Zhu Yan turned away, not wanting to look at him again.
Seeing Qi Chong humiliating her family with her own eyes, Zhu Yan was heartbroken and completely disappointed in her son.
Qi Su looked around and saw the guards all over the courtyard. Then he felt something was wrong and murmured, "You... what are you here for?"
Zhu Yun rolled his eyes, crossed his arms, and raised his voice, "I say, this young master, your superior father has committed a serious crime. Now everyone has gained the stolen goods, and your whole family can't escape!"
"Forcibly robbing people's daughters and taking human lives for granted, bah!" Zhu Yun snorted coldly, "It's worse than a pig or a dog!"
"Ayun!" The sister-in-law hurriedly pulled him to her side and smiled sarcastically at Zhu Yan, "San'er, children are ignorant."
Zhu Yan's expression remained unchanged, without even a frown, and she said softly, "Brother Yun is right. I have asked the emperor for permission to divorce my husband. I have been with that beast for a long time. Sister-in-law, you don't need to take care of it anymore." I."
Hearing this, the sister-in-law breathed a sigh of relief and held Zhu Yun in her arms.
"Impossible..." Qi Su turned pale and kept shaking his head, "Father is not that kind of person, you are lying!"
"Qi Su." Zhu Yan called him coldly, without any warmth in her eyes, "We don't have time to joke with you. If you don't believe it, you can go and have a look in the study for yourself."
Qi Su stared at her for a long time, his face full of dissatisfaction, but he still raised his feet and rushed towards the study.
Qi Lu and Qi Yuan behind him saw their elder brother leaving and followed him with short legs.
The study door was broken open, the tunnel entrance was exposed, and the air was filled with a foul stench.
Before Qi Su could reach the door, he saw the study room filled with guards from the Yongcheng Marquis, carrying porcelain altars that were half a person tall and carrying them out.
Inside each porcelain jar is a bald head with no eyes or nose, and their mouths are wide open in the sky. The mouths are so dark that no tongue can be seen.
Qi Su's footsteps suddenly stopped, his brain buzzed, and a chill spread from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
Qi Yuan, the youngest, had never seen such a scene before. He burst into tears and shouted for Aunt Wu to accompany him.
Qi Lu was the most timid in the past, but now when he saw it, his eyes turned black, his body leaned back uncontrollably, and he fell to the ground unconscious.
Qi Su woke up from a dream and quickly covered his eyes, screaming in terror.
The cry penetrated the house and reached the ears of everyone in the front yard.
Zhu Yan raised the corners of her lips lightly, and there was a mockery in her eyes.
"San'er..." The sister-in-law opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say these things. After thinking about it, she sighed, "They are children after all, and they shouldn't be allowed to see those dirty things."
"Dirty?" Zhu Yan raised her eyes, moved her gaze to the backyard, and chuckled, "They are all innocent and poor people who were persecuted by Qi Chong. The real dirty one is that beast."
"And I am not prepared to take away these three children."
"Third son?" The second sister-in-law was stunned, and quickly grabbed her arm and whispered, "Have you thought about it? They are all your biological children."
"San'er, this is not a joke, don't act on your whim." The sister-in-law frowned and advised, "After all, it's the flesh and blood that fell from your body. Are you really willing to let it go?"
"What if you are willing to give up? So what if you are not willing to let go?" Zhu Yan looked calm and said calmly, "I recognize them as my son, but are they willing to recognize me as their mother?"
"It is not easy to give birth to children. They are indeed born in my hope." Zhu Yan paused and whispered, "But if the flesh and blood falling from the body becomes a sharp sword swung at you, who will keep them?" Are you around?"
"I put myself first and my mother second."
Zhu Yan's face turned cold and her tone was calm, "In the days to come, I must love myself first."
The two sisters-in-law looked at each other and were speechless. They wanted to comfort each other but couldn't.
Zhu Yan took out a heavy purse from her sleeves, put it into her sister-in-law's hand, and whispered, "Our family will stay in the inn first to recuperate, and when the matter is over, we will leave immediately to return to Huainan."
The eldest sister-in-law smiled, pushed her purse back, and said angrily, "Do you still need to spend money on such a trivial matter?"
"That's right, you're still a stranger to the family, right?" The second sister-in-law also laughed and joked in a low voice, "Maybe there is no one next to the Zhu family. We have enough money!"
Zhu Yan was startled, then she laughed helplessly and said quietly, "Then I won't be polite to my sisters-in-law."
The three of them were talking and laughing together, completely unaffected by the things around them.
After a long while, the movement in the room stopped.
When the door of the room was opened, Zhu Yao's expression softened a lot. When he saw Xie Li, there was a smile on his face. He clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for your permission, otherwise it would be really difficult to understand the hatred in my heart."
Xie Li smiled lightly, nodded, and whispered, "Mr. Zhu loves his daughter so much, it's understandable."
Zhu Yao responded with a smile, stepped aside to open the door, and said in a deep voice, "Thank you, Sir, this beast..."
Xie Li raised his eyes and looked at Qi Chong, who was lying unconscious on the ground in the room.
Qi Chong was lying on his side, with countless footprints on his body, and his two arms were weirdly twisted behind his back, as if someone had broken his bones.
Xie Li sighed softly and said calmly, "Mr. Zhu, don't worry about anything else. Since you are allowed to take action, I will take care of the rest."
Zhu Yao nodded repeatedly and looked at Xie Li with admiration in his eyes, "Ling Ci extended a helping hand to my son in times of crisis, and Mr. Xie is so generous. You and your family are all very good people."
Xie Li lowered his eyes, with a humble face, "Mr. Zhu is overly praised."
After finishing his words, Xie Li looked back at the men waiting aside and said in a deep voice, "Take the person away, seal the mansion, and ground all those related to him. The superiors will keep a tight watch until the results are revealed."
"yes."
After a while, the seals and wooden boards used to seal the door were ready, and the Zhu family gathered together again, discussing dinner and walking towards the carriage.
At this moment, none of the guards noticed, and Qi Su seized the opportunity and rushed out.
"Mother!"
Zhu Yan's body trembled, she slowly turned around and looked behind her.
Qi Su staggered and knelt on the ground, tears falling uncontrollably, "Mother, please save us!"
Zhu Yan looked at him coldly, and saw him crying, and her heart did not change at all.
Qi Su lost his previous arrogance and tugged on her skirt almost as if pleading, crying, "Mother, my son has realized his mistake, please don't abandon us!"
Zhu Yan's expression did not change. Seeing him crying for real, she just felt funny in her heart, "Qi Su, if you come to me now, do you really know that you are wrong... or do you have no way out?"
Qi Su paused and lowered his face, unable to see clearly what he looked like.
Zhu Yan took the dress out of his hands with force, curled her lips and said with a smile, "You think that by following Qi Chong, you are a noble son, and you don't look down on your mother's family who was a bandit. Whenever you return to Huainan, you will play tricks for several days. Even if your whole family revolves around your temper, it still doesn’t match your wishes.”
"The same is true for Qi Lu and Qi Yuan. You three brothers are exactly the same." Zhu Yan laughed at herself and whispered, "In that case, you should just live with the father you have admired since childhood."
