Chapter 375: Asking for Guilt
Second Lady Qi was awakened by the chaotic footsteps.
"Who is it and what's going on?" Second Lady Qi raised her body slightly from the bed and asked with some annoyance.
A little girl ran in disheveled, "Ma'am, ma'am, it's not good." A soldier broke in, and he had already taken the second master, so he was going to lock and take his wife. ”
"What?" Second Lady Qi could hardly believe her ears, she felt that she must be dreaming, and it was a nightmare. In this dignified Anguo Mansion, she is the mother of the virtuous concubine, who dares to come and take her.
The door outside slammed, as if pushed open by brute force, and there were heavy footsteps kicking and stomping up the room. Then there was the screams of the little girls, mixed with the sound of urns and the voices of men with urns.
In the middle of the night, how could a man break into this inner house?
Second Lady Qi suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and only then did she really come to her senses.
"Tell me, what's going on?"
"The slave didn't know, it was the will of the palace, and the eldest master, the second master and the wife were locked to ask for the guilt." The little girl said tremblingly.
"Ah," Second Lady Qi was stunned.
"Ask the military master to give me some decency, Mrs. is the mother of the concubine, Mrs. Order, she is always dressed neatly." The door to the upper room was kicked open, and the cry of a woman came in.
Second Lady Qi sat there, stunned.
A slightly older mother-in-law stumbled in from outside, saw the appearance of Second Mrs. Qi, and cried: "Madam, hurry up and get dressed." Decency matters. ”
This mother-in-law hurriedly dressed the second lady of Qi.
"The will of the palace, how can it be, how can it be, Niangniang, Niangniang, Niangniang, Niangniang should stop it......" Second Lady Qi muttered.
The door to the bedroom was kicked open from the outside, and several stout soldiers poured in from the outside.
"Such verbose, when this is the new daughter-in-law on the sedan chair, the master is still waiting for you to dress up." A soldier rudely pushed the woman away, reached out and shook the iron rope in his hand, and dragged Mrs. Qi Er off the bed, and another soldier stepped forward and put a wooden flail on Mrs. Qi's neck.
"Hurry up, hurry up, it's a cold day, you have to go back quickly."
Several military men dragged the second lady out of the house.
The maiden mother-in-law of the Qi Nian Hall saw that the second lady of Qi was dragged out like a wild dog, and the master, who was usually high, was now also tearful and snotty, worse than them, first frightened, and then cried.
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"Old lady, old lady."
Rong slept deeply, listened to a series of cries in his ears, and slowly opened his eyes. The room was already full of people, led by the eldest wife, and behind was the eldest grandmother, the second grandmother, Qi Ru, Qi Yi, Qi You, Zheng Haoer, and Yan Mingyue. Everyone's faces were full of fear, and the ladies were even more red-eyed from crying.
Rong was a little confused, could it be that she was dead, and now her soul was out of her body, and she saw the situation of her children and grandchildren crying and mourning.
"Old lady, wake up." Seeing that Rong opened his eyes, the eldest lady hurriedly stepped forward and was about to help Rong up.
Touched by the eldest lady's cold hand, Rong shivered violently, and at the same time understood that she was not dead, so what was going on in front of her.
"Old lady, this is going to kill you." The eldest lady began to cry first.
Yan Mingyue and Grandma Qi came forward together, one helped the Rong family, and the other put on a jacket for the Rong family.
"What's going on?" Rong knew that it was not good, and asked reluctantly calmly.
“…… The palace sent someone to the front hall to arrest the eldest master, the second master, the second wife, and the second master. The second grandmother wiped her tears and said.
This is to arrest several people in the family who have meritorious reputation, why?
Rong only felt a rumble in his head, his eyes were dark, and his body couldn't help shaking.
"Old lady, take care." Yan Mingyue supported the Rong family, and naturally felt the strangeness of the Rong family.
"Help me up, get dressed, I'm going to see." Rong waited for the dizziness to improve a little, gritted his teeth and struggled.
The front yard of Qi Mansion
The eldest master, the second master, Qi Xiu, and the second wife were dragged by the officers and soldiers to stand there, all in shackles. It was cold at night, and they were almost frozen there without the fox fur they usually wore to protect them from the cold.
Two people walked out of the warm candlelight in the front hall and asked, "Have you caught all of them?" ”
A soldier stepped forward and replied that everyone had been locked up.
The eldest master, the second master, and Qi Xiu raised their heads, one of the leaders was dressed as a eunuch, and the other was a military attaché, but they were all unfamiliar with them.
"My lord, may I ask which sin the subordinate has committed." The second master asked.
The military attaché's nostrils were facing the sky and he didn't answer, but the eunuch answered the second master of Qi.
"The emperor has decreed, there are some things to ask a few people to go to Dali Temple to explain clearly. What is the sin, it will be clear when you arrive at Dali Temple. ”
The military attache snorted coldly, "Why should my father-in-law talk nonsense with them. They don't know what they are doing. ”
"The lower officials are law-abiding and conscientious." Second Master Qi said.
"Don't talk nonsense." The military attache was short-tempered, "Everyone has been arrested, let's go back and hand over the order." ”
"My lord, go to Dali Temple, she is a woman's family, can she stay at home." Second Master Qi refers to Second Lady Qi.
"This second lady of your mansion is an important person, and she will be ordered by the holy decree to get the case." The eunuch said.
The eldest master, the second master, and Qi Xiu were all taken aback, and turned their heads to look at the second lady Qi.
"You, what did you do?"
Second Mrs. Qi originally saw Second Master Qi interceding for her, thinking that she could avoid the humiliation of showing her head, but when she heard that she was the key offender appointed by the Holy Decree, her heart was already cold, but she still had a trace of luck.
"Guifei Niangniang......" Second Lady Qi's whole body was almost frozen, and she only said these four words with trembling lips.
The military attache was already impatient, and ordered the colonels to push and shove the four of them and go out.
"Wait." I heard an old voice say.
Everyone stopped and turned their heads to look.
I saw that the Rong family was helped by the eldest wife, Qi Er's grandmother and others, and a few soldiers followed.
Rong's hair is scattered, his steps are vain, this rich and neat old man has been around all his life, but now the soles of his feet are stuck with mud.
The eldest master, the second master, and Qi Xiu knelt down together.
"Sons/grandchildren are not filial."
Rong held back his sadness and walked tremblingly to the eunuch and military attaché.
"Two adults, may I ask, what sin have the grandchildren committed here? Please read it at the age of the old body, and mention it. Seeing that the soldiers who came to arrest people were rude, and the eunuch and military attache were even more faceless, they already knew in their hearts that it was not good, and now they spoke very politely.
Qi Ru was not good at housework, but at this time, he had to step forward and bow down to invite the two of them to sit in the hall.
“…… It's also easy to talk. Qi Ru said.
The military attache was disdainful of this, but it was the eunuch who seemed to be moved with pity when he saw Rong's gray hair.
"The sins of several people can only be decided after being tried by Dali Temple. The old lady should go back and wait for news. "The eunuch was also pleasant.
"Niangniang......" Second Lady Qi interjected in a hoarse voice.
How is Concubine Xian now, this is what everyone wants to ask. The virtuous concubine is now pregnant with the dragon seed in her belly, at this time, even if something happens to the Qi Mansion, the emperor will take care of the concubine and the prince, and he will open the net.
Seeing the expectant looks of everyone in the Qi Mansion, a trace of pity flashed in the eunuch's eyes.
"Niang Niang is already in the sky,...... also took away the little prince. The eunuch walked down the steps, dropped the sentence gently, and left.
"Ahh
The eunuch and the military attache escorted the eldest master, the second master, Qi Xiu and the second lady of Qi out of the mansion, but left a team of soldiers in the Qi mansion, but they kept those men and women such as maids, servants, and servants in one place to take care of them.
Buildings and belongings are sealed and not allowed to be moved. There are even soldiers on each door of the Qi Mansion, and they are only allowed to enter but not to go out. This is clearly a posture to copy the family.
Rong sat on the couch in a daze, hearing the crying everywhere in the house, and only felt a splitting headache.
The eldest lady, Grandma Qi and others have long cried like tears. The eunuch's words before leaving made everyone's hearts sink to the bottom. The mother is gone, the child in the mother's belly is gone, and the barrier behind them is gone. And they don't know why they were arrested and taken to Dali Temple, and why the emperor was so ruthless to them.
"It's the mother, the palace will only appease us, how can we be guilty, and ...... "I want to raid the house."
Yung muttered to himself.
"Yingya, you tell me, what did the second wife do?" Rong grabbed Qi Er's grandmother's hand.
It doesn't matter if the man who has a meritorious name in the Qi Mansion is arrested, why is it that the second lady of Qi and a female dependent were also taken away by shackles, which is full of strangeness.
Second Grandma Qi was startled, and when she saw that everyone's eyes were on her, she hurriedly argued, "Old lady, how do I know about the second wife." ”
Looking at everyone's resentful and puzzled eyes, Grandma Qi Er had an idea.
"Even if someone knows, it's also ......" Second Grandma Qi turned her head and stopped her gaze on Zheng Hao'er.
Everyone knows that Zheng Hao'er is the second lady of Qi against the wishes of the Rong family, and asked the virtuous concubine to marry in the door, and she is the niece of the second lady of Qi, so she should be angry with the second lady of Qi. The matter of the second lady of Qi should be known to Zheng Hao'er.
Second Grandma Qi is used to it, and at this time, she actually used such a method to lead the water to the east. Zheng Hao'er saw that everyone turned their suspicious eyes to her, and she was a little speechless.
"Old lady......" Zheng Hao'er felt aggrieved and couldn't help but shed tears again.
Rong let go of Second Grandma Qi and sighed, she was not confused yet.
"If you don't know, I'm afraid no one will know." Rong sighed lightly.
Zheng Hao'er breathed a sigh of relief.
"Old lady, what shall we do now?" Everyone looked at Rong, waiting for Rong's to make an idea...
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