After the marriage, the cousin was spoiled by the whole family of the Marquis's Mansion

Chapter 83 Reap the consequences
Hanyuan Hall.

The Imperial Concubine was so angry that she slapped Liu Qiwei in the face for the first time. "Didn't you say that Ji Yunzhang would never be able to hold his head up again? The Xinling Marquisate will never be able to recover!"

The lust in Liu Qiwei's eyes had not yet faded, and he knelt limply on the ground, but was slapped to the ground by the imperial concubine.

His mind was still a little confused. He covered his face and slowly got up, with a dazed expression on his face.

"Aunt, I clearly saw him go in. Shengxue screamed, so I went to check."

"But as soon as I opened the door, Ji Yunzhang pulled me in—"

The Imperial Concubine poked his head in dismay, "There is only one exit in that side hall. If you lock them up, even the strongest man will fall for it!"

"Don't forget, in addition to the Northwest Army, the Ji family also has the Southwest Army!"

Liu Qiwei sobered up a bit, and after hearing what the imperial concubine said, he couldn't help but snorted, "This battle is just a temptation..."

The imperial concubine slapped Liu Qiwei again with a cold face.

"If you still can't learn to be careful with your words and actions, you can take your house full of beautiful girls back to your hometown in Pyeongchang!"

Liu Qiwei's mind was completely cleared this time. He covered his face and lowered his head, "Yes, aunt."

The Ji family's carriage was slowly driving back.

Mrs. Zhong still looked at the young couple with a confused expression.

"what happened?"

Ji Yunzhang glanced at the young lady with an indifferent expression, took out a handkerchief from his arms and handed it to Zhong.

"Mom, smell it."

Zhong moved closer to the handkerchief in confusion, and a pungent smell rushed to the top of her head, almost making her faint.

She covered her mouth and nose in disgust, leaned back and moved away, "What the hell is this!"

Rong Peilan threw the handkerchief to Ji Yunzhang and explained, "This is the medicine that Imperial Doctor Tang used to sober up my husband when he was treating him."

"My daughter-in-law thought that if someone in the palace wanted to frame me, it would probably be a drug, so she used the leftover drug from Doctor Tang to make two handkerchiefs to wear."

Ji Yunzhang couldn't help but smell it again with the handkerchief in his hand. He rolled his eyes and almost vomited, "Tang Yue's medicine is really... overbearing!"

Zhong thought back to what happened in the hall and patted his chest with lingering fear.

"Fortunately, Lan'er had foresight and investigated the matter more seriously. Defilement of the harem is a capital crime."

Rong Peilan shook her head. "The situation is unclear right now. His Majesty's thoughts are hard to guess. The imperial harem is where the Imperial Concubine lives. It's always better to be more prepared."

After returning to Yuhui Garden, Ji Yunzhang went straight to the study.

"Wei Chi, go check on Xue Jinghe."

Wei Chi didn't quite understand, "Third Master Xue?"

Ji Yunzhang placed a jade button in his hand on the table and said, "This is from Gou'er."

"Gou'er has been watching Liuyan at the Shao Mansion, but this jade button belongs to Xue Jinghe."

He squatted down and said, "Today, his hand is still injured. I have to suspect that the dog's death has something to do with him."

Wei Chi frowned, "Mr. Xue San killed the dog?"

Ji Yunzhang shook his head, "I'm not sure, go check it out, there is also Xue Jinghe's caravan."

"Yes!"

After Wei Chi left, Rong Peilan pushed the door open.

She took off her cloak and hung it aside, then looked back at Ji Yunzhang who was in deep thought.

"Husband, do you remember what I told you before, about buying a maid and sending her to the Kang Mansion?"

Ji Yunzhang looked up at her, not understanding why. "I remember."

Rong Peilan walked to the desk and said, "Today I saw this maid next to the Xue family's carriage." "Are you sure?" Ji Yunzhang's face darkened.

She shook her head. "No, that girl was very persistent that day. I won't remember it wrongly."

Ji Yunzhang looked at the jade button on the table and murmured, "Shaowu wants to send people to the Ji family, and Xue Jinghe also wants to send people to the Ji family."

"And what about the Liu family today? What do they want from the Ji family?"

Rong Peilan pursed her lips, and after a moment she thought of the maid who didn't look like a maid and had served her for a few days.

"My husband, Liuyan has been in the mansion for so many years. Has she ever behaved abnormally?"

"Liuyan has been serving in Yuhui Garden and has never been to other gardens—"

Ji Yunzhang paused and looked at the young lady. "Only once did she go to my father's library."

"She said she was lost and had lost her way."

"Library?" Rong Peilan had lived in the mansion for more than half a year and had never heard of this place.

Ji Yunzhang, "In fact, nearly half of the books in the library were brought from the Cui family in Qinghe when my grandmother married into the family, and the rest were collected by my grandfather and father."

"The library is in the southwest corner. I only went there to play when I was a child."

Rong Peilan's eyes suddenly widened. She looked into Ji Yunzhang's eyes and said, "The library is built so far away. Doesn't my father-in-law have anything in his hands..."

"Ah, this——" Ji Yunzhang opened his mouth slightly, his eyes rolled, and he put his hand on her slightly bulging belly, "Is this child moving now..."

Rong Peilan raised her eyebrows slightly, slapped his rebellious hand away, and spoke in a low voice.

"When the previous dynasty was founded, Emperor Yuan left something to his close ministers in order to stabilize the court, but this thing eventually fell into the hands of a traitor, which led to the world beginning to fall apart."

"Father, he also..."

Ji Yunzhang covered her mouth with his hand and said, "Don't want to die."

Rong Peilan raised her eyebrows. She really guessed it right.

As she spoke, she couldn't help but say, "It's clear that we have learned a bloody lesson from the previous dynasty, but why do we still have to make such a thing? It will hurt others and ourselves."

Ji Yunzhang reached out and tapped her forehead, "What are you thinking about?"

"We will not repeat the mistakes of the previous dynasty. When the previous dynasty had serious party struggles, the power of the princes in our dynasty was hollowed out, so we naturally avoided this problem."

"Prince Sheng has been a monk for ten years. No matter how ambitious Prince Qing is, he can only do small things to support the prince who obeys him."

Rong Peilan nodded, "So this thing is more powerful than the previous dynasty. It can threaten the people above. Otherwise, why would so many people want it."

Ji Yunzhang, "..."

"It's not a rare thing. What they want should be the iron certificate bestowed by Emperor Yuan on the Ji family."

Rong Peilan opened his mouth wide. Iron certificate? What do you need this for? Isn't this a special gift given to appreciate the merits of the noble family?
Ji Yunzhang, "The Ji family's red book is different. There is a pardon order."

“No matter what order your majesty gives, the Ji family can use the pardon order.”

"Emperor Yuan's original intention was to give the descendants of the Ji family a chance to be exempted because of their meritorious service."

Rong Peilan nodded in understanding.

Now, Your Majesty is obsessed with immortality and alchemy, and is becoming estranged from the Ji family. However, the Ji family has the amnesty order from the late emperor, which can pardon any order.

So they were worried that their plan would fail at the last minute.

She touched her belly and sighed, "Child, you really don't know how to choose. There's a sword hanging over your head before you're even born."

Ji Yunzhang, "..."

He also reached out and touched her belly, sighing.

"His Majesty cannot break the balance for the time being, so today he gave me the position of commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guards."

(End of this chapter)