In less than half a quarter of an hour, all the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion were captured.
It turned out that the boxes in the basement were filled with gold, silver and treasures that he had embezzled, ten full boxes in total.
How much was the amount of corruption and bribery?
There are too many people like him in the court, which leads to an empty treasury.
In the living room, Prime Minister Xiao was forced to kneel on the ground, while the Queen Mother was sitting on a high seat.
"Yu'er, please save my brother and ask Tian'er to let me go." Prime Minister Xiao looked at the Queen Mother with hope.
The Queen Mother looked down at the kneeling Prime Minister Xiao and sneered, "Brother? I don't have a brother like you. Besides, you have committed a capital crime."
"You can't call him Tian'er. You should call him the Emperor."
[It seems that Prime Minister Xiao wants to play the sympathy card]
[He still has the nerve to beg the Empress Dowager. How shameless! Who sent someone to poison the Empress Dowager's food?]
Seeing Prime Minister Xiao's pitiful appearance, the Queen Mother almost wavered when she remembered how good he had been to her.
When Mu Nanyan heard that Prime Minister Xiao had poisoned her, she immediately became angry. "Prime Minister, do you still remember that you poisoned me?"
Upon hearing this, Prime Minister Xiao paused: "Why are you..."
"Humph, how could I know that? I know everything."
[Grandma Empress, that's it. Let him guess.]
[I can’t guess, it will piss him off, haha]
Yan'er actually knew her intention. She just wanted Prime Minister Xiao to guess who leaked the secret.
He must have thought that someone had betrayed him.
Prime Minister Xiao's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot. Who told the Queen Mother?
Emperor Hui was afraid that he would harm the empress dowager, so he ordered the guards to hold Prime Minister Xiao tightly and announced his punishment on the spot.
"Xiao Yan, you formed a clique for personal gain and attempted rebellion. You deserve to be put to death."
"Come here, take Prime Minister Xiao away and execute him immediately."
"Other people who participated in the rebellion will also be taken away and executed. All others who did not participate in this matter will be exiled to Cangzhou."
Cangzhou is a cold and gloomy place with a harsh environment. It is a long way from Kyoto. It would be difficult for people who go there to survive.
At least they were able to save their lives, which was considered merciful by Emperor Hui. If they want to survive, it depends on their luck.
When the Prime Minister's wife, Mrs. Luo, heard the news, she fainted.
"Mom, are you okay?" Prime Minister Xiao's son and daughter saw Luo fainted and cried to her.
However, no matter how her son and daughter called her, Luo did not wake up.
[Whether it is a real faint or a fake faint. Just take a needle and try it and you will know.]
Emperor Hui winked at the guard, who brought a needle and was about to stab Luo.
She immediately opened her eyes and stood up.
"Your Majesty, I'm fine." Luo said aggrievedly.
[Hehe, I knew she was pretending to faint]
[She closed her eyes, but her eyeballs were still rolling around, so I knew she hadn’t fainted]
So that's how it is. They're making a fool of people. The more Emperor Hui thought about it, the angrier he became.
I didn’t expect Luo to be this kind of person. I couldn’t see it before, the empress dowager thought to herself.
"Your Majesty, please forgive us. It's all the Prime Minister's fault. We were all unaware of it." Luo begged.
[This is so fake. You even imagined that you would become the queen after Prime Minister Xiao succeeded in his rebellion, but now you say you had no idea.]
[And your son also has the intention of rebellion]
[What were you doing earlier? You knew he was plotting a rebellion, but you didn’t stop him. Why are you feeling so wronged now?]
Mu Nanyan launched a barrage of attacks, slapping Luo in the face.
Emperor Hui was unwilling to listen to Luo's excuses, so he ordered the guards to drag the prime minister and his entire family away.
[Hey, finally some peace and quiet, I'm almost annoyed by their noise]
[If you have time to listen to them quarreling, you might as well go back to sleep]
Yan'er was right. Instead of listening to their crying, it would be better to return to the palace early. Emperor Hui agreed with her.
Emperor Hui had just returned to the palace when he heard the eunuch report that Concubine Shu wanted to see him.
"No, doesn't she know that I will not go to the cold palace?" Emperor Hui's face turned a little ugly.
The eunuch saw that Emperor Hui looked unhappy and hesitated to speak.
"Why, do you have anything else to say?"
The eunuch said, "Your Majesty, I shouldn't have disturbed your rest, but the concubine said that if Your Majesty didn't go to see her, she would hit her head and die."
Emperor Hui waved his robe and said coldly: "Then let her crash to death. She deserves to die anyway."
"Forget it, I'll go meet her and let her know what crime she has committed."
The courtyard of the cold palace was bleak, with spider webs everywhere in the corners and dust piled up underfoot, as if no one had cleaned it for a long time.
Once someone passes by, fine dust will be raised, dead branches and leaves will fall to the ground, and a rotten smell will fill the air, making people unable to help but cover their noses.
Shufei, no, Xiao Wanshu who is nothing now, is currently holding a broom and sweeping these dead branches.
Ever since she was locked up in the cold palace, she had no one to serve her and had to do everything by herself.
Those servants were opportunists, and when they saw that she was in a state of poverty, they thought of ways to bully her.
Not only did he withhold her food, he also cursed her in private.
Xiao Wanshu was really fed up with this feeling of being worse than death.
Now she has thought very clearly. She disregarded her dignity and bowed her head to beg the emperor, only asking him to take her away from this cold palace.
She will definitely reflect on herself and not go against the late concubine.
She saw a eunuch and quickly chased after him and asked, "Where is the emperor? Has he agreed to come and see me?"
The eunuch looked at her with disdain, pulled her hand away, and said viciously: "You want to see the emperor? You are dreaming. You are no longer the high and mighty concubine."
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