Live-in Son-in-law-Chapter 1100: I’ll Give You a Reason

"Stop, this Princess hasn’t finished speaking yet."

The soldiers who were about to throw the old woman out shivered in fear upon hearing Qin Yi’s words and hastily bowed.

"At your command, Princess."

"Prepare the carriage and horses, this Princess needs to go out shortly."

"Yes."

Qin Yi snorted coldly and left with Jin Die.

The soldiers and maids present let out a heavy sigh of relief, and immediately, everyone’s eyes flickered. They belonged to different factions, and none were loyal to Yun Susu. They had to quickly spread the news that the Third Princess had returned.

Qin Yi and Jin Die did not enter the Princess’s room but instead sat on the roof.

"Lord Qin, what are we doing here?" Jin Die asked curiously; Qin Yi had just asked her to fetch bow and arrows.

Qin Yi sneered, "You’ll soon find out."

Though the mansion was small, it was complete with all facilities. In the rock garden, a soldier sneaked over, and seeing no one, took out a pigeon hidden in his chest, then released it.

"Whoosh!"

As soon as the pigeon took flight, it was killed by an arrow and fell from mid-air.

The soldier shivered in fear, turned to run, but was frightened out of his wits when he turned around—Qin Yi and Jin Die were standing right behind him. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

"Come!" Qin Yi yelled angrily.

The patrolling guards rushed over.

"Take him down and escort him to the front yard," Qin Yi said indifferently.

Jin Die walked over, took a small slip of paper from the bamboo tube on the dead pigeon’s leg.

In the back kitchen, a cook was stealthily preparing to release a pigeon.

As before, the pigeon hadn’t even taken off when it was killed by an arrow.

"Take him down."

In the tall weeds beneath the back wall, a slender man had just crawled out from a hole at the wall’s root when Qin Yi arrived with people to wait for him.

In just half an hour, Qin Yi captured nine people.

In the front yard, on the small square, the only place spacious enough to accommodate so many people.

Qin Yi gathered everyone from the Princess Mansion here, totaling over fifty people.

The mansion was too small to hold too many people.

"Is everyone here?" Qin Yi asked.

Jin Die replied, "Reporting to the Princess, everyone is present."

Qin Yi glanced around, eyes like lightning.

The surrounding soldiers and maids lowered their heads, not daring to meet Qin Yi’s gaze.

The nine captured individuals knelt on the ground.

"This Princess has just returned to the mansion, and you couldn’t wait to spread the news. A pack of treacherous wretches, have I not treated you well? Betraying your master like ungrateful beasts."

Qin Yi reprimanded, slowly extending his hand.

Jin Die handed the intercepted intelligence to Qin Yi.

Qin Yi rubbed it with both hands, reducing the intelligence to dust.

Everyone was stunned, not understanding—wasn’t the Third Princess planning to hold anyone accountable?

"Do you know your crimes?" Qin Yi said indifferently.

"Dare I ask the Princess, what crime have we committed?" one captured soldier countered with a smirk; the evidence was destroyed, what should he fear?

The others’ gazes flickered slightly. After all, the Third Princess was too lenient, wanting them to confess their mistakes but destroying the evidence—how foolish.

"Seems like you refuse to admit your crimes?"

"Third Princess, they’re just trumped-up charges, why even bother with excuses? We’re merely servants; if you want to punish us, just say so, why bother with such clumsy reasons."

"Exactly, you’re the Princess, if you want to deal with us, why use these crafty tricks."

"Though you’re the Princess, you can’t just kill us willy-nilly. It doesn’t matter if we die, but tainting the Princess’s reputation is not good."

The nine kneeling people clamored.

Qin Yi squinted, Yun Susu indeed was too weak. People beneath her are so arrogant, yet she could endure—it was unbelievable.

Qin Yi also understood these people relied on their master behind them, and now that Yun Susu had fallen out of favor, they didn’t regard her seriously. But being a Princess, the authority must be maintained.

"Audacious, how dare you speak to the Princess like this." Jin Die rebuked.

"Miss Jin Die, we’re all the same, we’re just servants. We’re putting ourselves in her shoes; if one day you were falsely accused, can’t you defend yourself a little?"

"Precisely, all servants, none are superior to others, why pretend to be loyal?"

The kneeling people all showed disdainful faces, angering Jin Die to the point her face turned white.

"Exactly, you’re all servants; if you hadn’t mentioned, I’d have thought you were the master?"

Qin Yi said as he bent his bow and set an arrow.

"Thud!"

A soldier kneeling on the ground was directly pierced through the heart by an arrow, the shaft so deep that half of it embedded into the ground, the arrow tail quivering.

Everyone was petrified, gaping.

Qin Yi continued bending the bow, setting an arrow, aiming at another person.

"What were you saying earlier? Oh right, you wanted a reason, didn’t you? This Princess will give you one: stealing this Princess’s belongings to sell, isn’t that a sufficient reason?"

As he finished speaking, the arrow flew.

"Thud!"

Blood spattered, the arrow pierced straight into the center of his forehead, penetrating through the back of the head.

Those around were so scared their eyes froze.

Qin Yi bent the bow again, setting an arrow, looking at the next person, saying indifferently, "Do you want a reason too?"

This person was terrified, trembling like sifting chaff, "No, no, spare me, Princess, spare me..."

"I’ll still give you a reason; otherwise, you’d claim they’re just trumped-up charges. Let me think... oh right, you’re too ugly, sullying this Princess’s eyes—is that reason fair enough?"

The arrow flew, directly killing him.

"Your eyebrows are uneven, which makes this Princess uncomfortable... thud..."

"Why do you have a mole on your face like a matchmaker—clearly not a good person... thud..."

"Your clothes are disheveled, teeth too yellow, disgusting... thud..."

Qin Yi’s gaze was cold, one arrow one person, no mercy at all, ignoring their pleas for leniency, using absurd reasons to shoot nine people one by one.

"Actually, this Princess doesn’t need a reason; do I need a reason to kill you? It’s truly laughable."

Qin Yi handed the bow to Jin Die, looking around at the crowd, their faces terrified, "As for you all."

"Swish!"

Everyone was so frightened they knelt down, trembling.

The Third Princess before them—decisive in killing—was no longer the gentle, bullied Third Princess they used to know.

"Remember well, this is the Princess Mansion, not yours. Regardless of who stands behind you, I hope you keep your eyes open, understand what you should do and shouldn’t do. If you cross this Princess, the people behind you can’t save you.

Even if your heart’s in Han while physically here, hopefully, there’s some decorum among us. Don’t forget your identity, and don’t forget the identity of this Princess."

Those present were scared stiff, wishing they could bury their heads in the ground.