"Your Majesty, even if Hu Yanxue is truly a demon, you can still send her away..."
The Crown Princess chuckled and interrupted Shangguan Shu, "Your Highness, you don't know. Hu Yanxue just said that if she is a demon, she will be burned and executed on the spot! You all heard it just now. Hu Yanxue brought this upon herself. No one else is to blame!"
Emperor Jianxi sneered upon hearing this, "You are so young, but you have such a vicious heart!"
The more Emperor Jianxi looked at the phoenix hairpin on Hu Yanxue's head, the more he found it annoying. He coldly ordered, "How can someone with such character be worthy of wearing Empress Xiaomin's relics? Wu Yonggui, pull the hairpin off her head for me!"
This is a great shame and humiliation!
It also proves that Emperor Jianxi already hated Hu Yanxue to the extreme.
Others who wanted to plead for mercy no longer dared to do so.
She watched helplessly as Wu Yonggui pulled out Empress Xiaomin's phoenix hairpin. He pulled it out with great force, and Huyan Xue's hair immediately fell down, like a madman.
How glorious the banquet was at the beginning, how miserable it is now!
After the hairpin was removed and the crime was punished, Emperor Jianxi finally felt relieved.
"As for Princess Chengqian and the Crown Prince's crimes of concealing the truth, they will be fined one year's salary each as a warning to others!"
He will reward Cheng Qian with more good things later!
Emperor Jianxi waved his sleeves and was about to go see the dying old Duke. He caught a glimpse of Shangguan Shu still unwilling to give up, so he said, "Anyone who dares to plead for mercy will be punished along with her!"
Then he left without looking back.
As he passed by Cui and Lin, Emperor Jianxi paused and gave an unpredictable smile that made Cui and Lin's scalps tingle. "Cui and Lin have been commended for reporting the evildoer. They are to be rewarded with ten beautiful maids for Prime Minister Liu and the Minister of Rites. They must be properly arranged!"
After saying that, he went straight to the old Duke’s Ning’an Hall.
Prime Minister Liu and Vice Minister Cui, who were almost frightened to death and felt that their official positions were in jeopardy, accepted the imperial edict and expressed their gratitude.
The Cui and Lin families have made great contributions, so the reward will indeed go to them two?
Beautiful maids... ten more?
Is this a reward or a punishment?
Others gloated.
If we bring ten beautiful maids home, wouldn't that cause chaos in Prime Minister Liu's family and the Minister of Rites' family?
Putting aside other things, Prime Minister Liu is already over fifty years old. Can his body withstand this...
All the officials looked at each other, thinking that His Majesty was venting Princess Chengqian's anger!
Who made these two blind people deliberately offend Princess Chengqian?
Are you dumbfounded?
Cui and Lin were indeed dumbfounded.
The guards dragged Hu Yanxue to the clan residence, and after leaving, they discovered a puddle of water under Hu Yanxue...
It seems that he was scared to death.
Everyone curled their lips in disgust.
The prince waved his hand and said to all the officials, "If you have nothing to say, please kneel down and greet me!"
All the officials were very happy at this time!
Hehe, let’s go home and rest early today. There will be a lot of fun to watch at the morning court tomorrow!
Zhao Ying stood up and said to Shangguan Shu, "Don't worry, Runlang. Tomorrow morning, I will go and plead for Xue'er!"
Shangguan Shu patted her shoulder and said, "No need. You still have a cold and shouldn't work hard..."
Zhao Ying shook her head, looking heartbroken, "Don't worry about me!"
Then he left without looking back.
Also go to Ning'an Hall.
The Crown Prince, the Crown Princess, and Shangguan Shu followed soon after.
I didn’t expect Ning’an Hall to be even more lively!
Ning'an Hall.
The old Duke's snoring was so loud that it shook the heavens.
The descendants below were also yawning with sleepiness, but no one dared to sleep.
Just as he was dozing off, a shout came from the door, "The Emperor has arrived!!"
Everyone was startled and instantly became alert. At this moment, the door opened and everyone knelt: "Your humble servants (your humble servants) pay their respects to the emperor. Long live the emperor!"
"Stand up..."
When Emperor Jianxi saw the old Duke lying on the bed with his eyes closed, his eyes suddenly became sore.
Beside him, Chief Steward Wu supported Emperor Jianxi and said, "Your Majesty, please take care of yourself."
Emperor Jianxi burst into tears and sat down beside the old Duke's bed. "Shifan, you and I have been close friends for many years. Now that you are gone, I have lost an arm!"
The people around him also cried sadly after hearing the sound.
The sound is louder.
The old Duke was woken up again.
Hey - these bastards! Can't you let me get some good sleep?
The old Duke was confused.
Eh? Why does this sound like your Majesty?
The more I listened, the more it sounded like... Could it be... The old Duke quietly opened his eyes a little...
The next second, a mouthful of blood stuck in his chest.
How did these bastards invite His Majesty here? ! ! !
How can he survive then? Huh?
He lay down on the bed and had a good sleep, only to wake up and be charged with the crime of deceiving the emperor?
Emperor Jianxi was so busy crying with his head down that he didn't notice that the person he thought was dead was actually looking at him with his eyes open!
The people around knew the inside story but didn't dare to say anything. Alas, he will die sooner or later, so Your Majesty can cry in advance!
Emperor Jianxi grabbed the old duke's hand and suddenly pulled out a dagger from his body.
Shangguan Zhu was startled when he caught a glimpse of the dagger's sharp edge. "Your Majesty, why are you doing this?"
Emperor Jianxi sighed, "You don't know, Shifan and I made an agreement that if he died before me, I would take his finger bones and make a bone pen to accompany me every day... Shifan! It is my lifelong blessing to have a loyal minister like you!" Emperor Jianxi cried again sadly.
Shangguan Zhu was also moved to tears, but as he cried, he felt something was wrong. No... his father hadn't died yet!
Raw... raw cutting...
Shangguan Shu, who was standing at the door, also heard this and his eyebrows twitched. He was about to speak up to stop them...
The hand that was drooping down, which was grabbed by Emperor Jianxi, was actually shaken back...
Shangguan Shu: “…”
Zhao Ying: “!!!!” Let go of my father!
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