Chapter 568: The cells can no longer be closed
"Wen Yan, open the door. I am your ex-husband."
Wen Yan came to the south-facing window and looked down.
Then he saw Ying Zhilin standing in front of the courtyard gate, waving at him.
"Why are you here?" Wen Yan asked in a low voice.
Ying Zhilin covered his shoulder and said, "It hurts."
"Are you injured? Wait, I'll be down soon." Wen Yan hurried downstairs.
She opened the gate and supported him: "Are you hurt? Where is it hurt? Is it serious? Have you seen a doctor?"
Ying Zhilin leaned against her and said, "I got punched during the confrontation. It hurts so much!"
"Didn't they get you a doctor?"
"You were so busy that you had no time to take care of me. I had no choice but to come back to you for help."
"I'll take you home first." Wen Yan supported him and walked to the next door.
Ying Zhilin's body softened and he leaned on Wen Yan: "I have no strength. I can't walk anymore."
"Then go to my house and rest for a while. I'll find you some medicine for your wounds." Wen Yan helped him into the yard.
Ying Zhilin secretly raised the corner of his mouth, feeling secretly delighted.
However, Wen Yan did not take him back to her room, but helped him into the side room.
Ying Zhilin's upturned mouth corners suddenly bent down.
After letting Ying Zhilin lie down, Wen Yan checked his wound.
After taking off his clothes, I found that the skin on his shoulders was smooth. Not only was there no bruise from being punched, there was not even a mosquito bite.
"You lied to me!" Wen Yan slapped Ying Zhilin on the shoulder.
There was a crisp sound of "pop".
"Ouch, it hurts! You are murdering your husband!" Ying Zhilin sat up in pain.
"We've divorced!" Wen Yan glared at him.
"Someone really hit me with a fist as big as a sandbag. Fortunately, a guard with high martial arts skills blocked it, otherwise I would have been really hurt." Ying Zhilin deliberately pulled his collar, revealing the figure that Wen Yan loved the most.
Wen Yan's eyes lit up. Not to mention, even after moving out for half a month, she still coveted his body.
It took all her willpower to look away. "So, no one touched you at all. How are you injured?"
"Isn't mental injury considered an injury? I was so scared at the time and needed someone to comfort me." He took Wen Yan's hand and placed it on his head, and blinked at Wen Yan.
Wen Yan's expression twitched.
Ever since they separated, Ying Zhilin had been using his beauty to seduce her every now and then, and his tricks were endless.
Wen Yan even suspected that he had studied in a brothel.
"Go to bed early." Wen Yan pushed him back to the bed and prepared to leave.
She was afraid she wouldn't be able to handle staying with him any longer.
Ying Zhilin grabbed her wrist and pulled her back to him: "Sleep with me. I've been working non-stop for a few days and haven't slept a wink. I'm so nervous that I can't sleep alone."
"I'll give you some calming incense."
"Calming incense is useless. I can only relax with you by my side. Just pity me. I have to deal with those old foxes again at dawn." Ying Zhilin raised his head and looked at her pitifully.
Wen Yan saw in the candlelight that he looked very tired, his eyes were red, and his eyeballs were covered with red bloodshot.
It seems that he is really tired.
Wen Yan sat back on the bed and gently covered his eyes with her hands: "Then go to sleep, I won't leave, I will accompany you."
Ying Zhilin moved inward and patted the empty seat next to him.
Wen Yan had no choice but to lie down beside him.
Ying Zhilin immediately snuggled into Wen Yan's arms.
Wen Yan tucked the quilt in for him and patted him gently to sleep.
Ying Zhilin was really tired.
After a while, he breathed evenly and fell into a deep sleep.
The dispute outside lasted until the sky turned pale.
Two more days passed before people began to go out.
The news that the Lan and Gu families were convicted and arrested spread throughout the capital.
More than 20 officials were also arrested at the same time, ranging from the eldest princess of super rank to low-ranking officials of no rank.
The case lasted nearly a month, and dozens of officials were implicated.
It is said that the Dali Temple’s cells were not enough, so they had to borrow the Ministry of Justice’s prison.
Thousands of people were confiscated, their families exterminated, and exiled, and people were beheaded every day in Caishikou.
The capital city was in a state of panic, and everyone was in danger. Even brothels and gambling houses were closed, for fear that they would bring bad luck and be used as an example to others.
As for the main culprits, the Lan and Gu families, the verdict was also quickly handed down.
The eldest princess was stripped of her title, demoted to a commoner, and sent to guard the imperial mausoleum.
In the Gu family of the Prince Consort's Mansion, all men over the age of ten were beheaded, and all men ten years old and under, as well as women and children, were exiled to the northern border.
As for the Lan family.
The eldest son of a concubine, Lan Hong, had been imprisoned for two years because of the corruption case in Jinyang Prefecture.
Now that the Lan family is involved in such a major case, their crime is even more serious.
All members of the Lan family, regardless of size, were thrown into prison and sentenced to beheading.
After hearing the news, Concubine Lan knelt outside the imperial study and begged for mercy, hoping that her elder brother and niece would be spared.
As for the fifth princess, the biological daughter who married into the Lan family, she has already followed the eldest princess to the imperial mausoleum.
Even the eldest princess was sent to guard the imperial mausoleum, so she didn't dare to ask for more.
But the emperor kept avoiding her.
Concubine Lan knelt for three days and three nights.
The emperor finally appeared before her.
It was dusk when the emperor stood on the steps in front of her and sighed, "Why are you doing this?"
Concubine Lan raised her head and looked at the emperor.
The eunuchs around the emperor did not light the lamp.
In the dim twilight, the emperor's expression seemed to be covered with a layer of black gauze, making it impossible to see through and feeling cold.
Princess Lan felt that her husband, with whom she had been in love for more than twenty years, was so unfamiliar.
But she still pleaded, "Yu'er only has two relatives, my brother and my niece. Please, Your Majesty, spare their lives, even if it means exile! Please!"
“Regarding the matter of Jinyang Prefecture, I have already spared his life.
It’s just that your Lan family is too greedy.
Yu'er, as long as you behave yourself, you will still be my most beloved concubine.
If you insist on me doing something against my will for their sake, then our relationship as husband and wife will end here."
After the emperor said this, he turned around and left.
He took a few steps and suddenly stopped.
He said to Lan Yu, "Take care of yourself and go back to your bedroom.
As for their affairs, tell me when you have thought it over."
After saying this, the emperor strode away, but his steps seemed very heavy.
After all, they have been together for more than 20 years, how could he not care at all?
However, Concubine Lan made her choice quickly.
In the early morning of that night, the bad news came that Concubine Lan had hanged herself in her bedroom.
After hearing the news, the emperor drank a cup of tea silently, but still gave Concubine Lan the final respect and buried her with the ceremony of a concubine.
However, the most angrily and frightened person in the entire capital was Huo Yaoxing.
He married Princess Jinghe as he wished, and was very proud of himself for only half a year when the eldest princess fell from power.
Not only did the former glory become a joke, but because of its connection with the case, the entire mansion was terrified, fearing that they would be implicated.
Gu Saisai, whom he usually coaxed and worshipped, also lost his good face.
However, the couple both hated Wen Yan and Ying Zhilin.
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