Chapter 378 Zhao Hede 39
Just when Wang Zhengjun was at a loss, Grand Marshal Xiao Yu entered Changle Palace. It was unknown what he said to the Empress Dowager, but after Xiao Yu left, the Empress Dowager launched her proud turtle magic.
He was stuck in Changle Palace again and refused to see anyone who came from the Wang family to plead for him.
Half a month later, the Zhang family suffered misfortune for the second time on charges of treason.
The two brothers Zhang Chai and Zhang Bo, as the main culprits, were first tattooed, cut off the nose, and beheaded their attendants. Then they were beaten to death, their heads were beheaded, and their bones and flesh were pickled in the market.
Among the others, all men, regardless of age, were executed; women over the age of eight were also executed. The younger ones were better off, as although they were sent to the ranks of slaves, at least they were included in the music bureau and still had a way out.
The newly appointed King of Huaiyang, Liu Xuan, was unlucky to have such a cousin, but it was hard to say whether he had such thoughts. In short, just like his father back then, he had some ambiguity towards the Zhang family. When the incident happened, he felt very guilty and wrote several memorials.
Unfortunately, he was not as favored by his biological father, Emperor Xuan of Han, nor was he pardoned by his brother, Emperor Yuan of Han, as his father, Liu Qin.
His cousin Liu Ao now had no relationship with him, and not only did the Zhang family have private dealings with him and say many things they shouldn't have said, they also colluded with the Wang family to assassinate the queen and seize the royal heir.
This really pissed off the emperor. It was the queen's kindness that prevented him from killing all the members of the Zhang family. She advised them in time. After all, those young girls in the Zhang family, alas... In fact, there were several handsome boys in the Zhang family whose situation was even worse than that of the girls. It was a pity that their bodies had been damaged by the drugs, and a quick death might be a relief.
Liu Xuan was reprimanded by the emperor several times, and he became extremely worried all day long. Finally, he actually fell ill, but no one cared.
Because the Wang family, a huge and deeply rooted behemoth, was about to collapse, and it was a collapse that was earth-shattering and shocking.
The emperor ordered Chunyu Chang to be beaten to death with a stick for the crime of "high treason" in a very meaningful way, but what was the specific crime?
On that day, Chunyu Chang was taken away by the Queen's men on the way out of Concubine Zhang's palace. The Queen was very careful in her actions, and the Emperor was even more tough, so no one has found out the truth until now.
What is even more intriguing is that Wang Mang wrote a letter to the emperor the next day to report the illegal activities of his uncle Wang Gen, saying that he had indeed "amassed wealth without restraint and sold official positions and titles." The emperor then allowed him to take people to raid his uncle's house.
Unfortunately, the things copied out later were obviously beyond Wang Mang's control. This matter later led to a lot of trouble. Wang Ping and his son Wang Rong, as well as several uncles and cousins who claimed to be close relatives of the emperor but were unsuccessful, almost all of the Wang family were implicated. Even the empress dowager, who was unable to sit still, went to plead in person, but it was of no use.
As soon as she opened her mouth, the emperor asked her if she remembered the time when she carried a thorny stick to apologize. Then he asked the empress dowager how many brothers she planned to ask to apologize this time. The empress dowager didn't know what to say.
If this happens once or twice, and you always act in this double-standard and pretentious manner, you will appear hypocritical.
Although this incident caused a big stir, in reality, everyone was just watching and watching. In fact, apart from Wang Mang, the Wang family no longer had any high-ranking officials, so most of the people who fell were not very important.
Of course, some people would say that there are too many officials in the Wang family. Isn’t it a big deal if so many unimportant officials leave at once?
It doesn't matter. The considerate Grand Marshal Zhao Qin immediately recommended to the emperor the students of the Imperial College who had been instructed by the emperor in previous years, taught by the Ban family and other knowledgeable families, and screened by Zhao Qin. They were young, knowledgeable, and most importantly, they were fresh and tender young cabbages from humble backgrounds.
There is just one cabbage in one hole.
In the harem, Zhao Hede was also eating melons. However, what she ate was neither the bitter melon of the Wang family nor the loofah (dead) melon of the Zhang family, but the big sweet melon of the Zhang sisters' love and hatred!
In Yilan Palace, Zhang Mi looked at the disheveled Zhang Zhen below him with great interest: "See, what did I say? Fortunes change. The Zhang family has fallen. Now you are standing in my Yilan Palace. If I tell you to kneel, you have to kneel. If I tell you to leave, you have to leave."
Zhang Zhen slowly straightened her clothes, pulled down all the pearls and jade from her hair, and held it up with only a jade hairpin. She then stood up, her back straight, still showing no sign of submission, but her face no longer had the artificial green tea look on its face.
"Then I'll leave."
After saying that, he really wanted to leave.
Zhang Mi was so angry that she threw a white porcelain teacup at Zhang Zhen, hitting him right at his feet.
"Oh, things are really different now. Good things can be smashed for fun. If you don't like it, you might as well give it to me. The Zhuo family is not doing well now, and I will have no money to spend in the future."
"Tsk, I wouldn't give it to you even if I dropped it and heard the noise."
"If you don't give it to me, forget it. I'm leaving."
As he spoke, he sighed, "Alas, Her Majesty the Queen searched the palace before, and even emptied my Zhilan Palace. I wonder if my fate in the palace will be any better than Xu Shuren's."
Zhang Mi sat there without saying a word. The next day, she finally gave him some insignificant but useful things, and also a bag of copper coins... Well, after all, she was used to being extravagant, and once the Zhang and Zhuo families fell, she could no longer be the same as before.
As a result, after half a year of secret support, Concubine Zhang was promoted to become a concubine.
She didn't realize that she had been escaped again, so she rushed to the Pepper Palace in a rage.
After all, she had been promoted, so of course Concubine Zhang had to come and see her direct superior. The two were chatting when Zhang Mi rushed in, walking towards her aggressively. Zhang Zhen was ready to be beaten, after all, this was a madman.
"Your Highness the Queen."
Zhang Mi, however, performed the ceremony obediently, then turned around and asked her directly, "How much involvement have you had in the Zhang family's affairs? When did you go behind my back to find Her Majesty the Queen?"
"That's right. Her Majesty the Queen is in charge of the harem. Is it your business when I come to you to find her? Besides, you didn't tell me when you went to find Her Majesty behind my back, didn't you?"
The two of them were very wise not to get angry with Hede, so she just watched the show happily: "Hey, don't be angry, doesn't this just show that you sisters are in sync."
"Who has a telepathic connection with this Pixiu?"
Zhang Mi gritted his teeth.
"You're just jealous that I'm smarter than you."
Zhang Zhen was very proud.
"Tsk, I think you are just being stubborn."
"Humph, because I don't have the ability to take revenge myself, I think everyone in the world is incompetent. Look, if I hadn't made this knife, you don't know when you would be able to bring down the Zhang family on your own."
Zhang Mi immediately became dissatisfied: "Your method didn't kill all the Zhang family members...well, at least they haven't been wiped out yet."
"That's easy to say. If I were to ask you to come, you might not be able to do what I have done."
"Who said that? I have a good idea."
Zhang Mi shoved her hands together, raised her head, and said with disdain, "You're so cunning, but you've been acting like this for six years, hiding it from everyone. It must have been tough for you during those six years, right?"
"So what do you think?"
"Oh, if Her Majesty the Queen hadn't been so wise that she could have seen through my intentions at a glance,"
Zhang Mi pointed at herself and Zhang Zhen and said, "Let alone the Zhang family, even passersby who say a word to the Zhang family will be hacked to pieces."
"All nine clans were promoted to him!"
Um.
Hede nodded, confirming Zhang Mi's statement. Seeing Zhang Zhen's disbelief, she kissed her, "Zhang Zhaoyi's method can be considered as removing the firewood from the bottom of the pot."
The woman's voice, as sweet as a clear spring, spoke slowly and steadily, "After all, she was carrying a knife, and she swung it at me from a distance of two meters. She was quite impressive, but she didn't move forward much. She even mentioned the Crown Prince and His Majesty who were far away in Xuanzheng Hall, saying that she wanted to avenge the Zhang family."
"Ah, Your Highness, my explanation was that I didn't know the Crown Prince was not in the palace at that time."
"Oh, yes, she said she didn't know."
(ps: Let me ask everyone, this article is almost over, and there will definitely be a follow-up extra chapter about people in the original world line traveling to the if world line changed by Hede)
(Now let me ask, are you interested in the story of the Zhang sisters? If you are interested, I will write about their story in a separate chapter, about two chapters. If you are not interested, I will try to mention it briefly in tomorrow's update.)
(I did some counting, and the votes are surprisingly the same. Ah, this. So I'll lengthen the main text of today's update, and briefly talk about Zhang Zhen and Zhang Mi's story, but not in a separate article. Then tomorrow will be Hede's modern side story, and the day after tomorrow will start the new world!)
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