Chapter 495 Confiscation of Household
Cen Li shouted in a deep voice, "Enough! Why are you talking about this now? Let's go! Let's leave here first."
Since it is a house search, everything in the Cen Mansion has nothing to do with them. There are soldiers guarding outside and they will not be allowed to take away even a single thing from the Cen Mansion.
"Leave? We have lost all our belongings. How can we survive if we leave here?" Cen Li's wife, Luo, secretly wiped her tears, her eyes full of despair.
Cen Li was furious. "The Cen Mansion has been raided. Do you want to be arrested and locked up if you don't leave?"
Everyone was helpless and could only follow Cen Li out of the Cen Mansion crying.
The soldiers outside were still somewhat humane. They only took off the women's jewelry and purses, but did not strip them of their clothes.
As the Cen family members walked on the street and faced the pointing and talking of passers-by, Old Madam Cen was so desperate that she wanted to hang herself.
Led by Cen Li, the group came to a villa in the west of the city.
Luo asked suspiciously, "What's the situation with this house? Why didn't I know there was such a place in the mansion?"
Cen Li glared at Luo in warning, and helped Madam Cen inside. "Mother, this courtyard is used by my eldest brother to meet guests. It is not under the name of our Cen family. You don't have to worry about being driven away if you live here. It has everything you need. Let's stay here first. I'll go find out what happened."
The emperor confiscated property during the New Year's Day. It was obvious that he was extremely angry and did not allow people to celebrate the New Year.
Madam Cen nodded repeatedly, wiping away tears. "Your eldest brother led the troops to fight and defend the territory of Langya. Even if he didn't have any merit, he worked hard! The emperor demoted him because of Mingzhu's incident. Isn't that enough? Why is his property confiscated now? This clearly chills the hearts of loyal ministers!"
Cen Li was shocked and quickly covered Madam Cen's mouth, "Mom, don't say such things! Thunder and rain are all grace from the emperor. If the emperor wants his subjects to die, they have to die! Besides, the emperor is not a tyrant. I suspect that the emperor knows about something my eldest brother did."
Madam Cen was not happy and scolded him with a fierce face: "Your eldest brother is innocent, what could he have done wrong? It's okay for others to misunderstand him, but why do you treat your own brother like an outsider?"
Cen Li couldn't convince Old Madam Cen, so he quickly winked at Mrs. Luo.
Several sisters-in-law of the Luo family came forward and spoke nicely to the old lady, which diverted Madam Cen's attention.
Cen Li wiped his forehead and walked out feeling tired.
Seeing that her sister-in-law had not yet recovered, Luo had no choice but to take the maid and the old woman to check the villa first.
This villa is neither big nor small, with three courtyards. It is still not as impressive as the Cen Mansion, but for them now, this courtyard is already very good. If everyone squeezes in, it is just enough for them to live in.
After Luo consulted with Old Madam Cen and had just arranged everyone's accommodation, Cen Li came back in a panic. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he hurriedly locked the door, ordered the servants to watch it, and then hurried to the main courtyard.
Luo was very nervous after hearing his series of actions. "Did you get any information?"
Cen Li's throat rolled, and he staggered to sit down on a chair, trembling slightly because of the cold and fear.
"Mingzhu. Mingzhu's affair has been exposed! The emperor knows that Murongru is not Mingxue's child. Not only was the eldest brother arrested, but the second prince was also imprisoned by the emperor."
Old Madam Cen and others felt as if the sky had fallen and were at a loss as to what to do.
Luo covered her mouth, feeling cold all over, "My husband, what should we do? Even if Mingzhu's affair is exposed, Ru'er is indeed the second prince's daughter. Why would the emperor expose it? Moreover, even if the emperor exposes it, Mingzhu is already dead, and there is no evidence. Why would he confiscate our house?"
"What do you know!" Cen Li frowned and looked worried. "The emperor's focus is not Mingzhu and the child, but the fact that the emperor hates his subjects forming factions. In order to protect the second prince, my eldest brother chose to sacrifice his daughter. In the emperor's view, my eldest brother is in cahoots with the second prince. Which emperor can tolerate this?
Mingzhu and the child are just excuses for Big Brother and our Cen family! If Big Brother had told the truth in the palace, or confessed to the Emperor privately afterwards, saying that he had to do this to maintain the face of the royal family, the Emperor would not have treated our Cen family like this!"
Luo sat down, mumbling absentmindedly, "But if that happens, the Cen family will be on the opposite side of the Second Prince. My eldest brother has already chosen the Second Prince, so how could he do that?"
Therefore, the ending of everyone in the Cen family today is destined to be good!
Cen Li slammed the table in regret, "If we had known earlier, we might as well learn from the Marquis of Yong'an. Even if it's easy to offend people, at least we can stay rich and powerful while the emperor is on the throne! Now everything is over! There is no room for turning around for my eldest brother's matter. The Cen family can no longer stay in the imperial capital. Mother, sister-in-law, I want to take everyone away tomorrow."
"Go? Where to?" Mrs. Cen's voice was trembling.
She is already half buried in the ground. She has never thought of leaving since she came to the imperial capital. It would be better for her to die in this house than to leave now.
Cen Li advised, "Go to the border! There are also properties purchased by eldest brother at the border. In order to conceal the truth, those properties were not registered under eldest brother's name, but under the name of eldest brother's concubine. Those properties are enough for our Cen family to live a stable life.
If we stay in the imperial capital, and the emperor is still angry and thinks of us, wouldn't we be doomed?"
All the women cried bitterly.
Compared with the overthrow of the Cen family, other official families in the imperial capital were peaceful.
In the evening, the palace banquet began.
Murong Chen and his brothers entered the hall and found that no one was in the Second Prince's house, so they gathered together to ask each other.
"Third brother, what did the second prince do? How did he make father so angry? He even confiscated the Cen family!" The fourth prince could hardly hide his excitement, but he still had to force himself to pretend that he cared about the second prince.
The Third Prince shook his head in frustration, "Who should I ask if you ask me?"
The two brothers turned their eyes to the Sixth Prince who was standing outside.
"Sixth Brother! Good brother, do you know about the second brother?"
Murong Chen put down his chopsticks, raised his head, and looked at the two of them innocently with his clear and somewhat silly eyes, "What do you mean, Third Brother and Fourth Brother?"
"There are only a few of us brothers here, and you are still pretending to be stupid! We asked you what happened to the second brother? Why was the Cen family raided?" The Fourth Prince was anxious.
Murong Chen smiled and said, "Fourth brother, father didn't say anything, how would I know? Maybe second brother is with father and mother? We'll see later! As for the Cen family, to be honest, I don't know much. I'll ask father for you later."
The fourth prince: “.”
"Forget it! You're talking at cross purposes. Just continue eating!" The third prince felt tired.
Because Murong Chen always behaved like this in front of them, the two of them didn't say anything and continued to whisper together.
The Fourth Prince's wife asked, "Sixth brother, where are Concubine Shen and the child? Why aren't they here?"
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