coobybook Chapter 208 Begging for mercy
Chapter 208 Begging for mercy
"Why, now that Yi Yi's status has changed, grandma has changed her mind again. But grandma thinks too highly of me. I have always been the one who has been pestering Yi Yi. Now Yi Yi is a princess. Why does grandma think that she will let go of our Yun family because of my words? Why does grandma think that she will want to marry me?"
After Yun Xiao finished speaking, he closed his eyes slightly and stopped talking.
At this time, Yun Yong finally understood what Old Madam Yun meant. He realized that the abandoned woman his son loved had now become a princess.
As the head of the Yun family, he naturally knew that Madam Yun had sent someone to assassinate Han Yiyi. Of course, in his opinion, an abandoned woman was not worthy of entering the Yun family, so he acquiesced to Madam Yun's actions.
Hearing that Han Yiyi was actually canonized as a princess, regret flashed in her eyes and she spoke to Yun Xiao.
"You can't blame your grandmother. After all, she was just an abandoned woman at the beginning. How could she enter our Yun family? Now her status is different, so she is naturally qualified to enter our Yun family. Now our Yun family is also an imperial merchant. It is not considered a disgrace for the future head of the Yun family to marry a princess of a different surname..."
At this time, Yun Yong had forgotten that his so-called Yun family had been raided.
When Yun Xiao heard what his father and grandmother said, he just found it ridiculous.
At this time, boxes of gold, silver, treasures, antiques and calligraphy and paintings were moved into the national treasury, and Emperor Beichen was so happy that he could hardly close his mouth.
Looking at those things which were so much worse than what he had in Duobao Pavilion before, Emperor Beichen remembered that a few days ago, in order to find treasures for Han Yiyi, he had to enter the bedrooms of several concubines at night. Thinking of what happened that day, Emperor Beichen's legs went weak again and he couldn't help but curse.
"These unscrupulous businessmen should be executed along with their entire families..."
However, just as he finished speaking, he heard the eunuch's announcement that Princess Changning wanted to see him.
All these thoughts were in exchange for Han Yiyi's slap, so he quickly asked someone to call him in.
"Changning is here, come quickly and take a look. Is there anything you like here? Just pick one and I'll give it to you..."
Han Yiyi looked at the boxes of jewelry and jade, knowing that these must have been confiscated from Yunlai, and her eyes darkened.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I don't want them. I'd rather leave these things to the people who were displaced by the flood!"
Han Yiyi knew that the Yun family was confiscated, ostensibly because of the slap that Old Madam Yun had given him! In reality, it was because the Yun family had maliciously raised grain prices during the flood, profiting from the national disaster.
And the slap that Old Lady Yun gave him was just an excuse given by the emperor.
In fact, Han Yiyi understood better what raising food prices meant to the people. Thinking of those villagers who had fought over a mushroom in order to exchange more rice from him, Han Yiyi's originally gloomy eyes darkened again.
But when he thought about how the noble young man, who was originally as gentle as jade, had put himself in danger many times in order to save himself, Han Yiyi felt a little stuffy in his chest, so he pondered for a moment and asked.
"I don't know how the emperor plans to deal with the Yun family..."
"They dared to beat my Beichen princess in the street, so they must be executed!"
Hearing what Emperor Beichen said, Han Yiyi's face turned pale. Thinking of that gentle man, she slowly knelt down. However, before her knees touched the ground, she was helped up by Emperor Beichen.
"Changning, what are you doing? Just say what you want to say..."
Emperor Beichen was shocked when he saw Han Yiyi suddenly kneeling down to him. He had seen Han Yiyi make those things disappear with his bare hands. He thought to himself that if one of them was unhappy and made him disappear, then his reign as emperor would be over. So he quickly reached out to help the man up.
"Your Majesty, I hope you can release the Yun family!"
Hearing Han Yiyi's words, Emperor Beichen narrowed his eyes suddenly and subconsciously looked at the boxes of jewelry and jade on the side.
When Han Yiyi saw Emperor Beichen's expression, he knew that he had misunderstood and hurriedly explained.
"I know that the reason why the emperor raided the Yun family was because they made money from the national disaster. I also think that what the emperor did was right."
"It's just that, because Yun Xiao, the eldest son of the Yun family, saved my life many times during the flood in Ping'an Town, I want to use my identity as a princess to exchange for the lives of the Yun family. I hope that the emperor can release the Yun family from prison. As for the Yun family's property, they are rich and unkind, and they have extorted the people's money and sweat, so they should hand it over to the national treasury."
When Emperor Beichen heard Han Yiyi say this, the expression on his face relaxed. It was absolutely impossible for him to return the property that he had confiscated with great difficulty.
However, when he heard Han Yiyi mention Yun Xiao, a hint of gossip flashed in Emperor Beichen's eyes, and he couldn't help but ask.
"Changning likes the eldest son of the Yun family..."
He remembered that when he knew that Zicheng and Zihui were the children of Nangong Yuan and Han Yiyi, he had asked Nangong Yuan if they needed another marriage. Nangong Yuan's expression at that time showed that he wanted to, but was worried that Han Yiyi would not agree, so he refused.
Now, hearing that Han Yiyi was willing to give up her status as a princess in order to save the eldest son of the Yun family, it was obvious that she was in love with this son.
Thinking of this, a hint of schadenfreude flashed in Emperor Beichen's eyes.
Han Yiyi didn't expect that Emperor Beichen would suddenly ask her this question. She was stunned for a moment and then spoke after a while.
"I am a commoner, a commoner, I am not..." At this moment, Han Yiyi herself might not understand whether she was grateful or liked Yun Xiao.
Emperor Beichen saw Han Yiyi and thought for a long time, but still didn't understand, so he couldn't help but interrupt.
"Okay, I understand. Since the Yun family has saved Changning, they have made contributions. I will spare their lives. Later, I will order someone to go to Jingzhao Prefecture with you, and you just need to release them!"
"As for your position as princess, it is naturally still yours. You got it by saving so many people. I conferred the title on you personally. How can you just give it up? And it is even more impossible to abolish it for those useless people in the Yun family. Go ahead!"
"I thank the emperor!"
Following the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict to Jingzhao Prefecture, Han Yiyi suddenly felt a lump in his throat when he saw the man in a crescent-shaped white gown sitting in the corner with an indifferent look in his eyes.