Chapter 28 Imprisoned
"General Ye, you are also a woman, yet you treat women with such disrespect. You insisted on stripping the clothes of the women of the Xia family today and insulting the reputation of the Xia family. Aren't you afraid that this will get out and be laughed at by the world?"
"The men and women of my Xia Mansion are all strong-willed and cannot stand such humiliation. The Emperor simply stated that he would exile us, but he didn't threaten our lives. If the exile hadn't even begun and everyone in the Xia Mansion had been carried out like corpses, would the Emperor blame you?"
Liu Youran's eyes were colder than ever before. "General Ye, please think about this carefully."
Sister Xia also said in a cold voice: "General Ye, since you won't give our Xia family dignity, I, Zhuge Pei, and everyone in the Xia family can only die to preserve our innocence and the last bit of dignity."
Xia Qingyun also said: "It's just a life. If General Ye wants it, we will give it to you. There is no need to humiliate us like this."
Xia Xing'er put the silver needle in her hand back. It was really nice to be cared for by her family like this.
The emperor does not want to kill everyone, he wants to keep everyone alive to gain his good reputation.
If all the people in the Xia family committed suicide today, the emperor would also be criticized.
By then, the emperor will definitely not be wrong. The only one who will be wrong is her, the executor, and she will definitely have to take responsibility for everything.
I didn't expect that this marquis' wife usually looked weak and vulnerable, but at this time he could actually seize her weakness. Damn it!
Ye Qingyu's face looked very ugly, and she felt very aggrieved.
She looked at Xia Xing'er with a sinister gaze, and suddenly a playful smile appeared on her face: "Xia Xing'er, don't you care about the Changxin Marquis Mansion the most? After I plunder the house you care about the most, I will instruct the exiled officials to take good care of your family on the way. Don't thank me too much, after all, we fell in love with the same man, and you are my defeated opponent!"
It is normal for a few people to die on the way to exile. Once they leave the capital, killing them will be as easy as crushing an ant.
She would never let Xia Xing'er reach the place of exile alive.
What a coincidence, Xia Xing'er's thoughts were surprisingly consistent with hers, and she would definitely not let Ye Qingyu go.
When Ye Qingyu thought of this, she felt a little better.
Since we can't bully them openly and make them suffer today, it's better to let them watch their favorite things being trampled upon. You can imagine how angry they will be.
Ye Qingyu narrowed his eyes and smiled: "The Changxin Marquisate is a century-old family. The ancestors must have left behind many valuable items. Now that the Marquisate is gone, there is probably no use for keeping those things. How about I, the general, do the hard work and send them to meet the ancestors first? How about that? Are you very grateful to me, general?"
Everyone in the Xia family showed angry expressions on their faces, but they were relieved in their hearts: Thanks to Xing'er, and her reputation for foresight, the most important things in the Marquis' Mansion were preserved and not trampled upon by villains.
Ye Qingyu looked at the angry expressions on their faces. She was very happy that she had finally won a game.
"Come here, search for me. Search thoroughly, leaving no needle or thread untouched. First, take down the plaque of the Marquis of Changxin's mansion and crush it underfoot."
She didn't dare to openly damage the valuables. The palace had been robbed, and the emperor now urgently needed to confiscate property to fill the treasury. She couldn't possibly displease the emperor at this critical juncture.
The door plaque? Even if she crushed it, the emperor wouldn't blame her, and might even reward her.
Following Ye Qingyu's order, several soldiers responded and moved, taking heavy steps towards the plaque hanging above the main gate of the Marquis' Mansion.
The plaque has withstood a hundred years of wind and rain, but it still shines brightly. The four characters "Changxin Houfu" written on it are written in flowing strokes, exuding an inviolable majesty.
Everyone in the Xia family had red eyes. If they were not surrounded by imperial guards and had not had to take care of the women and children, they would have rushed up to fight them to the death.
If you look closely, you will find that they clench their fists, with veins bulging on their hands, and they are all trying their best to endure.
As grateful as they were just now, they are now as angry. At this moment, they are just prisoners and can do nothing but watch the glory of their ancestors being trampled upon.
Seeing this, Xia Xing'er's eyes flashed with a fierce look, and she said in a calm voice, "General Ye, do you know who gave you the plaque you are about to smash today?"
Ye Qingyu didn't know why, so she followed her words and asked: "Who gave it to you?"
Xia Xing'er said in a cold voice, "This plaque was written by the founding emperor of the Xuanyuan Dynasty, Sheng Gaozu. If you dare to move it today, you will be defying the emperor's authority and treating the relics of the Shengzu as nothing!"
"General Ye, go ahead and smash it if you want. I stopped you just now to tell you the origin of this plaque!"
Xia Xing'er acted as if: Go ahead and smash it, smash it quickly, I'll just watch you smash it.
Upon hearing this, Ye Qingyu's face suddenly changed. She had never expected that a mere door plaque could have such a great origin.
He originally wanted to humiliate the people in Changxin Marquis Mansion, but unexpectedly he ended up preparing an advantage himself.
The imperial guards had already reached the plaque and were about to take action when she suddenly stopped them: "Stop!"
The imperial guards had just heard what Xia Xing'er said, and when they heard Ye Qingyu's voice, they immediately stopped what they were doing.
This is a gift from the founding emperor. Even if they had ten times the courage, they wouldn't dare to damage it!
Xia Xing'er's lips curled up in a barely perceptible sneer as she continued, "General Ye, the imperial calligraphy of the Holy Emperor is of great importance. If you dare to damage it, I'm afraid you'll be exiled before the Emperor calls you to account. By then, all your glorious military achievements will be wasted by this momentary outburst of anger."
Ye Qingyu's expression shifted from gloomy to bright. He weighed the pros and cons in his mind, and finally snorted coldly, "Xia Xing'er, you really underestimated me. However, I, Ye Qingyu, will remember today's humiliation. Come, put shackles on everyone in the Marquis of Changxin's mansion and take them all to the prison. No mistakes!"
The jailers did not give them any preferential treatment. They locked them up in a small cell and threw down several sets of thin, dirty and smelly prison uniforms for them to change into.
The little ones all crawled into their mother's arms and cried "Mom..."
Although they were prepared for all this, experiencing it firsthand was another matter.
Adults haven’t adapted to it yet, let alone children, who are so young.
As the head of the family, Xia Chengsheng was the first to speak: "Okay, everyone change into these and wear them outside. This must be the emperor's kindness. He knows we're cold and is giving us this gift. We should be grateful!"
If you listen carefully, you can hear a hint of sarcasm in the words.
"My dear husband, you are right. The emperor must know that we left the Marquis' Mansion without any valuables on us. He will definitely leave us with a last vestige of dignity."
Liu Youran agreed with her husband and winked at everyone.
"Father and mother are right. We have only been demoted to commoners, not criminals. The emperor must have given us these clothes because he was worried we would be cold. It's only early spring, and the weather is already cold!"
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