The reborn girl always wants to escape, but the abstinent marquis hugs her and coaxes her!

Chapter 338 Mu Rong takes action

That night, Xu Rongrong made all the arrangements for Wen Yao and Luo Shu, and also fulfilled her biggest wish since her rebirth, so she slept very well that night.

But the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion not far away is very different.

Mu Rong, however, hardly slept the entire night.

Since midnight, he has been looking at the hourglass in front of him, waiting for something.

An hour later, there was finally movement outside the door.

"Come in." Mu Rong's voice was a little hoarse.

"Yes."

The door was pushed open, and Mu Ai, shrouded in night, walked in. He knelt down and reported, "Master, everything is done." Mu Rong raised his eyelids slightly and said, "Is everyone alive? Has everyone been settled?"

"Don't worry, my lord. Yu Liuer's parents and younger brother, a total of three people, are unharmed! After I rescued them, I sent someone to send them to the Beiting Protectorate. They should have left Puyang County by now." Mu Ai said.

Mu Rong nodded and asked, "Did that person know about their rescue?"

"I left two people alive when I took action. I believe that the news of Yu Liuer's family's escape has already been sent out. When the palace gates open tomorrow morning, the Queen will know. I believe the palace will react soon. I just don't know who else will be unlucky this time besides Concubine Shu."

"Ningguo Gong is of course indispensable." Mu Rong sneered, "Let Mu Qi and Chu He prepare. It's time to take action on Yu Liu'er as well."

"Yes." Mu Rong received the order and left the palace overnight. Yu Liu'er was the dancer who assassinated Ning Wang Wu Tianxiao at Ning Wang's celebration banquet that day, under the pretext of avenging her elder sister.

If Chu He had not stopped her from committing suicide and left her alive, and if Prince Ning had not been stabbed again, I am afraid that the celebration banquet would have turned into an apology banquet on the spot!

That night the emperor was furious and ordered the Ministry of Justice to conduct a thorough investigation.

The Ministry of Justice was in charge of this matter, and with the help of the Imperial Guards, they soon got to the bottom of Yu Liuer's background!

What about coming from the border, what about revenge for my sister, all of them are lies.

Just to frame Prince Ning.

But how could a commoner frame a prince? It was obvious that someone was behind her. Although Concubine Shu was the primary suspect, there was no concrete evidence.

No matter what methods the cruel officials of the Ministry of Justice used, Yu Liuer just insisted on not giving in and refused to give in.

The reason is simple. Her parents and younger brother are in that man's hands. How can she tell the truth?

Even the instructions of Concubine Shu cannot be verified, let alone the person hiding deeper behind the scenes?

Apart from Mu Rong, Xu Rongrong and others, no one would suspect the queen.

But now, Yu Liuer's parents and younger brother were rescued, and the situation has reversed.

No one knew better than the Queen what Yu Liuer would say once she knew her family was saved.

Therefore, the Queen was about to take action.

As for who will make the knife to assassinate Yu Liuer?

As for Concubine Shu, she is stupid and impulsive, and is already on the suspect list of the Ministry of Justice. No one is more suitable than her.

When it was almost dawn, Mu Rong called Mu Yi and said, "Please evacuate all our people from Concubine Shu's palace, so that we won't be covered in blood."

"yes."……

Mu Rong's prediction was correct. Only one day later, news came from the palace that the emperor was furious.

When the emperor heard that people from the Ningguo Mansion had sneaked into the Heavenly Prison to silence Yu Liuer, and were caught on the spot by the Deputy Commander of the Imperial Guards, Chu He, he smashed all the paperweights in the imperial study!

How could an outsider sneak into the heavily guarded prison and kill someone? There must be an insider behind him, and this insider must be in a high position of power!

Soon, the emperor summoned Concubine Shu and Duke Ningguo Li Mingyi to the imperial study for reprimands.

In less than half a day, the imperial edict spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital:

She was stripped of her title of Shufei, demoted to Concubine Chongyi, and confined to the cold palace, and could not be released without the emperor's summons.

Wu Tianchi, the son of Concubine Shu, was demoted to a commoner and banished from the capital, never to return to the capital.

Li Mingyi, Duke of Ning, was deposed from his title, and the Li family was demoted to commoners. They were not allowed to take the imperial examinations within three generations, and were not allowed to hold official positions above the seventh rank within five generations.

Even the commander of the imperial guards was implicated. After the flogging, Concubine Shu had sent someone to bring him medicine, so he was undoubtedly involved in the outsider's intrusion into the prison. As a result, he was dismissed from his position as commander of the imperial guards and exiled to the southern border to serve as a gatekeeper.

As soon as the decree was issued, the whole capital was in an uproar.

Who doesn’t know how the title of Duke Ningguo came about!

Sixty years ago, when Li Mingyi was still the late emperor's study companion, he rescued the late emperor from drowning while playing around, catching a cold and nearly dying. The late emperor, grateful for his kindness, granted him the title of Duke of Ningguo, and from then on, the Li family soared to prominence. In this generation, the Duke's eldest daughter married the second prince, further cementing the Li family's close relationship with the emperor.

Not only that, the late emperor also specially rewarded Li Mingyi with a handwritten letter. No one knew the content of the letter, but it was rumored that this letter was comparable to the red book and iron certificate of the previous dynasty and had the effect of exempting from death.

Presumably, the emperor was so furious today that he issued an edict that almost destroyed the future of the entire Li family, yet he still spared Li Mingyi's life. This must have a lot to do with that handwritten letter.

Concubine Shu fell, the Li family fell, and the second prince was expelled from the capital...

The Second Prince's line no longer has any hope of revival.

The Wu Tianchi who was full of vigor and even wanted to compete with the prince, completely withdrew from the historical stage of the Great Zhou.

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Along with the news of the emperor's wrath, news also spread from the capital city about five horse-drawn carriages carrying flowers to the Beiting Protectorate.

The carriage was unremarkable, the kind commonly used by merchants, but unlike the flower buds transported in the past, this time there were many half-opened flowers in the carriage.

The reason for this was actually to cover up the strong smell of blood in one of the carriages.

Yu Liu'er was tortured and covered in wounds. If they wanted to send her out of the capital, they had to cover up her aura. That's right, Yu Liu'er was not dead.

As soon as Mu Qi heard the news outside the palace, he went to find Chu He.

They agreed to take advantage of the opportunity to silence the witnesses and exchange Yu Liuer.

Yu Liuer's life was spared because she was also helpless.

But more importantly, when the queen is overthrown in the future, Yu Liuer will be strong evidence for the queen to frame Prince Ning and frame Concubine Shu and Duke Ning.

Yu Liuer left the capital and would meet her parents and younger brother in Beiting Protectorate a month later.

That was Mu Rong's territory and also where the Mu family army was most concentrated.

It was not difficult for the Mu family army to hide the whereabouts of this family in a place far away from the capital.

After permanently ending the Second Prince's threat to Prince Ning, Mu Rong could finally rest easy. Next, he would focus on preparing for the wedding in two weeks.

There was no way, his little girl was not willing to take the matter of marrying him seriously.

Then he can only spend more time thinking about marrying her.

What else could he say to the person he had tried so hard to get?