mesbooks Chapter 123 Cai Liyang Imprisoned
Chapter 123 Cai Liyang Imprisoned
They corresponded for several years without any problems, which emboldened her, and she dared to mention more things in her letters.
However, these letters were obtained by Qin Wanying's Shadow and handed directly to Ding Yuyan.
Ding Yuyan took these letters and went directly to report Cai Liyang, accusing him of harboring a criminal's daughter and having an affair with her.
When the people from the Dali Temple went to arrest Cai Liyang, Cai Liyang was dumbfounded. So many years had passed, yet it had been discovered now.
Later, when they learned that it was Ding Yuyan who had reported it, they remained silent for a long time.
Cai Liyang's cover-up of the daughter of a disgraced official was confirmed, ruining his career and leading to his imprisonment.
Wearing prison clothes and sitting in the prison, he truly regretted it.
My life has been both made and broken by women.
If he hadn't married Ding Yuyan and borrowed the power of the Ding family, he would never have achieved what he has today.
He is now in prison because he had an affair, and his ex-wife reported him.
He couldn't help but feel regret.
Actually, Ding Yuyan was quite good to her. If she could have lived a good life with Ding Yuyan, why would things have come to this?
He ruined his life for a fickle woman.
Cai Liyang's crime was relatively minor, and his children were not implicated. Cai Yuanling and others were not affected. However, even after Cai Liyang was released from prison, he could no longer hold an official position.
Zhou Lin was already supposed to be exiled, but he was still sentenced to be exiled to a harsh and cold place. The original exile period was twenty years, but now it has been changed to never be allowed to return.
Zhou Lin was crippled by Cai Liyang, and now she walks with a limp, making it very difficult for her to move around. She also had to work in the place of exile, which was extremely miserable.
As for Cai Huixin, his biological father came looking for him.
When Ding Yuyan sent someone to tell Cai Huixin's biological father that she had a daughter, he was overjoyed.
Her father was a gambler, and after Zhou Lin became pregnant with his child, she didn't dare tell him that the child was his, for fear of future complications.
Now that he was heavily in debt, he immediately reported it to the authorities, conducted a blood test to prove paternity, and his daughter was awarded to her.
As soon as he got his daughter, he sold her to a wealthy merchant as a concubine. Although her leg had been crippled before, she was still paid a lot of money because of her good looks.
How could Cai Huixin be content to be a merchant's concubine? She had great ambitions; she wanted to marry into a high-ranking family, to a king or general. How could she be a merchant's concubine!
That merchant has over thirty concubines and maids!
She saw Cai Yuanling when she was being carried into the mansion in a merchant's sedan chair.
She scrambled off the sedan chair, dragging her crippled leg to Cai Yuanling's side.
Cai Yuanling was startled. Looking at the person in front of her, wasn't that Cai Huixin?
Tears streaming down her face, Cai Huixin pleaded, "Sister, sister, please save me! I'll be your servant, I'll do anything for you, I don't want to be your concubine..."
Looking at Cai Huixin in front of her, Cai Yuanling felt as if she had been in another world.
This woman, who was several years younger than her, ultimately caused such a terrible tragedy for her entire family, and she herself was beheaded.
If we save her, wouldn't it be like the farmer saving the snake?
The merchant got off the carriage. He recognized Cai Yuanling; she was the heir of the Marquis of Dingbei and the wife of Qin Xingyuan, the Minister of Personnel!
This is someone he absolutely cannot afford to offend.
He hadn't properly investigated this woman's background. She called Cai Yuanling "sister"—could they really be related?
Cai Yuanling looked at her coldly: "Who do you call 'sister'? You dare to call me 'sister'?"
He then turned to the wealthy merchant and said, "Since she's your person, keep a close watch on her and don't let her run around in the streets."
After saying that, he left without looking back.
The wealthy businessman bowed and scraped behind Cai Yuanling, saying, "Don't worry, sir, the Yan family will definitely keep an eye on her and not let her leave our house!"
The wealthy businessman slapped Cai Huixin across the face: "Don't go around claiming relatives everywhere, or you might offend someone important!"
From then on, Cai Yuanling never saw Cai Huixin again.
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The matter concerning the Cai family has been settled.
Everyone in the Marquis's residence breathed a sigh of relief.
Those troublemakers will never be able to cause any more trouble.
The Ding clan will not be wiped out, and another member of our side has been preserved.
Qin Yonghua has returned from his business trip.
Before the people arrived, the goods came back first—more than a dozen cartloads of valuables.
My rich third brother is back!
Qin Wanying smiled as she watched the carriages and horses gradually entering the courtyard.
Qin Yezhong and Yang Xiurong stood in the courtyard, both somewhat dumbfounded.
The third brother has only been gone for a short time, what kind of business could he do to earn so much money?
They're not going to rob people, are they?
Hehe, my third brother is a master at seizing business opportunities and investing. Investing in him is definitely a sure thing!
Qin Yonghua walked in from outside the courtyard, beaming with joy and high spirits.
"Father and Mother, you lent your son 500,000 taels of silver back then, which is why your son was able to earn so much money back. Now your son is repaying you tenfold," Qin Yonghua solemnly said to Qin Yezhong and his wife.
Yang Xiurong beamed with joy, but Qin Yezhong looked worried. "Son, did you get this money through legitimate means?"
Qin Yonghua said seriously, "Father, rest assured, the money is guaranteed to be from an honest source. When I was a child, you taught me to always be upright, and I will never forget that."
Qin Yezhong nodded. His son shouldn't do anything immoral or illegal.
Qin Yonghua turned to look at Qin Wanying again and said sincerely, "Wanying, thank you."
If it weren't for Wan Ying, I wouldn't have had so much capital.
He still favored this younger sister. He had already spotted several good locations in Kyoto and wanted to buy a few shops and put them under her name.
Qin Yonghua spoke to Qin Wanying with great sincerity, so Qin Wanying did not refuse.
She will earn even more money for her third brother in the future.
Qin Yonghua had already prepared a list of gifts to be given to the Duke's mansion and showed it to her mother directly.
Yang Xiurong smiled knowingly after reading it: "My son has finally learned to think about his marriage!"
The gift list prepared earlier was for the Marquis of Zhong'an's residence. Although it was not bad, it still seemed meager for the Duke of Wei's residence. Qin Yonghua added a lot of things himself, all of which he bought himself.
This gift list is enough to marry not only the daughter of the Duke of Wei, but even a princess.
"Since I'm asking to marry the daughter of the Duke of Wei, I need to show her my sincerity," Qin Yonghua said.
It's his good fortune that the daughter of a duke is willing to marry him; how could he not cherish it?
When the betrothal gifts were delivered to the Duke of Wei's residence, the Duke of Wei stared wide-eyed at the long list of gifts.
He had expected the gifts to be expensive, but he hadn't anticipated that there would be so many or that they would be so valuable.
Later, upon learning that Qin Yonghua had earned most of these things through his own hard work, people held him in even higher regard.
This guy is good at handling things; I reckon he'll treat his daughter well in the future too.
Duke Wei showed the gift list to his daughter, Wu Hanxiang, who beamed with joy.
She had secretly loved Qin Yonghua for many years, but Qin Yonghua had always been indifferent to her.
Now, not only is she able to marry him, but he is also taking this marriage so seriously, which makes Wu Hanxiang feel that her years of unrequited love have finally been rewarded.
Qin Wanying felt it was time to tell Qin Yonghua about something that would happen in the future, so she came to Qin Yonghua.