The reborn daughter of the Marquis Mansion takes over the world

After Song was taken away, Gu Liaohe was going to follow Lord Gao back to the Jingzhao Yin Mansion to try the case.

While handing over the witnesses, Yan Si quietly came to the hall and whispered to Su Yanqi: "Master, that person wants to say a few words to you for the last time."

Su Yanqi frowned slightly, and after a moment's hesitation, he found an excuse to leave the front hall.

At this time, it was already dark outside and the servants in Ninghou Mansion were lighting lamps.

With a solemn look in his eyes, Su Yanqi hurried to the front yard and saw Gu Liaohe ordering people to escort the couple away.

He hurriedly called Gu Liaohe, pointed at the man and said, "Gu Shaoqing, I want to ask this man some details about my mother's poisoning. Could you please let me interrogate him alone?"

Gu Liaohe nodded and agreed: "Seventh Young Master, please do as you wish."

He signaled the runner to bring the man to Su Yanqi.

"Come with me."

Su Yanqi took the man to a secluded corner and asked in a deep voice, "Do you have anything else to say?"

The man suddenly fell to his knees.

"Your Highness, I know that I have committed a grave sin and I cannot escape the blame without death!"

Su Yanqi glanced at him coldly, turned his back to him, and said in a dignified voice: "You should keep these words and confess them to my mother."

The man prostrated himself on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "I will die as a guilty apology, and go to the underworld to personally plead guilty to the princess, just to see her again."

Su Yanqi sneered: "Jin Feng, do you think my mother will want to see you again?"

The man named Jin Feng froze, lowered his head and dared not look directly at Su Yanqi.

Su Yanqi turned sideways and glared at him, the hatred in his eyes burning like fire.

"Back then, you were ordered by the Queen Mother of Beiluo to lead people to hunt down my mother and put her to death several times. If Qiu Kuhai had not rescued her, my mother would have died at your hands."

"Later, she went through many hardships and finally fled to the Nanyao Kingdom. Fortunately, my father took her in and she was able to settle down. However, it didn't take long for her to live in peace. You found her again. You still refused to let her go."

"In order to eliminate future troubles, you instigated the Song family and sneaked into Zeng's Pastry Shop, inducing the Yin family to secretly change the recipe of Jifeng Cake, attempting to poison my mother to death!"

Jin Feng admitted bitterly: "I am a guilty minister who is ashamed of the princess and the country of Beiluo. When the previous emperor passed away, the virtuous king was dissatisfied with the new emperor's accession to the throne and raised an army to rebel and plot against the law."

"The princess fought against them, but the court fell apart. She never expected that the new emperor and the queen mother would abandon the princess for their own selfish desires and spread rumors that the princess intended to usurp the throne and become the empress. As a result, many people in the royal family abandoned her."

"My Jin family has been loyal for generations, but unfortunately we were deceived by slander and wanted to stabilize the country for the new emperor, but we were ordered by the Queen Mother to hunt down the eldest princess."

"I am a sinner who deserves death. When the eldest princess disappeared, the queen mother forced me to get rid of her. I followed her alone to the Nanyao Kingdom and accidentally found her trace. I hesitated again and again in his territory and did not dare to act rashly. Later, I found out that she was good friends with the wife of Ning Hou and that Song had a crush on Ning Hou. So I came up with a plan and tried to use Song's hand to murder Fu Jinye with poisoned cakes, and then harm the eldest princess."

"But I didn't expect that every time the princess bought Jifeng cakes, it was to visit the pregnant Fu Jinye, and most of those cakes were eaten by Fu Jinye. Therefore, the princess was not poisoned too seriously, but it was Ning Hou's wife..."

Jin Feng sighed when he said this: "If Qiu Kuhai was still by the princess' side, he would have been able to detect it..."

"enough!"

Su Yanqi clenched his fists and interrupted him harshly.

"I don't want to hear about these old things anymore. What do you want to say?"

Su Yanqi completely lost his patience.

Jin Feng lay on the ground and pleaded, "I know my crime is unforgivable. I only ask Your Highness to spare Yin's children. They are innocent. Zeng Ji and his son were not aware of what happened back then, and they have passed away. All the faults are the fault of me and Yin, and have nothing to do with them."

Su Yanqi narrowed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and asked seriously: "You said that my son was innocent, so didn't you think of killing me at the beginning?"

Jin Feng was stunned, not knowing how to answer his question for a moment.

Su Yanqi didn't wait for him to speak again and walked away.

"As long as you and Yin take this secret underground, I will agree to your request."

Jin Feng's throat choked, and with red eyes, he kowtowed heavily towards Su Yanqi's back: "Thank you, Your Highness!"

In the hall, after all matters in the mansion were dealt with, Ning Ziqing and the others went to the ancestral hall to prepare to worship Fu Jinye.

When they arrived at the entrance of the ancestral hall, Yaoyao was about to follow in, but Jiang Quhan quickly pulled her away.

"The rest are Ning Manman and his family's affairs, so we shouldn't go in and disturb them."

Yaoyao paused, then understood. She wanted to break free from Jiang Quhan's hand and go back to rest, but he dragged her into the corridor and pushed her against a pillar.

Yaoyao glared at him angrily.

"Let go, I'm very tired after a busy day, I'm going back to sleep first."

Jiang Quhan didn't let go. He put on the folding fan, took out a bag of pastries from his sleeve, opened it and fed her.

"Why are you in such a hurry? You've been out catching people and haven't eaten anything yet. You must be starving. This is what I specially left for you. Try it."

Yaoyao avoided his gaze somewhat embarrassedly.

"I...I'll go back and ask Aunt Huiyi to bring me something to eat."

Jiang Quhan teased, "Why? Are you afraid that the cake is poisonous, or are you shy?"

Yaoyao's cheeks flushed slightly, and she quickly denied: "I...I didn't! I'm just not used to being fed by others."

Jiang Quhan stared at her evasive eyes, her slightly trembling eyelashes, and her gently bitten teeth, and his heart was filled with a palpitation.

He smiled dotingly, handed the cakes forward again, and coaxed gently: "Then if you finish these cakes obediently, I will let you go back to rest, how about that?"

Yaoyao frowned, looked at his approaching face, and had no choice but to compromise, open her mouth and take a bite of the pastry.

Jiang Quhan was quite satisfied with her obedience, but he couldn't help but blame her.

"Ning Manman has so many people at your disposal, why do you have to go and capture Zhang Jimin yourself today? Don't forget, you are here to accompany Princess Azhao as the eldest daughter of the Liang family, so you have to take your status as a lady from a wealthy family into consideration."

Yaoyao retorted disdainfully: "I don't care about the title of a lady from a noble family. It's boring to stay in the house drinking tea and embroidering all day. I would rather go to the Golden Wing Army Camp to train soldiers. That's more fun!"

When Jiang Quhan heard this, his face suddenly darkened, and he warned her sternly: "Liang Yinmian, listen to me, from now on you are only allowed to stay with Ning Manman, and you are not allowed to contact any other man privately. Otherwise, I will not forgive you!"

Yaoyao hated being threatened the most. She struggled a few times in resistance and tried to push Jiang Quhan away.

"King Qian, you are meddling too much. It is not your turn to interfere in my affairs!"

A cold light flashed in Jiang Quhan's eyes, and he suddenly reached out and pinched Yaoyao's neck, forcing her to look up and look at him.

"Liang Yinmian, you'd better remember what I said. Don't think I'm kidding you. Do you hear me?"

Yaoyao's heart trembled. Under Jiang Quhan's majesty, she had to bow her head temporarily and grit her teeth to suppress the dissatisfaction in her heart.

"I understand, Prince Qian, don't be angry. I promise that from now on, apart from the Fourth Prince and Ah Qi, I will not see other men in private."

Jiang Quhan's expression relaxed a little. He gently kissed Yaoyao between her brows, and his voice became much softer.

"Yinmian, stop calling me King Qian. It seems so distant. You can call me by my name."

Yaoyao looked embarrassed and was about to refuse, but she caught a glimpse of Huo Yunjue standing not far away, looking at them in surprise.

"You two are progressing so quickly, are you planning on getting married?"

Yaoyao was caught in the act and her face turned red with shame. She pushed Jiang Quhan away with force and turned around and ran away.

Jiang Quhan questioned Huo Yunjue unhappily.

"Why are you here? Do you want to stay overnight?"

Huo Yunjue stepped forward and said frankly: "I want to talk to Qingqing."

Jiang Quhan snorted unhappily, "Marquis Ning and the others are still in there, you figure it out yourself."

After saying that, he turned around and chased in the direction Yaoyao left.

Huo Yunjue shouted at his back, "When you get married, remember to treat me to the wedding wine!"

Jiang Quhan didn't want to pay attention to him, so he quickened his pace and disappeared around the corner.

Inside the ancestral hall, Lord Ning and several others burned incense in front of Fu Jinye's tablet one by one.

Ning Ziqing knelt on the mat, concentrating on burning paper money without saying a word.

Lin Wanqiao wanted to go up to her and comfort her, but Ning Zijun quickly shook his head at her to stop her.

Lord Ning stood aside uncomfortably, opening his mouth several times but not knowing what to say.

The room was silent for a long time, until Ning Ziqing finished burning the last stack of paper money in her hand, she stood up and said slowly: "Grandmother, father, it's getting late today, and the affairs of the mansion need to be rearranged tomorrow, you should go back and rest early."

The old lady responded, "Sister Qing is right. Especially at this time, we must not make any chaos."

She looked at Ning Ziqing deeply, then took Lin Wanqiao and Ning Zijun's hands and said, "Aqiao, Zijun, follow me. From now on, the affairs of the Marquis' Mansion will be handed over to you. I have something to tell you."

Ning Zijun understood the old lady's intention, so he and Lin Wanqiao helped her leave the ancestral hall.

After the three men left, only Ning Ziqing and Lord Ning were left in the ancestral hall.

Lord Ning hesitated for a long time, and finally mustered up the courage to look up at Ning Ziqing and said guiltily: "Qingqing, I know I have done a lot of wrong things in the past and made you suffer a lot. I really regret it and I am very sorry for you."

Lord Ning seemed to feel very remorseful. He raised his hands to cover his eyes, his voice choked with sobs and tears streaming down his face.

"Father is really... wrong, can you... forgive me?"

Ning Ziqing looked at him quietly, without much emotion in his eyes.

This belated apology seemed to have no meaning to her at this moment.

She could understand the mistake that Lord Ning made by involving her because of his deep love for her.

But the harm she had endured in two lifetimes was as indelible as a brand.

She couldn't pretend it had never happened.

After a while, when Lord Ning calmed down, Ning Ziqing said calmly: "Father, let the past be the past."

"You are my father, and that will never change."

"As for the rest, please don't expect too much..."

Her words left Lord Ning stunned for a long time.

He looked at his daughter, who was drifting further and further away from him, and felt mixed emotions.

He knew that his past mistakes had deeply hurt Ning Ziqing, and this damage could never be repaired or restored.