The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family-Chapter 639: Blessing in Disguise - My Sister (4)_1

However, the Crown Prince had come of age and his position was stable, also maintaining good relations with Prince Yong’an. Therefore, with Consort Yu and Consort Xian jointly managing the inner palace, neither Prince He Qing nor Prince Yongle posed a threat to the Crown Prince’s position.

But now, as the Emperor gradually aged, the struggle for the throne became inevitable!

What was a case of poisoning out of dissatisfaction and vengeance against the lack of justice of the Imperial Court had turned into this. Pei Qin and Mo Heng were caught in a disaster they didn’t deserve.

Xiao Guangbi had made two appeals, and there were also petitions from Shen Bi and others. The Emperor recalled Pei Qin’s contribution to planting sweet potatoes and the twists and turns in rewarding him. Now, having suffered this groundless calamity and wrongful imprisonment, he ordered the release of Pei Qin and Mo Heng, proclaiming their innocence across the land and summoning them to his presence.

Upon the decree’s arrival, Shen Songming, Fang Liuming, Fang Fu, Feng Wei, and the mute guard were all waiting outside the Prison of the Ministry of Justice, holding cotton-padded jackets and other clothes.

The eunuch tasked with announcing the decree came over, read the imperial edict, and thereupon released Pei Qin and Mo Heng.

"Young master!"

"Cousin..."

"Qinqin! Mo Heng!"

Upon seeing the two come out, several people immediately crowded around them.

"At last, I see the light of day again, let’s hurry back! I’m nearly filthy to death!" After a journey in the prison cart and being detained for nearly half a month, with abuse and punishment, Pei Qin was almost unrecognizable.

Shen Songming brought over a cloak to drape over her.

Mo Heng threw him a cold glance, blocked him, and took the cloak to drape over Pei Qin himself.

Shen Songming frowned and gave him a look, saying, "Let’s go back and freshen up first, we’ll talk later!"

"Alright!" Fang Liuming saw that the two were somewhat presentable, but their pitiful and wretched appearance still made his heart sour. He didn’t yet know how Cousin Qian was faring back at Old Pei’s House. The Pei family wouldn’t miss this opportunity to act, and he wondered if she could withstand it. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓

Mo Heng helped Pei Qin onto the carriage and heard the sound of horse hooves. Turning around, he saw Xiao Guangbi’s carriage approaching, the curtain lifted, and Xiao sitting inside, smiling and nodding at him.

He nodded back at him, then Mo Heng boarded the carriage.

Shen Songming glanced at Xiao Guangbi and chuckled silently. If Mo Heng weren’t so capable, he and Pei Qin would have had their faces ruined by this surgically altered man! The throne? It was beyond his reach in this lifetime!

Fang Liuming and Fang Fu didn’t recognize Xiao Guangbi, just looked puzzled for a moment, then boarded the carriage behind.

A group of people hurried to Shen Songming’s private residence on Dongda Street.

Chen Gua, Cui Liang, and the shopkeeper from the soy sauce shop had been released ahead of time. They hadn’t been tortured severely, having sustained only minor injuries and fright.

While it was Pei Qin and Mo Heng who had been plotted against, it was Chen Gua, Cui Liang, and Shopkeeper Tao from the store who were the truly undeserved victims of the disaster. Seeing them, Pei Qin apologetically comforted them, giving each person twenty taels of silver as compensation for their distress, and she took care of their medical expenses.

With tears in their eyes, they thanked her, "As long as we can get out and our employer is safe, that’s better than anything!"

Pei Qin patted Chen Gua and Cui Liang on their shoulders.

Mo Heng looked at her hand, "Let’s go freshen up first!"

Pei Qin nodded and went into the house to bathe and refresh herself. Mo Heng followed, "I’ll apply medicine to you."

"My injuries have healed, why apply more medicine?" Pei Qin glanced at him.

"It’s a scar-removing ointment, it needs to be applied every day," Mo Heng insisted, not wanting her to be scarred all over.

Unable to argue with him, Pei Qin let him come with her.

Feng Wei and the mute guard brought in hot water, and after changing the water three times, Pei Qin finally felt clean all over.

Mo Heng had her lie on a soft couch and carefully applied the ointment to every scar on her body.