HLnovel Chapter 194 Spare His Life
Chapter 194 Spare His Life
When Ge Qiuheng woke up and heard the follow-up, she learned that Shi Minghui had broken his leg. She then felt refreshed and ordered some hot water for a bath. She then picked up a teapot filled with cold tea, ran into the bathroom, and kept gargling.
"Pooh! Pooh! Shi Minghui, you dead pig!"
This time, the Shi family will definitely cancel the engagement!
If you don’t retreat, I’ll beat Shi Minghui, that worse than a beast, to death next time!
Li was extremely distressed. She wiped her tears and advised her to be at ease and not to be ashamed of Shi Minghui's reckless behavior through the screen.
Ge Qiuheng thought to herself, she has no shame at all, and certainly won't be so desperate as to seek death.
Men have three wives and four concubines, and sleep with all kinds of women, but none of them feel ashamed. Why should she feel ashamed?
Living her life over again, she doesn't even care whether to get married or not, so why would she care about the innocent shackles that a man puts on a woman's physical and mental freedom?
In her previous life, she cared too much about her material possessions and her reputation after death, and cared too much about giving her so-called innocence to Shi Minghui, so she was timid and did not dare to divorce, ending up with such a miserable ending.
In this life, she wants to live for herself, not for the eyes of the world.
After Ge Qiuheng finished cleaning up, she came out looking brand new and smiling. She happily ordered the maids to serve breakfast: "I'm starving! Hurry up, hurry up, serve my breakfast. I want to feast on it this morning!"
Seeing her daughter being humiliated, Li was not discouraged but rather very happy. Tears fell down her cheeks. She held her daughter's wrist and asked in tears:
"Are you furious? Are you crazy? Mother Heng, you are my dearest love, don't think in a narrow-minded way! If you are still angry, I will ask someone to break his other leg!"
Ge Qiuheng was stunned for a moment, then realized that her mother had misunderstood her, and said with a smile: "Mom, how could I be so depressed?
I was thinking too much. From now on, I can get rid of Shi Minghui and no longer have to be tied to him. I am so happy!"
Li wiped away her tears, her eyes red, and asked hesitantly: "Are you really not upset? Don't scare me."
"Okay, okay, I'm really not trying to scare you. Don't worry. Come and have breakfast with me."
"I have already eaten."
"Then eat another half bowl of green glutinous rice porridge."
After the mother and daughter finished their breakfast, Ge Qiuheng asked what happened last night.
Li stared at her like an eyeball, afraid that if she missed her daughter, she would hang herself, so she said to her carefully: "It's past midnight, I think he won't come, your father asked people to move away, so as to avoid those guards staying in the back house late at night and spreading gossip.
The thief took this opportunity to knock out several people, knock out several people, and broke in. Later, he wanted to knock you out too. Maybe you woke up and struggled with him, so he dropped the knockout drug bag and knocked himself out as well.
You know what happened later. Your father was very angry and dragged him to the front yard and broke one of his legs. Don't worry, the leg couldn't be saved. Your father is an old hand and knows the consequences.
This time we have a great grudge against the Shi family, so the marriage can definitely be cancelled. My dear girl, you have to be open-minded. There is no hurdle that you cannot overcome.
Your father and I plan to send you to your uncle's house first, and wait for two years until the storm has passed, then you can pick a good family. Anyway, you are not too old, and it won't delay anything if you wait two years. Your father and I are reluctant to let you get married."
Only then did Ge Qiuheng realize that the knockout drug that knocked her and Shi Minghui out was what her father and mother thought was brought in by Shi Minghui.
This is a wonderful misunderstanding.
This just saved her the trouble of explaining the origin of the knockout drug.
To be honest, last night she was afraid that the knockout drug would spill and make her unconscious, or that just the smell would knock someone out, so she didn't dare put it under her pillow or hide it in her quilt, for fear that she would accidentally shake out the powder. In the end, she hid it in the drawer at the head of her bed.
In addition, she hid a dagger under her pillow.
She really didn't have the courage to stab anyone and draw blood, and she was afraid that Shi Minghui would take the dagger away, so she became more and more passive, and finally chose the knockout drug.
This time, credit should be given to that little girl Shi Yao.
If it weren't for the knockout drug, either she stabbed Shi Minghui or Shi Minghui stabbed her last night.
Ge Qiuheng asked some details, and asked Li to ask a doctor to take Madam Zhu's pulse. She also went to visit Madam Zhu in person. It was already noon when she finished all the work.
When Ningyuan Hou returned home after court, he was stopped by the old Duke and Shi Mingzhen.
It turned out that Shi Mingzhen's sitting on the bench was not in vain. He spent some money and finally pried open a servant's mouth, and learned that the Ge family had caught a "thief who climbed over the wall to steal" last night.
When Shi Mingzhen got the news, he knew that the so-called thief must be Shi Minghui, so he hurriedly sent someone back home to invite his grandfather over.
When the old Duke arrived, he happened to block the Marquis of Ningyuan.
Ningyuan Hou dared to ask the Duke of Zhenguo to sit on the bench, but he couldn't neglect the old Duke. He respectfully invited him to the study, asked someone to serve tea, and then gritted his teeth and said:
"We caught a burglar last night and are sending him to the Dali Temple! He stole things from my house, so I'm afraid it's more than just stealing things. Maybe he's a spy from the enemy country, trying to steal the military secrets in my study."
Shi Mingzhen stood behind the old Duke, with a calm appearance but a nervous heart.
If this is sent to the Dali Temple, Shi Minghui will not be able to escape the charge of disobeying the imperial order and deceiving the emperor!
The old Duke smiled and said, "My Lord, you are very clever. When your father was alive, I praised you many times in front of him. You are the best at judging the situation and you are also very brave and good at fighting in your generation.
With you as the patriarch, the Ge family can be rich and prosperous for at least another hundred years.
Xiuming, it's unfortunate for our family. Someone just happened to be missing from our house last night. Maybe it was the little bastard who came to the Ge family and was mistaken for a thief by you? Can you let Xiaosan go and take a look? If it's really someone from our family, I'll give you an apology and please don't bother with him."
Ning Yuanhou smiled, skimmed the foam on the tea leaves, and asked with interest, "What's the apology?"
The old Duke shook his head secretly.
This marriage cannot be accomplished.
The crime of deceiving the emperor is neither big nor small. If Ningyuan Hou turns hostile and makes a scene, he will be subject to capital punishment. If Ningyuan Hou is willing to keep the peace, then it can be pretended that nothing happened.
He took out the engagement jade pendant from his sleeve and motioned Shi Mingzhen to hand over the list of apology.
Ning Yuanhou read it from beginning to end and nodded.
It's okay. His daughter just had a fright and he deserves the compensation.
As for the incident of frivolity, he wanted to chop Shi Minghui to pieces, but he was troubled by the harsh social rules and regulations towards women, so he could not speak openly about it.
Ning Yuanhou sighed heavily, sighing again and again, until the Shi family's father and son were completely disappointed, and then he said, "Well, take the man back, and I will spare his life. Xiao San, go and take him back."
Shi Mingzhen was overjoyed and hurriedly followed the housekeeper to the woodshed to pick up the person.
The old Duke's heart sank.
Sure enough, a moment later, Shi Mingzhen came back in panic, his eyes red and tears rolling down his cheeks, and he clenched his fists in indignation and said:
"Grandfather! Look at Old Eight! He, he, the Marquis broke one of his legs! He is still unconscious!"
His eyes were bloodshot and he glared at Ning Yuan Hou with anger.