Daqian Night Emperor

Chapter 300 Ji Yunrui, I want you to die!

When Qin Desheng thought of Wu Yong, he couldn't help but sigh: "You said that this man is eighty years old, and he has one foot in the coffin. If he is not lying in bed unable to move, he should be trembling on crutches."

"But why is Prime Minister Wu becoming more energetic and radiant? He doesn't look old at all. When will he get old?"

This question seemed to be asked to Qin Weiyuan beside him, but also seemed to be talked to himself.

Qin Weiyuan didn't dare to talk about the topic of the Left Prime Minister. He just bowed his head and saluted, not daring to say anything.

But he also had such doubts in his heart.

The Left Prime Minister was just an ordinary person who had never practiced martial arts, but now at the age of 83, he can still handle a mountain of government affairs every day. It is said that he only sleeps for three hours a day, and has been like this for decades. He is truly like an iron man.

Just as the father and son were pondering, footsteps were heard in the corridor again.

"Master! Master!"

After a few hurried calls, a middle-aged butler in butler's uniform came running over in a hurry, his robe lifted.

Qin Desheng frowned. What was going on in his family? Everyone was shouting and yelling, and they didn't know any etiquette. If a guest came to visit, wouldn't it mean that my Qin family had no manners?
He frowned and was about to start scolding when he heard the housekeeper shouting, "Miss...Miss is back!"

Qin Desheng was stunned for a moment: "Young lady is back? Didn't the second sister just leave? Could it be that the eldest sister is back?"

He has many children, five sons and three daughters in total. The eldest daughter and the second daughter are both married. The eldest daughter married a noble man from Jiujiang, Yangzhou, his hometown, while the second daughter stayed in Kyoto and married a subordinate whom he valued very much. She often goes home to visit him and just left home yesterday.

The housekeeper was so excited, could it be that the eldest daughter really came?
If you want to come back, then come back. What’s there to fuss about?

"It's the Third Miss who's back!"

The housekeeper then excitedly shouted out the name: "It's Miss Hong Zhao who is back!"

But when the father and son heard this, there was no joy on their faces. They looked at each other in surprise, and each of them could see the look of having seen a ghost on each other's face.

Qin Weiyuan's face turned pale, and his voice trembled as he spoke: "Dad, isn't my younger sister already... Could it be my younger sister's wronged spirit?"

"What nonsense?"

Qin Desheng immediately frowned and yelled, "How could this ghost come out in broad daylight?"

He waved his sleeves and said, "It must be someone pretending to be someone else. He wants to ask for favors from my Qin family. Just send him away!"

The housekeeper immediately became anxious: "No, Master, Master, it is really Miss Hong Zhao. I have seen it with my own eyes, and I will never make a mistake!"

Hearing him say this, Qin Weiyuan immediately looked at Qin Desheng.

Qin Desheng's face was uncertain for a while, and he walked out with his hands behind his back, saying as he walked: "We'll know after we take a look, where is the person?"

"Right here in the hall!"

……

In the lobby of the Qin Mansion, Qin Hongzhao sat on a chair, holding a teacup. Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar environment of the Qin Mansion made her feel like sitting on pins and needles, with a face full of anxiety and nervousness.

Many servants of the Qin residence had gathered outside the hall. They looked at Qin Hongzhao who was sitting in the hall with indescribable strange expressions and whispers could be heard from time to time.

"Didn't the Third Miss be...?"

"Shh, keep your voice down."

Qin Desheng, accompanied by his butler and his third son, walked quickly to the front hall. The servants gathered outside the front hall immediately fell silent.

"master."

Qin Desheng frowned and glanced at the housekeeper behind him.

The housekeeper immediately understood what he meant and shouted to the servants, "What are you all doing here? Disperse, disperse!"

After all the servants had left, Qin Desheng came to the door.

He came in a hurry, but when he reached the door, he slowed down, put his hand on the door, and hesitated for a long time.

After a moment, he seemed to have made up his mind, pushed open the door and stepped in.

Inside the hall, Qin Hongzhao heard the sound of the door opening, and immediately stood up, looking towards the door nervously.

When she raised her eyes, the father and daughter happened to meet each other's gazes.

The moment Qin Desheng saw Hong Zhao, he stood there in a daze as if struck by lightning, his pupils suddenly contracting.

Qin Hongzhao lowered his head nervously and called out timidly:
"father!"

Although the sound was not loud, it was like thunder in Qin Desheng's mind, and his eyes were wet in an instant.

At this moment, he immediately recognized that the little girl in front of him was his daughter. He quickly stepped forward and hugged her: "My dear daughter, my dear daughter..."

Qin Hongzhao also burst into tears at once, sobbing and tears as big as beans fell down her face.

After the father and daughter cried and hugged each other, it took a long time for them to calm down a little.

Qin Desheng sat on the chair, but he refused to let go of his little daughter's hand. He wiped his eyes and said, "Back then, your aunt said she threw you into the well. All these years, Dad thought you were dead. Dad is sorry for you. If I had known you were still alive, Dad would have sent someone to look for you..."

The reason why he did not look for Qin Hongzhao all these years and even concealed the news of Qin Hongzhao's death from the outside world was because it was a family scandal.

Qin Desheng has two hobbies that are better than flowers and birds. One is power, and the other is beauty.

In the Qin Mansion, in addition to the main wife, there are also sixteen concubines.

Qin Desheng's wife was a daughter of Bailing Cui, from one of the most prominent families in Yangzhou with a distinguished family background.

Cui was a jealous and shrewish woman, and her family background was so prominent that it was impossible for her to allow Qin Desheng to take a concubine. However, her health was not good and she could not give birth to a child, so she had to agree to Qin Desheng taking a concubine.

Qin Hongzhao's mother, Li, was once the most popular courtesan in Yangzhou. After being spotted by Qin Desheng, she was redeemed from the brothel and taken as a concubine to the capital.

Qin Desheng had so many wives and concubines, but after he got Li, he seemed to have found true love. Since Li entered the mansion, he had favored Li alone and had no interest in other beautiful concubines, let alone Cui, who was gradually getting old and ugly.

It was precisely for this reason that Cui was jealous of Li. After Li gave birth to Qin Hongzhao, the birthmark on Qin Hongzhao's face seemed to be something she had held against her. She regarded Qin Hongzhao as an unlucky person born with bad luck and made things difficult for the mother and daughter.

If Qin Desheng had not protected the mother and daughter, I am afraid that Li's mother and daughter would have been secretly murdered by Cui.

Later, Qin Desheng could no longer bear it and wanted to divorce Cui, but he never expected that at this critical juncture, Cui actually got pregnant. After ten months of pregnancy, she gave birth to a son for him.

This time, Cui was completely proud of himself, and the matter of divorce was never resolved.

Although Cui made things difficult for Li's mother and daughter, Qin Hongzhao liked his newborn little brother very much.

Once when Cui went out, Qin Hongzhao happened to see a maid carrying Cui's child out to bask in the sun. Seeing that she was happy, the maid let her hold the child.

But at this moment, Cui happened to come back from outside and saw this scene. She screamed and scared Qin Hongzhao so much that he accidentally dropped the child on the ground, causing the baby in the cradle to cry loudly in pain.

Fortunately, Qin Desheng was in the mansion and stopped it in time, otherwise Qin Hongzhao would have been beaten to death by Cui on the spot. Later, a doctor was invited to see the youngest son. It turned out that the youngest son was not seriously injured, so the matter was left at that.

But after Cui returned, she felt that her master was overly partial to Li's mother and daughter. The more she thought about it, the more upset she became. So she became angry and took the servants who came with her dowry and sneaked into Qin Hongzhao's boudoir at night. She smashed her head with a stick under the quilt, then rolled up the body in the quilt and threw it directly into the well.

This matter cannot be concealed after all.

But when Qin Desheng learned about all this, it was already too late to save the situation. However, he also felt that this family disgrace should not be made public, so he suppressed the matter.

This also explains why he never sent anyone to look for Qin Hongzhao over the years, because he thought Qin Hongzhao was dead.

That is why, when the housekeeper said "The third young lady is back", the Qin family's father and son looked as if they had seen a ghost.

But now, Qin Desheng looked at his daughter in front of him, and the little hand in his palm was still warm, so he knew that his little daughter had really returned.

"Dad was sorry for you and failed to protect you. But the servants in the mansion saw you being thrown into the capital by your aunt that day. How did you survive?"

"It was Ling'er, it was Ling'er who was thrown into the well!"

Qin Hongzhao cried and recounted what happened that year in pieces.

It turned out that in the Qin Mansion, due to the obstruction of the first lady Cui, no servant in the mansion dared to show kindness to Li's mother and daughter.

The maid arranged by Cui to serve Qin Hongzhao was a maid named Ling'er. This maid had a bad heart. Knowing that Qin Hongzhao was not liked by the eldest lady, she was not nice to Qin Hongzhao in private. She often occupied Qin Hongzhao's bed and drove her to sleep in the ear room where the maid originally slept.

That night, Cui brought people over. They sneaked in without lighting any candles. When they saw someone sleeping on the bed, they smashed the person's head with a stick. How could they tell who it was?

Afterwards, he was wrapped in a quilt so that even his figure could not be seen, and he was thrown directly into the well.

"…I was sleeping soundly that day when I was awakened by the noise in the bedroom. I hid under the quilt and didn't dare to move. After the aunt and the others left, I came out and saw that the quilt on the bed was gone, and there was only a pool of blood." Qin Hongzhao cried and said, "I knew the aunt wanted to harm me, so I didn't dare to stay at home, so I escaped through a dog hole on the east wall of the backyard."

Qin Desheng felt distressed when he heard this, and slammed his hand on the table heavily: "That maid deserved to die, and she died a good death. But why did you..."

He wanted to ask, why didn't Hong Zhao come to find him when such a thing happened?

But halfway through the words, he hesitated and finally let out a sigh.

At that time, if Hong Zhao came to find him, he would be in a dilemma and would probably just make a big thing into a small one.

After all, Cui is his legal wife, and he can have such a status now, which is inseparable from the support of Bailing Cui. If it really depends on how my daughter treats Cui... I'm afraid he can't make up his mind.

On the contrary, he finally made up his mind after he thought Hong Zhao was killed by Cui.

Qin Desheng looked at Qin Hongzhao, his eyes softened, and he said softly: "Now that you are back home, you don't have to worry about your aunt harming you. Your aunt fell ill a few years ago and didn't survive... This can be regarded as her retribution."

A big reason why Qin Hongzhao refused to restore her identity and return to the Qin Mansion was because she did not dare to go back.

Now that Cui has died of illness, it is good news for her.

Qin Desheng asked, "Where have you been all these years since you left home? Why hasn't Dad heard any news about you?"

This should have been a common question, but when Qin Hongzhao heard it, his whole body trembled.

Over the years, those painful events gradually emerged in my mind.

The light in Qin Hongzhao's eyes gradually dimmed, and he looked like he had lost his soul.

When Qin Desheng saw her like this, he felt his heart tighten: "Hong Zhao, if you have suffered any injustice, tell Dad. Dad will seek justice for you."

Qin Hongzhao turned her head towards him blankly, tears streaming down her face silently.

"Dad, I can't get it back."

The next moment, tears fell like rain.

Qin Desheng was stunned for a long time, and asked hurriedly: "What do you mean? What do you mean it can't be recovered?"

……

Outside the Qin Mansion, a carriage was parked under a tree.

Li Yulu sat in the driver's seat, raised his hands to block the sunlight, and felt the heat wave coming towards him and the cicadas chirping sadly all around him.

Now Kyoto has officially entered summer and the weather has become hot. It is noon now and although there is shade from the trees, it is still very hot.

He was already soaked with sweat, and couldn't help but shout to the carriage behind him: "Master, how long do we have to wait?"

The carriage curtain was opened, Gou Xiangxi stuck his head out, looked at the gate of the Qin Mansion, and asked, "How long has Miss Hong Zhao been taken into the mansion?"

"Almost an hour."

"One hour... that's about right."

Gou Xiangxi got out of the carriage and walked towards the gate of Qin Mansion. He said to Li Yulu behind him, "Wait for me here."

Then, ignoring the sad-looking little disciple, he strode towards the Qin Mansion with big strides.

He walked up the steps, came to the gate of the mansion, straightened his clothes, and rang the copper ring on the door.

A moment later, the door of Qin's mansion opened a crack, and an old doorman stuck half of his head out, looked Gou Xiangxi up and down, and frowned as he felt he looked unfamiliar.

Gou Xiangxi didn't care, he bowed and said, "I am Gou Xiangxi, an aide to Viscount Haiqing, and I would like to see Master Qin of your house!"

……

"Crack!"

In the lobby of the Qin Mansion, there was a sound of porcelain breaking.

Qin Desheng actually crushed the teacup in his hand, and the fragments pierced into his flesh, making his hands covered in blood.

But he seemed not to feel it, his face was calm, and he said to Qin Hongzhao: "You just returned home, go see your mother, your mother has not been doing well these years."

"Come here, take the young lady to see Aunt Li."

Following Qin Desheng's order, a maid soon came in from outside the hall and supported the distraught Qin Hongzhao to walk out.

After Qin Hongzhao left, Qin Desheng still stood quietly in the hall, without saying a word for a long time.

Qin Weiyuan came in from outside the hall at this time, and walked towards Qin Desheng, his eyes still looking outside the hall: "Dad, is that really my little sister? Dad! Your hand, why is your hand bleeding?"

Just as he was shouting, Qin Desheng suddenly grabbed the teacups and teacups on the table and smashed them to the ground.

"Ji Yunrui, I want you to die!!!"

The roaring sound like a roar could be heard outside the lobby!
(End of this chapter)