Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 854 - 856: Probe (3)

Chapter 854: Chapter 856: Probe (3)

Upon seeing Jin Dapeng, Duke An and Du Yongzhi hurriedly approached him, plastering smiles on their faces and ceaselessly uttering compliments, bowing and begging for mercy, stopping just short of kneeling before him.

But Jin Dapeng was utterly unimpressed, with a black expression, he said only one sentence, "Bring that slut Du Wanqiu to see this marquis. If she doesn’t come, I will tear this place apart..."

By now, Du Wanqiu had already run without a trace, leaving the State Duke’s Mansion with nowhere to find her. Du Ruohai and Du Yongzhi felt as if they had the heart to die, watching helplessly as the evil slaves from the Mansion of Marquis Wuchang, wielding clubs, senselessly wreaked havoc in the State Duke’s Mansion, and they dared not intervene.

The outwardly strong but inwardly fragile State Duke’s Mansion couldn’t withstand such ravaging. Priceless porcelain, famous calligraphy and paintings, and furniture and antiques that had been passed down through generations were quickly reduced to rubbish under the tyranny of the evil slaves from the Mansion of Marquis Wuchang.

Jin Dapeng sat proudly on a chair made from the backs of servants, hurling insults at the State Duke’s Mansion, heaping humiliation upon them. Du Ruohai lost all face in front of his children and family and, having suffered such great losses, his heart couldn’t take it, his eyelids flipped, and he fainted...

The remaining Du Yongzhi, though the head of the State Duke’s Mansion, couldn’t possibly step forward to intercede, considering his daughter’s elopement—he had been avoiding Jin Dapeng already, let alone daring to obstruct. Du Yongbang and Du Yongchun felt even less entitled to stand up to Jin Dapeng, given the vast difference in their status, so the entire family, trembling like quails, watched Jin Dapeng’s show of might yet were utterly helpless!

The State Duke’s Mansion was large, and the servants responsible for the destruction hadn’t even finished smashing half of it before they were exhausted. Jin Dapeng stood up with great satisfaction, waving his hand grandly, "Let’s leave, today. We’ll come back tomorrow and continue smashing!"

At this moment, Du Yongbang and Du Yongchun loathed their eldest sister, Du Wanqiu, to death. That damned girl had brought such a disaster upon the family, how would they live out their days from now on?

Du Wanru and Du Wanyue also felt regretful, they really shouldn’t have indulged Du Wanqiu in her escape. The destruction the Wuchang Duke’s Mansion inflicted on the State Duke’s Mansion was countless times worse than what Du Wanqiu had taken away in her bridal gifts. Especially their own homes, which had suffered damage without cause, where antiques and paintings were all destroyed, furniture smashed to bits, jewelry from the dressing table lost or broken, with nothing left to take away. Even the shu brocade, which Mother had hidden in her private library to use as their bridal gifts, were torn to shreds...

Today, the Wuchang Duke’s Mansion had devastated the East Courtyard of the State Duke’s Mansion, where the legitimate sons and daughters resided. The West Courtyard, where the illegitimate sons and daughters lived, had not been touched. Upon hearing of the situation in the East Courtyard, Aunt Liao hastily took off her gold bracelet, boiled it into a bowl of water, and instructed the maid to place it in a food box, taking the maid with her to visit the front yard.

In these days, the Old Master had been quite kind to her. As a woman of her age, she no longer had any desire for favoritism. Her ingratiating behavior towards the Grandfather was not for anything else but the hope of pleasing the Grandfather enough to help secure good marital affairs for Madam Yue so she could have a better life in the future. But if anything happened to the Grandfather, their entire family would fall into the hands of the eldest master and his kin, and who knows to whom they might sell Madam Yue then?

She, along with her maid, entered the East Courtyard with a humble and respectful demeanor, only to discover upon entering that there was no place left to step, for everything was in complete disarray, a shocking sight to behold!

The three masters of the Du family slumped dejectedly, like plants struck by frost, sitting silently in the gallery under the eaves, none of them speaking a word.

Aunt Liao didn’t dare to linger, quietly inquiring about the Grandfather’s whereabouts before gracefully taking her leave.