Travel through the famine years with your space, and become the richest man in five countries with your children Chapter 62: The Crown Prince of Qingpinghou Mansion
Chapter 62: The Crown Prince of Qingpinghou Mansion
Beijing.
Qingpinghou Mansion.
When the new emperor succeeded to the throne, some people were promoted, some were demoted, and some even had their heads beheaded and their homes confiscated.
Suddenly, one can always see prison cars and prisoners leaving one after another in the capital. They are all assigned and exiled...
Some are happy and some are sad.
But it was the Qingping Hou Mansion that made everyone look askance and puzzlement.
The Qingping Marquis Mansion has always been loyal to the old emperor. This time, the loyal old emperor's party were reprimanded and even beheaded. Only the Qingping Marquis remained standing.
For a time, everyone in the capital was talking about it.
Some people even say that Qingpinghou was the one who entered the palace and poisoned the late emperor.
Qingpinghou had no way to appeal, so he closed the door at home and called Chong Tianqu, but no one believed him.
If you weren't the new emperor's black hand, why did the new emperor kill so many people and denigrate so many people, but you were left alone?
At a time when everyone was talking divergently, the new emperor issued an imperial edict: to make Qi Yunxiao, the eldest son of the Qing Pinghou Mansion, the crown prince.
After the imperial edict, everyone was dumbfounded again!
Restaurants and tea shops exploded.
"Who is Qi Yunxiao?"
"Isn't the eldest son of the Qingping Marquis Mansion Qi Yunheng?"
"Have you forgotten? The wife of Marquis Qingping who died young also gave birth to a son, but I heard that he was ugly as soon as he was born!"
"Really?"
"Can this be false? I heard that he is a black bread baker with a dark face. Some people say that this is the king of hell with a black face, which is an ominous sign..."
"But now Mrs. Qingping Hou also gave birth to a son, Qi Yunheng. Not only is he a talented person, but he is also outstanding in literary talent. Why didn't the new emperor canonize this legitimate son, and instead canonized the ugly Qi Yunxiao as the heir apparent of the Hou Mansion?"
"There must be a hidden secret here, but we don't know it yet..."
There were too many people speculating, and the Qingping Hou Mansion could not withstand the continuous temptations, so it could only stay behind closed doors.
Little did he know that there was already a quarrel in the backyard of the Hou Mansion.
Mrs. Qingpinghou threw a whole set of Ru porcelain tea sets and two blue and white plum vases!
"Who told the New Emperor about the existence of that bastard?"
"How can anyone still remember him when he hasn't appeared in the capital for so many years?"
Mrs. Qingpinghou suddenly looked at Qingpinghou.
"Tell me, did you go and tell the new emperor something?"
Qingpinghou almost lost his black hair: "No matter how stupid I am, I know that I can't stand out at this time. How can I do such a thing?"
Mrs. Qingpinghou thought the same thing.
But who is behind this?
How come that bastard was suddenly given the title of heir apparent?!
At this moment, the housekeeper reported: "Master Marquis, Madam, the Crown Prince is back."
"What?" Mrs. Qingpinghou's expression changed.
Could it be that bastard’s fault?
Qingpinghou also frowned: "I'm just looking for him. Ask him to come in and I'll ask him what's going on."
Watching the housekeeper go to call someone, Mrs. Qingpinghou was so angry that she smashed a new Junyao tea cup.
"What prince? Do I admit it?"
Qingpinghou shouted: "Okay! The imperial edict has been issued, and you don't admit it? Who do you think you are?"
"Are you dissatisfied that our family has not been exiled, and you want to try to get our whole family to be exiled?"
Mrs. Qingpinghou was so frightened that she didn't dare to make any more noise.
The mother-in-law who was familiar with the business immediately stepped forward to clean up the broken tea cups, her heart ached.
This fine tea set costs hundreds of taels of silver. If one is smashed, it will be incomplete and worthless.
My wife is not very good at making money, but she is very good at breaking things.
Not long after, a young man in black brocade clothes wearing a curtain and hat strode into the back flower hall. After meeting the Marquis of Qingping, he took off the curtain hat and said as a gift: "I have met my father, and I have met my wife."
Qingpinghou looked at his son with a complicated expression: "Get up."
The young man in brocade clothes looked up with a calm expression. Who else could that dark forehead be if it wasn't Xiao Yunqi?
The black-fronted son, who was rarely seen twice a year, started taking care of the dowry left by his mother at the age of fifteen. Over the years, he relied on the income from the dowry to support the large Qingping Marquis Mansion.
It would be false to say that you have no ability.
But in this dynasty, people with facial mutilations cannot enter the palace and serve as ministers, which is equivalent to ending Qi Yunxiao's official career.
It is precisely because of this that Mrs. Qingpinghou has not taken Qi Yunxiao seriously in these years.
What's the use of the eldest son who can't pose a threat to his son's throne?
It’s just to save the capital for his son’s future promotion!
But no one expected that Marquis Qingping would repeatedly submit invitations to make Qi Yunheng the crown prince but was suppressed. This time when the new emperor succeeded to the throne, he suddenly issued an edict!
Qi Yunxiao with a black forehead actually became the heir apparent!
Why isn't this surprising?
No wonder Mrs. Qingpinghou lost her composure.
I really feel like the meat in my mouth has been taken away!
Qi Yunxiao travels around the world under the pseudonym Xiao Yunqi. His subordinates already have their own power and have already known the news that he has become the crown prince.
But at this time, when Marquis Qingping asked about the Crown Prince's edict, he had to pretend not to know.
"My son doesn't know about being named Crown Prince."
Qingpinghou and his wife looked at each other, wondering whether they should believe the words of their son with facial paralysis.
In the end, the two men stopped pursuing the matter, and Marquis Qingping coughed: "Then what? Just tell His Majesty that you have a facial defect and are not suitable to inherit the throne. Please let Your Majesty take back your life."
Qi Yunxiao already knew that he was not taken seriously, but he still felt chilled by these words.
"Father, do you know what will happen to your son if he disobeys orders and shows no respect?"
The lightest punishment can range from denigration to the most severe punishment, beheading!
Even if you don't like yourself, you won't force yourself to die just for the sake of being the heir, right?
Marquis Qingping was irritated: "Then what do you think we should do? If you really look like this in front of His Majesty, Your Majesty will reuse you in the future? You are wasting your title!"
Qi Yunxiao became even more irritated and asked: "My father is so handsome, has he ever been reused in recent years?"
This is a slap in the face.
Who in the capital doesn’t know that the Marquis of Qingping is a happy marquis?
I have never been in charge of anything, only the salary I received.
It would be embarrassing to tell anyone.
"How did you say that?" Qingpinghou immediately exploded.
Dear father, can you expose your shortcomings in person?
Qi Yunxiao stopped talking back, and instead looked at Mrs. Qingpinghou, who had an aggrieved look on her face: "Madam, did you order my wife to be killed?"
"What did you say?" Qingpinghou suspected that he heard wrongly.
"When did you have a wife?"
Qi Yunxiao sneered and looked at his confused father: "It's normal for dad not to know about this. Madam helped marry that lady."
"My wife also gave birth to triplets, one boy and two girls, who are now over six years old."
"What did you say?" Qingpinghou was bombarded again and his head was buzzing.
He glanced at Qi Yunxiao in surprise and found that his face was serious, not like he was joking, and went to see his wife again.
Mrs. Qingpinghou's guilty conscience and embarrassment at the moment she was exposed happened to fall into the eyes of Qingpinghou.
Qingpinghou was stunned: "You... what on earth is going on?"