Peach Blossom.

Wang Jing handed Yu'er to Tao Ye and limped towards Si Yuan alone.

The anger in his heart was like a raging fire behind him, burning more and more fiercely, and there was no longer any talk of rules and etiquette!

His face was livid, and he did not try to hide his emotions: "If I hadn't shown up here tonight, would I have received a report of the king's death tomorrow? A fire broke out in the palace, and Yu'er died unexpectedly?"

Supported by Mrs. Han, Si Yuan looked calm and said nothing.

"Tell me, is that right?" Wang Jing shouted angrily. He stared at Si Yuan with veins bulging on his face.

Si Yuan glanced at Madam Han.

Mrs. Han understood, released her arm around Si Yuan, and walked straight to the other side.

Wang Jing was confused and looked back to see Mrs. Han walking up to Yu'er and pulling off the veil covering her face.

The next moment, Wang Jing was so shocked that he couldn't utter a word. He saw clearly: on Yu'er's right cheek, there was a deep tattoo of the word "thief"!

Tao Ye was also stunned. She knew without thinking that the word "thief" must be the masterpiece of Princess Si Yao, in order to punish Wang Jing for not being a good son-in-law.

Wang Jing's whole body seemed to be frozen. He stared at the word "thief" tattooed on Yu'er's face. He could imagine how painful Yu'er must be when the needle pierced each stroke. With this tattoo, Yu'er's future life would be completely ruined!

"Why does she do this?" Wang Jing suddenly roared hysterically, pounded the ground with his fists, looked up to the sky and howled, wishing he could tear the culprit who was far away in the sky into pieces.

"Because she is the most noble princess of the Great Qi Kingdom." The person who answered was Si Yuan. His voice was not loud because his weak body had always restricted him to speak softly and move lightly.

Si Yuan bowed slightly and approached Wang Jing who was kneeling on one knee: "More than ten years ago, I could not accept the humiliation given by the Meng family, so I resolutely chose to go into exile. For this, I lost my wife who accompanied me in suffering and my beloved son. Now, do you want me to accept such a daughter-in-law and become a laughing stock of the whole world?"

Wang Jing slowly raised his head and looked at Si Yuan, his eyes were equally sharp: "You don't have to accept it! My daughter doesn't even bother to be your daughter-in-law!"

Si Yuan asked calmly, "Don't accept? Can you guarantee that my family won't be convicted for disobeying the order?"

Wang Jing also asked coldly: "In order to protect the safety of your family and to save your face, do you want my daughter to die?"

"Yes, she must die. If you cannot obey the greater good, I will have no choice but to let you and your son die "accidentally". I don't care whether you are sincere in surrendering or whether you are in Cao's camp but your heart is with Han. Anyway, I have the treasure map now and the vault is in my territory. No one outside Yongchang will know anything."

After Si Yuan finished speaking, he couldn't help coughing a few times, and his body swayed from side to side, as if he was exhausted.

Mrs. Han hurried over to support Si Yuan.

Tao Ye was very dissatisfied. She hugged Yu'er tightly in her arms and shouted to Si Yuan: "Someone leaked the news that my second brother was here to the princess, which caused such a great shame! Why didn't the king find out who leaked the news? Is silencing innocent people the way the king loves the people?"

Si Yuan glanced at Tao Ye without saying a word. He rested for a while and whispered a few words into Mrs. Han's ear.

Madam Han then ordered the maid beside her: "Bring the man tied up behind the kitchen here."

Soon, a man was brought in, his hands and feet tied with ropes.

Madam Han took a guard's sword and put it into Wang Jing's hand: "He is the one who leaked the news. If you think the king is unfair, you can kill this man yourself and avenge your daughter."

Wang Jing glanced at the man and didn't recognize him. He guessed that he was the person Chen Ji sent to Jiankang to deliver the message, which caused Yu'er's disfigurement...

Taking another look at Yu'er's face, Wang Jing felt even more hateful, and walked towards the tied man with his sword in hand.

The man also stared at Wang Jing, standing straight, his eyes bloodshot, and not saying a word.

Tao Ye's heart was beating very fast. She was afraid to see the scene of murder. She wanted to persuade Wang Jing, but she didn't dare to, because she felt that she was not qualified to choose to forgive on behalf of Yu'er or Wang Jing.

"Father! You can't kill him! He is Mada's biological brother!" Princess Si Rong ran over from a distance, panting.

Wang Jing was already standing in front of the kidnapped man, but he did not take action. It was not because of Princess Si Rong's dissuasion, but because he had never killed anyone before and did not know how to kill someone.

Si Yuan didn't say anything, nor did he look at Si Rong.

But Madam Han spoke up with a sarcastic smile: "The princess has never been so concerned about her own brother!"

Si Rong ignored Madam Han. She ran to Si Yuan and grabbed his sleeve. "Father, ignorance is the best thing to do! When Ma Dan left Yongchang, General Chen had not signed the death agreement yet. He didn't know that returning to Yongchang without permission was against the rules!"

In the darkness, Chen Ji was approaching the crowd, quietly paying attention to Princess Si Rong's plea. He couldn't think of a better way to save Ma Dan, so he had to disturb Si Rong in the middle of the night, which was why Si Rong appeared here.

Madam Han once again refuted Si Rong's words: "Ma Tan didn't know, didn't General Chen know that his servants were coming back? Why didn't he report it to the king in advance?"

Si Yuan coughed and slowly called out, "Chen Ji, come out."

Chen Ji was startled. He didn't expect that Si Yuan had already seen him in the dark. He had no choice but to appear in front of everyone in a dejected manner: "I...I have been busy with military training these days and forgot about Ma Tan's previous leave to visit his family..."

"Just visiting relatives?" Si Yuan looked at Chen Ji with a smile, his eyes intriguing.

Chen Ji did not dare to answer immediately. He knew that Si Yuan was very difficult to deceive and it was not easy for him to lie. But if he told the truth, he would be guilty of allowing servants to enter and leave Yongchang without authorization and inciting internal strife. He would have committed two crimes at once!

Ma Dan's eyes rolled and he knelt down to Si Yuan: "Your Majesty, please calm down. I really came back to visit my relatives! I just mentioned the prince consort when I was chatting with my mother on the street, and I didn't expect the princess to hear it! I didn't mean it!"

Si Yuan's eyes were still on Chen Ji, and he conveyed his orders lightly: "The one who leaks the secret will die. The one who stirs up internal strife will die. If he did it privately, he will die; if you instructed him to do it, you will die."

Hearing this, Chen Ji couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. Of course he was afraid of death, but how could he put all the blame on Ma Dan?

"My lord, I made the mistake of being too talkative, and I will never let you get involved!" Ma Dan suddenly broke all the ropes on his hands and feet. He swiftly pulled out the sword from Wang Jing's hand, slashed it across his neck, and fell to the ground in an instant.

Chen Ji was stunned. He looked at Ma Dan lying on the ground with blood gushing out, and his heart ached.

Si Yuan looked at Wang Jing again, his eyes cold: "It's time to deal with your family."

Wang Jing staggered to Yu'er's side, protected her, and shouted through gritted teeth: "My daughter did nothing wrong!"

Chen Ji looked at Wang Jing's nervous and frightened face, and couldn't help feeling a sense of pleasure in revenge. He thought that if Wang Jing lost his daughter, he would be a hundred times more heartbroken than he was if he lost his loyal servant.

"Your Majesty is pregnant, and I have come here specially to congratulate you!" Wang Yi came over from somewhere, walked straight to the opposite side of Si Yuan, and bowed to him.

Si Yuan looked Wang Yi up and down and asked, "Is it Wang Situ?"

"Your Majesty has good eyesight!" Wang Yi smiled.

Si Yuan asked again: "Why should I be happy?"

Wang Yi smiled and said, "Your Majesty's new bride is not yet of age, how can we hold the wedding ceremony? Why not wait a few more years, wait for my son and daughter to return home, and ask the prince to bring people to the capital to marry her. By then, Your Majesty will be able to seek justice for Emperor Xiaozong's death more easily, wouldn't it be a double happiness?"

It is definitely a good idea to enter the capital in the name of getting married without losing a single soldier, without wasting manpower or money!

Si Yuan nodded and smiled as calmly as Wang Yi: "What Wang Situ said is very true. The marriage between the prince and the princess should be solemn and dignified. How can it be done hastily? Please ask Wang Situ to take my granddaughter back first and take good care of her."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wang Yi saluted Si Yuan again, and then called on Wang Jing, Tao Ye and others to take Yu'er out of the palace.

Chen Ji was stunned again. He realized that his horse... died in vain...

However, he felt powerless about everything in front of him. He could only watch the backs of the Wang family members walking away.

It was already late at night when the Wang family returned to their self-built house. Wang Jing had been guarding Yu'er's bedside, completely forgetting that tonight was his and Tao Ye's wedding night.

Tao Ye went to the kitchen to cook porridge and brought it to Yu'er's room.

Yu'er gradually regained consciousness. She opened her eyes wide and saw Wang Yi, Wang Jing, Tao Ye and others standing in front of her.

"Yu'er, you're awake..." Wang Jing was excited, and touched Yu'er's face distressedly: "Does it still hurt?"

"Go away!" Yu'er pushed Wang Jing's hand away and roared, "You only care about eloping with your vixen. When did you remember that you have a daughter like me?"

Wang Jing sat there in a daze. He knew that his daughter would never be the well-behaved and obedient daughter she used to be.

Wang Yi stood not far away and explained: "Yu'er, things are not what you think, your father..."

"I don't want to listen! I don't want to listen!" Yu'er covered her ears, tears streaming down her face. "You married a bastard princess at home, and you got a vixen outside! And my own mother could only be abandoned in that mass grave where no one cared! I don't want such a philandering father, and I don't want to see you again!"

Yu'er cried and got off the bed barefoot, pushed Wang Jing away, and swung the pillow on the bed at Tao Ye.

The hot porridge Tao Ye was holding was knocked over, scalding her hand.

The maid Xiuping hurried over, picked up Yu'er and put her back on the bed.

Wang Yi waved to Wang Jing and Tao Ye, signaling them to go out first.

Wang Jing had no choice but to come out, and Tao Ye followed him.

Outside, the east was fading and a little light was shining. Wang Jing looked at the endless wilderness, which was desolate. "Yu'er has become like this. I don't have the face to see Ah Jiao anymore!"

"It's my fault. The word 'thief'... The princess must have wanted to tattoo it on my face so that she could take the blame for me. I am so sorry for her..." Tao Ye lowered her head, feeling guilty.

Wang Jing shook his head, holding Tao Ye's shoulders with both hands, and comforted her softly: "Don't say that. I left the capital to find my father, but the princess thought I eloped. I didn't bother to explain, and I thought it was better for her to think it was eloping than to expose the fact that my father left the capital without permission. I didn't expect that even Yu'er would misunderstand you now. If you blame yourself again, I will be even more ashamed of you..."

"Wow! Brother Wang, what you said is so sentimental!" Chen Ji suddenly appeared in front of them with a faint smile on his face, and exclaimed in admiration.

Seeing Chen Ji at this time, Wang Jing was of course uncomfortable and deliberately mocked him: "Brother Chen, someone just died in your family, but you didn't hurry up to deal with the funeral, but came to hang around here. Aren't you afraid that it will stink in the hot weather?"

"Brother Wang is right. I am here to take care of the afterlife!" Chen Ji said, waving back.

At the back, Mada and a few others carried a wooden frame with a white cloth on it and carried it to the barren hill behind the house.

Tao Ye felt a chill in her heart. Although there was a mass grave on this barren mountain, it was obvious that Chen Ji had chosen this place on purpose!

Chen Ji walked up to Tao Ye and smiled frivolously: "Girl, I heard that you got married? I haven't had time to congratulate you yet, but your wish has finally come true! From now on, you will have a ready-made daughter to accompany you in the room, and Ma Dan to guard you day and night outside the room. Consider this my wedding gift to you! You must cherish your days here, otherwise when you return to Jiankang in the future and face the princess, it will be difficult for you two to stay together!"

After saying this, Chen Ji laughed and also went up to the barren hill behind the house.

Wang Jing stared in the direction Chen Ji was walking, his eyebrows almost standing up, hatred biting at his heart like a monster, he just couldn't utter a word.

Tao Ye's heart was chilled. Her long-cherished wish had come true, but it turned out to be only the moment she took off the red veil, which was so short that it was even shorter than a dream...