Chapter 78, All the Marquis’ Mansion was punished.
“What nonsense are you talking about!”
Xu Rourou was about to cry. She never thought that Zhong Youyan would frame her.
She had never done such a thing!
She didn’t even know what Shu Jin was.
Zhong Youyan twitched her lips, “Whether it is true or not, just bring it up and you will know!”
As the biggest merchant girl, she naturally knew what was good.
Today, after hearing that the prince was in trouble and was arrested and taken to the palace, she immediately took people to search everyone’s yard on the pretext of a theft in the mansion.
When they searched Liu Wan’s yard, Qing Sheng stopped them. She kindly explained to her and took away some of Liu Wan’s things.
She saw that the two pieces of cloth on the cabinet were different from the others, so she took them away.
When she searched Aunt Xu’s room, she took this out and lied that she had searched Aunt Xu’s room.
She hurried into the palace with the evidence, hoping to protect Liu Wan.
Unexpectedly, Liu Wan was smart and cooperated with her immediately.
When Xiao Fuxing brought the two pieces of cloth, the emperor was furious!
He threw everything in his hands, and all the people in the Marquis' Mansion were hit!
The palace people in the study knelt down, and the atmosphere suddenly became so oppressive that it was difficult to breathe.
Xia Wanwan was happily eating a melon when she was taken away by a big hand stretched out from behind the screen.
She looked up in bewilderment, and saw a handsome face. She whispered, "Bad...uncle..."
Xia Siheng smiled indulgently, took out a hawthorn stick, and whispered to her, "It's better to watch it here, don't affect your mother's performance."
Xia Wanwan hummed and turned her head, took the hawthorn stick and put it in her mouth to chew, leaned her back in his arms, and found a comfortable position to eat melon.
[This generation of adults is really difficult to lead. ]
After sighing, she heard the emperor's rage from outside.
"How dare you! This is something I gave to the Fifth Princess, and you dared to steal it!"
Xu Rourou was shaking all over, and she cried, "I don't know what this is, I didn't steal it!"
"Fortunately, you don't know what it is. If you knew what it is, I wouldn't dare to steal it." Liu Wan sneered.
Xie Jinan also looked at Xu Rourou with disappointment.
"The gold medal is in your hands, do you have to be so unsatisfied?"
He was tired.
Since Xu Rourou entered the mansion, he has not had a peaceful day.
"It's not me... Anlang, you have to believe me." Xu Rourou's tears fell.
She couldn't understand why Zhong Youyan wanted to accuse her.
"I believe the gold medal has nothing to do with you, but this Shujin..." Xie Jinan hesitated.
He wanted to ask, is Xu Rourou worthy of wearing such a robe with her identity?
Now that things have come to this, even if the gold medal was not stolen by Xu Rourou, it could only be her.
She said at the beginning that she would bear the consequences, and it was time to keep her promise.
The blood on Xu Rourou's face was almost gone, and she kept kowtowing to the emperor while crying.
Her tone was desperate and almost collapsed, "The gold medal was really taken out by Liu Wan herself. I did not steal anything. Your Majesty, you must believe me..."
"Now that things have come to this, you still dare to make excuses!"
The emperor exuded a huge sense of oppression, and it could be seen that there was a hint of murderous intent.
"Pass on my order, the murderer Xu Bo shall be executed immediately, and Aunt Xu of Jing'an Marquis's Mansion shall be thrown into prison, and the Dali Temple shall interrogate me overnight!"
"Xie Jin'an, you are not strict in governing the internal affairs, and you have repeatedly trampled on the dignity of the royal family. You are dismissed from your post and returned to your mansion to reflect on your mistakes!"
"Madam Zhong Youyan, who discovered that something of the royal family was missing and concealed it, shall be fined 30,000 taels of silver to expand the national treasury! Everyone who knows about it in Jing'an Marquis's Mansion shall be punished with 20 lashes each!"
After the emperor made the decision, he lowered his head and met Liu Wan's eyes.
If everyone was sentenced, would it be bad if she was the only one left?
Thinking back to when he asked Liu Wan what reward she wanted in Suhui Palace, Liu Wan knelt down and begged him to remove her title of Consort. She wanted to remove all the honors, probably to make the Xie family give up on her and divorce her, so let her have her way!
The emperor sighed deeply, "As for Liu Wan, she didn't keep the gift well. I will take back the gold medal of immunity from death and the jade pendant of Consort, and also remove your title of Consort!" As soon as he
finished speaking.
Everyone in the Marquis' Mansion fell into deep despair.
Xu Rourou fainted in front of everyone.
Xie Jin'an's face was pale, his lips moved, he couldn't speak, and he fell limp to the ground.
His career and official position were gone just like that.
He turned his head and looked at Liu Wan, trembling.
Without the golden medal of immunity from death, Liu Wan lost even the title of imperial consort.
The Marquisate was finished!
He regretted so much that his stomach ached. If he hadn't helped Xu Rourou, the Marquisate wouldn't have been like this.
Liu Wan wouldn't have fallen to this point!
It was all because of him.
He favored his concubine over his wife, he didn't know the difference between the great and the small, and he forced Liu Wan to help his concubine.
This is what led to the current, irreversible situation.
A huge sense of guilt and fear spread over his body, and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
Then he fainted.
"Jin'an..."
"Prince..."
There were constant cries in the study.
The emperor was upset when he saw this, and had them all driven out.
Liu Wan went to find Xia Wanwan, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the little girl lying in Xia Siheng's arms with her eyes blinking and chewing a hawthorn stick.
She bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for taking care of Wanwan. Please give the child to me."
Xia Siheng smiled, handed the little girl to her, and replied, "It's my duty!"
Liu Wan's eyes dodged.
What's your duty?
They are not related, it's not my duty.
When she reached out to take the child, her fingers accidentally touched something warm.
It was Xia Siheng's hand.
Her ears instantly turned red and her heart was pounding.
He picked up the child and ran away.
Xia Siheng squinted his eyes slightly, and the ice in his eyes melted away. He smiled softly as he watched the mother and daughter leave.
"Ninth brother, was I handsome just now?"
The emperor took out a small bronze mirror and admired his eyes.
If he was ten years younger, would it be Xie Jinan's turn?
"Of course I am handsome!"
Xia Siheng relaxed his body, leaned back in the chair, full of laziness, and restored his previous indifferent look. Ling Lu said
The emperor put down the bronze mirror and only glanced at Xia Siheng.
Suddenly, he felt unconfident.
Damn, fortunately, he was a wise ruler who worked hard and loved his people, otherwise he would have been outdone by his ninth brother.
At this time,
the queen hurriedly brought the bruised Xia Qianlin to the study to cry.
"He is just a child, why did the ninth brother use such a heavy hand!"
The emperor coughed, "You asked him what he did?"
Xia Qianlin was confused.
"I just said that I wanted to marry sister Wanwan as the crown princess. I didn't do anything!"
The emperor: "Did you hear it?"
The queen almost jumped up and asked an octave higher, "What did you say?"
"Who! Do! You! Want! to! Marry?"
"Sister Wanwan." The little prince looked determined.
Then,
he was picked up by the queen again and spanked.
Xia Qianlin cried and howled.
It was obviously his mother who came to find him and said that she would bring him here to ask clearly.
Why did he get beaten again!
Wuwuwu.
He was beaten twice, but he still couldn't figure out one thing.
Why can't Wanwan marry his sister?