"Your Majesty, my brothers are innocent. I beg Your Majesty to revoke your order, Your Majesty!"
Two guards pulled Chen Yong's shoulders and dragged him out. Chen Yong shook off the guards' hands and knelt anxiously to move towards Emperor Tianwu, shouting that he was innocent.
"Your Majesty, for the sake of my Shen family's generations of loyalty, I beg Your Majesty to revoke your order and thoroughly investigate this matter..."
The guards rushed over, twisted Chen Yong's arm and dragged him out.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Please revoke your order..."
Shen Yong stretched his neck and struggled desperately, his face flushed red and the veins on his neck bulged.
However, no matter how he struggled and shouted, the guards' hands were like iron clamps and they still dragged him out of the Qinzheng Hall.
Emperor Tianwu half-closed his eyes and stared at Shen Yong's figure.
"Pah pah pah pah~~~"
Soon, the crackling sound of caning and Shen Yong's muffled groans and cries of injustice were heard outside the hall.
..........
After the execution, Chen Yong collapsed to the ground covered in blood, blood gurgling from his mouth, and looked at Emperor Tianwu with unwillingness in his eyes.
Emperor Tianwu put his hands behind his back and walked steadily to Chen Yong, saying in a deep voice,
"Because your ancestors were great heroes in founding the country, I will spare your life."
"You have committed treason. You may be spared the punishment of life, but you cannot escape the death penalty..."
If you don't remove the roots of the grass, it will grow again in the spring breeze. While Chen Yong is seriously injured, give him another heavy blow.
"Oh!"
Chen Yong sneered, sticky blood dripping from the corner of his mouth, and the clothes on his chest were stained blood red.
His eyes were bloodshot and he bit his back teeth, his mind echoing with the accusations that Emperor Tianwu had casually put on him.
"If you want to accuse someone of something, you'll always find a pretext!"
His Shen family had been loyal for generations, but in the end he was charged with treason and collaborating with the enemy.
The word "loyalty" is indeed the most undesirable.
Emperor Tianwu glanced coldly at the pale-faced Shen Yong.
"Shen Yong is guilty of insubordination. The Duke of Huguo's mansion will confiscate his property and exile him... All adult males of the nine clans of the Shen family will be exiled..."
"Ha ha ha ha!!!"
As Shen Yong listened to the cold and cruel words of Emperor Tianwu, the will to survive in his heart gradually died out.
"Xuan! Yuan! Xi! You will not die a good death!"
Before Emperor Tianwu finished speaking, Shen Yong burst into laughter. He gritted his teeth, held his breath, and cursed Emperor Tianwu.
“Puff~~~”
As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Yong vomited blood from his mouth, his eyes staring straight at the ground, and he died with his eyes open!
...........
Just as the life story of the original owner was playing in Shen Yong's mind.
The women in the room were crying so hard that they were out of breath.
The servants hurried to find the palace doctor, but before he arrived, Aunt Zhang came in with a pale face.
"Madam, the head of the Shen family and a group of elders want to see you."
Mrs. Shen paused, and wiped the tears from her face with a handkerchief.
"Where are the people?"
"In the front hall."
Mrs. Shen took a deep breath, glanced at her daughters-in-law, and her eyes fell on the eldest daughter-in-law.
"Suihua, come with me to take a look!"
If she were to fall ill, the eldest daughter-in-law would be the only one who could support the family.
It must be nothing good that the patriarch is coming to visit at this time.
Since ancient times, people have mostly added icing on the cake, but don’t even think about helping others in times of need. It is considered good not to kick someone when he is down.
The Shen family encountered troubles one after another. The seventh brother was beaten and thrown back for insubordination, and the patriarch came to the door. It was obvious that this was not a good thing.
".....good!"
Cheng Suihua was stunned for a moment, wiped the tears from her face, nodded, stepped forward, supported Madam Shen and walked towards the front hall.
........
"Your Shen family has been embroiled in a catastrophic disaster. For the sake of the thousands of lives of the Shen clan, we can only resort to this last resort..."
"After discussion among the clan members, the Shen family of the Duke of Huguo's Mansion will be expelled from the clan."
"These are a few pages of your family tree, which have been removed from the Shen family temple..."
The head of the Shen family pushed several pages of the family tree on the table towards Old Madam Shen with a heavy expression.
Looking at Mrs. Shen's gloomy face, he sighed helplessly.
"Don't blame the clan for abandoning you at this time. The clan has received news that there will be an imperial decree tomorrow morning. The emperor wants to execute all nine clans of the Duke of Huguo's family."
"I'm just trying to save the situation. I can't just sit there and watch the Shen family suffer a catastrophic disaster..."
The clan leader and other elders all looked unhappy. Whether this method would be effective or not depended entirely on the Emperor Tianwu's opinion.
If Emperor Tianwu insisted on exterminating the nine clans of the Shen family, they would be powerless to stop him.
For now, we can only try to draw a clear line with the Duke of Protectorate's Mansion, make our attitude clear, and fight for it.
Old Madam Shen sneered,
"In that case, if I don't agree, I will be harming the Shen family..."
It is true that when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter; when the wall falls, everyone pushes it.
The Shen family has relied on the Shen family to get to where they are today, but now that they are facing a life-or-death situation, they are the first to be abandoned by the Shen family.
The patriarch pulled the corner of his lips awkwardly.
"Just think of yourself as having pity on the descendants of the Shen family..."
Old Madam Shen raised her eyelids and glared at the clan leader.
The Shen family was a large family, but none of her seven sons had children.
The seventh brother is now seriously injured and his life or death is unknown. The Shen family may be extinct.
Old Madam Shen had a gloomy face and swept her eyes over the clan leader and everyone in the clan one by one.
Everyone lowered their eyelids in guilt at Madam Shen's sharp gaze.
What the patriarch said was a bit too much. It was like poking at the Shen family's lungs.
Old Madam Shen looked at the cowardly faces of the crowd and sneered.
"Take it, as you wish. From now on, my Shen family and the Shen clan will have no connection at all..."
The patriarch's heart trembled, and he quickly handed over the letter of severance in his hand.
Then he carefully handed the brush he had prepared early in the morning to Mrs. Shen.
"Mother..." Cheng Suihua looked at Mrs. Shen's trembling hands with mixed feelings.
Old Madam Shen paused slightly, raised her eyelids and glanced at Cheng Suihua.
Everyone in the clan stared at Old Lady Shen's hand closely, not daring to breathe a word out of fear of angering her. She tore up the letter of severance, and should have prepared a few more copies earlier.
Madam Shen sighed softly, raised her hand and quickly signed the severance letter.
The Shen family was really thoughtful. Not only did they want to expel the Shen family from the Shen family, they also wanted them to sign a letter of severance...
I think Emperor Tianwu must be very satisfied with the Shen family's actions.
She didn't believe that Emperor Tianwu would really dare to kill the nine clans of the Shen family. The nine clans of the Shen family occupied more than half of the civil and military officials in the capital. Emperor Tianwu would have to be crazy to do such a thing.
He had leaked the news on purpose, forcing the Shen family to become deserted by their relatives and friends. When the imperial decree to confiscate their property and exile came down, no one dared to ask for it.
"Take it away, get out!"
Old Madam Shen frowned and slammed the brush on the table. The letter of severance was also knocked to the ground by Old Madam Shen's slap.
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