"Master (Young Valley Master)." The crowd split into two groups and shouted in unison.
"Let's go." Ye Qiannan was the first to walk out of the exit. After Ye Qiannan walked out, the others followed suit. The first ones to walk out were Dongfang Li and Feng Qi's three hidden guards.
After Ye Qiannan and Feng Qi's men had left, Wang Chen finally arrived. He thought that Ye Qiannan and Feng Qi would have to spend a lot of effort to deal with dozens of people, no matter how good their martial arts were. Unexpectedly, when he realized what was going on, he only saw his men who were beaten so badly that they couldn't stand up. After asking them, they found out that a group of martial arts experts had beaten them up and rescued Feng Qi and Ye Qiannan. Wang Chen was so angry that he punched the hard stone wall, leaving a bright red blood mark on the wall. It could be seen how strong the punch was and how angry Wang Chen was.
"Feng Qi! Ye Qiannan!" Wang Chen's eyes were burning with fire as he thought about how to deal with these two people.
What Wang Chen didn't expect was that he had not even started his plan of revenge on Feng Qi and Ye Qiannan. The day after the incident, he was already facing a major crisis in his life.
The next day, when Wang Chen went to court, the Emperor was furious. Someone had reported all the immoral things that Wang Chen and Wang Hanxue had done to the Emperor. After the Emperor read the memorial, he flew into a rage. Not only did he exile Wang Chen and Wang Yu outside the pass, but Wang Lin was also implicated by his children and demoted from Rank-4 to Rank-6. The Emperor considered Wang Lin's great contribution to the court and gave him a light sentence. This was only possible with the help of an official who was on good terms with the Wang Clan. Only then could Wang Chen and Wang Hanxue be spared the death penalty and only be sent to the border.
After Wang Lin had gotten into trouble, there were still people who were willing to intercede on his behalf. It was not because Wang Lin and Wang Chen were popular. In a world like the Imperial Court, where relationships were complicated, unbreakable, and chaotic, the reason why these people were willing to intercede was because Wang Lin was a prostitute.
Although Wang Lin had been demoted this time, he was still of value to the Crown Prince. Thus, the Crown Prince gave a meaningful glance to the people of the Tang Dynasty and saved the lives of Wang Lin's two children. After this incident, Wang Lin was even more loyal to the Crown Prince and filled with hatred towards Feng Qi and the others. He swore that he would find out who was behind this and make Feng Qi and the others die a horrible death.
After the court session, Wang Lin first went to find the Crown Prince.
"Thank you for saving me today, Your Highness. Wang Lin is extremely grateful. In the future, I will definitely do my best for Your Highness.”Wang Lin was so excited that he was deeply grateful. He was just short of kneeling on the ground and kowtowing to the Crown Prince. It was just that there were too many people here, so it was not suitable to do so.
" Lord Wang is too polite. You and I are in the same boat. If Lord Wang is in trouble, I will not stand by and watch…" The Crown Prince smiled hypocritically. If it wasn't for the fact that Wang Lin was still useful to him, how could he let this person who held him back off!
"I, Wang Lin, will be loyal to Your Highness!”Wang Lin bowed deeply to the Crown Prince. She thought to herself that she had indeed not followed the wrong person and stood on the wrong team.
"Lord Wang, you should go and see Wang Chen and your daughter first. Tomorrow, they will set off for the border.”The prince sent Wang Lin away.
"Your Highness, I'll take my leave first." Wang Lin was also thinking about his son and daughter who were locked up in the imperial prison. After the Emperor sentenced them, he directly dragged Wang Chen out of the main hall and locked him in the imperial prison.
In the imperial prison.
Wang Lin came out of the Imperial Palace and went straight home. He instructed Qian Ying to prepare some food and go to the imperial prison with him.
Qian Ying had been staying at home. Suddenly, a group of soldiers rushed into the residence and took her daughter away. She asked for the reason, but those people didn't tell her. She couldn't defeat those soldiers, so she could only watch her precious daughter being taken away. Now that she saw that her husband had asked her to prepare a meal the moment he returned home, she did not understand why. She asked Wang Lin why his daughter had been captured, but he did not tell her. He only instructed her to prepare a meal first and explain it to her when they boarded the carriage.
Qian Ying followed Wang Lin into the carriage and hurriedly asked,""Husband, what's going on? Why are there soldiers taking Xiaoxue away?”
Wang Lin told Qian Ying everything that had happened. His voice was filled with anger and disappointment. He was angry that Wang Chen and his sister had not handled things cleanly and had been caught. He was disappointed that such a capable successor that he had cultivated with great difficulty had been ruined just like that. He could no longer enter the court as an official in the future. How could he not sigh?
"How could this be! Then what about my Xiaoxue and Chen 'er? Do I really have to exile them outside the Great Wall?”When Qian Ying heard Wang Lin say that her two children were going to be exiled, she was excited, heartbroken, and anxious.
" Of course, I won't really let Chen 'er and Xiaoxue be exiled outside the pass..." Wang Lin comforted Qian Ying." I'll arrange for the jailers to escort the prisoners. I'll find someone to fake Chen' er and Xiaoxue's deaths on the way. I'll ask someone to pick them up halfway..."
" I'm relieved... but the future of Chen 'er and Xiaoxue..." Qian Ying was temporarily relieved about the safety of her children, but she began to worry about their future, especially Wang Chen.
Wang Hanxue was still young. After two years, when she opened her eyes, not many people would be able to recognize her. On the other hand, Wang Chen was already an adult, and many people in the court knew him. Now that he had done this, the chances of him entering the court again were almost slim. Wang Lin's carriage stopped at the entrance of the imperial prison. Wang Lin and Qian Ying got off the carriage and rushed straight into the imperial prison.
"Lord Wang." The prison guard bowed respectfully to Wang Lin.
"Quickly bring me to the place where Wang Chen and Wang Hanxue are imprisoned.”Wang Lin said directly and stuffed some silver into the hands of the prison guard.
"Milord, follow me." After receiving the silver, the jailer said with a flattering smile.
" Father…" Wang Hanxue saw Wang Lin and Qian Ying walk in and immediately rushed to the wooden fence and cried. Meanwhile, Wang Chen lowered his head in a daze, still immersed in the sudden situation of the morning court session.
"Open the door!" Wang Lin glanced at the prison guard from the corner of his eyes and ordered him to open the cell door.
After receiving Wang Lin's money, the warden had no choice but to obey his orders. However, after opening the door, he did not forget to remind him,"Lord Wang, we don't have much time, please hurry…"
"You can go out first. I know what to do.”Wang Lin said.
The warden also knew that Wang Lin might not listen to what he said, but at least he could be at ease. He hoped that no one else would come to visit him at this time. After all, Wang Chen and Wang Hanxue were felons. Although the Emperor did not say that they were not allowed to visit him, it was not good for others to know that he had accepted Wang Lin's money.
Wang Chen and Wang Hanxue were not locked up separately. Firstly, they would be sent out of the customs tomorrow. Secondly, they were biological siblings. There was nothing wrong with locking them up together.
The warden opened the cell door and left. Wang Lin and Qian Ying walked into the cell, and Wang Hanxue threw herself into Qian Ying's arms.
" Father, Mother, why did they arrest me and Big Brother? What did we do wrong…" Wang Hanxue said with tears in her eyes.
"You still dare to ask what mistake you made! Don't you have any impression of what you've done? Look at what you've done to your brother!”Wang Lin was exasperated that he did not live up to his expectations and angrily scolded Wang Hanxue.
" I, I…" Wang Hanxue saw how fierce Wang Lin was and was so scared that she shrank into Qian Ying's arms and cried pitifully." Sob sob…Mother…"
Wang Chen and Wang Hanxue were locked up together. Logically speaking, Wang Hanxue should have known the reason for her arrest long ago. However, the reason why Wang Hanxue still did not know the reason for her arrest was because Wang Chen had not said a word since he was locked up in prison. He had been silent the entire time. Wang Hanxue had asked Wang Chen a few times after she entered, but Wang Chen had no reaction at all, making Wang Hanxue give up on getting an answer from him.
" My dear daughter, don't cry. You're in big trouble this time…" Qian Ying patted Wang Hanxue's back and comforted her. She even explained why she was caught.
"It must be Feng Qi and the others!" Wang Hanxue blurted out without thinking.
"But isn't Feng Qi from Centaurea Valley? How could Centaurea Valley be related to the imperial court?”Although Wang Lin also suspected that Feng Qi was the most likely suspect, what he couldn't figure out was that other than the Apricot Forest Medical Hall, Centaurea Valley had almost no contact with the court officials.
" Well, I'm not sure…" Wang Hanxue replied weakly.
" I don't expect you to know anything…It's all your mother's fault for spoiling you…A loving mother spoils her son…" Wang Lin said casually, not considering that his wife, Qian Ying, was still beside him.
"Wang Lin, is this all my fault? Didn't you spoil your daughter to the heavens yourself?”Qian Ying said without giving him any face.
" Cough cough…" Wang Lin looked embarrassed. He pretended to cough and took the opportunity to change the topic." How's your brother?"”From the moment he entered, Wang Chen had kept his head down and said nothing.
Wang Chen was able to ascend to the position of the fourth-grade Assistant Minister of the Board of Rites only because of Qian Ying's family's help. Qian Ying's father was also a high-ranking official in the imperial court. He was a general, a second-rank hussar general. Wang Lin was able to climb to the position of the Assistant Minister of the Board of Rites without any obstacles. Other than his own ability, the greatest help was from Qian Ying's father's personal promotion. Therefore, in the face of Qian Ying's anger, he could only endure it and not lower himself to her level so that she would not complain to his father-in-law. Not to mention that he was demoted now. Whether or not he could return to Rank-4 in the future would depend on Qian Ying's father's help.
" Big Brother hasn't spoken…" Wang Hanxue said.
Wang Lin walked in front of Wang Chen and looked at the lifeless Wang Chen. No matter how he tried to wake him up, he couldn't wake him up. He stretched out his hand and slapped Wang Chen. Only then did Wang Chen come back to his senses.
" Father, Mother…" Wang Chen's eyes focused again. He looked at his parents standing in front of him." I…I'm unfilial. I can't serve you anymore…" As he spoke, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to Wang Lin and Qian Ying.
" Chen 'er…get up first…" Qian Ying helped Wang Chen up with a pained expression. She was heartbroken for her son's misfortune and hated the culprit who had caused her children to become like this.
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