Chapter 96: Checking the Qin Family in Licheng

Qi Yu is only sixteen this year, but he has a child without a name or status. Princess Ning really doesn't even want to say that he is a bastard eldest son. She thinks that the term "bastard" is insulting to her because he was born to a maid who helps raise horses in the palace.

The most important thing is that this bastard dared to secretly give birth to the child for ten months, which shows how scheming she is.

She will definitely not allow such a person to be around her son. As for grandson? In the future, when Yu'er marries a wife and concubines, she will have all the grandsons she wants. Why should she let a bastard born to a horse-raising girl occupy the quota of the eldest son?

A bastard is not okay!

Qi Yu said, "It's not impossible to stay, just register under my brother's name."

Princess Ning's face changed: "You are crazy, how dare you think so!"

Qi Yu said indifferently: "Anyway, my elder brother is not interested in women. If he has a man under his name, it will be fine even if he doesn't get married in the future."

"You think your brother is a soft persimmon that you can squeeze at will." Princess Ning's tone was without any joy or anger, as if she was talking about ordinary people.

Qi Yu smiled and said, "Isn't he my brother? You often say that he is my brother. You should protect me and let me go. Don't fight with me."

Princess Ning's body stiffened slightly, and her bright red lips pursed.

Qi Yu looked at it, leaned over, and said coquettishly: "Mother, what's wrong with you? Did I say something wrong?"

"You are right, he shouldn't compete with you, including the position of the prince, which can only be yours." Princess Ning hugged him in her arms, repeating with certainty and paranoia: "All this can only be yours."

Qi Yu's eyes flashed slightly, and he said with a smile: "I know that mother loves me."

As for grandmother, she will die in front of his mother and him sooner or later, and helping Qi Qian will not help much.

...

Qi Qian just handed down the prescription and told Ying Bei to go to Ningzhou Mansion to get the herbs back immediately. He sat in the study and drank a sip of tea, and Huo Lang came in to report.

"Master, there is news from the capital." Huo Lang presented the secret letter from the palace first.

Qi Qian took it, opened it, frowned, and said, "Check the Qin family in Licheng?"

Huolang said, "It's the family of Qin Yuanshan, the former Minister of Guanglu Temple. In July, because of a mistake in the sacrificial ceremony, the emperor dismissed him from his position and confiscated his family. Except for males under the age of twelve, all of them were exiled to the northwest, and their families were sent back to their hometown in Licheng. It's a coincidence that they entered Licheng at about the same time as us."

"Are you still worried after the house was confiscated?"

Huolang said, "I heard that Concubine Meng, who is now favored in the palace, has always been at odds with the Qin family. Now that Concubine Meng has a little prince, the emperor is even more happy. It's not too much to obey Concubine Meng in everything."

He said it obscurely, but Qi Qian heard the meaning behind it. He said that Concubine Meng was whispering in the emperor's ear and wanted to destroy the Qin family.

"The Meng family is so arrogant, and they don't know how to leave a way out and restrain themselves. Sooner or later, something bad will happen." Qi Qian's tone was full of disdain for the Meng family, and he said, "Let's go back and see if the Qin family has done anything out of line."

"Yes."

Qi Qian didn't know what flashed through his mind, and asked, "Are all the males over the age of twelve in the Qin family exiled?"

"Yes."

"What a coincidence, they all have the surname Qin." Qi Qian felt a little weird, but the next moment, his attention was diverted.

"Master, there is also a letter from the secret line of the palace."

Qi Qian's heart moved, he took it and opened it, reading it quickly, his face looked a little disgusted, and said, "He doesn't know how to restrain himself."

Before getting married, he had an illegitimate child, and I don't know how his picky mother will deal with it.