Chapter 269: Playing Tricks
Gu Huan handed the short crossbow to Dong Hua and said coldly, "Chiyu, quickly check which family these young masters are from and invite their parents, wives, and children to come. If they don't have parents, wives, and children, invite the elders and clan leaders of the family. If they are not registered as locals, ask the governor to come to the scene to judge the case."
Akabane responded, turned around and told a guard, "Go quickly."
The guard quickly opened the door and left, and the shopkeeper closed it again.
Now the faces of those who wanted to curse changed.
The leader stammered, "How dare you touch our family!"
Gu Huan curled her lips and said, "Your family has not committed any crime, why would I touch them? I want them to come and see which evildoer wants to drag their entire family down with him."
"You, you want to..."
Gu Huan interrupted him: "I didn't think anything, everything will be handled according to the law!"
She looked around and said, "All the guests are frightened. But today's incident involves the reputation of the princess and the royal family, and whether the spirit of Duke Yong can rest in peace. We cannot let it go and must make a conclusion in public. Since everyone has heard their words, let's make a fair judgment and see which demon is causing trouble."
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Bang!
Akabane raised her hand and slapped him without any hesitation: "The Duke's wife is talking, is it your turn to interrupt?"
Gu Huan was tough, so Chiyu naturally dared to take action.
The man was beaten so hard that red saliva came out of his mouth, and the faces of the others turned blue. They were so scared that they dared not speak anymore.
Gu Huan bowed respectfully to Zhao Luoxuan and said, "Princess, please take a seat."
Zhao Luoxuan hurriedly said, "Madam, please take a seat."
Gu Huan nodded and gave her a comforting look.
The maid brought them a chair and Zhao Luoxuan sat down. The pain in her chest felt better.
Gu Huan waved her hand and said, "Boss, serve tea to the guests. Please enjoy the tea while you drink it."
"Okay, okay." The shopkeeper quickly asked the guests to sit down.
Everyone was helpless, knowing they couldn't leave, so they had to sit down.
Gu Huan sat down and adjusted her eight-treasure skirt.
He turned to look at the dancer and asked in a friendly manner, "Are you a dancer from the Juzhou Jiaofang Music Bureau?"
The dancer knelt down and said, "Yes, madam."
"You are not wrong, stand up and speak."
Gu Huan looked at the people who were causing the trouble again and said, "Last October, because there were spies from the Dali Kingdom hiding in the private brothels in Juzhou, Juzhou abolished all the private brothels and only kept the Jiaofangsi.
Although the official prostitutes of the Jiaofangsi in our dynasty were of low status, the artists of the Jiaofangsi were mainly responsible for providing entertainment for the imperial court, government offices and the military. Each of them was a registered musician by the government, and their comings and goings were controlled by the Jiaofangsi. Even if princes and nobles wanted them to serve them, they had to get the approval of the Jiaofangsi. Our dynasty has stipulated that no one is allowed to privately occupy the people of the Jiaofangsi, otherwise they will be charged with the crime of infringing on public property. ”
Gu Huan turned her head and looked at Zhao Luoxuan: "Princess, according to the law, those who violate the law will be punished with thirty strokes of the cane. Those who are in serious cases will be stripped of all official positions and demoted to a lowly person. Am I remembering this correctly?"
Zhao Luoxuan nodded, and her back straightened up: "That's right. If someone is injured or killed by forcibly taking away a prostitute, he may be exiled thousands of miles away."
The group of people suddenly lost their previous arrogance.
Gu Huan smiled and looked at the few people.
"This is a crime. Who offended the princess just now?"
Those people looked pale and looked at each other.
The leader's eyes were in panic and he quickly lowered his head and dared not look at Gu Huan.
The other heads had to be hidden in their collars.
Gu Huan knew that the story of Zhao Luoxuan being demoted from a high-ranking princess to a county lady and then being ordered to marry and become a widow had spread everywhere, and people who didn't know the truth were saying all kinds of things.
Their love was never expressed out loud, so outsiders had no idea about it.
Everyone thought that Zhao Luoxuan had made a mistake and was demoted to marriage.
However, how can one fully explain the various opinions?
Zhao Luoxuan couldn't and didn't want to explain. She didn't want the brave Qi Jun to be slandered in any way, so she would rather bear the blame herself.
Even in Juzhou, Zhao Luoxuan suffered a lot of rumors, she just didn't want to pay attention to them.
Gu Huan has always wanted to find an opportunity to clear Zhao Luoxuan's name, but has never had a suitable opportunity.
Today is an opportunity.
Gu Huan said seriously, "Many people don't know why the princess voluntarily gave up the title of princess and demoted herself to princess to become General Qi Jun's widow. Many people used this to spread rumors and slander the royal family. I will explain the matter clearly today to prevent anyone from making mistakes and believing the rumors. If someone commits the most serious crime of slandering the royal family, it will not just be one person who will be exiled, but the whole family, or even the whole clan!"
Everyone present was above middle class, and those who understood understood.
"You all should know that the Sixth Princess took the initiative to marry a man from Dali for peace in the southern border of Daliang. However, although the King of Dali, Duan, was defeated, he had no intention of negotiating peace. The guilty minister Jiang Duo tried to deceive the princess and forcibly sent her away. It was General Qi Jun who rescued the princess. The two of them became acquainted and fell in love with each other secretly."
There was an uproar in the hall.
"Oh my god, they are in love?"
"It's so touching. A princess actually fell in love with General Qi? It's just a pity that General Qi died. What a pity."
Zhao Luoxuan burst into tears when she heard this.
"In order to control the Mu family army, the traitor imprisoned General Qi Jun in a private prison and tortured him to force him to falsely accuse Duke Yong of treason. General Qi would rather die than surrender. The princess led her men into the traitor's mansion, entered the private prison, and personally beheaded the traitor. Unfortunately, General Qi has been killed by the traitor."
The hall was silent.
There was a bit more admiration in his eyes when he looked at Zhao Luoxuan.
The people knew about General Qi's death, but they did not know the inside story. Because it involved the imperial court, when Zhao Luoxuan brought Qi Jun's coffin back to Juzhou, she only announced to the public that General Qi had been wounded in battle and died of a relapse of the wound.
Gu Huan's voice choked with sobs: "The princess was deeply in love and righteous. She knelt in front of the palace and asked to be demoted to a commoner, begging the emperor and empress to allow her to marry Qi Jun as a widow. The emperor and empress were moved by her deep love and had to demote the princess to a lower position and allow her to marry."
The people who were causing the trouble had dazed expressions on their faces and stared at Zhao Luoxuan.
"How could this be?" the leader murmured.
"Brother, we have been deceived."
"That's right."
The troublemakers were tied up and huddled together, whispering to each other.
Gu Huan saw their expressions and listened to their words.
"Also, the child between the Duke and I was conceived during the time when I was delivering grain to Juzhou. You can insult me, but if anyone dares to insult the Duke, I will never be polite!"
Gu Huan's face darkened and she slammed her hand on the table.
The teacup jumped twice due to the shaking.
After a while, there was a knock on the door.
The waiter opened the door a crack, and seeing that it was the guard who had just left, he opened the door again.
A large group of people, young and old, came in and started shouting and yelling when they saw the tied people.
One of the men, who was in his forties, rushed over and supported the leader of the trouble, saying, "My son, what's wrong with you? Who dared to tie you up?"
Gu Huan recognized him.
He was originally the richest businessman in Juzhou.
But when the great war broke out in September, Juzhou was short of food and winter clothes. Instead, this family closed all their shops, rice shops, grocery stores and clothing stores, and swept away all their property.
When Gu Huan left Juzhou, they did not come back either.
Unexpectedly, Juzhou was safe and they came back.
But when they came back, they found that Juzhou was different.
They originally thought that Juzhou was bound to lose, so they quickly sold all their shops at a low price. But who would buy shops at that time? Even food and clothing became a problem.
Because they couldn't sell it at a low price and were afraid that Dali would attack and rob it, they simply said that they were giving it to the government in exchange for the Mu family army sending people to escort them to a safe area.
Unexpectedly, Juzhou was not only peaceful but also prosperous. When they made a comeback, they found that the government had given all the shops to the Pei family.
They are unwilling to accept this.
They wanted to find acquaintances in the Bian Jing government to help drive Pei away, and someone showed them a way.
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