Remarrying Chun Yuan

"You are all incredibly arrogant, thinking that you can be secure just because you've taken that position?"

The Empress's voice trembled with anger, "Didn't they consider what the situation would be like when His Majesty returned? Didn't they even consider how Yuan Cuo, now the ruler of Yan, would treat Da Qi!"

"It was a dead end to begin with, does Mother expect Your Highness to pretend to be a fool for the rest of your life?" Fang Ziqing didn't dare to look at Huang Wanwan, knowing she had let her best friend down.

This isn't just about giving a gift or having a meal; it's about the future.

"The truth will eventually come out, and besides, Yuan Cuo has long wanted to wipe out the entire Right Chancellor's Mansion." Fang Ziqing dragged the Princess Consort into the mess with one sentence, "And our Fang family is on the list too."

“My father has already seen the memorial impeaching him submitted by Imperial Censor Chen, and it is placed in His Majesty’s study.”

The charges against him were listed clearly and meticulously.

If Qin Mushuo hadn't sent people to steal these memorials and place them in front of her, Fang Ziqing wouldn't have dared to do this.

"Is this your reason?" Huang Wanwan had been tied to a pillar by the old women and was covered in wounds.

When she saw the children being taken away, she tried her best to fight back. Unfortunately, she was no match for Zhang Xinyan's fists and was knocked unconscious in an instant.

The guards hadn't expected this. By the time they tried to make a move, Qin Mushuo had already sent someone to hold a knife to the throats of the two children. Although they thought they could act faster, they didn't dare to take the risk.

"If you knew your parents and family would be executed, would you not take the risk?" Fang Ziqing asked rhetorically.

But after asking, she smiled and said, "That's right, you have very little affection for your family and can't appreciate the kindness of your family at all."

She was a well-behaved girl who had been pampered since childhood, so of course she couldn't bear the thought of her father being beheaded, her mother being exiled, and her brothers and sisters suffering a tragic fate.

Just seeing the fate of the Jiang family of the Left Prime Minister's residence is enough.

“Although I do not know the kindness of my family, I do know the kindness of Yue Niang and Yuan Cuo. If it weren’t for them, would Da Qi be where it is today? It would have been annexed by Chu and Meng long ago!” Huang Wanwan said.

"That's just because he's lucky. I don't know what good things Liu Yuechu did in her past life that God is so kind to her in this life." Fang Ziqing really couldn't understand it.

The Empress, impatient with their bickering, snapped, "Both of you shut up! No one is allowed to speak again!" She looked at the two nannies holding the little dumpling and the little bun, telling them to put the children down. "How can they sleep with you holding them like that? If anything happens to them, even hundreds of your lives wouldn't be enough to compensate for it!"

The Empress was so angry that her teeth chattered, but her words were not reliable at the moment. Those two old women were following Qin Mushuo's orders and did not obey anyone's commands.

"Your Majesty, please forgive us. We can only obey Your Highness's orders..." Their hands were tied around the necks of the two children. With just a little force, the children would be dead.

The Empress sighed again and again, feeling as if she had a breath stuck in her chest. "What sins have I committed? I shouldn't have let the Crown Prince leave the Eastern Palace!"

If I hadn't left the Eastern Palace, none of this would have happened. But it's too late to say anything now, and there's no time for regret.

"Where is Shuo'er? I want to have a good talk with him. Go and call him here!" the Empress ordered the Golden Feather Guards standing guard outside the door.

The Golden Feather Guards shook their heads. "His Highness said that the Empress cannot be seen at this time..."

Qin Mushuo had clearly anticipated that the Empress would earnestly persuade him to give up, but he had already drawn his bow and arrow, and there was no turning back.

The Empress was on the verge of tears, unable to shed a single sob.

Meanwhile, Qin Mushuo was watching for the ambush that Qi Xiaodi was about to carry out. He was determined to succeed, or he would have no choice but to commit suicide and end his life.

"Wasn't the message sent out? Why haven't we heard any news of his return to Daqi yet?" He paced back and forth in the imperial study, and had even changed into a golden dragon robe.

The Right Chancellor found his appearance truly appalling, "Your Highness, there's no need to..."

“The three routes back to the capital have been laid in ambush, and the four city gates in the east, west, south, and north have been guarded. There’s absolutely no chance of anything going wrong.” He knew that saying anything would be pointless, so he simply swallowed his words.

Qin Mushuo was still uneasy. "Are you sure there are only three routes? How many people have you deployed? How many points? This involves our lives, so we can't afford to make any mistakes."

"A total of sixteen points were set up along the three routes, including the direction His Majesty would flee in the event of a failure," the Right Chancellor said confidently, having staked his entire family's future on this mission.

Qin Mushuo was still not at ease. "It's not that I forced the Right Chancellor to do this, but we had no choice. You know that Yuan Cuo wants to cleanse your Pei family from the oldest to the youngest. You are saving your own family!"

"Your subject knows." The Right Chancellor was certainly not stupid; otherwise, he would not have persisted in his course of action after knowing that the Crown Prince was faking madness.

“You know, but Pei Chun doesn’t seem to know.” Qin Mushuo brought him up directly. “He has always maintained good relations with Yuan Cuo and the Liu family. He even listened to that bastard and became a loyal minister in the Ministry of Personnel.”

“You do the math yourself. How many of our people have he cheated? He won’t use any of the new candidates. You’ve been a wasted son.”

The more Qin Mushuo spoke, the uglier the Right Chancellor's face became. "I have already imprisoned him at home and forbade him from moving around freely."

“I think you should use him as a sacrifice to the flag. This would be your pledge of loyalty to me.” Qin Mushuo was afraid of being cursed by the Right Chancellor. “Of course, I am not asking you to kill your own son, but to exchange him for Yuan Cuo.”

"Doesn't he value this bond among the playboys? Let's see if Yuan Cuo is willing to make concessions for him."

Qin Mushuo's tone was full of sarcasm; his answer was undoubtedly no.

The Right Chancellor also thought the suggestion was a joke, saying, "He didn't actually do anything wrong, he was just being unreasonable."

"So? You disagree with my proposal?" Qin Mushuo hadn't expected the Right Chancellor to oppose him at this time.

The Right Chancellor also did not want to become a pawn manipulated by Qin Mushuo. "Until the crucial moment arrives, I will not personally take his life. Besides, shouldn't Your Highness take a longer-term view instead of deliberately venting your anger?"

Qin Mushuo killed many people, and was even cruel, brutal, and extremely perverted.

This is all an outlet for his venting during this period of feigning madness.

But the way he vents his anger is deadly, like slaughtering ants, without any regard for human life. This is certainly not the behavior of a future monarch.

Qin Mushuo's face was very ugly; he hadn't expected the Right Chancellor to insist on him.

But this person is still useful to him, and besides, he is his father-in-law. "My father-in-law is right, I was indeed narrow-minded."

"I also feel it's a bit too much for my father-in-law to kill his brother-in-law. How about I have them bring Yuan Cuo's son? You can kill one of them, how about that?"