The daughter of the first wife grew up in the countryside and was extremely powerful

Given the emperor's suspicious and jealous nature, he should have realized long ago that she was the real daughter of the Marquis's Mansion.

Back then, the General's Mansion did not deliberately conceal this matter and acted openly and honestly.

In this case, let’s just let everyone in the world know what the Marquis’ Mansion has done!

"Go quickly and find someone, and spread the news that Meng Hewan and Pei Qingan are the bosses behind this.

At the same time, expose all the shady deeds they've been doing in secret, and don't let any of them go unpunished!" The man who spoke had a stern expression, his eyes flashing with cold light.

"Yes, sir!" Qingye bowed respectfully, turned around and left after receiving the order, his steps hurried as if he couldn't wait to complete this important mission.

Early the next morning, sunlight shone through the clouds onto the earth, but this warm light could not dispel the thick haze that shrouded the marquis's mansion.

At this time, the news that the daughter of the marquis and the third prince opened a brothel together to make money was like a storm, quickly sweeping through the streets and alleys of the capital, and became a hot topic of discussion among people after dinner.

At noon, the atmosphere in the Marquis' Mansion was so oppressive that it made people breathless.

Meng Qingwen sat upright in the main hall, his face so gloomy that it seemed as if water could drip out of it.

His sharp eyes were fixed on the trembling Meng Hewan hiding behind Gu Ruyue. His hands unconsciously clenched tightly, and the joints turned white due to excessive force.

His fingertips dug deep into the armrests of the chair beneath him. He desperately tried to suppress the rage surging within him, fearing that in a moment of impulse he would rush forward and strangle this rebellious girl who had brought shame upon the family.

"Look, the entire capital is treating our mansion as a joke! They're all gossiping about it, mocking your shamelessness and accusing me of being a poor teacher! What were you thinking? Why would you do something so disgraceful to our family? You could have opened any other shop, but you had to choose such a vile business as a brothel!"

Meng Qingwen roared in anger, his voice was deafening and echoed throughout the hall.

He really couldn't imagine that his precious daughter, who had been raised by him with care, would become so bold, rebellious and unfilial.

This incident not only brought shame to the Marquis's family, but also caused him to be impeached and ridiculed by countless colleagues in the court.

Everyone said that he did not manage his family well, which was why he raised a daughter with such bad character, causing misfortune to his family and making him a laughing stock.

At the morning court on this day, when the ministers were reporting on state affairs in turn, the emperor, with a sullen face, smashed a memorial on his head, and he did not dare to move an inch even though blood was shed.

Following that crisp sound, the entire court instantly fell silent, and everyone's eyes were focused on the two of them.

The emperor's eyes widened in anger, and he pointed at his nose and shouted:

"I think you're becoming more and more useless and confused! You don't want to have such a good daughter, but instead you choose to raise a disgraceful thing! What are you thinking? Don't you even know right from wrong?"

These words were like a thunderclap, exploding in the court.

The ministers who were originally unaware of the situation suddenly realized what was going on and began to whisper to each other.

Soon, the news that he abandoned the general's real daughter for the fake daughter spread throughout the court.

When he left the court, he found that the officials around him looked at him as if he were the god of plague, and they all avoided him as far as possible, fearing that they would have anything to do with him.

Even those colleagues who usually had a good relationship with him were now avoiding him.

After returning to the Marquis' Mansion, Gu Ruyue looked at her husband with a gloomy face. Although she felt that her daughter's behavior was a little inappropriate, she still felt sorry for her daughter and couldn't help but speak up to defend her:

"Master, Wan'er has good intentions. She just wants to earn more money to support our mansion..."

However, before she could finish her words, she was rudely interrupted by Meng Qingwen.

With a crisp "pa" sound, Meng Qingwen raised his hand without hesitation and slapped Gu Ruyue hard in the face.

Because the incident happened suddenly, Gu Ruyue had no time to react and was hit hard.

She was knocked to the ground and suddenly felt dizzy and her eyes went dark.

It took a long time for Gu Ruyue to recover. She covered her swollen cheeks, staring at the angry man in front of her with her eyes wide open in disbelief.

She never expected that her husband, who had always been gentle to her, would hit her so hard.

"It's all your fault. You didn't take your own daughter back, but instead kept this bastard child in your mansion. Now, the mansion has been disdained by His Majesty, and there's no chance of my son inheriting it tomorrow! Is the glory and family business accumulated by generations of our mansion going to be destroyed in your hands?"

Meng Qingwen was so angry that his face turned red, and his eyes were staring at Gu like fire, his eyes full of deep disgust.

"Old... Master..."

Gu couldn't believe it. Meng Qingwen actually hated her so much. She had done so much for the Marquis' Mansion, but was treated like this...

Meng Hewan, who was standing aside, trembled slightly when she heard this. She slowly raised her head and glanced at Meng Qingwen with a somewhat evasive look, then quickly lowered her eyes, trying to use her long eyelashes to cover up the unwillingness and hatred that was difficult to conceal in her eyes.

These hypocritical and insincere people, when I worked hard to earn a lot of money for them to squander and enjoy, they all smiled from ear to ear, praised themselves in every way, and said that they had the ability to make money.

But now that something happened, they immediately turned their backs on me and were eager to distance themselves from me.

"Here comes someone!"

Meng Qingwen roared angrily, his voice was deafening, as if the entire marquis's mansion was trembling.

"Quickly take the lady and the young lady back to their respective courtyards and keep them under strict guard! No one is allowed to let them out without the order of this Lord!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a group of servants rushed forward like wolves and tigers, picked up Gu and Meng Hewan without saying a word, and walked quickly towards the backyard.

Meng Hewan and Gu were brought back to the yard and the door was immediately locked.

Gu covered her face with her hands and cried in the house with a dejected look on her face. The maids serving her looked at each other in confusion, and no one dared to step forward to dissuade her.

Meng Hewan was locked up in the yard, but her face was full of resentment.

Why...why should you insult her like this?

What's wrong with running a brothel? It's something we both agreed to, so what does it have to do with her?

No... no, she wants to go out... She wants to find the third prince.

At this time, Pei Qing'an, who was scolded by the emperor, had no way to protect her.

After a while, an imperial edict came down.

The third prince was already a thousand, with mediocre talent. He was named King Qing and given the fiefdom of Pingcheng. He was allowed to return to his fiefdom after ten days.

Also going with them were Meng Hewan and Qin Mingzhu, who were granted marriage.