Chapter 21: The House is Plundered and Exiled

This entire set of actions absolutely terrified An Yi. This girl is truly… a genius! Even the master seemed unusual today. Once An Liu returns, I must ask him if the master is ill.

Su Nuoli is as stingy as they come, so she only dropped a copper coin. As for taking responsibility—ha! That’s impossible. She’s still young. Even though her mental age might be mature, she only had playful intentions, not thoughts of spending her life together.

After returning home, Su Nuoli didn’t realize that this copper coin would be the beginning of Mo Yunzi’s deep anger, as well as the start of their lifelong bond.

The day after the Lantern Festival was the day Bai Luorou entered the Prince’s residence. Sure enough, just as Bai Luorou was about to leave the house, she was detained, and then the collateral relatives were also implicated.

“By the grace of Heaven, the Emperor’s decree is as follows: Due to Prime Minister Bai Peisheng’s deliberate assistance in the Crown Prince’s rebellion, his house shall be plundered and he shall be exiled, demoted to a convict, and banished 5,000 miles. His descendants are forbidden from taking the imperial exams for three generations and from leaving the northwest.

The collateral family and visitors have committed no major crimes. His Majesty loves the people as his own children, so they are not demoted to the lowest status, only exiled 5,000 miles, and their descendants are likewise forbidden from taking the imperial exams for three generations.

Thus decreed!”

“Commoners accept the decree! We thank His Majesty for his grace!”

In the capital prison, Su Nuoli suddenly thought of the little swallow’s poem: “Walk into a room, surrounded by walls. Look up and see a rat, look down and see a cockroach.”

Sigh! Really. At first, I thought it was just a scam, but now, it feels at least 80% realistic!

Looking closer, the approaching squad includes: Old Master Xue and Sister Xue Yu. What’s going on here?

“Eh, old man, why are you here? I don’t need you to come see me, I’m perfectly fine!” Grandpa said with a shameless face.

“Hmph! Who’s here to see you? I can’t even shake you off. I still have to keep an eye on you on the exile road.” Old Master Xue finally showed a smile.

“Xue Yu, sit here. I’ve tidied up a bit, and at least we can watch out for each other while we’re together.”

“Mm, Nuo Li, my sister. My grandfather was sent into exile because of his remonstrance to the Emperor. It’s actually fine. Grandpa also couldn’t bear to leave your family. He’s also disappointed with the current Emperor. Since we’re all leaving, we might as well leave together, and look, we can still laugh about it here.”

This sounded fine at first, but Su Nuoli always felt like her family had been manipulated. It felt like there was an underlying message that her family’s fate was tied to theirs, and she shouldn’t blame them, just do whatever they want.

Su Nuoli was stunned for a moment, but then thought it wasn’t so serious, so she casually responded, “Don’t worry, we’ve all been demoted to commoners. Once we reach the exile location, we’ll be free.” Su Nuoan added.

“Everything is the best arrangement!” Su Nuoyan nodded.

Everything was quite harmonious until suddenly, a sharp voice shattered the peace.

“Ah! Let go of me! I’m the Prime Minister’s wife! My daughter is the Crown Prince’s concubine! How dare you treat me like this? Be careful, or I’ll make you regret it!”

“Mother, mother, please stop, this is so embarrassing.” Bai Luorou whispered.

The officials grew closer, dragging Wang Wanqing toward the next cell.

What a coincidence! The cells are so close, it’s unlikely things will calm down before we officially set off on our exile journey!

Being with Grandpa Xue wasn’t too bad—though the cell wasn’t spacious, it wasn’t cramped with eighteen people.

The next cell was occupied by the female relatives of the Prime Minister’s residence. Probably, the male members were being interrogated or beaten. But why didn’t I see Aunt Sun, Aunt Bai, or those twin daughters…

Just then, Wang Wanqing started cursing again next door: “Those two sluts actually ran away, damn them.”

The Prime Minister’s old lady said, “What’s the use of saying this now? We need to think about what comes next. And you, Li Niang, why are you wallowing in despair? The child is lost because you couldn’t protect it, and you won’t survive the exile either.”

“Get up, get up, time for food.”

“Du Mama, follow me, we’re going for food. Don’t cause trouble.”

“Pah, what is this? Even pigs wouldn’t eat it. I’m the legitimate young lady!” Bai Luoxue protested.

“Hmph! Still acting like the young lady. You can eat or not. This is your only meal before the exile tomorrow.”