Chapter 289 (1/2)

t.i.tle: The Dreamer in the Spring Boudoir

Chapter 289 - In the blink of an eye, all the riches and honor had vanished like smoke (2)

The imperial n.o.ble consort suffered a great shock. One after another, the third prince's faction pet.i.tioned the emperor to plead for leniency. Ji Man didn't know the details about this course of events. When the news reached her, it was just this:

”Old Master has been removed from his official position and has to return to his hometown. Ning Errong and Young Master are divorced.” After the servant from Nie Clan knelt down in front of her and reported this news, he took her money and returned to Nie Residence to pack up.

Ji Man blankly stretched her hand out, and a few snowflakes felt onto her palm. They slowly melted.

Nie Clan once had soaring influence and power. It had the imperial n.o.ble consort and the third prince supporting them. There was Nie Xiangyuan as well as all of the other members of Nie Clan stretching out in all directions. It had been like a great, towering tree. They had just been waiting for the army to triumphantly return. After that, the third prince would have been able to smoothly rise up into the crown prince position.

But, the end result was that the army had lost the battle, and it had been their clan's fault. Nie Xiangyuan had always been responsible for the armory and weapons. After Nie Xiangyuan had made such a big blunder, the only reason that the emperor hadn't ordered his execution was because of the imperial n.o.ble consort.

This great, towering tree had been cut down to its roots and was finally slowly withering away.

After Ji Man packed up a few things, she went to send her father off on his way out of the capital.

The loss of his job had forcefully aged Nie Xiangyuan. By his side, Chen-s.h.i.+ wouldn't stop crying. With a couple servants holding her boxes of stuff, she said she wanted Nie Qingyun to support her. She didn't want to leave the capital with her husband.

Although Nie Qingyun still had his position as an official, he decided to go with his father to his hometown, buy an estate, and help him settled down. Hearing Chen-s.h.i.+'s words, he only lightly smiled and said, ”We can't go against the emperor's order.”

Chen-s.h.i.+ hatefully glared at a distant carriage. Baizhi was standing by the side of the carriage.

”No wonder she wanted to get a divorce. She truly has foresight. Rats always leave a sinking s.h.i.+p. Why put on this pretense and come here to send us off?”

Ji Man followed her gaze over. She was looking at Errong's carriage.

In the end, she and Nie Qingyun had still divorced. Her actions had only delayed it by less than a year.

Then, could it be that Nie Sangyu's death was also only delayed? Ji Man quietly laughed.

”This daughter is lacking the power to do her filial duty. Once father has settled down, this daughter will come to pay respects,” Ji Man said, ”Although this daughter knows that father isn't lacking in material items, this represents this daughter's heartfelt intentions.” She placed a bundle into Nie Xiangyuan's hand.

Nie Xiangyuan looked at her with a complicated expression. In the end, he sighed and said, ”Take good care of yourself too.”

An entire estate of concubines and their daughters were all following Nie Xiangyuan out of the capital. Right now, Chen-s.h.i.+'s biggest regret was that she hadn't married off the rest of the daughters when Nie Clan was in its heyday.

Who could have guessed that in an instant the unstable situation would have changed? In the blink of an eye, all the riches and honor had vanished like smoke.

Of course, a part of the imperial court changed. Originally, the imperial n.o.ble consort had already thought of how she would request the position of the crown prince from the emperor, but she quietly put that idea to rest after the results of the battle.