“Are you also a servant of the Wei Family?”
Glancing at Qingying standing behind the wheelchair, Tian Yi walked towards him.
“No, General. I was once a soldier under the Prince. Because the Prince once showed me kindness, and hearing of his wedding, and I happened to be in the Imperial City, I came specially to attend his wedding. But I didn't expect… This is my household register.”
Qingying was prepared. Having spoken halfway, he took out a thin piece of paper and handed it to him. Although he was the Captain of the Royal Guard for Wei Chengyi, he usually did not appear, almost like a Shadow Guard. In the Prince's Mansion, only Zhao Yuping and her son knew him, so he was not afraid that others would expose him.
“Hmm.”
After taking and looking at his household register, confirming that he was truly a Good Citizen, Tian Yi returned it to him: “Since you are not a Wei Family member, nor their servant, then leave quickly and don't cause trouble here.”
“Yes, thank you, General. I'll leave now.”
Qingying hurriedly bowed and thanked him. Tian Yi looked at Wei Chengyi again, said nothing, and turned to leave with the soldiers.
“Madam, take care.”
Turning to face them, Qingying bid farewell with a somber expression.
“Hmm, go. Go far away.”
Zhao Yuping nodded with tears in her eyes. At this time, the fewer people the better. She couldn't ask them to accompany them into exile.
Seeing this, Qingying's lips moved, but he said nothing. Finally, he exchanged a look with Shen Xiangwan that only they understood, then turned and left with the soldiers who had come closer to urge them.
“General Tian, my name is Zhao Shan, and I'm here to pick up the people.”
At the same time, a group of more than ten constables entered one after another. The man in the lead, named Zhao Shan, looked to be about thirty years old, extremely tall, with a fierce expression, quite intimidating.
“It's them.”
Nodding, Tian Yi gestured towards the Wei Family members.
“Yes.”
Responding cautiously, Zhao Shan raised his hand and said, “Brothers, let's get to work.”
“Yes.”
A group of constables carried two bundles of coarse linen clothes forward, opened them, and said harshly, “You have a quarter-hour to change out of your clothes.”
The members of the Prince's Mansion usually wore silks and satins, which were worth some silver, so it was impossible to let them take them away. At the same time, this was also to prevent them from hiding wealth on their persons.
“This…”
Looking at the dirty clothes in their hands, the already bad expressions of the Wei Family members became even worse. The women couldn't help but sob again. They had never suffered such hardship in their lives. And this was only the beginning.
“What? Do you need me to help you change?”
Having waited a long time without seeing them move, one of the constables sneered. These people still thought of themselves as powerful nobles?
“Hurry up and change!”
“Ah!”
Seeing them still standing there motionless, another constable’s whip lashed out at the person closest to him, causing the person to cry out in fright. Having narrowly avoided it, he dared not hesitate any longer and tremblingly took off his outer clothes and put on the dirty coarse linen clothes.
With him taking the lead, the others dared not delay and successively changed their clothes.
“Aunt, it hurts.”
At the rear of the procession, the young child, having just changed clothes, uncomfortably wriggled their small body. The tender, lovely little face was filled with discomfort. Don't blame them for being too delicate; they were only two years old. Not crying was already considered well-behaved.
“Be good, bear with it for a while. Once we leave the Imperial City, we'll change back, okay?”
Stroking his head with heartache, Shen Xiangwan knelt down and softly comforted him.
“Okay!”
Red-eyed, they looked at her, then at their Grandmother and others. The young child nodded obediently.
“An'an is so good.”
“Mmm.”
As a reward, Shen Xiangwan secretly slipped a candy into their mouth and winked at them, hinting that they should not make a sound. The young child was also clever, immediately covering their small mouth, their round eyes blinking lively, looking extremely cute.
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