"She doesn't have a name, just a nickname, Daya."
Princess Qingyuan's heart was shaking fiercely. She clenched her fingers tightly. Because she was so tight, her fingertips turned extremely white. "How old are you?"
"Eight years old." This time it was Prince Consort Xiao who answered, his face wet with tears, "Qingyuan! I swear, I didn't want that child's life. It was all because of Cheng's viciousness. She forced her to wash clothes in the river on a snowy day, and she fell into the water and froze to death."
** Cheng had just woken up at this moment. After hearing these words, she was frightened and fainted again.
Everyone heard this and discussed it in a low voice.
"Does the concubine have a bad heart? Why let an eight-year-old child wash clothes in the river? And on a snowy day? Doesn't the concubine have maids and servants to serve her?"
"How is it possible? Prince Xiao's biological mother, would Prince Xiao not arrange for someone to serve her? It's not her own child, so she doesn't feel sorry for him."
"That's right! Whoever gave birth to the child should love it. It's not her child, and she is a princess, so she can't just kill it."
"Once discovered, it will be a huge hidden danger."
"Eight years old!" Princess Qingyuan's eyes were bloodshot as she glanced at Prince Consort Xiao, Cheng, and Prince Xiao's family of three. "My child is gone, and the Xiao family has no need to exist."
"No, Qingyuan! It's my fault. It's all my fault. If you want to fight or kill someone, come after me alone. It has nothing to do with the other members of the Xiao family."
Prince Xiao knelt down and kowtowed, "bang bang bang", and blood came out after a few hits. Prince Xiao also kowtowed and begged for mercy. He really didn't want to leave the princess's mansion, and he didn't want to die.
"Mother! Please let your son go! He knows he is wrong and will never do it again."
"If I let you go, who will let my daughter go?" Princess Qingyuan looked back at the father and son who were kowtowing on the ground, her eyes filled with hatred, "My daughter is gone, and the entire Xiao family will be buried with her."
As soon as she finished speaking, a eunuch outside shouted, "The imperial edict has arrived!"
Princess Qingyuan was stunned, then she and her people knelt down to greet them. Except for Chu Xiaoxiao, everyone present, regardless of age, gender or children, knelt down.
Chu Xiaoxiao was young and was held in Chu Zhinan's arms, looking around.
[No wonder all the men in the ancient royal family were so eager to become emperor. Look at the grand ceremony. It's really outrageous.]
Crown Prince Li Sizu was right beside her. After listening to her thoughts, he looked confused and really didn't understand.
What does "liu ba" mean? Does it mean powerful? When he becomes the emperor, will Xiaoxiao also think he is very powerful?
Yang and Chu Zhinan didn't care. They knelt on the ground and listened obediently to the eunuch reading the imperial edict.
"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims that the son-in-law of the Xiao family is ruthless and heartless, maliciously confusing the royal bloodline, and defying the imperial authority. The Dali Temple is ordered to confiscate his property and exile him three thousand miles away. The women in the family will be made official slaves, and all the men will be sent to work in the mines. No mistakes can be made. This is my decree!"
After hearing this, Prince Consort Xiao and Prince Xiao were both dumbfounded. Confiscating their property and exiling them? Working in a mine? Would they still be able to survive?
The eunuch who announced the decree read the imperial edict, handed it to Princess Qingyuan, and said comfortingly: "It has come to this, Princess, take care!"
"Thank you, eunuch! Tell the emperor that Qingyuan will take care of himself. He has not seen the evildoer brought to justice yet."
The eunuch nodded slightly, bowed and left.
Everyone got up and found it incredible that the emperor's edict came too quickly.
Princess Qingyuan hasn't even entered the palace yet? The imperial edict to punish the Xiao family has already arrived. Could it be another message from the crown prince?
Crown Prince Li Sizu devoted himself to playing with Chu Xiaoxiao, hiding his achievements and fame.
The wonderful flower-viewing banquet ended just like that, but those who came did not lose out, as they all got to taste the melons firsthand.
The old lady of the Xiao family was still waiting for the princess's mansion to convey the good news that Prince Xiao had arranged a marriage, but she didn't expect to be confronted with the confiscation of property and exile.
The entire Xiao family was surrounded, and all the servants and masters gathered in the front yard, with the men standing on one side and the women on the other.
After asking, they found out that it was Prince Xiao of the Princess's Mansion who had revealed the truth, and Prince Xiao's mother, Xu, burst into laughter.
"Hahaha! Retribution! Retribution! I told you all those years ago that you can't do this or you'll suffer retribution. None of you listened to me, and you locked me up to prevent me from interfering.
How is she now? Is she getting her comeuppance? My poor granddaughter! She was killed by you. Old lady! Master! Are you satisfied with the fate of the Xiao family today? Ah?
Hahaha! Hahaha! I am very satisfied. I want to divorce and return home. I don’t want to be a government slave with you guys.”
Old Lady Xiao and the old man of the Xiao family were speechless. It was the old lady who came up with the idea, and her daughter-in-law had always strongly opposed it.
Fearing that she might do something bad, the old lady locked her up and did not release her until the child died.
The old lady meant that if the princess gave birth to a boy, the matter would be over, but if she gave birth to a girl, the son born to her concubine would have to be replaced.
Fearing that the princess would be hypocritical and refuse to have another child after giving birth to a daughter, wouldn't her grandson be extinct? The child was originally going to be drowned, but Prince Consort Xiao couldn't bear to give it up, so he gave it to Cheng to take care of.
When the child was young, Prince Consort Xiao visited him every few days. Cheng did not dare to neglect him and took good care of him.
Later, the child grew up and looked more and more like Princess Qingyuan. Prince Consort Xiao felt guilty and did not dare to face the child, so he went less and less often.
Cheng began to abuse the child in various ways, but Prince Consort Xiao was too lazy to care, for fear that people who were familiar with Princess Qingyuan would notice something was wrong.
Why didn't Princess Qingyuan suspect Prince Xiao?
That's because Prince Xiao looks like Prince Consort Xiao, she believed it without a doubt.
The child's appearance is either inherited from his father or his mother. If Prince Xiao looked like Cheng, this matter might have been exposed long ago.
The old lady's face was completely distorted with wrinkles: "Impossible, Xu! Put away your fantasy! You want to leave the Xiao family. If my son doesn't sign, you can't leave. You must die with us."
Prince Consort Xiao's mother was so angry that she rushed over and grabbed the old lady's neck: "You old beggar, I will strangle you to death today to avenge my granddaughter whom I have never met.
If it weren't for your bad idea, how could the Xiao family have been confiscated and exiled? You want to die with me? Okay! I will take you to hell to make amends for my granddaughter. "
The old lady was very old and was strangled by Xu. If the soldiers had not pulled them apart, she might have really met the King of Hell.
Everyone in the Xiao family got a general idea from Xu's few words, and they all looked at the old lady with resentment.
Some even sat on the ground and cried, "What a sin! They even dared to steal the princess's child. If we don't die, who will? God is so unfair! It was obviously the old lady who came up with the idea and did this evil thing. Why did she implicate us?"
There was a leader, and many others followed, scolding the old lady and saying that she had brought trouble upon herself.
The old lady was so angry that a mouthful of blood got stuck in her throat and couldn't go up or down. Her eyes rolled back and she fainted.
At the moment she fell down, no one came to help her except the old lady beside her.
He watched her fall on the old lady, with a hint of relief in his eyes.
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