The peasant girl who escaped the desert: she cried when she found the cruel prince

Chapter 504
Zhong Sheng slumped to the ground: "What about the truth about right and wrong now?"

"Ms. Yu is already dead. The night she killed Zhong Yuan, she was about to commit suicide. I pulled my two children and begged her hard, and then she gave up the idea of ​​seeking death!"

"Today, I heard that my father came to the palace, and I also heard that Mr. Luo found the widow at her home. She couldn't bear the torture and jumped into the well early in the morning!"

"She has been on tenterhooks for more than a month. She couldn't eat or sleep well. She was as frightened as a bird. She left without leaving a single word!"

Zhong Sheng looked up at Jing Li with a despairing heart and said, "It's okay for me to bear some infamy, but she is a woman. I don't want her to be tortured in life and have no peace after death!"

"Please forgive me and don't involve the Yu family again!"

Jing Li said to Master Chen: "Record and file the reasons in detail, but please don't publicize this matter again!"

After all, the Qing Yue'an incident was originally a matter that was not open to outsiders. The Yu family's case was affected by Qing Yue'an and could not be disclosed to the public, which was a disguised way of preserving Yu's innocence.

Zhong Sheng was anxious: "Madam, when Yuan'er grows up, if someone says she has a murderous mother, how will your child live?"

Jing Li interrupted him and said, "This matter will be sealed and no one will know about it. Besides, when Yuan'er grows up, it will be more than ten years later. No one will remember this matter by then!"

"As for you, although you are guilty of shielding, your crime is not worthy of death. Instead, you can go to the western suburbs to build fortifications for ten years!"

As soon as these words came out, not only Zhong Sheng was stunned, but Master Chen and Luo Tongpan were also stunned.

Although Zhong Sheng did not kill anyone, he covered up the Yu family's evil deeds and protected the murderer. It is common sense to sentence him to seven or eight years of exile. However, the princess ordered him to build fortifications in the western suburbs.

Although the length of the sentence has been increased, the western suburbs are only a hundred miles away. If there is an amnesty period, he can bribe the Shangguan and go home to visit relatives.

Zhong Sheng touched his head to the ground and choked with sobs: "Your Majesty, I will never be able to repay you for your great kindness!"

"Master Luo, please go and take the second young master to pick up the little girl!"

Jing Li said to Zhong Sheng, "To be honest, I don't have a good impression of your Zhong family, but it's just because of your deep love for your deceased wife that I am willing to take this job!"

"Since I promised you, I will naturally take good care of your child, and I hope you will take care of yourself in the future!"

Zhong Sheng knelt down and cried again. He got up and went back to Zhong's house with Mr. Luo to pick up his little daughter.

After these people left, it was already dusk.

Jingli stood at the study window, looking at the sunset on the horizon, which gradually became darker.

Life is unpredictable. According to the standards of this era, Zhong Sheng can be considered a good man. He has no concubines and so on, and he sings harmoniously with his wife.

If things like Zhong Yuan hadn't happened, the couple would have been able to watch their children grow up.

But since he was targeted by Zhong Yuan, this disaster had been buried long ago. Living under the same roof, he couldn't even hide away.

"You were so absorbed in watching that you didn't even remember to eat lunch?" Tantai Lin behind him said displeased.

When he said this, Jing Li felt hungry in her belly, and then she remembered that she had been waiting with Mr. Chen since the morning, talking about the Zhong family, but she didn't even bother to eat lunch!

"When did you come back?" Jing Li stepped forward and pulled him and said, "Without you here, I lose a little bit of my appetite for meals. It will be more delicious when we wait for you to come back!"

Tantai Lin's face softened a little, but he still said with a stern face: "Don't talk so much. If you don't pay attention to your body like this in the future, it's better not to do anything!"

Jing Li took his hand all the way to the main room and walked under the eaves. She saw Cai Chun and Cai Ling kneeling under the steps. Their faces were a little pale, and they had obviously been kneeling for a long time.

Jing Li said nothing. No matter what the reason was, she would not question Tantai Lin in front of others.The two of them entered the inner room, and Jingli helped Tantai Lin change her clothes.

Tantai Lin laughed sarcastically: "I didn't know my wife was so virtuous!"

He was wearing a middle coat at this time, with a joking expression on his face, and his whole person looked more and more evil.

Jing Li stepped forward and put her arms around his waist and said, "My husband is so handsome, how can I be willing to let others get in my wife's hands? I have no choice but to give them an advantage!"

Tantai Lin snorted coldly: "Really? Is there really nothing else?"

Jing Li hugged his waist and said softly: "Husband, I forgot the time for a moment today, so I missed my meal!"

"It's not that Caichun didn't call me, and the food boxes were sent over. It's just that the Zhong family and his son were making a big fuss at that time!"

"You said that everyone is a bitch, how can I eat in front of others, right?"

Tantai Lin said unsurprisingly: "That coward couldn't protect his wife and children, but he still blamed you. If I were him, I would live such a useless life, and it would be better to be killed head-on!"

Jing Li turned to face the outside and shouted: "Dezi, go and ask Cai Chun and Cai Ling to get up and prepare food for me and the prince!"

Dezi responded outside, knowing that the empress was trying to rescue Caichun and the two, so he hurriedly called the two to get up. They would not be able to walk any longer if they knelt down.

Tantai Lin's eyes flashed with displeasure, and he was about to say something.

She was interrupted by Jing Li: "Husband, let me tell you, if you were that Second Young Master Zhong, what would you do if you knew that a brother was thinking about his wife?"

Tantai Lin said disdainfully: "I can't be him. If I know that someone cares about my wife, let alone a brother, even my biological father, I won't let him die happily!"

Jing Li's heart trembled. She had no doubt that Tantai Lin's words were false. He almost killed his own father back then. No wonder many people didn't want to be friends with him. His temper was too arrogant.

Tantai Lin didn't tell Jing Li that Zhong Yuan had an idea for her. After all, that bastard was dead. After the Zhong family was buried, he had to dig out Zhong Yuan's bones and spread the ashes.

He dares to think about his Tantai Lin's wife, even if he thinks secretly in his heart!

Early the next morning, Mr. Luo inquired about the prince's departure, and then he dared to bring over Zhong Minyuan, the little girl of the Zhong family.

Jing Li looked at the little girl. She was born very cute. Her big watery eyes were full of tears. Her small mouth was holding it back, feeling aggrieved, but she didn't dare to cry anymore.

Jing Li took a piece of pastry and teased her: "Tell me, auntie, why Yuan'er is crying?"

Zhong Minyuan held her mouth for a long time and then said softly: "Yuan'er misses her mother, father and brother!"

Jing Li couldn't help but feel sad. Zhong Sheng was thinking about his daughter's future, but he didn't know how cruel this was to a child under four years old.

Caiyue came over with a small toy to tease her: "You play with it first. As long as you behave, your father will come to pick you up sooner or later!"

Caiyue lured Zhong Minyuan away.

Luo Tongpan then breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I don't know, my Majesty, but something big happened at Zhong's house yesterday!"

Jing Li's heart trembled: "What happened?"

(End of this chapter)