Reborn to be without his father but with his son, the prince shouted, "I'm not dead!"

Chapter 172 Rescue
Wei Yanyue and Nan Hou's wife's faces changed drastically, and even Nan Hou's calm expression broke.

"Lin Jinhu is just gambling, but you want 5000 taels. Do you think we Nanhoufu are fools?"

"It is only natural to pay back debts. Even if we sue the prince, we are still right. It was your son-in-law who insisted on gambling, and we did not force him."

Lord Nan was so angry that his old illness was about to come back. Who would be willing to swallow such a loss? He remained silent, and the people present did not say anything to disturb Lord Nan's digestion.

In the East Palace, Wei Luoyan told the prince that Lin Jinhu had lost Wei Yanyue's dowry in a gamble.

The prince was surprised that Lin Jinhu was so wasteful, but he was secretly happy because he was short of money and the soldiers behind him needed silver urgently.

"Luo Yan, I know that Sister Yan Yue doesn't want to marry Lin Jinhu. She wants to divorce Lin Jinhu. I can understand that. But yesterday, the emperor mentioned the matter of Qingyu Pass and asked me if I knew that you recommended Shen Jing to Qingyu Pass. I suspect that the emperor has become wary of us."

Wei Luoyan felt that the prince wanted to settle the matter peacefully, and sure enough, he heard the prince say.

"Sister Yan Yue and Lin Jinhu's marriage was arranged by our father. If they want to divorce, they must tell our father. If they do, he will definitely be unhappy. I can't make a big deal out of this. Luo Yan, go back and persuade Sister Yan Yue to wait for a while."

Wei Luoyan felt frustrated and became more dissatisfied with the prince. He nodded amiably, and when he left the palace and got on the carriage, he immediately frowned and went back to Nanhou Mansion.

The prince wanted to make money from the Nanhou Mansion, but he didn't want to embarrass both parties, so he asked someone to tell the person in charge of collecting money in the casino to waive the 1000 taels.

After Wei Luoyan returned home, he heard the people in the casino asking for 5000 taels. Just as he was about to get angry, someone came and said that the prince wanted to reduce the amount by 1000 taels.

Wei Luoyan secretly cursed the prince for slapping the abacus in his face, but he still had to be grateful to the prince on the surface and swallowed his anger and handed over 4000 taels to the casino.

The people in the casino happily took the money and left, while everyone in Nanhou Mansion was in a dark cloud.

Lord Nan was so angry that he slammed the table, "This is too much!"

Wei Yanyue wailed, "Why doesn't the prince agree to my divorce from Lin Jinhu? I don't want to see Lin Jinhu's disgusting face again, ah ah ah..."

Lord Nan's head jumped in pain when he heard Wei Yanyue's howling. He raised his hand and slapped Wei Yanyue's delicate cheek.

"The Nanhou Mansion raised you so big, but you can't even subdue Lin Jinhu. Keep your people under control! If you let Lin Jinhu gamble in the casino again, get out of here!"

Wei Yanyue pursed her lips and shed a string of tears. She shook off Madam Nanhou who came to comfort her and ran to the woodshed where Lin Jinhu was imprisoned to beat him up.

Lin Jinhu screamed for mercy, but he was tied up with ropes and had no way to escape.

When Lin Jinhu was half dead, Shuda came to the woodshed to stop him on Wei Luoyan's orders.

"Miss, if you continue to fight, Lin Jinhu will die."

Wei Yanyue held the firewood that was chopped in half by the knife with both hands.

"He caused the Nanhou Mansion to be defrauded of 4000 taels for no reason, and I was slapped by my father. He deserves to die! At worst, we can announce to the public that Lin Jinhu died of illness."

Shuda frowned and glanced at the unrecognizable Lin Jinhu.

"Miss, the young master said that Lin Jinhu cannot die now." Shuda whispered, "If Lin Jinhu dies, the prince and the emperor will be unhappy, and Nanhou Mansion will be in trouble."

Wei Yanyue felt very aggrieved. In order to please the prince and the emperor, she had to sacrifice her life. She angrily threw the firewood hard on Lin Jinhu's head and turned around and ran back to her room.

Lin Jinhu was hit by the firewood and saw stars. If he continued like this, he would probably die in Nanhou Mansion.

"Shuda, save me, please help me."

Shuda glanced at Lin Jinhu with contempt, "If you had stayed quietly in Nanhou Mansion, you wouldn't have suffered this punishment today. My master was kind enough to ask someone to call a doctor. If it happens again, he can't save you." "Thank you, master! I, I, I will never dare to gamble again. I won't do that in the future, hehe~" Lin Jinhu knew that he didn't have to die, and he fainted soon after.

……

In the quiet mass grave, Qingwu carried Qingqing out.

Ji Anyu glanced around the mass grave with a complicated expression. She had never expected that one day she would come to a mass grave again. Now, looking at it in the daytime, the mass grave did not seem so scary.

"Princess, I see Qingqing is still breathing, so I will bring her out."

Seeing Qingqing frowning in pain, Ji Anyu said, "She is seriously injured. Let's go back to Prince Zhong's Mansion and let Yayan check her wounds."

Qiao Xin felt that the Crown Prince's Consort looked at Qingqing strangely, as if she was recalling something, but she remembered that the Crown Prince's Consort and Qingqing had only met a few times and they did not have much of a friendship.

"Princess, why did you come all the way to the mass grave to save her? But she is Wei Yanyue's personal maid, and she might help Wei Yanyue to harm you."

Ji Anyu smiled bitterly. If Qingqing wasn't facing life and death, she wouldn't have helped her.

In her previous life, Qingqing did not die so early. When she died, Qingqing was still by Wei Yanyue's side. At that time, Qingqing had no conflicts with Wei Yanyue, and Qingqing was also completely devoted to Wei Yanyue.

But later, when she was starving and cold, Qingqing would secretly give her half a bowl of rice. She then realized that Qingqing was not that bad. Qingqing's indenture was in Wei Yanyue's hands, so naturally she had to listen to Wei Yanyue.

Therefore, when she heard that the servant of Nanhou Mansion had taken Qingqing to a mass grave, she asked Qingwu to save Qingqing.

"Wait until Yayan cures her, give her some money, and let her leave the capital."

"My slave understands."

When Ji Anyu returned to the room, Shen Jing was holding a bowl of rice in his hand, looking at the food on the table with a dull look. When he noticed Ji Anyu coming back, he immediately put down his bowl and chopsticks, went up to Ji Anyu and hugged her.

"My dear, you finally decided to go home."

Ji Anyu's somewhat depressed mood disappeared when she heard Shen Jing's cheerful voice.

She stroked Shen Jing's hair and said, "Miss me?"

Shen Jing pulled Ji Anyu into his arms and said, "I missed you so much that I lost my appetite. But when I saw you, my appetite suddenly increased."

Shen Jing lowered his head slightly and kissed Ji Anyu's forehead.

"My lady seems to be in a bad mood."

"Is it obvious?" Ji Anyu touched her right cheek thoughtfully. When she saw Qingqing's miserable condition, she recalled the bad things that happened in her previous life.

"It's obvious, but today Wei Luoyan was blackmailed by the prince for 4000 taels. Are you happy? Also, Concubine Shu is pregnant with the second prince's child. Not only did she not abort the baby, she also went to sleep with the emperor. I think she wants to pretend to be the emperor's child."

Ji Anyu laughed heartily, and then was surprised that Concubine Shu was so bold. Concubine Shu was tough on the outside but soft on the inside, so she should not have the courage. She thought it must be Wei Luoyan's idea.

"Since they have handed us evidence, we will definitely not give up. If the baby in Concubine Shu's belly can be born smoothly, the Second Prince will not be able to escape."

"That's exactly what I meant." Shen Jing saw Ji Anyu frowning and couldn't help but kiss Ji Anyu between the eyebrows.

(End of this chapter)