime Minister must know about it.

Feng Xian had some guesses in his heart, but just wanted to confirm it to his uncle Qin Xiang.

Qin Wenzheng just lowered his eyes as soon as Feng Xian opened his mouth. He had imagined the scene at the moment, and of course, he had also prepared a speech that could best hit Feng Xian's pain point.

Qin Wenzheng raised his head and said to King Jin Fengxian with a serious expression:

"The case of Qiu Ning's siege and assassination has something to do with your mother-in-law. It was treason, and it was one of the worst crimes."

"Your mother-in-law passed away, and the things she did were brought to the grave, and it was over."

"And you are still His Royal Highness King Jin, the blood of the royal family."

"Think about it clearly, whether you really want to continue to pursue it."

Today, Concubine Shu on the cliff did not directly admit that she was involved in Qiu Xing's assassination, but Qin Wenzheng looked at Feng Xian's expression at the moment, and it seemed that Feng Xian knew about it.

Qin Wenzheng was determined, he guessed right.

But this mother and son are really bold!

Qin Wenzheng walked away, leaving Feng Xian alone to sit silently in the study for a long time.

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It's night, Qin Xiangfu.

When Qin Wenzheng entered the old lady's house full of exhaustion, he saw the old lady lying on the couch and weeping bitterly, and the servants in the room could not persuade him.

Hearing the voice of the servant salutes Prime Minister Qin, the old lady suddenly raised her head and said angrily to Qin Wenzheng:

"What's wrong with you to resign?"

Qin Wenzheng frowned, waved people back, and told them to close the door, leaving only Qin Wenzheng and the old lady in the room.

Just as Qin Wenzheng was about to explain, the old lady cried bitterly:

"Even if you don't do it for yourself, you have to plan for Ming'er!"

"Wenzheng, why don't you understand?" The old lady continued to hold her chest and weep.

Qin Wen's face is ashen, Ming'er? Qin Ming!

The old lady continued to cry:

"Hurry up and get Ming'er back, my Ming'er..."

"Mother." Qin Wenzheng interrupted the old lady in a cold voice. After several hesitations, Qin Wenzheng still opened his mouth and told the embarrassing fact:

"Qin Ming may not be my son."

Qin Wenzheng closed his eyes tightly after saying this.

This bad thing he planned to hide from the old lady for the rest of his life, he finally said it himself.

Qin Wenzheng couldn't let the old lady continue to worry about Qin Ming's evil kind, adding to her worries.

The old lady was so shocked that she forgot to cry:

"what?"

"What did you say?"

At this point, Qin Wenzheng simply said:

"Song Mei has an affair with another man. Qin Nian and Qin Ming may not be the blood of the Qin family."

When Qin Wenzheng said this, a wry smile appeared on his lips.

Qin Nian and Qin Ming, although they are not the blood of their Qin Prime Minister's residence, may also be surnamed Qin.

The old lady was speechless in shock, and at the same time, Qin Nian, who had just arrived outside the door, was in shock while covering her lips.

Qin Nian came from the mourning hall to find her father. She wanted to beg her father again to help her reconcile with He Xiao.

But now there are not many servants in Prime Minister Qin's mansion, and today's funeral is busy again. When Qin Nian arrived at the old lady's yard, the servants outside the house didn't know where they were going, so no one notified Qin Nian to hear about such a freshman. A piece of secrets related to his own life.

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Inside the house, Qin Wenzheng thought of the things Song Mei and Concubine Shu mentioned in those days, he sighed deeply, and asked aloud:

"Mother, why did you have to bring Song Mei from Yangzhou to Shangjing?"

"So much so that Shen Shiying and I have gotten to the point where we are today, and our prime minister's house is also uneasy."

The old lady was angry when she heard Qin Wenzheng's tone of reproach and reproach:

"Are you blaming me for being a mother?"

"Isn't that because Shen Shiying didn't give birth to a son for our Qin family?"

Qin Wenzheng sighed again:

"Mother, at that time Shen Shiying had just given birth to Qin Yan, and her body had not recovered yet, so you let her conceive again every three days, and let her give birth to a son, she was..."

The old lady was dissatisfied with Qin Wenzheng at this time and was still speaking for Shen Shiying. At this time, she also recalled her feelings and interrupted:

"Today Huilan and Song Mei had an accident. Did Shen Shiying do it? Did Qin Yan do it?"

"What is climbing? What is falling off a cliff? Huilan is coming to see me in the mansion today, my Huilan..."

The old lady clapped her hands on the couch and cried bitterly.

Huilan is Concubine Shu's boudoir name, the eldest daughter that the old lady has always valued.

Seeing that Qin Wenzheng still did not bypass this topic, he frowned and said:

"Mother, do you know that eldest sister and Song Mei have sent people to assassinate Shen Shiying and Qin Yan many times, even when Shen Shiying lost..."

The old lady looked up and interrupted sharply:

"That is to say, they did it? Shen Shiying and Qin Yan were just revenge? What happened to the assassination? Didn't they live well and not die? My cymbidium..."

Qin Wenzheng couldn't bear to look directly at his mother's rambunctious appearance.

They prided themselves on the scholarly family, but they all looked like each other.

Qin Wenzheng closed his eyes. After a while, he looked at the old lady who was still crying, and said tiredly:

"Today, it was the son who killed Song Mei himself, and the son who accidentally killed the elder sister."

The old lady's eyes widened, her whole body froze for a moment, and she looked at Qin Wenzheng in disbelief.

And Qin Wen was struggling in the officialdom for half his life before he climbed to his current position, how could he resign easily.

Now, he has been seized by the Censor Desk for raising Song Mei as his flat wife, and he will be impeached at some point.

And today, he has a murder case on his back again, and with the attitude of Qin Yan and the prince towards him...

His resignation was the result of his careful consideration.

At this time, it is better to retreat bravely and make a good name than to worry all day long, not knowing what disaster will come, and it is better not to guarantee the evening.

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Outside the house, Qin Nian covered his mouth with his hands and walked away quickly.

She was glad that she didn't bring a maid and came here alone, otherwise if these things were spread out...

No wonder my mother behaved strangely before.

No wonder Qin Ming insisted on going to Shuobei to join the army, he should have known about it.

Qin Nian smiled bitterly. No wonder his father changed his love for him in the past. Even if He Xiao was like this, his father would ignore him and let him fend for himself in He's residence.

Qin Nian returned to the mourning hall blankly, but she had no tears to cry.

What is she crying for?

Who are you crying for?

For her mother who came out of the red apricot?

Or for herself?

Her father was about to resign, and she no longer had the backing of the Xiangfu's family. And her father is also doubting her origin and will no longer support her. Mom is gone...

What should she do, what should she do...

After Qin Nian left the old lady's yard, the old lady in the house was so shocked by this series of news that she immediately vomited several mouthfuls of blood.

Prime Minister Qin hurriedly asked Zhang Quan, the housekeeper, to invite the imperial physician to enter the mansion overnight. The whole of Prime Minister Qin mansion was full of chickens and dogs, with sad faces and crying everywhere.

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The next day, before everyone in Shangjing had recovered from yesterday's rumors, there was another embarrassing news from Prime Minister Qin's mansion.

The old lady of Qin Xiangfu's mansion suddenly became seriously ill last night, and she couldn't make it through.

Everyone sighed and regretted that Qin Xiangfu had to hold two funerals at the same time.

The old lady's coffin was parked in the middle hall of Qin Xiangfu's mansion, and Song Mei's coffin was moved to the side hall.

The aristocratic families in Shangjing also came to express their condolences for the sake of the Crown Princess and Qin Xiang.

Because Mrs. Qin was Qin Yan's grandmother after all, even though Qin Yan had little affection with that old lady, she still went to the Qin Xiangfu to hang her.

Qin Nian knelt in the mourning hall, and when he saw Qin Yan just stepped in, he immediately got up and rushed over, and was stopped by Qin Yan's subordinates.

Qin Nian shouted frantically towards Qin Yan:

"It's all you, it's all you, or my mother wouldn't be..."

With a "pop", Qin Nian was slapped to the ground by Qin Wenzheng who strode over.

Qin Wenzheng was so angry that his beard was shaking:

"What nonsense are you talking about? Get out of here!"

Qin Nian covered his face with one hand and looked up at Qin Wenzheng, who had just slapped her with tears.

Fathers used to be... used to be...

Qin Nian smiled bitterly, what was there in the past?

Qin Nian was stunned, and the two servants took her out.

Qin Wen said apologetically to the guests with an embarrassed expression:

"The little girl was a little excited because of the loss of her mother, which made everyone laugh."

Qin Yan took the people away after he completed the etiquette.

Qin Wenzheng personally escorted Qin Yan to the outside of the mansion, watching Qin Yan's distant prince concubine Yi drive, Qin Wenzheng felt bitter in his heart.

He and this only biological daughter, so gradually estranged.

And is he going to be lonely after all...

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Yesterday, after Qin Wenzheng returned Concubine Shu's corpse to the palace, he handed in a letter of resignation.

After discussing the matter, the members of the cabinet commented on Qin Wenzheng's excerpts against the suggestion of Prime Minister Qin's resignation.

The ministers and officials of the cabinet discussed the opinion that according to Daxia's law, officials should not resign without authorization unless they are under special circumstances, and if they did not work hard for Daxia until the age of 80, it was not enough to repay Daxia's meticulous training. The reasons are not sufficient and should be rejected.

This document was later submitted to the Prince's Mansion. The Prince's Mansion did not give any instructions, and then it was submitted to the imperial case, which was decided by the sage.

And Zhezi was put on hold in the imperial study for a night, but nothing came out.

This morning, the news of the sudden death of the old lady of Qin Xiangfu's mansion made another change in Qin Xiang's resignation letter.

An imperial decree came out from the palace, allowing Qin Prime Minister to leave office and return to his hometown to be his mother Dingyou for three years.

Of course, if Qin Wenzheng returns to officialdom again after three years, the phase is gone, and he may be assigned to any idle position, then that will be another story.

Qin Wen is thanking the saint after receiving the imperial edict. Then, while the weather was not too hot, the family moved out of Shangjing and transported two coffins back to Yangzhou.

Right Prime Minister Qin Wenzheng, who was once a mere Hanlin, was selected by the Prime Minister of the State Government to become the Uncle of the State Government.

At this point, the 20 years of brilliance of the Qin Prime Minister's Mansion has come to an abrupt end.

And this morning, another major event happened in the imperial city Shou'an Palace.

The Empress Dowager Xiao and her trusted confidant, Xia Ying, disappeared in vain last night.

In this world, I am afraid it will not be peaceful...