In Love With My Fierce Farming Wife!
Chapter 1070 - 1065: That Shouldn’t Be!

Mrs. Qin-Li cursed the heavens and the earth, utterly disregarding the vulgarity of her words.

This frightened the little Qin family to no end!

Qin Yu, who couldn’t afford to be disrespectful, hurriedly rushed forward and clamped her own mother’s mouth shut.

"Mother! What nonsense are you spouting? How can you say such things... If those outside heard this, it would be a capital crime implicating the whole family!"

"Bah!"

Mrs. Qin-Li forcefully pulled Qin Yu’s hand away: "I don’t know about implicating the whole family or not, I’m just an old woman, but I do know that Qin Yi has no conscience! He... "

Mrs. Qin-Li railed on in a torrent of anger, while Qin Yu exchanged a glance with Qin Yueshi, quietly pulling Qin Xiao out of the room and into a corner to speak softly.

"Second brother, what do you think we should do about this situation?"

"What can we do? Neither you nor I are officials at the imperial court. Even the Empress is helpless, so what can we do? At worst, we help him prepare some travel expenses, just to fulfill our fraternal duties."

Qin Xiao was visibly impatient. He had long grown tired of the empty shell that was the Qin Family.

Just look at this mess, each and every event!

Comforted by Qin Xiao’s words, Qin Yu felt deep empathy and, after discussing with Qin Yueshi, disregarded the ranting and raving Mrs. Qin-Li and hurriedly rushed with Qin Xiao to the Court of Judicial Review prison.

By regulation, convicted criminals would be escorted out of the Capital City three days later by dedicated officers, usually by bailiffs, to their designated exile locations.

Qin Yu almost took all the silver he could from the Qin Family’s Mansion.

Still, to court favor with the officials, most of the silver was spent along the way.

But even so, they waited and waited in front of the prison door until darkness fell upon them. In the September weather, the temperature plummeted as night descended, and both of them shivered with arms wrapped tightly around themselves. When they finally saw an "acquaintance" emerge from the prison, Qin Yu didn’t care about decorum and rushed forward.

"Lord Lih, Lord Lih, hello..."

Qin Yu smiled naively, continuously bowing and greeting Lord Lih with clasped fists. The reason he recognized Lord Lih was from several previous visits during Qin Hao’s trial, when he had encountered him by chance.

"Oh, it’s you! What are you doing here?"

Lord Lih retracted his foot from the coach before climbing in, asking with curiosity.

Qin Yu bowed repeatedly: "Lord Lih, you may not be aware, but we came here to pay a visit to my fourth brother, Qin Hao. He’s been stripped of his office and exiled to the bitterly cold Qiongzhou. I thought, since the journey is long, I prepared some travel expenses and food, intending to hand them to him for the trip. But we’ve been waiting all day and haven’t seen him. So..."

"Oh, you seem to be quite well-informed!"

Lord Lih raised an eyebrow curiously.

But then, recalling Qin Yu’s identity, understanding dawned on him.

Speak of the devil, His Majesty is indeed a benevolent sovereign. His Majesty once lived among commoners as a child and suffered not a little under the care of Qin family members. Yet once proclaimed emperor, he brought the Qin family members to the Capital City, where they lived comfortably. Unfortunately, this nurtured a generation of spoiled brats. How bizarre the Qin family members were, he often discussed with his own wife in private.

With these thoughts, he couldn’t help but shake his head in amusement, sighing, "You, you, as the eldest, you should take on the responsibility to care for and discipline the younger family members. But your fourth brother... forget it, let’s not talk about that. Tell me something else! Since you got the news, why did you bother coming here?"

Lord Lih’s words caused Qin Yu’s cheeks to burn, but thankfully, his tanned face from working the fields all year round spared him from too much embarrassment.

He was rather unsure of the meaning behind Lord Lih’s words, with a look of confusion on his face, he glanced back at Qin Xiao, "If we don’t hurry to this place, where else should we go?"

"Hmm, you don’t know?"

Lord Lih was extremely curious, scrutinizing the expressions of the two, attempting to discern something from them.

Qin Yu and Qin Xiao exchanged a glance, both curiously looking at Lord Lih.

"Would Lord Lih please enlighten the two of us brothers?"

Qin Yu kept bowing with his hands clasped.

"I can’t say it’s enlightenment, but, frankly speaking, I am indeed curious."

Lord Lih waved his hand dismissively, looked around, and upon seeing no one else nearby, he leaned into Qin Yu’s ear and whispered softly.

"Yesterday, they just judged Lord Qin’s case, and right afterwards, the Teacher of Previous Emperor went to meet His Majesty in the palace. You should know about the Teacher of Previous Emperor’s status, right? Your younger brother rode his horse and committed a violent act, causing the death of his only son, even saying he would take a bowl of your brother’s heartblood to pay respects to his son. Who would have known... seeing that your brother was merely exiled, what nice things could he say before His Majesty?"

"I have no knowledge of what exactly was said during the audience with His Majesty, but this morning, His Majesty called for a ministerial meeting and ordered the officials to escort Lord Qin out of the Capital City early."

"By now, the officials escorting Lord Qin must have already left the capital, heading directly south. If you are still here looking for people, how can you possibly find them?"

This revelation changed the complexions of both Qin Yu and Qin Xiao!

When they came seeking Qin Hao, not a single guard at the gate mentioned this to them.

"Don’t blame these errand runners, Lord Qin was secretly escorted out of the city, not to mention them, many officials in the court are also unaware."

Seeing the change in their expressions, Lord Lih realized what that color shift meant.

It appeared that the two really had no idea!

"You should return home early! Look at the sky, it’s about to change!"

Lord Lih shook his head, then swiftly turned and took a few quick steps to mount his carriage, the coachman snapped the whip quickly, and soon the carriage sped away.

Left behind, Qin Yu and Qin Xiao were unable for a long while to come back to their senses, shivering in the cold wind.

"Let’s go! Let’s return. Didn’t you see they’ve already left? Why are you still standing here in the northwest wind? Bad luck!"

Qin Xiao cursed angrily and turned to stride back the way they had come.

"No, it shouldn’t be like this!"

Qin Yu hurriedly caught up to Qin Xiao, and while walking, clutched the bundle in his hands tightly against his chest, "Think about it! Didn’t I ask Shuang’er to help explain things for our fourth brother? Shuang’er gave her word, those Palace Maidens who do the purchasing told me personally, how could there be a mistake? Second brother, what do you think...?"

He simply could not understand.

"How would I know if you don’t know? I don’t have a Thousand-Mile Eye and Downwind Ear. It’s so cold, let’s hurry!"

Qin Xiao tightened his sleeves and tucked his hands into them, increasing his stride.

Qin Yu kept muttering to himself but also quickened his pace to follow.