I really became a king.

Chapter 333 Help me regain my face
Great? Suitable? So you took it back?

Jiang Yi didn't speak for a long time, just quietly looking at the mother and son in front of him, feeling so strange. He even doubted his own way of looking at people, especially his younger brother, who was obviously not like this before.

But now... the other party had an expression that seemed to be content and as if it was the right thing to do, and he showed a calmness and composure that was inconsistent with his age group, but Jiang Yi found it particularly awkward.

"Do you know what the plaque of the Qiong Hall means?" Jiang Yi looked at Jiang Zhongshuo, "It represents the status of Prince Duan's Mansion, and also represents the face of my father!"

"How can your uncle be worthy of the name 'Jieqi Hall'?"

Jiang Yi's tone unconsciously became much heavier, and he naturally exuded the majesty of a superior. Princess Shu had a frightened and weak expression, and she looked like she was about to cry, which was really "pitiable".

On the contrary, the seventh brother Jiang Zhongshuo continued to behave calmly and steadily. In this respect, he was indeed much better than his second, third and fifth brothers. However, Jiang Yi did not feel happy at all. The calmness and stability of the other party reflected an attitude of disapproval.

Looking up at the empty and bare Jinqi Hall, which looked as if it had been robbed by bandits, Jiang Yi felt the rage in his heart boiling up rapidly. He could not help but close his eyes slowly, hoping to calm down.

At this time, Ding Ren's voice asking for a meeting came from outside the door. Jiang Yi responded, and Ding Ren half-bent his body and approached cautiously, and whispered something in his ear.

Before Ding Ren could finish, Jiang Yi suddenly opened his eyes, a trace of murderous intent flashed across his eyes, and he shouted: "This is not something to be afraid of, speak louder."

Ding Ren trembled and could only repeat loudly: "Your Majesty, the treasury of Prince Duan's Mansion has been emptied. It's empty. There is nothing left..."

Before Jiang Yi could say anything, Princess Shu stood up and said in disbelief, "How is that possible? The treasury has always been supervised by my brother himself, how could it be emptied?"

"Mother, if uncle wants to take it, just let him take it. He is not an outsider anyway. Besides, my Prince Duan's Mansion does not lack these things." Jiang Zhongshuo spoke up to comfort his mother at the critical moment.

Upon hearing this, Princess Shu put her hand on her chest, her expression regained its composure, and she nodded, "I guess your uncle is in urgent need..."

Ding Ren, who had been standing carefully beside him with his body half bent, twitched his mouth when he heard this conversation. Good fellow, you don't need this little thing? Do you know what this treasury of Prince Duan's Mansion means?
As for Jiang Yi, he was already stunned. He didn't even have the mood to get angry anymore. He felt like laughing. What kind of weird couple were they?

When the palace was divided, Jiang Yi left countless wealth in the treasury of Prince Duan's Palace, including many rare treasures. With this treasury, the wealth of Prince Duan's Palace would definitely make more than 99% of the wealthy families in the entire Dali Dynasty jealous.

But he didn't even blink. The reason he left so much wealth was to allow Xiaoqi to secure this position.

When his thirteenth uncle, Prince Yi Jiang Mo, found out about this, he muttered "rich dog" with a look of jealousy on his face.

But now, in the mouth of his younger brother, it is not worth mentioning at all. Money is really dirt, but Jiang Yi feels chilled.

"Maybe I really did something wrong..." He sighed in his heart.

When the palace was divided at the beginning, Jiang Yi took great pains to ensure that Xiaoqi could take over the palace safely.

Jiang Zhongshan, Jiang Zhongchi and their entire family were driven out of Prince Duan's Mansion. On the surface, the brothers said nothing, but Jiang Yi knew that they must be dissatisfied with this in private.

Even in the eyes of many people, Jiang Yi's action was too cruel and ruthless, directly depriving the brothers of their well-deserved share of the family property.

But Jiang Yi didn't care at all. In order to let his younger brother and aunt take charge of Prince Duan's Mansion more quickly, he even directly banned Jiang Zhongchi and his brothers, not allowing them to visit him at will.

Jiang Yi had carefully selected the servants in Prince Duan's mansion, all of whom were law-abiding people. In order to further intimidate them, he even found a few who had done evil and beat them to death. He even found a reason to punish An Daohui, an old man in the mansion.

Of course, intimidating the others was one aspect, but the main purpose was to help Xiao Qi completely subdue An Daohui, the old man in the palace. For this reason, he was willing to be the bad guy, and privately instructed Xiao Qi and his aunt to put in some effort to completely subdue An Daohui.

As long as An Daohui can be completely subdued, they, mother and son, will have less worries in the future.

But now it seems that he really did something wrong.

With a sigh, Jiang Yi stood up with a gloomy expression, looking at the empty Jingqi Hall, feeling a little sad. He always felt guilty about Prince Duan Jiang Lie.

The reason why he went to such great lengths to train Xiao Qi was to leave a bloodline seed for Prince Duan's Mansion and to help his father, who was far away in the northern border, train a qualified heir.

But in the end, all he got in return was a mess. If he had known this would happen, he would have let the second son Jiang Zhongchi take this position, or even the third and fifth sons would be better than now.

Jiang Yi knew that he had to make a change. His younger brother was not suitable to be the heir to Prince Duan's Mansion, at least not now.

But he didn't want to take any drastic measures. He just glanced at the mother and son calmly and sighed, "You guys should take care of yourself in the future."

Then he turned to Ding Ren and asked, "When did the maids in the mansion leave?"

Ding Ren wiped his forehead which was not covered with sweat, and replied carefully: "Your Highness, we should have set out five days ago, and we should not have left the imperial capital yet."

After saying this, he hesitated and said, "I know about this matter, and I thought that Princess Shu just assigned them to go to her parents' house to attend the event, so..."

Jiang Yi raised his hand. Although Ding Ren's words were very subtle, he understood the meaning.

The so-called responding to the occasion is nothing more than "returning home in glory". After inheriting the position of the Crown Prince of Prince Duan's Mansion, Xiao Qi and his mother would go back every now and then.

He knew it, but he didn't take it too seriously. After all, he had suffered too much criticism in the past, and now that he had turned over a new leaf, it was nothing wrong for him to return home in glory a few times.

"Send someone to bring them back." Jiang Yi instructed.

In his heart, he couldn't help but look at his concubine. She really had a good plan. Those who could enter Prince Duan's mansion were carefully selected, but the other party married them off with just a few words.

One day, when they reach a certain age, these maids will definitely get married, but they will definitely not marry their partners’ cousins ​​or nephews.

How could they have deserved such a beautiful wife? However, most of the arrogant and brave generals who followed them were still single.

"Yes." Ding Ren responded with his body bent, but he did not stand up and continued to wait.

As expected, Jiang Yi continued, "And those guards, call them all back."

"Yes."

“In addition…” Jiang Yi took a look at the empty Jingqi Hall and said coldly, “Restore Jingqi Hall to its original state, and return all the treasury of the palace to me!”

"What's going on outside?" Jiang Yi asked at last. "Your Highness, my aunt is here and we have made all the arrangements." Ding Ren bowed and replied.

Jiang Yi looked a little surprised. He didn't expect to alarm his elder sister. However, there was nothing strange about it. After all, his elder sister was more of a descendant of the Prince Duan's Mansion than he was.

Naturally, she couldn't swallow the humiliation of being "occupied by someone else", and she was furious. As for how to deal with those "relatives", Jiang Yi didn't care at all. Sister must know her limits.

After looking at the mother and son again, Jiang Yi said nothing, stood up and walked out.

Princess Shu was already pale with fright. She didn't dare to say anything and looked aggrieved.

On the contrary, the seventh child, Jiang Zhongshuo, gently comforted his mother and took a step forward and said, "Why does Sixth Brother want to interfere in the affairs of Prince Duan's Mansion..."

It sounded like a question, but the tone sounded like an interrogation.

Jiang Yi stopped but did not look back. He felt a pain in his heart and couldn't help but ask himself, as an older brother, have he ever treated his younger brother badly?
The answer is no. After traveling through time, Dao finally took charge of the power of Prince Duan's Mansion. He always regarded the other party as his own brother and loved him very much. For this reason, he pushed the other party to the position of the Prince of Duan's Mansion, and even asked for the title of "Concubine" to be conferred on his mother.

But what did he get in the end? A chilling and heartbreaking statement.

Judging from this sentence, I have misjudged the other party from the beginning, but it is not too late to do favors now, and there is still enough time to make new arrangements.

Ding Ren, who was standing carefully at the side, didn't know how to describe the Seventh Master at this time. This sentence was not just the words of a young and ignorant child, nor was it the so-called innocent words of a child, but words that hurt the heart!

Jiang Yi stopped and stood for a while, but in the end he said nothing and continued to walk out.

Upon seeing this, Princess Shu looked even more aggrieved, to the point where she was secretly sad and wiping away tears, while looking at her son unwillingly.

As expected, Xiao Qi Jiang Zhongshuo spoke again. His words were powerful, but to Jiang Yi, they sounded full of anger.

At this time, Jiang Yi had already opened the door. Just as his two feet stepped over the threshold, he heard an unwilling questioning voice behind him:

"I have reported all these matters to the Imperial Grandmother, who has agreed to them..."

Jiang Yi suddenly stopped, still without turning back, and just asked, "Do you have any contact with the Imperial Grandmother?"

"Yes, the Queen Grandmother has taken good care of me in the past three months..." This was the voice of Kang Jong Suk. Princess Shu next to him finally reacted and hurriedly covered her son's mouth with her hand.

Jiang Yi's face turned pale, his whole body trembling slightly, and he said, "You're taking good care of me? Very good! Really very good!"

Ding Ren, who was following beside him, was now pale in the face. He knelt down with a plop, his head touching the ground, and his entire upper body fell to the ground.

"Waste!" Jiang Yi kicked Ding Ren fiercely, causing him to fall several times.

Ding Ren did not dare to resist. He stood up and continued to kneel on the ground, asking for forgiveness: "I failed in my duty!"

When Kang Jong Suk uttered the three words "Imperial Grandmother", it was like a bolt from the blue for him. As the most trusted confidant of his own prince and in charge of a secret underground force, he had no idea about this. To be precise, this was more than just dereliction of duty.

At this time, several figures covered in black robes hurried over from the direction of the gate. After seeing this scene, they walked directly to Jiang Yi and knelt down without saying anything.

They looked at Ding Ren, knelt on the ground, and the leader said in a trembling voice: "Slave is incompetent!"

"Good-for-nothing!" Jiang Yi was furious. He raised his leg and kicked the leading black-robed man to the ground.

The man in black robe had a blurry mask on his face, so his features could not be seen clearly, but a few drops of bright red blood dripped from the gap beside the mask's mouth. The man in black robe did not dare to move at all, and knelt deeply on the ground again, allowing the blood to flow back into the mask.

This was the first time that Jiang Yi lost his temper in front of so many people, and he even resorted to violence. The entire area outside the Jingqi Hall became silent, and even those "distant relatives" who were originally crying and making a fuss became quiet.

Although they didn't know why Jiang Yi was angry, they clearly felt that the black-armored guard who was just looking at them suddenly burst out with murderous intent.

"Brother..." Jiang Ning, the eldest aunt from Prince Yi's Mansion, walked forward and looked at Jiang Yi with some heartache, tears already flashing in her eyes.

It was a great shame and humiliation for his younger brother.

Everyone knew that the Yi and Duan mansions were already at loggerheads with the nominal Imperial Grandmother, but now, the future heir to Prince Duan's mansion, Prince Yi's most beloved youngest brother, was secretly having dealings with the other party, and it seemed like they were very close.

If this gets out, the entire Yi and Duan governments will definitely become the laughing stock of certain people. This would be like slapping one's own brother in the face.

How could Jiang Ning not love him? He, the younger brother, had supported them all, but he also had to bear so much...

"I'm fine, sister, don't stay here, go back to Prince Yi's Mansion, don't pollute my sister's eyes."

Jiang Yi smiled at Jiang Ning, his tone was very gentle, but there was a faint smell of blood.

Jiang Ning glanced inside the Jingqi Hall, but in the end she said nothing, nodded obediently, and turned to walk out of the palace. She knew what her brother was thinking, and that was because he didn't want to have too much blood on his hands.

Moreover, things have developed to this point and are no longer within their control. A bloody purge is necessary.

After his elder sister walked away, Jiang Yi walked over to one of them and said with a sigh, "It seems that I was wrong. I was too impatient..."

The figure beside him lowered his body even lower when he heard this, and apologized: "I was too timid to notice this, I deserve to die!"

Jiang Yi suddenly smiled: "It's because I suppressed you too much..."

After he finished speaking, his expression became serious, and he said, "Chief Steward An, I will give you the power to make the decision on the spot. You can command the two of them and restore Prince Duan's Mansion to its original state!"

An Daohui looked up at Jiang Yi and said solemnly, "I obey your command."

Jiang Yi nodded, turned around and walked out. After he walked a distance, a voice came out: "Go, help me regain my face..."

Hearing this, the three figures kneeling on the ground felt awe in their hearts and kowtowed heavily to Jiang Yi's somewhat desolate back.

(End of this chapter)