readytorunbook Chapter 156 Princess of Xia
Chapter 156 Princess of Xia
More than 30 people came to the Duke of Protectorate's Mansion. The leader was Fang Jing, a retainer who had followed the Duke of Protectorate to the battlefield. Among the others were two personal guards, Wei Huan and Zhou Yi, who had visited Qingquan Village last time.
Seeing Ye Tang and his companions coming back, Wei Huan immediately whispered a few words in Fang Jing's ear. Upon hearing that, Fang Jing led everyone from the Duke of Huguo's Mansion to come forward and salute Ye Tang and his companions respectfully.
"Fang Jing greets the Young Master, the Eldest Miss, the Young Master, and the Son-in-law!" Fang Jing knelt on one knee on the ground, looking somewhat excited.
He is forty-seven years old this year and has followed the Duke of Protectorate for thirty-two years. When he was young, he had seen the young prince and taught him martial arts. In his impression, the prince was very weak and would call him Uncle Jing. But the prince standing in front of him now has grown up and is strong and mighty. The sickly aura of his childhood is no longer there.
Ye Peng stood in front of Ye Tang and the others, looking at Fang Jing coldly: "What did he send you to do?"
Fang Jing was stunned for a moment. The prince's tone was so fierce. Didn't he remember him?
Well, it's been thirty years, it's normal that he can't remember it.
Fang Jing cupped his hands and said, "The Duke has asked me to take the Crown Prince home."
Ye Peng sneered: "This is my home."
Fang Jing hurriedly asked, "My Lord, can you please come in and talk?"
Ye Peng looked at the servants around him, as well as the people from the Duke of Protectorate's Mansion. In the end, he did not make things difficult for Fang Jing. He snorted coldly and went into the house. Fang Jing followed behind him.
Ye Peng paused, turned around and said to Ye Tang and Ye Ping'an: "You two come in too."
Jamel Xiao pointed at himself: "Dad, I..."
Fang Jing said: "My Lord, too many people have heard our conversation..."
Before he finished speaking, Ye Peng interrupted him and said to Jamel Xiao, “Come in too.”
"Okay, Dad!" Jamel Xiao grinned.
Fang Jing was completely stunned. It seemed that the prince was a little willful!
He seemed to be often so willful when he was a child.
In this respect, he is quite similar to the Duke.
Fang Jing followed him into the room and closed the door. Seeing him standing alone, Ye Peng pointed to a chair nearby and said, "Sit down. There aren't so many rules here."
After Fang Jing sat down, he slowly said, "The Duke said he knew he was wrong. He went to find Ye Qianrou as soon as he returned and locked her up..."
Ye Peng sneered: "Just locked her up, didn't he want to kill her?"
Fang Jing: "...The Duke originally wanted to kill her, but Ye Qianrou said that the Duke's wife was still alive, so the Duke believed her and spared her life for the time being..."
Ye Peng was furious: "The old man is a fool. Ye Qianrou said my mother was still alive, and he believed it? I saw it with my own eyes, and felt my mother's breath disappear, and felt her body gradually getting cold... The old man didn't believe what I said, so why did he let you pick me up? What did you want to do by picking me up? To humiliate me? To let me watch him and Ye Qianrou entangled and in love?"
"My Lord, please be careful with your words. The Duke and Ye Qianrou are innocent. The Duke kept her not only to investigate the Duke's wife's affairs, but also to lead out the person behind the scenes..." Fang Jing said seriously, "On the night Ye Qianrou was imprisoned, a group of mysterious people broke into the Duke's mansion and tried to rescue Ye Qianrou. Fortunately, the Duke was well prepared and set up an ambush. He captured two people alive and under torture, he found out that they were from Xia country."
Ye Peng clenched his fists when he heard this: "Xia Country?"
Those who buried him and his mother alive were all from the Xia country.
The Xia Kingdom was one of the seven countries destroyed by Emperor Yuanwu and has long ceased to exist, leaving only a few remnants who are hiding everywhere and trying to restore the Xia Kingdom.
"What is the relationship between Ye Qianrou and Xia Guo?"
Fang Jing said: "She is the princess of Xia Kingdom."
Ye Peng's pupils shrank: "How could she be a princess? She grew up in the Ye family. The Ye family has no relationship with Xia country. It has always been... Wait, Ye Qianrou is fake? She..."
Fang Jing: "Whether she is the princess of the Xia Kingdom, the Duke is not yet completely sure, and there is no time to confirm it, because no one knows who leaked it. The news of Ye Qianrou reached the ears of the emperor in a short period of time. It concerns the remnants of the Xia Kingdom, and the emperor attaches great importance to it..."
Ye Peng frowned: "So? What happened to Ye Qianrou? Was she killed by the emperor?"
"The emperor sent someone to take her away, saying that he would use her to lure out all the remnants of the Xia Kingdom and eradicate them completely."
"Her descendants were all thrown into prison."
"The Duke's Mansion was impeached by the Censor-in-Chief for having supported Ye Qianrou for many years, and was implicated."
"Although the Emperor trusts the Duke very much, there are too many people who impeach him. The Emperor has no choice but to fine the Duke half a year's salary and confine him to his palace for three months."
Ye Tang: "..." Is this the only punishment? And it was imposed out of helplessness.
The Duke's Mansion is raising the remnants of the evil that brought disaster to the Yuan Dynasty?
If it were an ordinary person, the lighter punishment would be demoted three levels or beaten half to death, while the worst punishment would be the possibility of his property being confiscated.
Shangguan Zhenhua was only fined half a year's salary and confined to his home for three months. Does the emperor favor him so much?
She suddenly thought of the various contributions Shangguan Zhenhua had made to the Yuan Dynasty over the years. Those were all real military merits, and no one in the court could match him.
Fang Jing continued, "The Duke has been confined and can no longer interfere in Ye Qianrou's affairs. This matter has been taken over by the Crown Prince."
Fang Jing said so much just to make Ye Peng believe Shangguan Zhenhua and let Ye Peng trace his roots.
Ye Peng closed his eyes and said with forbearance: "I won't go back with you."
Fang Jing couldn't believe it: "My Lord..."
He said so much and told all about the Xia Kingdom, but the prince was still so cold-hearted. Did he really not want to return to his roots at all?
Ye Peng waved his hand: "Stop talking, I told the old man the truth. He has been back for so long and has not done anything well. Now he has lost the qualification to deal with Ye Qianrou. Humph, shame on him!"
Fang Jing was angry: "Sir, how can you say that about the Duke? He is your father. After you and your wife passed away, the Duke was sad for a long time..."
Ye Peng looked at him quietly.
Fang Jing suddenly couldn't continue.
Ye Peng asked him, "Ye Qianrou said my mother is not dead. Did the old man find out anything?"
Fang Jing looked sad: "I found out that Ye Qianrou was lying. The lady died that year."
Ye Qianrou lied that his wife was still alive, but it was just a delaying tactic. The Duke knew this, but he still kept Ye Qianrou, hoping to hear a miracle from her.
But Ye Qianrou still disappointed the Duke.
"My Lord, the Duke said that he would spare Ye Qianrou's life and wait for you to go to the capital to avenge your mother personally. He will do his best to find all the accomplices who hurt you and your son back then, and will not stop until one of them is dead!" When Fang Jing said this, there was a hint of ruthlessness in his eyes.