Ling Xun explained to them in a cold voice, "His Majesty has decreed that Miss Xie and Prince Jingchen are to be divorced."

He simply couldn't bear to say that Xie Zhaozhao had been divorced.

However, Xie Zhaozhao stood up and said calmly, "His Majesty said I am not worthy to be a royal consort and has divorced me. Therefore, uncles, aunts and uncles, I will also be exiled with you."

Madam Xie the Second and Madam Xie the Third cried bitterly, "My poor eldest young lady..."

Meanwhile, at the Xie residence.

Leng Luo and Xiu Ning, accompanied by the Imperial Guards, were ordered to confiscate the property!

Leng Luo said coldly, "Everyone, you must move it intact without any damage. Anyone who dares to take even a single penny or damage it in the slightest will be punished without mercy."

The fierce imperial guards immediately pounced on the warehouse.

While everyone was ransacking the house, Zhou Shaoyu rode up on a fast horse and stood at the gate of the Xie residence.

He didn't say a word, but Leng Luo understood everything.

Xie Zhaozhao's boudoir courtyard was locked.

Xie Anfeng's study was locked.

The Imperial Guards had no objection to Leng Luosuo's decision.

They searched for gold and silver jewelry, not documents or privacy breaches.

The entire prefecture has been driven away, why bother digging into their privacy?

Can't you see? Two living Yama kings are watching.

Everything in the Xie family mansion was registered, sealed, and transported to the national treasury.

The Xie family was too large. According to custom, the men were exiled and the women were sent to the brothel or sold in a brokerage. However, Xie Anfeng made a deal with Emperor Hui.

Xie Anfeng handed over the command tokens of 150,000 Xuanyi Guards to Emperor Hui in exchange for the chance to exile one of his men without execution.

Whether they live or die on the road to exile is up to fate.

When Xie An handed over the command token, he did so in front of Zhou Shaoyu.

Emperor Hui also did not want any members of the Xie clan to remain in the capital.

The Xie family's connections were too powerful, and their inherent refinement meant that he didn't think that being in the capital could insult their integrity or even pose a threat to the court.

As long as the Xie family is given a chance, they will definitely be able to stir up trouble in the capital.

The best way is to pack them all up and send them all three thousand miles away.

Along the way, the elderly, women, and even children like twins would die in large numbers.

Besides, the journey to exile wasn't peaceful either, was it?

At the beginning of the Chen hour, the Xie family received the imperial decree, which allowed them to return to the mansion, change their clothes, and set off.

At noon, the Xie family was ordered to leave the capital.

It was so rushed that I wasn't mentally prepared at all.

Madam Xie is old, and Xie Yu's twins are only six months old. How could they possibly travel three thousand miles away step by step like this?

As the Xie family walked down the street, although some people had organized them to throw rotten eggs and vegetable leaves at them, most people simply watched them go.

The Xie family has fallen completely.

The Xie family's downfall was too strange.

The Xie family's downfall was truly tragic.

The common people had received too much kindness from the Xie family. For example, most of the Xie family's servants, whether they chose to follow the exile or to be resold, all wept bitterly.

The Xie family never mistreats their servants. If a servant makes a mistake, they are not punished or killed; instead, they are usually kicked out.

For the servants of the Xie household, being kicked out was the greatest punishment.

Because there is no family that can offer better treatment than the Xie family, and no family that is better at poetry, literature, and etiquette than the Xie family.

The people didn't throw rotten eggs or vegetable leaves at them, nor did they curse them; they just stared blankly as they left.

"Miss Xie, please take these pancakes!" The old woman selling pancakes cried as she handed a bag of pancakes to Xie Zhaozhao. "I have no other skills, I can only make a few pancakes..."

Xie Zhaozhao curtsied, accepted the cake, and thanked her.

At the beginning, countless ordinary people came up, bringing cakes, steamed buns, and all sorts of food.

Everyone knows that being exiled is worse than fleeing famine.

Prisoners were given a fixed amount of food. The government stipulated that each exile was only allocated two ounces of food per day, which was equivalent to a small bowl of rice or a palm-sized thin pancake. Children under the age of fifteen received half the amount of food.

Prisoners were not allowed to communicate with outsiders. They could only buy things and eat through escorts, and the money they sent would eventually end up in the escorts' pockets.

Exile is three thousand miles away, a long and dangerous journey that can take a year and a half.

Escorting prisoners was a tough job, but the yamen runners were of low social status, and most of them came from poor families, so they all vied for this job.

They control the prisoners' food, drink, and toilet needs, and can squeeze some money out of them and even earn extra cash from them.

Whoever can help the escorts earn money will naturally have a better life.

The Xie family had a large population. The men were all shackled, and the women and children were all tied together with long ropes. If anyone fell behind, the entire group would be unable to move and would be delayed. In such cases, they would be beaten to death.

This time, forty guards were assigned to escort the prisoners. The leader of the guards was named Bao Weida. He was not tall and was a soldier.

Xie Zhaozhao, along with Madam Xie and Princess Changping, were in the middle of the procession.

Xie Zhaozhao helped hold the twin girls.

The twins' names are Xie Xingye (boy) and Xie Xingwan (girl).

"The sun sets into the bright starry sky, and suddenly it's evening on earth, and autumn has arrived in the mountains and rivers." Xie Yu said, "With the starry sky, the evening starry sky, and my sister, it is the most beautiful sky."

Xingwan is only six months old and doesn't understand anything. She has a pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes that look just like Princess Changping's.

Xie Zhaozhao held her in one arm, trying her best to prevent the rope from chafing her.

They took the child over happily, so Xie Zhaozhao wouldn't get tired.

Linglong and Taoyao (Princess Changping's personal maids) helped the princess carry Xingye.

Normally, the escorts wouldn't bother with them on the street. After all, even a starved camel is bigger than a horse. Families like the Xie family have benefited too many people. Even though they are in trouble, who doesn't have a few loyal friends?

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