Compared with the joy of welcoming Lin'er in the East Palace, the new decree that Emperor Mu had just sent to the Qin family was like a blow to the head, catching everyone off guard.
Qin Zhilan knelt on the ground, listening in disbelief to what the eunuch who delivered the order said, as if she had suddenly fallen into an ice cellar, and her face turned pale from the cold.
"How could this happen?" Mrs. Qin seemed to have heard wrongly and looked up at the eunuch who delivered the order. "Didn't King Jin'an suddenly return to the capital to prepare for the marriage? How...how could the engagement be canceled suddenly?"
Xiao Anzi, who came to convey the decree today, was Yang Dexi's disciple. When he heard this, he said with a smile: "King Jin'an said that the princess he married was very jealous, and he was not allowed to take concubines when they first got married. It was said that Princess Jin'an had a bad temper, had a small belly, and would not allow a concubine to enter. King Jin'an came all the way back in a hurry just to ask the emperor to cancel the engagement. The emperor felt sorry for King Jin'an who had stayed in the fiefdom for many years, and could not bear to refuse his request, so he could only I promised him first."
Whether intentional or not, these words have positioned Qin Zhilan as a concubine. Whether she can enter the palace or not, she has to be the matron of the family.
Qin Zhilan only thought it was ridiculous.
Chu Yunfei was narrow-minded and did not allow the prince to have concubines. Princess Jin'an had a bad temper and did not allow the king of Jin'an to have concubines. Among the princes and grandsons of this generation, apart from being a romantic partner, do their wives even have the final say on whether to take concubines?
Although she doesn't want to marry King Jin'an at all, she is not an object. She can just let others say she doesn't want it...
"Miss Qin, please accept the edict." Xiao Anzi handed the edict to Qin Zhilan, "The emperor is also helpless and hopes that Miss Qin will not be sad about this. There are many outstanding young men from aristocratic families in the capital, and Miss Qin will definitely choose the right one. The wishful husband."
Everyone in the Qin family looked extremely ugly.
Thinking of what happened these days, the haze that has been hanging over the head for the past few days has a tendency to be suppressed. Compared with a daughter's marriage, the emperor's attitude towards the Qin family is a foreshadowing of the Qin family's fate.
The fact that this imperial edict can be issued means that the status of the Qin family in the emperor's heart has completely collapsed. The emperor does not care whether the cancellation of the engagement will bring disgrace to the Qin family.
They have completely lost their imperial heart.
After Xiao Anzi led the people away, Master Qin knelt on the ground for a while without responding.
"Father." Qin Mingwang stood up and walked over, helped his father up from the ground, and said in a sad tone, "Father, please cheer up. The Qin family's predicament is temporary. When the Ministry of Punishment finds out the truth of the matter, it will definitely restore the Qin family's innocence."
Master Qin stood up, turned and left without saying a word.
Ever since the prince of Mobei and his envoys came to Chu State, the emperor ordered that the Qin family's residence be guarded and no one was allowed to enter or exit. The Qin family, from the Qin Taifu to the grandchildren studying in the Imperial College, were locked up at home for more than ten days in a row. , waiting for the results of the Ministry of Punishment's investigation, but unexpectedly, today's imperial edict to terminate the engagement came.
Mrs. Qin staggered, her face pale and sad: "What can we do? How will Zhi Lan get married in the future?"
"Is mother still worried about how my sister will get married?" Qin Zhengxuan, Qin's parent, looked at her in disbelief, "Who caused Zhilan to end up in this situation? Isn't it the result of her own suicide?"
Mrs. Qin's expression changed: "Zhengxuan, what are you talking about?"
Qin Zhengxuan looked at Qin Zhilan coldly: "My sister has high standards. She doesn't like this or that. She can even plan to cancel the marriage of the crown prince of Prince Rong. Do you think you are noble and holy? No one in the world is worthy of it. Fuck you?"
Qin Zhilan glanced at him blankly and remained silent.
"You like the prince, but can the prince like you? Why do you think that if you like someone, they must like you? Don't say he is the prince, even if he is a commoner, he has the right to dislike someone!" Qin Zhengxuan His face was filled with anger, and his eyes were full of disappointment and decadence, "As the granddaughter of the Qin family, you are talented and well-educated, but you insist on being smart. It's not just ruining your own marriage with your own hands, but also ruining the respect your grandfather has in the emperor's heart. ! The Lord Protector’s Mansion is a lesson learned from the past, why haven’t you learned any lessons?”
As the grandson of the Grand Tutor, he should have had a bright future. He was one of the most outstanding students in the Imperial College, with profound knowledge and outstanding talents.
If nothing unexpected happens, he should be recommended to the imperial court in June this year. Like the students who were admitted in the palace examination, he will become the new blood of the imperial court and return to the imperial court one day.
But all of this was destroyed in Qin Zhilan's hands.
"Zhengxuan, how can you say that about Zhilan?" Mrs. Qin's face changed, "She doesn't want to do this either-"
"My mother has always spoiled her and made her lawless. She is obviously just the daughter of a courtier, but she is as proud as a princess and thinks she can do whatever she wants!" Qin Zhengxuan suddenly broke out and interrupted her at the top of his lungs, "If she hadn't kept repeating This time I went against the Crown Princess and gave up the marriage in Prince Rong's Mansion. How did the Qin family end up like this?!"
Mrs. Qin said angrily: "Can I go to Prince Rong's Mansion to bring this marriage back?"
Qin Zhengxuan's expression froze: "What did mother say?"
"I'm going to Prince Rong's Mansion to see if I can save this marriage——"
"Did mother forget that Rong Huaishu is already married? He already has a wife! Does mother want Qin Zhilan to marry her as a concubine?" Qin Zhengxuan smiled sarcastically, "Besides, can mother leave the Qin family now? The emperor doesn't allow it. The Qin family can come and go at will, does mother want to openly resist the decree?"
Qin Zhilan's face turned pale, her eyes full of humiliation.
"Okay." Qin Mingwang came over and looked at the farce in front of him expressionlessly, "It's not Zhi Lan's fault that King Jin'an broke off the engagement, and it's not Zhi Lan's fault that the Qin family was imprisoned. Your grandfather knew all this - —”
"Father's words are wrong." Qin Zhengxuan interrupted him, his tone unable to conceal his disgust for his sister, "Although right and wrong are important, they are far less important than stance. If she hadn't angered the Crown Princess repeatedly, Qin Zhengxuan would It is impossible for the family to end up in this situation. The Xie family is just like the Qin family and has a great fortune, but just because Xie Danshu has a good relationship with the Crown Princess, even if their family has done some wrong things, they can still be prosperous and prosperous—"
"Everything is my fault, brother, there is no need to say any more." Qin Zhilan suddenly interrupted him, her voice was calm and full of deathly silence, "I will atone for my sins."
After saying this, she turned and walked towards her yard.
That night, Qin Zhilan committed suicide by hanging from a beam, but was discovered in time by the maid on duty and rescued. Mrs. Qin cried so hard that she fainted several times.
The Qin family seemed to explode all of a sudden. After many days of suppression, Mrs. Qin actually wanted to go to the palace to plead guilty and beg the emperor to give the Qin family a happy life.
They have been a noble family for many years, and they really can't bear such grievances.
Grand Tutor Qin wrote a handwritten apology note overnight, spent money to smoothen the relationship, and then submitted the note to the imperial court.
After Emperor Mu went to court, he sat in the Qinzheng Hall and looked at this document, without saying anything for a long time.
Qin Taifu blamed himself for not being strict in running the family and raising his children. Regardless of whether his two sons-in-law had really collaborated with the enemy, he was ashamed to see the emperor again. He was even more ashamed of his position as emperor's teacher. Heirs of the Qin family He is mediocre and dull, and cannot be brought up. I ask the emperor to allow the old minister to commit suicide to apologize for his sins. I only ask the emperor to be merciful and pardon the charges of other unknown persons in the Qin family. They will be expelled from the capital and will never be allowed to enter the capital to serve as officials.
"Yang Dexi." Emperor Mu turned to look at Eunuch Yang, who was standing with his eyes lowered, "Do you think the master deserves to die?"
Yang Dexi was stunned, and then he knelt down with a bang. He was so frightened that he fell to the ground: "Old slave deserves to die! Old slave deserves to die!"
"What are you talking about?" Emperor Mu frowned, "I just asked casually, forget it, let Xie Lin come over."
"yes."
