allonlinenovel Chapter 269 Having met the princess, why not pay your respects?
Chapter 269 Having met the princess, why not pay your respects?
Qin Yizhen has always acted this way: she does everything according to her own will or unwillingness. If she is willing, she will do it; if she is not willing, she will not. She will never accept gifts from others, no matter how expensive or good the gift is, because it does not belong to her.
When she asks for help, she doesn't let people do it for free; she always gives them the appropriate benefits.
Lady Changting knew her temperament well, and seeing that she had said so, she did not try to persuade her further. She could only regretfully close the box and return it to the Min family later. As for the princess's kindness, she would let the Min family remember it and repay it in the future.
Qin Yizhen washed up, combed her hair, changed her clothes, and put on a warm cloak before traveling to the Min family in a carriage with Lady Changting.
On the way, Madam Min gave a general account of the Min family's situation. In the end, she lamented Min Siyue's bad luck and cursed Pei Yutang for being shameless.
"Tell me, when you were husband and wife, you didn't cherish each other. You had an affair, and you had two kids with her. You even drugged her to make her infertile, and you caused her to lose her child. What's the use of regretting it now?"
"If you truly know you're in the wrong, and since the other person doesn't want to come back, then you shouldn't pester them. Wouldn't it be better to let go and let her be happy?"
"Why must I force her to turn back, force her to accept me, accept that I have an illegitimate eldest son, accept that I am tattered and patched up?"
Upon hearing this, Qin Yizhen couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Torn and patched up" was indeed a vivid and apt description.
Pei Yutang's clothes are all tattered and patched up, aren't they?
Qin Yizhen said, "When it comes to couples, if it's really about true feelings, then those feelings cannot be tainted. Once they are tainted, it's disgusting and hard to accept. If it's about interests and respect, then they should also receive the respect they deserve."
Pei Yutang had feelings for Min Siyue from the beginning, or rather, he always had feelings for her, but his feelings were not pure. He kept a mistress behind his wife's back and almost had two children with her. It was truly disgusting.
In terms of respect, it seems there wasn't much respect.
True feelings are like wine diluted with water, bland and tasteless; respect is like a flower in a painting, visible but entirely fake.
"This display of deep affection moved him and those outsiders, but it thoroughly hurt the people he cared about. Miss Min probably felt disgusted when she saw him."
The carriage hurried across the road, occasionally landing on a small patch of uncleared snow. The snow had just stopped, but the wind had not yet ceased, blowing wildly and swirling up flakes of white snow.
When the carriage arrived at the Min family's gate, it was already noon. Several layers of people were gathered around the gate, pointing and gesturing at it. The Min family members couldn't get rid of them no matter what they tried; the area was a sea of heads.
"I'm not leaving. If you want to leave, let Siyue come with me. Don't come any closer. If anyone dares to come closer, I'll kill myself!" Pei Yutang's voice was hoarse and cracked, as if he were going crazy.
The people around were talking about it.
"How pitiful, all for his wife."
"The Min family is really foolish. They say it's easy to find priceless treasures, but hard to find a loving husband. Prince Pei is so infatuated with the Min family's daughter, yet he wants to marry someone else."
"Truly, a heart full of devotion was misplaced; a devoted man gave his heart to a heartless woman."
"Poor Prince Pei."
Pooh!
What's so pitiful about this disgusting thing!
Qin Yizhen found it extremely grating to hear; it was clearly pitiful that Miss Min had encountered someone like Pei Yutang.
"The princess has arrived!"
With a chant, the crowd at the entrance of the Min family fell silent for a moment, and then guards with knives stepped forward to clear a path, quickly retreating to both sides of the road, soon creating a passable passage.
The princess car drove by and then stopped in front of the Min family's house.
The crowd knelt and bowed, addressing her as "Your Highness, Princess."
This is why Qin Yizhen doesn't like to go out much. She has to pay respects wherever she goes, which is troublesome. She even has to maintain her princess demeanor in every move, and dare not relax at all, lest she lose the dignity of a royal princess.
Lady Changting was the first to alight from the carriage, followed by Lüqiao who lifted the curtain and helped Qin Yizhen out.
The Min family members rushed over to greet her: "Greetings, Princess! Long live the Princess!"
Lady Changting glanced around and looked at Pei Yutang, who was standing at the door.
He was dressed in a red groom's robe, his headdress had fallen off somewhere, his hair was disheveled, he was holding a bloodstained knife in his hand, his eyes were bloodshot and his appearance was somewhat insane.
Qin Yizhen looked up.
Upon seeing this, Lord Min shouted, "How dare you! You've seen the princess, why don't you come to pay your respects?"
"Young Master Pei, you're brandishing a weapon at the princess. Are you plotting a rebellion? Do you want your entire family to be executed?"
The words 'rebellion' and 'extermination of nine generations' were extremely damaging, and Pei Yutang's expression immediately changed, snapping him out of his madness.
Seeing himself holding a dagger in front of the princess, his hand trembled, and he could barely hold the dagger.
At that very moment, the two guards that the Min family had arranged to kneel beside Pei Yutang suddenly sprang into action. One of them pinned him down, while the other held down the hand holding the dagger. They then snatched the dagger from his hand, and the other guarded him again.
Pei Yutang snapped out of his daze, his face changing drastically, and he struggled desperately: "Let me go! Let me go!"
Two more guards from the Min family came up, two of them held him down and tied his hands behind his back, while the other tied him up with a rope.
Pei Yutang probably knew he couldn't hold out today, and he struggled so fiercely that his face was contorted and his eyes were about to bulge out.
"Let me go! Let me go!"
"Min family, you're being unreasonable!"
"Siyue is my wife! My wife! How could you marry her off to someone else!"
"Siyue, you are my wife! Please come out! I'll take you away! I'll take you away right now, we'll go far away, and no one can stop us from being together!"
"Siyue, you can't marry someone else! I know I was wrong! I regret it. If you can't stand them, I'll send them away, okay?"
"No, no, no, I killed them all! I killed them all! I killed them, Siyue, please forgive me, okay?!"
This is insane! This is absolutely insane!
Those present felt psychologically uncomfortable upon hearing this.
Who is he going to kill?
they?
Which them?
His concubines and eldest son born out of wedlock?!
Even if his concubine was not a good person, and the child's existence was not entirely honorable, it was still too terrifying for him to openly threaten to kill his concubine and child.
Min Sizhu, the eldest son of the Min family, stepped forward and kicked him several times: "You dog, shut up!"
"Guards, lock him up and keep a close watch on him!"
"Since the Marquis of Changyang's mansion can't hold you, then let the Min family do it!"
"If he has so much energy to cause trouble, then don't give him food or water. I want to see how long he can keep up this act!"