nucmednet Chapter 96 The Marquis of Yong'an's Residence, My Cousin from My Maternal Family
Chapter 96 The Marquis of Yong'an's Residence, My Cousin from My Maternal Family
Five days later.
"Your Highness, something has happened."
Jiang Pingle arrived at the training ground.
"Ping Le, what happened? Why are you in such a hurry?"
Qin Wu handed the spear to the guard beside him.
They came to stand in front of Jiang Pingle.
"I just received news that something has happened at the Yong'an Marquis's residence."
Jiang Pingle said.
"The Marquis of Yong'an's residence?"
Qin Wu was completely bewildered.
He had no dealings with the Yong'an Marquis's family, so what did the incident have to do with him?
"Yes, the Lady of the Marquis of Yong'an's residence just sent word, asking Your Highness to make a decision."
"By the way, the Lady of the Marquis of Yong'an's mansion is your cousin, Your Highness."
Seeing Qin Wu's confusion, Jiang Ping quickly explained.
Qin Wu was even more puzzled; where did he get this cousin from?
He doesn't remember having any older cousins.
"Your Highness, you may not know this, but my mother has an elder brother whose daughter saved the Marquis of Yong'an. To repay the debt of gratitude, the Marquis of Yong'an married your cousin and then went to war. He returned to the capital a few days ago due to injuries, but he brought another woman back with him, wanting to marry her as a concubine. My cousin wanted a divorce, but she was unexpectedly tormented by the people of the Marquis of Yong'an's mansion."
"Just now, my cousin's maid risked her life to come and say that my cousin is dying."
Jiang Pingle quickly said.
Qin Wu finally understood what was going on.
This is a case of favoring the concubine over the wife!
The key point is that this plot is really melodramatic; does saving someone mean you have to marry them?
He marries her and then leaves, only to return and want to marry a concubine instead...
Qin Wu was truly speechless.
However, since they are his mother's family, he must protect them no matter what.
"Let's go, I will go there myself."
After Qin Wu finished speaking, he went to wash up.
He then led his men out of the mansion and headed towards the Yong'an Marquis's residence.
However, he still sent people to investigate, and it turned out that the Yong'an Marquis's mansion was actually connected with the Prince of Liuyun.
Today is the perfect opportunity to find an excuse to destroy the Yong'an Marquis's mansion. Even if the Prince of Liuyun finds out, there's nothing he can do, and there's no need to worry about alerting the enemy.
Yong'an Houfu.
main hall.
A woman was being held in the middle of the hall.
An elderly woman and a middle-aged woman and child are swearing.
They were criticizing the woman in the middle of the hall.
"The Divine Martial King and the Divine Martial Queen have arrived..."
Just as a group of people were fiercely criticizing, an announcement rang out.
The entire hall fell silent instantly.
None of them expected that the Divine Martial King would arrive at this time.
After he finished speaking, Qin Wu led Jiang Pingle and a group of soldiers from the royal palace into the hall.
"Greetings to King Shenwu and Queen Shenwu."
The family members immediately bowed in respect.
Qin Wu ignored him and walked directly to the main seat.
The woman who had been being held captive finally breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Qin Wu arrive.
If it weren't for the news her father sent not long ago that the Divine Martial King was her cousin, and that she could ask her cousin for help if she needed anything...
She wouldn't want to bother her cousin this time unless absolutely necessary.
Most importantly, she was somewhat afraid of this cousin.
Qin Wu stepped forward, but a woman blocked his way.
Qin Wu ignored him and kicked the man away.
"You have no sense of propriety."
Qin Wu snorted coldly.
He sat down in the main seat.
"Cousin, come sit here."
Qin Wu looked at the disheveled woman in the middle and said with a smile.
The reason he recognized the woman at a glance was because she bore a resemblance to his mother.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
The woman thanked him and stood up.
The members of the Yong'an Marquis's family were shocked to hear Qin Wu address the woman as his cousin.
Especially the Dowager Madam and the Old Madam.
They had all investigated and found that their granddaughter-in-law and daughter-in-law were just the daughters of a doctor.
How did it get involved with the Divine Martial King?
"Cousin, you don't need to be so polite, but why do you look so disheveled?"
"Why doesn't my cousin come to see me, her cousin, now that she's married into the capital? Does she not want to acknowledge me?"
Qin Wu asked the question knowingly, his tone carrying a hint of reproach.
He always thought his mother had no relatives, and he secretly blamed himself for not investigating his mother's background.
Now that he knows his mother's family still exists, he must protect his mother's last remaining relatives.
"By the way, cousin, are there any other relatives?"
After Lady Yong'an sat down, Qin Wu inquired about her with concern.
“Your Highness, my father, mother, and grandfather are all still alive. After my aunt was sent to the palace, we lost contact with her. Over the years, my family has been trying to find out about her.”
"If it weren't for the fact that a eunuch came to our house some time ago and delivered an imperial edict of reward, we wouldn't have known that the prince was my aunt's child."
"Only a few days ago did my father send someone to tell me the news."
Liu Caiwei explained.
"That's good. I'm sure Mother will be at ease knowing that her loved ones are still alive."
Qin Wu had now gained a basic understanding of the Liu family's situation.
However, he still wanted to send someone to investigate the character of the Liu family members. If they were good, he wouldn't mind promoting them.
"By the way, tell me, what happened to my cousin from my mother's side with all these injuries?"
Qin Wu looked at the Yong'an Marquis's family members kneeling in a row and asked them a question.
"Your Highness, I heard that my cousin is the mistress of this Marquis's mansion. Why is she being held captive by servants today?"
Jiang Pingle also tends to embellish the story.
"Oh? I heard about a cousin on a whim and came to see her, but I didn't expect such a thing to happen."
Who were the people who attacked my cousin just now?
Qin Wu looked at the group of women with a half-smile.
"say."
Seeing that no one responded, Qin Wu's expression changed, and he reprimanded them.
This terrified the group of women so much that they collapsed to the ground.
"Fine, since no one is responding, then I'll just randomly pick two people to kill first."
"If no one responds, then we'll kill until the entire Yong'an Marquis's mansion is deserted."
Qin Wu took out a dagger from somewhere and started playing with it in his hand.
He spoke the most ruthless words with the calmest of voices.
Everyone present knew that the Divine Martial King was ruthless, but they truly did not expect him to be this ruthless.
"Your Highness, isn't this a bad idea? Killing people is never a good thing. Why don't we break all their limbs and spare their lives?"
Jiang Pingle offered words of advice from the side.
Her words seemed like a plea, but they were more ruthless than murder.
If their limbs are broken, even if these people are cured, they will likely be crippled in the future.
This is even more ruthless than killing someone outright.
The people of the Yong'an Marquis's Mansion never expected that the Divine Martial King would be so ruthless, and that the Divine Martial King's Consort would be no less so.
It just goes to show that "people who aren't family don't enter the same door."
"Your Highness and Your Highness, please forgive us."
All the relatives and friends of the Marquis of Yong'an apologized.
"Your Highness and Your Highness's wife are honored by your presence. I have failed to greet you properly. Please forgive me."
A man strode into the hall.
This person was the Marquis of Yong'an in this generation.
"I heard that the Marquis of Yong'an was deposed, and that's why he returned to the capital. I don't see how the Marquis of Yong'an was deposed at all."
Qin Wu looked Yong'an Hou up and down.
She also inadvertently glanced at the lower half of the Marquis of Yong'an's body.
As soon as Qin Wu finished speaking, the smile on the face of the Marquis of Yong'an froze.
He never expected that the Divine Martial King would show hostility towards him upon their first meeting.
"Your Highness, wasn't it said that Marquis Yong'an has been serving as a general on the front lines? But what kind of precious horse could carry such a weight of over four hundred jin?"
Jiang Pingle spoke up from the side.
The sarcasm in his words was completely undisguised.
“What the princess says makes sense. Marquis Yong’an, may I ask which army you are serving in? Your standard of living is truly excellent.”
Qin Wu said this with an air of seriousness.
He originally thought that even if Marquis Yong'an wasn't a handsome young man, he wouldn't be too bad.
But seeing it now is truly disappointing; it has absolutely nothing to do with a handsome young man.
It's just like a pig walking upright.
"By the way, cousin, what made you fall for the Marquis of Yong'an's appearance in the first place?"
Qin Wu turned to Liu Caiwei and said.
He genuinely didn't understand his cousin's taste.
If you're going to get married, find someone! What's with finding a pig?
Qin Wu's words plunged the entire hall into a deathly silence.
This is like slapping someone in the face in front of others!
The key issue is that they don't have any solutions yet.
Liu Caiwei was somewhat embarrassed by Qin Wu's sudden question.
She didn't want to marry him at first, but her family couldn't afford to offend the Marquis of Yong'an's mansion, so she had no choice but to marry him.
"It seems my cousin didn't do this willingly. How about this, I, the king, will decide today and grant her a divorce?"
Seeing Liu Caiwei's predicament, Qin Wu guessed that Liu Caiwei had not married into the family voluntarily.
"Your Highness, no! How can a woman divorce her husband? This is against all propriety."
The Dowager Lady of the Marquis's Mansion spoke loudly.
If Qin Wu were to make the decision and force Liu Caiwei to divorce her husband, the Yong'an Marquis's mansion would likely become the laughingstock of the entire capital.
"Etiquette? What a joke."
"You're from the countryside, aren't you?"
"Who in this capital doesn't know that I am the most unruly of all?"
Qin Wu sneered.
They even presented their irrationality with such righteous indignation.
"What the prince says is right. The prince is notoriously unreasonable in the capital. You're trying to talk to the prince about etiquette here? Who do you want to make a fool of yourself?"
Jiang Pingle also joked from the side.
Her words also stunned Qin Wu.
"You're so playful. Your Highness understands me best."
Qin Wu laughed unrestrainedly, showing no shame but rather pride.