Chapter 257 Exile
Chapter 257 Exile
The autumn wind gradually subsides.
In the blink of an eye, it was two months later.
At this time, the results of Song Jing's imperial examination had already come out.
He passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi.
But seeing his son doing so well, Song Yi felt mixed emotions.
However, before the truth was fully revealed, he could not wrongly accuse him, so he tried his best to plan his career.
However, seeing her grandson so promising, Old Lady Song felt much better and said many good things about Song Yan. However, Song Yi refused to give in this time.
But no matter what, this autumn is finally over.
October 23rd was the day when the Pei family was exiled from the capital.
On the Imperial Street, Pei Qingyan was wearing heavy shackles, and the intermittent sobbing of Pei's mother and Pei Yujiao were in his ears, but he seemed not to hear them. He just walked forward with his head lowered, his heart dead.
The group of people exiled by the Pei family did not include Ning Yuanhou and Shen Jiahe.
Ningyuan Hou was executed on the first day after the autumnal equinox, while Shen Jiahe was released after the envoys from Mobei presented a letter of credence and gave up the Hetao region.
On the day she was taken out of the Five Elements Bureau, Pei Yujiao and her mother gritted their teeth as they watched Shen Jiahe walk out of the cell opposite.
As early as the day when the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet ended and Shen Jiahe was brought back, they knew that not only would Shen Jiahe not be exiled with them, but she would be married into Mobei again and become the Crown Princess of Mobei.
Moreover, the child in her belly was actually the Prince of Mobei's.
So from the very beginning, she married her own son with a purpose. She deceived them and the entire Marquis' Mansion.
From then on, Pei's mother and Pei Yujiao vented all their fear and resentment of being exiled on Shen Jiahe, cursing her with the most vicious words they could think of, as if she was the culprit for the downfall of Ningyuan Marquis Mansion.
Because in their eyes, if their son had not divorced Jiang Wanqiao in order to marry her, Jiang Wanqiao would never have revealed the secret of the Marquis' Mansion.
In that way, when his son returns with military merit, with the help of the Jiang family's wealth, the Marquis' Mansion will surely prosper again.
Everything was because Shen Jiahe seduced and framed his own son.
She completely forgot how they had happily welcomed Shen Jiahe into the house, how they had acted when she had won the Queen Mother's favor, and how they had worked together to force Jiang Wanqiao to death.
"Shen Jiahe, you're such a jinx!" Mother Pei threw herself against the railing, her voice hoarse. "It's all because of you, this scourge! If my son hadn't married you, how could our mansion have ended up like this..."
"Now you have the nerve to remarry with this bastard in your belly! Do you know what shame is?"
Pei Yujiao also stared at Shen Jiahe with resentment, echoing her mother's words.
Shen Jiahe was already accustomed to the curses from the mother and daughter, but he was just too lazy to waste his breath on them.
But today, it’s different.
She stood at the door of the cell, looking down at Pei's mother, whose hair was disheveled and no longer looked like a noble lady, and Pei Yujiao, who was staring at her with resentful and jealous eyes, and just chuckled.
"A star of misfortune? Mother, what you said is really ridiculous. Didn't you all want to use me to get close to the Queen Mother, hiding it from Jiang Wanqiao, and couldn't wait to take me into the Marquis' Mansion?"
"You forced Jiang Wanqiao to hang herself, then you were ungrateful, plotting against her dowry and ultimately kicking her out. Now she wants revenge on you... You've brought this upon yourselves. What does this have to do with me?"
"Mother, you probably don't know, but now whenever I think about how you act so high and mighty in the mansion, but when you leave the Pei Mansion and meet those truly noble people, you can't even speak incoherently, it's ridiculous..."
Shen Jiahe glanced at Pei Yujiao again and continued with great interest.
"No wonder, with a mother like you who is not worthy of being on the stage, it's no wonder that the Second Miss would do such a shameless thing as giving a man an aphrodisiac and offering herself to him during her coming-of-age ceremony..."
"What a pity! Even if it's delivered to my door, no one wants it..."
Pei Yujiao's secrets were touched upon, and she became even angrier.
“Nonsense, nonsense, shut up!”
"If you hadn't seduced my eldest brother and caused our mansion to fall into trouble, how could the prince have rejected me... It's all your fault, it's all your fault! You will die a miserable death!"
That day, the prince was clearly very kind to her and even spoke for her in the back garden.
If the Black Armor Guards had not captured her father later, even if the drugging was exposed, the prince would definitely give her an identity and would not abandon her... After all... even the concubine's daughter of the Song family... married into Prince Huai's mansion because of this.
What about her?
Shen Jiahe seemed to have heard something funny when he heard this.
"Pei Yujiao, you don't still think that if the Marquis' Mansion hadn't hooked up with Su Jinyue through me, Prince Yun would have come to your coming-of-age ceremony to see you, right?"
"With your character, you dare to dream of being the prince? It's simply wishful thinking!"
Shen Jiahe took a step forward as he spoke, his eyes sweeping over Pei Qingyan's face, who was leaning against the wall and looked as if he had lost his soul.
"As for seduction?"
"Is your elder brother worthy?"
"I am the legitimate daughter of the Yongning Marquisate. My father and brother are both brave and skilled in battle. Our Yongning Marquisate is a hundred times stronger than yours, a declining marquisate that inherited the throne and has already been passed down to the last generation."
"Back in the capital, it was your eldest brother who was so delusional that he kept chasing me around all day, trying to show me his affection. I just paid him a cold shoulder, but he just ran after me like a dog, even claiming we were childhood sweethearts... It was truly ridiculous..."
"Do you think that the child in my womb isn't his business, that he doesn't know about it... No, he knew about it a long time ago, but he still happily accepted it. To please the Queen Mother, he even endured such humiliation. The backbone of your Pei family is truly astonishing."
She still remembered the hatred of Pei Qingyan who insisted on dragging her to jail with him in the back garden of Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion.
If it weren't for him.
How could her deployment in Shangjing be discovered so easily?
How could Old Qin fall into Jun Jiuchen's hands?
But no matter what she said, Pei Qingyan still maintained that posture, motionless and silent. Shen Jiahe felt bored, so he withdrew his gaze and gently stroked his bulging belly.
"As for a bad death, the child I'm carrying is the flesh and blood of the Mobei Crown Prince, and now I'm about to become his Crown Princess. Instead of worrying about me, you should worry about yourselves and your father. After all, after the Autumnal Equinox... he will be executed, and you... will be exiled from the capital."
"Whoever is going to die a miserable death, I will open my eyes and watch carefully..."
After she finished speaking, Shen Jiahe was too lazy to pay attention to them anymore. He ignored the curses that continued to come from her, walked out of the Five Elements Department step by step, changed into a new dress, and left Beijing with the Mobei delegation.
But Shen Jiahe's heart was not as calm as she appeared.
Arguing with the Pei family was just to calm the vague uneasiness in my heart.
After all, she also knew that she was going there.
Good fortune and bad fortune are unpredictable.
She was originally the legitimate daughter of a marquis, loved by her mother and supported by her father and brother. She was one of the most outstanding girls in the capital.
But later, everything changed, and she had to fight and grab everything on her own.
Because of her former pride, she would not admit defeat.
She also knew that she had lost her conscience as early as in Mobei when she sent the maids who grew up with her away one by one to be abused by others.
can.
This is the path she chose, and she can only continue on her own.
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