The Devious First-Daughter

Chapter 393 I Will Make It Follow the Rules

After such a bizarre occurrence, the atmosphere in the whole Lord Protector’s Manor was very depressing. All the servants were trembling with fear. They were afraid that if they were not careful, they would make their masters angry and get themselves killed.

The news that an orphan girl had been tortured to death in the backyard of the Lord Protector’s Manor spread very quickly. Everyone was concerned about this matter. But there was another thing that had quietly started. Prince Yi’s, the Third Prince’s, and the Fourth Prince’s marriage partners had already been settled. Then, they needed to go through the preparation process.

In order to show that Prince Yi was different from the Third Prince and the Fourth Prince, Prince Yi’s marriage would be held one month earlier than that of the Third Prince and the Fourth Prince. Prince Yi would get married immediately. However, the Third Prince and the Fourth Prince had to get married after one month. His two nephews could only get married after Prince Yi got married.

Whether it was in terms of seniority or status, this was reasonable. After discussing these processes in the court, they were ready to send gifts to the Lord Peace’s Manor.

For some unknown reasons, Prince Yi’s gifts had not been sent out yet. Boasting about his sister, who was about to become Prince Yi’s consort, a cousin of Commandery Princess Xianyun showed off in front of others. While drinking and eating at a girlie restaurant, he fought with a guy, and he beat that guy to death on the spot.

Initially, as long as the other party did not pursue the matter, it would be fine. However, the other party did not take this lightly. The dead man was related to an imperial concubine. By the time the Lord Peace’s Manor found about this matter, something had already happened in the imperial court. The imperial concubine cried in front of the imperial study and said that her family had only this one son for several generations in a patrilineal line of descent.

The emperor was furious and sent people to summon Lord Peace and Prince Yi. Lord Peace came soon. However, the eunuch, who went to call Prince Yi, came back and reported that he could not find him, because Prince Yi was dealing with the rebellion in Annan State outside. The people of Prince Yi’s Manor made an apology to the emperor and said that they would ask him to come to the palace after they found the Prince.

Since the new dynasty had just been established for more than ten years, most places had already been conquered, but Annan had always been a big threat to them. Initially, Annan had turned traitor and had gone over to the new dynasty. To subdue them at that time, the former emperor appointed the three kings of Annan, and then they surrendered.

Unexpectedly, when the late emperor passed away, the Annan State became restless. These days, it seemed that they had secretly wanted to become independent and might launch a rebellion. More than a decade ago, the former dynasty was wiped out. Many treasures were destroyed in the fire, and then the palace was rebuilt. The national treasury was empty, so it was tough to take action at this time. Therefore, the emperor adopted a conciliatory policy and wanted to offer amnesty and enlistment to the rebels.

Most of these things were now under Prince Yi’s control. Compared with that, the fight between playboys was indeed a minor issue. Moreover, it was not related to Ao Chenyi. After all, Commandery Princess Xianyun was not his consort yet.

The emperor wanted to pass the problem onto Ao Chenyi, but he could not come up with an excuse. He was still not in the manor, and the servants in the mansion said that he had gone out to settle some matters, so they were unable to locate him at this time. In desperation, the emperor could only suppress his anger and deal with this matter himself, with a cold face.

Ao Chenyi was indeed not in the manor at this time. His courtyard was not big, which was the place he had arranged for Ning Xueyan.

Ning Xueyan had been “invited” by him again.

There was a flower shelf hanging in the middle of the courtyard, which was full of blooming roses. Clusters of light blue flowers were scattered among the flowers. Some of them trailed down, which made them look very eye-catching.

Under the flower shelf, Ao Chenyi leaned against a couch, lazily basking in the sun. He glanced at Ning Xueyan, who was sitting next to him, with a smile on his handsome face.