kingnovel Chapter 502: Danyang Marquisate Panic
Chapter 502: Danyang Marquisate Panic
The news of Ye Yanran's sudden death reached the Danyang Marquis' Mansion, making the already panic-stricken people even worse.
Mrs. Gan, who lost her daughter, fainted several times from crying. She had hoped to use Xia Ying's help to rescue Ye Yanran from the cold palace, but after all the trouble, not only was Ye Yanran not rescued, she also lost her life. How could Mrs. Gan not be sad?
But in the entire Danyang Marquis Mansion, she was the only mother who truly cried for Ye Yanran, while others were worried about the future fate of the Anyang Marquis Mansion.
Especially Old Madam Ye and Marquis Danyang. Although they didn't know what happened to Ye Yanran that caused her to suddenly escape from the cold palace and lose her life, they were sure that Ye Jintang had no feelings for Marquis Danyang's Mansion.
If she had had a little compassion, Ye Yanran and her son would definitely not have died.
"What should we do now? The Queen's coronation ceremony is over. I'm afraid Ye Jintang will punish us."
Marquis Danyang sat on the chair with a sad face, while Old Madam Ye beside him scolded Ye Jintang.
"As expected of a bitch's offspring, if I had known this would happen, I should have strangled Ye Li to death, and there wouldn't be all these troubles now."
"It's too late to say anything now."
Feeling irritated, Marquis Danyang thought that it would have been better if he had treated Ye Jintang well when Ye Li's family was murdered.
"Ye Jintang is an ungrateful person. I want to see how she will deal with us."
At this moment, Old Madam Ye still held a glimmer of hope in her heart. Even if Ye Jintang hated the Danyang Marquisate in her heart, her surname was Ye after all, and she had just been crowned queen. As long as she was not a fool, she would not take action against her own family at this time.
After all, the Danyang Marquisate still has some respect in the capital. If Ye Jintang destroyed her own family, someone would probably say behind her back that she was a cruel and ruthless woman. Such a reputation is not suitable for the heir of a country.
"We cannot sit idly by."
Having said that, Marquis Danyang stood up and walked out the door.
"Where are you going?"
"Let's go meet some of my old friends. If Ye Jintang really wants to do something to us one day, at least there will be someone to speak up for us."
"Business, business. We need to prepare in advance. We can't let Ye Jintang really destroy the Marquis' Mansion. I will also go find a few of my old sisters. Maybe they can help us at the critical moment."
The two of them acted separately, just to protect the Marquis's Mansion.
Unfortunately, no matter how hard they try, the Danyang Marquisate will eventually disappear from the capital.
Not long after the queen's coronation ceremony, Ye Jintang asked someone to call Xia Changgui and his son Xia Tianyang over.
"You two will say it yourself, or I will use some tricks to force you to say it."
Ye Jintang looked down at Xia Changgui who was kneeling on the ground. He was really similar to her father Ye Li.
"Your Majesty, please understand. I really don't know what you are talking about."
"I know everything about the Marquis of Danyang's Mansion. You don't think they've kept your family alive just for Aunt Xia's sake, do you?"
Xia Changgui knelt on the ground and didn't dare to raise his head. Although he was extremely frightened, he still held on and didn't let himself utter a single word.
"Someone bring Xia Ying over here."
Xia Ying was brought over, fell to her knees, and cried, "Dad, just tell me where the treasure is hidden. The Queen already knows about it."
"What nonsense are you talking about, you stupid girl? How could there be treasure in our house? Are you crazy?"
Xia Changgui, who was already afraid, never expected that his daughter would know about this. He wanted to go up and strangle her to death. This was the life of their Xia family's descendants, how dare she destroy it.
"Dad, I am doing this to save the Xia family. The Queen has medicine in her hand. After taking it, you can only tell the truth. Then you still have to tell the secret. Dad will be beheaded if he angers the Queen. You don't want to see our whole family being beaten to death, right?"
Xia Ying looked crazy. Ever since the lotus leaf incident, she had witnessed so many palace maids and eunuchs being beaten to death. She was so traumatized that she started to act a little abnormal.
"I have no secrets, I have no secrets."
Xia Changgui was so frightened that his body was shaking like a sieve, but he still held on tightly and refused to give in.
"I have one last question for you. Xia Changgui, do you want to say it yourself, or do you want me to do something about it?"
Ye Jintang, who had little patience, looked coldly at the Xia family members kneeling on the ground. She thought that Xia Changgui had a strong psychological quality. He could still be so stubborn even at this point.
"I say, Queen, I know where the treasure is."
Xia Tianyang is young and has never seen such a scene. He is still young and does not want to die, so he doesn't want money. What's the use of money if he's going to die?
"Tian Yang."
"Dad, being alive is more important than anything else."
Ye Jintang once thought that even if Eunuch Xia and Marquis Danyang had the courage, they could only come up with three or five hundred thousand taels of silver at most. But when she saw the detailed list of treasures, she was still a little shocked.
In addition to various gold, silver and jade articles, the long list of treasures included one million taels of silver and two hundred thousand taels of gold. How did they steal so much silver from the palace bit by bit?
No wonder Marquis Danyang has kept the lives of the Xia family. He has not returned so much silver, but he has to keep it.
Xia Changgui gave the silver to Ye Jintang and also told her in detail what happened that year.
At that time, Eunuch Xia knew that his cooperation with Marquis Danyang would sooner or later run into problems. In order to leave a way out for the Xia family, he married his sister to Marquis Danyang as a concubine and hid the last sum of silver.
When Aunt Xia's child grows up and becomes Marquis of Danyang, he will tell Aunt Xia's child about the treasure.
Eunuch Xia also knew that their small family could not protect so much money, but it would be different if Aunt Xia's child became a marquis.
Unfortunately, Eunuch Xia had not anticipated the shamelessness of Marquis Danyang. He first killed Eunuch Xia, then poisoned Concubine Xia, leaving only Xia Changgui alone, and slowly tormented him, hoping that one day he would be able to figure out the secret of the treasure.
"It seems like it's time to make peace with the Danyang Marquisate."
Ye Jintang did not clean up the Danyang Marquis Mansion herself. She only needed to produce evidence of the crimes committed by the Danyang Marquis Mansion over the years.
In particular, the matter of Madam Gan colluding with Ye Yanran and others to buy and sell official positions was exposed. On the same day, Madam Gan, Ye Dong, Ye Xinyuan, and everyone in the Gan family were thrown into prison.
Before the case was officially opened for trial, the matter of Eunuch Xia was also exposed.
Marquis of Danyang was captured.
For a time, the entire capital was discussing this matter.
Some people said that Ye Jintang was the current queen, so this matter would definitely be let off lightly. The Danyang Marquis' Mansion just needed to return the silver it had embezzled. As for Madam Gan, she was the mistress of the Danyang Marquis' Mansion after all. For the sake of Ye Jintang's face, they would find a scapegoat to take the blame, and the matter would be over.
The crowd of onlookers didn't know that all of this was authorized by Ye Jintang, so how could she excuse them?
One of the people who were punished was the Gan family. They made a lot of money by relying on Ye Yanran's relationship. In the end, the entire Gan family was sentenced to exile in Lingnan.