Chapter 142: Collaboration with the enemy and treason, confiscation of property and beheading!
Liang Ruosheng shrank beside him and said, "But they must have done more than that. Based on my understanding of the Queen, the two cases of finding people to slander Chen Qingyin today should have been assisted by the Queen."
"Also, when Chen Qingyin fell into the water and was rescued by Hu Yunshen, and the rumors that followed, it all seemed like the Queen was behind it."
The more she talked, the angrier Prime Minister Chen became.
Chen Hanjing stared at Madam Chen: "I see. No wonder Hu Yunshen was able to get out of prison. I went to investigate and they said that someone above arranged for him to be released."
"It's impossible for the Queen to care about Hu Yunshen, who has nothing to do with her. She must be doing this for you!"
Prime Minister Chen waved his hand weakly: "Don't bother her anymore! Bring me a pen and paper. I want to divorce my wife."
Mrs. Chen was struck by lightning.
She looked at Prime Minister Chen, tears streaming down her face. "When I married you, I helped you take care of three children without any regrets! When I was pregnant with Luhua, Chen Qingyin wanted to eat cakes, and I made them for her myself. I even fell ill from exhaustion."
"If you hadn't been partial to your first wife's three children and been so cold to my Luhua, how could I have become like this?"
Prime Minister Chen's eyes were filled with disappointment. "I really didn't expect you to be so greedy. Haven't I been good enough to Luhua? I kept asking Qingyin to give in. Qingyin has known since she was a child that I should give her the good things!"
"You said I didn't love Luhua. If I didn't love her, I would have given her most of my fortune when she got married! You always say Luhua's dowry is not as rich as Qingyin's, but I clearly gave her the same amount."
"You don't treat Qingyin as your own daughter, but instead you do so many vicious things!"
Chen Dingshi ran to bring paper and pen, and Prime Minister Chen wrote the divorce letter in one stroke, expressing his indignation.
Chen Luhua saw that the divorce letter actually asked Mrs. Chen to take her away and no longer recognized her as the daughter of the Chen family.
Chen Luhua was horrified: "Father, what did I do wrong? Why don't you want me anymore?"
Prime Minister Chen kept a straight face and said nothing, but wrote quickly.
It seemed that he was completely disgusted with the mother and daughter.
When Mrs. Chen Tang Yinqiu saw that he had made up his mind, she immediately wiped away her tears and stopped pretending to beg him.
"Chen Zaiye, you are so arrogant. Let me tell you, if you divorce me, our Tang family will not let it go. You should think carefully about it."
The guests around gasped.
Is Tang Yinqiu crazy? Threatening Prime Minister Chen in public?
However, the Tang family is indeed powerful, and their current head of the family is a close minister to the emperor, the Shangshu!
However, Prime Minister Chen was not afraid.
He threw the divorce letter at Tang Yinqiu's face: "If they don't bother me, I will bother them. No one in the Tang family can escape!"
Tang Yinqiu gritted his teeth: "Okay, you wait and see!"
She pulled up the crying Chen Luhua and said, "Come with me, I will take you back. Our Tang family can still live well without the Chen family!"
Just then, Su Yaoer rushed in, having listened at the door for an unknown period of time.
She rushed towards Liang Ruosheng with a sharp knife in her hand.
"You bad guy, it's all because of your nonsense that my grandfather doesn't want us anymore!"
No one expected Su Yaoer to rush out. Chen Dingming picked her up and took away the dagger.
When Su Yaoer saw that she failed to stab him to death, she kicked around in anger.
"Let me go, I want to kill her. If you don't let me kill her, you are disobeying me! Grandmother said you can't disobey me!"
Chen Dingming said angrily: "You were wrong in the first place. You killed my own sister!"
He pushed Su Yaoer out of the door and asked the maid to take her away first.
Unexpectedly, Su Yaoer suffered a heart attack and suddenly fell to the ground.
Chen Luhua was horrified, and she and Su Shaofeng both ran over: "Yao'er!"
Who would have thought that in such a short time, Su Yaoer passed away.
Chen Luhua broke down and cried, accusing Chen Qingyin of killing her daughter.
Tang Yinqiu also knelt on the ground, patted his chest, and cried out that God was blind.
The guests nearby couldn't stand it any longer - "This is retribution. The mother and daughter killed the second daughter of the Chen family, and now retribution has come."
"How dare you say that God is blind? I think God knows the evil deeds they have done and is punishing her!"
Tang Yinqiu completely hated Prime Minister Chen's family.
Especially after Su Yao'er died, Prime Minister Chen seemed indifferent.
Just wait for her!
However, at this time, many imperial guards broke into the mansion.
Prime Minister Chen's heart trembled, and he immediately held Chen Qingyin's hand tightly.
Could it be that these people are here to target his daughter again?
Unexpectedly, the leader of the imperial guards bowed to Ning Guanzhou and said, "Sir Ning, the emperor sent us to capture the wanted criminal."
"Current criminal?" Prime Minister Chen looked at Ning Guanzhou, "What's going on?"
Ning Guanzhou nodded: "Master, do you still remember the unjust case of treason against the Pang family thirty years ago?"
"I went to the border to investigate this matter. The family of Pang Da, the then Minister of War, was suddenly impeached for treason and collusion with the enemy, and for smuggling military rations and weapons to the enemy."
"Not long ago, the matter was just investigated. Someone was framing us behind the scenes. The person who actually collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country was Minister Tang."
Tang Yinqiu suddenly came back to his senses: "This is impossible!"
Ning Guanzhou glanced at her coldly and said, "I just returned to the capital and handed over the solid evidence to the emperor. The emperor sentenced the Tang family to immediate execution. The imperial guards have only found you now, which means you have lived for a few more hours."
"The ninety-two people of the Pang family who were executed that year, now is the time for you to pay with blood."
He waved his hand: "Take them away!"
Tang Yinqiu was dragged away, and Chen Luhua was terrified: "Father, save me! Father!"
Prime Minister Chen turned his eyes away, unwilling to look any further.
Evil will be punished with evil, and good will be rewarded with good.
It's all my own fault!
Su Shaofeng wanted to say something, but in the end he did not intervene in the matter.
No one can cover up the crime of treason and treason.
At Prime Minister Chen's fiftieth birthday party, several important issues were resolved.
The guests seemed to be watching a great drama.
Prime Minister Chen asked his two sons to ask the guests to leave.
As for Liang Ruosheng, Hu Mianmian arranged for Achang and Mujin to send her back to Anui's mansion.
After closing the door, Prime Minister Chen looked at Ning Guanzhou seriously.
"I'm asking you one last time, are you really willing to marry Qingyin and never let her down again?"
Ning Guanzhou lifted his robe and knelt down: "Heaven and earth, bear witness for me. If I treat Qingyin badly and let her and Mianmian down, let me be struck by lightning and die a miserable death!"
Chen Qingyin immediately patted him on the shoulder: "Don't talk nonsense, there is a god above your head."
Prime Minister Chen nodded slowly: "In this case, the two of you should prepare and choose an auspicious day to get the good thing done."
He said tiredly, "Let's live a good life as a family from now on. Qingyin, you have suffered outside with Mianmian and endured so much grievance. It is your father who is sorry for you."
"We will go to your mother's grave some other day. I will apologize to her sincerely. I wonder if she is so anxious watching you being wronged in the afterlife that she blames me for being a bad father."
Chen Qingyin's tears welled up: "Yes, Dad."
Instead, Hu Mianmian ran over happily, hugging Chen Qingyin with one hand and Ning Guanzhou with the other.
"That's great! From now on I will have a father and a mother!"
Everyone laughed. A ray of sunlight from outside the mansion reflected off the golden tiles, dispelling all the haze.
Tomorrow we will arrive at the home court of Mianmian and Baihu~