The empress is pregnant, and the emperor's incense continues

The maid had already received Meng Wenyao's instructions, so how could she possibly elope with Ma Yang? She said worriedly and fearfully, "Brother Ma, since you know who we have offended, let's go to the government and sue him. Who is he? Can he be above the law?"

Ma Yang paused, not knowing how to explain that he could not sue the government for someone he had offended. Not to mention whether he could defeat Xie Jinbao, even if Xie Jinbao was sent to jail, wouldn't he go in with him?

But he couldn't explain it in detail to his beloved, so Ma Yang was very anxious: "You don't know the interests involved. That man is deeply favored by the prince. I may not be able to win the lawsuit against him if I go to the government. Besides, I haven't caught him. It's difficult to convict him without catching him red-handed."

The maid pretended to nod and refused to elope: "But Brother Ma, since he is deeply favored by the prince, even if we go to another place, if he still pursues us, how far can we escape? I think you should return to the palace and find a peacemaker to solve the problem."

In short, no matter what Ma Yang said, the maid was unwilling to leave. Ma Yang had no choice but to return to his half-burned house dejectedly, and he kept thinking between running away and going back to the palace to beg for mercy.

In the palace, after Meng Wenyao learned that Ma Yang was distracted by the fire, she discussed with Xie Chenyi that they needed to inform Xie Jinbao.

Finally, Xie Jinbao learned that Ma Yang had resigned. He immediately thought that someone who knew the secret was about to escape from his control. How could this be possible?

He immediately bribed a few people, intending to get rid of Ma Yang without anyone knowing, so that the secret of Xie Nanan's death would no longer be known to anyone.

On this day, Ma Yang went to the street to buy some cooked food and planned to discuss with his sweetheart whether he could leave the capital to hide for a while.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he reached the alley leading to his home, several drunken men staggered towards him.

Ma Yang knew that drunk people were the most unreasonable, so he immediately moved to the wall and said in a gentle voice, "Brothers, please go. I will make way for you."

The drunks exchanged glances, chuckled, and asked, "Brother, where do you live?"

Ma Yang suddenly thought of something and calmly pointed to the house next to his own not far away.

"Where do I live, bro?"

At this time, someone muttered, "Boss, you got the wrong person, it's not this one."

A few people had important matters to attend to, so they looked at Ma Yang and planned to leave, but after taking just two steps, someone reacted.

"This person looks familiar. Could it be that Ma Yang is so clever that he deliberately said the wrong place to mislead us?"

Although they spoke in a low voice, Ma Yang was listening with his ears tilted. Even though he didn't hear everything, his name was still accurately heard, and he ran away instantly.

Several people behind him quickly caught up and tripped Ma Yang without saying a word. Soon Ma Yang fell and was surrounded by people.

"Brother, you are drunk, why did you trip someone?"

"Yeah, I was drunk and couldn't see clearly. Ouch, what's that hitting my foot?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ma Yang was kicked hard in the stomach. He curled up and begged for mercy, but those people ignored him and kept punching and kicking him like raindrops.

He understood instantly that Xie Jinbao had deliberately found a few drunkards to stage a drunken brawl, and then he was beaten half to death and slowly died miserably in the ruins of the house.

At this time, he regretted very much why he did not report to the police, and even more regretted why he had joined forces with Xie Jinbao to murder Xie Nanan. It was just that he was discovered stealing Xie Nanan's things. With the relationship between him and Xie Nanan, he might not be kicked out of the palace, but he was too scared at that time and had to listen to Xie Jinbao's arrangements.

But it was too late now. He knew that half of his life was almost gone. If he didn't resist, he would really die here today.

He picked up the cooked food on the ground with difficulty and threw it forward with all his strength. The food just hit the door next to him.

It might be a moment, or it might be a long time, and then the door suddenly opened.

"Brother Ma, what's wrong with you?"

A crisp voice interrupted the fight between several people. Someone turned around, glared at them and said, "Go back and pretend you didn't see anything, or I'll beat you up too."

The maid was told that it was impossible for her to let Ma Yang die. Besides, there were several masters from Xie Chenyi's faction in her yard, so she was not afraid at all.

"Help! Someone come quickly! Someone is killing someone!"

The sudden shout made the drunks at a loss for what to do for a moment. While they were stunned, the neighbors came out with kitchen knives and axes to help.

Finally, Ma Yang was rescued again. The first thing he said after waking up was: "Take me to report to the police."

In the palace, Xie Jinbao listened to the report from the man who came: "He was beaten to death for a long time. It seems that he will not survive these few days. Don't worry, young master."

Xie Jinbao was leisurely playing with the bird cage and casually threw a bag of loose change as a reward.

"No one can escape from my grasp."

As soon as he finished speaking, a servant ran in and fell to the ground.

"Sir, the Meng family is here, wanting to cancel the engagement?"

"what?"

Xie Jinbao scratched his ears and asked in confusion: "The Meng family, isn't it my sister-in-law's family? They've been married for so long, and they're still calling off the engagement?"

"That's right, go quickly, Concubine Bao is almost fainted from anger."

In the hall, Meng Wen Yao was supported by a maid, listening to the relatives that Madam Meng had found from nowhere, crying and wailing in the hall.

"What sin did our Meng family commit to deserve being tricked into marriage by your palace? Our Meng family has been a clean family for generations. Do we deserve to be lambs in the eyes of you princes and nobles?"

"What kind of black-hearted scumbag is it that you want to marry into the Meng family? Aren't you afraid of going to hell after you die?"

"I think your palace will suffer retribution sooner or later. Don't expect to live a peaceful day again."

As the relative wailed, Meng Wenyao had quietly moved to Madam Meng's side and asked in a low voice, "Mother, what's going on?"

"I heard from your eldest son that all of this was discussed with you. How come you didn't know?"

Meng Wen Yao was stunned and hurriedly searched for Xie Chenyi in the crowd. Seeing him shake his head and nod, she finally felt relieved. Since there was a plan, there must be preparations.

After listening to the relative's scolding for a long time, Prince Fenyang could no longer bear it. He glared at the princess and asked her to speak. The princess didn't even look at him. Since he was not scolding her son, she didn't bother to pay attention.

Finally, Concubine Bao, who had been very haggard recently, forced herself to ask, "Madam Meng, I don't know what happened. Why do you want to scold our palace like this? After all, our two families are relatives..."

"Bah! Bullshit in-laws, you guys tricked us, otherwise no family would be willing to marry their daughter to you."