Ying Bu paced back and forth in the room, feeling very anxious. He was worried that Qin Xingfu really didn't want him anymore, so he gritted his teeth and decided to go back.

Qin Xingfu should be at home based on the time. He parked his car at the door but didn't go in. He waited for a long time but no one came out to greet him. He got out of the car in confusion and found that no one was at home and the door was locked. All the people on Xingfu Street were gone.

He stopped a passerby and asked.

"Where are the people here? Why are they all gone?"

"My Lord, are you talking about Prime Minister Qin? She was reported by the Censor and several powerful families, saying that the Lord formed a clique for personal gain and that she was plotting a rebellion. She also selected a Taoist who called himself Xiaoyaozi and said that she was a monster and should be executed. His Majesty was furious and ordered a thorough investigation. Just last night, everyone here was thrown into prison. What a pity!"

The pedestrians shook their heads and walked away. Ying Bu thought it was impossible. How could it be possible? His Majesty trusted her so much. Those people were clearly slandering her!

A thought flashed through Ying Bu's mind, and he turned pale in an instant. He understood that he had harmed her. No, what his brother did had nothing to do with her, and he must find a way to save her.

Qin Xingfu felt it was a bit strange. He was the prime minister in great glory yesterday, but today he became a prisoner.

"Sir, are you okay?"

Yue Xin was worried that she would not be able to adapt here as it was dirty and smelly.

"It's okay. I'm afraid the children are hungry. Do you have anything to eat?"

It’s okay for adults to go hungry for a few meals, but the children will suffer.

"Mom, I'm not hungry!"

Dad told him that he could go out in a few days. Although Qin Yue pretended to be strong, his stomach started to growl. The children's stomachs also growled and they squatted down, holding their stomachs.

Qin Xingfu felt extremely distressed. From last night till now, none of them had cried. They were so well-behaved that it made people feel distressed.

Said while holding the children.

"My dears, I'm sorry! You've suffered along with your mother."

Qin Shan and Qin Chuan couldn't hold it back anymore.

"Woo woo...Mom, I'm hungry!"

"I'm afraid!"

The sixth and seventh children had just been coaxed into crying, but when they saw their older brothers and sisters crying, they started crying too.

A jailer couldn't bear it.

"Quiet! Why are you crying? No noise."

While yelling, he secretly threw a few whole grain cakes into the cell and whispered.

"Sir, I believe you are not like that. This is what I eat myself. Please take a few bites first."

In this situation, Qin Xingfu remained wary of the kindness of strangers and shook his head to refuse.

"Eat by yourself. His Majesty has not prohibited visitors. Someone should be able to bring us something."

The jailer was afraid of being discovered, so he wrapped it in cloth, threw it in, and quickly walked away.

Qin Ni looked at the whole-grain cakes and kept swallowing his saliva. Qin Xingfu felt sorry for the child, so he picked up the cakes and smelled them, then tore off a small piece of each cake and soaked them in water, then poured the water in the corner and observed the result after the ants ate them.

Dan Yao was also checking it out. He took a bite and nodded to Qin Xingfu.

"OK!"

There are more than a dozen pancakes here, and they must have been brought by the jailer.

"Come on, give the children something to eat first, don't let them starve! The adults can be patient."

Qin Xingfu left a piece of the cake for Yue Xin and distributed the rest.

The cakes made by Yuexin were very hard and rough, so we had to soften them in water before feeding them to the children.

"My lord, my lord~"

Ding Zhao on the opposite side called her softly, then pointed to his arms, where he had stuffed some pastries into his arms last night and had kept them for her when she was hungry.

"child……"

Qin Xingfu shook his head, motioning him to give the things to the children over there. Ding Zhao's eyes reddened, he turned his back and rubbed his eyes, then gave them to the children very reluctantly.

"The adults said to leave it for the children."

In fact, many people were hiding something. They thought Qin Xingfu would ignore them, but they didn't realize that they were judging others by their own mean minds.

The adults had nothing to eat themselves, and they were worried that the children would be hungry, which made them very ashamed. So they took out all the things they had hidden and passed them to them one by one.

"........."

When Qin Xingfu saw the things that were sent back, he felt very upset, so he only kept a few steamed buns and returned the rest.

"You guys keep it for yourselves! I'm not hungry."

With the steamed buns, the coarse-grain cakes in Queen Qin's hand were no longer fragrant. Qin Xingfu distributed the steamed buns to the children, and the coarse-grain cakes were divided into five portions for Yue Xin and others.

"Sir, we are not hungry!"

They couldn't help her at all and instead implicated her. Dan Yao felt very guilty.

"Don't worry! I believe His Majesty will clear our name."

Qin Xingfu saw that they felt quite guilty and comforted them. She felt that the First Emperor was going to cause trouble again. It didn't matter to her, but why did he force the child to suffer as well?

Ying Bu found out from outside where they were being held, then spent money to arrange it, and brought several people with him to deliver a lot of things.

"dad……"

The Queen of Qin was very happy to see him and stretched her hand out of the cage to greet him. Ying Bu saw so many of them crowded together in the short and small cages, all crowded together, dirty and messy, and felt so distressed. His family's masters were the ones who loved cleanliness the most.

"My Lord, I'm sorry! We are the ones who harmed you."

"This matter has nothing to do with you. You don't have to blame yourself. You are the only one outside now. Take care of yourself. Tell the young master and others not to act rashly. Trust His Majesty!"

Qin Xingfu couldn't think of if she had done something wrong. If it wasn't her fault, then His Majesty would have to deal with a group of people. However, despite all the honors and favors she had received over the years, she had always been arrogant and disdained to associate with others, nor had she had the chance to be flattered by others. Perhaps many people felt that she looked down on them, and they were afraid that they would bear a grudge against her openly or secretly.

Ying Bu felt that it was His Majesty's will that she was not arrested, and that he should find a way to clear her name.

"No news from Yilai yet?"

"No, sir, what can I do to rescue you?"

"Don't do anything. Don't bring any more people in. Just bring more clothes and food. The children won't starve."

Ying Bu now listened to her, nodded, and then distributed the clothes and food he brought.

"Sir, are you really not going to do anything? Then..."

"No need. If you do more and make more mistakes, it will only confirm the crime they framed me for. Don't implicate the innocent."

"Okay, I'll bring in some more food."

She was just a target. The person who controlled everything probably wanted to bring Fusu down. She didn't know whether Fusu understood what she meant yesterday. She must not be stupid enough to anger the First Emperor again.

She thought she got along well with the princes, so she didn't know who was trying to harm her, the princess? She had never offended anyone, had she?

Ying Bu had no choice but to follow her arrangements. He sent them daily necessities again and spent money to take care of everything.

"You all know how much the Prime Minister is favored by His Majesty. Take good care of her, and you will have a good life in the future."

The jailers knew about it, and they hadn't made things difficult for them until now. They just arranged them together because there were too many people to lock up at once.

"Please rest assured, my dear. We will treat you well."

Ying Bu thought about it and decided that he couldn't just do nothing, so he went to Fusu's mansion.

"Sir, if the Lord tells us not to do anything, will His Majesty really believe him?"

"Huiyuan believes in Your Majesty, so we will listen to her, but we can't do nothing. Huiyuan is very popular among the people. If someone uses her name to deliberately incite the people to seek justice for her, it will really confirm her guilt and will force her to death."

After hearing what he said, Ying Bu immediately understood that if everyone in the world protected her, then His Majesty would really believe that she was forming a clique for personal gain, which would be irrefutable evidence.

"Thank you, sir! I know what to do now."

Fusu hated his own identity at this moment. If he didn't help her, he would feel uncomfortable watching her suffer. If he helped her, those people would then say that he was the one who wanted to rebel, saying that he was unwilling to be a prince for many years and wanted to usurp the throne.

"Sir! Take a break! You didn't sleep all night last night."

Madam Yan felt sorry for him and was also worried about Qin Xingfu, but they were in a very passive position now and every move they made would be reported to others.

"I feel uneasy! If I had let her go, would this not have happened?"

Fusu regretted it at this moment. He and his father kept her out of selfish motives, because she was really useful. The changes in the Qin Dynasty over the years were simply a complete transformation compared to the past. If one were to count her contributions, there would really be no reward enough. Was that why his father was afraid of her?

In recent years, the emperor's temper has become increasingly unpredictable. He simply cannot understand some of his actions. Why is that?

Qin Xingfu was imprisoned, but Feng Quji was not very happy because he knew that Qin Xingfu would really not do those things. Having been a minister to the First Emperor for many years, he knew that the First Emperor's move was not to suppress her but to give those restless people an opportunity. He was so scared that he hurried home to check the affairs of his family for fear of getting into trouble.

"Father, Qin Xingfu is definitely dead now, you can..."

Feng Jie was extremely happy. His father had worked hard for the Qin Dynasty for many years, and in his later years he was still dominated by a woman. It was a great shame and humiliation. When he heard that his father was imprisoned, he hurried back from the barracks. However, before he could finish his words, Feng Quji slapped him in the face.

"Shut up! You'd better behave yourself, you sinner, and start serving the sick from today on!"

Feng Jie didn't understand.

"Father, you..."

"Go get a doctor! I'm old and weak and feeling unwell! Stop talking nonsense!"

If his son wasn't stupid, why would he still be working so hard for the family? He was a civil servant, and his son gave up his job as an imperial censor and insisted on joining the army after watching a game. He was really tired!

For a time, the entire Qin officialdom was in a panic. One of the two prime ministers was imprisoned, and the other fell ill. Although the country was not leaderless, they were always very nervous.

Ying Bu asked people from the school to intercept people who wanted to seek justice for Qin Xingfu, but it was not going well.

"My dear, you haven't been arrested yourself, and you won't let us defend the master. Could it be that you betrayed the master?"

Someone came out to find fault, and Ying Bu became furious. Who is this person?

"Bullshit, my lady doesn't need anyone to defend her. His Majesty is very discerning and never wrongly accuses anyone. I see you are unfamiliar. My lady didn't show you any favors! What do you want to do by getting involved with so many people? I see you want to prove the false accusations against her. Where are you from? Where is your ID?"

"I am just an ordinary citizen. You are not an official. Why do you want to check my identity? Humph! You are a bunch of ungrateful people. You have received so many favors from the adults, but you didn't even defend her. Forget it. I won't worry about it anymore."

As they were talking, the person had already slipped away. The people then realized that they had been cheated.

"My Lord, does the Lord really not need us? We don't care whether we die or not as long as we can save the Lord."

Butcher Gou thought he should listen to the adults.

"I have already said that His Majesty will not let you suffer an unjust accusation, but you all don't believe it!"

A student squeezed out of the crowd and said.

"Will you be punished, sir? I heard that those who went to Xianyang Prison came out with nothing left on their bodies."

A woman was worried, "The adult has delicate skin and tender flesh, what will happen if he is punished?"

"It's all right for now. No one dares to touch her without the emperor's decree. You all go back. If you encounter someone like that again, arrest her and hand her over to the authorities."

"Oh, now I remember. This person's accent sounds a bit like someone from South Vietnam. It seems that someone really wants to harm you. We can't cause trouble for you. Let's go home!"

When an old man spoke, many people recalled the past. People remembered Qin Xingfu's kindness, but no one encouraged them. They were still a little scared when they thought about it. After all, their most valuable thing was their lives. Since the adults didn't need them, they should just do their own thing.

Feng Quji, who was pretending to be sick, turned out to be really sick, but he was still concerned about Qin Xingfu's movements. He heard that she actually asked Ying Bu to stop people from pleading for her.

He couldn't help but feel a little admiration in his heart. This was a good move. This way of self-proof could not only prove that she had no suspicion of forming a clique for personal gain, but also show her loyalty and trust in His Majesty. All of a sudden, all the pressure was on the First Emperor.

The First Emperor also knew about her actions and was a little annoyed. This girl was really a coward. She would retreat into her shell when others hit her. The First Emperor felt that the feeling of being trusted wholeheartedly was quite good, but he was also worried. This action also proved that her status in the hearts of the people was not low after all. She could make everyone stay put with just one sentence. He was really mixed with joy and sorrow.

"Your Majesty! Princess Huayang requests an audience!"

The First Emperor felt a little guilty about his eldest daughter. In order to let Wang Jian lead the troops to war, he gave his daughter to him as a concubine.

"Xuan!"

"Huayang meets father!"

A beautiful middle-aged woman stepped forward and saluted.

"No need to be polite! Why did you think of coming to see me?"

"Father, what do you mean by that? Now that my daughter is married, can't she come back to see you?"

"Heh... you're still so eloquent."

Huayang smiled shyly.

"Father, you are always making fun of me. I don't agree. I heard that you put my Prime Minister's sister in jail. She has made so many contributions. I heard about her deeds every day in Huayang. Everyone talked about her. Unfortunately, my husband passed away a few years ago and I didn't get to see her. Father, please don't listen to the instigation of the villain!"

The First Emperor finally looked up at his daughter. He wondered how Qin Xingfu had offended her.

"Really? In your eyes, am I a person who only listens to one side and believes everything?"

Huayang's heart beat faster and he became anxious, so he knelt down and apologized.

"My daughter said the wrong thing at the moment. I hope you can forgive me, father!"

"Forget it! Get up and play a round with me. Let's see if you have improved."

"My daughter's chess was taught by your father. I have been studying it in my spare time these years. I hope your father will show some mercy."

Huayang thought he was really angry and thought that his trip today would be in vain. Now he was going to play chess with her, so he had a chance.

The two began to play chess.

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