Chapter 152: Granted Marriage
Everyone: "..."
You just want revenge.
This kid Shen Shilang is really good at flattering, and he just hit the mark of Emperor Jiacheng.
Emperor Jiacheng asked again, "In your opinion, Mr. Shen, what punishment is appropriate?"
"Your Majesty," Shen Shilang said, "I checked ancient books and found that there is a punishment of quartering by chariot."
In the court, there were sudden gasps.
This Shen Shilang is so cruel!
Even his death did not give Qiu Zhao a happy ending.
To be quartered by a chariot means to tie up a person's limbs with ropes and tie the other ends of the ropes to a chariot.
When the execution began, the carriage ran in four different directions at the same time, tearing the person's limbs apart alive.
This kind of pain of physical flesh and bones being torn apart is one of them.
But the person being executed had to watch his limbs being torn from his body while he was awake.
This kind of mental stimulation is the second thing.
Emperor Jiacheng knew about the punishment of being torn apart by a chariot. When he heard about it, his eyes lit up and he said hypocritically, "Isn't this punishment too harsh?"
"If you are not ruthless, you will not be able to appease the public anger." Shen Shilang said, "Qiu Zhaohui has extorted countless amounts of money from the people over the years. If he was not under the banner of Your Majesty, who would be afraid of him?"
"However, Your Majesty was deceived and only thought that he was an immortal cultivator." Shen Shilang said, "Your Majesty has been blamed for so many things for Qiu Zhaohui. If you are not ruthless, how can the people see Your Majesty's anger and innocence?"
"This..." Emperor Jiacheng nodded slowly, "That's true."
Everyone: “!!!”
You are innocent, don't you know what's going on? You even have the nerve to admit it! "Then let's do as Mr. Shen said, and execute him by chariot torn apart. The sentence will be set on the 15th of this month." Emperor Jiacheng said, "Let him reflect on his mistakes in prison these days."
He was about to die, why was he still thinking about his own faults? It was obvious that he wanted Qiu Zhaohui to be tortured before the execution.
Shen Shilang said, "Before the execution, I will go to the Dali Temple every day to supervise Qiu Zhaohui and reflect on his mistakes."
When Emperor Jiacheng saw that Shen Shilang had understood his hint, he thought to himself that Shen Shilang was indeed smart and understood it immediately.
What if he is willing to leave the matter to him?
"I am very confident that Mr. Shen can handle the work." Emperor Jiacheng nodded with satisfaction. "Then, on the day when Qiu Zhaohui is executed, Mr. Shen, you will be in charge of supervising the execution."
"I obey your order." Shen Shilang said.
Emperor Jiacheng glanced at everyone and said, "I didn't expect that among all the civil and military officials in the court, only Shen Qing is useful. You should not think that Shen Qing's promotion is too fast."
Since they are capable, of course they will be promoted quickly.
"Shen Qing made great contributions in his disaster relief trip to the northwest. He stabilized the situation in the northwest before the disaster. He also investigated Qiu Zhaohui's crimes after returning. His contribution is invaluable." Emperor Jiacheng said slowly, "I heard that you brought back a fiancée?"
"Yes." Shen Shilang said.
"You have brought your fiancée to live in your palace." Emperor Jiacheng said, "Do you want me to grant you a marriage?"
Everyone thought to themselves, he is indeed the Dog Emperor.
I thought you were going to reward Shen Shilang with something.
Apart from anything else, Shen Shilang’s contribution this time is indeed not small.
So you came here? Although Shen Shilang returned to Beijing with his fiancée yesterday.
But Shen Shilang is now a rising star in Beijing, and he is tasked with providing disaster relief in the northwest.
Everyone was watching his performance.
As soon as he returned to Beijing yesterday, everyone naturally knew about it.
Moreover, he also took a woman off the horse.
There were quite a lot of people accompanying the disaster relief, from officials to guards to eunuchs.
With a little inquiry, each family would find out that Shen Shilang had brought back his childhood fiancée.
Every family knows what the situation is in Shen Shilang's family.
Born into an ordinary peasant family, how much better could his fiancée’s background be?
After further inquiries, he learned that it was because of the drought that the fields at home were also affected, so his fiancée went to find Shen Shilang.
If we inquire about it this way, wouldn't it be enough? His fiancée was also from a farming family.
Originally, Shen Shilang was a new noble of the dynasty, and at a young age he was a first-rank tutor.
Even if he is a person without integrity, likes to flatter, and has the appearance of being a treacherous scoundrel.
But this did not prevent each family from being interested in Shen Shilang and wanting to marry their daughters to him.
Now that Shen Shilang has openly brought back a fiancée, it does not hinder the plans of the various families.
Since ancient times, if a man was chosen as a son-in-law from a noble family, he could divorce his wife and remarry, even if he already had a wife, and demote his wife to a concubine, let alone his fiancée.
Please...collect 6...9...books...!
With Shen Shilang's inhuman character, he would definitely not hesitate at all.
But now Emperor Jiacheng actually wants to grant a marriage to Shen Shilang.
That would cut off Shen Shilang's chance of marrying a noble and important official.
Without the support of the powerful Yue family, he will only have that wife from a humble family.
Shen Shilang had neither the socializing among the women in the harem nor the mutual support among the Yue family in the officialdom.
He could only fight alone in the court.
Emperor Jiacheng's move was truly vicious.
You are an emperor, yet you rack your brains to scheme against your subjects with the same vicious schemes as the women in the harem. You have the nerve to do that.
However, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Shen Shilang is not a person to be feared.
Could he alone defeat these families that were intermarried and had intricate ties with each other, relationships that were as close as breaking bones and tendons?
Everyone couldn't help but turn their heads and look at Shen Shilang.
Let's see how he responds.
Given Shen Shilang's desire for power, he naturally didn't want to be tied up by such a fiancée.
The reason why he brought her back home was because he was worried that the woman would spread rumors outside.
After all, that woman had shown up in front of the Fifth Prince, so it wouldn't be nice to just abandon her like that.
But since Emperor Jiacheng had said so, could he allow Shen Shilang to refuse? On the dragon throne, Emperor Jiacheng looked at Shen Shilang with a gleam in his eyes and a sense of satisfaction that he had Shen Shilang under his control.
"Mr. Shen, what do you think?" asked Emperor Jiacheng.
Shen Shilang knelt down and said, "I couldn't ask for more!"
"It's just that, Your Majesty." Shen Shilang raised his head slightly, revealing a pitiful face. "Although my fiancée comes from a peasant family, she is very opinionated. Although we have already tacitly agreed to get married, if I dare not tell her in advance when I know that Your Majesty is going to issue an order to grant the marriage, she will definitely be angry with me."
"Your Majesty, I dare to ask Your Majesty to extend the time for two days. I will go back today and ask my fiancée first, and then ask Your Majesty to grant the marriage." Shen Shilang bowed.
"I didn't realize that Shen Qing is henpecked." Emperor Jiacheng said with a smile, "He's like this before he even gets married. What will he do after he gets married?"
Shen Shilang smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty is making fun of me."
Everyone looked at Shen Shilang, not knowing whether what he said was true or false.
What good would it do him to deliberately act henpecked? (End of this chapter)