Chapter 233 The Crazy Emperor

After making all the arrangements, Murong Li finally had time to gather everyone together. He said in a deep voice, "The final imperial decree is to pardon General Yun's Mansion and Luo Dinghai's family..."

Almost all the people from Yunwu Village who were exiled here by the emperor were pardoned, there were about ten families in total. But among these ten families, several followed Murong Li, some were the former prince's men, and of course there were also people from Murong Yi's party.

Even Murong Jing’s people are there.

Moreover, some of these people were real criminals who were exiled here, unlike Luo Linhai who was exiled here unjustly.

This is also why Murong Li was a little puzzled by the emperor's actions after reading the imperial edict.

This approach obviously completely muddies the pot of soup. I wonder who this will be helpful to and what benefits it will bring to Xifeng Kingdom?

Murong Li couldn't understand why the emperor did this. He pardoned those families who were wrongly accused and thought it was understandable.

Murong Li thought the emperor had gone crazy.

The old marquis frowned and said, "Don't speculate on the emperor's intentions. Your Highness should act according to the emperor's order. Quickly gather everyone and return to the capital immediately. Only when we return can we handle everything. Now, no matter what we say or do, it will be out of reach."

The wise and cunning old marquis is online again.

Everyone nodded in agreement after hearing this.

"You should go to Yunwu Village yourself. We also need to go back and clean up."

The old marquis spoke again, and then he quickly took the Su family back to the Su Mansion.

"Yuer, you pack up at home. I will go to Yunwu Village alone to pick someone up." Murong Li said.

Su Yue thought about it and said, "Okay, just be careful."

Murong Li nodded, kissed her on the forehead, and immediately led fifty personal soldiers out of the Northwest City, but this time General Li went with them.

In Northwest City, Murong Li was protected by personal soldiers, so he could rest assured. Once he left Northwest City, he would not be out of his sight.

After Murong Li left, Su Yue packed up some of the things in the mansion. She didn't want to sell the house, but kept it so that she would have a ready-made house to live in if she had the chance to come back in the future.

She asked Jiang Bo to buy a family of servants from a pawnshop, and then he would look after this house exclusively.

Those things in the shops and farms had been dealt with long ago, and the rest were simple and could be dealt with quickly, waiting for Murong Li and his group to return.

As for the Su family, they couldn't help either. Like her, they had already dealt with everything except the house.

While waiting for Murong Li, Su Yue asked Jiang Bo to build a sturdy carriage weighing more than ten taels. When returning to Beijing, there would be so many female relatives with them, so they had to go back in a carriage.

Time is running out and the people in Yunwu Village don’t have time to purchase these things.

In addition, I also bought a lot of men's and women's clothing. When the people from Yunwu Village came, they had to change into better clothes so that they would not look too shabby, but not too rich either.

He was originally exiled here for reform. If he were still wearing gold and silver jewelry and silk and satin, when he returns to the capital, he would probably not go to the emperor to receive rewards, but to incite hatred in front of the emperor.

As for horses, she had them in her space. The horses had been in the space for a long time, so they were strong and smart. It was perfect to use them to pull the carriage.

It took Murong Li and his group two days to reach Yunwu Village.

When the villagers of Yunwu Village saw so many soldiers and officers coming with Murong Li, with a majestic general among them, they thought something big had happened again and became panic-stricken.

Murong Li and his group went straight to the home of Village Chief Niu. He wanted to read the imperial edict there, so he had to ask the village chief to gather all the villagers.

Village chief Niu didn't know what had happened, so he quickly went to gather the villagers.

When the villagers heard the urgent sound of the gong, they rushed to the village threshing ground. They would come here whenever there was a meeting in the village.

The original shrimp field was a small earthen dam, but it was later expanded and paved with cement.

Now it's big and flat.

When General Li saw such a dam, his eyes were burning with excitement. Not only the dam, but also the cement roads he saw along the way as he entered Yunwu County shocked him.

Only at this moment did he realize that the emperor's praise of Murong Li in the imperial edict was not groundless or unfounded, but was real.

Judging from Murong Li's performance, there must be some hidden meaning behind summoning him back to the capital.

And Murong Li seems to be more suitable for that position.

When the villagers arrived, they saw Murong Li standing on a high platform with fifty armored personal soldiers standing beside him. The original villagers here did not recognize the fifty personal soldiers, but those who had been to the capital recognized them at a glance as the emperor's personal guards.

That is, the imperial guard controlled by the emperor.

The Imperial Guard had a total of 10,000 people, who were dedicated to protecting the imperial palace and the emperor. Of course, this was only on the surface.

Seeing the emperor's personal guards appear here, everyone looked up anxiously, not knowing what big thing had happened.

Murong Li saw that all those who were pardoned in the imperial edict had arrived, so he took out the imperial edict and said loudly: "The emperor has an order, and we are all kneeling to listen."

"The criminals receive the order."

When they heard that it was an imperial edict, the villagers on the field knelt on the ground. Except for Murong Li, General Li and his personal soldiers behind him also knelt.

Seeing an imperial edict is like seeing the emperor. No matter whether the edict is related to oneself or not, everyone present must kneel and listen.

Seeing that everyone was kneeling, Murong Li didn't waste any words and started to make a proclamation: "By the will of Heaven, Emperor Yun decrees that... the pardoned person and Prince Li must return to the capital immediately. This is my decree!"

After hearing the imperial edict, the villagers realized it was an edict of pardon. When they heard that their names were among the people pardoned, they cheered in their hearts, while those who were not pardoned were all very disappointed.

But among those who were forgiven, some were happy and some were sad.

The happy ones are the Prince's party and Murong Yi's party, while the worried ones are those who follow Murong Li.

They all knew that some of them were serious criminals, and they couldn't understand why the emperor would pardon them?

But no matter how confused they are, they have been pardoned now and they should go back to the capital if they can. No one wants to stay here.

"We, the common people, thank the emperor for his great grace. Long live the emperor!"

Those who were pardoned immediately kowtowed towards the capital to express their gratitude.

Although they were pardoned, they had no official positions and had to call themselves common people. Only when they got an official position did they call themselves subjects.

Murong Li put away the imperial edict and said to the people who were pardoned, "I'll give you one day to pack your things. You'll set off tomorrow!"

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

Everyone said in unison that they learned from the imperial edict that Murong Li had regained his status as a prince.

Murong Li waved to all the villagers present and said, "The imperial edict has been read out. Everyone, go back."

"Yes! Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The villagers left the threshing ground very respectfully, but many people had not left yet.

Most of these people were close to Murong Li. They wanted to ask him some questions, but considering the huge difference in their status, they hesitated to step forward.

(End of this chapter)