It wasn't until Ji Liangxing's sharp cries sounded in his ears that Ji Chengde's consciousness woke up from the chaos, and he sat upright suddenly.
At this moment, Lin Wenrui had been dragged to the floor tiles outside the palace and was yelling for mercy.
Ji Wanrong looked on with a cold face without saying a word. Mrs. Ji also closed her eyes tightly, put her hands in her sleeves and said nothing.
"Dad! Dad! Please save mother! If mother dies today, I won't live either!"
"Mom is crying! Dad, please save mom!"
Ji Liangxing watched Lin Wenrui being dragged outside the palace by two soldiers, crying miserably. He was obviously frightened.
As he spoke, he cried. When he accidentally choked, he rolled his eyes and almost lost his breath.
Ji Chengde felt his heart clenching when he saw Ji Liangxing crying and rolling his eyes.
Now he only has such a precious baby, Miaomiao. If he loses his mother, how will he be raised to be a gold medalist and a glorious ancestor in the future, surpassing that cripple!
Ji Chengde is suffocating in his heart now. He broke off the relationship with Ji Lingxiao, but no one agreed with him, so he insisted on proving to others, Ji Wanrong and his mother that his choice was correct!
Ji Liangxing is better than that cripple!
Even if it is for the future champion Ji Liangxing, he must save his mother now!
Ji Chengde thought of this and gave Ji Wanrong an angry look.
He then leapt from the ground to Mrs. Ji's side, taking advantage of Mrs. Ji's unpreparedness, and snatched the iron certificate of the alchemy book from her hand.
This Alchemy Book Iron Coupon was originally a family heirloom of the Nanyang Marquis Mansion. It was obtained by the ancestors of the Nanyang Marquis Mansion after saving the life of the first emperor. It has been passed down for more than a hundred years now.
According to the ancestral teachings, this iron book of elixirs can only be used when it comes to the life and death of Nanyang Hou Mansion.
Once upon a time, there was a legitimate second son in the Nanyang Marquis Mansion who committed the crime of beheading. The head of the Nanyang Marquis Mansion reluctantly watched his own flesh and blood being beheaded, but he did not take out the iron certificate of the alchemy book.
This is what Mrs. Ji took out from the ancestral hall after hearing what happened today, regardless of everyone's objections, and prepared to rescue Ji Wanrong!
She felt that the heavy thing in her hand was suddenly snatched away, and she screamed, but she saw that Ji Chengde had already knelt in front of the emperor holding the iron certificate of the alchemy book.
"Your Majesty! The First Emperor gave the Iron Book of Alchemy Book to the Nanyang Marquis Mansion, promising to save the people of Nanyang Hou Mansion from death. Today, I beg your Majesty to use this Iron Book of Alchemy Book in exchange for Wen Rui's life!"
As soon as Ji Chengde finished speaking, Mrs. Ji felt a bolt from the blue above her head. Her vision went dark and she almost fainted.
Ji Wanrong felt the movement around her and hurriedly supported Mrs. Ji.
When she heard Ji Chengde's words, although she wasn't surprised, she was sneering in her heart.
Ji Chengde's feelings for Lin Wenrui are not as deep as before, and all he cares about now is Ji Liangxing.
However, he was holding back his anger, thinking that no one understood the fact that he had severed ties with Ji Lingxiao, and he only hoped that Ji Liangxing would be able to feel proud in the future.
For the sake of Ji Liangxing, it was normal for him to show off his ambition and take out the iron book of alchemy to save Lin Wenrui.
It's just that Ji Chengde used the century-old foundation of the Nanyang Marquis Mansion to exchange a cuckold on his head. I don't know if he will cry when he knows the result.
The emperor was also not expecting what Ji Chengde said. He looked at Ji Chengde in surprise and stopped the movements of the guards outside the palace.
"My dear, I didn't expect that you and this Lin family are so deeply in love as husband and wife. Are you really willing to use the iron coupon of the elixir book in exchange for her life? I remember that during the late emperor's time, the Nanyang Marquis Mansion was not even willing to take this. The iron coupon written in elixir can save the second son of a marquis."
Ji Chengde was infected by the emperor's admiring gaze, and suddenly felt that he was a unique and good man.
He nodded without hesitation: "Yes, Your Majesty, Wen Rui is the wife of the old minister, and she is also the only mother of Liang Xing. The old minister is reluctant to see them suffer from the separation of flesh and blood!"
The emperor suddenly laughed. He had long wanted to take back the iron certificate of the alchemy book of the Marquis of Nanyang, but he did not think that the Marquis of Nanyang would use the iron certificate of the alchemy book on a little step-brother.
Maybe this is love.
The emperor felt that he had not seen love for a long time.
So he nodded slowly: "In that case, I will agree to your request."
Mrs. Ji fell into Ji Wanrong's arms and listened silently to everything in front of her. She had no strength to stop it anymore.
A Hou Mansion was about to decline, what use could she say?
With a flick of Ji Chengde's hand, the iron certificate of the elixir was taken back by Eunuch Gao. When he saw that the emperor had agreed so lightly, he suddenly felt regretful.
Why didn't his mother come to stop him?
Knowing that Lin Wenrui was being helped into the hall by a maid, she was surrounded by the whispers of the little maids.
"The relationship between the Marquis and his wife is really good. The Marquis is still alive and charming. I heard that there is no concubine in the family. This is really enviable!"
Hearing this, the regret in Ji Chengde's heart slowly eased.
He was very satisfied with what they said. It would be great if today's actions could let everyone in the capital know that he was a man with deep feelings.
After all, Ji Wanrong has given him a bad reputation these days.
Lin Wenrui was helped in by someone who was still in shock. When she saw Ji Chengde's face, she knew that he had saved her with the iron book of alchemy, and she was moved to tears.
But when she lowered her head and saw Ji Liangxing hugging her tightly, she felt a hint of guilt towards Ji Chengde in her heart.
After a moment, her face returned to normal.
She will always guard this secret very well, as she did in the past, and will do so in the future, letting Ji Chengde care about him meticulously until Ji Liangxing becomes the Marquis of the Hou Mansion.
No one will know the truth.
Just as Lin Wenrui was thinking about it, she slowly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, thinking that she could escape this way, but who knew that the emperor would speak again at this moment.
"Lin can be exempted from death penalty, but he cannot escape from living crime. Since Nanyang Marquis and his wife have a deep love for each other and are willing to suffer for her, of course, what Lin and Miss Ji Er did today are all caused by Nanyang Marquis's lax discipline."
"I will convey my decree to the Marquis of Nanyang and give him a baron. It will last for one generation and will not be hereditary. If what happened today happens again, I will never forgive you."
The emperor squinted his eyes and spoke every word like a bell. He followed the trend and made people feel a bit of joy in his words.
Ji Chengde couldn't believe it, and his eyes were round and round. His originally proud expression turned stiff for a moment, and then turned pale again.
Baron is the lowest among the five titles and cannot be hereditary. In other words, after Ji Chengde's generation, there will be no title in Ji Mansion!
Ji Liangxing can't become a marquis?
Lin Wenrui listened dumbfounded and suddenly took back Ji Chengde's palm.
no!
Ji Chengde had no real power to begin with. As a baron, his status was even inferior to that of Jing Zhaoyin, who held real power.
If Ji Chengde is useless, what's the point of being a mistress in Ji Mansion? !
